| COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — General Foreign |
| Lot | Condition | Description | Value/Bidding |
   
11 TOTAL IMAGES | 114 | O | One man's accumulation of expensive albums some with stamps. 29 of the 57 are Davo country albums in slipcases mainly each with a few stamps. Most, but not all are the expensive hingeless ones. All of these Davo albums are in excellent reusable condition with no pencil marks. The other half are a hodge podge of other printed albums including: Scott Specialty, Lindner hingeless, Lighthouse hingeless, one Ka-Be, a pair of Schaubek, and a couple of home made. This group tends to have more stamps, but surprises of higher values are few and far between. These do not match up with the Davos. Could easily be marketed as single country groups or as empty country albums. Plenty of value in this huge pile of albums. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1900.00
Price Realized: $3,000.00 |
| 115 | O | A massive Worldwide collection in 20 bulking 3 ring binders filled with stock pages. Thousands and thousands of mint and used stamps. Many NH sets from the 1960’s to about 1980. The Germany and areas are the best of the bunch. Think of all albums you can fill. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1500.00
Price Realized: $2,800.00 |
| 116 | O | A-Z worldwide collection in seven cartons. Tens of thousands mixed mint and used stamps in full, partial sets, singles, and souvenir sheets. Consists of six Global Minkus albums to 1966 and then eight Scott Specialty albums and slipcases from 1966 to the 1990s. Also encompasses three A-Z albums having stamps with UN themes from the 1960s to 1990s and one binder each of Lighthouse 1920s-1980s and Music thematic offerings. Rounding out this holding are a multitude of collector’s duplicates in plastic bags. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1500.00
Price Realized: $1,900.00 |
| 117 | O | Fifty-five A-Z Master Global Albums and individual Minkus specialty country albums going to the mid 1980’s. Some are long sought after, out of print, French Community and British Colonies. Prior eras are very lightly populated with predominantly used material. All are in dust jackets except two U.S. Liberty albums with stamps of little consequence. A good start for someone interested in the world. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1500.00
Price Realized: $700.00 |
| 118 | O | Forty-eight Scott International albums with slip cases. Sparsely populated with some countries better represented than others continuing through 2007. A collection definitely worth continuing and updating. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1400.00
Price Realized: $3,250.00 |
| 119 | O | Thirty-nine red 102 size boxes with thousands of stamps ready for show or internet. A group that can be processed quickly. Take the time to view for quick profits. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1400.00
Price Realized: $3,000.00 |
   
9 TOTAL IMAGES | 120 | O | An accumulation of mint and used in 32 retired APS sales circuit books. Wide variety with loads of catalog. Some duplication condition mixed. Needs a set of International albums. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1350.00
Price Realized: $900.00 |
   
11 TOTAL IMAGES | 121 | O | A messy accumulation of 19th, 20th century mint and used on stock cards and pages, sales cards and pages with some strength in Italy. Condition mixed with general and topical possibilities. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1200.00
Price Realized: $1,000.00 |
| 122 | O | Six cartons of pure randomness. Among the more interesting things we spotted were a neat box of mint Andorra, a French Polynesia group, a few worldwide albums – some of which have a number of moderate to better items – a Germany Specialty album, a stockbook of Japan souvenir sheets, a stockbook of North Borneo, and much, much more. Even includes the Life Magazine rare stamp issue in nice condition. Well worth digging into during an extended view and well worth an aggressive bid. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1050.00
Price Realized: $3,000.00 |
   
6 TOTAL IMAGES | 123 | O | A mint and used collection of several hundred hinged in a Scott International Part I. Loads of medium values throughout and very strong Denmark. Condition mixed, very nice group. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1000.00
Price Realized: $950.00 |
   
17 TOTAL IMAGES | 124 | O | A-Z collection in twelve Scott International albums in three cartons. Thousands and thousands of mixed mint and sued stamps in full, partial sets, singles and souvenir sheets mostly from the late 19th Century to the mid-1970s. Some countries have add-ons on blanks pages to 1999. Some of the albums are a little disheveled which does not distract from this collector’s collection. Check it out. You might like it. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1000.00
Price Realized: $1,250.00 |
| 125 | O | A stimulating mass of worldwide souvenir sheets piled randomly into four pizza type boxes. The overwhelming majority are mint NH with occasional hinged or used to be found. Better sheets from San Marino, Switzerland, and Belgium and a White Plains sheet can be found along with many topically related. Hundreds of items in all. Ideal for dealer or worldwide collector. | Cat. Value: S.B. 900.00
Price Realized: $2,300.00 |
   
