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| 1601 |  / |  | AUSTRIA HIGH OCTANE COLLECTION 1850-1980 housed in two Scott Specialty albums beginning with a section of early used issues to about 1900 and then mint from there to the end and includes virtually every thing that really counts for the period, for example the 1908 Jubilee and 1910 Birthday sets are both present, Dolfuss issue is an exquisite NH margin example, all the definitive sets from the 1930s, the semi-postal issues are complete including the Rotary overprints, WIPA sheet, Renner Sheets, as well as the 1945 unissued Anti-Fascist set and the 1945 Losenstein local overprints, viewing may prove to be a near religious experience, truly a high quality collection, Scott catalog value over $22,000. | Est. $5000-6000 |
| 1602 | | AUSTRIA HIGH POWERED USED COLLECTION 1850-1945 many hundreds of used stamps mounted on blank album pages, every issue is carefully annotated by variety and catalog number, includes dozens of very scarce items such as #7, 7a, 8, 34e-37e, 128-44, 380, 431 plus most of the better semi-postals in sets such as B87-92, B93-98, B106-09, B110, B110a, and PR9, also includes strong sections of Crete including #11A and 18-19 as well as Lombardy-Venetia #15 among other items, &: finally we noted a used set of 1945 Losenstein provisional overprints on Hitler stamps, many of the early stamps were collected for the cancels with several smaller towns and other unusual usages, condition is generally Fine-VF, Scott catalog value over $18,000. | Est. $4000-5000 | |
| 1603 | / | COMPREHENSIVE AUSTRIA COLLECTION, 1850-1988. An attractive collection (lacks SS) with Regulars, Semi-Postals, Air Posts, Postage Dues, Newspapers, Offices and Lombardy &: Venetia, housed in a green Scott Specialty album. The 19th Century is mainly used and includes 1850-54 1k and 2k, 1858-59 3k (both colors), then mint 1890-96 to 2gld, 1899 to 4k, 1905-07 to 72h, 1908-13 Anniversary set, 1932 set to 64g, many later sets, Semi-Postals 1930 TB set NH, 1931 Rotary set, 1932 Artists set, 1933 Skiing set, 1933 Wipa 50g ordinary paper, 1933 Congress set, many later sets, Air Posts 1925-30 set, 1950-53 Birds set used except 5s; Postage Dues mint or used; Newspapers, Offices in Crete &: Turkey, Lombardy &: Venetia mainly used including 1850-54 5c &: 10c, 1858-62 2s, 3s (both colors), later issues, also Bosnia &: Herzegovina. The condition is a little lmixed in places, some Reprints &: Forgeries present, but overall mostly F-VF, much mint and some used. A useful collection. | Est. $2500-3500 | |
| 1604 | | APPEALING MINT AUSTRIA STOCK A dealer's stock of many hundreds of predominantly mint OG NH stamps with strength from 1948 through 1990s, arranged on stock pages in 2 binders, and in glassines within a file box; strong array of 1948 through 1990s Definitives, Commemoratives, S/Ss, Semi-Postals Airmails, with most issues from 1958 onward in mint NH quantities of 3 to 90 each, plus scattered earlier issues, incl. Mint or unused St. Andrews Cross (x14) and a few B-O-B; we espied mint 1948-1952 Costumes set (needs 70g) with key stamps NH, 1926 3s Airmail NH; used 1952 20s Airmail block of 20, and more; generally fresh, Fine-VF; excellent, very saleable material for Ebay or stamp shows; Viewing recommended for full appreciation. | Est. $1500-2500 | |
| 1605 | / | APPEALING AUSTRIA MINT COLLECTION 1908-1985 housed in a Scott album starting with the 1908 Emperor Franz Joseph set continuing with the 1925 and 1932 Definitives followed by the 1933 Skiiing set as well as the Deliverance from the Moors sets, also includes the 1948 Costumes set while the Airmail section is nearly complete with both the 1925 set and the 1950 Bird Airmail set, much is NH after 1940 as well as a few earlier sets and of course the new issues, truly a delightful collection. | Est. $1500-2000 | |
| 1606 |  | QUALITY AUSTRIA COLLECTION, 1850-1964 Many hundreds of different mint OG and used issues comprising Definitives, Commemoratives, Semi-Postals, Airpost, and B-O-B, and 50+ covers, most neatly mounted in a clean, slip cased Scott Specialty album, with several good singles and sets, incl. mint 326-39, 340-53, 556v imperf pair NH (Michel 926U), B110, B122-7, B138-41; used 1, 6, 7a, 8, 33, 46, 65, B132-7; Covers include a few items pmkd at Trieste, incl. stampless 1838 FL, lovely 1850 3kr tied by full strike of circle-in-barred-oval "TRIESTE 7/6" pmk to 1855 FLS, two 1910s Trieste PPCs; also, Austria Fieldpost (x2), B122-7 tied to 1934 WIPA cover, a few FDCs, incl. B245-51, B156-64, C32-46 (x2), etc.; occasional small fault and typical centering amongst the 19th Century issues, with later issues being generally, Fine-VF, and populated with fresh mint stamps; a very attractive, useful collection; Viewing advised for full appreciation. | Est. $1500-2500 | |
| 1607 | / | AUSTRIA, AUSTRIAN LEVANT AND AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE GROUP. A very interesting accumulation housed in one thick volume, mint and used. Highlights include - the 10kr 'Franz Josef' used, x3 (Scott #'127), dozens of imperfs with lots of different cancels to study. Also seen Bosnia Herzegovina, perf and imperf high values, Hungary with quite a scarce stamp, the 'Franz Josef' 25kr lilac mint (Scott #12, cat: $140), as well as top values 50kr with light whiskers. Other areas include Lombardy Venetia, Austrian Danube Navigation Company, some originals, always interesting with distinct possibilities of further good discoveries here. Other highlights include the 3kr black, unused and nice used (Scott #7, cat: $575 and $210 respectively), countless more 19th century and early 20th century, Military Post Newspapers, imperfs etc. There are many hundreds of stamps here, with some items including better semi-postals, yet the majority of the value is pre 1918. This is not at all presented to advantage so please inspect. | Est. $1400-1800 | |
| 1608 | / | AUSTRIA COLLECTION 1850-1970 in an old Schaubek album, the early issues to 1899 are generally used with the 20th century issues almost exclusively mint, the collection begins with a complete used set of the first issue (without regard to paper type) followed by the 1855 issue less only the 3Kr Green, both the 1860 and 1863 issues are complete while the high values of the 1890 set are mint, and beginning with the 1899 mint set, the collection is mint and includes a number of better sets such as 1908 Emperor Franz Josef set, 1917 Coat of Arms, 1925 Airmail set, 1931 Rotary and Skiing sets, 1934 Definitives and 1948 Costumes (NH), and apparently complete NH from this point to the end, also includes some BOB material such as the 1925 Postage Due set, Offices Abroad, and Occupations, lots of sets in the $25 to $100 range and definitely worth a quick review. | Est. $1250-1500 | |
| 1609 | | AUSTRIAN LEVANT, POST OFFICES ABROAD, STAMPS AND POSTAL HISTORY COLLECTION. A nicely written up collection, housed on quadrille album leaves, virtually all used, with some scarce and downright rare material. The latter with the Austrian Levant used in Cyprus, with the 10sld blue postal stationery, cut square, postmarked Larnaca, Cyprus, accompanied by BPA certificate, item is thinned but so few exist in any condition. Also seen some covers including a pleasant blue Austrian Lloyds strike 1913 on 5hl post offices in Levant, as used on the high seas aboard 'S.S. Cleopatra'. Other items include collateral material, post offices in Jerusalem, postal stationery mint and used with 1 piastre o/p 1891 the latter used in Beirut. Further surcharges, p/cards, Smyrna, Constantinople, etc. The stamp collection also develops postmark interest with a good study chronologically organised including high values used in Alexandria, Salonica, Jaffa, more Lloyd, Cavalla in the North Aegean, etc. with many dozen stamps looking very impressive. Quality overall is excellent and very much a collectors collection, deserving a good viewing. | Est. $1000-1400 | |
| 1610 | / | AUSTRIA &: AREA SELECTION group of approximately 150 mint and used stamps, mounted in selection cards, Coat of Arms Issue of 1850-4 twenty-three stamps with interesting cancels and postmarks, #18(2), #B128-31 complete set, Lombardy-Venetia #9(2), #20 with Alexandria datestamp, Offices in Turkish Empire #6(4), #8, #13 pair, also Danube Steam Navigation Company, Bosnia-Herzegovina and telegraph stamps, occasional fault, average through Fine-VF, careful viewing of this useful lot is a must for full appreciation of its profitable possibilities! | Est. $1000-1500 | |
| 1611 | / | AUSTRIA COLLECTION, 1850-1969. Mostly mint in nicely filled large Yvert album, includes useful selection of mostly used a850/83 issues, includes (mint unless otherwise noted) 1899 1h-4kr cplt., 1908/14 to 10kr cplt., 1925/27 Numerals and Views clpt., 1929/30 Views cplt., 1931 Rotary ovpts., 1932 Poets, 1933 Anniversary, 1934 Architects, 1935 Military Leaders, 1945 1Rm-5Rm unissued ovpts. NH signed Diena, 1945 Styria ovpts., mostly complete mint 1945/69 etc., generally fresh and F-VF. | Est. $700-1000 |
AUSTRIA - LOMBARDY-VENETIA
| 1612 | | AUSTRIA, LOMBARDY-VENETIA SPECIALIZED COLLECTION, 1850 Issue A very attractive collection of approximately 1350 stamps and 51 covers, twenty-nine stamps with 2005 Ferchenbauer Certs &: thirty-one folded letter covers or folded letters signed by same expert, other stamps mostly clear to ample margins mounted on album pages and stock book by types, plates, town cancels &: ship cancels, several shades represented, also some stamps with annotated plate flaws, highlights include, Ferchenbauer #3HI strip of three with Bergamo cancels, #3HI Venezia cancel, #3HIIa Udine cancel, #3HIIa pair Oderzo cnl, #3HIII Milano cancel, #3HIII pair Venezia datestamps, #5HI(5), #5HIII Milano datestamp &: #3M tied to piece by Tarcento datestamp, Austria #3MIIIa, #3MIIIb &: #5MIIIa Vienna datestamp, condition is generally VF, many useful pieces, highly recommended for the specialist. | Est. $3000-5000 |
BELGIAN CONGO
| 1613 | / | BELGIAN CONGO SELECTION, 1886/1953. With some additional post-independence isssues and another page of useful Ruanda-Urundi, all neatly sorted on stock pages, some better noted incl. Used 5(2), 6-9, 11-13, 14-30, Mint 11-12, the unissued 25Fr and 50Fr Leopold II, 74-113, Q3-6 (each signed Brun), plus mixed mint or used #31-40 (incl. many handstamped types) and 41-73, noted a good range of boxed "TAXES" overprint, etc., usual condition with most F-VF. | Est. $800-1200 |
BELGIUM
| 1614 | / | BELGIUM ACCUMULATION Many hundreds of mint OG and used 19th and 20th Century issues comprising Definitives, Commemoratives, and Semi-Postals housed in 7 stockbooks, incl. mint 31, 92-101, 172-84, 213, 253, B1-4, B5-8 (x4), B9-12, B162, B468-76, B498-502 (x2), B544-6, B566; unused 23, 24 (x5), 26b; used 1 (x2), 2 (x3), 23, 24a (x12), 25b (x4), 26b (x6), 31 (x10), 36 (x13), 60-75, incl. 74 (x14), 85-91 (x14), 102 (x7), 213, 253 (x5), B1-4 (x5), B5-8 (x6), B99-105, (x2), B107-13, and many more; condition slightly mixed, mostly Fine-VF, with mint being predominantly OG; huge catalogue value; a great stock that will reward one's hard work; Please view with care as this stock needs close attention for full appreciation. | Est. $3500-4500 | |
| 1615 | / | BELGIUM COLLECTION, 1849/1979. Mostly mint in moderately filled large Yvert album, classic period mostly used incl. assortment of the 1849/63 issue with some mnor duplication with variety of cancels and some shades, then used 1866 1c grey imperf, 1919 5Fr, 10Fr Albert, 1932 Anti-TB, 1935 Brussels Exhibition S/S, mint 1925 75th Anniv., 1928 Orval Abbey, 1932 Orval Abbey, 1934 AntiTB, 1948 Monuments, 1948-49 Charities, 1950 European Games, 1950s semipostal sets, 1952 UPU Congress, additional airmails, postage dues, officials, parcel post (less 10fr carmine &: black), (1950-52 11 Fr-2020Fr), Legion issues, Telegraph, Occupations of Eupen and Malmedy, etc., usual mixed condition, generally F-VF. | Est. $1300-1500 | |
| 1616 | | BELGIUM COLLECTION, 1866/1959. Moderately filled Schaubeck album with strength in the desirable 1920s/50s period, numerous better as 1900 2fr lilac, 1919 5Fr Albert, 1925 75 Anniv., 1928 Orval Abbey, 1934 Anti-TB, 1948 Definitives NH, 1948 Royal Portraits NH, 1948 Anseele S/S NH, 1949 Charities NH, 1951 Monument NH, 1951 Elizabeth NH, 1952 UPU NH, 1952 Authors with labels, 1952 Charities NH, 1953 Tourism NH, 1953 Childhood NH, 1953 Charities NH, 1954 Political Prisoners NH, mostly complete NH 1954/59, Parcel Posts incl. 1954 13Fr-21Fr NH, 1959 Surcharges NH, etc., fresh and F-VF, excellent for continuation. | Est. $1000-1500 | |
| 1617 | / | BELGIUM COLLECTION, 1849/1984. Somewhat disorganized collection mounted on homemade pages oftentimes being parallel mint and used, on further inspection, however, pockets of better sets, singles and some S/S show themselves, we note 1849/65 issues used with some minor duplication, 1915 5FR "Franken" used, 1925 75th Anniv. mint, 1930 Antwerp S/S mint, useful 1930s/50s semi-postals mixed mint and used, 1932 Belgian soldiers mint, 1937 2.50Fr on 2.45Fr block of four NH, 1948 Antwerp &: Liege mint, 1949 Centenary airmail mint and used, 1950 European Games mint incl. S/S, 1951 Aero Club triptych NH, 1952 UPU Congress mint, 1952 Authors with label NH, 1953 Childhood mint and used, 1958 Antarctic S/S mint, etc., generally F-VF. | Est. $700-1000 | |
| 1618 | | BELGIUM COLLECTION 1849/1966. Nice collection in a Schaubeck Album with better sets and singles sprinkled throughout incl.used 1849 10c,20c, 1865 1Fr, 1866-67 2c-5c incl. 1c imperf, 1893-1900 1c-5Fr, 1928-30 Anti-TB sets, 1948 Welfare, 1950 Athletic games, 1953 Anti-TB, 1954 Political Prisoners, mint 1928 Orval Abbey, 1952 Portraits cplt., 1953 Tourism, 1954 Bruges NH, 1957 Antarctic S/S NH, etc., also Dues, Parcels, and Railways, generally F-VF. | Est. $400-500 |
BOLIVIA
| 1619 | / | EXCITING BOLIVIA 5cts CONDOR ISSUE SPECIALIZED COLLECTION. A fabulous one-volume specialized collection of over 900 mint or used stamps of the 1867/68 5cts Condor first issue on quadrille pages with detailed write-up throughout, all classified and including large multiples plus some postal history all showing a collector's lifetime of research and careful acquisition, the first section shows the progression of this complex issue from the scarce early printings through to the 4th re-engraving explaining the characteristics of the main re-engravings and the various retouches as well as many of the engravers' slips and corrections that characterize the positions on the sheet, these are particularly well shown by the multiples present incl. a block of 20 of the original plate, a block of 10 of the 1st re-engraving, blocks of six and twelve of the 2d re-engraving, blocks of six, eight, thirty (ex-Elicabe) and fifty-two of the 3d re-engraving and the 4th re-engraving incl. two spectacular part sheets of 54 with one showing the inspector's brush strokes, other highlights of this first section include scarce shades on the original plate incl. a pen cancelled yellow green and yellow-green mint on thick and thin papers incl. multiples, an olive green mint pair, etc., then a page of plated used multiples on the 1st re-engraving, an ambitious effort at reconstruction the 3d re-engraving in olive green achieving 34 of the positions and much, much more, the second section is a fascinating plating of the issue with a full sequence of the 72 positions showing examples from the original state of the plate to the 4th re-engraving for each position, in most casers there are more than the five basic types of a position with extras showing constant varieties, "before" and "after" versions of the major retouches, worn late states, etc., pos. 5, for example, begins with the original plate in olive green showing the engraver's slip (unused), then deep green showing partial wear (unused), deep green showing major wear (pen cancel), 1st re-engraving showing slip corrected (mint), 2d re-engraving (mint) followed by three states of the 3d re-engraving including engraver's slip and its correction and 4th re-engraving with two examples showing wings crudely retouched (mint, one signed), the only examples required for completion of this phenomenal study are three 1st re-engravings on pos. 18, 56 and 64, There is also concentration in shades and postmarks as we note a superb used yellow green example (original plate, pos. 17) with sidewalk margins and c.d.s. cancel and another yellow green (original plate, pos. 12) with blue circular cancel, etc., without a doubt one of the most interesting and important collections of the Condor issue we have ever had the pleasure to offer. | Est. $4000-6000 | |
| 1620 | | BOLIVIA CLASSIC "STARS" COLLECTION INCLUDING IMPORTANT POSTAL HISTORY. A fabulous collection of the "Stars" issues of 1869 and 1869 written up on quadrille leaves with excellent postal history and other highly unusual material present, the collection begins with the "Nine Stars" series with specimen overprints in red on 10cts vermilion (pair, large overprint) and 50cts blue (small overprint) then a wonderful die proof of the 500cts black leading on to plate proofs on card and then the full set in issued colors on india paper, the issues themselves include blocks of four of the 5cts green (Scott #10), 10cts vermilion (#11, unused margin imprint) and 50cts blue (#12) being superbly centered and NH, the 100cts orange (#13) unused and the scarce 500cts black (#14) unused (only 2,000 printed and missing from most collections), the postal history of the "Nine Stars" issue includes two covers bearing 5cts pairs pre-canceled in pen, two attractive covers with 5cts pairs tied by c.d.s. cancels and one with 5cts pair canceled by Cotagatta straight-line handstamp in blue (expertised) and a 10cts vermilion single franking cover Santa Cruz to Cochabamba, then follows the "Eleven Stars" issues with plate proofs on card and india paper of the 50cts blue, the 10cts and 100cts with specimen overprints, a mint block of four 100cts orange and the rare 500cts black (#19) unused, postal history as well with 5cts single franking, 5cts pair, 10cts single frankings incl. beautiful cover with blue La Paz c.d.s., 10cts pairs, etc., an unusual opportunity for the specialist. | Est. $3500-4500 | |
| 1621 | | BOLIVIA COLLECTION. A powerful specialized collection of the 1894 "Coat of Arms" set written-up on album leaves, the collection begins with an essay mounted on card of an unadopted design for the central arms, then imperforate trials of the 1ct, 2cts and 5cts in blocks of four, imperforate trials of the 20cts x2 and 50cts perforated "Bolivia" followed by further imperforate trials and rare specimen overprints with a complete set of seven from the archives of the Natal Post Office (100cts with BPA cert.) plus 2cts, 10cts and 20cts with red specimen overprints in small type (all never hinged), following page with highly unusual wing marginal strips of five of the complete set (possible specimens?) through to the Bradbury Wilkinson issued stamps from the first shipment including marginal block of six of the 100cts mint as well as scarce complete sheets of the 1ct, 5cts and 10cts, then the Eudes and Chassepot replacements on thick paper of the second shipment including a complete set of the first printing, later imperforate "plate proofs" including multiples and various examples, this fascinating collection has been assembled over a lifetime and would be nearly impossible to duplicate today, finding classics in such high quality as in this collection is truly unusual and provides a wonderful opportunity for the dedicated Bolivia collector. | Est. $3500-4500 | |
| 1622 | / | BOLIVIA CONDOR ISSUE COLLECTION. A wonderful range of scarce Condor issue material written-up on album leaves, from the 50cts blue to the unissued 500cts black, the 50cts includes three unused examples of different shades (one sound appearance but with grease mark more obvious from the back) and two excellent gummed forgeries by Eberhardt, then a fantastic study of the 1867 100cts blue with many different shades, mostly unused but with a few mint incl. a complete reconstruction of the plate of 30 of which eight are reprints, other reprints on the 100cts blue include an attractive block of twelve of the 1887 printing from the original plate, then follows the 100cts green with a single and pair unused, two mint singles and two pen cancelled singles as well as reprints incl. an 1877 block of nine, also present are two examples of the 500cts in deep brown and black which were prepared for use but never issued, this collection is a lifetime effort and would be extremely difficult to replace, the reprints of these issues are not too often offered and the originals are distinctly scarce, an exhibition quality collection highly recommended for the Bolivia specialist. | Est. $1500-2000 |
BRAZIL
| 1623 | () | VALUABLE CLASSIC BRAZIL SELECTION, 1843-1900 A few hundred mint OG, used, and unused Empire and early Republc issues neatly arranged in a stockbook, comprising fine and intermediate impressions of 1843 Large Numerals to 90r; singles, and scattered pairs, blocks and unused values of 1844-1846 Small Numerals to 90r, 1850 Numerals to 600, and 1854 and 1861 Numerals to 30r and 430r respectively; and various 1866-1882 Dom Pedro, 1885-1887 Definitives, 1890-1891 Southern Cross, 1891-1897 Liberty Heads, 1898-1899 Surcharged issues, and 1900 Discovery Commemoratives; occasional minor fault, generally Fine-VF, with several 4-margin copies amongst the imperf issues; there could be some scarce early imperf impressions, cancels and shade varieties within; Careful viewing will prove worthwhile ! | Est. $5000-7000 | |
| 1624 | / | APPEALING MINT BRAZIL GROUP Hundreds of mint OG, used and unused issues from 1866 through 1940s, comprising regular and surcharged Definitives, incl. many 1866-1879 Dom Pedro issues, Commemoratives, Semi-Postals, Airmails, Postage Due, and Newspaper stamps; better singles and sets galore, incl. mint OG NH blocks of Scott 189, 387-90, 376a, 407-10, 633a (x2 blocks), C26, C28 block of 25, C29-30, mint singles of 97, 98, 172-3 NH, 293-7, 342-55 (x2), 364-74 (x6), 449 Specimen, 633a NH (x5), C1-16, C26-7 (x5), C28 (x20+), C29-30 (x2), C53 and proofs of same, J1-9, P17, Varig Airmails (Michel C1-7, C10, C12-15), unused 77, card proofs of 189 and 190, 466 (x20), P1-9; also, used 28, 39-40, 81, 97 (x6), 98 (x6), 99-108, incl. some color shades, C26-7, C26 block, C29-30 (x3), C30 block, and more; generous duplication and high catalogue value; mint stamps with occasional spots of toned gum, but most are fresh; used stamps could include scarce cancels; generally Fine-VF; Viewing of this profitable material essential for full appreciation. | Est. $5000-7000 | |
