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Public Auction #412

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COLLECTIONS AND ACCUMULATIONS — General Collections
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
1063*oCollector’s hoard of better used worldwide stripped from older collections over many years and stored in small #3 glassines. All catalog $10.00 and up with over 550 glassines present. Values of up to $500.00 per envelope. Just a few of the highlights include used Iceland C2, Germany 8N36, B320-B324, C35-C37, C38, 64, Denmark 82, 135, Belgium B156-B162, France 348, B34, B66-B67, C15, Switzerland 303, Sweden 208-210, Israel 7-9 and many others. A wealth of stock for the advanced general stamp show or internet dealer with high upside potential. Viewing recommended.Cat. Value: S.B. 10,500.00
Price Realized: $7,500.00
1064*Impressive A-Z new issue stock in red boxes with thousands of stamps in glassines all cataloged and priced. Runs mostly from the 1960’s through the 1980’s with a smattering of earlier. Good Far East including China, Korea and Vietnam with some Scandinavia and Europe. Contains a great deal of catalog value with very little duplication. Good for filling holes in your collection or a dealers stock. Not to be missed.Cat. Value: S.B. 6,500.00
Price Realized: $5,500.00
1065*oDealer counterbook stock in 23 small binders organized A-Z with strength throughout. Many mint NH high value sets from the last 40 years plus an occasional used single and plenty of high value earlier sets and singles. Highlights include mint NH Danzig C31-C35, Greece 364-371, C38-C47, mint OG Malaya-Trengganu 38, Italy Aegean Islands 31-35 and used Great Britain #1 (three margins), and Mexico C212. Huge overall catalog value with very few under $10.00 each. Does include some dubious ones that have been taken into consideration in the suggested bid. Condition is better than usual while the counterbooks are in show ready condition. A perfect lot for the serious collector or dealer.Cat. Value: S.B. 6,500.00
Price Realized: $6,500.00
1066*oCVA long ago forgotten holding from a part time dealer that quit in the 1980’s. Lots of new issues in both mint NH sets and souvenir sheets, plus 1st days. Includes Russia, China, Japan, Albania, etc. plus some older noteable Italy, Sweden and Germany. Of the 1st mentioned, we noticed during reboxing, a green Russian Olympic souvenir sheet, Belgium Dog Sled sheet and Cyprus Boy Scout sheet. Much useful material that’s quite mixed up with good topical content.Cat. Value: S.B. 6,500.00
Price Realized: $4,750.00
1067*oA summer project in five large heavy cartons of mainly mint sets accumulated over the years by a knowledgeable collector. Mainly mint new issue and subscription offerings now stored in stockbooks, collections, small boxes, etc. Almost anything could be in here as substantial sums were spent during the acquisition. Huge number of souvenir sheets with only light duplication noted during a cursory review. Needs a long look to determine its true value.Cat. Value: S.B. 6000.00
Price Realized: $5,500.00
1068*oImpressive collection in a Minkus Global album with a few thousand stamps into the early 1940’s. Malaya and States are the best with noble Great Britain and other British. Also spotted good representation in the classics. Attractive and valuable lot, inspection invited.Cat. Value: S.B. 5,000.00
Price Realized: $4,250.00
1069*oDealer red box stock on mostly “104” sized cards put together by a collector who always thought about becoming a dealer. Nine fully packed red boxes containing almost all $1.00 to $50.00 sets and singles with an occasional better one thrown in. Roughly sorted A-Z these would not take much work to integrate into a working stock. Huge amount of catalog with most of the work already done. High profit potential in this holding.Cat. Value: S.B. 5,000.00
Price Realized: $3,500.00
1070**Dealer stock of many hundred different booklets, sheetlets, souvenir sheets and setennant strips from dozens of countries, all worked up in glassines. Generally from the 1960’s to 2000’s. Strongest in the 1990’s and in the British area, with many up to four each in the envelope. A very clean stock that only needs to be put in Scott or topical order before being integrated into your stock.Cat. Value: cat. 24,300.00
Price Realized: $4,250.00
1071*oConsignment as received consisting of four Minkus Supremes holding thousands of stamps to the 1960’s. Includes many mint sets with a few moderately better. Spotted decent Russia, Latin America and more, inspection invited.Cat. Value: S.B. 4,500.00
Price Realized: $3,000.00
1072*Collection/stock of mostly mint NH modern topical sets and souvenir sheets with strength in British and Asia. One overflowing binder of blank pages also includes some earlier mint OG sets and a few used. The other includes overflowing stockpages generally with duplication. Most of this fresh material is identified and all will slip easily into your stock.Cat. Value: S.B. 4,250.00
Price Realized: $4,000.00
1073*oEleven volume Scott International collection with thousands of stamps going into the 1970’s. Well balanced with lots of mint sets. Would break down nicely into country lots. Worth a look.Cat. Value: S.B. 4,000.00
Price Realized: $2,700.00