23 TOTAL IMAGES | 126 | O | A consignment balance of a dozen nice little collections with Norway being the best. A couple other countries have strong holdings such as Turkey and Sudan. There are over a couple thousand stamps with little duplication. New albums will improve these collections. Take time to view. | Cat. Value: S.B. 900.00
Price Realized: $1,100.00 |
   
46 TOTAL IMAGES | 127 | O | One man’s 13 volume mint and used collection of several hundred mostly different up to the 1970’s. Clean albums however some are collapsing under their own weight. Condition mixed. Lots of space available for further expansion. | Cat. Value: S.B. 900.00
Price Realized: $1,350.00 |
   
14 TOTAL IMAGES | 128 | O | Consignment balance. Includes a nice Sweden and nice value in British and a couple European collections thrown in for a bonus. Good topical content. | Cat. Value: S.B. 850.00
Price Realized: $600.00 |
| 129 | O | Worldwide assortment roughly from the late 19th Century to the 1980s in seven cartons. Thousands and thousands of mixed mint and used stamps in albums, stockbooks, binders, folders, glassines etc. having backup. Includes Scott Specialty albums for France, colonies, and Independent Africa, several stockbooks of common Germany, a stockbook of common China plus other eclectic countries. Come along for the ride is several hundred face United States postage in glassines, and several hundred FDCs from the 1960s to 1980s. Look you might get a good buy. | Cat. Value: S.B. 850.00
Price Realized: $3,250.00 |
| 130 | O | A comprehensive group with high Cat. value. Includes Philippine, Bermuda, Puerto Rico and other pages plus thousands of items that are worth investigating. Look for the desirable ones and come up with the right number. | Cat. Value: S.B. 800.00
Price Realized: $950.00 |
| 131 | O | Worldwide selection roughly from the early 1900s to the 1970s in three cartons. Thousands of mixed mint and used stamps in full, partial sets, singles, and souvenir sheets having plenty of backup. Consists of six A-Z binders and manila stock pages as well as twenty-three counter books with a heavy presence of British colonies. A most useful offering. | Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $1,050.00 |
| 132 | O | Worldwide selection of Scott albums consisting of six International and two Junior from the 1880s to the 1990s in two cartons. Comprises thousands and thousands of mixed mint and used stamps in full, partial sets, singles, and souvenir sheets. Some of the albums are nicely populated while several are spare. Still, plenty of stamps to quench your philatelic thirst. | Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $850.00 |
| 133 | O | Three cartons of country collections in albums and binders. A few thousand mixed mint and used stamps in full, partial sets, singles, and souvenir sheets. Involves Spain mint in a Davo hingeless album from 1955-1976 and Saar mixed mint and used in a Palo color pages album and slipcase from 1922-1955. Other collections are in binders on mostly computer-generated or album pages consisting of Cameroun 1900-1976, Luxembourg to 1974, Spain (two binders) to 1993, Croatia 1941-45, Montenegro 1874-1943, Serbia 1866-1942, Bosnia 1879-1918, and Channel Islands to the 1980s. Some of these collections are sparse leaving the opportunities to complete. Also includes two small counter books of mainly common mint souvenir sheets, blocks of four etc. having backup which could be used for trading or for selling. | Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $1,000.00 |
   
6 TOTAL IMAGES | 134 | O | Two cartons of worldwide filled having thousands of mint and used stamps having backup in collections, stockbooks, glassines, album, stock pages, old approval books etc. Appears to run through various decades of the 20th Century making this an interesting lot to “fun” sort. Go for it. | Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $350.00 |
   
7 TOTAL IMAGES | 135 | O | A nice group of singles with owners value from one dollar into the hundreds. Better British and German are present, and inspection will turn up the gems. Other countries like Russia and Ireland are well represented. Could be many sleepers here. | Cat. Value: S.B. 700.00
Price Realized: $900.00 |
| 136 | | Three delightful collections, Canada, France and Iceland to around 1999 housed in top quality Lighthouse hingeless albums some with dust covers. A very clean collection of European quality and mostly never hinged. The collection begins in the early to mid-twentieth century depending on the country. France begins in 1945 the others earlier. Enjoy perusing the photos of this group and prepare your bids. | Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $750.00 |
   
