FOREIGN SINGLE COUNTRIES continued...

An in-depth, mainly used collection of many hundreds of stamps and covers put together by a dedicated collector over many decades, on blank and printed pages, as well as small auction lots waiting to be incorporated in the collection, all housed in one large album. The collection begins with Netherlands Indies with mint #1 and used #2, extremely presentable, good color examples with minor faults mentioned for accuracy's sake only, then the 1870/88 Williams to 2gl.50cts with 10cts and 50cts also on 25cts postal stationery to Prussia in 1891, a beautiful and scarce three-color combination, followed by the next page with 1883/90 numerals, 1892/94 Wilhelminas and 1899-1900 surcharges all complete with lots of superb cancels, followed by extensive perforation varieties and shade studies, as well as 7 1/2 cts stationery to the same addressee as the tricolor piece, through turn of the century issues and surcharges densely packed on the page with many varieties outside the printed spaces and shades mounted one over the other, etc. Then further postal stationery again to the same correspondence, leading on to an excellent showing of regional issues with Java complete inc. inverted o/ps, then 1912/40 defins again loaded with varieties mint and used, 1923 5gld orange brown high value mint, etc., Another good cover of this period is a 1922 postage due cover to US with 12 1/2cts on 17 1/2cts surcharge, 'T' handstamp with manuscript ,'27 1/2' ,and boxed 'ontoereikend'. Highlights in the Indies continue with a 1947 cover with 45cts franking made up from 2 1/2cts university of medicine pair and 8x 5cts huts to Illinois with 12cts US postage dues and markings, through airposts complete inc. 'Pelikan' cover, extensive postage dues inc. 7 1/2cts salmon on cover from New Zealand to Java, officials complete with top values mint, Japanese occupations and lots of non Scott listed forerunners of the Republic.Only a brief outline on the rest, equally as good with strong Surinam inc. mint first issues, the very scarce 1898 10cts on 25cts ultra used, the seldom seen 1923 Wilhelmina anniversary complete mint to 5gld, through to postage dues with lots of types identified on mint first issues, , Curacao with 1892/96 Wilhelminas complete mint, 1895 ,'2 1/2 ,cent' surcharge unused (as issued), 1904/08 defins complete mint to 2 1/2gld, the top value mint and used, 1915/33s complete mint and used, 1948/49 blue-green postage dues complete mint, etc. Far more here than described in this very specialised collection. It deserves a thorough viewing, particularly as much is in parallel mint and used with crowded pages where many stamps are displayed on top of the other, integrated logically with the postal history, completely uncataloged.

A collection on two old homemade album leaves, virtually all used in the ,19th ,century ,with good quality virtually throughout, starting off with #1 with 2x 4 margined examples of the 4sk lion inc wing marginal Bergen ,26th ,March 1856 sock-on-the-nose, the other concentric circle with numeral 72, almost precisely struck in the center of the stamp. Then the Oscars with 4x #2 2sk yellow of which are 3 cds (cat $150 each), followed by 6 of #3 3sk lilac, 5 of which are sock on the nose superb including different shades. Then the 4sk and 4x 8sk the latter all cds. Next the 1863 lions inc 3x 2s yellow (cat $200 each), key value 3sk gray lilac #7 (cat $450), various 4sk blues including numerals in circles and various towns, 5x 8sk and 2x 24sk high value #10 (cat $125 each). This is followed by 1867 lion issues with 3x 1sk black #11 (cat $55), 7x 2sk orange, #12 (cat $55) 1x 3sk (cat $65), followed by the 4sk and 7x 8sk carmine rose #15. The collection develops further with the 'posthorn and crown' types from the 1sk to 7sk i.e. #16 to #21 with highlights including 4x 6sk orange brown #20 (cat $60 each) and 5x 7sk red brown #21 (cat $65 each) all cds, all good colors. Then the ore to 60 ore denominations inc key value 12ore and various other types well worth investigating, through to the ,20th ,century inc 30ore mint through to mint postages dues to 50ore, as well as semi-postal legion superb used, even a little non-Scott listed. The overwhelming value is in the 19th century, the likes of which are hardly offered today as one collection.