1074*oIndependent countries of Asia, extensive original collections of 16 generally exotic countries spread over a large swath of the globe mounted in two Scott Specialty albums. Typically containing 19th century up to about 1970, best countries are Ethiopia, Philippines, Siam, Liberia, Korea and Persia, often expanded with mint and used copies in margins or on blank pages. Attractive and useful collections that could be added to.Cat. Value: S.B. 3,250.00
Price Realized: $2,300.00
1075*oCountry collections carefully arranged on quadrille or blank pages. Includes 15 slim binders, with best containing Great Britain, Sweden, Norway, Spain and Portugal, plus six others with individual countries and four with many smaller countries, mostly British area. All contain varying emphasis on early to modern used, mint, sets, souvenir sheets and booklets. Could be sold as smaller units or as entire binders as shown.Cat. Value: S.B. 2,500.00
Price Realized: $1,800.00
1076*o“Pap-Rom” countries occupying a mostly full expanded Minkus Master Global album to 1976. A rather messy original collection of many thousand with a surprising number of blank pages holding an overflow from the first and last pages of a country. Many are sometimes duplicated familiar earlier issues plus CTO topical sets of later issues. There is a lot of useful material to be mined here.Cat. Value: S.B. 2,500.00
Price Realized: $1,800.00
1077*oAppealing collection in the five matching original Scott “browns” to 1938. Carefully handled, the thousands of mixed mint and used stamps are generally fresh and bright, with the typical range of flaws and with some firmly hinged. A nicer than usually seen set with only scattered extractions.Cat. Value: S.B. 2,500.00
Price Realized: $1,800.00
1078*o“Bas-Cam” countries occupying a mostly full expanded Minkus Master Global album to 1976. A rather messy original collection of many thousand with a surprising number of blank pages holding overflow from the first and last pages of a country. Many are sometimes duplicated familiar earlier issues plus CTO topical sets of later issues. There is a lot of useful material to be mined here.Cat. Value: S.B. 2,400.00
Price Realized: $1,600.00
1079*oTwo boxes of black stockcards with mint NH, mint OG, and used generally better singles and sets, with about half of the 160 cards worked up. Strongest in Somalia, modern Bermuda and other British, and 19th century Europe, substantial value can be mined with some additional effort.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,900.00
Price Realized: $1,900.00
1080*oAbout three dozen higher catalog value stamps displayed on 16 black stockcards. Strongest in early France among ten countries, with some dubious. Careful examination needed to be sure.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,800.00
Price Realized: $1,250.00
1081*oSelected countries of a large Scott International set custom collected to 1990 filling four volumes. Includes only the man’s favorite countries. Best are comprehensive collections of Canada and Japan along with better runs of Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, and Germany etc. Would break out easily into saleable intermediate country collections.Cat. Value: S.B. 1800.00
Price Realized: $1,200.00
1082*oTwenty-seven volume World collection on Harris pages to the early 1990s. Huge number of usually seen stamps (owner’s estimate of over 100,000) in rough binders. Valiant attempt at a modern world collection in three large heavy cartons.Cat. Value: S.B. 1700.00
Price Realized: $1,500.00
1083*oOne of a trio of consigned Master Globals to around 1980 custom organized to the perceived needs of the collector. Packed and bulging with thousands of stamps. In general this one is “M-P” with Vanuatu also added in. Solid throughout with good Monaco (including specialty items), Mozambique, Netherlands and colonies, New Zealand, Norway and Pakistan. A few more sets than the others, but the value is in the enormous number of collectible stamps found within. Would make a passel of expensive country folders for your table.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,600.00
Price Realized: $1,500.00
1084*oCVSmall carton of many items not worked up from the desk of a long time collector. Highlights include two stockbooks containing the cullings of world collections with the best part being the early Great Britain, a small untidy Bermuda collection in need of reorganization and a box of remainders in the midst of sorting. Good values here and there with much work remaining to bring them to market.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,450.00
Price Realized: $900.00
1085*oVery diverse material from dozens of countries neatly arranged in a slim stockbook. Includes sets and singles with emphasis on older and better items. Scattered mint NH and duplication here and there, but well worth the time to view every page.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,400.00
Price Realized: $900.00
1086**Disorganized box of over 125 medium to better mint NH sets and souvenir sheets in various new issue glassines and subsequent stockcards. Includes primarily British and French areas, with very scattered useful duplication. Every handful brings out additional nice material.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,400.00
Price Realized: $1,300.00
