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Public Auction #413

Click here for pre-auction bidding, ended August 24, 2012 at 7:00pm (New York time)
Bids updated August 24, 2012 at 6:30pm (New York time)

COLLECTIONS AND ACCUMULATIONS — Latin America
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
1268*oLatin America extensive collections to 1998 in Minkus Specialized albums. Includes Chile, Colombia, Panama, and Peru. Generally no 19th century, scattered 20th century, then apparently nearly complete mint NH from the 1960s or so. Additional useful items may be found in an envelope of a few new issues, duplicates, and covers. Recycling into stock is more likely than continuation.Cat. Value: S.B. 2,100.00
Price Realized: $1,700.00
1269*oLatin America accumulation with albums and stockbooks having several thousand stamps. Better areas include Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador Costa Rica, and Nicaragua. Goes into the 1980s with mid range material throughout. Clean lot that could be broken down by country.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,400.00
Price Realized: $1,100.00
1270*oLatin America accumulation of country collections in nine various Scott Specialty albums. Mexico, Nicaragua, Chile, Ecuador, Cuba, Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic are all included at least once. Hundreds and hundreds of stamps, but few, if any, stamps after 1966 and lacking many pages for classics. Useful as standalone country groups for folders, lists, internet sales or bourses.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,100.00
Price Realized: $850.00
1271*oLatin America conglomeration of around 40 folder groupings roughly sorted into country. Mainly remaindered auction lots from long ago saved for their potential use. Condition variable with water damage (stuck down toned, etc.) along with other faults expected. Pickings are better than average with many useful singles (mint and used) remaining. Included are Paraguay, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Ecuador, Uruguay, Cuba, Panama, Chile and Argentina, etc. With time and effort 30 or so useful country folder collections are possible.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,000.00
Price Realized: $850.00
1272*oLatin America accumulation of albums and stockbooks in two cartons. Ranges from the late 19th century to the 1960s containing several hundred mint and used stamps with duplication and condition varying. Mexico, Cuba and Salvador, etc. were noted. Close inspection recommended.Cat. Value: S.B. 900.00
Price Realized: $900.00
1273*oLatin America several hundred culled out of collections or accumulations years ago and arranged on stockcards. Nice representation of all countries but Mexico stands out as the best. Better values and sets throughout from the classic period to the 1950s.Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $850.00
1274*oLatin America accumulation of 15 old time folder collections in a pizza size box. Well rounded value included in Mexico, Uruguay, Honduras, Peru, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, etc. with most of the value in classic used singles in mixed condition. Adequate lot for the vendor of folder collections at bourses.Cat. Value: S.B. 700.00
Price Realized: $500.00
1275*Latin America accumulation on “102” size cards in two small boxes and inside a small carton. Several hundred mint stamps in sets and singles going to the 1950s with duplication. Brazil, Columbia, Cuba, Mexico, etc are represented. Good for stock or resale. Priced and ready to go.Cat. Value: cat. 5,500.00
Price Realized: $450.00
1276*Latin America accumulation of mainly mint NH sets and singles from an East Coast hoard of “investment grade” material accumulated during the height of speculation in the early 1970s through the mid 1980s. One large carton housing hundreds and hundreds of glassines with the entire region represented. Better pockets throughout, some in wholesale quantities. Useful for lists or further speculation.Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $1,100.00
1277*oLatin America collections of 18 countries (no Mexico) carefully mounted in black mounts on Vintage Reproduction Part I pages, complete with binders and slipcases. Includes thousands of mixed mint and used stamps to 1940, often weak in 19th century, but with later sets and a lot of wide open spaces for expansion.Cat. Value: S.B. 425.00
Price Realized: $350.00
1278*oLatin America in three old green Scott Specialty albums to around 1945. Untouched for quite a while and they each have pockets of value. Peru, Argentina, El Salvador and Cuba seem to be the predominate. Clean enough to continue or market alone as country collections.Cat. Value: S.B. 375.00
Price Realized: $325.00
1279*oCVLatin America accumulation of country folder type groups organized as some sort of collection. Goes to the early 1970s with good runs of most countries. Not much power just scads of stamps mainly on older Scott pages. Best group of all is a representative Argentina collection in an old beat up Yvert album containing some seldom seen material highlighted by #176 mint sheet of 50 with annotated fly specks, mint 427a x10 in a pane, mint 452 and C20-C23. Put together long ago so condition is a problem but much value for the collector of this area.Cat. Value: S.B.325.00
Price Realized: $280.00
1280*oLatin West Indies Scott Specialty two volume collection containing mint and used stamps from mid 1800s to late 1960s. Seldom seen so comprehensive. Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic and Haiti are represented with many back of the book issues. Snatch this one up now as another one might not be offered again soon.Cat. Value: S.B. 3,500.00
Price Realized: $3,000.00