10 TOTAL IMAGES | 137 | O | A lovely group of fresh material with singles, blocks and souvenir sheets. British and French colonies are well represented including some French colony imperforates. A beginning Hong Kong collection for you to inspect. Group also has a large amount of topical material. Very desirable selection. | Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $750.00 |
| 138 | O | Worldwide holding mainly from the 1960s to 1980s in two cartons. Comprises hundreds and hundreds of mint and some CTO mostly in souvenir sheets and some multiples having backup in eighteen counter books and one binder. One counter book is Iran used and mint and two binders of Bulgaria and Yugoslavia mint and used all with duplication. The value is in all the souvenir sheets. | Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $800.00 |
| 139 | O | Selection of worldwide from the early 1900s to the 1990s in six cartons. Thousands of mixed mint and used stamps in albums and binders having many from a well-known East Coast promotional company. Plenty of fascinating stamps to satisfy your philatelic needs. Set up to sell by the album or binder at bourses or on the internet. Checking out would be beneficial. | Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $850.00 |
| 140 | O | Catch all group from the Dundee estate in four heavy cartons. Poor condition, musty smell, curling and stuck together from improper storage. Highlights include thousands and thousands of mainly common stamps from many countries which at one time were sorted into country drawers, but for some reason became separated and neglected for a period of several years. Still some salvageability with many stamps in individual glassines. Way too much duplication especially in the Vatican City large multiples much of which is damaged. Fun lot to break down, but not for the faint of heart. | Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00
Price Realized: $2,600.00 |
| 141 |  | New issues from 1970s and 80s sorted by countries in zip lock baggies. Very desirable in tip top condition including India, Thailand, Korea and Japan. Well worth a few minutes of your time to view. | Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00
Price Realized: $750.00 |
| 142 | O | Worldwide selection from the late 19th Century to the 1990s in four cartons. Thousands of mixed mint and used stamps in albums, binders, small boxes, folders etc. having backup. Country albums consists of France, French Community, Germany, and two Harris worldwide. Super for constructing internet or bourse boxes. Go for it. | Cat. Value: S.B. 550.00
Price Realized: $750.00 |
| 143 | O | An interesting assembly of ten albums and or binders lightly to liberally populated with 19th, 20th century mint and used mainly lower priced material. The strength lies in British, French Colonies, Latin American, and Poland. Wonderful opportunity for general collector with lots of empty albums to fill. | Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $850.00 |
| 144 | | New issue assortment from the 1990s to 2000 from the Dundee Estate filling one banker box. Includes France, Spain, and Vatican consisting of hundreds and hundreds of stamps in complete sets, singles, souvenir sheets, and booklets as purchased by the owner. A money maker at our suggested bid. | Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $1,150.00 |
| 145 | | Euro new issue selection mainly from 2001-2005 from the Dundee Estate in one banker box. Includes hundreds and hundreds of stamps in complete sets, singles, souvenir sheets, and booklets as purchased by the owner having some duplication from France and Spain. Bring a calculator for an enthusiast euro encounter. | Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $800.00 |
| 146 | O | A-V stock selection roughly from the 1940s to the 1980s in three banker boxes from the Dundee Estate. Involves worldwide sheets, multiples, and some booklets having thousands of mainly mint stamps having a musty patina with massive backup. Some of the sheets are curled from age or storage and have some toning spots. If you can get past the smell, could be a money maker if found the right market. Just needs some dryer sheets and an airing out. An old holding that has not been searched in decades. | Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $1,500.00 |
| 147 | O | A-Z four volume Scott International collection from 1850-1940 in one carton. Thousands of mixed mint and used stamps in full, partial sets, and singles. Several pages are damaged at the bottom in the Dominican Republic section (see scan) otherwise other pages are fine. Ready to fill in with your unmounted stamps in order to create a nice collection. | Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $950.00 |
   
6 TOTAL IMAGES | 148 | O | One carton of worldwide from the late 19th Century to the 1970s. Encompasses thousands of mixed common mint and used stamps having backup mainly in stockbooks. Needs a marketer’s skill to reorganize into saleable units. | Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $550.00 |
   
15 TOTAL IMAGES | 149 | O | A couple thousand mostly different mounted in a 31-folder group. Worth your time for a careful viewing. | Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $500.00 |
   
