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Qatar

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1401

Group of 6 Quality Qatar Mint Never Hinged Sets, with Scott #s 107-107C and 107D-107D (both in se-tenant blocks of 4) plus 107H-107L (all in se-tenant imperforate souvenir sheets of three, c.v. $360), 111-111D ($390), 290-298 ($144), 510-516 ($63), 690-692 ($85) and 790a souvenir sheet ($375), all fresh and very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Scott $ 1,417

SOLD for C$250.00
Will close during Public Auction

1402

Mint Qatar Collection on 4 Stock Pages, 1961 to 1987, from #26 to 702, majority of which is never hinged, includes $749 worth of singles and sets, plus another $492 of souvenir sheets, plus another 80 Euros of material not listed in Scott. A lovely collection including imperforates, a set of circular metallic stamps (Scott 99-99L), and more. Very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (All Scans)

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Scott $ 1,241

SOLD for C$180.00
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Russia

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1403

Selection of Early Mint Never Hinged Panes and Blocks, 1883 to 1917, with 3 blocks of #34, sheet margin panes of 25 of #s 46, 47, 48, 51 (x2), plus various quantities (incl. complete panes) of #s 112 to 138b, all mint never hinged and fresh. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (All Scans)

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Scott $ 6,089

SOLD for C$1,150.00
Will close during Public Auction

1404

Collection of Mint and Used Russia and Area, 1880s-1980s, with a few thousand stamps on album and quadrille pages all housed in 3 binders. We note an interesting group of roughly 90 tax and savings stamps validated for postal use on piece, all with AUG.20.1918 Odessa postmarks, along with a small selection of early stamps with the bulk of material post-1900, along with mint and used selections of Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Occupation stamps, just to name a few. A cursory check indicated stamps and few sets cataloguing $5 to $10. A good opportunity for thematic and topical collectors. Online photos show a sampling. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$90.00
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1405

Large Quantity of Russia in Several Stockbooks, with 14 medium to larger stockbooks as well as stock pages in three binders. The stamps are usually arranged in a single layer and fill most of the pages, ranging from classics to the 1980s. Included are some stamps of the Russian Offices Abroad as well as other Russia area plus many souvenir sheets. We noted numerous stamps in the $5 to $10 range of catalogue value. Although duplicated, there is an excellent variety of material. There is considerable value in the stockbooks themselves as well. We estimate there to be more than 8,000 stamps in this lot. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 200

SOLD for C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction

1406

Mint and Used Russia Collection, housed in an older Minkus album plus a binder with additional material. The collection has material from the classics to the early 1980s and has very full pages from about the 1950s to the 1970s. There are a few thousand stamps in this collection with numerous souvenir sheets. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (Scan 13) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$60.00
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1407

Mint Never Hinged and Used Russia Collection, on pages in a Mystic Soviet Union album plus a couple of well-filled binders with collector's duplicates on Vario or Hagner stock pages. The Mystic album is gently used, has a mint never hinged collection from 1967 to 1991 and is about 80% complete in period. One of the two binders is quite thick and contains a used stamp accumulation from about the 1950s to the 1980s with, we estimate, more than 2,000 stamps, including a number of souvenir sheets. We estimate the second binder to contain more than 1,000 mint never hinged stamps, with this one also having numerous souvenir sheets. The two binders have duplication, but offer good variety. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 150

SOLD for C$120.00
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1408

Mostly Mint Never Hinged Russia Collection in Two Lighthouse Stockbooks, 1930-1946, with slip cases, all neatly identified by Scott number and value, virtually all never hinged. We note better items such as #s C37-49 (c.v. $310), 470-71 ($90), 489-509 ($495), C50-52 ($160), C69-75 plus imperf. sheet ($345), 569-72 ($300), 629-35 ($140), 647-58 ($240), 670-77 ($400), 678-82 ($270), 706-12 ($250), 845-849 ($250), 852-55 ($250), 859 ($300), and so many more. Overall fresh and very fine, a rarely offered collection in such nice, NH condition. Scans only show a small sampling of the collection. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (Scan 13) (Scan 14) (All Scans)

