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Public Auction #431

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COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — Topicals
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
151O*CVSmall carton of Hungarian revenues. Includes mint, used, and on document. Entails a couple hundred individual pieces many on interesting documents from the first half of the 20th Century. Enough odd stuff for a long look.Cat. Value: S.B. 425
Price Realized: $325.00
152O*Fascinating accumulation of Germany Locals and other Cinderellas in twenty one sided Vario pages in a binder. A few hundred stamps in all. Some in larger multiples. Obvious reprints and fantasies are here alongside those that look appropriate. A perfect accumulation that is difficult to reproduce in today's market.Cat. Value: S.B. 425
Price Realized: $300.00
153O*Carton of topical collections and sets from 1937 to 1977. Comprises American Bicentennial 5 volume mint worldwide collection neatly mounted in three-ring binders on pages containing singles, full sets, and souvenir sheets. Also involves a mint Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee collection and three stock books having British Commonwealth mint omnibus sets for 1937, 1953 Coronation, Peace Issue, Red Cross, Churchill as well as a mostly used 1949 UPU. Nice useable and popular material.Cat. Value: S.B. 250
Price Realized: $475.00
154***Small carton of ten counterbooks each well filled with mainly mint material. Most pages are modern "errors", freaks, specimens, and printer's waste that never made it back to their Island Nations known mainly for spewing stamps. Lots of topicals: birds, flowers, royalty, transportation, etc. Way too many imperf pairs, color missing, etc. Make sure to view each counterbook as they, although similar, are different from one another.Cat. Value: S.B. 200
Price Realized: $250.00
155*1992 Columbian Exposition selection. Hundreds of mint stamps in full sets, singles, and souvenir sheets mainly in a large stockbook as issued by all the countries. Huge original cost making this offering a bargain for the topical collector.Cat. Value: S.B. 200
Price Realized: $230.00
156O*Small American Banknote thematic accumulation of 37 items. Includes eleven 1893 World Columbian tickets, a couple 1901 Pan-American labels, 1915 Panama World Fair label, a 1928 Kansas City Republican National Convention ticket, Scotts #’s 149, 159, 165 with various sock on the nose cancels, and a few foreign items with American Banknote imprint markings. An interesting assembly of an obscure area.Cat. Value: S.B. 150
Price Realized: $500.00
COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — British
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
157O*Accumulation of an advanced collector’s duplicates. Involves thousands mostly identified on 102 and 104 size salecards. Most colonies are represented with the exception of Canada. The vast majority are pre 1960. The lower value material ($1.00 to $10.00) fills six “red boxes” and the better, nicely fills two 104 card boxes. The owner estimates the catalog value to be $40,000. Overall, a clean group worth close inspection.Cat. Value: S.B. 3000
Price Realized: $1,700.00
158O*Newly arrived on the philatelic market, British colonies assortment from the 1880s to the 1970s in one carton. Approximately 2,000 #102 sales cards in three red boxes and one small white box comprising already cataloged by the owner in singles, full, and partial sets with profitable backup. Includes decent Carribean, Asia, and Canada selections. While range goes from $4.00 to $20.00 items, also entails medium value items from $40.00 to $100.00. Do not let this one slip away.Cat. Value: S.B. 2500
Price Realized: $3,500.00
159O*Collections and assortment from the 1850s to 1990's in a medium carton. Encompasses hundreds and hundreds of mint and used stamps in singles, full, and partial sets in various collections. Also contains a selection of various other colonies on stock and counter pages. Collections are from Australia, New Zealand, Bahamas, St. Helena, Jersey etc. Also includes Omnibus sets from 1937 to 1965. Needs examination to fully appreciate.Cat. Value: S.B. 1200
Price Realized: $750.00
160**A thirty- two page stockbook plus five one sided stockpages filled with NH sets (couple exceptions) or souvenir sheets. Starts with the early QEII period and runs to about 2000. Strong in Rhodesia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Pakistan. Useful to the British or topical dealer.Cat. Value: S.B. 1050
Price Realized: $700.00