1087*oRemainder lot in a carton with good value in a part 1 of a Scott International . Stockbooks with Cinderella’s, Switzerland, A-Z books and a few country collections. Respectable throughout, could be broken down into several units.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,400.00
Price Realized: $900.00
1088*oCollection in ten matching extra clean Scott International albums to 1959 with dustcovers. Owner’s count of over 14,000 different includes mostly familiar stamps with a few sets. Mint NH and mint OG are generally in mounts, while classics may be faulty. Pages are as sold today with four volumes for part I so there is lots of room for expansion, while making a nice bookshelf display.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,250.00
Price Realized: $1,400.00
1089*CVNew issue accumulation of stamps, souvenir sheets and covers. Good lot for topicals especially space mostly from the 1960’s and 1970’s with several better cataloging items. Offered cheaply, worth taking a look.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,200.00
Price Realized: $800.00
1090*oCVBalance of a large, mainly Germany, dealer’s consignment with anything that would not stand alone in the auction in a large carton. Highlights include some US face and Bureau cards, a small “Han # “accumulation, an envelope of “Return of the Rhine” overprints on an inflation sheet, a remaindered collection of Soviet Zone and DDR to around 1970, a small collection of feldpost WWI cards, a specialized collection of Bohemia and Moravia gutters, a stockbook of Germany back of the book and other oddities, a small box of worldwide covers, and a small stock of Bavaria. Totally worth while and saleable as individual groups or easily broken down. A strong look is needed to prove the value.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,200.00
Price Realized: $800.00
1091*oAttractive very neatly arranged material in a new slim stockbook. Includes a couple dozen countries, some represented by a few stamps and some by an entire page with complete sets. While there is various duplication in places, there is much that could be worked up for stock so it’s worth a look.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,200.00
Price Realized: $800.00
1092*oFour volume Scott International to 1940 in relatively new binders with interleaving. Thousands of stamps lightly remaindered in places. Strong pockets throughout but best is the shelf worthy A-Z organization of the albums with the thousands of already neatly mounted stamps. Perfect jump start for a go at a world to 1940 collection.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,200.00
Price Realized: $850.00
1093*oCouple hundred mostly mint medium to better. All different and generally F-VF. Generally pre 1950 and strong in Europe.Cat. Value: cat. 10,700.00
Price Realized: $1,250.00
1094*oAccumulation of “almost” lots filling a medium carton. Highpoints include a small Monaco collection, a collection of Netherlands used semipostals, a White Ace Churchill collection, a folder collection of PRC, a German colonies group and a small box of other leftovers. Would break down easily into saleable parts.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,200.00
Price Realized: $750.00
1095*oOne of a trio of consigned Master Globals to around 1980 custom organized to the perceived needs of the collector. Packed and bulging with thousands of stamps. In general this one is “R-S” with Lithuania also added in. Solid throughout with good Russia, Samoa and Sarawak. A few sets, but the value is in the enormous number of collectible stamps found within. Would make a bunch of expensive country folders for your table.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,150.00
Price Realized: $800.00
1096*Stockbook of all NH sets mostly different grouped by country each with a catalog value. Includes Vatican, Germany, Norway, France, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Saar, Portugal, Greece, India, Israel and New Zealand. Time frame starts in the 1940’s up to the 1990’s, Clean sparkling lot, take a look.Cat. Value: cat. 6,450.00
Price Realized: $950.00
1097*oFour Scott internationals partially filled with pages rearranged by area running from the 1940s’-1950’s. The Asia section has good Japan and China. Stronger British area includes Canada and Newfoundland. Worthy Europe area contains Russia and Germany. Many mint sets, ready for breakdown by country.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,100.00
Price Realized: $1,200.00
1098*oDealer back room clean up lot filling six large very heavy cartons packed with over 50 beginner and remainder collections that have not seen the light of day in a long time. Not much power left but does include a huge number of stamps roughly sorted into country groups. With a little effort could be reorganized into folder collection lots that would easily sell at shows and bourses. Lots of work but high upside potential.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,000.00
Price Realized: $2,000.00
1099*oSmall but powerful stack of old album pages in a small pizza size box. Best areas are Netherlands Antilles, Switzerland and French Colonies. Enough power to make viewing pleasurable.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,000.00
Price Realized: $1,100.00