Excellent collection in a very well-filled Behrens album, several hundred stamps mint and used, with strong 19th century and much never hinged in the 20th century. The collection starts off with the #1 with four margins, then 1856/57 King Oscar series complete used, as well as the ,3rd ,and ,4th ,series 'lions' complete used including the 1863 3 skillings gray with some superb cancels, leading on to the numerals, again with few empty spaces inc the 12 ore, 1878 Oscar II high values complete, etc, continuing again virtually complete into the 20th century, inc. 1905 surcharges with the 1.50 on 2sk used, 1909/10 new king defins with the better large format types, etc, through to the 1970s with a few covers seen as well. Also present the 1942 postal service commemorative series FDC, also useful back of the book, etc. Hardly any faults seen even on the classics, with the overwhelming majority in ,nice condition, a most worthwhile collector's collection.

mostly various early to mid 20th century with numerous errors and varieties, includes (Scott nos.) 3 used, 76c variety double ovpt one diagonal (Rendon cert), 181 full pane of 100 varieties at pos. 72 "PNNAMA", pos. 85 "Pauama", pos. 92 "c.t.", pos. 96 "Panrma", 182 full pane of 100 varieties incl pos. 1 "PANAMY", pos. 22 both "PANAMA" reading down, 183e (Rendon cert), "Pope" issue NH, 658 horiz pair imperf vert tied on piece, C209a imperf NH (crease), C243 rose color omitted NH, C278 pair inverted center (w/o gum), etc. plus Colombia CLP56, 59-60 "P" ovpt SCADTA mint blocks, etc., mostly F-VF, nice lot for the Panama enthusiast

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Housed in a battered partially complete old-fashioned Polish album 'Znaczki Pocztowe wydane Podczas Wojny Swiatowej na Ziemiach Polskich, bylych pod zaborem rosyjskim'! Highlights include 1918/19 locals, 'Pol. Korp.' fieldpost overprints range, &lsquo,Poczta Polska&rsquo, overprints with many having signatures, Gniezno surcharges mint requiring expertization, 1925 National Funds semi-postals complete mint, scarce souvenir sheet First National Philatelic Exhibition used, 1938 stagecoach sheet imperf and perf both used, stratosphere sheet used, etc, through to interesting Post Offices etc, please inspect page for page.

Highly complete collection housed in an old-time Schaubek album, replete with better material, starting off with the #1 with straight edges nevertheless a good-looking example, followed by an excellent range of the overprints with the 'Poczta Polska' on General Gouvernement Germanias complete series mint and used from the 5pf onwards, then on Austro-Hungarian issues, plus a page with varieties etc. inc. unusual non-Scott listed material with violet eagle handstamp on 7 1/2pf orange used on piece, as well as locals inc. Zarkach, Luboml, Rada Miejska on cover, etc. leading on to 1919 with issues for Northern and Southern Poland categorised by papers and perfs, Posen overprints complete used, 1921 Red Cross semi-postals complete mint, Offices in Silesia 'SO 1920' o/ps complete mint and used, etc, continuing through to the 1930s with few empty spaces inc. souvenir sheets and lots more interesting non-Scott extra material on the blank pages. Must be viewed to be fully appreciated, completely uncataloged, please inspect carefully page for page.