161O*CVAccumulation as received in one carton. Encompasses hundreds and hundreds of mint and used stamps in stockbooks, glassines, album, stock pages, and envelopes. Includes a small assortment of South Africa FDCs from the 1970s to 1980s. Needs a little reorganization to fully appreciate the profit potential. Viewing a must.Cat. Value: S.B. 900
Price Realized: $600.00
162O*Collection of a few thousand up to or just past the millennium in four three ring binders. Everything is used, hinged on school lined paper. This was assembled by buying accumulations and extensively trading. Includes Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland and New Zealand. The owner meticulously cataloged everything which totals $8,530. Also, along for the ride is two volume mint and used Australia collection in clean Davo hingless albums which catalog $930. Transferring to better albums is the way to go.Cat. Value: S.B. 600
Price Realized: $400.00
163O*Fifteen sales cards holding mainly different 19th century items. Strong in Mauritius and Bahamas. Some faults.Cat. Value: S.B. 600
Price Realized: $425.00
164O*A large carton filled with nearly a dozen stockbooks and albums. The stocks are fairly full with mainly used which looks to be a treasure trove for the cancel hunter. They encompass India and states, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia and states along with many more. The collections are Canada and a sparse two volume British Asia. Good profit potential to sell by the book.Cat. Value: S.B. 600
Price Realized: $425.00
165O*Collections from 1859 to 1998. Involves hundreds and hundreds of mint and used stamps in singles, partial, and full sets. Includes Canada in a Parliament album from 1859 to 1974 having mint and used in black mounts and Australia in a Scott album having mainly used stamps from 1913 to 1998. Could be the foundation of a British colonies collection.Cat. Value: S.B. 300
Price Realized: $350.00
COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — British Africa
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
166*British Africa Small group of better values and sets on three pages in a stockbook. Includes South West Africa, Rhodesia and Ascension. All Fine or better.Cat. Value: S.B. 1000
Price Realized: $1,450.00
167O*British Africa collections on Minkus and other album pages from 1885 to 1966. Hundreds and hundreds of mint and used stamps in partial, full sets, and singles. Includes South Africa, Transvaal, Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, Southwest Africa etc. Beneficial material for integration into your British colonial collection.Cat. Value: S.B. 400
Price Realized: $300.00
COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — British Antarctic Territory
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
168*CVBritish Antarctic Territory collection in a Scott Specialty album from 1963 to 1991. Several hundred mint stamps in full sets, singles, and souvenir sheets. Also involves a small selection of covers and FDCs from 1986 to 2000.Cat. Value: S.B. 450
Price Realized: $425.00
COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — British Asia
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
169O*CVBritish Asia parallel mint and used collection in Scott Specialty album from 1861 to 1970. Hundreds and hundreds stamps in full, partial sets, and singles. Includes Aden, Bahrain, Burma, Ceylon, and Dubai. Also, encompasses a small assortment of fascinating postal history covers and stationery. Check it out as there is plenty of bang for the buck here.Cat. Value: S.B. 3500
Price Realized: $2,600.00
170O*British Asia disheveled album Muscat through Pakistan in an old Scott Specialty album basically 1947-1972. A few complete mint sets some of which have a high catalog value. Lots of extra pages mainly with stamps duplicating others. Parallel mint and used in places. Moderate duplication. Pakistan has the most value with high catalog singles and sets. Also includes: Muscat, Oman, Nepal and Palestine. Hard to figure with so many superfluous pages and duplicate stamps. Several dozen covers add to the mystique. Needs a long look from a trained eye to figure the purpose and value of this beast.Cat. Value: S.B. 2500
Price Realized: $1,800.00
171O*British Asia Mounted collection of a few hundred in a Scott specialty album up to the mid 1970’s. Includes Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives Is. and Mesopotamia. Kuwait is the most valuable and the Mesopotamia is more populated than normal. Also includes a couple interesting Kuwait covers plus some glassines with stamps that haven’t been inserted into the collection. A nice start to a popular area.Cat. Value: S.B. 650
