Lot 3604 /o British Commonwealth, Powerful Collection in Imperial Album to 1920's, an unbelievable array of mint and used singles and sets on filled pages, only missing the scarcest items for completion, starts with Great Britain, large selection of line engraved used, noted #1 (2), 2 (2), shades, plate numbers, etc., #5, 6 (2), 7 (2), QV high values to £5 orange (couple values mint), good £1 watermark orbs used, Edward to £1 mint or used, Seahorses to £1 used, extensive Officials with QV to £1 used or mint, Edward to 1/- used or mint, Offices incl. Turkey #25 used on piece, also overprints for Solonica mint, Cyprus to £1 mint, Gibraltar mostly mint to £1 (several), Ireland overprints to 10/- mint, lovely classic Ceylon, Offices in China to $10 mint, extensive Hong Kong to $10 values mint or used, extensive Indian Convention States mint, plus nice Feudatory States, Straits Settlement with surcharges, Bangkok overprints, strong Malaya States, Bechuanaland #21 mint, Cape of Good Hope with several Mafeking siege items, seldom seen Griqualand West, Niger Coast incl. several provisional overprints to 1/-, Rhodesia Double Heads and Admirals to £1, St. Helena Badge of Colony 15/- mint, Southwest Africa GV mint pairs to £1 (both), Mafia Island overprints on India mint, Zululand complete except £5, Canada incl. Jubilee complete to $5, lovely British America with many mint £1 values incl. Falklands #40, Australia with Roos to £2, extensive States and Pacific, a few faults on classics as to be expected, but the condition is much better, the colors fresher, than usually seen, the finest British Empire collection we have ever offered, generally Fine to Very Fine needs careful inspection. Estimate $100,000-125,000.