| 1625 | / | ENORMOUS MINT BRAZIL ACCUMULATION An incredible, overwhelmingly mint NH holding of tens of thousands of 1960s-1980s Definitives and Commemoratives in blocks and partial and complete sheet form (some cto blocks, sheets), and mass quantities of S/Ss from the same period, housed in stock books, glassines, and in mint sheet files, accompanied by scattered, mint and used issues from 1882 to 1950s (predominantly mint from about 1906 onward) in much more modest quantities, incl. mint NH Varig and Condor regular and surcharged Airmails, complete mint NH sheets of 1906 10c Official, and 1954 Postal Tax stamps, and assorted used and unused Postage Dues and Newspaper stamps; mint stamps are generally fresh, Fine-VF; a very generous quantity of clean, quality material with an indubitably enormous catalogue value, making this a fantastic opportunity for an Ebay or show dealer; Viewing essential for full appreciation, | Est. $2000-4000 | |
| 1626 | | BRAZIL SOUVENIR SHEET ACCUMULATION Hundreds of predominantly mint or OG NH and unused S/Ss housed in glassines, envelopes, and plate block files comprising many different issues from 1938 through 1990s; Scott values rangie from $9-$20 each, for the most part, with better issues, incl. 1943 BRAPEX (x5, 1used), 1949 Ouro Fino Bicentenary (x2), 1972 Modern Art Week (x10+), 1983 BRASILIANA '83 (x10+); and duplication ranges from a few to 200+each (e.g. Scott 1874); used sheets with occasional fault; mint sheets are generally fresh, sound, Fine-VF, NH, unused without gum as issued; plenty of topical material; a profitable group for the Ebay or stamp show dealer; Viewing necessary for full appreciation. | Est. $2000-3000 | |
| 1627 | / | BRAZIL PROOFS AND VARIETIES ACCUMULATION Mint, predominantly NH issues comprising imperf proof pairs on stamp paper, and assorted varieties, incl. a generous selection of Scott 613a, C54 double impressions/entries, and others; an interesting and useful aggregation, affording potential for specialists, exhibitors, dealers, and collectors wishing to add an unusual dimension to their holdings; generally VF; Viewing will prove worthwhile ! | Est. $500-1000 |
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
| 1628 | | MASSIVE PRC NEW ISSUE HOARD IN FIVE LARGE BOXES composed of thousands in the form of sheets, souvenir sheets, presentation folders, year set collections, postal stationary sets and first day covers. With a highly desirable level of duplication and a number of better as uncut sheets this is a great opportunity for dealers to get in on the excitement of this ever popular country. A clean Fine to Very Fine unit and well worth a bid or two. | Est. $3000-4000 |
COLOMBIA
| 1629 | / | COLOMBIA &: STATES ACCUMULATION a useful group of several hundred mint &: used stamps, housed in two stock books, value is concentrated in the stock book containing the classic stamps of Colombia and the early states, Colombia #1, #3, #4 #6, #18, #324, #F1-2, #F7 &: many other better stamps, abundant Bolivar, Cundinamarca, Santander, Cucuta and Tolima stamps, there is some mixed condition among the classics but generally the condition is Fine-VF, manageable duplication, an opportunity for the specialist or dealer, well worth checking. | Est. $4000-5000 | |
| 1630 | / | COLOMBIA OLD TIME COLLECTION, 1859-1960 A nicely filled collection of mint and used stamps, mounted on Yvert Tellier album pages, highlights include: #13-18, #421-36 Olympic Games Set of 1935, #C38-50, #C83-95 &: #C96-110 complete sets, #F1-2 Registration stamps, interesting and scarce material from early Colombian States: Antioquia, Bolivar, Boyaca, Cundinamarca, Santander &: Tolima stamps, also stock book with several hundred duplicates from the 19th &: 20th centuries, mixed condition, well representative collection that merits your attention. | Est. $3000-4000 | |
| 1631 | / | COLOMBIA COLLECTION 1859-1965 many, many hundreds of mint and used stamps mounted on Scott Specialty pages beginning with the first issues of the Granadine Confederation then skipping to the 1863 issues of the United States of Colombia, fairly well filled from this point through 1900, the issues of the first years of the 20th century are somewhat scattered until 1908, then after 1925 the collection is almost exclusively mint and virtually complete for the years 1936 to about 1960 including some better mint sets such as the 1940 Death of Gen Santander set, the Airmail issues are also complete for this time period and include many sets in the $25 to $75 range, however, the real highlight of the collection is the section of Colombian States which contains more than 200 mint and used stamps and are found only infrequently on the philatelic market, altogether, a worthwhile collection that includes much Fine-VF salable material. | Est. $1600-2000 |
COSTA RICA
| 1632 | | COSTA RICA 1863 1/2R BLUE MINT SHEET ACCUMULATION Over 325 mint OG NH sheets of 100, incl. both the blue and light blue shades (Scott 1, 1a), plus other shades; over 32,500 stamps; some perf separations, frayed selvage, etc., as to be expected in such a group; however, the stamps are generally fresh, Fine-VF; one does not encounter complete sheets of early Costa Rican issues every day, especially in such quantity, making this worthwhile viewing ! | Est. $3000-4000 | |
| 1633 | / | SPECIALIZED COSTA RICA COLLECTION 1863-2005 housed in three volumes of Scott Specailty albums loving assembled by a collector during the 1950s and continued through the new issues of 2005, there are extensive notes and even letters from prominent collectors of this country, in addition to the Scott listed stamps there are inverted and double overprints in abundance, imperforates, Specimen overprints, and dozens of other varieties starting on the very first page which includes a "1 cto" double overprint plus "unauthorized" overprints, better early mint items include both the 1892 and 1901 Definitive sets as well as the 1921 Centenary set in tete-beche pairs, the airmail section represents significant value starting with several overprint varieties on the 1930 Airmail set followed by the 1931 Overprints on Revenues set, also includes the highly sought after 1940 Sanatarium overprint set (NH) as well as the 1941 Soccer set (NH), the "1944" Overprint in Blue (signed), 1944 City of San Ramon set, "1945" Overprints (2 sets plus blocks) as well as the same set with Specimen overprints and other non-Scott listed varieties (all signed Kessler), and finally the 1946 Unissued Fifth Postal Congress set, altogether, lots of unusual and very desirable sets that are seldom seen in the philatelic market today. | Est. $1400-1800 |
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
| 1634 | | COMPREHENSIVE CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND RELATED AREAS COLLECTION, WITH POSTAL HISTORY, 1918-1969 A quality, specialized parallel mint OG and used collection housed in 11 clean Schaubek albums, with used issues to about 1960 identified by Michel, incl. varieties; predominantly NH from about 1938 forward; begins with a small collection of early stamps and postal stationery of Austria bearing Czech town postmarks, and a few documents franked with Austrian Revenue stamps followed by mint OG signed Locals of Prague (Michel 1-21, 22-42), and (unsigned) mint and used Budweis Locals, a specialized study of Hradcany Castle, and other Definitives, and many better Semi-Postals, and Airmails, incl. mint Scott B8a, B17, B21, B54, B57, B59, B60, B90, B115, C4a, C6b (all signed ), and a solid display of Definitives, Commemoratives, S/S, etc., incl. mint 200a signed , 201a signed, B137-9 (x2), and same set canceled on small signed pieces; plus Eastern Silesia, incl. signed mint 31, 32, Military Post in Siberia, incl. signed mint Michel 7-17, and Slovakia; Postal history comprises hundreds of covers from 1918 forward, incl . C1-3 on separate Registered commercial covers, and unaddressed FDCs and event covers; occasional minor fault; generally fresh, sound, Fine-VF; very impressive collection replete with many signed, sought-after issues; Viewing essential for full appreciation of the scope and value within. | Est. $8000-10000 | |
| 1635 | / | EXTENSIVE CZECHOSLOVAKIA COLLECTION, 1918-1980 Many hundreds of mint OG and used stamps comprising Definitives, Commemoratives, S/Ss, Semi-Postals, Airmails, and other B-O-B, plus Eastern Silesia, and a handful of covers, all mounted in 4 small, time-worn albums; includes an extensive section of Hradcany Castle issues, incl. paper, shade, and perf varieties, 1925 Masaryk issues arranged by wmk; also, an unused 1934 1k National Anthem S/S (signed) with original folder; the B-O-B is especiallly strong, incl. mint Scott B21, B44, B62, B72 (all signed), C1-C6, and more; generally Fine-VF; A clean, quality collection ready for further expansion; Pleasurable viewing is assured ! | Est. $2000-3000 | |
| 1636 | / | DELECTABLE CZECHOSLOVAKIA MINT COLLECTION 1918-2000 housed in four volumes Minkus albums nearly complete for the period, missing a mere handful for total completion, the highlights of the collection are found in the "Posta Ceskoslovenska 1919 " overprints including the 10K Violet (Sc# B21) with Royal cert, 30h Austrian Postage Due (#B45 with PF cert) , (50h Austrian Postage Due (#B54 signed 3 times), 10K Austrian Postage Due #B57 with PF Cert), and 10f Hungary (#B71 with PF cert), dozens of other better items are scattered throughout the collection including the first Airmail overprints, and the 1925-26 Olympics overprints, the last volume includes the issues for Bohemia &: Moravia as well as Slovakia and some cinderella material, created by a collector with a passion for philately which is quickly evident upon viewing. | Est. $2000-2500 | |
| 1637 | / | SPECIALIZED CZECHOSLOVAKIA COLLECTION interesting collection of several hundred stamps, mostly mounted on Yvert &: Tellier album pages, twenty-six Black imperforated proofs "Hradcany" issue, twenty imperforated trial color proofs 1920 "Hussite Priest" design, #B137-9 &: #B140-3 complete sets signed by Gilbert, specialized section President Masaryk issue of 1925-7, including extensive notes in Spanish &: diagrams depicting die types, Fokker over Prague issue of 1930 group of thirty stamps on annotated pages showing types &: imperforated proof block, group of thirty stamps with Srobar local overprints reading "CESKO/ SLOVENSKA/ POSTA," specialized section of semipostals showing seven different types "POSTA/ CESKOSLOVENSKA/ 1919" overprints applied to Austria &: Hungary stamps, condition generally Fine-VF, A useful collection. | Est. $2000-3000 | |
| 1638 | / | CZECHOSLOVAKIA COLLECTION, 1918-1991 Many hundreds of different, predominantly mint OG and unused issues comprising Definitives, Commemoratives, Semi-Postals, Airpost, etc., and complete mint NH issues from 1960 forward, all housed in a Schaubek album and in 3 hingeless KABE albums displaying extremely high level of completion, incl. used Budweis ovpt. Definitives, mint National Anthem S/Ss, mint B37, B38, B56, and B69 (all signed); used B89 signed; generally Fine-VF; Viewing of this pristine collection suggested for full appreciation ! | Est. $1500-2000 | |
| 1639 | / | CZECHOSLOVAKIA COLLECTION. A comprehensive and attractive post WWII collection housed in nine stuffed to capacity Lindner albums with the occasional bonus of non Scott listed material, the m/s are well worth investigating, with parallel mint and used perf and imperf, side by side, for example the 1955 'Znamek' m/s etc. Perhaps the best is the 1945 Kaschauer, printings with all kinds of inter-panneaus, page after page, looking impressive. A good viewing thoroughly recommended. | Est. $1400-1800 | |
| 1640 | / | CZECHOSLOVAKIA COLLECTION, 1918-1967 Many hundreds of mint OG and mostly cto issues comprising Definitives, Commemoratives, S/S, Semi-Postals, neatly mounted in 2 Scott Specialty albums; high degree of completion for period, enhanced by a small selection of Czech town and city cancels on 19th and early 20th-Century stamps of Austria, Budweis ovpts. on 1918 Austrian stamps tied to small pieces, mint and cto 1937 Bratislava and Prague Philatelic Exhibition S/Ss and sheets of 25 of 10h Newspaper stamp privately overprinted for 1939 Worlds Fair, incl. folders, franked Masaryk commemorative cards, Sudentenland local handstamps (Karlsbad, Reichenberg-Maffersdorf, Rumburg) on several mint and cto 1937-1938 Czech S/Ss, unofficial "Cesko Slovenska Post" handstamps on 1919 issues of Hungary, and 4 Czechoslovak Fieldpost covers; generally Fine-VF; Viewing of this clean, diverse collection necessary for full appreciation. | Est. $1000-2000 | |
| 1641 | / | CZECHOSLOVAKIA COLLECTION. Fairly comprehensive collection in thick European album representing one man's collection, often with mint, used and first day cancels running parallel, from the first issues through the 1970s, we note especially the "Hradcany" section with imperf errors on the 10h green, 20h rose and 30h violet (not signed but with wide margins and appearing genuine), then "Posta" overprints to the 4k green on grey followed by excellent studies on 1920s issues written-up with lots of perf varieties requiring further investigation particularly on the "Science and Agriculture" issues, etc., also present are later issues with useful ranges of se-tenant labels, tete-beche pairs, souvenir sheets incl. 1952 Bratislava used, etc., a very good collection. | Est. $1000-1400 | |
| 1642 | / | CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND EASTERN SILESIA GROUP. The highlights here are the Czech Forces in Siberia, with the 1918/20 series of 6, unused inc. occasional signed by Gilbert, inc. 1920 o/ps, with all values to the 1r and more signatures by Gilbert. The series of 3 'soldier post' in Siberia, present with perf 13 3/4 and various others, again with a study and more expertization markings. Then the Scout issue pair with 2 series mint and one used, inc. blue, violet blue and light blue on the 10h and then carmine red, light red and rose carmine on the 20h. Then a further five complete series of this issue, no doubt with occasional other subtle differences for the specialist. Then the Hungarian o/ps with 'Cross and Griffin', logo, Austrian Hungarian Empire, o/p 'Ceska Slovenski Stat' to high value 10kr, used. Then the series of 15 complete mint to the 10kr o/p, accompanied by the 'Porto' to the 10kr mint high values and further studies of these interesting o/ps inc. inverted. Another interesting page is the 'Provisiorni Ceskaslovenska Vlada' o/ps to kr and Emperor Karl design o/ps - these are not often seen. Then the same again, this time the larger o/ps and shields as surcharged on the 7th November 1918 at the end of WWI. Then a study of Eastern Silesia with the Hradcany with lots of different perf varieties to explore, as well as of course the imperfs to the 1000h. The collector here has also occasional blocks and items identified that do not fit into the existing body of literature of this area - so there are a few question marks he periodically placed for material requiring further research. Other 'back of the book' is present but time does not permit more description. | Est. $900-1200 | |
| 1643 | / | CZECHOSLOVAKIA OLD-TIME COLLECTION. The vendor states that this was bought in Europe about 30 years ago, and just left on the shelf. Certainly this is an old time holding, mint and used, replete with stamps and to a certain extent, awkwardly mounted on large homemade pages, with the stamps occasionally falling off among the thousands of different stamps here. There is also a little postal history/specialist postmark/1930s promotion material, etc. Highlights include a good range 'Hradcany' leading onto more obvious such as the 1920s 'Sokol' issue o/ps complete mint, similarly the 1925 'International Olympic Games', better airmails o/ps including imperfs #C1 - #C3, combination mint and used and many commem and defin series, leading up to the 1960s. The 'back of the book' is also fascinating, including Czech forces in Siberia, again with more Hradcanys, with lots of perf studies, shades and color varieties,not organised at all to best advantage, but because it is original offered intact as received, there is huge potential here for the specialist. | Est. $700-900 | |
| 1644 | / | SLOVAKIA 1930s/40s ISSUES SPECIALIZED COLLECTION. Slovakia has always been an interesting country philatelically and here is a fascinating collection, mint and used, much of this is underrated as it hardly ever comes on the market. For example starting with the 'Slovenski Stat 1939' o/p issues on Czechoslovakia with various unused to the 2 1/2 kc and various used to the 1.6kc. Then there are other Czechoslovakia stamps overprinted including the Priest mint 12 1/2kc and blocks of 4 corner marginals control numbers used, followed by imperf blocks of 4, 20h and 30h and a superb corner marginal block of 4 control number, 20h used, followed by the Slovakian Priest series with various other mint blocks of 4 to the top value mint never hinged 3 karuny. Many more commems of Slovakia proper, as well as airmails particularly strong in issues of 1940 onwards, including further imperfs, with some specialization that may well yield further discoveries for the knowledgable. The Slovakia war years are very comprehensive inc. the carrier pigeon, similarly other 'back of the book' on the doplatne issues, and further imperf multiples through to the 'Arms' imperf blocks of 10, as well as pairs with and without watermark, etc. Accompanying all of this is a collection of modern Slovakia, yet of course the main interest and value here is in the considerable 1939 to 1945 section. | Est. $500-600 | |
| 1645 | / | CZECHOSLOVAKIA COLLECTION. Mint and used collection of hundreds of stamps, housed in a European album with useful ranges of the 1918/19 Hradcany perfs and imperfs and 'Posta Ceskoslovenska' o/ps, 1920 airpost first series complete mint (signed), 1925 Olympics Congress and 1926 Sokol o/ps complete mint inc. never hinged (signed), souvenir sheets comprehensive from the 1930a onwards inc. 1952 Bratislava sheet used, decent back of the book, particularly postage dues and Eastern Silesia o/ps inc. 'SO 1920' on 5h blue green pair one without overprint (requiring expertization), etc, etc. Please inspect a collection with substance. | Est. $500-700 | |
| 1646 | | CZECHOSLOVAKIA COLLECTION. If you are looking for a beautifully displayed album with clear cut representation of this country, including some early 'back of the book' and above all a good 'bread and butter' collection, you could hardly do better than this. One album, choc a bloc, with material including miniature sheets and philatelic collateral such as the 1927 Prague International Aviation displayed vignettes and others including the 'Budweiser' o/ps, a good range of Hradcanys perf and imperfs, the 'Posta Ceskoslovenska 1919' o/ps to the 4kr and then on the Hungary o/ps and a few Portos inc. 5kr blue used. Then mid 1920s fairly comprehensive with much mint, one of a kind, which as stated is the key to this collection, i.e. one of everything, except for the rarities. The same can be said for the doplatits and this bulging volume has much diversity that would serve as an excellent foundation of Czechoslovakia through her stamps. 95% is in complete series and also 95% complete through to the modern era. A very clean, virtually all mint collection. | Est. $450-600 |
CZECHOSLOVAKIA - BOHEMIA & MORAVIA
| 1647 | | BOHEMIA &: MORAVIA AND LIBERATION COLLECTION. Outstanding three volume collection with an abundance of good material of which the contents of one book stand out, being mostly devoted to Michel listed varieties, excellent quality throughout with much being mint never hinged and incl. winged corner margin singles or blocks specifically ordered by denomination right up to the 10k overprints of Czechoslovakia, with a half-dozen mint never hinged examples expertised by Mahr or Gilbert, next a Hitler 1kop50 color trial in red of that specific definitive series for Bohemia &: Moravia under the German Protectorate imperf (signed twice), much of the Michel listed material is challenging but perhaps the best is the non-Michel listed material present especially on these Hitler definitives as well as some commemoratives of Bohemia &: Moravia specifically for the liberation of these territories incl. lots of mint never hinged in multiple format such as "Osvobozena CSR 1945" overprints on 60h violet and 1k20h red blocks of twenty, "CSR Klatovy" on St. Nicholas cathedral issues, "Pravda Vitezi" and CSR monogram on a range of issues, "Ozvobozene Ceskloslovensko" and coat of arms in blocks of four on eight denominations to the 1k20, "Dekujeme Spojencum zu osvobozene - 5.V.1945" on a range of issues incl. blocks of four (many signed), etc., there is also a range of early forerunners "Deutschvolkischerwehrschatz" cinderellas, etc., the other two volumes are also good specifically dealing with "V" postmarks, swastika postmarks, acknowledging the various years of the Protectorate and, of course, many so called "sonderstempel" with a huge variety of material in this category as well, the tri-colored postmarks sections are certainly particularly visual and these books are loaded with specialized material of this caliber, even iron crosses postmarks on Bohemia and Moravia, etc., an outstanding collection and an exceptional opportunity for the specialist, dealer or collector, careful viewing recommended. | Est. $1500-2000 | |
| 1648 | | CZECHOSLOVAKIA SPECIALIZED COLLECTION WITH POSTAL HISTORY, 1939-1944 An extensive collection of mint OG and used Czech and Bohemia &: Moravia issues, comprising regular and overprinted Definitives, Commemoratives, Semi-Postals, Newspaper stamps, Officials, etc. in singles, blocks, gutter pairs, asterisk marginal inscription singles and blocks, etc. accompanied by nearly 300 private and commercial covers mounted on pages annotated in Czech in 4 home-made albums; generally Fine-VF, and fascinating; Careful viewing essential for full appreciation. | Est. $1500-2000 |
DANZIG