Price Realized: $475.00
COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — British Caribbean
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
172O*British Caribbean collection of many hundred neatly mounted in a clean Scott specialty album with issues to 1968. Predominately mint although some islands have a good portion of used. A few of the more valuable, as they come, are Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Guiana, Falkland Islands, Jamaica and Virgin Islands. Loads of better values along with many complete sets. Superior condition throughout.Cat. Value: 2015 Catalog 22400
Price Realized: $3,500.00
COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — British Europe
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
173O*British Europe selection as received in two cartons. Hundreds and hundreds of mint and used stamps in full, partial sets, singles, and booklets from to the early 1980s. Includes a clean British Europe Scott Specialty from 1854 to 1982, Channel Islands in a clean Scott album from 1969 to 1982 with mint stamps. Also collection binders of Disney and British Royalty from 1950s to 1980s as well as extras. Worth a glance.Cat. Value: S.B. 500
Price Realized: $450.00
COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — British Oceania
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
174O*British Oceana collection of several hundred mounted in a Scott specialty album with issues to the 1980’s. It’s a parallel mint and used collection consisting of Gilbert & Ellice Is., Kiribati, Labuan, Nauru and New Hebrides. All are useful but the Labuan is by far the best which is much better than usually encountered. Along with the many better values and sets there are a couple dozen covers of which some are quite desirable. Mostly F-VFCat. Value: S.B. 1150
Price Realized: $1,400.00
175O*British Oceania collections in five clean Scott Specialty albums in two cartons. Hundreds and hundreds of overwhelmingly mint stamps in full, partial sets, singles, and souvenir sheets in clear mounts. Comprises Cook Islands to 1990, Niue to 1999, AitutaCat. Value: Catalog 6480
Price Realized: $1,200.00
176O*CVBritish Oceania collection in a Scott Specialty album. Hundreds and hundreds of mainly mint stamps in full, partial sets, singles, and souvenir sheets. Entails Tonga from 1886 to 1977 and Tuvalu from 1976 to 1989. Also includes a small selection of covers.Cat. Value: S.B. 900
Price Realized: $700.00
COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — British South Atlantic
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
177O*CVBritish South Atlantic with St. Helena and Tristan da Cunha collection in a Scott Specialty album. Hundreds of mainly mint stamps in full, partial sets, singles, and souvenir sheets. St. Helena runs to 1971 and Tristan Cunha runs to 1983 having both pages to 1997. Also interspersed with a small selection of covers.Cat. Value: S.B. 1100
Price Realized: $850.00
COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — Asia
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
178*Asia new issue accumulation from the Empire estate in a medium carton. Hundreds and hundreds of stamps in full sets, singles, souvenir sheets and full sheets roughly from the 1960s to 1980 Includes People’ Republic of China, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, South Korea, and Japan of stock pages and three mint files mostly filled of which two are from Japan and one from the Ryukyus from the 1960s. A must see.Cat. Value: S.B. 550
Price Realized: $3,250.00
179O*Asia accumulation of a couple thousand sorted into four pizza size boxes. Japan is the best which contains a lot of NH face value type material from the 1960’s to 1990’s. Thailand is next with lots of used values and sets. Philippines, Indonesia and Korea are useful. Looks like fun to sort though.Cat. Value: S.B. 375
Price Realized: $325.00
COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — Balkans
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
180O*Balkans with Albania and Bulgaria collections to 1963 in a Scott Specialty album. Albania is best with dubious earlies, mint sets and CTO sets yielding an intermediate collection of several hundred stamps. The Bulgaria is parallel with two pages for each issue, but not mint and used. Not much power, with just a surprise or two to hold a viewer's interest. The obligatory high catalog, but dubious at best Eastern Rumelia group brings up the rear. Plenty of value for any area aficionado.Cat. Value: S.B. 1300
