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Worldwide Collections and Large Lots continued...

EGYPT COLLECTION

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1101

Egypt comprehensive mint and used collection from 1866-1946, consisting of over 400 mostly different, collected largely mint but some used will be found throughout, starts with a very nice showing of the early 1866 and 1867 issues which are complete and nearly all mint or unused, from 1879 the collection is virtually complete for the period including a used 50P Port Fouad overprint (signed H. Bloch), plus other better values, includes air mails, special deliveries, postage dues and officials, also includes reference copies of the Suez Canal Company issues that are not counted, also a few interesting covers, vast majority o.g., mostly fine-very fine.

Est. $1,000-1,500

SOLD for $2,600.00
Will close during Public Auction

GOLD COAST COLLECTION

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1102

Gold Coast cancellations study of a couple hundred largely Queen Victoria issues mounted and annotated on quadrilled pages in an Elbe album, starts with barred oval type with "554" (Accra), "556" (Cape Coast Castle) and "B27" (Quittah), then boxed "Elmina/Paid", Elmina, Secondee and Addah (unlisted) negative ovals, crown circle above date c.d.s. of Koforidua and Ussmert, then a detailed study of the circular date town postmarks, with such places as Danoe, Tarkwa, Victoriaborg, Half Assinie, Kpong, Pram Pram, Prestea, Beyin, Chama, Dixcove, Appam, Attuab, Axim, Berraku, Aburi, Ada, Akropomg, Salt Pond, Winnebah, Mumford, Adjuah, Akuse and many others represented, all the above generally with multiple copies, often of different denominations, also includes a range of stamps, with a few mint, and many used with small town cancels, especially among the George VI, plus a couple dozen mostly George V and VI covers, again with some town cancels, also included are twelve unused picture postcard produced by Raphael Tuck & Sons; a highly delightful lot for the specialist which would be difficult to duplicate.

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $2,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

GREAT BRITAIN COLLECTION

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1103

Great Britain pre-stamp cover collection and accumulation, about 230 mostly eighteenth and nineteenth century covers, 110 of which are mounted and written-up on pages in three Elbe binders, the rest being mounted on loose pages or loose, all filling a good sized carton, and there is a vast range of markings, origins and destinations, starts with an 1580's Corsini correspondence cover from London to Venice and continues with Bishop marks, Dockwra types, General Posts, London District, Provincial Penny Posts, Uniform Penny Posts, Two-penny Posts, Free letters and franks, handstamps showing mileage, many town cancels, Foreign Office, etc., and ending with a Mulready and an 1840 2d blue cover, a few fronts only and some faults, mostly fine-very fine covers and strikes.

Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $3,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

1104

Great Britain line engraved issues collection, comprised largely of a Penny Black mounted collection with used Plate 1b (3), Plate 2-4, Plate 5 and a cover, Plate 6 (2) and a cover, Plate 7 and four additional stamps, also includes a good showing of 1841 1d Red brown, a great many with Maltese cross cancels, some 1840 2d Blues, several partial runs of 1864 1d plate numbers, covers and more, usual mixed condition, many fine-very fine.

Est. $1,000-1,500

SOLD for $3,750.00
Will close during Public Auction

ITALY (VENICE) COLLECTION

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1105

Italy - Republic of Venice fifteenth century cover collection, this collection of 38 covers dates back over 500 years, from the time Venice was the trading center of the Mediterranean and the covers were delivered by messengers, this was the real beginning of the postal system that we know today, for a while these runners and/or ships delivered mail for merchants who displayed their "hall", "guild" or trade marks on the front of the cover, it was a long step forward from the ancient mails that were maintained for the use of the rulers and high nobility as well as high military officers, the collection is mounted on album pages and annotated and includes covers to Alexandria, Crete, Damascus, etc., and from Austria, Crete (including one to Turkey), Syria (Laodicea to Amman and Beyrouth to Damascus) for example, all in a remarkable state of preservation, most with guild marks and/or paid marks with string fasteners and seal, in addition there are 30 sixteenth century covers from the Corsini correspondence sold by Robson Lowe in the early 1980's (mainly to Florence) and 20 later stampless cover with handstamped markings, mainly relating to Venice including "CFC" courier markings, generally very fine; a superb lot for internet resale.

Est. $3,000-4,000

SOLD for $13,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

NEPAL COLLECTION

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1106

Nepal stamp and cover stock and accumulation, lot comprised of a stockbook with several hundred mostly used stamps between #4/88, including #4 (2) and 11, also 170 covers from stampless to the 1970's in sleeves and loose, with a few F.D.C.'s, 52 stampless covers with negative seal cancels, a small mounted collection of mint, used and covers, and some miscellaneous loose material; worth a look.

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction

RUSSIA COLLECTION

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1107

Russia mint collection to about 1950 in two Lighthouse albums, plus a stockbook and some on retail cards, much of the value in the 1930s and 1940s, with better sets including the 1933 Peoples of the Soviet Union set of 21, plus souvenir sheets such as the 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, also good air posts sets, o.g., much never hinged, mainly fine-very fine; the Scott catalog value is way in excess of $10,000.00 and probably approaches $15,000.00.

Est. $3,000-4,000

SOLD for $6,750.00
Will close during Public Auction

SOUTH AFRICA COLLECTION

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1108

South Africa and related stamp and cover accumulation, varied remainder lot with five Cape of Good Hope stampless covers including ship, a range of Cape adhesives including triangles and a few Griqualand, and a few hundred South Africa commercial covers from 1910 to modern, with a few a little better and some S.W.A.

Est. $200-300

SOLD for $1,150.00
Will close during Public Auction

SPAIN COLLECTIONS

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1109

Spain comprehensive 1850-1964 mint collection, many hundreds of all mint singles, sets and souvenir sheets covering everything from classics to Carlist issues housed in two Lighthouse hingeless albums with slipcases, the collection starts with 1850 6c Ty. II on thick paper and continues with 1851 10r with Sismondo certificate, 1852 6r, 1854 5r with Comex certificate, 1855 2c with CMF certificate and 4c, 1860 2c, 12c, 1r and 3r, 1862 2c-2r cplt., 1864 2c-2r cplt., 1865 imperf. 2c, 1r and 2r Red lilac, 1865 perf. 2c-19c and 2r Rose, 1866 2c and 20c, 1867 cplt. except 19c, 1868 25m, 200m and 19c, 1870 400m, 1e600m and 2r, 1872-73 cplt., 1873 2c to 4P, the last with CEM certificate, 1874 cplt. less the 4P, 1874-79 War Tax cplt., the 1877 50c with Rendon certificate, 1873-74 Carlist issues cplt., 1875 cplt., the 20c with CEM certificate, 1876 cplt., 1878 cplt., 1879 cplt. less 25c and 10P, the 4P with Rendon certificate, 1889-99 2c to 1P, 1900-05 40c Rose and 4P with APS certificate, 1905 Don Quixote cplt., 1902-22 cplt., 1920 UPU cplt., 1922-26 Alfonse cplt., then a solid run of 1926-36 commemoratives, semi-postals and air mails, including 1930 Railway Congress, later issues include Defense of Madrid air mails and a Submarine souvenir sheet, the post-war issues are virtually complete including the better high value air mails, the condition is a bit mixed on the earlier issues as usual, but not terrible, there are some small faults, no gum or regummed, but also quite a few o.g. and there are a great many nice sound fine to very fine singles and sets to be found throughout, plus the centering is quite a bit nicer than what it typically found; an attractive collection with very substantial catalog value which deserves a careful viewing.

Est. $5,000-7,500

SOLD for $12,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

1110

Spain separatist issues, military posts and other back-of-the-book and labels, two well filled Lighthouse albums, one containing a highly complete collection of many hundreds of different 1899-1901 separatist issues from various towns and provinces, largely in complete sets, the other volume of many hundreds of items includes an extensive collection of military posts, including imperfs., gutter pairs and blocks, plus telegraph stamps, Requetes including color and overprint errors, charity labels, modern art labels and much more; a fantastic collection of these illusive issues which really should be viewed to be fully appreciated.

Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $5,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

1111

Spain civil war overprinted issues extensive mint collection of 1,183 all different items housed in a Lighthouse hingeless album with slipcase, mostly complete sets, plus a few strips of three, blocks and souvenir sheets, includes Badajos Edifil #8-22 with Graus certificate, strong Burgos, Huesca Edifil #1-16 n.h. with Comex certificate, Madrid Edifil #1-25 with CEM certificate, Malaga Edifil #53 n.h. with Comex certificate, Pontevedra Edifil #28-32 with Graus certificate, Salamanca Edifil #1-11 + 1hcc with Comex certificate, and a great deal more, with most of the better items being signed, generally o.g., l.h. or n.h., fine-very fine.

Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $10,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

1112

Spain anti-Facist propaganda label extensive collection of 934 virtually all different republican political labels of the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39, including the issues of help and propaganda organizations, political parties, anarchist issues, trade unions and other social organizations, military and para-military organizations, the Generalitat and other autonomous governments, youth organizations and miscellaneous issues, all mounted on Leveritt pages in four Lighthouse binders with slipcases, includes singles, sets, some imperf. pairs, souvenir sheets both perf. and imperf. and miniature sheets, with many rare and very rare items to be found throughout, a few with small faults, most o.g., though some are cancelled, h.r., l.h. and many n.h.; a fantastic collection of these seldom offered issues which would be an enormous challenge to duplicate.

Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $6,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

1113

Spain monumental "1937" local issues collection, an amazing array of issues from a wide range of cities and towns from Adzanta de Albaidat to la Zubia neatly laid out on album pages in five Lighthouse albums with slipcases, there are 3,645 items in all, including singles, sets, imperfs. and imperf. pairs, perf. and imperf. souvenir sheets, miniature sheets, gutter pairs, tete-beche pairs, tete-beche gutter pairs, etc., with many better and rare items present throughout, some are cancelled, but most are o.g., l.h., h.r. and many n.h.; the most comprehensive collection of this area we have ever offered that is an ideal basis for continuation.

Est. $4,000-5,000

SOLD for $10,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS

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1114

Worldwide large accumulation of thousands of stamps overfilling four boxes, most of which was a working dealer's stock who stopped doing business in 1945, contains numerous mint and used sets and singles crammed into stockcards, stockbooks and retail pages, with a large number of desirable mint sets throughout, as well as some higher values and used classics, there is too much to go into any detail, we will just say we feel certain the wholesale value alone will be well in excess of our estimate.

Est. $5,000-7,500

SOLD for $21,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

1115

Worldwide huge accumulation of thousands and thousands of stamps in about 60 stockbooks and some albums, stockbooks are generally crammed, with many containing one thousand or more stamps by themselves, all parts of the world covered including some better U.S., also includes a large tarifold with about 100 stocksheets containing mint and used stamps, should prove to be a rather useful lot for someone who likes accumulating a lot of stamps.

Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $7,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

1116

Worldwide clean mint lot of mostly post-war sets, strongest area is Germany, with some better Third Reich, a solid run of West Germany including the Posthorn set, also Berlin and DDR, plus a collection of France and Monaco from 1950 onward, South-East Asia, and many new-issue stamps of the world in their original glassine envelopes, o.g., appears to be all never hinged, fine-very fine.

Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $6,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

1117

Worldwide collection in thirty Scott International albums to the 1980s, we didn't notice anything particularly valuable, though each album is filled with many hundreds of stamps; the retail price for a new set of albums alone would exceed or estimate.

Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $3,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

1118

Worldwide collection in twenty two Minkus Global albums to the 1980s, the albums are quite large and all with slipcases, albums filled with lower end stamps and an occasional medium priced stamp or set noticed, would make a nice basis for someone wanting to start a worldwide collection.

Est. $1,000-1,500

SOLD for $2,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

1119

Worldwide collection to 1960 in four large Minkus Global albums, fairly well filled, most are of lower catalog value, but we do note a surprise here and there, usual mixed condition.

Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction

1120

Worldwide mint lot of mostly souvenir sheets, much of which is Japan, including over a dozen of the National Parks sheets (most with folders), also some Hungary, including 1949 Chain Bridge and 1950 UPU air post sheets, plus some imperforate sheets, a few British Commonwealth King George VI definitive sets and more, o.g., vast majority never hinged, fine-very fine.

Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $1,350.00
Will close during Public Auction