| 1649 | / | DANZIG AND PLEBISCITES COLLECTION, 1920-1939 Many hundreds of mint OG stamps comprising Definitives, Commemoratives, S/Ss, Semi-Postals, Airmails, etc. neatly mounted in an album on hand-drawn pages with German annotations; many singles and sets both mint and used; Danzig includes network, watermark, and paper types, and better sets, incl. mint Scott 156-67, 200-10, C31-5, used 193-9, B21a, and 1929 Philatelic Exhibition Issue on cover, and more; generally Fine-VF; an appealing collection; Viewing advised for full appreciation ! | Est. $1000-1200 |
DENMARK
| 1650 | / | DENMARK AND DANISH AREA SELECTION. The "home country" plus additional Danish West Indies, Faroe Islands and Greenland on stock pages, numerous premium incl. (mint unless otherwise noted) Demark 1-8 used with some minor duplication, 10-20 used, 35 used, 65-69 used, 82 used, 127-31, 135 used, 142-564, 181-91, 210-19, 232-38, C1-10, J1-7, Danish West Indies 3-4 (each signed Brun), 12, 14 used, 48, Faroe Islands 2-6 used (each signed Brun), Greenland 1-40 (less #34), etc. and ending with glassines of the ever present "waiting to be sorted", usual mixed condition, mostly F-VF. | Est. $1200-1600 | |
| 1651 | / | DENMARK SOLID STOCK 1933-1982 thousands of mint and used stamps sorted by year onto about 70 small stockcards, includes many complete sets and singles in quantities of 5 to 10 each with some blocks, includes used C1-6(6), mostly Fine-VF, a very clean stock with much NH. | Est. $1000-1500 |
FAROE
| 1652 | / | FAROE AND ALAND ISLANDS MINT COLLECTION 1919-2005 two Lighthouse hingeless albums with both countries virtually complete starting with a used first issue Faroe (the only used stamp in the collection), followed by the mint 1940 Overprinted set, then complete NH from 1975 through the most recent issues, likewise, the Aland is complete NH from the first issues of 1985 right through to the end including sets and souvenir sheets, Fine-VF. | Est. $750-1000 |
ESTONIA
| 1653 | | ESTONIA COLLECTION approximately 300 used stamps &: eight souvenir sheets, mounted in Ka-Be album, #2 perforated 11.5 (Michel #2A), #142a, #147a, #B39a, #B44a, #C4-6 &: many other complete sets, condition Fine-VF throughout, intermediate collection ready for expansion, worth a look. | Est. $1000-1500 | |
| 1654 | / | ESTONIA COLLECTION. Excellent virtually complete collection of mint and used of 1918/41 issues on special album pages and including non-Scott listed material, highlights include mint and used "Eesti Post" overprints with violet ovpt. 10k dark blue mint (Scott #13), 1922 semi-postals "Nurse and Wounded Soldier" imperf between pairs (#B7a, 8a), 1923 overprints on these issues complete imperf and perf (#B9-12), imperf airpost surcharges used (#C4-6), 1925 triangular airmails complete mint in corner blocks of eight (#C14-16), 1930s souvenir sheets mint, 1941 "Pernau" overprints complete, the two different types of swastika sets of 1941 mint, etc., a pleasure to view as the collection needs little for completion for the period. | Est. $900-1200 |
FINLAND
| 1655 | / | FINLAND COLLECTION, 1856-1965 Many hundreds of mint OG and used issues comprising Definitives, Commemoratives, Airmails, Parcel Post, Military stamps, and a modest selection of Karelia, all neatly mounted in a Scott Specialty album, displaying a very high degree of completion from about 1875 forward, incl. mint 34a, Q1-5, Q6-9; unused 7b; used 2, 7b, 10b, 16, 23a, 56, 57, 82, B2-4, and others; mixed condition amongst the used 19th Century issues; mint stamps are generally fresh, Fine-VF; an attractive collection ready for further development by an appreciative collector; Viewing suggested for full appreciation. | Est. $500-750 |
FRANCE
| 1656 | / | FABULOUS FRANCE COLLECTION 1849-1949 assembled by a meticulous collector in a Lighthouse hingeless album, the collection is primarily used prior to 1900 and somewhat sparse though we did note 20c Black, 25c Blue and 40c Orange from the First Ceres issue, the Second Empire issues are well represented and a reasonable presentation of the 1877 Sage issues to the 5F, then starting with the 1900 issues, the collection is exclusively mint including the Merson issue to the 20F, better sets and singles of the early 20th century include the 1917 Orphans set, 1922 Overprinted Orphans set, 1923 Philatelic Congree (2, one signed &: one with Pinchot cert), 1925 Philatelic Exhibit S/S, 1930 Strasburg S/S, and 1929 High Values complete including the very scarce 20F Type II, 1937 PEXIP S/S (2), beginning about 1924-25 the collection starts to convert to NH material and among these we note 1929 Le Havre (NH), 1937 Winged Victory set, in addition the 1936 Airmails are complete including the Plane Over Paris set to 50F, Atlantic Crossing set and 50F Banknote (2), followed by 1947 500F Ile de la Cite part sheet of six, and 1949 Airmail set in blocks, of special interest are both sets of the 1942 Free France issues from London as well as the "Malmaison" issues in Deluxe Proofs, overall, a beautiful collection created by a collector with an eye for quality. | Est. $10000-12000 | |
| 1657 | / | FRANCE HIGH-POWERED DEALER'S STOCK 1849-1965 ten small counter books containing hundreds of better sets and singles, the first book contains the classic used issues such as 1850 40c Orange Ceres (4) and 1869 5F Napoleon III (5) and several similar items, however, the 19th century represents only a small fraction of the value which is actually concentrated in mint 20th century issues in quantity, starting with a worthwhile section of mint 1909-29 Merson issues, followed by mint 3F to 20F pictorial high values of the 1929-33 issue, from this point to very end there are many dozens of mint sets in quantities of 5 to 10 each in the $25 to $50 range, for example we noted 1914 Red Cross Overprint (8), 1930 First Airmail (8), 1935 Intellectuals (11), 1949 Airmail (4), 1953 Sports (13), and 1954 Products set (10) plus many, many more, as usual the condition is somewhat mixed on the classics, however the vast majority is mint and Fine-VF with some NH. A fabulous lot for the eBay seller. Owner's catalog value well over $45,000. | Est. $8000-10000 | |
| 1658 | | ATTRACTIVE CLASSIC FRANCE STOCK a retired dealer's classic-period stock to 1940s, replete with a good selection of perf and imperf Ceres, Napoleon III, Sower, and other desirable Definitives, Commemoratives, S/Ss, Semi-Postals, Airpost, Postage Dues, and Military Airpost covers, most identified by Scott, and all neatly arranged on stock pages housed in 3 binders; includes mint OG 12 x3, 39 (part OG; Sismondo cert), 64, 66, 70, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77-84, 81a, 82a, 93, 94, 95 x2, 96, 96a, 140 x3, 141, 142, 226 x2, 226b, 236v precanceled block, NH (Michel 199; Schollmeyer certs for source block of 6), 251, 294 x2, 299, 315-20, 329, 348, B3-10, B16-19, B42-3, C16-17, J80-92, J93-7 x3; unused 10b (Sismondo cert), 39 (Sismondo cert), 65, 68, 69, 89, 93; used 1, 7 pair (Sismondo cert), 12 x8, 13 x7, 21, 29b, 37 (Sismondo cert), 38 x3, 39, 40, 41 x11, 41 x2, 42 x3, 46, 47 x8, 47a (Sismondo cert), 96 x4, 226 x2, 241, 329 x3, B56-7 tied to Louvre souvenir card x3, B276-81, C13, J10; also, French Volunteer Legion S/S NH, and 1942 Military Airpost covers (x4) comprising 1.50f ovptd. "Par Avion Batiment de Ligne Richelieu" (Dallay 4 with varieties) tied on 1.20f entire (Y &: T 3), with appropriate markings,(all with Rendon certs; Dally value 3500 euros each), and a single Dallay 4 on piece; also, an FLS franked with 25c Napoleon III (11), an S. S. Normandie cover, and a few scattered late 20th Century issues; incl. mint OG 2168 on fluorescent paper NH; Total catalogue value is $60K+; occasional minor fault amongst the 19th Century issues; generally fresh, clean material, with average through VF centering; Careful viewing of this profitable, classic stock will be worthwhile | Est. $6000-8000 | |
| 1659 | / |  | FORMIDABLE FRENCH COLLECTION 1849-2004 in two volume Minkus albums, the first few pages up to 1870 are used stamps then almost exlusively mint after 1875, the collection starts with the 20c Black , 25c Blue and 1F Carmine of the first Ceres issues followed by nearly a complete used set of the imperf Napoleons of the Second Empire, the perforated 1863 issue is complete to the 5F top value then continuing with most of the imperf Bordeaux issue, among the 1870 issue the 10c Bistre on Rose is mint, the first Sage issue is complete used then starting with the second Sage issue the collection converts to mostly mint including the 5F Lilac Sage of 1877, the Merson issues are nearly complete mint to the 20F value and from about 1900 to date the collection is virtually complete except for some very scarce to rare items, the charity issues from 1918 are also complete mint, the collection includes many better mint items such as 1923 Bordeaux Philatelic Congress, 1925 Philatelic Exhibit S/S, 1929 Le Havre overprint, 1937 PEXIP S/S, first Airmail overprint sets, 1936 airmail set to 50F as well as 50F Airmail Banknote &: South Atlantic airmail set, plus much, much more, NH begins in the late 1930s and continues to very recent new issues, and finally there is a selection of booklets including a handful from the 1930s though most are charity booklets from the 1960s, altogether a delightful collection and viewing will be a distinct pleasure. | Est. $6000-7500 |
| 1660 | / | FASCINATING FRANCE ACCUMULATION a large carton stuffed to overflowing with six albums, two glassine boxes, three dealer counterbooks plus a considerable pile of new issues in loose glassines, the first album contains the real value of this lot which begins with a section of used classics including Scott# 21 with a Sismondo certificate, the album continues with used stamps through the 1920s including the 1869 5F Napoleon III as well as the 1929 Le Havre Expostion, better mint in the album include the 1927 Strasbourg &: 1937 PEXIP S/S, next is a Lighthouse hingeless album for 1972 to 1985 that is apparently complete for the period, the last of these albums contains a collection of recent souvenir pages created by the French post office with a stamp cancelled by the First Day cancel on a page with a proof-like impression of the stamp, the glassine boxes contain a number of better sets especially among the sets of the 1950s in the $20 to $100 range, and finally the new issues include French Polynesia, French Antarctic, Mayotte, New Caledonia as well as France, no matter where you begin, the value hidden in this lot will soon be apparent, reserve some time for viewing. | Est. $3000-4000 | |
| 1661 | / | FRANCE COLLECTION 1850-2003 thousands of mostly mint stamps mounted in five Lighthouse albums beginning with scattered used issues prior to 1900 then fairly complete from about 1920 to the very end, better items are sprinkled throughout the first album including the high value Merson issues of 1925 followed by a complete section of the charity issues of the late 1920s to early 1930s such as the "Smile of Reims," the PEXIP sheet is prominently present, many of the sets of the 1930s and 1940s are duplicated and the last two albums contain NH new issues, an ideal group for the eBay seller. | Est. $2500-3000 | |
| 1662 | | FRANCE 19th CENTURY USED AND COVER COLLECTION. Neatly arranged and annotated on homemade pages, starts with three 1814/57 stampless covers and then the specialized 1849/99 issue groupings, 1849/50 issue incl 10c(4), 15C(2), 40C(2), 1Fr(3), 1852 "Republic" incl. 10c(2), 1853/61 Empire incl. 25c(2), 1862/71 Perforated, 1862/70 "Lauree" incl. 5Fr(3), 1870/71 Bordeaux imperf incl. 2c(5), 4c(5), 5c(3), 20c ty. I (2), 30c(8), 80c(2), 1871-73 Bordeaux perforated incl. the large numerals, extensive "Sage" organized by type and issue incl. 1876/78 ty. 1 2c, 1876/77 ty. 2 10c, 75c(5), 1877/80 5Fr(10), etc., several covers intermingled with the various issues, nice variety of shades and different cancels throughout, usual mixed condition, VG-F, huge catalog value, view to appreciate. | Est. $2500-3500 | |
| 1663 | / | FRANCE ACCUMULATION hundreds of mint and used stamps, mounted in selection cards, value concentrated in 20th Century stamps and sets in the $10-$40 range, however significant value in 19th Century stamps, highlights include #1, #3, #6, #123, #252 (3), #315(3)-20(3), #B3-4 blocks, #B11, B43(2), #B28(2)-30(2), #B157a, #B249-54, #B258-63, #B267(4)-72(4), #B276-81, #B294-9, #B327-8 booklet, #B356-7 booklet, #B365-6 booklet, #C22, also thirteen Deluxe Proofs &: three imperforated pairs, some managable duplication, condition is overall Fine-VF, lot recommended for dealer. | Est. $1800-2200 | |
| 1664 | | USEFUL 20TH CENTURY FRANCE STOCK, 1924-2000 A dealer's stock of a few thousands of predominantly mint OG NH Definitives, Commemoratives, Semi-Postals (1942//1997), Airmails (1969//1997), and Officials in glassines housed within 2 file boxes and 2 small glassine boxes; Scott values range from modest to $15, for the most part, and duplicates from 3 to 20 each or so of most issues; includes a boxful of several hundreds of used 1924-2000 issues; large catalogue value, generally Fine-Very Fine; good quality, money-making material; Come see for yourself ! | Est. $1200-1600 | |
| 1665 | | FRANCE USED STOCK, 1854-1877 approximately 1000 used stamps in a small stockbook, incl #35(40), #36(5), #51(10), #53(40), #55(10), #63(10), #68(30), #73(40), #75(10), #76(8) &: #84(8), several hundreds with rhombus of dots numeral cancels, Sage Issue circular datestamps, mixed condition, great for cancel collector looking for hours upon hours of fun. | Est. $1000-1500 | |
| 1666 | / | FRANCE MINT COLLECTION 1923-1985 small box contains two Scott albums, a small stockbook and a few loose glassines, the main collection starts with the Pasteur issues of 1923, better items include the 1935 SS Normandie in Turqouise, 1936 Paris Expo set, 1937 Winged Victory of Samothrace, 1940 Overprinted Definitives, 1953 Sports, 1955 Famous People and the 1949, 1954 and 1957 Airmail sets, the collection is nearly complete after 1940 including many sets in the $25 to $100 range with some NH recent issues, Fine-VF and highly popular material. | Est. $1000-1200 | |
| 1667 | / | FRANCE COLLECTTION 1849-1968, housed in an old style Lindner hingeless album, primarily used up to late 1930s. changing over to mostly NH after 1940 including some better items such as #348, 414 and 700-05, fairly complete from 1940 to late 1960s especially among the semi-postals, also includes a solid section of exploded Red Cross booklets from about 1954, generally clean Fine-VF with vast majority NH | Est. $1000-1500 | |
| 1668 | | FRANCE COLLECTION, 1849/1976. Starter collection of mostly used in an Yvert album, considerable number of premium sets and singles with (used unless otherwise noted), 1849/50 20c/1Fr with shades, 1852 10c(2), 25c(3 incl. single franking cover), 1853/60 1c/80c assortment with shades, cancels, 1862 1c/80c with shades, 1863/71 1c5Fr incl. shades, 5Fr(2), Bordeaux perf and imperf, nice assortment of "Sage", "Blanc", "Mouchon", "Merson" and "Sowers", 1918 Red Cross, 1930 "Smile of Reims", 1929/32 3Fr-20Fr with types, 1930/50s commems and semi-postals assortment, 1936 "Banknote" airmail, 1936 So. Atlantic Flight, 1937 Victory on Louvre Museum card, 1954 Portraits set on two covers to USA, useful Postage Dues, etc., usual mixed condition, mostly F-VF. | Est. $1000-1500 | |
| 1669 | | FRANCE MINT COLLECTION, 1950-1985 Hundreds of different mint OG NH Definitives, Commemoratives, and Semi-Postals housed in 2 pristine Lighthouse hingeless album, complete for the period, incl. 1978 Sabine imperf pairs, a few Commemorative shade and printing varieties, miniature sheets, and Red Cross booklets; accompanied by a binder full of mint NH 1973-1990 imperforate stamps, and unused deluxe imperforate S/Ss identified by Ceres; generally fresh, Fine-VF; Be sure to view this very appealing collection ! | Est. $750-1000 | |
| 1670 | / | FRANCE AND MONACO GROUP. Hundreds of stamps in a stack of album pages, plus a few dozen different booklets also on album pages, then a mint section of sheetlets of Monaco with high face value, the collection of France is comprehensive used, running from 1900 onwards, all one of a kind with hardly any empty spaces, we note 'Merson' to 20fr, 'Normandie' pale blue, useful semi-postals and high values to 10 francs of the 1930s, leading into mint series in the 1940s and fairly complete onwards, etc. Please inspect. | Est. $600-800 | |
| 1671 | / | FRANCE SEMI-POSTALS SELECTION. Approximately 75 mint &: used stamps on stockpages, better noted includes 1914 Red Cross (Scott B2) mint and used, 1917-18 War Orphans 2c-1Fr mint or used, 1918 Red Cross used, 1922 War Orphans mint and used (less 35c+25c+5c mint), 1926-27 War Orphans mint and used, 1927-31 Sinking Fund issues mint and/or used, 1937 Victory mint and used, 1930 "Smile of Rheims" mint and used, 1931 "Provinces" mint and used, etc., Mostly F-VF, Yevert approx (e)4,550. | Est. $600-800 | |
| 1672 | / | FRANCE-POSTAGE DUE COLLECTION. Assortment of 92 stamps on stockpages, numerous better with 1858-78 10c on cover, 25c, 30c, 60c blue used, 1882-92 1c-60c used, 1Fr mint and used, 1894 red orange used, 1896 1Fr rose on straw mint, 2Fr red orange mint, 1908-60 mint, mostly F-VF. | Est. $500-700 |
FRANCE & FRENCH AREA
| 1673 | / | SUPER CHARGED FRANCE AND COLONIES SELECTION many hundreds of mint and used sets and singles arranged on stockpages, every item catalogs over $100 with vast majority in the $200 to $500 range and some much higher, to list every key item would require more space than is available and thus only a few of the most interesting items can be specifically mentioned, the best used items include France 1869 5F Napoleon (2), 1870 10c Bistre on Rose Tete-Beche pair, 1923 Bordeaux Philatelic Exhibit, 1917 Charity set and 1882 2F &: 5F Postage Dues, as well as some better used colonial issues such as Gabon 1882 25c Typographed Provisional (2), and Obock and Djibuti early overprints, some of the best mint items start with France 1877 75c Sage (2), 1923 Bordeaux Philatelic Exhibit, 1929 Le Havre, along with Dahomey 1906 Palm Tree set, French Polynesia 1913 Definitives, Madagascar 1895 Overprinted set, 1903 Zebu &: Tree set, Mauritania 1906 Palm Tree set, New Caledonia 1932 Paris-Noumea Flight set (2), Reunion 1943 France Libre Overprint set, and St Pierre &: Miquelon includes some very scarce France Libre overprints, finally, of special interest, we noted several Specimen overprints on France issues of the early 20th century including Merson Specimens, Sower Specimens and Pasteur Specimens, although condition on some of the classic material is somewhat mixed and some reference material is included, the vast majority are Fine-VF and extremely desirable. | Est. $30000-35000 | |
| 1674 |  | POWERFUL FRANCE &: COLONIES ASSORTMENT several hundred mint and used sets and singles arranged on stockpages, every single item has a catalog value over $100 with vast majority valued in the $200 to $500 range with some much higher, condition is somewhat mixed and a few items may be reference material, nonetheless, lots of high-powered items, for example France proper includes such key items as mint 1871 10c Blue Overprint on 10c Bister, 1900 Merson set to 20F (2), 1917 Charity set, 1936 Airmail set, 1938 Ader blocks of four on both thin &: thick paper (NH), and better used include 1877 1c on Prussian Blue, 1929 Le Havre Philatelic Exposition (APS certificate), and 1870 15c Postage Due on folded letter, better used colonial issues include Diego Suarez 1890 set (2), 1892 60c Postage Due (2), Gabon 1886 50c Overprint on 15c &: 75c Overprint on 15c as well as mint Monaco 1885 5F top value and New Caledonia 1932 Paris-Noumea Airmail set, the items in the $200 to $500 range are just too numerous to list and thus viewing is an absolute imperative to fully appreciate the potential of this material. | Est. $15000-20000 | |
| 1675 | / |  | FRANCE &: COLONIES COLLECTION valuable and extensive collection of many hundred stamps, comprising Ceres, Napoleon, Bordeaux Issue and Peace &: Commerce regular issues, plus definitives, abundant commemoratives, semi-postals, postage dues &: airmails, housed in seven Lighthouse albums with dustcases, highlights include #1(4), #2(3), #3(3), #7(3), #9(3), #12(5), #13(5), #20(10), #37(2), #40(2), #41(5), #46(3), #48(3), #126, #132(3), #197, #198-201, #226 Philatelic Exhibition sheet of 1925, #241(2) Strasbourg mint &: used sheets, #246, #252, #296-7, #299, #329(2) Philatelic Exhibition mint &: used sheets of 1937, #342-7, #348, #700-5, #B1-10, #B11, #B12-19, #B27, #B28-30, #B34a booklet pane of 4, #B38, #B41 &: many other very fresh sets, #C1-2, #C8-14, #C15, #C16-17, #C22 gutter block, #C23-7, #C29-32, Alsace-Lorrain occupation stamps, nice section of 70 booklets, album containing stamps from French Post Offices in Crete, Alexandria, Port Said, Levant, Cavalle, Port Lagos, Vathy &: Zanzibar, another album containing stamps from French Colonies, French occupation of Germany after WW II &: a very attractive section of 90 imperforated stamps (Chad to Rhine Omnibus issue), classics usual mixed condition, later issues Fine-VF, abundant NH stamps, clean and desirable collection for collector or dealer, viewing is a pleasure. | Est. $10000-15000 |
| 1676 | | APPEALING FRANCE AND RELATED AREAS STOCK a retired dealers stock (total Scott $35K+), with France predominant, comprising selected 1849-1950s mint OG and used Definitives, incl. some early re-issues and imperfs, Commemoratives, Semi-Postals, Airmails, and a little B-O-B and later imperfs, etc. all arranged on stock cards; loads of better singles and sets with Scott values to $100s, incl. mint OG (NH noted) France 3 unused, 6d, signed Bloch, 15d, 17c signed, 22, 38a signed, 56, 64, 69a, 74, 77, 96, 97-102, 102 block (1 stamp NH),104-8, 117a blocks x2, 123 NH, 125 x2 NH, 130 x3, 126, 131 x3, 132 x3, 142 NH, 197 NH, 198-201 NH, 236v "Affranch Postes" ovpt. NH (1997 Schollmeyer cert for source block), 245a booklet, 246, 247A, 251A, 253 x3, 254, 254A NH, 300a, 315-20 NH, 348, both 1942 Free French Govt. sets NH, B7, B8, B11, B12-19 x2, B20-3, B28-30, B31-3 x5, B34 x2, B35-7, B38 block NH, B42-3 x3, B66-7, B294-9 NH, C1-2 x2, C6b NH, C8-14 x2 (1 NH), C14a, C15 x5, C15v reversed network x2, C29-32, C34-6 NH, J68 block NH, J93-7 blocks NH, N4, N25v (Michel 11 IA) block NH; used 1a, 7 pair tied to cover piece (signed Calves), 9c, 21, 37, 37c, 46a signed Bloch, 47, 226b x4, B20-3 x2, B27, B28-30, B34, C15 x2, C17 x3, 1942 1.50f Military Airpost (Y&:T 4) tied to small pieces (2007 Rendon certs; x3)J7, N2, N14, and much more; also includes Algeria B14-26; French India 1-19; French Polynesia C33 NH, Lebanon 108-13 x2; Reunion C3v value omitted x3; Syria C1-3 signed, C4-6 signed (C4, C6 NH), C7-9, and more; occasional small fault; generally fresh condition; average through VF centering or better; a very agreeable, profitable stock, as careful viewing will demonstrate ! | Est. $4000-6000 | |