Price Realized: $900.00
COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — Baltics
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
181O*Baltic area collection in a clean Scott specialty album to 1940. No modern era. Latvia is best followed by Lithuania, and Estonia. Several hundred stamps in a continuable album with a high aggregate catalog value. A definite bargain at our reserve.Cat. Value: S.B. 550
Price Realized: $1,000.00
COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — Benelux
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
182OBenelux collections from 1852 to 1972. Involves hundreds and hundreds of used stamp in partial, full sets, and singles on Minkus and other album pages. Good for checking for cancellations or for integration into an existing worldwide collection.Cat. Value: S.B. 650
Price Realized: $425.00
COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — Eastern Europe
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
183O*Eastern Europe collection in three Scott Specialty albums from 1879 to 1973. Involves hundreds and hundreds of mint and used stamps in full, partial sets, singles and souvenir sheets. Contains Albania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Croatia. Plenty of interesting stamps plus empty enough spaces to offer you days and days of mounting pleasure.Cat. Value: S.B. 1600
Price Realized: $950.00
184OEastern Europe collections from 1866 to 1972. Involves hundreds and hundreds of used stamps in partial, full sets, and singles. Contains Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, and Hungary mainly on Minkus pages. While a little messily organized, still offers a lot of bang for the buck.Cat. Value: S.B. 650
Price Realized: $450.00
COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — Europe
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
185O*Europe eight country collections totaling a couple thousand different stamps up to the 1940’s, 1950’s or 1960’s mounted on clean pages. Switzerland and Belgium are the best. Set up for easy profits as the catalog is indicated on each page and the total for each country’s catalog is provided.Cat. Value: Owner's Catalog 12000
Price Realized: $900.00
186O*Europe Collection of thousands in ten three ring binders of all used usually going up to the millennium or just past. Everything is hinged on to school lined paper in Scott order and encompasses sixteen different countries from the west plus Scandinavia. This was assembled over many years by buying accumulations and extensive trading. It was meticulously cataloged counting every stamp, totaling $21,800. Also along for the ride is an Austrian collection in two clean Davo albums with dust cases which is just a starter cataloging $470. Transferring to better albums would produce a hard to duplicate collection.Cat. Value: S.B. 1500
Price Realized: $950.00
187O*Three cartons filled with about twenty albums, stockbooks, loose album and stockpages etc.. The contents are primarily Austria, Germany and areas plus a bit of Switzerland. Many better values and sets scattered throughout and mixed up just enough to have the possibility of specialty “finds”. Plan on spending some time on this one to come up with the right number.Cat. Value: S.B. 750
Price Realized: $800.00
COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — Far East
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
188O*Far East far out collections on album pages from 1890 to 1967 in a pizza-size box. Hundreds of mint and used stamps in singles, full, and partial sets. Japan is the best having Korea and Indonesia making appearances. Great starter collectionsCat. Value: S.B. 375
Price Realized: $400.00
COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — Latin America
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
189O*Latin America phenomenal untouched, unsearched original one man’s life long collection in seven Scott Specialty albums in two cartons. Collector’s accurate count of over 27,000 mint and used stamps in full, partial sets, singles, and souvenir sheets nicely, precisely mounted from the 1860s to 1975. Countries are filled in many places and not having many empty spaces. Contains fascinating Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, Paraguay, Panama, Salvador, Cuba, and Haiti. On Scott album pages and in pizza boxes are Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Dominican Republic. Slow viewing required to full appreciate as these outstanding collections that do not come onto the philatelic market that often.Cat. Value: S.B. 3500
Price Realized: $6,500.00