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Scott $ 8,500

SOLD for C$1,700.00
Will close during Public Auction

1409

Collection of Mint and Used Russia, 1865-1970, with over 1,000 stamps, including a few souvenir sheets, in a few hundred Minkus album pages housed in a binder. The collection ranges from Scott #15/3801, along with selections of Semi-postals, Airmails, Postage Due, and Officials. A cursory check indicated 2023 Scott #s and values 294-301 (m.h., c.v. $220 total), 647-658 (m.h., $124 total), 1080a-1082a souvenir sheets (used, $150 total), 1280-1288 (m.h., $457 total), C15-C19 (m.h., $200 total), CO1-CO2 (m.h., $325 total), along with stamps, sets, and partial sets cataloguing from $20 to $60 and up, including C58-C674 (used, $126 total). Owner's Scott 2014 catalogue value totals $7,520, with catalogue values on album pages provided by the owner. Online photos show a sampling. We note a few small faults with a few of the early stamps. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 750

SOLD for C$600.00
Will close during Public Auction

St Pierre & Miquelon

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1410

Collection of Mint and Used St. Pierre & Miquelon, 1885-1990s, with roughly 600 neatly organized stamps in 7 manilla stock pages. The collection begins with roughly 500 mint stamps, ranging from Scott #27/666d, with a cursory check indicating better stamps and sets with Scott #s 36-45 (m.h., c.v. $186 total), 46-51 (m.h., $85 total), 75, 78 (m.h., $87 total), 79-109 (missing #88, m.h., $131 total), France Libre F.N.F.L. overprints 226, 229, 231-232, 245, 254, 258 (m.h., $164 total), along with a few stamps and sets cataloguing $20 to $50 and up, including C20 (m.h., $55). The lot also includes roughly 100 used stamps, ranging from Scott #11/601. Owner's 2014 Scott catalogue value totals $3,665. Online photos show pages with mint material. We note a few small faults with a few of the early stamps. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (All Scans)

Estimate $ 350

SOLD for C$325.00
Will close during Public Auction

1411

Collection of Mint and Used St. Pierre et Miquelon, 1891-2018, with roughly 950 stamps, and a few souvenir sheets, in a stockbook and in hingeless mounts on homemade pages. The collection begins with a selection of mint and used classics with Scott #s (used unless otherwise noted) A6, 4, 19, 25, 28, 35 (m.h.), 37 (m.h.), 39-41, 43 (m.h.), 47 (m.h.), 49-51 (m.h.), along with mint and used Navigation & Commerce stamps, France Libre F.N.F.L stamps including #s 209, 211, 214-215, 217-218, 221 (m.h., c.v. $183 total), 226, 229, 231-232, 235-236, 238-241, 243, 249-252, 256-257 ($338 total), along with stamps, sets, and partial sets, cataloguing $15 to $30, including 160-164 (m.h., $80 total). The collection continues with primarily mint stamps (including some never hinged material, from the 1950s onward, including back of the book material, with stamps, sets, and partial sets, cataloguing $10 and up. Online photos show a sampling. We note a few faults with a few of the early stamps. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (All Scans)

Estimate $ 300

SOLD for C$400.00
Will close during Public Auction

St. Vincent

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1412

Large, Mostly Never Hinged St. Vincent and The Grenadines of St. Vincent Stock, in a rather full sheet file, on numerous stock pages and in glassines. The bulk of the material is from the 1970s to the 1990s. This group includes more than 300 souvenir sheets and miniature panes which have quite good variety as well as another 150 or so which are of fewer than 10 different issues. There are more than 40 complete sheets along with another well over 100 part sheets. In a number of cases, these part sheets form complete sets, such as St. Vincent Scott #s 662-65 (x100 mint, c.v. $410 total), 1173-80 (x20 mint, $290 total) and The Grenadines of St. Vincent 133-52 (x20 mint, $300 total). We also observed more than 15 booklets. There are thousands of stamps in this group with a mix of good variety in some instances as well as heavy duplication in others. This is an excellent lot for the topical issue seller, with Animals, Birds, Butterflies, Music, Space and other themes well represented. Overall very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 400

SOLD for C$325.00
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1413

Mostly Mint Never Hinged St. Vincent Collection from the Victorian Era to the 1990s, neatly arranged on more than 140 Hagner pages. The collection starts with mostly used classics which overall are quite pleasing for the issues. We have spot checked the collection and it would appear never hinged starting beginning with the George V Silver Jubilees. Included are the following better sets, Scott #s 141-51 (mint, c.v. $55), 156-69, 186-97, 226-40, 279-94, and 407-25. We noted numerous miniature panes, blocks of four and Specimen overprints. Also included are many stamps from The Grenadines of St. Vincent. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 200

