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Public Auction #428

Click here for pre-auction bidding, ended May 20, 2016 at 7:00pm (New York time)
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Bids updated May 21, 2016 at 9:26am (New York time)

COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, STOCKS — Japan
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
693*oJapan collection of a few thousand mostly different in two Scott Specialty albums plus some valuable duplicates loose. Starts in 1875 and runs to the late 1970s. Largely complete from 1876 on with most of the definitives, park sets and souvenir sheets, New Year sheets, airs (includes C1 and C2 with ISJP certs) plus occupations. Condition can be mixed at times but much NH, F-VF or better including the C8 sheet and high value definitives.Cat. Value: S. B. 7,000.00
Price Realized: $6,500.00
694*oCVJapan consignment balance in a box. Includes mint and used sorted in glassines with likeable late 1940s early 1950s NH medium values and sets. Also of interest are the few hundred commercial covers and cards from the late 1940s to 1970s along with the original artwork on postal cards. Needs inspection.Cat. Value: S. B. 1,700.00
Price Realized: $1,200.00
695*oCVJapan selection from 1876 to 1995 in one carton. Encompasses hundreds and hundreds of mint and used stamps in full, partial sets, singles, and souvenir sheets. Involves three White Ace albums from 1879 to 1995 having mixed mint and used stamps including sections scarcely populated but also entailing a few surprises. Also includes a Scott Specialty album from 1876 to 1975 inhabited with mint and used, and two Lighthouse hingeless albums with slipcases from 1871 to 2002 containing a small amount of stamps but creating an opportunity to fill in the empty spaces. Likewise several hundred cacheted FDCs from the late 1950s to 1960s.Cat. Value: S. B. 1,200.00
Price Realized: $1,050.00
696**Japan accumulation of mostly full sheets from the late 1960s to mid 1980s in sheet file folders. Only a few duplicates and good topical potential.Cat. Value: face ¥168,600
Price Realized: $850.00