35 TOTAL IMAGES | 150 | O | Assorted Foreign Collections. Twelve-album holding, with Minkus, White Ace, and home-made pages. Thousands of stamps. Includes both mint and used material, with a good amount of Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, and several other European countries. Also contains an Allied Military Government (AMG) album, a Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee album, and much more. Albums are clean and ready to be loved and used. | Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $750.00 |
   
10 TOTAL IMAGES | 151 | O | An old-timers world-wide collection in four Scott (copywrite 1950) volumes. Moderately filled with some countries stronger, like China, than others. This one was laying around for a few decades and is worth looking through for the gems. | Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $600.00 |
| 152 | O | Assortment of worldwide in two cartons from the Rambler Estate. Thousands of mixed mint and used stamps having plenty of backup in an album five binders or stockbooks. Includes a Russia collection in a Minkus album from 1870-1963, three Showgard boxes containing stock cards of two miscellaneous A-Z worldwide and one Russia organized and identified by catalog numbers. Searching would be beneficial. A tail end selection from this outstanding consignment. | Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $425.00 |
| 153 | | Selection of new issues from the 1979 to the early 2000 from the Dundee Estate in one banker box. Comprises Aland, Iceland, Faroe Islands, and Norway consisting hundreds and hundreds of stamps in complete sets, singles, and souvenir sheets as purchased by the owner having duplication. Checking this lot would be profitable. | Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $700.00 |
| 154 | O | Worldwide accumulation in four cartons from the Dundee Estate from various decades of the 20th Century. Includes hundreds and hundreds of common mixed mint and used stamps having backup in glassines, small boxes, loose etc. A most useful selection for constructing bargain boxes. | Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $1,900.00 |
   
6 TOTAL IMAGES | 155 | O | Accumulation of worldwide in five pizza size boxes from the late 19th Century to the 1970s in one carton. Thousands and thousands of mixed mint and used stamps having bountiful backup on album, stock pages, glassines etc. Beneficial for building bourse bargain boxes. | Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $475.00 |
   
6 TOTAL IMAGES | 156 | O | One carton having six pizza size boxes containing hundreds and hundreds of mixed mint and used stamps on stock, album pages, glassines, sale cards etc. from various decades of the 20th Century. Good pickings throughout. | Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $400.00 |
| 157 | O | A comprehensive assortment that is a weighted toward Canada. A good share of the value is in Canadian postage plus a nice collection of Canadian postal cards and stationery. Worth a few minutes of the dealer or Canadian collector’s time for viewing. | Cat. Value: S.B. 375.00
Price Realized: $425.00 |
| 158 | O | General Foreign Hoard. Two cartons of mint and used singles and sets from various countries around the world. No U.S. On album pages and loose in glassines. Thousands of stamps, semiorganized. Noticed material from Indonesia, Korea, British Commonwealth, Russia, Germany, Crete, Scandinavia, France, etc. Also includes a good-sized assortment of Princess Di stamps. Perfect lot for eBay entrepreneurs. | Cat. Value: S.B. 375.00
Price Realized: $425.00 |
| 159 | O | Worldwide accumulation roughly from the 1930s to the 1960s in a pizza size box from the Dundee Estate. Several hundred mostly mint stamps but also some and used having a musty patina mainly souvenir sheets but also full, partial sets or singles having useful backup. Also includes some toning spots from storage or age. Appears mid-range items from Western and Eastern Europe that did not make our criteria for single auction lots. Made to order for internet sales. An old holding that has not been searched in decades. | Cat. Value: S.B. 350.00
Price Realized: $900.00 |
   
11 TOTAL IMAGES | 160 | O | Two cartons of worldwide albums from the early 1900s to the 1960s. Entails hundreds and hundreds of mixed mint and used stamps in six remaindered sparse Scott International albums plus three miscellaneous albums. Suitable for selling by the album or to fill up with your loose stamps. Take a gamble. Go for it. | Cat. Value: S.B. 350.00
Price Realized: $280.00 |
| 161 | O | Two “Brownie” albums consisting of 19th Century and 1901-1920. Hundreds and hundreds of mint and used stamps mainly in partial sets and singles. Albums are somewhat remaindered and have wear from age or storage but still decent. Worthy of your attention. | Cat. Value: S.B. 350.00
Price Realized: $850.00 |
   
6 TOTAL IMAGES | 162 | O | A messy accumulation of 19th, 20th, century mint and used on stock cards and pages, sales cards and pages with some strength in Norway. Condition mixed with general and topical possibilities. | Cat. Value: S.B. 325.00
Price Realized: $220.00 |
   
