Western Europe Stock of Mint and Used in Ten Red Boxes, all neatly sorted in roughly 7,000 dealer 102 cards with Scott numbers and with the majority of cards having retail prices shown (roughly 85% of the cards). The lot includes two red boxes from Belgium (and Colonies), two red boxes of Austria, and a red box each from Switzerland, Netherlands, Portugal and Colonies, Italy, Ireland and Spain with material ranging from the 1870s to 2014. Duplication ranges from 2 to 10, and we roughly estimate there to be 20% mint stamps and 80% used stamps. A spot check indicated the majority of stamps retail $3 and under, noting some stamps and a few sets retailing $10 and up. We note a few faults with the early material. Generally fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 400

Countries of Western Europe Collections, each in it's own older Minkus album, with France, Germany, Italy, San Marino, Scandinavia & the Baltic countries, Spain, Portugal and Vatican City. Most countries include stamps from classics to the late 1970s or early 1980s and are less than half complete. The collections tend to be more used than mint, except in the cases of San Marino and Vatican City where the reverse is true. A smattering of occupied areas, some colonies and offices abroad are found at the backs of some of the collections. Also included is an Italy collection in a two-volume Davo album with slipcovers, with pages from 1945 to 1990, the second Davo album has a collection from 1970 to 1990 of mint never hinged which is about 75% complete in period. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 200

Belgium, France and Luxembourg in Numerous Stockbooks, with a total of 16 stockbooks of varying age / condition / number of pages, all rather filled with predominantly used stamps, arranged non-overlapping. The stamps range from classics to about the 1990s with some material reaching into the 2000s. While duplicated, there is still good variety, with some stamps ranging to the $5 to $10 range of catalogue value. The Belgium portion includes many railway stamps, France has numerous Famous French People issues. We noted a stockbook of mint never hinged France which contains many modern multiples. There is also a smattering of French Colonies. The stockbooks constitute a good deal of the value of this lot. We estimate there to be about 5,000 stamps from Belgium, 6,000 from France and 400 from Luxembourg. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 300

Large Mint and Used Collection, neatly hinged onto quadrille pages in six springback albums. The collection goes from classics to the 1970s and we estimate it to comprise well over 10,000 stamps in all. Included are worthwhile collections for Austria, Baltic countries, Benelux countries, Germany & area, Italy & area, Nordic countries and Switzerland. A clean collection with stamps overall fine or better. (Image)

Estimate $ 350