190OLatin America collections mostly on Minkus pages from 1865 to 1974. Comprises hundreds and hundreds of used stamps in partial, full sets, and singles. Covers Argentina, Nicaragua, Panama, Mexico etc. A little messy in places, still offers plenty of useful material for your worldwide collection.Cat. Value: S.B. 500
Price Realized: $350.00
COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — Scandinavia
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
191O*Scandinavia Mounted collection of a couple thousand different on Scott official pages with issues to about 1950. More used than mint. Strongest in Sweden, about equal value in Iceland, Denmark and Norway and just a bit of Finland. Set up for easy profits as every page has the catalog value written in pencil and each country totaled.Cat. Value: Owner's Catalog 8200
Price Realized: $400.00
192O*Scandinavia accumulation in two new style Scott binders. Remaindered on a mixture of old style and new style pages. Not all pages present or in good condition. A few thousand stamps in Scott order from Iceland, Aland, Denmark, Finland and Sweden. Most of the value is in mint sets from 1961-1986. Weak pre-1960. Just a few airs and BOB. Should be viewed in person to determine a competitive bid.Cat. Value: S.B. 850
Price Realized: $600.00
193O*Scandinavia collections on Minkus pages from 1851 to 1971 in a pizza-size box. Hundreds of mainly used stamps in singles, full, and partial sets. Most of the value is Denmark and Iceland. Useful to the right person.Cat. Value: S.B. 800
Price Realized: $550.00
COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — South America
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
194O*South America extensive two volume collection mounted in clean Scott specialties with issues to the early 1970’s. Involves Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela and a tiny bit of Peru. Great coverage in the first four mentioned in the regulars, airs and officials. Mostly mint and other than a few cases F-VF.Cat. Value: S.B. 1150
Price Realized: $1,100.00
COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — Western Europe
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
195O*Western Europe A skinny stockbook with a few hundred. About 45% of the catalog value is in a half dozen mint early Monaco. Most of the rest is in France up through the Peace and Commerce issues. Good group to cull out cancels and shades. Offered cheaply.Cat. Value: Catalog 7500
Price Realized: $325.00
196OWestern Europe 25 better classic issues. Four with certs.. Some with minor faults. All fresh F-VF or better appearing.Cat. Value: Catalog 4869
Price Realized: $550.00
197O*Western Europe untouched, unsearched original one man’s life long collection in four Scott Specialty albums in a carton. Collector’s accurate count of over 8,500 mint and used stamps in full, partial sets, singles, and souvenir sheets nicely mounted from around 1850 to the 1970s.The best is France having some treasures, followed by Italy, Germany, Great Britain, and Egypt making a surprise appearance. Recommended viewing.Cat. Value: S.B. 950
Price Realized: $1,700.00
198OWestern Europe collections on Minkus and other album or stock pages from 1850 to 1974. Hundreds and hundreds of used stamps in partial, full sets, and singles. Includes France, Monaco, Spain, Austria, and Switzerland. Several of the collections are a little messy or do not go to 1974 but they still contain beneficial material to integrate into your worldwide collection.Cat. Value: S.B. 900
Price Realized: $600.00
199O*Western Europe 16 old counter books in Scott order evenly split between Netherlands and Belgium. Good values remain with plenty of used stamps with considerable catalog value. Belgium includes: 2-3,9-12, 13-16, 25, 31, and 42; while Netherlands encompasses # 1,3,4-6, 11-12, 17-22, and 33. Lots of multiples of even the "better" ones with plenty of $10 and up noted. Pay no attention to the old catalog prices for they have moved up and down all over the board. The value is in the earlies, but plenty of stamps to 1970. Prudent buyers will have a long look to prove the value.Cat. Value: S.B. 450
Price Realized: $800.00
200O*Western Europe group of five falling apart PM mounted mainly mint collections of Germany, Switzerland, and others. Somewhat remaindered by purpose and glue failure. These once fine collections now in as is variable condition. Switzerland is best with a mint PM entombed Pax set as a highlight. It would be prudent to view in person before bidding.Cat. Value: S.B. 325
Price Realized: $475.00

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