6 TOTAL IMAGES | 163 | O | Carton of leftovers from a small consignment. Highlights include: an old world album with hundreds of remaining stamps, five stockbooks of various sizes the largest two holding duplicated stocks of Luxembourg and Liechtenstein, and a box of unsorted odd countries ready for rediscovery. Philatelic fun. | Cat. Value: S.B. 325.00
Price Realized: $375.00 |
| 164 | O | Worldwide better issues on cards and sales pages. Approximately $3,600 in 2017 SCV. Includes items from Great Britain, Gibraltar, Andorra, French Offices in China, Belgium, and British Offices in Morocco. All stamps identified, evaluated, described, and priced. Plenty of material to add to an existing collection or to a dealer’s retail stock. | Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00
Price Realized: $500.00 |
| 165 | O | Selection of worldwide from 1953-1995 from the Rambler Estate in a computer paper box. Comprises hundreds and hundreds of mainly mint stamps but also a sprinkling of used in full sets, singles, souvenir sheets, and booklets. The focus is on British Caribbean plus other Commonwealth areas on new issues in glassines and small manila envelopes from 1975-1995. Super for filling those holes in your collection or for internet sales. | Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00
Price Realized: $450.00 |
| 166 | O | Worldwide assortment in four cartons from the early to mid-20th Century. Contains hundreds and hundreds of mainly common stamps in fifteen albums from various makers. A good start in building a worldwide collection or for breaking in smaller units for the internet | Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00
Price Realized: $400.00 |
| 167 | O | Last two carton run off from a large volume former brick and mortar dealer. Just a few old remaindered albums and collections with a handful still useful. Could easily be broken into a dozen or so country groups for internet sales. | Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $400.00 |
| 168 | O | Egypt, Ethiopia, Philippines, and Liberia stock assortment approximately from the 1920s to the 1970s in one carton from the Dundee Estate. Contains hundreds and hundreds of mainly mint stamps but also some used having a musty patina in full, partial sets, singles, and souvenir sheets having joyful backup. Mostly identified by Scott numbers in glassines and somewhat in sequential order. An unusual combo begging you to bid on. Terrific for online sales. An old holding that has not been searched in decades. | Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $1,200.00 |
| 169 | O | A lovely group in well organized stock pages. Swiss selection is strong and there is a good amount of Sweden with many other areas represented. This is a group worth investigating. | Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $150.00 |
   
6 TOTAL IMAGES | 170 | O | Floor sweepings filling a banker box. What you see is what you get. | Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $230.00 |
| 171 | O | Accumulation roughly from 1950-1999 in two cartons. Contains hundreds and hundreds of mint and used stamps encompassing a sparse Disney collection in three binders from 1981-84, Princess Diana 1999 Death issues in a binder, and two small boxes consisting of mainly souvenir sheets. Likewise entails a Maldives collection from 1950-82 in a Minkus album having pages not attracted to the binder, a small box of glassines with Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Burma, and Goa having backup with several hundred used and a binder of common US 1950s-1960s FDCs plus miscellany. | Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $120.00 |
| 172 | | Worldwide selection from the 1970s to 1984 collection from the Rambler Estate in a medium box. Nearly seventy booklets in two Safe binders and slipcases consisting about half from Great Britain and the Commonwealth and the other half from China (PRC over 10) 1980-84, Norway, and Faroe Islands. | Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $425.00 |
| 173 | O | Greece and Turkey stock assortment from the late 1930s to the 1950s in a small box from the Dundee Estate. Entails hundreds of mainly mint stamps but also some used having a musty patina in full, partial sets, and singles having useful backup. Mainly identified by Scott numbers in glassines and somewhat in sequential order. Take a chance. An old holding that has not been searched in decades. | Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $475.00 |
   
7 TOTAL IMAGES | 174 | | Better sets and singles in a dealer counter book. Clean and fresh condition and perfect for the internet or show dealer. Readily saleable. | Cat. Value: S.B. 180.00
Price Realized: $375.00 |
| 175 | O | Three worldwide albums which start in the late 19th Century consisting of Scott Grand Award to 1962, Minkus Comprehensive to 1952 and Dansco to 1949 in one carton. Hundreds and hundreds of mixed mint and used stamps mostly partial sets and singles. The Dansco album is populated but the other two are sparse. Offered appropriately. | Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00
Price Realized: $130.00 |
| 176 | O | A group of albums that are very sparsely populated. One of the stock books has some material. