Shreves Philatelic Galleries, Inc. Sale

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SWITZERLAND COLLECTIONS continued...

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1401

Switzerland used collection in two volume Minkus album, starts with a selection of the Rayons and imperforate Seated Helvetias, condition is mixed but includes several nice examples of the more modest values, later 19th century contains no rarities but overall with good value, 20th century is quite comprehensive to 1966 lacking the better souvenir sheets but including duplication of some issues including the semi-postals and air mails, aside from 19th century the collection is clean and attractive with most fine-very fine or better; ex-Bleuler.

Est. $1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

1402

Switzerland substantial mint accumulation consisting of largely semi-postals and air mails but includes four mint sets and four used sets of the 1945 PAX issue (the only used material in the lot), the semi-postals are significant with at least six sets of the of mint semi-postals from 1913 to 1966 including all the better souvenir sheets, also includes a few later plus several sets of air mails with some duplication, also some Pro Juventute exploded booklets including better early issues from 1953-56, all of this material has been mounted on various pages and into separate collections, exceptionally clean throughout, o.g., usually lightly hinged, fine-very fine or better; an excellent stock attractively presented and ready to be sold as collections or broken down for inventory; ex-Bleuler.

Est. $3,000-4,000

SOLD for $4,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

1403

Switzerland Pro Juventute booklet accumulation of over 240 complete unexploded booklets, includes at least two collections complete for the years 1953-86 and as many as six or seven each for some years several each of the better early period of 1953-56, all are very clean and fresh, o.g., n.h., uniformly very fine; ex-Bleuler.

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $525.00
Will close during Public Auction

1404

Switzerland Pro Juventute cards and lady's notes collection, from 1912 to 1960 sets of from five to eight cards were issued with attractive artist's paintings and views, the intent was that the Pro Juventute semi-postal stamps were to be used to mail them, with the proceeds of both the cards and the stamps to be used to aid children, a similar series of five small lady's notes with envelopes were issued from 1926-60, the cards are very nearly complete (if not complete) with over 280 cards accompanied by their original envelope, plus there are over 260 notes with their envelopes encompassing all the years they were issued, all are unused, exceptionally attractive and very fine; ex-Bleuler.

Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction

1405

Switzerland air mail cover collection, interesting collection of 120 covers and cards from 1919 to the 1960's, majority are 1930's and before, large portion are first flights or special flights, we note a number with special vignettes for the flight, plus some on special postal cards or postal envelopes, there are also a few better international flights to Africa and even a couple of Zeppelin flights, all are clean and attractive, some with better air mail frankings, fine-very fine; ex-Bleuler.

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $2,800.00
Will close during Public Auction

1406

Switzerland large PTT emission accumulation, literally thousands of PTT sheets, folders, booklets and year sets contained in two boxes, issues starts in earnest about 1956 with a few earlier and goes to the 1980's being quite comprehensive with mint and used sets and souvenir sheets in fancy booklets, hundreds of sheets with individual stamps with special cancels, mint year books, various types of souvenir booklets, etc., also includes mint stamps in single and blocks of four of this period including high denomination definitive issues and souvenir sheets, some in quantity, even some sendings from the postal administration with mint singles and blocks, PTT folders mint and used and FDC's, all are fine-very fine or better as they were issued; a lot of value here simply by the bulk; ex-Bleuler.

Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction

1407

Switzerland picture post card collection of well over 200 attractive cards showing a wide range of subjects in the Swiss culture, we note a number of nice stamp cards of various types including sets of five with Swiss Cantonals, various sets including an attractive set of 20 cards of soldiers through the ages, numerous cards showing the Alps and identifying the peaks and the routes to climb them, plus many others showing native dress and coats of arm, etc., a large portion are multicolor and exceptionally attractive, mostly unused, overall fine-very fine; ex-Bleuler.

Est. $400-500

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction

1408

Switzerland postal stationery accumulation of over 200 items, mostly postal cards but includes a few envelopes and wrappers, largely mint but used are found throughout, we note 75 attractive mint and used Bundesfeier cards with attractive illustrations which are usually in colors, also a couple air mail cards and other interesting items, fine-very fine and well worth examining; ex-Bleuler.

Est. $300-400

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction

1409

Switzerland postal history accumulation consisting of over 450 covers from the stampless period to quite modern, includes over 30 stampless with mostly straight line postmarks, plus another 40 19th century stamped covers including imperforate and perforated Seated Helvetia frankings, the rest are 20th century with better frankings found throughout, includes some early semi-postals starting with a pair of the first issue on petite cover, also over 60 covers with soldier stamps, etc., condition varies but actually quite nice for the most part, fine-very fine; an excellent lot that needs to be examined to be appreciated; ex-Bleuler.

Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction

1410

Switzerland first day cover collection/accumulation of over 300 FDC's from the 1940's to 1980's, includes a wide range of issues with definitives and commemoratives, Pro Juventute and Pro Patria semi-postals, plus a few air mails and officials, includes a number of better items from the early period including some souvenir sheets, all are nice and attractive, fine-very fine; ex-Bleuler.

Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $675.00
Will close during Public Auction

TRISTAN DA CHUNA COLLECTION

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1411

Tristan da Cunha mint accumulation in large stockbook and on pages plus some glassines, starts with six of the first overprinted issues and continues on with from five to about ten of each of the sets and souvenir sheets into the 1980's, all are fresh and attractive, some of the earlier sets are hinged but includes n.h. sets as well with the majority throughout being, n.h., very fine; ex-Bleuler.

Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $1,150.00
Will close during Public Auction

1412

1/276, J1-10a

Tristan da Cunha beautifully mounted collection in two large red deluxe Elbe albums, includes stamps and souvenir sheets to 1980 plus about a dozen covers including early set covers such as the first overprinted series, and some legitimate mail out of this remote island, none of which are common, we note the collection beginning with a cover of the visit of the H.M.S. "Carlisle" in 1937 with "Tristan da Cunha" Ty. V pmk. and Great Britain postage dues, gorgeously and extensively written up, very fine; ex-Bleuler.

Est. $200-300

SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction

WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS AND LARGE LOTS

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1413

Worldwide accumulation filling five boxes, from a wide range of countries, includes over 60 stockbooks, plus some on stockpages, retail pages, glassines, etc., while much is lower-end material, we do note a fair amount of medium priced sets, as well as covers and souvenir sheets, mixed condition; should easily be worth our estimate.

Est. $1,000-1,500

SOLD for $8,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

1414

Worldwide large accumulation in three large boxes, a conglomeration of of mint and used of a wide range of areas in albums, collection balances, on pages, in glassines and boxes, etc. some of the areas where there is a concentration of material include such diverse areas as Egypt, Netherlands semi-postals both mint and used, German area, Mauritius, Switzerland and others, there is nothing particularly scarce here but there are thousands of stamps with a few better and some useful collections and accumulations; ex-Bleuler.

Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $6,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

1415

Worldwide interesting lot of small specialized groups, much is centered around Germany, with a collection of the 1872 Shield issue including some covers, also WWI and WWII locals, Poland postage dues, Silesia, and more, mixed condition; examination should prove very beneficial.

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction

1416

Worldwide lot of stamps and covers, with the stamps in old notebooks and some album pages, a range of countries including U.S., we noted a faulty used #1 and mint Columbians to 30c stuck on pages, the most interesting part of the lot is in the several hundred covers, most of which is an 1851-1910 correspondence to Massachusetts, includes many sent from small New England towns, also noted are some patriotics, postage due usages, advertising and some from foreign countries, mixed condition, inspection should prove worthwhile, particularly with the covers.

Est. $400-500

SOLD for $2,400.00
Will close during Public Auction

1417

Worldwide miscellaneous lot of many hundreds of 19th and early 20th century stamps in three stockbooks and some stockcards, over half the stamps are United States, with mainly lower and medium priced items, the foreign includes out of the ordinary items such as various size multiples of the Leeward Islands 1902 1p Surcharges and a mint block of ten of D.W.I. 1902 8c on 10c Surcharge, also some U.S. covers, condition is quite mixed, so examination is necessary.

Est. $300-400

SOLD for $1,700.00
Will close during Public Auction

CHRISTMAS SEAL COLLECTION

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1418

Worldwide Christmas seal collection consisting of over 400 mostly different seals from over 30 countries mounted on pages, plus another 100 duplicates and a small accumulation of United States, nearly all are prior to 1945, the earliest and most complete are found in the Scandinavian countries, Denmark has 38 with the years 1904-39 complete, Norway has 37 from 1906-41 cplt. and Iceland has 27 complete from 1913-40 except 1917, also includes a few progressive color proofs, very few are used, most are mint, few with minor perf. toning, largest portion o.g., fine-very fine; ex-Bleuler.

Est. $300-400

SOLD for $260.00
Will close during Public Auction

WORLDWIDE COVER LOTS

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1419

Worldwide interesting and valuable postal history accumulation of 325 covers and cards, a large portion of these are 19th century covers from around the world, including stampless covers that go back even as far as 17th and 18th century items, there are numerous classic frankings with imperforates, some of the countries we note with these issues include Belgium including first issue, Italian area with various states as well as Italy proper, Switzerland, France and Great Britain, while much of the material is from Europe we note other areas of the world such as Mexico stampless and Imperforate issues, Japan from the late 19th century as well as later, besides the 19th century there are 20th century covers, post cards and postal stationery that are characterized by unusual and attractive usages, for example among the early postal stationery we note a couple of used postal envelopes of Seychelles, there are also covers and cards of various foreign offices in China and much more too numerous to list, condition overall is quite clean for the period with most being fine-very fine; an outstanding cover accumulation that needs to be examined to be fully appreciated; ex-Bleuler.

Est. $5,000-7,500

SOLD for $16,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

1420

Worldwide huge cover accumulation in three large boxes containing an estimated 2,000 covers, mostly 20th century commercial mail from around the world (no U.S.) though there are a few 19th century including even some stampless period, we note some turn-of-the-century Japan, World War II period China, numerous European countries and British, even a few FDC's including some better 1948-51 Austria and Spain FDC's, condition is very mixed but there is useful material throughout that bears examination; ex-Bleuler.

Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $6,000.00
Will close during Public Auction