1100*oConsignment remainder in nine heavy cartons. Most notable are 25years of German “Ersttagblatt” cards beginning in 1978, a full carton of subscription items, country collections, remaindered with Japan and San Marino being the best, a heavy UN collection and stock, a few stockbooks of common foreign, and a bunch of US and UN FDC to add weight. Would break out well for the small bourse or internet merchant.Cat. Value: S.B. 1000.00
Price Realized: $800.00
1101*oThe foreign part of a large US consignment filling eight heavy cartons. Heavy duplication in places along with some one of a kind collection groups. Strong pockets of Germany, Asia, Europe and others. One full carton of related ephemera. Loosely sorted and ready to be organized for bourse sales.Cat. Value: S.B. 900.00
Price Realized: $2,000.00
1102*oCVStamp collector stamp room remodeling blow out lot in six large heavy cartons. Best are the seven green Scott Specialty albums all slightly remaindered including French colonies, British colonies, Independent Asia, Spain and colonies, Independent Africa, etc. Iincludes miscellaneous stamps in country folders, sorted in boxes and loose. Also contains a thousand or so covers from the 1940’s through the 1960’s that are pretty beat up. Lastly, one huge box of carefully saved Scott pages that are mainly empty along with a bunch of stamps supplies. Plenty of interesting stuff to leisurely mull over.Cat. Value: S.B. 850.00
Price Realized: $1,500.00
1103*oAccumulation of seven different Scott Specialty album collections filling a large carton. Highpoints are various Latin America including Haiti, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay. Also includes Greece and Poland. Plenty of stamps in each album with several almost “stand alone” lots in this auction. Most are ready for continuation some with runs of desirable stamps. Would easily sell as individual country lots at large bourses.Cat. Value: S.B. 850.00
Price Realized: $550.00
1104*oHoarder accumulation in fifteen Master Global, Citation, Harris etc. worldwide albums. The objective of the collector was to get as many stamps as possible in them. Tens of thousands of stamps all over the pages almost all in wrong places. Little if any strength other than the huge number of stamps roughly sorted into country groups. None of the albums match but could be useful to the ten cent each dealer. Totally unsearched and very messy.Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $650.00
1105*oSix cartons filled with a consignment as received. Includes a few dozen old stockbooks with thousands of stamps, several dozen loose stockpages, a Germany collection, etc. Overall stronger in the Germany and areas. Needs viewing.Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $700.00
1106*oCustom organized 19 fat Master Global albums group filling six large heavy cartons. Pages appear to go to 1999 often with large runs of usually seen stamps. Basically in A-Z order, the collection has sparse sections along with fuller spots here and there. This running start toward a presentable world collection is clean and shelf worthy.Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $550.00
1107*oTwo cartons containing a small stock in seven counterbooks and one 3 ring binder. Likeable for the Germany and areas, Canada plus the worldwide souvenir sheets. The rest is just a mess on sales sheets, stockpages/books and loose. Start digging, you won’t be disappointed.Cat. Value: S.B. 700.00
Price Realized: $750.00
1108*oRetired dealer stock in 95 counterbooks ranging in size from 6 ring small to 3 ring medium in four cartons. Still viable and intact as received with hundreds of mid range singles. Recataloging is necessary as prices have changed since the last time this was done and condition is a factor with many short sets seen. Very few mint and seems to quit in the 1980’s. Still having plenty of life in it will take some work to bring this one up to speed.Cat. Value: S.B. 700.00
Price Realized: $1,700.00
1109**Carton of new issues and other modern topical material. Strongest in Poland, British colonies, Israel, and Trucial States, with duplication in places. Includes space, Princess Di, flora and fauna, and many other topics to process.Cat. Value: S.B. 700.00
Price Realized: $700.00
1110*oCVBalance of a large and valuable consignment containing all the subscription items in. UN, UNICEF covers, Royal wedding and related (1977-1979), historic covers of all types, FDC’s from all over and topicals of many types are included. This heavy seven carton “subscription extravaganza” will need some intensive reworking to come up with a strategy for remarketing profitably. Huge original cost offered appropriately.Cat. Value: S.B. 700.00
Price Realized: $325.00
1111*oAn odd but helpful combination of stockbooks and mounted collections. The Timor collection is the nicest but also contains a collection and stock of Costa Rica, a counterbook of mint NH Cambodia, a collection of Mauritania with many proofs, imperfs and deluxe sheets plus a couple stockbooks of various Europe. Good profit potential.Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $900.00
1112*oOne Scott International 1840-1940 with several hundred familiar stamps. However, does contain better Egypt, Greece and Russia. Worthwhile spending some time to figure out what could be extracted.Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $425.00

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