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Sale 62
Lot 1914
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Collections in 41 Albums to 1964, Consists of 25 Scott Foreign, 10 Scott British and 6 binders with mostly better items removed from the albums, all countries reasonably represented mint and used, particularly Europe, also back of book, binders include better Germany with souvenir sheets, Portugal, G.B., Canada, souvenir sheets, etc., 19th Century usual condition, 20th mostly fine to very fine, excellent lot for expansion.
Estimate $15,000-17,000.
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| Realized $23,000 |
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Lot 1686
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German Area: Powerful and Extensive Collection to 1968, Thousands of mint and used in Scott albums, Empire and Third Reich virtually complete. (no inflation issues), including #1-11 used, 22 mint, 25, 28 used, #310 on o.g. (few n.h. and used), pages of booklet panes and zusammendrucke, varieties including Michel #85 IIA o.g., few covers including. 1820?s to 1865 (31) stampless, 1948 "unauthorized overprints" and inverted overprints, Building set with varieties including imperf. and double overprints, West Germany mix of n.h., o.g. and used including Posthorn set o.g., booklet panes including. #671a, 675a (2 each n.h.), coil strips, fluorescent paper blocks n.h., Zusammendrucke, Semi?s o.g. or n.h. (#B68 used) only missing #B58, extensive booklet panes and Zusammendrucke, few covers, Airs complete including Zeppelins and 1912 Semi-official issues and cards, Occupation issues, Berlin o.g. to n.h. (red overprint. set used), coils, booklet panes, few covers and First Day cards, D.D.R. complete including. souvenir sheets (#10B11 used), extensive States including separate book for Bavaria, Baden and Oldenburg complete, Colonies including Caroline Is. 1-6 o.g., 9a on piece, Morocco 19A o.g., 20-32 used (29 mint), 34-44 used (42 mint), Offices in Turkey 24 mint, 29 used, etc., overall fine.
Estimate $12,000-15,000.
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| Realized $18,400 |
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Lot 1589
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Powerful and Extensive America Mint Collection, Few thousand in Scott specialty album to 1953, 19th Century mix of mint and used, later virtually all mint, Antigua #21 on complete., Bahamas #44 on complete, War Tax complete, Barbados classics including mint #1, 4 pair, 19, used 8-9 (2 of each), 26, 43, #60 on complete, also dupl. for cancels and shades, Barbuda #1-11 o.g., Bermuda #18 on virtually complete (missing #51, 53- 54, 79), G.VI key plates with shades, printings, Br. Guiana #160 on complete, Br. Honduras mint including. #1, 4, 8-9, 11, 15, #28 on complete (except 57), Caymans mint only missing #4, 19-20, 69-80, Dominica complete except #14, 85, all mint from #13 onwards, Falklands including #54-63, 84-96 o.g., Grenada #20 on virtually all mint, only missing #33 and 35, duplication for shades, plus Dues mint and used, Jamaica #15, 17 mint, complete from #24 on, plus Revenues, Leewards complete except #16, plus used from various Islands, Montserrat complete except #1-2, 9 used, St. Kitts-Nevis complete except #64, St. Lucia complete from #27, Dues complete, St. Vincent complete mint from #55 except 89, Trinidad including. #1 (cert.), 74-90 (no 77), 92-102, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos complete, Virgin Is. complete except #6, with shades, several items with certs., the finest overall condition we have seen, fine to very fine.
Estimate $10,000-12,000.
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| Realized $17,250 |
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Lot 1229
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Extensive Collection to 1940's, In stockbook, starts with #9X1, also #2, 1851-57 to 12¢. 1857-61 to 90¢, #85B, 101, strong Banknotes with grills to 15¢, no grills to 90¢, 1869's to 30¢, Columbians with $1 mint, $5 used, mostly mint after that with Bureaus mint to 50¢, Trans-Miss. to $2, Pan-Americans complete mint, strong Washington-Franklins, coils, Pan-Pacific complete except #404, Presidentials complete, Airs complete except Zeppelins, Parcel Post complete, early Dues, Ducks complete except #RW1-2, 4 to 1984, 19th Century usual mixed condition, 20th overall very nice with above average centering.
Estimate $7,500-10,000.
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| Realized $15,525 |
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Lot 1590
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Extensive Africa Mint and Used Collection, Few thousand in 2 Scott specialty albums to 1964, classics a mix of mint and used, 20th Century virtually all mint, with many pages with duplication used, Ascension complete. including G.V.I perf. varieties, Basutoland complete., Bechuanaland and Protectorate mint, complete from #67, B.E.A. #14-30 mint (no 26), C.G.H. triangles used, East Africa #31-54 mint, Gambia complete mint from #12 except #125-28, Gold Coast #1-3 used, 25 on complete mint (no 94-95), with much duplication used, Lagos including #50-59, Mauritius #68-75 o.g., 137-51 o.g., Natal #96 o.g., Nigeria 1-32 including. 12a mint, Northern Nigeria complete o.g. (no 18A), Nyasaland 12-23 mint, Rhodesia 43-49 o.g., St. Helena 2B unused, 8-10 mint, 101-10 o.g., Seychelles including. 63-114 o.g., Sierra Leone 6-8 mint, 34-46 o.g., 64-76 o.g., Somaliland complete mint including Officials, Southern Nigeria complete mint except #20, Tanganyika complete mint, condition much better than usually seen, especially on the 19th Century material, overall fresh, fine to very fine.
Estimate $9,000-10,000.
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| Realized $14,950 |
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Lot 363
1908 Perforate 12 Horizontal 5¢, #317, #317, O.g. pair, fresh, extremely rare piece, fine-very fine. PF (1989) cert. Cat. $15,000.
Estimate $10,000-11,000.
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| Realized $11,500 |
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Lot 534
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Second Issue: $500 "Large Persian Rug", #R133, #R133, Manuscript and embossed cancel, small faults, fresh colors, seldom seen, very fine appearance. Cat. $13,000 (Catalogued with small faults).
Estimate $8,000-9,000.
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| Realized $9,200 |
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Lot 364
1908 Perforate 12 Vertical 1¢, #318, #318, O.g. pair, rich color, extremely scarce piece, fine-very fine. PF (1984) cert. Cat. $14,000.
Estimate $8,000-9,000.
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| Realized $8,625 |
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Lot 897
[German States] Baden: 1862-65 1kr, 9kr & 18kr on Cover, Michel #17, 20-21, Heidelberg 8 JAN cancels, to New York, JAN 29 receiving cancel in red, cover bit of edge wear, stamps fresh, nice 3 color franking, fine. Scott #19, 23-4 Cat. €2500+ (Scott $1450+).
Michel #17, 20-21.
Estimate $250-350.
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| Realized $6,325 |
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Lot 422
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4¢ Yellow Brown, Perforate 10 at Bottom, #556b, #556b, Johnstown, PA precancel (inverted), lovely large copy, a 20th Century rarity, very fine. PSE (1993) cert. Cat. $10,000.
Estimate $3,500-4,000.
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| Realized $6,038 |
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