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 Italian Colonies & Offices, Highly Advanced Mint and Used Collection, 1874-1939. A very comprehensive collection of several
thousand stamps all neatly mounted on Scott pages in a thick binder and containing both mint and used with singles and sets valued into the many hundreds of dollars or more each. A lifetime achievement put together by a knowledgeable and
quality-conscious collector, it begins with five stockcards kept in a vault with better items which alone Scott for over $14,000. This is just the beginning of a collection that is truly a pleasure to view and one of the finest we have offered. The
Offices Abroad are both mint and used and contain many desirable stamps from Crete, China including Peking and Tientsin, Tripoli, Turkish Empire, Albania, Constantinople, Durazzo, Janina, Jerusalem, Salonica, Smyrna, and Valona, while
Colonies include regular issues, Semi-Postals, Airs and Special Delivery issues and are loaded with expensive singles and sets with much mint, including: Dalmatia, Cyrenaica, Eritrea, Ethiopia, a fantastic very complete section of Fiume,
Italian East Africa, Italian Somaliland, Libya, Oltre Giuba, Saseno, Tripolitania as well as Aegean Islands such as Calino, Caso, Cos, Karki, Leros, Lipsi, Nisiros, Patmos, Piscopi, Rhodes, Scarpanto, Simi, and Stampalia, Occupation of Austria,
Castellorizo, and Corfu. A perfect collection to break down for sets, singles or by the Colony for online resale or to augment any collection and bring it to another level. Condition is a bit mixed manly on earlier, overall the vast majority is
F.-V.F. with much o.g. and occasional never hinged, some reference stamps not counted. Owner's Scott of $72,500+ appears to be conservative as we checked values on only a portion of the Colonies and came up with the following: Cyrenaica Scott $1621,
Libya $3566, Italian Somaliland $9787, Tripolitania $4373, Oltre Giuba $1887, Albania Occupation $2853, Eritrea $8421, Dalmatia $741, plus the $14,000 previously noted. Neither the comprehensive Aegean Islands nor the very solid Fiume
collection section are catalogued by us and much more. This collection is well worth that extra push as intact holdings this advanced are rarely offered. Shipping charges apply - weight 6.6 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Video2 for this
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Estimate $14,000-18,000
SOLD for $13,000.00
Will close during Public Auction |