| 1677 | / | FRANCE AND COLONIES COLLECTION large carton containing several albums and a shoebox of new issues, the main collection of France is a rather modest affair in a Scott Specialty album up to 1971 of mixed mint &: used stamps, the highlight of the collection is the 1937 PEXIP sheet, another Specialty album has a similar collection of Monaco, the real value of the collection is found in an album of Omnibus issues that includes complete sets of the 1937 Colonial Arts, 1938 Marie Curie, 1939 French Revolution, 1946 Chad to Rhine and 1949 UPU sets, many of these sets are NH and finally there is an album of 1989 French Revolution topicals mostly from former colonies, altogether, a collection that includes some very popular items in very desirable condition. | Est. $2000-2500 |
FRANCE - OFFICES ABROAD
| 1678 | / | FRENCH OFFICES ABROAD &: FRENCH AREA COLLECTION housed in a Minkus album, although it is the last section in the album, the Saar section is the real highlight of the entire collection both in quality and value especially since the vast majority of items are NH, this section starts with a specialized group of the first issue collected by Type I, Type II &: Type III overprints including the scarce 80pf in Type I &: Type II overprints, the overprints on Bavaria include the 1M through 3M values, then from 1921 to the end of Saar, the collection is virtually complete including both 1921 issues, the 1922 Definitives and much more, while the Semi-postals represent significant value beginning with the first Semi-Postal issue 1927 complete to 1958 including several key sets NH such as the 1928 and 1931 Charity sets as well as the 1948 Flood Relief S/S, the album actually starts with a small group of German Occupation issues of both WWI &: WWII, then continues with French Offices Abroad, notably Offices in China, Canton, Hoi Hao, Kwang Chow, Mongtseu, Crete, Egypt and Levant, and includes several complete mint sets up to about $250 in catalog value, however, this section also includes some reference material, and finally, there is a very worthwhile section of post WWII French Occupation issues for Baden, Wurttemburg and the Rheinland which is complete and apparently all NH, definitely one of those "must see" collections. | Est. $4000-5000 |
FRENCH COLONIES
| 1679 | / | SELECT MINT FRENCH COLONIES COLLECTION Many hundreds of different mint OG stamps to 1970s from 5 French Colonies, mostly NH from 1940s forward, and comprising Definitives, Commemoratives (incl. some imperf sets), Semi-Postals, Airmails, Postage Dues, etc., all neatly mounted in a clean, slipcased Scott Specialty album; replete with better sets and singles, incl. New Caledonia 2, 29, 66-80, 180-1 signed, 182-207, 217-51 most NH (no 20f); New Hebrides 22-32, 55-66, 67-78, J11-15; French Polynesia 15, 21-54, 57-9, 72-5, 126-35, 233-40, B6-10, C17-19 NH, C21 NH, C24-7 NH, C47a NH, C54 NH, C63-7 NH, C78-82 NH, C88 NH, C89-93 NH, C100-4 NH; FSAT 16-19 stuck down, 23-4 NH, 30 NH, 31 NH, 32 NH, 58-63 NH, C1-2 NH, C6, C7 NH, C8 NH, C11 NH, C14 NH, C18 NH, C26-7 NH; St. Pierre &: Miquelon 1-3, 60-78, 136-59, 208, 210, 220, 249-55, 404-7 NH, 408-11 NH, 412-14 NH, B9-10, C20 NH, C21-2 NH, C25 NH, C35-6 NH, C43 NH, C47-9 NH, J1-7; and Wallis &: Futuna 33-42, 43-84 NH, B1-5 NH, J24-36 signed NH; occasional toned or dry gum; generally fresh color, Fine-VF; A beautiful collection, full of quality stamps, which will become evident upon close inspection ! | Est. $4000-5000 | |
| 1680 | / | FRENCH COLONIES (GENERAL ISSUES) COLLECTION, 1859/1906. Mostly used neatly arranged on quadrille pages, mostly complete for the period with some minor duplication incl. various pairs and strips, different cancels, shades, etc., includes (used unless otherwise noted) 1859/65 1c (6 incl. pair and one with Saigon cancel), 10c (10 incl. pair and strip of four), 80c (6), 1871/72 1c (2 used incl. one with Martinique cancel, 1 o.g.), 10c (2), 20c (3 incl. one with Pondichery c.d.s.), 30c (1), 80c (1), 1872/77 4c(1), 15c (2 incl. one with Guadeloupe cancel), 80c (2), 1877/78 30c (2 incl. one with Obock c.d.s., 1 o.g.), 75c (2 plus 1 o.g.), 1878/80 25c black on red signed Schlesinger, 1881/86 40c (2 plus 1 unused), 75c (2), 1 Fr (2 plus 1 part o.g.), etc. plus meaty section of used postage dues incl. 5Fr (Saigon cancel and one o.g.), usual mixed condition but much better than usually seen, VG-VF, view to appreciate, owner's 2004 Yvert (e)8,200+/$10,600+. | Est. $1000-1500 | |
| 1681 | / | FRENCH COLONIES ASSORTMENT a group of approximately 300 mint &: used stamps, mounted on selection cards, highlights include French Southern &: Antartic Territories #C3, #C11-12, #C35a, Lebanon #45-8, Senegal #70, seven imperforated Syria stamps, Andorra #159(3)-60(3), Monaco #2, #4, #6, #15, #20, #27(2), #159 souvenir sheet, Reunion #299-300, #C46-7 &: Niger #C50 artist signed proof with fight against cancer design, condition is Fine-VF with occasional minor faults, viewing recommended for appreciation of its content and potential. | Est. $800-1000 | |
| 1682 | / | TIGHT ACCUMULATION OF FRENCH AREA composed of couple hundred mostly mint sets, part sets and singles on stock cards. The main coverage includes French Congo, Obeck, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Togo and Viet Nam as well as a number of other countries. A clean fresh unit with catalog values that appear to run to about $45. A lot that deserves a quick look. | Est. $600-800 |
FRENCH SOUTHERN & ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES
| 1683 | | FRENCH SOUTHERN &: ANTARCTIC COLLECTION 1955-1990 mint collection on loose album pages and a stockbook, the pages house the stamps issued prior to 1980 including all the key stamps such as the 1960 25F Weddell Seal, 1966 20F Albatross, 1968 Dumont d'Urville, 1963 100F Radio Tower, 1965 50F Adelie Land, 1965 30F ITU, 1969 50F Emperor Penguin, and 1969 Map set, apparently complete up to 1980, the new issues are found in the stockbook and virtually everything is VF and NH. A very attractive and always popular collection. | Est. $1000-1500 |
SOMALI COAST
| 1684 | / | FRENCH COLONIES - SOMALI COAST GROUP. A selection of 19th century issues in multiple formats incl. 1894/1902 "View of Djibouti" in mint blocks of six and surcharged issues incl. the 1902 "5 centimes" double surcharge (Scott #30b) in a used block of four, the 19th century multiples in this condition make Scott retail values irrelevant, a fantastic lot for the specialist. | Est. $400-600 |
GERMAN STATES
| 1685 | / | SUBSTANTIAL GERMAN STATES COLLECTION. Well filled album with most states being very well represented, replete with shade and type varieties and with plenty of cancel interest, neatly arranged by Michel catalog order and with sizable number of better, all listing of these premium issues would be quite lengthy but to wet your appetite we'll mention (used unless otherwise noted) Baden 1851 1Kr (2), 1861 9Kr (3), 1862 3Kr rose perf 13 1/2 (2), 1862 18Kr (3), 1862 30Kr, Bavaria 1849 1Kr, 6Kr, 1850-58 12Kr (2), 18Kr, 1862 18Kr, 1867-68 18Kr, strong 1870/1920 issues with good number of mint, Bergedorf 1861-67 1s, Braunschweig 1852 1sgr (2), 3sgr (2), 1853-63 1/4ggr (2), 1/3sgr, 1/2gr, 3sgr (2), 1864 1/3sgr (signed Brettl), 1sgr-3sgr, 1865 1/3sgr-3gr, Bremen 1856-60 5gr, 7gr mint and used, 5sgr mint &: used, 1861-63 10gr, 5sgr (2), 1866-67 7gr signed Buhler, 10gr, 5sgr (2 used), Hamburg 1859 1/2s-3, 9s mint, good range of 1864/65 perf issues, Hanover 1855 1/10th (2), 1859-63 2pf ("Drei Zehntel") (2), 1859-61 1/2gr (3), 10g, 1864 1/2g, Heligoland useful assortment with many signed, Lubeck 1859 1/2g pen cancel, 2s-4s, 1862 1/2s (2), 1863 2 1/2s (2), Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1856 5s, 1864-67 2s (3 incl. shades), 3s (4 incl. shades), 5s (2incl. one with Berger cert.), Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1964 1/4sg signed Pfenninger, 1/3sg Berger cert., North German Confederation strong selection, Oldenburg useful 1852-55 issue, 1859 1/3g, 2g, 3g (2), 1861 1/3g, 1/2g-3g, most of the coat of Arms types, Prussia strong King's Head types with most represented plus extras, similarly the Arms types, Saxony assorted 1851-60 Issues with shades, useful Arms, Schleswig-Holstein appealing used group incl. strong range of numeral types, Thurn &: Taxis reasonably complete mint, used or both with many scarce incl. 1866 1/4sgr with Sommer cert., Wurttemberg strong 1851-62 issues and most others; majority of the mint stamps with gum, usual very mixed condition but overall condition is F-VF; far better than typically seen with a good number of the better issues properly signed and without the plethora of fake cancels and reprints so often encountered in these types of collections. | Est. $12000-18000 | |
| 1686 | |  | APPEALING GERMAN STATES COLLECTION Hundreds of different singles in an album displaying an impressive level of completion, with an unusually large quantity of the better issues and good color shades, incl. Baden 1, 1a signed, 3a, 6-9, 13, 13a, 14, 15-17, 17b, 18, 24; Bavaria 1 signed 3, 6b, 7, 8, 13, 14, 21, 22, 27a, 28a, 31, 36, 37, 46, J2, J4, J7; Brunswick 1, 2 signed, 3, 4-11, 12, 21, 25, 26; Bremen 2 signed; Hamburg 3, 4, 9a, 12, 19; Hanover 5, 6, 13, 16 on piece, 24; Heligoland 2, 3 signed, 5a, 6, 19, 22; Lubeck 9, 13, 14; Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1, 3 signed, 8; Oldenburg 4, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14 signed; Prussia complete; Saxony 1 signed; Schleswig-Holstein 5, 6, 11a, 19, 25; Thurn &: Taxis 2, 14, 16, 51 signed, 52 signed; Wurttemberg virtually complete, incl. 6, 12 signed, 18, 29 signed, 33, 46 signed; and many more good State issues and elusive color shades; also, North German Confederation, incl. 23, 26 pen cancel, and Alsace and Lorraine, incl. N8, N10; substantial catalogue value; average through VF centering; obviously assembled with attention to good, clean quality and eye-appeal; one of the nicer German States collections that we have offered, and well worth a careful look and a spirited bid ! | Est. $8000-10000 |
| 1687 | | DELIGHTFUL GERMAN STATES COLLECTION. Mostly used neatly housed on quadrille pages, better issues throughout and a full inventory of these premium items would be quite lengthy but highlights include (used unless otherwise noted) Baden 1851-52 incl. thin papers, 1860-62 issue with shades and 9Kr, 1862 3Kr rose perf 13 1/2, 1862-65 18Kr, Bavaria 1849 1KR with Nussbaum-Bisser cert, 1850-58 12Kr, 18Kr, 1862 18Kr, 1867-68 1Kr-18Kr, 1875 7Kr, many others incl. Prince and King Ludwig types; Bergedorf 1861-67 1/2s-4s mint with extras; Braunschweig 1852 1sgr-3sgr, 1853-63 1/4ggr-3sgr, 1864 1/3sgr, 1sgr, 3sgr, 1865 1/3gr-3gr, Bremen 1856-60 5sgr mint, 1866-67 7gr mint, 10gr mint, Hamburg 1859 9s, various others; Hanover 1853 3pf, 1856-57 3pf, 1856-57 3pf-1/10th, 1859-63 3pf ("drei Zehntel"), range of King's Head types; Lubeck 1859 1/2g unused, 1862 1/2s, Mecklenburg-Schwerin most represented; Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1864 issue unused; Oldenburg 1859 2g, 3g, 1861 1/2g-3g, 1867 1/3g-3g Prussia King types and Arms appear complete, Saxony 1851-60 issues cplt., Schleswig-Holstein 1850 1s unused, strong Numeral types; Thurn &: Taxis looks complete mint or used, Wurttemberg with strength in early issues and nice assortment into the 20th value. | Est. $6000-10000 | |
| 1688 | / | GERMAN STATES AND GERMANY REVENUES COLLECTION. An extraordinary collection of mostly 19th century and early 20th century revenues, housed in a binder with mostly old fashioned quadrille album pages There are thousands of stamps here, all organised by denomination and respective German State, as well as Germany. The key to understanding how good collection is that they are nearly all different, ie. one of a kind value for value. For example, with the imperf issues of Stuttgart, the 1875 imperfs mauve from 2pf to 50pf, as well as the 1879 mint 1pf to 50pf, then the 1882 2pf to 50pf mauve used, then a second issue in dark blue again to the 50pf, accompanied by some anachronistic earlier imperfs of 1870, followed by further better material up to turn of the century including 1898 used though to the 2mk. The next few pages are particularly outstanding, the Stuttgart imperfs 'platzgeld' and 'markstandgeld', with punched holes having been applied for revenue usage, accompanied by the hard paper rectangular imperf 'waggeld ' unused from the 3pf through to the 36pf, followed by the large issues for the Stuttgarter Messe with various purple cancels lightly applied, from the 10pf to the 24kr high values. Further imperfs, this time Tuebingen with various primitives, similarly for Esslingen. Then the collection has a section specifically for Germany with mint and used issued 1876 onwards, leading on to a fantastic range of inflation issues of the Weimar Republic, for example mint o/ps through to 5 million marks, then a further series to 500 million marks, leading on to last day o/ps of 10 billion marks! Then a collection of Prussian revenues, Baden with many se-tenant types, some excellent looking Oldenburg, Brunswick, Bremen and much much more. There is so much more here, even for places relating to German Occupations such as the 1916/18, 10pf through to 20mk mint Occupation of Estonia, etc. Further worthwhile areas include Saxony, Wurttemberg, Hessen-Nassau, etc. Also an excellent 'Moebelmesse' series from the 1898 onwards incl imperf between, side margin imperf, imperf pair etc, yet the main strength being the hundreds of stamps of different series of these types of 1898, onto the early 20th century, overwhelmingly mint. Other good areas include unused Hamburg Liberty allegory from the 5pf to 20mk, then much more 19th century united Germany again all presented with some truly delicious engravings. A fantastic opportunity to get a collection formed many decades ago with much great material that you hardly ever see. | Est. $3500-5000 | |
| 1689 | / | GERMAN STATES AND GERMANY REVENUES SUBSTANTIAL BALANCE. This represents the balance of a good 19th and 20th century Germany and German States revenue collection. The presentation is quite chaotic but equally fascinating, with material that was waiting either to be incorporated into the main collection or album pages to accommodate the re-presentation of new material. Here there are large multiples of inflation o/ps, much Third Reich present, various German States among the many thousands. Virtually every kind of presentation conceivable i.e. old fashioned quadrille album leaves, stockcards, glassine envelopes, documents, loose etc. This is a huge work project and certainly not for the faint-hearted. | Est. $1400-1800 |
GERMANY - NORTH GERMAN CONFEDERATION
| 1690 | / | GERMAN STATES-NORTH GERMAN CONFEDERATION STOCK. Hundreds neatly arranged by issue on stock pages and comprising a wide assortment of mint, unused and used singles with (sometimes significant) duplcation, a comprhensive stock organized and priced by Michel catalog and with an abundance of the better issues, condition is very mixed on some (as expected) with some faulty though many F-VF, check carefully for better cancels or varieties, owner's Michel (e)38,000 ($56,000+). | Est. $800-1200 |
GERMANY
| 1691 | / | EXTENSIVE GERMAN AREA SPECIALIZED COLLECTION,1850s-1960s A very attractive and desirable collection, presented in eight Lighthouse hingeless albums, several thousands mint &: used stamps, overall strong degree of completation, includes material from: Early German States, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Danzig, Marienwerder, Memel, Saar, Serbia, Slovakia, World War I &: II German Occupation issues, collector concentrated his efforts on aquiring as many varieties as possible, with the result that there are innumerable overprint varieties, cancels, plate flaws &: some interesting covers, highlights include: Bavaria first issues several different plates, Slovakia nice group of imperf stamps, Berlin-Brandenburg Issues six complete sheets, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern several different types, Saxony one sheet, perf &: imperf stamps, 1949 Goethe Sheet, Cottbus stamps &: envelopes, Finsterwalde imperforated stamps &: cover, Grossraschen stamps &: cover, Lobau stamps, Spremberg different stamp types, Strausberg stamps, covers and souvenir sheets, Thuringia souvenir sheets &: nice group of imperf stamps, Yugoslavia endless amount of varieties, Indian &: French Legion propaganda stamps, Serbia six nice souvenir sheets, General Government (1939-43), Bohemia-Moravia (1939-44), Croatia (1941-4) collections virtually complete, abundant World War I German Occupation issues, Danzig collection highly recommended with many hard to find varieties, Memel collection well filled, Saar collection with many overprint varieties &: types, nice French occupation (1946-9) issues, many stamps identified by Michel Catalog numbers, overall clean Fine-VF, put together by a discriminating collector, who appreaciated quality and had an eye for the unusual, viewing will be a pleasurable experience! | Est. $9000-11000 | |
| 1692 | / | GERMANY DESIRABLE MINT &: USED ACCUMULATION, 1870-1990 A huge group of several thousand stamps with duplication, arranged by issues in nine stock books &: five binders, value is concentrated in Germania design &: Inflation period stamps (1902-23), innumerable amount of shades, varieties and cancels, expertised stamps and blocks are abundant &: identified by Michel number, highlights include: attractive group of small shield stamps &: covers, nice group of large shield stamps with horseshoe cancels and postmarks, stock book containing several hundred German States stamps &: some covers, Michel #16, #78B(4), #80Ba(6), #82B(7), #94AII(2), #94BIIb(4), #94BIIc(2), #95AII(2), #97AIb(11), #97AII, #100b, #105a(16), #106c(20), #114b(10), #115d block, #116 three sheets of 20 with HAN numbers, #119-38, #176b(3), #197b, #198 block of 40, #199c two blocks, #199c gutter block of 8 &: two gutter blocks, #200b, #203b, #204b(5), #222b(4), #222d(2), #248b(2), #275aU imperf pairs &: hundreds of hyperinflation stamps with local overprints authorized on September 1923, stock book inflation stamps with forged postmarks, binder with many envelopes, postcards &: picture post cards related to the 1936 Olympic Games, also well filled Scott binder containing a Germany Collection from 1870 to 1990 with several better stamps scattered throughout, overall condition Fine-VF, many NH stamps &: multiples, viewing strongly recommended to appreciate the value &: extent of the lot, an unrivalled opportunity for the collector desiring to acquire expertise in 1902-23 issues. | Est. $5000-10000 | |
| 1693 | | GERMANY USED HOLDING. An extraordinary holding in ten binders and two boxes fully sorted and catalogued (spot checking proves him correct) at ¥40,000+ ($60,000+), comprised of W. Germany from the early 1950s in a Lighthouse album, then 2 volumes of Berlin incl. Black and Red overprints, 1949 Landmarks, early 1950s sets, 3 volumes of 3d Reich, 3 volumes of E. Germany incl. better early material with definitives, sets and S/S, German Empire through Inflation and Weimar period incl. IPOSTA miniature sheet intact mint and the block of singles on cover, finally two boxes stuffed with glassines with mostly material of the 1950s onwards buth with occasional 3d Reich stamps as well incl. small quantities of S/S, also stockcards of better sets of the late 1940s/early 1950s Fed. Republic and Berlin incl. Goethe, UPU, the three Bells sets, Berlin Philharmonic, etc., an extraordinary holding from a dealer who never got to fulfill his ambition, huge potential here for the budding internet or retail dealer, viewing highly recommended. | Est. $4000-6000 | |
| 1694 | | GERMANY BERLIN AND REPUBLIC COLLECTION/ACCUMULATION Many hundreds of mint OG, used, and cto stamps comprising Definitives, Commemoratives, and S/Ss housed in 8 hingeless KABE albums, accompanied by as many hundreds of duplicates arranged in 6 stockbooks and loose in boxes, with some FDCs, a small quantity of mint NH and cto GDR, and sundry German Occupation and other European stamps; Berlin contains mint NH 1960-1980s issues; and the 1949-1990s Republic period is mint NH with solid coverage, incl. 1951-1952 Posthorns, 1954 Heuss set, the better Semi-Postals, etc.; generally Fine-VF; a fine holding with plentiful mint NH material; Careful viewing advised for full appreciation of content and value offered here ! | Est. $4000-5000 | |
| 1695 | / | GERMANY COLLECTION, 1872-1959 Many hundreds of stamps comprising Definitives, Commemoratives, S/Ss, incl. used 1935 OSTROPA, mint 1949 Berlin Currency Devaluation issue, Semi-Postals, Airmails, and B-O-B from the Empire through the Republic, Allied Occupations, Saar, Soviet Zone, GDR, etc., housed in 2 hingeless albums and arranged on stock pages in a binder; good coverage for the period, incl. mint Germany 28, C45, 5NB4a NH, 5NB8b NH, 6NB6a NH, 8NB4a, 9N35-41, 9N42-60, 9NB1-3 NH, 9NB3a; used Germany 1, 6, 7, 8, 8a, 19, 24, 25 signed, B44-8, B49-57, B50a-5a, B59-67, B68, B104, B105, B143 tied to small pieces by event cancel, C43, C44, C46-56, Danzig 241-54, and others; generally clean, sound, average through Fine-VF centering; an attractive collection replete with useful material; Viewing advised for full appreciation. | Est. $3000-4000 | |
| 1696 | | HUGE 20th-CENTURY GERMANY STOCK OF STAMPS AND COVERS, WITH BONUS Many thousands of predominantly used 1900-early 1960s Defintives, Commemoratives, Officials, etc. of Germany proper, plus stamps of Allied Occupations, Berlin, Russian Zone and Locals, GDR, Saar, etc., housed in glassines, and accompanied by hundreds of postally used private and commercial covers and postal cards, incl. Registered, Censored, and other usages; a small quantitiy of mint NH multiples and partial sheets, and European stamps mixed in; Bonus consists of 2 vol. 1898-1899 Senf catalogues, and picture books about 1936 Olympics (2 vols.) and Adolph Hitler; generally Fine-VF; extremely useful stock that could contain scarce postmarks and usages; Careful viewing necessary for full appreciation. | Est. $3000-4000 | |
