an extraordinary range of material given to us at the last moment, virtually all housed in expensive albums well filled, with strong emphasis , in German area and plenty of Worldwide too, very diverse. There are over 100 albums many of which are clearly worth several hundreds dollars each or more in their own right, with must-sell instruction, dealers make sure this is on your list to view, at $100 a per, this is a no brainer, Fine-Very Fine.

failing eyesight has unfortunately caused this local stamp den to be vacated, we were asked to collect this, everything has been bundled into boxes and the room cleared, very diverse and ,work intensive, plenty of collections, stocks, postal history, old auction purchases etc, all ,to ,be sold as one lot, an opportunity for a worldwide collector or dealer looking for a project needing a plan and lots of time, ,huge potential here, must be viewed with time, mixed condition as always in large lots, Fine-Very.

A large well filled old fashioned manila stockbook given to us with the instruction to sell as ,one lot. We do this at the very last available moment and we owe our thanks to our printers for putting this great lot in the May catalogue. Formed in the 1920s and 1930s, housed in a book with 11 lines per page, with over 50 pages, a methodical &lsquo,A-Z&rsquo, reference holding beginning with the US, as collected in the old days when reference copies were more available. This was from a then dealer who had bought many large worldwide collections over the decades and had systematically stripped collections and mixed lots for material that he considered as reference. This also includes repaired or altered classics. There is no modern material here and virtually all is 19th century. It starts off with a good showing of US, including 2 examples of the first 90 cents Washington blue definitive, interesting locals, an important range of &lsquo,newspapers and periodicals&rsquo, , and back of the book etc, followed by Antigua thru to Zululand with strong colonies in general from the various European countries, just a very exciting lot to study. Please note often the presentation is &lsquo,stamp on stamp&rsquo,, often making viewing difficult if not impossible without tongs. Nothing at all is in excess duplication and there is plenty of good discoveries likely, including no doubt 19th century material that is scarcer as reference than original, as well as some excellent space-fillers of rarities from countries across the board. The family has asked us to put a valuation on this, this is not an easy task given the presentation. However, there must be well over 4000 examples here (ie about 100 per page) with some that would make good individual items in their own right. At a $1.50 to ,$3 across the board, this should present a huge potential for dealers in this increasingly popular area today. This was held back by the family for two generations thinking it was not particularly important! Please note that this book could be worth multiples of our estimate, if you spend time studying it carefully.

Just a small box, basically full of many dozens of potential individual photograph items chaotically presented, given to us by a regular consignor who is not prepared to work on it, as he has no time &ndash, we know the feeling! , This has to be viewed to be appreciated, it is very interesting. Auctioneers looking for this kind of worldwide scarce and better material, especially classics through to the 1950s, would be well advised to put this on their list of lots to view. Highly recommended, as this consignor&rsquo,s material often hammers for much more than the range we give.

A very interesting range of material, mint and used, a baker&rsquo,s dozen, from the classics onwards to the 1990s.. Book 1, Turkey from the imperf Tughra onwards through to star and crescent that requires further research including non-Scott listed, the same applies right up to the end of the Ottoman Empire through to Ataturk issues. Book 2, France from imperf Napoleon heads, again , not presented to best advantage through to 20th cent with several 100s of stamps, virtually all one of a kind. Book 3, Poland again well represented yet with no #1, several 100 stamps here, virtually all one of a kind, including back of the book, etc. Book 4, Netherlands, with distinct interest for postmarks  ,in the 19th through to early 20th cent, leading on to various semi-postals of the 1930s to 12 1/2cts, as well as mint 1950s to 20cts, also Netherland Indies, etc. Book 5, Russia, Book 6 Mexico, again very interesting especially from the classics onwards through to 20th century with the distinct possibility of finds inc BOB 19th century. , Book 7, Greece with dozens of large Hermes heads waiting to be categorised, similarly with the small Hermes heads, perf and imperf, 20th century also well represented with several 100s of stamps. Books 8 and 9 Spain and colonies, from imperfs onwards, mint and used, including a 4 margined, probable wing marginal 2 reales mint with full original gum, Scott #54 cat $500 Book 10, Switzerland with an interesting range of stehende Helvetias to franc values, with distinct possibility of pef varieties through to 20th century with plenty of better mint semi-postals from the 1950s, as well as earlier. Book 11 is Brazil, from goat and rattlesnake eyes onwards with over a dozen imperf examples and much more. Finally BC in books 12 and 13, from QV onwards with Cyprus, British Africa, Dominica, Falkland islands as well as FID inc KGV through to QEII inc latter mint never hinged defins complete to £,3, Fiji from 19yh century, Gilberts, through to Malta from QV inc 19th century revenues, as well as KGV/QEII to shilling high values, , Mauritius, etc, etc. , Although requiring considerable work, there are plenty of finds to be made here and this description is just an outline, please inspect carefully each book page for page.

