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Public Auction #402

Click here for pre-auction bidding, ended November 13, 2009 at 7:00pm (New York time)
Bids updated November 13, 2009 at 6:24pm (New York time)

COLLECTIONS AND ACCUMULATIONS — Syria
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
1209*oCVSyria an impressive group of old auction lots. The most valuable one is a wholesale stock of mainly mint NH complete sets to the 1960’s with the owner’s Stanley Gibbons based catalog value of $10,000.00. Also good value in early overprint varieties, much of which are in blocks or multiples, seven different 1937 imperf sets, twenty different 1958 UAR special presentation sheetlets, 1948 Scott unlisted souvenir sheets plus better straight forward items like 51-53 and C4-C6, all mint OG.Cat. Value: S.B. 4,000.00
Price Realized: $3,750.00
1210*oCVSyria a specialized collection mounted on pages many years ago and involving issues up to 1926. Includes errors, varieties, blocks and large position blocks with gutters plus a very nice flown cover. Many better throughout, attractively displayed.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,600.00
Price Realized: $1,500.00
1211*oSyria a very nice collection of many hundred which features an extensive overprint study of the 1920 to 1925 overprint varieties mounted on homemade pages and expertly annotated showing a wide variety of errors and settings with much in pairs to large multiples. The basic part of the collection is almost exclusively mint and contains mostly complete sets and runs to 1944.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,200.00
Price Realized: $1,000.00
1212*Syria a Lighthouse stockbook filled with mostly first issues through the 1924 Olympic issues. Much is in large multiples, blocks, gutter blocks or position blocks. Much is NH and would be a great lot for the specialist to search out all the minor overprint varieties.Cat. Value: $9,200.00
Price Realized: $1,200.00
1213oSyria accumulation of maybe a couple hundred identified cancels on 1884-1916 issues of Turkey. Many singles and multiples are still on piece enhancing cancel legibility. Retail £1,685.Cat. Value: S.B. 350.00
Price Realized: $280.00