| 1697 | | GERMANY SPECIALIZED DEALER STOCK An extensive stock of several hundred se-tenant pairs, strips &: blocks from booklet panes, highlights include Michel #S62, #S93, #S99, #W20I, #W33, #W36(2), #W52(2), #W53(2), #W54 &: #W58(2), very nice selection of singles &: pairs with overprints on top margins, also pairs, strips &: blocks with HAN numbers printed on adjacent margins, all mounted on cards and housed in two dealer boxes, many stamps in the 30 to 50 euros range, overall quality is very nice, mint, NH &: used, useful stock with profitable possibilities! | Est. $2500-3500 | |
| 1698 | / | GERMANY ACCUMULATION filling five large cartons with albums, loose album pages, stockbooks of every description, and loose glassines galore, the value of the lot is concentrated in a collection of East Germany in five volume Schaubek hingeless albums including the 1951 Chairman Mao set, altogether this collection appears to be immaculate and virtually complete, the next carton contains a real hodge-podge of albums, stockbooks and loose pages, the best album holds a small mint Berlin collection while another album is mostly used stamps of Germany &: Berlin, most of the loose pages are either East Germany or Berlin, the next two cartons are filled with albums of Erstagblatts of the 1970s - 1980s and the last carton contains considerable value in loose glassines with some better such as mint 1935 Railroad set (NH), last Nazi Stormtrooper set perf &: imperf (NH), first Federal Republic Welfare set , Third Berlin Bell set and 1950 DEBRIA S/S among many others, many of these glassines are taped shut and contain unexplored material so additional "finds" are indeed possible, take a few minutes to look. | Est. $2500-3000 | |
| 1699 | / | GERMANY SPECIALIZED COLLECTION to 1945 two Lighthouse albums containing an extensive collection of mostly used stamps with virtually every item identified by Michel catalog number, the collection starts with Small &: Large Shield issues including a few mint such as Mi# 15, 20II &: 28, also includes #13 (NH), as well as used #30, beginning with the issues of 1875, the collection includes a wealth of Michel listed varieties including shades, plate flaws, and much more, for example #94AII(3), also includes small sheets of 20 of #96BIIa(2), 97BII &: 116-17, the first volume continues in this fashion and concludes with a representation of the Zeppelin issues including used #456-58, the second album contains the issues of the 1930s &: 1940s with much mint and some NH, a real labor of love which deserves merit and is worthy of expansion. | Est. $2000-3000 | |
| 1700 | | ABUNDANT GERMANY HOLDING, WITH BONUS Thousands of mint OG, used, and cto stamps with strength in the Reich Period, Occupations, Berlin, German Republic, and GDR, accompanied by a selection of Bavaria (incl. 1803 Ansbach FL) and Prussia; plus dozens of 1995-2002 First day bulletins, and 2003-2006 Euro coin embedded stamp bulletins housed in 22 albums and 25 stockbooks; Bonus consists of a useful assortment of collector's tools (small UV lamp, tongs, a lighted loupe, etc) and a couple stockbooks of sundry foreign stamps; occasional minor fault amongst the used stamps, with plentiful fresh, mint NH to extract; an interesting and highly useful grouping of good value; Careful viewing advised for full appreciation. | Est. $2000-3000 | |
| 1701 | / | GERMANY MOSTLY 20TH CENTURY REVENUE COLLECTION. 20th century revenue collection housed in two thick binders with many hundreds of stamps, mostly used on old fashioned quadrille album pages, this collection seemingly covers the gamut of 20th century revenues, with particular strength in the Weimar Republic, Third Reich and the immediate post WWII years. The key to understanding this collection is that like its predecessor of German States and early German revenues, it is virtually all one of a kind. Just a sample of what is here is large and small format 'magistrate stamps, with high values, 'Stadt Polizeiwerwaltung' including gold mark o/ps of Cologne with an impressive display including eagle strikes, then 'Standesamt', 'empfangsbesscheinigung' through to RM as well as DM values. Also Tuebingen University stamps and shields, Karlsruhe with a good range of different values, Kassel shield and various eagles, Kiel, Koblenz with various sparmarken, o/ps of Third Reich, Leipzig, Lokstedt, Loerrachm, etc. - this is just to take the 'K' and 'L' section at random. However this an 'A to Z' collection with virtually every 20th century area represented - time does not permit a further description yet it will be clear from inspection that this is a "collectors collection" in an area of philately that has tremendous potential, viewing highly recommended. | Est. $1800-2400 | |
| 1702 | | GERMANY COLLECTIONS/STOCK, WITH EUROPEAN AREA, AND BONUS Many thousands of mint OG and used German stamps spanning the 1870s through the 1990s, with strength in pre-1945 issues housed in 3 albums and 5 jumbled stock books, and on loose pages in a box; there are large quantities of Definitives, incl. Imperial Eagles with unchecked cancels, postally used Inflationary Period issues, Semi-Postals, incl. some better used 1930s sets, Airmails, incl. a few Zepps, plentiful fresh, mint NH to extract, and several unused Reich Party and Hitler propaganda PPCs; the European area material, housed in 4 albums and 5 stockbooks, include a 1970s-1980s EUROPA-CEPT collection, a mint and used 1853-1963 France collection, and much more; Bonus consists of full cto sheets of 1970s topical sets from Dahomey, Djibouti, and Guinea; mixed condition and arrangement, but with a little work, this is sure to yield plenty of useful, profitable material; Careful viewing advised ! | Est. $1800-2400 | |
| 1703 | / | GERMANY COLLECTION -1945-1989 13 albums GERMAN REPUBLIC AND GDR COLLECTIONS GROUP, 1945-1994^Quality mint OG and used collections mounted in clean SAFE or KABE hingeless albums (13 total), displaying a high degree of completion in each, and both being parallel mint and used from the mid-1950s forward, incl. mint NH German Republic 665-6, 667-8, 702-21, GDR 58-67, used 82-4, and more; also present are mostly mint Allied and Soviet Zone issues, incl. 16N9f NH; generally fresh, Fine-VF; attractive and useful collections; Viewing will be easy and pleasurable ! | Est. $1600-2000 | |
| 1704 | | GERMANY COLLECTION, 1872-1945 Hundreds of different used stamps in a SAFE hingeless album comprising Definitives, Commemoratives, S/Ss, Semi-Postals, Airmails, and Officials from the beginning of the Empire through the end of WW II, plus 70+ pieces of postal history, incl. Hitler, Nuremburg Rally illustrated postal cards, all mounted in a hingeless SAFE album; many good singles and complete sets throughout, incl. Scott 6, 8, 11, 13, 24, 28, 280-99, 320 signed, B15-18, B23-7, B28-32, B34-7, B38-41, B44-8, B55a, B57, B68 stains in margins, B91-2, B104, B105, B141-3, C46-56, average through Fine-VF | Est. $1500-2500 | |
| 1705 | / | GERMANY ACCUMULATION. An exciting, wide ranging box from a wannabe dealer, housed in 8 volumes with thousands of series, virtually all never hinged, with no large quantity of any given item, perhaps half a dozen or so of any one series that we have seen, similarly with the m/s etc., it is therefore very diverse. DDR for example, from the late 1940s onwards with lots of very colorful mint topics and occasionally better definitives. Even German Occupation such as Bohemia and Moravia with a very strong stock to high values inc. many so called 'Leerfeld', some of these are very good in Michel. Also a good range of Thuringen, Russia Occupation and that complicated period from 1945 to 1948 to investigate. The broad stock of Bund very neatly organised, virtually all in complete series - absolutely a 'turnkey' stock, particularly from the mid 1950s onwards. The used of these West German issues are also strong, especially the earlier 1950s, with a dozen or so posthorn series complete and key high values such as the 'Helper of Mankind' 30pf blue, with the 'Pestalozzi' with no less than eight copies inc a strip of 3 and a pair of Sc #B323 (cat: $92 each). Lots of other 30pfs, as well in reasonable quantities, etc. i.e. Scott #688, #693, #701, #B337, etc. There are also other good #B series of the period such as three #B332 - #B333 etc.. Another volume this time Berlin, again with a parallel showing of commems and defin series, particularly from the mid 1950s onwards with virtually everything complete. There is also a specialized se-tenant/'zusammen drucke' and various booklet panes, etc inc. some 'back of the book' non Scott listed plus it should also be mentioned that there is good used Third Reich here as well. A very good stock not requiring too much work with huge retail potential. | Est. $1500-2000 | |
| 1706 | | GERMANY AND AREA COLLECTION housed in four Scott Specialty albums, the first album contains a small German States collection with a well-filled section of Baden and Bavaria along with a smattering of German Colonies and well-filled pages for Danzig and Memel, the second volume is for pre-WWII Germany which begins with a section of mostly used Large &: Small Shields, the Nazi period is fairly complete and includes a few better used such as the 1928 Zeppelin set as well as the 1934 Workers set, the album ends with a worthwhile section of post WWII French &: Russian Occupation issues as well as a small West Berlin collection, this section includes the 1949 Goethe S/S and the 1949 Berlin Bear S/S, the third volume is devoted to the issues of the Federal Republic and includes a number of better items such as mint 1949 Welfare &: 1951 Marienkirche sets and used 1951 &: 1952 Welfare sets, the last volume is East Germany which is nearly complete from 1949 to about 1967 and includes the 1951 Chairman Mao set, altogether lots of useful material in the $10 to $50 range with some better, generally Fine-VF. | Est. $1500-2000 | |
| 1707 | / | USEFUL GERMANY STOCK Thousands of mint OG and used stamps from the Reich Period, French Occupation, British and English Occupied Zones, and some Berlin, comprising Definitives, Commemoratives, S/Ss, Semi-Postals, and a few covers, all arranged on stock cards inside 4 slipcased holders; generally fresh, Fine-VF, a nice diverse holding with plenty of value; Viewing advised for full appreciation. | Est. $1500-2000 | |
| 1708 | / | GERMANY COLLECTION, 1872-1966 Many hundreds of mint and used stamps comprising Definitives, Commemoratives, S/Ss, including OSTROPA, Semi-Postals, Airpost, etc. housed in 5 Lindner hingeless albums, and in a small album and stockbook, with Occupations, Berlin, Republic, and GDR being predominantly mint and replete with good NH sets, incl. Germany 686, 702-21, B105, B148-59, B310-13, B314-15, B316-17, B318-19, B321-4, B327-30, B334-7, 9N84-93, GDR 54-7A, 58-67, perf and imperf 144a and 146a, B21a, Danzig 241-54 NH, Poland N30-55; used B49-57, B104 (x2), B141-3; and others; just a few mint stamps are stuck down but salvageable; generally fresh, sound, Fine-VF; a nice, clean collection with plenty of value and useful material; Viewing suggested for full appreciation. | Est. $1500-2000 | |
| 1709 | / | GERMANY COLLECTION. A nice range of Lighthouse albums with most books filled, either mint never hinged or used, with much material from West Germany, Berlin, as well as DDR, with page after page complete and pristine throughout. There are six of these bulging albums, also accompanied by a further three albums, this time Schaubek with the earlier issues with the best being the Allied Occupation, Saar, West Germany and especially Berlin with the ERP, the Berlin Philharmonic, 1948 Goethe, Bells to the left, right and center and much more, all used with contemporaneous cancels. A lovely collection. | Est. $1200-1600 | |
| 1710 | / | FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY COLLECTION, 1949-1984 Parallel mint OG and used collection, apparently complete, and neatly mounted in 4 albums on meticulously hand-drawn pages with German annotations; mint Posthorns, better mint and used complete Semi-Postals and other desirable issues are present; generally Fresh, Fine-VF; a very attractive collection that one will be proud to call one's own; View, and see for yourself ! | Est. $1200-1600 | |
| 1711 | / | GERMANY RELATED AREAS COLLECTION, 1876-1920 A nice, clean, European album filled with many hundreds of different mint OG and used representative issues from Bavaria, Wurttemberg, German Offices Abroad, Plebiscites, with strength in African and Pacific Colonies, incl. mint Cameroun 1-6, 20-5, Caroline Islands 4a, 7-19, German East Africa 31-41, German New Guinea 1-6, Kiauchau 33-42, Mariana Islands 15, 16; used German East Africa 1-5, 6-10, German South West Africa 25, 34, Marshall Islands 4; generally fresh, Fine-VF; This would make nicely complement a Germany proper collection, so be sure to view ! | Est. $1200-1600 | |
| 1712 | / | GERMANY AMERICAN &: BRITISH ZONE ACCUMULATION selection of thousands of mint and used stamps arranged in Michel catalog order on stockcards, consisting of Scott #634-61 meticulously sorted by Michel varieties with annotations, including watermark, perforations and color varieties along with a few imperfs and part perfs, better items include Michel #90bIIIA, 93WIII imperf, 96IIIWA(2) and 96IVW(pair), much of the value lies in the labor of love employed to identify each stamp, a fantastic lot for the specialist, generally Fine-VF with some NH. | Est. $1000-1500 | |
| 1713 | / | GERMANY STOCK 1971-1975 many hundreds of mint and used sets and singles on stockcards between Michel #658-874, majority are mint with most NH, fairly complete for the period with quantities between 7 - 20 each, for example mint Scott #1074-85(10) plus coil strips and #1028-44(10), condition is Fine-VF. | Est. $1000-1500 | |
| 1714 | | GERMAN AREA USED COLLECTION, 1918-1949 Several hundred used stamps comprising French and American Occupations, Soviet Zone, Offices Abroad, German Occupation of Romania, German issues for Czechoslovakia and Poland, Allenstein, Danzig, Marienwerder, Memel, Saar, and Silesia all haphazardly arranged in a stockbook; we espied Saar 68-83, 85-98, B1-4, B5-8, B16-20, B54-60, and plenty more for you discover; condition is slightly mixed, with the majority being fresh and Fine-VF; a useful and diverse holding of this popular material, certainly worth a close look and an eager bid ! | Est. $1000-1200 | |
| 1715 | / | GERMANY ACCUMULATION, 1850s-1950s Useful accumulation of several thousand mint &: used stamps, arranged in twelve stock books, two spiral bound albums &: two mint sheet files, German States, World War I occupation issues, French Occupation World War II, German Reich issues from 1870s-1930s, Soviet Zone stamps, two spiral bound albums with inflation stamps, stock book well filled with Bavaria stamps, a lot of duplication useful to look for varieties, cancels &: shades, value concentrated in 40 NH complete sheets from the inflation period, which are recommended for plate flaw specialist, somewhat mixed condition, generally Fine-VF, Viewing will prove rewarding! | Est. $1000-1500 | |
| 1716 | / | GERMANY COLLECTION small carton containing four albums, loose pages and glassines, the main collection is in two Scott Specialty albums starting with scattered used stamps prior to 1920 and changing over to primarily mint beginning in the 1930s and continuing in a rather haphazard fashion to about 1990, we noted a goodly number of mint 1930s semi-postal sets in the $20 to $ 50 range as well as an OSTROPA sheet in the usual condition along with most of the other souvenir sheets of the Nazi period as well as a few souvenir sheets from the late 1940s Allied Occupation period, the Berlin collection is almost entirely used in a Lindner album and the final album contains a mint collection of just the Deutches Reich issues, and finally there are some scattered WWII occumpation issues and DDR on loose album pages, condition varies somewhat, however, much is Fine-VF and useful. | Est. $1000-1500 | |
| 1717 | / | GERMANY/WEST GERMANY COLLECTION. West Germany complete inc. posthorns mint, The never hinged from1953 with the 'Nansen' helper of mankind series onwards including Heuss definitives. It should be pointed that the pre- 1953 series including the posthorns are lightly hinged, colors are fresh throughout, a handsome collection. | Est. $900-1200 | |
| 1718 | | GERMANY USED COLLECTION. A collection with correct contemporaneous cancels, starting of with the Germania issues onwards through to 1945, with accompanying 'back of the book'. Housed in an old fashioned album the collection has Germania incl. overprints leading through to inflation period up until the end of 1923. Then 1926/27 to 3m Eagles motif complete as well as 5mk Castle, 1926 through to 1928 Zeppelins 2 and 4rm, then South American flight 4RM followed by both 1931 1rm carmine red inc. the polar flight of the same. Also there are useful commems inc. heraldry, architecture to 50pf and 1932 to 40pf complete followed by Chicago Flight 2rm and 4rm with not many empty spaces thereafter and again lots of better commems series of the 1930s etc. Other good items include a good range of official stamps again with contemporaneous cancels including inflation o/ps, more 'back of the book' through to Feldpost etc. A very good clean original collectors collection. | Est. $800-1000 | |
| 1719 | / | GERMANY ASSORTMENT carton containing several old stockbooks, loose stockpages and stockcards, old album pages and an antique album, the stockcards and loose album pages contain a Berlin collection from about 1953 to 1980 with some duplication, one stockbook contains a stock of used Posthorns while the next stockbook holds mostly used Inflation period stamps that are worth checking, a slender stockbook holds an accumulation of used Heuss issues, and the last stockbook is filled with mint and used Officials, finally the album contains a collection of mostly mint stamps issued prior to 1948 with emphasis on mint issues from the WWII era, somewhat mixed condition on the early issues, majority Fine-VF. | Est. $750-1000 | |
| 1720 | | GERMANY AND SWITZERLAND USED COLLECTIONS 1872 to 1990 housed in two homemade binders, the German collection starts with a nearly complete run of Large &: Small Shield issues then skips to the 1902 and 1905 Deutsche Reich issues, also includes a significant section of postally used Inflation period stamps while the Nazi period is especially strong, the Semi-Postals are virtually complete from 1919 including the 1933 Opera and 1934 Workers sets, among the few S/S present are the 1936 Olympic S/S set, other better pre-WWII items include the 1923 and 1924 Airmail sets as well as the 1928 Zeppelins, among the Federal Republic issues, the Semi-postal section demonstrates considerable strength and includes better sets such as the 1950 Marienkirche Frescoes set, the second album containing the Switzerland is similar, however, it starts with the Seated Helvetia issues of 1862 and continues with the Standing Helvetia issues 1882 and nearly complete from that point to the end, like the Germany collection, the Switzerland demontrates real strength in the Semi-postal section which is virtually complete from 1913 to the end, though there are no S/S present, both are good basic collections in Fine-VF condition that should delight the collector who appreciates cancelled stamps. | Est. $750-1000 | |
| 1721 | / | GERMANY COLLECTION, 1872/1945. Empire through Reich period on homemade pages, mostly used and with better issues throughout including (used unless otherwise noted) useful assortment of Shields, Eagles, Germanias, some inflations plus 1927 IAA overprints mint, 1926/27 Falcon airmails, 1929 Coats of Arms, 1930/31 Buildings and Castles, 1933 Wagner, 1935 OSTROPA and 1936 Olympics souvenir sheets, selection of mixed mint and used late 1930s/1945 sets and singles, also a range of Danzig with some strong Arms types, Surcharges, Airmails and some Port Gdansk issues, usual mixed condition, mostly F-VF, nice lot with plenty of potential and catalog value. | Est. $700-1000 |
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| 1722 | / | VALUABLE GERMANY &: AREA ACCUMULATION well over 100 sets and singles arranged on stockpages, vast majority of items are in the $100 to $500 range with some much higher, the earliest stamps are found in a handfull of Large &: Small Shield issues of the 1870s followed by a few mint 1875 "Pfennige" issues, space limitations do not allow a complete listing of every key stamp or even a list of all the stamps valued over $1000, so we will mention those items that will give a "bird's eye view" of the selection which can be divided into Gemany classics, Nazi Period, World War II Occupations, and German colonies, the classics are quite limited and are mentioned above, the Nazi Period includes the 1924 Airmail set (2), along with a wealth of se-tenant pairs and strips from booklets, value is concentrated in World War II Occupations and colonial issues, for example we noted among the Occupations some General Government sets as well as Macedonia and Montenegro sets, Zara overprints, Vilnius overprint sets plus much, much more while the colonial issues include several high value Yachts such as used German New Guinea 1901 5M and Kiachau 1905 $1¸ , among the mint Offices in China we noted 1901 5M (3), and Morocco 1900 6P 25c top value ( 2NH), the most valuable item is the used 1928 Saar Charity set, condition is somewhat mixed especially on the earliest items and a number of the cancels and overprints are suspect with a few reference items scattered about, still vast majority are Fine-VF and quite useful. | Est. $20000-25000 | |
| 1723 | | HIGH POWERED GERMANY &: AREA ASSORTMENT well over 100 mint and used sets and singles arranged on stockpages from German States, Third Reich, Allied Occupations and German Colonies, every item catalogs in excess of $100 with some well over $1000, for example the best used items include Wurttemburg 1861 18Kr Dark Blue, and 1941 Flemish Legion Post S/S set while the best mint include 1889 3pf Imperforate block (NH), 1926 Airmail set (NH), 1933 Opera set (4 sets - 2 are NH), 1933 Chicago Flight set (2), 1951 Posthorn set (2 sets - one NH), WWII North Ukraine - Gorochow locals (signed), WWII Inselpost block, 1945 Libau and Leibnitz sets of local overprints on Hitler heads, 1948 Red Berlin Overprint set, and Saar 1920 5M &: 10M top values (2), condition is somewhat mixed especially among the handful of German States items and some items may be reference material, however, the vast majority are in the $200 to $500 range and Fine-VF salable sets, a great lot for the bourse dealer. | Est. $16000-20000 | |