Realized $253,000

Lot 3997 / Worldwide, Collector's Intact 23 Volume Mint Collection, Mostly 20th Century mounted in 23 blue Scott Internationals on home-made pages, loaded with better sets and singles, all areas well represented except for South & Central America which are absent, collection has exceptional range of British Cols., Italy & Cols., Portugal & Cols., Spain & Cols. and several strong sections of Asian countries. HIGHLIGHTS: Abu Dhabi & Afars complete, Albania #6-7, 17, 35-40, 98-104, 120-28 then solid to 1964; Alexandretta complete; Algeria to 1964., strong Andorra (both); Angola with sets to 1976. Ascension complete to 1980, Australia to 1974 incl. Dues; Austria nice range to 1979 incl. B?s, C?s & J?s; Bahrain #1-129 except 17, 31; exceptional Belgium with nice run of issues to 1978 incl. good B?s and Q?s (complete Q132-439 less Q203-07)., strong BCA, BEA, and Brunei; Bulgaria 1-11, 57-69, 74-76, 89-100 then to 1979 plus J1-6; Burma almost complete to 1954 with good Officials; China with some early issues, Taiwan virtually complete from 1960 to 1996; Croatia with B76 & B76a-c; Cyprus #4, 8-10 (various plate no), range of Victoria, KGV then complete from 1934-81; Cyrenaica with 11-16 & 19a; nice Danzig, Egypt, Falkland (Victoria, KGV etc. to 1993); Denmark #5, 97//134, then #145 to 1995 plus nice back of the book; Eritrea #55-56, 19-33, J12-13 etc.; Fernando Poo (2-8, 14-22, 59-61), good Fiji, Finland; France loaded with better plus strong French Colonies (B1 sheet of 10), Fr. Equatorial Africa (C9, C11, C16, CB6, etc.), Fr. Guinea, Fr. India, Fr. Morocco, Fr. Polynesia (early issues plus 126-35 then complete to 1997 incl. Airs); nice Gambia (20-27, 28-39, 70-86, etc.); Germany filled with better sets plus Colonies & Offices, DDR virtually complete to 1990; Great Britain with some mint #33, 58 (various plates) and nice range of Edwards, KGV, KGVI etc. to 1996 plus nice Dues/Officials, exceptional Offices Abroad; nice Greece; Hong Kong with range of Victoria, Edward, KGV, complete from 1935-1993 incl. all KGVI and Q.E.II sets; Hungary solid from 1932-1997 incl. B?s, C?s and strong back of the book; Iceland #10, 12-16, 18-19, 21, 71-84, 108-26, 142, 144-48, 170-75, 176-83 then complete from 1935-1995; Italy #58-63, 73-75, 85-91, 92-93, 97-110, 114, 119-69 then solid from #201 to 1979 plus J18, J26 and J85 (used), O1-8, Q1-2 etc. with nice range of Offices Abroad and Aegeans; India #11-13, 19, 31-52 then complete #126 to 1985 plus nice back of the book and States; Ionian Islands, Iraq (almost complete to 1960), Ireland strong to 1996, Ivory Coast (1-20, then #37 to 1979); strong Korea (1-9, then solid from 1949 to 1979 incl flags set and S/S, 265a, 267a, 285a, 286a, good definitives, etc.); Kuwait, Latakia complete, Lebanon virtually complete to 1965, Libya almost complete to 1975, Liechtenstein #54-69, 74-80, 94-107 and solid from 1937-76. Malaya #9-10, 15, 18-35, 39-74, J1-12, 20-33 plus strong Malayan States; Malta with #8-13, 15-45, 98-129 etc.; Manchukuo #1-22, 32-58, 108 etc.; Monaco with nice early issues #1-4, 7, 9, 11-29 (less 28) then #131 to 1985 incl. B?s (less B8 & 18), C?s and Dues; nice Netherlands, strong New Caledonia (180, 182-207, 217-51, etc.), New Hebrides (British 17-25, 50-61, J1-10) (French complete to 1980 except #30, 35, J1-4); New Zealand well represented, Norway complete from 1914 to 1996 and nice Oman to 1977; Portugal #147-69, 199-206, 292-93 then virtually complete from 1926-1980 incl. good S/S, back of the book, nice showing of Colonies (Africa, Congo, Guinea, India, Macao, Mozambique, Quelimane complete, St. Thomas etc.); Qatar solid from 1957-1987; strong Saar, St Helena, San Marino (#4, 7, 13, 23, 24, 28, 169-80, 278-93 to 1979 and C1-10), Sarawak 1, 28-108, Sierra Leone with 153-65, Seychelles #1-20, 22-26, 33-37, 125-48, Singapore complete to 1989 except 106a, but incl. KGVI both perf 14 & 18 sets; South Africa with nice range of se-tenant pairs, Tonga, Trieste Zone A & B complete, nice Tripolitania, Tristan complete to 1995, Turkey, Spain, Sudan (1-50, less 7), strong Switzerland, Syria and exceptional Thailand with #1-5, 11-18, 75-89, 113-17, 225-32, 233-37, then virtually complete from 1950-1989 incl. 283-95 and back of the book, mostly Fine to Very Fine needs very careful inspection for this untouched collection. Received just before the auction deadline. Estimate $55,000-65,000.

Realized $123,625

Lot 3828 /o/ Japan, Extensive Collection in 11 Albums, In 3 ring binders on homemade pages, 1 binder for Philatelic Week issues, others starting with #1 to year 1991, each binder with collateral material relevant to the enclosed material, Dragon and other early classic issues identified with forgeries so noted, a student of Japan as the later issues shows covers incl. FD's, cancels, vars., souvenir sheets, back of the book, etc., missing certain areas that he had separate binders incl. National Parks, New Year issues, National Athletic Meets, early postcards, currency and ephemera enclosed with the material, missing any better individual items in later period of substantial value, but very thorough throughout with identification, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly Fine to Very Fine needs careful inspection. Estimate $14,000-16,000.

Realized $13,800

Lot 923 U.S., Wells Fargo & Co. (1852-1896): "Gerrish" Pony Express to San Francisco, 10¢ "pumpkin" entire (#U41) mailed from New York on Oct. 12 (1861), Wells Fargo type 2 frank in red at left, St. Joseph's Oct. 17 Pony Express h.s. in black (Saint Joseph, Central Overland California & Pikes Peak Express Company with Pony Express), received in San Francisco on Oct. 29, used at the end of the fourth period (Oct. 10 to Oct. 24, 1861), a very desirable cover, Fine to Very Fine last offered on the market in 1972. #W65 (illustrated on page 144) in Frajola, Kramer & Walske book, only 71 westbound covers recorded. Estimate $15,000-20,000.

