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Public Auction #427

Click here for pre-auction bidding, ended February 19, 2016 at 7:00pm (New York time)
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Bids updated February 19, 2016 at 6:31pm (New York time)

COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — Australia
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
419*oCVAustralia absolutely awesome collection directly off a collector’s shelf having his catalog value of over $40,000 in 20 Scott Specialty albums and slipcases in seven cartons weighing around 250 pounds. Thousands of mint and used stamps singles, full, partial sets, souvenir sheets, and booklets in black mounts. Consists of Australian states from 1850 to 1910 and Australia parallel mint and used collection from 1913 to the 1980s with mint onwards to 2011. Comprises also booklets, postal stationery, prestige booklets, presentation packs and over 250 FDCs from 1937 to early 2000s. Highlights include mint 95a, used 44,132, Gibbons listed booklets SB22a, SB28a, SB29, SB30, SB30a, SB31, and SB32. Plenty of postage to count in the latter years. Impressive and not often seen so comprehensive selection.Cat. Value: S. B. 3,500.00
Price Realized: $4,000.00
420*oAustralia collection in two Scott Specialty albums from 1913 to 2003. Entails hundreds and hundreds of mixed mint and used stamps in singles, full, partial sets, souvenir sheets, and booklets. Highlight is a used #132 Sydney Bridge. Lots of face particularly in the booklets. Super clean collection worthy of your consideration.Cat. Value: S. B. 700.00
Price Realized: $750.00
421*oAustralia collection of many hundred different in a Scott official album up to 1996. Very little early but then starting with #150 largely complete to the end. Mostly mint with much NH and a high face value to factor in. The back of the book only encompasses the airmails. Mainly F-VF or better.Cat. Value: cat. 2,500.00
Price Realized: $425.00
422*Australia and areas mint (mainly hinged) collection in three fully packed Scott Specialty albums. The pair of Australia albums 1913-2002 includes # 1-10, 17-18, 19-37, 166-179, 218-221, 365-379, and then a fairly complete run to December of 1996 then spotty to 2002. Pages are here for 2003-20011 but the unmounted stamps are offered elsewhere in this sale. Also includes a packed album of related countries (AAT, Christmas Is., Cocos, New Guinea, Norfolk, and Papua) in the same situation with strong earlies and empty pages for the modern. Huge catalog in the dependencies album along with high face value and catalog in the Australian albums. Strong intermediate collection that could be easily advanced and continued.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,500.00
Price Realized: $2,700.00