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Public Auction #420

Click here for pre-auction bidding, ended May 16, 2014 at 7:00pm (New York time)
Bids updated May 16, 2014 at 6:13pm (New York time)

COLLECTIONS AND ACCUMULATIONS — Western Europe
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
1272*oCVWestern Europe accumulation of old auction lots (47) found in an area estate. Huge catalog in better than usually seen condition. Highlights include mint Belgium B132-B143, Italy C42-C47, Italian Colonies 46-50, C29-C35, France B28-B33, Liechtenstein 82-89, O11-O20, Monaco B36-B50, Netherlands B144-B145, plus used: Switzerland C1-C2 signed, and three covers which are a balloon Monte (12/29/1870), a “trans Polar Mail card, and a 1939 Belgian Gordon Benet. Powerful compact lot that demands inspection.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,600.00
Price Realized: $1,500.00
1273*oWestern Europe remainder collections of Switzerland, Germany, Berlin, Liechtenstein, and Luxembourg in five albums. The albums are all either custom organized or missing pages so it is difficult to tell how much value remains. Still plenty of nuggets to mine for stock from these.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,600.00
Price Realized: $1,150.00
1274*oWestern Europe folder lots from a collector that is narrowing his interests. Each country is meticulously cataloged and with a price he thinks it worth. Pages go into the 1980s with most of the mint in mounts. Clean fresh material ready for resale.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,050.00
Price Realized: $700.00
1275*oWestern Europe accumulation with ten mounted country folder collections. The material goes only into the 1950s. Germany appears to be the strongest. Spotted mid range sets throughout. Good lot to resell by country.Cat. Value: S.B. 800.00
Price Realized: $550.00
1276*oWestern Europe collections from 1850 to 1988. Involves hundreds of mostly different mint and used stamps. Contains Greece from 1875 to 1983 in a Scott Specialty album, France from 1850 to 1960 in an Autour du Monde album, Vatican collection on Minkus pages from 1933 to 1967 and Italy on Scott Specialty pages from 1956 to 1988. A good looking group.Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $500.00
1277*oWestern Europe accumulation on Scott pages. Highlights include a remaindered Monaco 1885-1973 with decent coverage in the few hundred stamps, folder collections of Spain semipostals, Austria 1908-1950, and Belgium 1863-1951 with a good run of semipostals plus a Scott Specialty Spain Part II with a several hundred stamps 1950-1991. Each fragment marketable in its own right.Cat. Value: S.B. 550.00
Price Realized: $375.00
1278*oWestern Europe accumulation from the 1880s to the 1970s. Encompasses hundreds of mint and used stamps fairly mainly different in manila envelopes identified by country on sale, counter, auction pages, stock, salecards, and glassines. Best are Belgium, Spain and Luxembourg. An original selection that has been placed away for three decades. Excellent opportunity for filling in those spaces in your collection.Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $325.00
1279*oWestern Europe of almost all France and Germany in two large cartons. Around 15 stockbooks and albums in all from a long time dealer’s estate. Partially remaindered but organized by date. Mostly the usually seen stamps, earlies to around 1985, along with a few surprises. Dig in and see what you can find.Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $900.00
1280oWestern Europe and colonies cancel collection mounted on attractive homemade pages consisting of over 360 entries. The Netherlands and colonies are by far the most numerous with the rest mostly Spain, Luxembourg and Switzerland. All are 19th to early 20th century examples with a wide variety of town cancels, numbered lozenges, unusual appearing, etc. Needs further study.Cat. Value: S.B. 425.00
Price Realized: $325.00
1281*oWestern Hemisphere extraordinary collection/accumulation in 8 albums. Stronger areas include Mexico, Canal Zone, Hawaii, British Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Cuba, Bahamas, Jamaica and much more. The lot is loaded with better mostly mint sets in most countries. Excellent consignment to breakdown by country.Cat. Value: S.B. 7,000.00
Price Realized: $5,000.00