SOLD for C$225.00
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Saar

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1414

Near Complete Mint Saar Collection 1947-1959 in a Specialized Hingeless Album, only missing 8 stamps, one block and some varieties. Appears mostly MNH. Features stunning engraving work showcased by complete sheets of 10 large sized Stamp Day issues for 1951, 1953-5 (c.v. 400€) and 1954 Madonna and Child issue 250-2 (c.v. 120€). Also includes MNH Sc 187a, thrice signed, unpriced in Scott as MNH (Michel 200€), 1948 Flood Relief MNH souvenir sheet Scott B64a unpriced as MNH in Scott. (Michel 600€), Scott 204-220(c.v. $125), C12 (c.v. $140) and O27-38 (c.v. $120). Owner’s Michel catalogue value is 2,638€ Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (All Scans)

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Michel E 2,638

SOLD for C$350.00
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1415

Mint and Used Saar Collection 1920-1934, on Vario sheets. Comprised of 190 stamps including Michel-listed stamp and overprint shade varieties. We noted MH Scott 16 (c.v. $240), B23-9 ($155), B30-6 ($205) and Michel-listed varieties 79AII used (c.v. 150€) and 81AII MH (c.v. 110€). The complete lot is shown on photos. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 250

SOLD for C$350.00
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San Marino

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1416

Collection / Accumulation of Mint and Never Hinged San Marino, 1877-1980, with many hundreds of stamps in roughly 60 manilla and Vario-style stock pages, housed in 4 small binders. The lot begins with a small selection of singles and sets including Scott #s: 1-3, 13 (l.h., c.v. $216 total), C63-C71 (n.h., $240 total), C77 (n.h., $500), along with a few sets cataloguing $20 and up. The lot continues with an accumulation of stamps ranging from 1900 to 1980 (including a selection of back of the book material), generally organized by Scott numbers provided by the owner. Online photos show a sampling. Clean, overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 250

SOLD for C$120.00
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Scandinavia

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1417

Accumulation of Roughly 600 Scandinavia Booklets, 1960s-1990s, including all countries and regions, with better representation from Sweden. A cursory check indicated primarily booklets containing definitive stamps, along with a few booklets containing commemorative and semi-postal stamps. Online photos are representative of what will be found in the lot, noting three sealed packages, each containing 120 booklets. A very fine lot for collectors, and dealers looking for stock. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 300

SOLD for C$190.00
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1418

Small Dealer Stock of Mostly Early Norway and Sweden Singles / Sets, all in 102 cards or dealer pages, with Scott catalogue numbers and values, most are used but there are also a few mint, with a total owner's catalogue value of $1,045 (including three faulty stamps). Online photos show the complete lot. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$120.00
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1419

Stock of Mint and Used Scandinavia Filling Five Red Boxes, 1850s-2008, all neatly sorted in roughly 3,700 dealer 102 cards with Scott numbers and with the majority of cards having retail prices shown (roughly 85% of the cards). Duplication generally ranges from 1 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 $10 and under, noting some stamps retailing from $20 to $50 and up. Online scans show a few cards and an overview of the lot. We note a few faults with the early material. Generally fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 300

SOLD for C$475.00
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1420

Collection of Mint and Used Sweden and Norway, 1850s-2010, with a few thousand stamps in two Schaubek albums with slipcase, and 25 manilla stock pages housed in a binder. The collection begins with two Schaubek albums containing roughly 1,000 primarily used Sweden stamps, ranging from Scott #1/2674a, including selections of semi-postals, airmails, postage dues, and officials. A cursory check indicated stamps, sets, and partial sets, cataloguing $10 to $30 and up, including (using 2023 Scott) #s J2, J3, J5, J8 (used, c.v. $133 total), O1-O2, O4 (used, $182 total). The lot continues with a collection of mint and used Norway, with roughly 600 stamps, generally ranging from Scott #2/1691. A spot check indicated stamps, sets and partial sets cataloguing $20 and up, including 2 (used, $150), 104-110 (m.h., $73 total). The lot rounds out with a few hundred mint and used Faroe Islands, ranging from Scott #7/581. Owner's 2009 Scott catalogue value for Sweden totals $2,745, and Norway totals $2,814, with 2014 Scott catalogue for Faroe Islands totals $1,476. Owner's 2009 Scott catalogue value for the entire lot totals $7,035. Online photos show a sampling. We note small faults with some of the early issues, including hinge remnants and mint no gum. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 500

SOLD for C$450.00
Will close during Public Auction