Realized $20,700

Lot 1902 U.S., 1898, 50¢ Trans-Miss., Top Plate Block of 6, #291, pl. #603, 2 l.h., 4 n.h., lovely fresh color, selvage slightly reduced; "small vertical crease at top center", otherwise Fine, a rare and important plate block, PF (1999) cert. Scott $26,000. Estimate $10,000-12,000.

Unsold

Lot 765 Cyprus, 1934, 1pi King George V Pictorial, Imperf Between, Horizontal Pair, SG #136b, O.g. top left margin, well centered, Very Fine and very rare and last offered in 1992. Scott #128b $11,750+. SG £14,000+. Estimate $10,000-12,000.

Realized $18,975

Lot 2484 U.S., Airmail, 1930 Graf Zeppelin Set Complete in Plate Blocks of 6, #C13-C15, N.h. bottom plates, $1.30 top left copy slight gum spotting, $2.60 small gum crease, some gum skips, Fine to Very Fine and attractive. Scott $23,250. Estimate $10,000-12,000.

Realized $14,375

Lot 1466 U.S., 1867, 3¢ Rose, Z. Grill, #85C, L.h., fresh color; "perf faults at bottom" (as often), otherwise Fine to Very Fine, PSE (1997) cert. Scott $25,000. Estimate $7,500-8,500.

Unsold

Lot 1208 o U.S., 1851, 1¢ Blue, Type Ib, Position 8R1E, #5A, used top margin copy, margins all around to touching, nice copy, rare stamp, Fine to Very Fine, PF (2002) cert. Scott $15,000. Estimate $7,500-8,500.

Unsold

Lot 1218 o U.S., 1851, 1¢ Blue, Type III-II, Horiz. Combination Pair, #8; 7, New York town cancel, pos. 98, 99R2, huge margins all around to touching, Very Fine, PF (2005) cert. Scott $13,000. Estimate $7,000-8,000.

Realized $8,050

Lot 187 German Offices in China, 1898, 5pf on 10pf Carmine, 45 Degree, Double Overprint, Michel #7 IB, 7 IBDD, right stamp normal, left stamp double overprint, tied to piece by Futschau 9/1 01 c.d.s., rare showpiece, Very Fine, Signed Bothe, Bohne, GPS (1987) cert. Scott #16a, 16a var. Michel €16,000. Estimate $5,000-6,000.

Realized $4,715

Lot 2449 U.S., 1981, 20c Desert Flowers, Dark Green & Blue Omitted, #1942-1945 var., n.h. block of 4, from discovery sheet (only 5 blocks on left side of sheet), caused by a portion of a sheet being laid over this sheet as it went through the press applying the two engraved colors, thus the missing colors, a very striking error, Very Fine, by comparison the deep brown omitted, valued in Scott at $4250, has 20 known blocks . Estimate $4,000-4,500.

Unsold

Lot 146 France, 1928, "Ile De France" Airmail Set, Dallay #3-4, o.g., fresh, Very Fine, Both signed Sanabria. Scott #C3-C4. Dallay €12,250. Scott $9,000. Estimate $3,000-4,000.

Realized $6,038

Lot 2937 o Hawaii, 1857, 5¢ Manuscript Surcharge on 13¢ Dark Red, #7, Large margins to touching, S.F. town cancel, and type 1 surcharge, sound (which is unusual), fresh color, Fine for the issue, PSE (2006) cert. Scott $9,000. Estimate $3,000-3,500.

Realized $3,565

Lot 335 Mexico, 1914, 50c Torreon, #368, tied on piece by light c.d.s., Fine to Very Fine, APS (1973) cert. Scott $3,500. Estimate $1,500-1,800.

Realized $2,880

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