A , substantial  ,last minute entry, very diverse, e.g. Austria housed in a Schaubek album inc the 1kr yellow #1 followed by various shades of the 3, 6 and 9kr imperf and much other 19th cent/early 20th through to the 1970s, as well as WWI military posts, POs abroad, Lombardy etc. Hungary in a lighthouse album with no empty spaces with all the m/s from the 1960/1970s, then an interesting Czechoslovakia collection with many dozens of the Hradcany virtually all one of a kind perf and imperf, including the allegory types to high values, as well as 1925 congress mint etc, followed by the 1950s album onwards, again with the better m/s inc perf and imperf of the 1955 Prague pair. Then France in another KABE album virtually complete mint from the mid 1980s to the late 1990s including booklets m/s, proofs, back of the book etc. Russia from 1865 onwards with a good range of Tsarist issues definitely worth investigating with much 19th/early 20th century here, all one of a kind through to better defins from the mid 1920s with good commems and airmails, 1927 through to the early 30s including zepps etc.  ,An interesting Balkans collection housed on old fashioned leaves for the Serbia 19th century through to Croatia KABE leaves on the 1940s. There are at least 15 other volumes with much worthwhile material, including those with a high new issue cost, as well as countries such as  ,Australia from 1913 to date. Germany in 3 volumes with plenty of Third Reich including the mint 1934 , 40pf purple professions all the other 40pf purples, as well as various Hitler m/s including imperf, various Kaiser&rsquo,s yacht high values mint and used seen. Switzerland galore including loads of better PJs, Denmark from classics with dozens of the imperfs spandrels, , 2 x 5kr 1912 GPO high values (#82) etc. Time and space do not permit further description other than mentioning there is so much more here inc BC with Malaya from early high value tigers onwards, much Japan mint, etc etc. Please inspect, a highly recommended viewing, ideal for a dealer.

Interesting range of mint and used material, housed in 10 substantial volumes, particularly strong in Europe. ,1st is Sweden with the ore issues and a further range of 19th century pmks all the way through to 20th century with various mint booklets, ,2nd , ,Denmark from the imperf spandrels, again with several hundred stamps through to the 20th century, leading on to Faroes and a little DWI. 3rd with Germany and German States, mixed condition as usual, nevertheless several 100s to wade through, high values noticed mostly one of a kind, through to the Germanias, inflation, Weimar Republic and Third Reich with little beyond that period, as well as much back of the book, not listed in Scott. The ,4th book specifically for Czech, again well filled from the Hradcany issues onwards inc Eastern Silesia, etc. The ,5th with Belgium from epaulettes with 8 imperfs, somewhat sporadic but becoming well better filled in 20th century through to back of the book, railways, etc. The 6th, Far East noticed from French Indochina, South Korea, Laos, through to out of place Baltics inc some airmails such as Latvia-Africa flight possible reprints. 7th volume with British Commonwealth seen inc Victoria, 100s of stamps here, chaotically presented, Western Australia, BVI, various pacific islands, British Africa with complete defins series mint through to Zanzibar. 8th French Colonies seen as well as Monaco and Memel, needing work. , ,9th with Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of the transition to Jugoslavia, again well filled with commems, defins, back of the book, airmails, etc. 10th with BC inc Nigeria, from QV Niger Coast Protectorate, North Borneo with some interesting classic material, N. Rhodesia, Nova Scotia QV with the distinct possibility of good finds here. An interesting lot that will break down well. These books are ideal for a dealer or collector to breakdown for APS circuit books or EBay, as well as making some finds to put to one side. ,