| 1724 | |  | EXCITING GERMANY AND RELATED AREAS STOCK a retired dealer's valuable (Scott about $95K), diverse holding of many hundreds of mint OG and used 19th Century-1950s issues (many signed) comprising select singles and complete sets of Definitives, Commemoratives, Semi-Postals, Airmails, Locals, Officials, etc. from German Empire through the Republic, Colonies, Offices Abroad, Protectorates, and States, mostly identified by Scott, plus good, Michel-listed varieties; values range from modest to $2000+, incl. mint OG(NH noted) Germany 25, 36b (part OG, signed Bloch), 52-61 NH, 63 NH, 65C-74, 76 NH, 91v (Michel 91 IY) 271v-4v (Michel 134II-7II; 4m-10m w/ 2002 Oechsner certs), 363-5 NH, 366-84, 398-400 NH, 432-5 (6p vert grill gum) NH, 436-41 NH, 448-51 blocks NH, 585-99 w/ovpt. varietes and unissued sets (Michel I/II-IX/II, many signed), 634-61 NH, 670-85, B49-57 NH, B69-78 NH, B79-81 blocks NH, C2a, C35-7 NH, C38-9 x3, C40-2 x6, C43-5 x3, C46-56 NH, 9N35-41 x2 NH, 9N61-3 NH, 9N75-9 blocks NH, 9NB3a x4 NH, Cameroun 20-5 NH, China 16 signed, 19, 36, 36b signed, 36A signed, Danzig 200-10, German East Africa 1916 2 ¸h, 7¸h Mission issues, no gum (Michel III dI, dII; IV), German New Guinea 21 signed, German South West Africa 1-6, Kiautchau 31signed , Mariana Islands 5, 11-16, Marienwerder 24-31 signed, Morocco (signed)19, 19A x2, Oldenburg 5 signed, Saar 1-17, C12 x2 NH, Soviet Zone-41 Reidenbach 1m-5m blocks NH (Michel IIa-IId); used Germany 1 strip of 4 tied to small piece, 8, 8a, 11, 27 shifted "1" (Michel 29 I), 65 signed, 65A, 76, 211 signed, 310-16 most signed, 363-5, B49-57, C43-5 x3, 9N18 signed, 9N34 signed, 9N35-41 x3, 9N61-3, 9NB1-3 x2, 9NB3a, Baden 23a, 25a signed, LJ1 signed, tied to small piece, Caroline Islands 3a, China 36b signed, Danzig 200-10, Hamburg 7 (1966 Pfenninger cert), Kiauchau 41, Mariana Islands 28 signed, 29, German South West Africa 25, 34 x2 signed, Morocco (signed) 16, 18, 19A, Oldenburg (signed) 24, 25, Soviet Zone 3-Berlin-Nied. (Michel IIa I-IId I signed), Turkish Empire (signed) 13 tied to small piece, 14, 28, 53 tied to small piece, signed, 54 x2, Upper Silesia O19 original ovpt (RPS cert), Wurttemberg 6, 16 x2 tied to small piece, O93 postally used (signed), and so much more; occasional fault, generally clean, fresh, average through VF+ centering; a wonderful, quality stock replete with desirable material for the general collector and specialist alike; Careful viewing is a must for full appreciation. | Est. $15000-25000 |
| 1725 | |  | RIVETING GERMANY AND RELATED AREAS HOLDING a retired dealer's amazing mint OG and used stock of thousands (Scott $75K+) loaded with issues valued from modest to $100+, all housed in 8 binders and 2 stockbooks comprising German States, German Empire through Republic to 1970s, with several Michel-listed varieties, booklet panes, S/Ss, China and Morocco Offices, Danzig, Saar, DDR (1 binder), and good covers; expertised stamps abound, accompanied by Hennies, Sommer, Zenker, or other certficates, incl. mint OG Germany 15 bottom margin blocks of 4 and 6 NH, 21a NH, 27 block of 6 NH, 31 &: 32 UR corner margin blocks NH, 33, 62 NH, 63 NH, C43-5, Bavaria 27/27a pair (Michel 28x/28y); used 5 printing flaw (Michel 5 I); also within are mint OG Germany 13, 50 NH, 64v (Michel 65 II) signed, NH, 387 NH, 600-33 double ovpt and 617-33 inverted ovpt blocks, signed, NH, B33 x6 (1 NH), B49-57, B58 x4 (2 NH; 1signed), B58a-d, B68, B91-2 NH, B102-3 NH, B105 x6 (3 NH), B106 NH, C40-2 x2, C43-5 NH, 9N35-41 NH, 10NB1 NH, 16N7B NH, 14NB16c x2, WW II Propaganda stamps (Michel 1, 29), Baden 5N41a block NH, DDR 144a, 146a perf &: imperf, NH, Danzig 241-54 NH, Saar 155v//171v imperf singles or pairs (Michel 207ZU//222ZU), B64a NH X2, CB1a NH, O27-38 Blocks NH, Poland N30-55 NH, NO1-15 NH; used Baden 14, Bavaria 14, Brunswick 3, Oldenburg (signed) 3 x2, 8 x2, 10a, 10b, 12, 12a, 13, 14, 15, 24, Wurttemberg 39b, Germany 11 x2, 25 x2, B8-11, B23-7, B34-7, B38-41, B44-8, B49-57 x2, B50-5a x2, B68 x4, B105 x2, B141-3, B191-2 x3, B314-15 x4, B327-30, C35-7 x2, 16N9-9f, China 36-47, Morocco 1-6, 20-8, 31, 54, Danzig 241-54, B21a, German South West Africa 34; covers include Graf Zeppelin Polar Flight and South America Flight covers franked with C42 (x 2covers), and C43, C44, 1934 ¸m-3m Rocket Mail, 1935 OSTROPA S/S, 1943 Stuttgart-NYC First Flight,1944 Rhodes Fieldpost (Michel 8B), 1945 East Saxony 15pf (15N1) FDC, Saar B44-6 FDC, 1946 Thuringia S/S (16NB4a), 1948 Berlin ovpts (9N1-20) x2 (1 set on 1 cover), and too much more to list; slightly mixed condition amongst the early issues, generally clean, Fine-VF; an astonishing, profitable holding, loaded with desirable issues not typically offered in a stock; Viewing is a must for full appreciation of content and value ! | Est. $15000-20000 |
| 1726 | | QUALITY MINT NH GERMANY AND GDR COLLECTION/ACCUMULATION many hundreds of fresh, mint OG, and overwhelmingly NH stamps arranged in 5 stockbooks, with the rest on file cards, in envelopes, etc., comprising Definitives, Commemoratives, Semi-Postals, a few good S/Ss, Airmails, and scattered booklets and panes; several select NH Reich sets and singles from 1924 to about 1932 present; strongest in post war issues from the beginnings of the Federal Republic through 1970s, incl. nice Posthorn set, Berlin and Russian Occupation issues, and several sets of Michel-listed 1945-1946 Locals; plus GDR from 1948 onward; Scott values range from modest to $100s+ throughout; for example, we espied mint OG NH Germany 337-9, 350, 363-5, 387, 634-61, 664a, 665-6, 667-8, 669, 670-86, 702-21, B15-18, B19-22, B23-7, B28-32, B34-7, B38-41, B44-8, B294-5, B310-13, B314-15, B316-17, B318-19, B320-3, B327-30, C27-34, C35-7, 9N1-20 unsigned, 9N61-3, 9N68, 9N69, 9N70-4 9N75-9, 9N84-93, 9N94-8, 9N101-2, 9N108-10, 9NB1-3, 9NB4-5, 9NB6-7, 10NB11, 14NB16a; GDR 58-67, B21a, and so much more; generally fresh, Fine-VF; An impressive, profitable holding, chockful of popular NH issues, and sure to get much well-deserved attention; Make sure you view this one ! | Est. $12000-16000 | |
| 1727 | |  | GERMANY &: RELATED AREAS COLLECTION, 1850-1990 Several thousand mint and used stamps in six well filled hingeless albums &: Minkus binder, abundant complete sets, strength in Germany, including Michel #16 &: #17a with certificates, Scott #65d, Air Mail stamps from 1912 Michel #I-III, #C46-56 &: u-boat fieldpost stamp signed Pickenpack BPP, German States several expertised, including Baden #18, Brunswick #26 used, Prussia #7 &: #7a, Wurttemberg #13, #39, #45, #48, German Colonies several expertised, German Offices in China #44-5, German Offices in New Guinea #3-19, German Southwest Africa #22-5, Kiautschou #19, Marshall Islands #22, Samoa #51-6, Togo #1-6, Caroline Islands #4a, German Offices in Turkey #52 &: German East Africa #19-21, Bohemia-Moravia &: Generalgovernment collections virtually complete, Berlin #9N1-34, Saar, Danzig, Memel collections &: some WW I occupation issues, one album cotaining Russian Zone stamps from Finsterwalde, Glauchau, Lubbenau, Storkow, Strausberg, Brandenburg, Saxony &: Thuringia, many desirable stamps in the $50 to $200 range with some higher, condition is mixed among the early issues with latter items generally Fine-VF, Viewing recommended for full appreciation. | Est. $12000-15000 |
| 1728 | | FABULOUS TROVE OF GERMANY AND RELATED AREAS Thousands of mint OG (NH/LH), used, and cto stamps housed in dozens of albums and stockbooks, comprising singles and sets of Definitives, Commemoratives, S/Ss, miniature sheets, Semi-Postals, Airmails, etc. spanning the German Empire through the Federal Republican period through 1990s, plus Berlin (1948-1989), Locals, Soviet Zone and other Occupations, GDR, Bohemia and Moravia, Danzig, and Saar; apparently strongest from the early Republican Period forward; accompanied by hundreds of covers, incl. postally used covers, 1936, 1937 Hindenburg (x2) and 1938 Graf Zeppelin Flight covers, cacheted/uncacheted, addressed/unaddressed FDCs, and 1990s numismatic covers, and a few other surprises; there is a very generous supply of 1960s-1990s mint NH issues of Federal Republic (incl. full sheets of Europa and other issues) and GDR throughout the albums and stockbooks as well as in several stockcard files; parallel mint and used collections, etc.; somewhat mixed condition amongst the used and the covers; mint stamps are generally fresh, Fine-VF; a very impressive, profitable trove that merits careful inspection, due to the scope and quantity of material offered within ! | Est. $10000-12000 | |
| 1729 | / | DANZIG, MEMEL AND SAAR AREA COLLECTION 1920-1939 of hundreds mostly mint in a single DA-BE album. Well filled and including Saar, Danzig, Poland and Memel you will find good value including mint Saar 1920 King Ludwig II mark values, 1928 Semi-postals, 1931 Semi-postals both sets never hinged, 1932 Semi-postals, Danzig Michel # 47-49 signed Carl H. Lange and with Karl Kniep photo cert plus many other better 1920 issues most signed, 1924-1925 Officials, 1937 Founding of Danzig souvenir sheet never hinged and Memel Scott # N83-86 signed. A sound Fine to Very Fine collection and well worth the time required to view. | Est. $7500-10000 | |
| 1730 | / | GERMANY AND RELATED AREAS COLLECTION, 1900-2004 Many hundreds of different mint OG and used stamps mounted in 15 KABE albums comprising mint collections of Bavaria, Locals, Occupations, and assorted Colonies, parallel mint and used collections of 1900-2004 Empire, Reich, Federal Republic (mint of which is virtually complete except 50pf, 70pf, 80pf Posthorns and a few Semi-Postals), plus Berlin and GDR to 1990; solid, mint NH coverage from about 1960 forward; also includes 33 cover albums, most of which containing Deutsche Post 1974-2004 bulletins franked with stamps tied by First day cancels, with the balance comprising assorted FDCs, event covers, and a few early 1900s postal cards, etc.; generally Fine-VF; Viewing of this clean, quality holding necessary for full appreciation. | Est. $4000-5000 | |
| 1731 | | GLORIOUS GERMANY AND RELATED AREAS ACCUMULATION An incredibly diverse holding of thousands of mint OG, postally used and cto Definitives, Comemoratives, S/S (incl. OSTROPA), and B-O-B spanning the 19th Century through the 2000s comprising German States, German Empire period through the modern Republic, plus Occupations, Soviet Zone, Offices Abroad, Colonies, Plebiscites, Danzig, Saar, and GDR housed in 15 (mostly Lindner hingeless) albums, and 8 stock books; there is a study of the 1948-1951 Famous Buildings Series (Scott 634-61), incl. imperfs, wmk varieties, and usages on covers (good raw material for an exhibit); a folder bursting with partial and complete sheets and multiples of mint NH US/British Zone, French Occupation, and Saar issues; and if that were not enough there are also 4 binders packed with hundreds of covers (1856-2000), and 29 cover albums full of hundreds of 1975-2003 First Day bulletins and FDCs, and a smattering of European area and foreign stamps; somewhat mixed condition amongst the 19th Century issues, with mint stamps being generally fresh, Fine-VF and containing a generous supply of NH material; Viewing strongly advised for full appreciation of the content and great value that this holding has to offer ! | Est. $4000-5000 | |
| 1732 | | GERMANY ACCUMULATION A ponderous and diversified holding of many thousands of mint OG and used stamps from the 1870s through 2000s, housed in 13 albums and 34 stock books comprising Empire through Republic issues, Berlin, GDR, etc., accompanied by at least 4 large boxes brimming with thousands of 19th and 20th Century covers, incl. a several 1840s stampless FLSs with various town markings, plus event covers, and FDCs; also includes mint and used European stamps, and FDCs, even a small quantity of European coins ! somewhat mixed condition amongst the used stamps, with mint stamps generally Fine-VF, incl. an abundant supply of NH material; Plenty of potential and value here; many delightful days of sorting fun ahead for the lucky bidder; Careful viewing of this interesting hoard necessary for full appreciation ! | Est. $4000-5000 | |
| 1733 | | HUGE GERMANY AND RELATED AREAS WITH EUROPEAN AREA GROUPING An amazing hoard of thousands of 19th and 20th Century mint OG and used stamps through 2000s comprising Gerrman States, Definitives, Commemoratives, S/Ss, Airpost, Occupations, Berlin, GDR, German Colonies, etc., plus a generous quantity of European stamps (with some worldwide mixed in), housed in 46 stock books (replete with mint NH 1960s-2000s German Republic and GDR) 32 albums (incl. thinly populated but, lovely, pristine 2-volume set of 1907 Schaubek albums), and 22 cover albums filled with 1970s-2000 First Day bulletins, plus 1997-1998 philatelic/numismatic commemorative cards (x13), and hundreds of covers, incl. some Bavaria and other used German State envelope entires, 1930 Algeria-France delayed First Flight, and more ; also includes a large box full of kiloware; typical occasional faults amongst the used stamps, with mint issues being generally fresh, Fine-VF, and loaded with NH material; a diverse and profitable group, if there ever was one, as careful viewing will reveal ! | Est. $4000-6000 | |
| 1734 | | HUGE GERMANY AND RELATED AREAS COLLECTIONS ACCUMULATION, WITH SOME EUROPE, AND MORE a wonderful, if ponderous, holding on stock pages, in 8 stockbooks , and 53 albums (22 in slipcases), with vast majority of stamps issued during the Reich through the Ferderal Republic to 1980s, plus Berlin, Occupations, and GDR collections; and hundreds covers (postally used Registered,, combination, FDCs) from Germany-Berlin, and Republic, incl. good Semi-Postals on covers; NH collections of Federal Republic (1954-1980s), incl. booklets, Berlin, GDR , Occupations; used collections of 1949-1995 Federal Republic (apparently complete), Berlin Occupations, GDR; Amongst the Europe there are mint and used Czechoslovakia mint NH Greece and Vatican City collections, and a nice small grouping of mint and used European area and worldwide stamps with a few surprises to offer; Mixed condition as is typical with such a group, average through VF; however, there is much good quality mint NH throughout in neat, clean albums, and stockbooks; plus alot of unchecked stamps and covers that offer potential for good finds; Careful viewing of this exciting, profitable lot will surely prove to be time well spent ! | Est. $3000-5000 | |
| 1735 | / | GERMANY AND RELATED AREAS GROUPING many hundreds of stamps housed in 6 albums, 5 stock books, and 2 mint sheet files, with strength from the 1920s Weimar period through 1970s Republic, comprising mint OG and used singles and complete sets of Definitives, Commemoratives, S/Ss, Semi-Postals, Airpost, etc., Berlin, incl. full mint NH sheets of 1952 Pre-Olympic Festival and other issues, Allied and French Zones, Soviet Zone, GDR, also 1900-1940s German Colonies, German Occupations, and Danzig; includes mint Berlin 9N81-83 sheets of 50 NH (some perf separations), 9NB21-4 sheets of 50 NH, Danzig 241-54 NH, Germany C27-34 NH, GDR 58-67 NH, 82-4 signed NH, B91-2, Poland NO1-24 NH; used Danzig B21a, C31-5 each tied to small piece, Germany B49-57, B105; a stock book of reference items, incl. mint 1944 Goering Semi-Postal propaganda block; and more; mixed condition amongst the early used issues, mint stamps are generally fresh, Fine-VF; a nice, clean group with plenty of value; Careful viewing necessary for full appreciation. | Est. $3000-4000 | |
| 1736 | | SPLENDID GERMANY AND RELATED AREAS COLLECTION/ACCUMULATION, AND BONUS many hundreds of used stamps mounted on pages, in a KABE album, and arranged in 14 stock books comprising Definitives, Commemoratives, Semi-Postals, and Airmails from the start of the German Empire though Federal Republic to 1970s, plus , some German States (Hanover, Oldenburg, Prussia, Saxony, Thurn &: Taxis), good German Colonies (a few signed), Offices Abroad, German Occupation, Russian Occupation, and GDR; we espied many better singles and sets valued to Scott $100+ throughout, incl. Hanover 24 (tied to small piece by blue SON Blumenthal cancel, VF), Oldenburg 14 VF, Prussia 10, Thurn &: Taxis 4, 9, 11, 12, 50, 60-3; Germany 65A, 614a, B23-32, B34-7, B310-13, B314-15, B316-17, B318-19, B320-3, B327-30, C35-7, 9N17-20, 9N33-4, 9N35-41, 9N61-3, 9N70-9; Cameroun 1-6, 16, 17, 18, Caroline Islands 1-6, German East Africa 1-5, 11-21, 22-9, 38, German New Guinea, 1-6, 16 signed, 17 signed, German Offices-China 1-6, 1b, 37-46, Morocco 1-6, 30, 31, Turkish Empire 4 signed, 23; German Southwest Africa 5 &: 6 (both mint), 11 signed, 13-25, 31, 34 signed, Kiauchau 19, 29, 39, 40, Marshall Islands 7-12, 22 signed, Samoa 51-6, 68, 69 signed, Togo 1-6, 16, 17, and many more; also included are 400+ Post War covers to 1970s, incl. Registerd, Censored, postally used, and philatelic mail from German Republic, Russian Zone and GDR; Bonus consists of a small box loaded with dozens of 1900-1923 banknotes in mixed condition, with various denominations amounting to a small fortune (at least in face value !); stamps are generally sound, average through Fine-VF, overall; covers in slightly mixed condition; a very attractive, useful grouping, loaded with desirable material; Careful viewing of this money-maker advised for full appreciation. | Est. $2500-3500 | |
| 1737 | | GERMANY AND RELATED AREAS COLLECTIONS, WITH SOME POSTAL HISTORY an interesting of several hundreds of stamps mounted on album pages, in stock cards, and in 6 albums (5 of which are hingeless), comprising German States, Empire through German Reigh period, Berlin and Russian Occupations, and GDR; we espied mint OG NH Germany B105, 16N9, GDR collection (1950-1977) incl 59-67; used Bavaria Scott 4-8, 13, 14, 21, Thurn &: Taxis 43, 53-5, Germany 1, 19, B15-18, B38-41, B43-7, B59-67, C27-34, C35-7, C45, C46-56, mint and used specialize selection of Russian Zone Provinces identified by Michel; Postal history comprises 19 pieces of Censored Mail dated 1915-1920 from Danzig, India, Italy Ottoman Empire (Istanbul), etc., and 100+ covers from German Republic and GDR (1949-1960s); occasional minor fault; generally Fine-VF; plenty of good quality, useful material; Viewing advised for full appreciation ! | Est. $2000-3000 | |
| 1738 | / | GERMANY AND RELATED AREAS COLLECTION, 1872-1965 Many hundreds of mint OG and used stamps of Germany proper and States, Occupations, Soviet Zone, incl. Michel-listed Locals, Offices, Plebiscites, Danzig, Saar, GDR, etc., comprising Definitives, Commemoratives, S/Ss, Semi-Postals, Airmails, etc. mounted in 4 albums; includes mint Germany 634-61 (used 60pf ), 653a, 657a NH, 658a, 664a NH, B91-2 NH, B102 NH, 10NB11; used Brunswick 3, Germany 1, 6, 10, B59-67 (mint B65, B66), B104, B141-3 each tied to small piece by event cancel, B314-15, B318-19, B320-3, B327-30, B334-7, C35-7, C46-56, 5N28-40, 5NB8a NH; complete, virtually all mint NH French Zone, incl. 6N30-8, 6NB6a; mint 8N28-37, 16N9, and more; light duplication, generally Fine-VF; a highly useful collection; Viewing recommended. | Est. $2000-3000 | |
| 1739 | | GERMANY AND RELATED AREAS GROUPING, AND BONUS A small but diverse holding of a few hundred mint NH OG and used stamps in a SAFE hingeless album, and 4 small stockbooks, comprising scattered used issues from German States, through the Empire, and mint NH stamps from German Occupations, and Russian Zone issues, with strength in 1933-1945 Reich Period, incl. mint Scott C46-56 NH, used B49-57, B59-67, B91-2, B104, B105, B141-3, C43-5, C46-56, ; Bonus consists of mint NH United Nations 1955 S/S and FDC of same; generally Fine-VF; some foreign stamps present; A desirable little group, so be sure to view ! | Est. $1600-2400 | |
| 1740 | / | GERMANY COLLECTION &: RELATED AREAS, 1919-1990 Several thousand mostly used stamps contained in six well filled albums, including German Reich from 1930s, German Democratic Republic, Berlin, Federal Republic, Saar, Memel, Danzig, Serbia, Croatia, Czechoslovakia &: General Government, abundant complete sets, highlights include: Germany #B59-67, #B105, Berlin #9N1-34, Bohemia-Moravia #1-19 &: DDR #B21a, overall condition Fine-VF, also many covers with singles, mixed frankings &: complete sets, seven used photo post cards depicting Hitler from General Government, two booklets, interesting and diverse content that will provide many hours of pleasure. | Est. $1500-2000 | |
| 1741 | / | GERMANY AND RELATED AREAS COLLECTION, AND BONUS Many hundreds of different, predominantly used issues from German States, the Empire, the Reich, Occupations, Berlin, Federal Republic, Offices Abroad, and Danzig, Saar, Colonies, Plebiscites, GDR, and 2 cover albums of First day bulletins, all housed in 7 hingeless Lighthouse albums, a stock book, and envelopes, replete with complete sets; Bonus consists of 6 small stock books of assorted 19th and 20th Century European and worldwide stamps; occasional fault amongst the early used issues, with mint stamps being generally fresh, Fine-VF, incl. some NH 1960s-1970s GDR, etc.; nice, clean, useful material; Viewing advised for full appreciation. | Est. $1500-2000 |
GERMANY - ALLIED OCCUPATION
| 1742 | / | GERMANY ALLIED OCCUPATION COLLECTION PLUS BERLIN. A very clean mint collection of these issues from 1946 to 1949, with specialization. Everything in pristine condition with much never hinged, starting off with the numeral issue, the imperf and perf currency reform miniature sheets, leading onto the British and American issues, followed by the German printing of the same, then the posthorn overprints inc. the good color of the 60pf, with the single band posthorn o/p signed by Schlegel, this scarce stamp also has a numeral margin. This is followed by the next series of 1948 with the all over posthorn' o/ps, 15, 30, 35, 50, 55 and 84pf all expertized twice, followed by the second series of the single band posthorn o/p, with the 10, 15, 25, 30, 45, 50, 75, and 84pf, again all signed twice on the back. Finally on the posthorn o/p the very last two series of the different types i.e. a complete series of 11 from the 2pf black to 30pf mauve and the final complete series of 8, again 2pf black to 40pf mauve, again all signed twice on the back. Then the 1948 'Castle' series complete from the 2pf to the 5pf, as well as the second scarce series of the Castles, particularly the 1, 2, 3 and 5DM, all with the 'fewer steps' printing, mint never hinged. Finally, the last permutation of perfs of 2pf to 1DM again mint never hinged. The collection ends with the Hannover Exporte Messe m/s, the 'Help Berlin', bicyclists, Goethe and yet more 'back of the book' Michel listed material. A lovely collection to view. | Est. $1300-1600 |