Fantastic collection housed in a Scott Specialty album, virtually complete from the first issues to the modern era including strength in the classics, with extra quadrille pages for imperfs and early perf issues, including many superb copies. Highlights begin with the 1853 Maria II first issues inc. the #1 5r brown with four margins, extremely generous on two sides (cat. $850), a study of the 25r blue with a range of shades, the 50r green (#3, cat. $875) and the scarce 100 reis (#4, cat. $1,900) with four even margins and a blue bar cancel '52', signed, tiny thin mentioned for accuracy's sake only, not at all detracting from the spectacular appearance of this rare stamp. Then the King Pedro V issues with the scarce 1855 5r red brown, an excellent copy with four margins, wide at right, signed, with an unusual negative '77' bar cancel (#5, cat. $900), followed by the 50r green unused with signatures (#7, cat. $500), several used copies each of the 50r and 100r lilac including superb copies again with enormous margins. The first King Luiz imperfs are complete used, all four-margins, plus many extra copies including two each of the 50r and 100r (#15/16) all with sidewalk margins, then the 1866/67 imperfs with a minimum three complete series with full margins (#17/24, cat. $528 each), the 1867/70 King Luiz perf series also complete used (#25/33, cat. $1,141) with the scarcest stamp of the series, the 240r pale violet being the best quality with part of a red transatlantic cancel, leading on to the challenging 1870/84 series (#34/51a), here complete to the 1000r black including 2 of the extremely scarce 240r pale violet (#49, cat. $1,050 each) as well as superb copies of the other better issues, mint items signed multiple times, etc. The collections continues with similar depth through the 1880s and 1890s including 1893 'provisorio' o/ps complete (#88/96, cat. $600), 1894 Prince Henry the Navigator complete used (#97/109, cat. $308), 1895 St. Anthony complete mint (#132/146, cat. $1,783), etc. In the 20th century the vast majority are in mint series, with highlights including Ceres complete never hinged (#207/298, cat. $1,371), premium series such as the 1943 'ancient sailing vessel' complete mint never hinged (#615/631, cat. $850), all the souvenir sheets of the 1940s, through to excellent back of the book which we leave to the viewer to go through with the foreign catalogs. This is a collection put together over a lifetime by a specialist who had an eye for quality, a highly recommended viewing.

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Collection of many 100s of stamps mint and used, on homemade pages housed in two substantial albums, with strength from the first issues onwards. Highlights include well over two dozen different classic imperfs inc. #1 used, 1855 100r lilac unused and 1862 50r green unused with faults, sound 1864 100r lilac used, 1866/67s inc. 10r yellow used, then first perf Luiz issues complete used with additional unusual used imperf 240r pale violet with margins all round, useful 1870/84s, 1895/1905 King Carlos issues with inverted and missing figures of value, Ceres issues on well-filled pages through to 1940 Rowland Hill souvenir sheet mint, as well as postage dues and parcel posts, etc. The second album is for the Colonies, loaded with useful material inc. plenty of first issues crowns, as well as a Azores 50r blue 1889 postal history to California, Portuguese India with further ranges of crowns and Carlos bisects, then Lourenco Marques surcharges on impressive large imperf revenues, ranges of Macao, Madeira, Timor, etc, etc. The catalog here will be a small fortune and though there is some mixed condition on the classics as to be expected, the quality is generally far above the average. Please inspect carefully, page for page, sleepers will definitely be present especially in the classics.

An old-time collection housed in a Behrens album with much value in the classics, some of which are in absolutely superb condition and would make excellent individual items in their own right, with the 'Scott retail' secondary to the real value, they are that beautiful. Some of the stamps in that category would be the Queen Maria 100r lilac (#4, Scott retail $1,900), an exceptional example used on piece with margins good to large on three sides and enormous at left, 1862 King Luiz 50r green and 100r lilac (#15/16) both with extraordinary margins all round, then the 1866 imperfs complete with every stamp having been chosen for superb four margined quality - an extremely good looking group (#17/24, $528). The 1867s include the 10r yellow, 20r bister, 80r orange and the scarce 240r violet in similarly select quality (#26/27, #30, #44, $805). The collection then proceeds in the same vein well into the 20th century, loaded with better material, including the 1894 Navigators complete used (#97/109, $308), 1895 Saint Anthony series complete used (#132/146, $1,220), 1940 World Expo souvenir sheet mint never hinged (#594a), and much more. Must be viewed for a proper appreciation of what is here and the superb quality that characterises this wonderful collection, especially in the 19th century.





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