Phenomenal art topical collection roughly from the 1940s to the 2000s in four cartons. Consists of thousands and thousands of mint stamps in full sets, singles, and souvenir sheets nicely organized and mounted in black mounts in eighteen binders and one stockbook mostly on quadrille or blank pages. Appears to be mostly all different with A-Z countries. Owner’s catalog value of $52,300. Spotted lots of religious themed stamps. A charming assortment for the art specialist. Check out the copious photos. (Image)

Fantastic topical collection roughly from the 1960s to the 1990s having a few earlier in four cartons. Probably thousands of mainly mint stamps have much NH in full sets, singles, and souvenir sheets organized in ABC order on black stock pages in nineteen Lighthouse binders and slipcases. Seems anything ocean related was collected. Includes fish, seashells, corals, starfish, sea plants, and turtles. Generally arranged by subject. Unusual opportunity of having so much of this type of material in place. A fine opportunity for the oceanic specialist. (Image)

Dealer’s stock of various topicals arranged on over twelve hundred 104 size sales cards. Includes about 50 different topicals with very little cataloging under $10 and almost nothing under $5. Mostly mint NH complete sets with minimal duplication. (Image)

Awesome sport topical assortment mainly from 1972 to 2012 in one carton. Comprises thousands of mint stamps in full sets, singles, souvenir sheets and booklets nicely organized in four large stockbooks. Appears to be mostly all different having an owner’s catalog value of $8,800. Concentration is both Winter and Summer Olympics as well as other sporting events. A lovely selection for the Olympic specialist. (Image)

United States and worldwide Boy Scout accumulation in seven cartons. Incorporates thousands of FDCs, commercial, event covers mostly from the 1950s to the early 2000s having many organized by countries. Also entails thousands of mostly mint stamps in glassines with beneficial duplication. Includes a selection of Great Britain Scout Christmas Post covers from the 1980s and 1990s. Plenty of material to be found but needs some reorganization for resale or integration into your stock or topical collection. (Image)

Four boxes of well-organized souvenir sheets, sheetlets, FDC, sets and singles worldwide from 1960’s to 80’s in 5 x 8 window cards. Bulk is mint with a bit of used, minimal duplication. All set for your stock or to fill in your gaps. Easy to look through and evaluate. (Image)

Accumulation of space and astronomers. Mainly Copernicus, and International Geophysical Year material on album pages and stock pages in 14 binders. Looks to be 1960’s to 80’s, with loads of Topical material. Bulk of this collection is mint, with some CTO but minimal duplication. (Image)

A fabulous Space collection that will be very difficult to duplicate. It entails stamps and S/S issued by dozens of countries. Exceptionally encompassing with plenty of imperfs, J.F. Kennedy, and se tenant sheets. Mounted on both sides of about 40 Lighthouse hingeless sheets. A perfect collection for the Space topical enthusiast. (Image)

Diverse topical holding from the 1930s to the end of the 20th Century in three cartons. Comprises Native American, Boys Town, Mr. Zip, George Washington Bicentennial, (around one hundred covers), stamp show cards, and United Nations. The United Nations encompasses new issues still in their original glassines concentrated in the 2000s to 2019 with full sets, singles, souvenir sheets, and postal stationery. Other topical material entails commercial, event covers, mint and used stamps, and some ephemera. Difficult lot to acquire a handle on value. Take a look. (Image)

Boy Scout and Train topical selection from the 1940s to the 1980s in two cartons. Hundreds and hundreds of mixed mint and used stamps having duplication as well as hundreds of covers. Scouts run from the 1975-1985 time frame with lots of new issues. Trains entail stamps covers, postcards, event items etc. Topical dealers or collectors will enjoy this lot. (Image)

A butterfly selection that fills a thirty-page stockbook. Arranged in alphabetical order that includes singles, mini-sheets, and sets. Well over a thousand stamps and a great start to exhibiting. A few covers enhance this group. Well worth a view. (Image)

United States themed topical collection mainly using worldwide from the early 1900s to the early 2000s in a medium carton. Contains hundreds and hundreds of mostly mint US and worldwide stamps in sets, singles, souvenir sheets, plus FDCs nicely mounted in black mounts on 300 Scott quadrille pages. Themes include Explorers, Struggle for Independence, Modern Authors, Civil War, American Education, etc. Organization has been completed as all you need are albums and to fill in a few gaps. (Image)

A clean and fresh selection of Europa from 1956-1982 in a medium carton. Hundreds and hundreds of mint NH sets, singles, and souvenir sheets nicely organized in year order in four binders on black stock pages. Many of the more difficult ones are present including Spanish Andorra, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein. Make time to look at this attractive group. (Image)

Medicine topical selection mainly from the 1950s to the 1980s in one carton. Hundreds and hundreds of mostly mint stamps in full, partial sets, singles, and souvenir sheets having some duplication. Involves two binders, one containing a Malaria collection and the other a Leprosy collection. Also, includes a stockbook of various medicine on stamps and an useful empty Minkus Medicine album. Popular topical. (Image)

Antarctica Specialized Thematic Collection. Over eight hundred covers and cards relating to Antarctica gathered together in one lot. We noticed real photo FDCs, autographed items, picture postcards, commercial mail, and more. Frequent topics include flora and fauna, military activities, shipping, scientific research, and famous explorers. Features a range of dates. Mostly F-VF. Stamps and covers originate in the Falkland Islands, Falkland Island Dependencies, British Antarctic Territory, Little America Antarctica, French Southern and Antarctic Territories, Australian Antarctic Territory, Argentina, Russia, British Commonwealth, Ross Dependency, United States, and Japan. All covers are housed in protective pages. Thorough, enthusiastic treatment of a popular topic. (Image)

Topical Treasure. Two-volume collection of 496 all-different postcards. Includes lovely groupings of cards depicting agriculture, animals, art, portraits, paintings, military, modes of transportation, Blacks, Indians, museums, etc. Many of the cards are quite hard to come by. From a Dealer’s Choice Collection which are part of an expert’s lifetime collection of vintage Detroit Publishing postcards. In the opinion of many collectors, Detroit Publishing postcards are among the finest quality of vintage cards ever made due to their exclusive Photochrom process which gave them additional accuracy of color not found in the work of other publishers of the early 1900s era. All cards are mounted in PVC-safe archival pages and sorted by geography, topics, series numbers, etc. The dealer’s goal was to obtain one copy of each of the approximately 16,000 views listed in the Nancy Stickels Stechschulte catalog. He regularly reviewed his collection, added items acquired from various sources, and upgraded his cards whenever necessary. Condition is excellent. (Image)

African-Americana Postcards. Over one hundred examples displayed in protective postcard pages and housed in a three-ring binder. Posted and unposted, with a mixture of printing and design styles. Comprehensive assemblage of themes and topics depicted on pre-1960 postcards purporting to show Black Americans. Mixed condition, including some wear and tear, smudges, scuffs, etc. Many controversial images present. Viewer discretion advised. (Image)