GERMANY - WW I OCCUPATIONS
| 1743 | / | DAZZLING GERMANY WW I AND WW II OCCUPIED AREAS COLLECTION A predominantly parallel mint OG and used collection of stamps issued under German occupation during both World Wars, neatly mounted inside 2 pristine, spring-back albums on painstakingly hand-drawn pages with German annotations; many better issues throughout , incl. mint Kotor (Michel 1-6), Serbia (Michel 1-30, Block 3, 4), Zara (Michel 1, 15, 26, 32-4, 37-8); mint and used Laibach (Michel 1-60; Dues 1-9 ), Poland N30-55, and others; generally fresh, Fine-VF; a beautiful collection of excellent quality; Viewing advised for full appreciation. | Est. $2000-3000 | |
| 1744 | / | GERMANY WW I AND WWII OCCUPATION ZONE COLLECTION. A mostly mint collection housed in a Lighthouse album. Condition is nice throughout; where there are used, all the cancellations are correct, ie. contemporaneous of that time and the mint often has occasional surprises with never hinged, as well as various old signatures etc, there are also Han numbers, varieties and distinctive Michel listed specialities. For example Eupen, Malmedy complete, similarly with Germanias o/ps, the same applies to post WWI Polish Occupation, excellent Memel virtually complete with particularly strong Lithuania Occupation, through to post WWII with Berlin o/ps complete to high values, good SBZs, the castles complete to 5m, as well as WWII with Bohemia and Moravia complete and virtually the same with 'Generalgouvernement' etc. Much more here than described, an excellent opportunity. | Est. $1400-1800 |
GERMANY - WW II OCCUPATIONS
| 1745 | | GERMANY ALLIED OCCUPATION AND RELATED TERRITORIES UP TO AND BEYOND WWII. A fascinating collection housed in 2 Lindner albums, with strong Danzig with used all correctly 'geprueft' with few empty spaces and a little postal history, again expertised on the covers. The 1920s particularly good yet also the 1930s with the more obvious o/ps such as 15 November 1920/1930 1gld top value followed by Luftpost Ausstellung 1932 to 10gld complete and much more with all the min sheets etc. A similar pattern with Memel incl useful Lithuania Occupation, excellent Saar from the Germania o/ps onwards, leading on to the pair of the flood sheets of 1947/48 used and virtually everything else complete of that period post WWII used with correct cancels. Similarly with 'Generalgouvernement', as well as further better and valuable Estonia and Deutsche Besetzung Zara' etc etc. excellent collection of this scarcer and desirable used material. | Est. $2000-2500 | |
| 1746 | / | GERMAN OCCUPATIONS COLLECTION, 1939-1944 Several hundred different, predominantly cto issues neatly mounted in an album, incl. Albania B17-23; Alsace, Bohemia &: Moravia, Latvia, Luxembourg, Northern Russia., Poland, complete cto Serbia issues; and Kotor 1944 0.50Lit-10Lit (Michel 1-6) tied to registered cover (signed Ludin); generally fresh, Fine-VF; an attractive collection on its own, or as an addition to an existing collection of Germany; A pleasure both to view and to own ! | Est. $1200-1600 |
GERMANY - SOVIET ZONE
| 1747 | () | GERMANY SOVIET ZONE COLLECTION, 1945-1949 Hundreds of mint OG, used and unused Scott and Michel-listed issues, neatly mounted in a spring-back album on hand-drawn pages annotated in German; includes mint 10NB11, 14NB16c, 16N3a, 16N7b, 16N9f white and toned paper, 16NB4; used Scott 12NB1-3, 12NB4-9, 15N1 tied to small piece (signed); other Locals include mint (Michel numbers follow) Apolda 1-3, Grosbraschen 1-12, Lobau 3-21, and others; generally fresh, Fine-VF, unused without gum as issued; An attractive, well-tended collection, which makes for pleasurable viewing ! | Est. $2000-3000 | |
| 1748 | | EXTENSIVE SPECIALIZED RUSSIAN ZONE GROUP Hundreds of stamps comprising regular and overprinted Definitives, Commemoratives, Semi-Postals, incl. Goethe S/S, and Provinces, all identified by Michel, neatly arranged on stock cards, with Michel values ranging from modest to 100+ euros each; Total Michel: 19,599 euros, according to accompanying inventory; manageable duplication; generally very fresh, Fine-VF; Viewing is a must for full appreciation of the large quantity of different varieties in this sophisticated holding; An excellent opportunity for the specialist ! | Est. $1500-2500 | |
| 1749 | / | GERMANY - RUSSIAN ZONE SPECIALIZED COLLECTION. Attractive mint and used collection on album leaves with hundreds, starting with the 'Sowjetische Besatzungs Zone' o/ps complete mint never hinged including the better 60pf shade and broken 'w' variety on the 40pf, then complete used with the same variety, followed by a page of better shades used inc. Mi#182c, #184b and #195b (cat ¥700). Another crammed page of varieties has inverted o/p on 24pf mint never hinged (signed), lots of 'P' and 'W' varieties, broken letters, 2pf imperf pair mint never hinged (#182U), and more. The later issues of 1948 are similarly in-depth with complete mint never hinged and used on the 'bear', Leipzig fair', numerals and personalities issues along with dozens of Michel varieties, HAN numbers etc, as well as several pages of West Saxony issues, again mostly never hinged, with lots of mint multiples showing the complex watermark and paper varieties which should be examined by the viewer, as we have not had the time to research as we would have liked.. A tip-top quality collection with much potential. | Est. $1400-1800 | |
| 1750 | | GERMANY - SOVIET ZONE "SBZ" COLLECTION. Specialist collection of well over two hundred mint stamps on album leaves, virtually all different, mostly never hinged and with the vast majority expertized with signatures. Includes Berlin o/ps with Michel varieties and unusual types inc. purple o/p with large '3' (signed twice), Berlin-Lichtenberg series never hinged, Dresden, Eisfeld, Weimar, Halle, Gardelegen blocks of four, Leipzig with Hohnstadt o/p on the good 60pf, Borna, Eichwalde, and much, much more. Viewers will recognise the potential here, especially when the collection is studied with a Michel catalog. | Est. $700-900 | |
| 1751 | / | GERMANY - SOVIET ZONE - WEST SAXONY AND THURINGEN SPECIALIZED COLLECTIONS. If you are looking for a challenge, look no further - clearly one of the most complex areas of post-WWII philately mint and used, housed on album pages, with much identified by Michel number, but by no means all, specifically focussing on the Leipzig Exhibition of 1946 and the 'Building Bridges' issue of the same year. Starting off with the different watermarks, perf and imperf, with focus on the 12pf + 18pf shading. Also imperfs superb used again with different types perforated superb used 'on piece', the collection goes into orbit with a phenomenal study of plate errors on these Leipzig issues, mostly never hinged with much scholarship and write-up for the corresponding items. The same could be said for the inter-panneau pairs, horizontal and vertical, perforated and imperforated, 'X' and 'Y' watermarks. The Thuringen 'building bridges' issues is a little less complicated but still challenging with again horizontal and vertical inter-panneau pairs, imperf as well as 16 stamps representing the heart of the large sheet with 4 of the '10pf + 60pf', 4 of the '12pf + 68pf', 4 of the '16pf + 74pf' and 4 of the '24pf + 76pf' and then the same again with singles, etc. This is a collection that will almost have you tearing your hair out trying to identify what is here. | Est. $600-1000 |
GERMANY - D.D.R.
| 1752 | / | HUGE GDR COLLECTION AND STOCK HOLDING, 1949-1984 Thousands of mint OG, postally used, and cto issues comprising Definitives, Commemoratives, Semi-Postals, etc. arranged in 13 stockbooks and 4 hingeless Lighthouse albums, and a SAFE album full of mint and cto S/Ss, plus additional material on stock pages, and in a small box along with hundreds individually tied to small pieces by city, town, or event postmarks; apparently virtually complete for the period; we espied mint NH and used sets of the 1950 Academy issue, mint (hinged) and used 1951 Redistribution sets, and other good issues; manageable duplication; occasional minor fault, generally sound, with the mint being fresh and abundant in NH material; very useful grouping for a beginning or existing stock; Be sure to view ! | Est. $1500- | |
| 1753 | / | GERMANY - DDR OFFICIALS COLLECTION. Specialised mint and used collection on album leaves with over 160 stamps, starting off with the 'hammer and compasses' of 1954/60 inc. mint blocks, granite papers, followed by the issues for 'Verwaltungspost A' with no empty spaces inc. paper varieties, shades, etc, parcel posts, and the colorful issues for 'Volkspolizei-Kreisamter' for the different towns. There is much here that could not be found in the Scott catalog and only in Michel with tremendous potential, for example on the 'Fur vertrauliche Dienstsachen' there is a used #2 on piece (cat. ¥400) and many other good items from this including imperfs, misplaced o/ps etc. Much the same could be said for varieties on 'Zentraler Kurierdienst' issues, which apart from the numerous errors has these issues seemingly complete! On the more standard compass issues there were various granite papers as well as so-called 'Enge Zahnung'. Even the 1967/68 pairs with ten examples of the packet and registered stamps mint. This collector went a long way to filling every space on the album page as well as getting varieties and there is much more here than described. | Est. $900-1200 | |
| 1754 | / | GERMANY - D.D.R. COLLECTION. Many hundreds of mint &: used stamps on homemade pages, includes some late 1940's Germany with 1948 Currency Reforms, 1948-1951 Buildings mint &: used range to 5M; French Zone issues with Baden 1948-49 "Without pf" mint, 1949 Red Cross mint, 1949 Monuments mint, Rheinland-Pfalz 1948-49 "Without pf" mint &: used (less 8pf used), 1949 Red Cross mint, Wuttemberg 1948-49 "Without pf" mint, 1949 Red Cross mint; DDR early 1950ds commem sets (incl. "Mao") mint, then very strong mint to 1983 and possivly complete, F-VF. | Est. $400-500 |
GERMAN COLONIES
| 1755 | | GERMAN OFFICES &: GERMAN COLONIES COLLECTION many hundreds of mint and used stamps housed in Lindner hingeless album, the collection includes dozens of better items starting with mint 1900 Offices in Morocco 6.25P overprint of 5M, German East Africa 1905 Definitives, South West Africa 1897 25pf &: 50pf, 1899 25pf and 1900 Definitive set, Caroline Islands 1901 set, Kiauchau 1901 set, Mariana Islands 1901 set, Marshall Islands first overprint set and Samoa 1900 Definitive set, plus many, many others, the album also includes a small Heligoland collection as well as collections of mint Alexandretta, Hatay and Mesopotamia, generally Fine-VF and highly desirable material. | Est. $2500-3000 |
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GHANA
| 1756 | | LOVELY GHANA COLLECTION, 1957-2006 Apparently complete mint OG NH collection, including imperfs, miniature sheets, Postage Due printing varieties, and booklets, all hingelessly mounted in 11 White Ace albums; generally fresh, Fine-VF | Est. $800-1200 |
GREECE
| 1757 | | GREECE &: RELATED AREAS ACCUMULATION, 1862-1954 a nice stock of approximately 450 mint and used stamps mounted on stock cards, 80 stamps with Hermes Scott A1 type design mostly clear margins, #338-43, #434, #568-73, mint and used, mixed condition, some Austrian &: Italian Offices abroad, Fine-VF, recommended lot for dealer, good retail potential. | Est. $1500-2000 | |
| 1758 | / | GREECE LOVELY MINT COLLECTION 1898-1996 hundreds of mint sets in two Scott Specialty albums starting with the 1901 &: 1902 Hermes issues then continuing with the 1927 Pictorial set and 1930 Independence set, the 1940 Youth set is complete including the Airmail issues, in fact, the entire airmail section is complete including the 1933 Zeppelin set, the collection is virtually complete after 1940, condition is Fine-VF with some recent NH material, a very desirable collection. | Est. $1500-2000 | |
| 1759 | / | GREECE &: AREA ACCUMULATION several hundred stamps and sets, mounted on selection cards, value concentrated in the $10 to $50 range, significant value in the 19th Century stamps, comprising a decent supply of small and large Hermes Heads, #381, #490-7, #C1-4, #C74-80, #J79(2)-86(2), #N97-103, Crete #75, #110, Ionian Islands #N4-5, slightly mixed condition, overall Fine-VF, manageable duplication, abundant useful material for dealer, worth checking. | Est. $1400-1800 | |
| 1760 | / | GREECE COLLECTION, 1861-1928, WITH SOME CRETE over 350 mostly used stamps on album pages, beginning with a selection of representative 1860s-1880s Hermes Heads, followed by most of the Olympic set, incl. 10d; 1900 ovpts. are next, incl. 163 mint, and the 3d value from the 1906 Olympic set, a used 1911 set, and used C15-21; also present is a mostly used Crete collection, incl. several of the overptd. Trident issues, and scarce used blocks; generally Fine-VF; very popular material; | Est. $1000-1200 | |
| 1761 | / | GREECE ACCUMULATION 1860s-1970s Interesting accumulation of several hundred mint &: used stamps &: some postal history, highlights include #416-20, #545-8, #568-73, #582-5, #C5-7, #C8(2)-14(2), #C15-21 complete sets with some modest duplication, also #C23-5 blocks, postal history section consists of twenty four covers (1914-52) mostly addressed to US, condition is mixed among the early issues with latter items generally Fine-VF, material of decent quality with retail potential. | Est. $1000-1500 | |
| 1762 | / | GREECE AND TURKEY COLLECTIONS several hundred mostly mint sets mounted on stockpages plus about 100 glassines of less expensive items, the collection begins with a page of used Hermes Heads including some better, the next page starts with mint stamps beginning with the 5D value of the 1896 First Olympics set followed by the 1902 Hermes set, 1917 Iris set, 1927 Pictorials, 1940 Youth Airmail set, 1950 New Definitives, 1951 Recovery set and 1933 Zeppelin set (2), the Turky collection also starts with a handful of used including 1886 25P Black &: Gray, the balance of the collection is mint with many better sets such as 1914 Pictorials, 1923 First Republic set, 1924 Sakarya Bridge set, 1926 Definitives plus the 1927 Overprints and finally the 1930 Defintives plus the 1930 Overprints, the last two stockpages display a few Crete and Hatay sets, generally Fine-VF useful material. | Est. $1000-2000 |
GREENLAND
| 1763 | | GORGEOUS GREENLAND COMPLETE COLLECTION 1905-1996 the entire country both mint and used assembled by a very discerning collector in a Lindner hingeless album, the mint collection housed in plastic sheets is virtually all NH from the very earliest mint Polar Bear to the last souvenir sheet while the used collection is hinged onto the album pages, the collection starts with two Parcel Post cards franked by Polar Bear stamps followed by a complete mint set of Polar Bears accompanied by a complete used set, this section includes five stamps with Nielson certificates and one Wowern certificate, the Polar Bear section ends with a block of 12 of the 20o used on a page from a Savings Book plus several mint savings stamps, the regular postage stamp collection includes the 1938 Christian X set followed by the 1945 Pictorial set as well as a set with Specimen overprints and specimen punch, the 1945 Liberation Overprint set is complete along with a complete set Inverted Overprints with Nielson certificate (the only mint stamps in the collection without an associated used set), then continuing with both mint and used stamps to the end, simply an exquisite collection! | Est. $13000-15000 | |
| 1764 | | GREENLAND AND ALAND STOCK. A stock of these countries, housed in three stockbooks and one cover album. The Greenland starts with the 'American Banknote first series complete from the 1 ore to the 5kr mint, the Polar Bear issues, subsequent definitive issues inc. mint multiple blocks of high values, further commem series, often side by side, used and mint never hinged. Also attractive m/s again, mint never hinged and used, inc. sea mammals, etc. The second book again has mint and used side by side, definitives and commemoratives and accompanying this are booklets, maximum cards and FDCs. The third book is specifically Aland, this of course is all very modern and there are hundreds of different series here with parallel mint and used again, sometimes as inter-panneaus, a selection of miniature sheets, many commemoratives. The final contains covers only, with several dozen items, all Greenland occasionally with high face value such as 50kr high value 'Salmo Salar' (Max cards), FDCs for sheetlets of high face value, etc. etc. A very well rounded stock. | Est. $600-900 |
GUATEMALA
| 1765 | / | GUATEMALA COLLECTION, 1871-1950 Several hundred mint OG, used and unused stamps mounted on Yvert pages, plus a stockbook of mostly used duplicates; a fairly solid collection, beginning with the first issues, incl. mint OG Scott 1-3 imperf blocks, 5, 6, used 6, followed by 1875 issues, incl. unused 1875 Liberty blocks of 6, varieties of 1886 surcharged Rufino issue; mostly mint after 1900, incl. 1900-1902 1c-25c Quetzal blocks, 1935-1937 Quetzal Airmails (C47-67, C70-9); amongst the used stamps are various cancels on the 1878-1886 Quetzal issues; generally Fine-VF; attractive and useful collection; Be sure to view ! | Est. $1500-1800 | |
| 1766 | | GUATEMALA OFFICIAL COVERS GROUPING 44 pieces (FLSs, FLs and fronts) with official cachets from various government districts and towns; some with scarce handstamps, incl. Antig. Guatemala, Chiquimula, Mazatenango (x2); mixed condition, most with legible markings; a fascinating group; Careful viewing advised. | Est. $750-1000 |
HONDURAS
| 1767 | () | SPECIALIZED HONDURAS ACCUMULATION, 1878-1911 an unusual group of 100 pieces, including singles, pairs and blocks imperforate, perforated and part perfed, two postcards with Specimen overprints, value concentrated in plate proofs and trial color proofs made by Hamilton (Seebeck) Company, two Die Proofs in Blue, one mirror image, some air post official stamps, mint, unused and used, general condition appears Fine-VF, recommended for collector, this is a one in a lifetime opportunity! | Est. $1000-1500 | |
| 1768 | / | HONDURAS COLLECTION, 1866-2005 Many hundreds of different mint OG and used stamps comprising Definitives, Commemoratives, miniature sheets, S/Ss, Semi-Postals, Airpost, Officials, etc., hingelessly mounted in 2 Scott and 2 Minkus albums; strong coverage, and predominantly mint from about 1889 forward, mint NH from about 1959 onward; Includes Trial Proof imperf pairs of 1892 Columbus Definitives and 1952 Isabella Airpost, with latter also with vignette Trial Proof pairs, and 1929 Colindres issue in transposed colors, and a few FDCs; generally Fine-VF; a good quality collection that will be a pleasure to view and make one's own ! | Est. $1000-1200 |
HUNGARY
| 1769 | / | EXTENSIVE HUNGARY COLLECTION 1871-1995 housed in four Minkus albums, actually the first few pages are mostly used stamps including both the first and second issues with a duplicate mint set of the Engraved set of 1871, the collection continues from this point with mint 1888 Numerals including the scarce 1Fo followed by 1900 Franz Josef set, 1913-14 Charity sets, 1925 Olympics, 1927 Imperf Airmals set, 1931 Zeppelins, 1932 Madonna, 1933 Airmails, 1934 Franz List S/S, 1947 Roosevelt S/S set, 1948 Chain Bridge S/S, 1949 UPU booklet, and 1951 Stamp S/S set, plus so much more, of special interest are the imperforate sets beginning in the early 1950s and continuing through the early 1960s with many imperf sets in the $25 to $100 range, the collection continues through three more volumes virtually complete into the early 1990s, vast majority are NH and thus, a very worthwhile collection. | Est. $2500-3000 |
ICELAND
| 1770 | / | ICELAND VALUABLE COLLECTION. A most attractive, very clean collection, mostly mint, housed in a Scott Specialty album with a very good range of classics all the way through to new issue series to the year 2000. Highlights include (mint unless otherwise stated) first issues inc. 1873 2sk ultra (with small thin) yet good-looking collectable copy (#1), 8sk brown (#3), 1876 6a gray superb with excellent centering (#10) and 40a green (#14, signed), followed by 1882/92 complete with the 50a and 100a mint (#19/20), similarly the 1896/1901 with the scarce 50a blue and carmine (#30), leading onto the King Christian IX 1902/04 defin series complete to the 5kr (#34/44B), then a good range of the 'I Gildi' overprints with the 3a orange (#49) and the scarce 16a brown perf 14x 13 1/2 #65, cat. $1350, a superb copy which would make a very good individual item etc. The collection then further develops with the double portrait 5a, 10a and 5kr (#74, #76, #85), Sigurdsson and Frederik VIII series complete (#86/98), 1915/18 double portrait re-issues complete (#99/107), Christian X 1920/22 complete used (#108/128), 1921/25 surcharges complete (#130/138), 1925 2kr on 25a orange and 1kr on 40a blue (#149/150), etc, followed by the good Christian X redrawn issues of 1931/33 complete (#176/187), then no empty spaces from here to 2000 with much never hinged from the 1930s onwards. The back of the book is also strong with Millenary airposts and zeppelins complete and excellent-looking officials, though we haven't had time to check exactly what is here, so a careful inspection is a must. | Est. $3500-4500 | |
| 1771 | / | ATTRACTIVE ICELAND COLLECTION 1876-2000 housed in three volumes Lindner hingeless albums, the first album contains the main collection which is mixed mint and used to about 1940, often the collector attempted to acquire both mint and used examples, the collection begins with the first three stamps in mint condition and the next page repeats them in used condition, likewise, most of the second issue is present mint with used stamps on the succeeding page, the 1903 "i Gildi" overprints are presented in a similar fashion including the scarce 3a Orange value with Black overprint , followed by the 1902 King Christian X set both mint &: used, 1907 Two Kings set mint, 1912 Frederik VIII set used, 1915 Two Kings mint, 1925 Mail Landing mint, followed by the 1931 Airmail set mint and including the scarce 1931 Redrawn Christian X set, after 1940 the collection is primarily mint to the end with the most recent issues being NH, the BOB includes several better mint Officials especially the 1930 Official Overprints on Parliament set, overall, a delightful collection worthy of careful attention. | Est. $2500-3000 | |
| 1772 | / | ICELAND ACCUMULATION, 1873-1993 Hundreds of issues comprising Definitives, Commemoratives, S/Ss, Semi-Postals, Airpost, and Officials mounted on album pages or in glassines; good coverage for the period, incl.mint 86-91, 92-98, 152-66, 1930 1kr (163) progressive die proofs (Facit 184); 4 different, 235 NH, C2, C4-8, C9-11(x3), C15-20 (x2), C27-9, O9; used 12, 17, 85, 86-91(x2), 108-28 (x3), C4-8 (cto), C11 signed, C15-20; and others; occasional minor fault, average through Fine-VF; useful material of good, clean quality; Viewing advised for full appreciation. | Est. $2500-3000 | |
| 1773 | / | ICELAND COLLECTION, 1873-1977 An attractive collection of approximately 350 mint and used stamps &: three souvenir sheets, mounted on Stender album pages, regulars, airmails, semi-postals &: officials, abundant complete sets, better stamps scattered throughout, including #7, #13, #17, #30, #44A, #83-5, #986-98, #99-107, #108-28, #140, #150, #B5, #C15-20, #O31-8 &: #O50-1, also seven FDCs from 1939-56, general condition Fine-VF, useful collection for further expansion, worth a look and merits a bid, owner's catalog value over 50,000 Swedish Crowns. | Est. $1500-2000 | |
| 1774 | | USEFUL ICELAND MAINLY MINT COLLECTION TO 1949 Few hundred mostly mint stamps on Scott Specialty pages. Includes 1920-22 Christian set to 10k, 1921-25 surcharges, 1924-29 10k surcharges (3 values, lacks 10k on 2k), 1925 Views set, 1925-26 surcharges, 1930 Millenary set, 1931-32 Gullfoss set, Air Posts 1929 50a, 1930 Millenary set, Officials 1920-30 set, 1922 2k 7 5k, 1930 Millenary set, etc. Overall mostly very fresh, OG, many once LH. | Est. $1400-1800 | |
| 1775 | | ICELAND MOSTLY MINT COLLECTION, 1873-1937 Dozens of mainly mint stamps housed on Lighthouse hingeless pages. Includes a few 19th Century issues, 1907-08 Two Kings set, 1912 Frederick set, mostly NH, 1930 Millenary set NH, 1931-37 to 10k, Air Posts 1929 50a, 1930 Millenary set NH, 1931 Zeppelin set NH, Officials 1930 Millenary set, etc. Mostly fresh, F-VF, OG or NH. | Est. $1100-1400 |
INDONESIA
| 1776 | / | MESMERIZING INDONESIA COLLECTION AND ACCUMULATION of thousands mostly never hinged in the form of a 2 album collection, stock books, binders and a large glassine stock. The collection runs from 1950 through 2000 with a high degree of completion and includes better perf and imperf souvenir sheets and some booklets. Amongst the accumulation there can be found Japanese Occupation, better Revolutionary material and a strong group of the Republic of Indonesia with better souvenir sheets including # 59a. This lot is packed with much never hinged value, a sampling includes 1950 RIS overprints, 1954 RIAU overprints gum toned, 1957-1960 RIAU overprints (2) and 1974 Customs. A useful group that hold value for either the dealer or collector. Viewing is recommended. | Est. $2500-3500 |
IRAN
| 1777 | / | IRAN COLLECTION 1929-1971, Clean collection of 290 stamps, mostly mint OG, arranged on five stock pages, including #744-58, #785, #786-94 complete set, #827-40 complete set, #1009-1014 &: #1034-6, also several 1960s complete sets, virtually no duplication, condition is Fine-VF throughout, useful for a dealer or collector. | Est. $1250-1500 |
ISRAEL
| 1778 | | ISRAEL MINT TABBED COLLECTION, 1948-2004 Complete mint NH collection of tabbed stamps (except J1-5), S/Ss, miniature sheets, and unexploded booklets (1949 forward), with all issues identified by Scott and varieties and booklets identified by Bale, all neatly mounted on annotated, computer -generated pages tucked inside protective sleeves and housed in 6 large 3-ring binders, 2 of which contain 1948-2006 Festival stamps, incl. 1950 Festival souvenir card signed by designer Arthur Szyk, and FDCs, incl tabbed 1948 Flying Scroll FDC; Scott 1-6 glazed gum, 7-9 regummed (1000m with 1996 APS cert); also includes 1948 1000m OG NH single, 1949 Lion and Flag Essay (x2), 1949 1st Judean Coins tabbed paper and rouletted varieties, 1950 UPU and 1950, 1953 2nd and 3rd Judean Coins tete-beche pairs and gutter pairs, 1950 Hebrew University "star and crescent" variety, 1963 FAO tete-beche sheet of 16, 1965 Zodiac tete-beche pairs, single and double gutter strips and sheets of 36, and coil strips of 6, 1966 Hebrew Press sheet of 16, 1966, 1973 Town Emblems tete-beche gutter sheets, 1966 Town Emblem coil strips of 6, and more; generally Fine-VF; A lovely collection to view and to call one's own ! | Est. $3000-4000 | |
| 1779 | | ISRAEL INTERIM PERIOD COLLECTION, 1948 Fascinating presentation of predominantly mint OG issues accompanied by philatelic and non-philatelic covers, all identified by Bale, SIP, or Wallerstein number, and neatly mounted on collector's own annotated, computer-generated pages; complete with respect to basic Bale-listed issues; includes mint OG 10m brown Parachutists with tel Aviv ovpt. (SIP 147); 10m green, brown, sage green, and olive Diaspora Series I, 2, 3, and 4 respectively, each with Haifa ovpt (Bale 42-51f, 52e-61e, 62-71c, 72-81d); genuine Safed Local with 2 forgeries for comparison; Kofer Hayishuv blue and gold Tax stamp (Wallerstein); 1m-500m Watchtower tax labels; 2m-500m Banking Fee series; 50m-1000m Insurance Fee stamps; 100-500 Radio Usage Tax stamps; 2m-125 Bus and Cinema Ticket Tax stamps; 5m-50m siege Revenue issues, incl. 20m horizontal pair imperf between; Afula, Nahalal, and Tiberius Provisionals; French Consular Post 3rd Issue (Bale 128); used 20m French Consular Post 2nd Issue (Bale 127); Covers include combined 1948 Last Day of British Mandate Service (May 5), Interim 5m Sports, and First Day Israel Service (May 16) cacheted cover; 50m and 100m Bialek &: Herzl; 10m Negev Pipeline with 20m Nahariya Emergency Post; 10m-50m Nahariya rouletted First Issue (rouletted) and Second Issue, each on separate combination covers (Bale 108-110, 116-18); 10m-11m Nahariya Third Issue Locals, each on cover; genuine Safed Local; 5m, 10m, and 50m Watchtower tax labels on 6 documents; 2m, 3m, and 5m Banking Fee stamps on 6 documents; 50m, 100m (x2) siege Revenue stamps tied to document; French Consular Post 3rd Issue on re-directed cover; and 3 Haganah military covers; light duplication; generally Fine-VF, a quality collection that offers an excellent opportunity for the Israel collector; Viewing necessary for full appreciation. | Est. $3000-4000 | |
| 1780 | / | ISRAEL INTERIM PERIOD COLLECTION several hundred mostly mint stamps and a few covers mounted on blank pages, loosely organized by Bale catalog order including many valuable items such as as sheet of ten of the "Proposed Jewish State" with value missing, 1948 "Parachutists" issues in strips of seven, Safed Local issue, and several "Immigrants Ship" including one with value omitted, plus so much more, the collection ends with a section of Interim issues on cover. Owner's retail value over $8000. | Est. $1500-2000 | |
| 1781 | / | ISRAEL REVENUE COLLECTION several hundred mostly mint stamps on blank album pages starting with complete sets of the first &: second Government issues, then continuing with partial sets of revenues through 1985, followed by a section of used Radio License stamps including stamps on document, we also noted a handful of 1948 Consular Tax stamps including one with an extra row of perfs, the last half of the collection consists of Munical tax stamps for Haifa, Tel Aviv, and a dozen other smaller cities, the collection ends with several pages of revenues used on document, altogether a very interesting collection of popular material. | Est. $1000-1500 | |
| 1782 | / | ISRAEL ERROR COLLECTION many dozens of mint error stamps mounted on blank pages starting with an imperf pair of the 50m Doar Ivri along with two low values of the first postage dues with an extra row of perforations, then skipping a few years, the next interesting item is Bale#133b "Double Leaf" variety on a page with several other minor varieties, from this point onwards, most of the value is found in "missing color" errors which are not listed in Bale, in addition, we noted a number of dramatic mis-perfed items. Owner's retail value over $5000. | Est. $1000-1500 | |
| 1783 | | ISRAEL NEW ISSUE HOARD two cartons filled to overflowing with new issues in glassines, most are still in the original envelopes direct from the Philatelic Agency postmarked during the 1970s and 1980s, most of these stamps are in quantities of ten to twenty sets each including souvenir sheets, two shoeboxes containing hundreds of glassines house material from the 1960s to early 1970s in smaller quantities, and finally there are a handful of Canada year sets from the 1980s, virtually everything is NH and Fine-VF. | Est. $1000-1200 | |
| 1784 | | ISRAEL VENDING MACHINE LABEL AND COVER COLLECTION, 1988-2005 An extensive display of complete sets of vending machine labels accompanied by cacheted, unaddressed FDCs and non philatelic covers, all neatly mounted on the collector's own annotated, computer-generated pages within page protectors housed in 7 large 3-ring binders; includes 1988 Frama labels, and 1990-2005 Massad, Klussendorf, and SIMA machine labels, with several varieties; generally VF; this would make a great addition to an existing Israel collection, or an exhibit in its own right; Viewing advised for full appreciation. | Est. $750-1000 | |
| 1785 | | ISRAEL MINT COLLECTION 1948-2005 virtually complete collection in mounts in three volumes White Ace albums, starting with the 1948 issues including the first Coin Set, first Postage Due set and 1948 New Year's set in tete-beche gutter pairs, missing only the first Souvenir sheet for total completion, generally Fine-VF and NH, a very worthwhile collection. | Est. $600-800 | |
| 1786 | / | ISRAEL COLLECTION 1948-2005 virtually complete mint country collection plus a multitude of used duplicates in the same mounts, starting with the 1948 First Coin mint set, including the First souvenir sheet and Postage Dues and continuing in an unbroken chain to the very end, virtually every mint stamp is NH and Fine-VF, always popular material. | Est. $500-750 | |
| 1787 | | HOLYLAND FORERUNNERS COLLECTION dozens of mint and used stamps plus a handful of covers mounted on blank pages, most of the value is in the section of Ottoman Empire issues of Turkey with Holyland cancels such as Bethlehem, Nazareth, Nablus, Caiffa, Jerusalem, Jaffa &: Jericho, in addition there is a smattering of German, French, British &: Russian offices in the Levant, the collection ends with a section of postal history that includes several covers, a few telegrams, and revenues on documents, condition is somewhat mixed, however, extremely popular material. | Est. $500-750 |
ITALIAN AREA
| 1788 | | ITALY AND AREA COLLECTION 1880-1945 several hundred mostly mint sets with some singles artlessly mounted on blank pages, although there are a few 19th century items, value is concentrated in the 20th century issues and includes Italy, Socialist Republic, Offices Abroad, Aegean Islands and few occupation issues with better sets and singles encountered in every section, for example, the Italy section includes a wealth of sets from the 1930s such as the 1930 Trans-Atlantic Squadron issue, 1933 Balboa Tryptych set and 1934 Soccer set in addition there are worthwhile BOB items such as 1884 Postage Due set, 1890 30c Due on 2c, 1875 Official set and 1956 Parcel Post Authorized Delivery set, then continuing with the issues of the Socialist Republic, we noted better mint that include "GNR" Airmail overprints and the Parcel Post set, the section of Aegean Island issues is especially noteworthy and includes the Garibaldi overprint sets from each of the islands as well as 1933 Zeppelin set and 1934 Soccer set and the 1929 Rhodes Pictorial set while the Offices abroad starts with China 1917 set complete as well as the 1909 Salonika 20P top value, a viewer who can overlook the messy presentation will observe that there is a treasure trove of worthwhile sets and singles and that the vast majority is Fine-VF and quite useful. | Est. $8000-10000 | |
| 1789 | | ITALIAN AREA HIGH VALUE ACCUMULATION about 100 sets and singles arranged on six stockpages, each and every item catalogs over $100 with majority in the $200 to $500 range and some much higher, we noted a handful of Italian States such as unused Roman States 1852 1 Sc (Royal Certificate), along with some early Italy that includes mint 1910 Garibaldi set (2) and 1934 Airmail Official Rome-Mogadiscio Flight, 1944 Socialist Republic Parcel Post set, Trieste-A 1949 Parcel Post set, 1943 German Occupation of Zara set, also includes some very worthwhile Italian Offices Abroad such as 1909 Jerusalem set (2) and Aegean Islands 1934 Soccer set, the Italian Colonies section also contains some very desirable items such as Oltre Guiba 1925 Postage Due set and the very scarce Somalia 1934 Pictorial set, we noted a smattering of early San Marino and a handfull of Vatican City such as the 1948 Airmail set, condition is somewhat mixed on the few classic items, however, the 20th century material is generally Fine-VF and increasingly popular. | Est. $6000-7000 | |
| 1790 | / | ITALY AND AREA collection in a well-filled Scott Specialty album to mid 1970s continued into a second volume of scattered Italian Offices and Colonies, collection begins with a modest section of Italian States that includes the usual dubious items as well as genuine stamps, then continues into Italy itself with strength from the beginning with a parallel mint and used collection mounted in the same album space, though mint predominates, better used items are Sc# 72 and 331-41 while better mint include Sc# 49, 290-305, 495-506, C3-9, C23-26 and C48-49, condition is somewhat mixed on the early issues, altogether a good starter Italy collection lacking only a handful of key stamps for total completion for the period, Sassone catalog value Euros 38,250. | Est. $5000-7500 | |
| 1791 | / | ITALY &: AREA ASSORTMENT seventeen high valued items arranged on one stockpage, includes Roman States 1852 50 baj used &: 1 Scudo unused, Neapolitan Provinces 1861 20G Yellow used (2), followed by mint Italy 1867 20c Victor Emmanuel, 1922 9th Philatelic Congress set, 1923 Manzoni set (3), 1870 2L Postage Due, Socialist Republic 1944 50c Red Fasces Overprint, Trieste-A both 1947 &: 1949 Parcel Post sets, San Marino 1933 Zeppelin Overprint set, and lastly Vatican City 1934 Surcharged set &: 1935 Juridicial Congress set, condition is somewhat mixed especially on the Italian States and one or two items may be reference material, however, majority are very desirable and quite salable. | Est. $3000-4000 | |
| 1792 | / | ITALY AND RELATED AREAS COLLECTION, 1861-1980 A clean, Scott Specialty allbum chockful of mint OG and used Definitives, Commemoratives, Semi-Postals, Airpost, and B-O-B from Italy proper, plus Austria Ionian Islands, Montenegro and Trieste Occupation issues, and those of Cyrenaica, Eritrea, Ethipoia, and Rhodes; Italy proper dispalys a high degree of completion for the period, with may better singles and mixed mint and used sets, incl. mint 49, 60, 62, 118, 119-122, 159-64, 165-70 (5L no gum), 171-4, 210, B17-19, C42-7, J1a no gum, Eritrea 168-74, CB1-10, Ethiopia N1-7, Trieste 41; used 20, 33, 37-44, 117, 328, 340, 341, 377-86, J21-4, O8, Q1-6, Rhodes 15-23; typical centering and occasional fault amongst the 19th-early 20th Century stamps, with later issues being generally Fine-VF; an attractive collection of good quality; Viewing advised for full appreciation. | Est. $2000-3000 | |
| 1793 | / | ITALY &: RELATED AREAS several hundred mint and used sets &: singles, mounted in selection cards, highlights include Italy #119-22, #331-41, #345-8, #B17-19, Eritrea #175-80, #C1(2)-6(2), Cyrenaica #59-64, #B13-16, #C24-9, Libia #, San Marino #345-55, #C62a, Vatican City #55-60, several early states stamps from Parma &: Tuscany, fourteen Europa souvenir programs issued by Italian post office from 1950s-1960s, condition is Fine-VF, catalog value running from $10 to $50, a lot that surely merits a look . | Est. $1000-1500 |
ITALIAN STATES
| 1794 | | ITALIAN STATES COLLECTION. Approximately 115 mostly used stamps neatly arranged on stockpages, useful selections of Modena, Parma and Tuscany with additional Romanga, Naples, Sicily, Neopolitan Provinces, etc., also a bit of classic Italy, numerous better issues and some moderate duplication, usual very mixed condition though mostly F-VF, nice lot of these classics with many being signed. | Est. $1200-1500 |
ITALY
| 1795 | / |  | WORLD CLASS ITALY COLLECTION 1862-1945 housed in two beautiful deluxe Marini albums, the collector who formed this collection attempted to obtain the finest quality available and succeeded to a large degree, virtually everything is mint with NH material beginning in the early 20th century issues, the collection includes hundreds of Sassone listed varieties by color, perforation, paper, mis-perfed freaks and errors, blocks and large multiples and even a few full sheets, many of the scarcest items are signed by Diena, Raybaudi or other experts, the collection begins with two cards of Specimens created for the "Ministry of Public Works" along with the first issues including 1863 15c Blue Type I Victor Emmanuel, continuing with the 1863 issues including 60c Block of 25 and 2L Block of 20 (Signed A. Diena), followed by all three types of the 1865 20c Surcharged issue, then the scarce 1877 20c Orange Victor Emmanuel, the 1877 Surcharged Official set is complete as well as the 1879 King Umberto set, beginning with the 1889 issue, the collection becomes highly specialized and includes some Proofs and Essays as well as some multiples such as 5L Blocks of four &: six as well as sheets of 40c, 60c, and 1L values, then continuing with the 1890 Surcharged set of three, the 1891 set includes the 5L top value in part sheet of 50 plus extra blocks while the 1901 Victor Emmanuel set (NH) includes blocks of four of the 25c &: 50c values, the issues of 1910 to 1931 are highly specialized including dozens upon dozens of Sassone listed varieties, this period also contains the 1923 Manzoni set (3), the second volume starts with the issues of 1937 through the end of World War II then continues into the Airmail, Special Delivery, Parcel Post and other BOB issues such as the "BLP" overprints which includes nine different examples (all signed) and the 1924 Advertising Labels which includes most of the very scarce items such as the 25c "Tagliacozzo," 25c "Coen" and 25c "Piperno" (Bolaffi Certificate) and finally the 1L Columbia, this is a excellent collection that would make anyone proud to own since many of the pieces could be included in an award winning presentation. | Est. $50000-60000 |
| 1796 | / | ITALY COLLECTION, 1862-2000 Many hundreds of mint OG and used stamps housed in 2 small European albums, with 1980-2000 issues in 2 hingeless albums; there is a smattering of Italian States; mostly used to 1920, mixed mint and used from late 1920s-1968, mint NH from 1969 forward; we espied mint Scott 248-56, 268-79, C23-6, C28-34, C35-9, CO2; used 64-6, 72, and more; generally Fine-VF; Viewing of this good quality, useful material is sure to generate interest and a vigorous bid ! | Est. $1500-2500 | |
| 1797 | | ITALY USED COLLECTION many hundreds crammed into an old time stock book, nice range of issues after 1929 with value concentrated in post WWII issues to about 1960, many complete sets from the late 1940s and early 1950s, includes a smattering of airmail issues and other BOB material, only an occasional dubious cancel is noted, generally F-VF, a great lot for an eBay seller. | Est. $1000-1500 | |
| 1798 | | ATTRACTIVE SELECTION OF CLASSIC ITALY MINT NH BLOCKS, 1891//1934 Consisting of mint OG NH blocks, most with margin inscriptions, incl. 1891-1896 10c-5L blocks; 1896 1c block of 34, 1896 2c block of 6, 1897 3c blocks of 8 and 10; 1911 15c Victor Emmanuel III block of 4 inside booklet; and 1931-1934 1L-20L Parcel Post blocks; generally Fine-VF with fresh colors; a desirable group of early NH material; Please inspect ! | Est. $1000-1200 | |
| 1799 | | ITALY STOCK. Substantial stockbook with many thousands of stamps predominantly used, from first issues imperfs onwards. Some of the classics are by the dozen, chronologically organised with the overprint sections on the definitives, as well of course as the 'Valevole', etc. Then the turn of the century is also strong, again virtually all used, including an interesting shifted vignette of the monarch of the express issue, quite dramatic looking. Also seen 'smiling boy' series, etc etc. Then Post WWII with 'Risorgimento', the 100lire centenary, ERP and much more, in fact the book is loaded right through to the end with colorful looking series inc. m/s, se-tenants, etc. used, a very solid stock. | Est. $500-600 |
ITALY - ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC
| 1800 | / | ITALIAN SOCIALIST REPUBLIC MINT COLLECTION housed in a deluxe Marini album, the collection begins with a complete set of 20 of the "GNR" overprints plus multiples such as a large block of 25 of the "R GN" variety as well as duplicates, the next few pages contain the Fasces overprints and include the very scarce 50L Firenze overprint (2 - both signed, one with Oliva certificate), and the equally scarce 50L Verona overprint (signed), plus three inverted overprints of other stamps of this issue in addition to six sheets of 100 of the more common overprints, these are followed by the "GNR" Airmail overprints which includes a complete set (Sorani certificate) plus duplicates (most signed) then the scarce "GNR" Authorized Delivery (Raybaudi certificate), continuing with the "GNR" Postage Due set and Parcel Post set complete and finally the "GNR" overprints on the War Propaganda issues, the collection also includes a section of Local Overprints for cities such as Aosta, Arona, Mantua and Savona as well as a complete set of "Corrieri Alta Italia" issues (Diena certificate) and finally there is a section of the 1924 Semi-Official Franchise stamps such as a complete set of "Cassa Nazionale Assic. Inf. Lavoro" issues plus many others, a delightful collection that includes many high powered sets and singles. | Est. $15000-20000 |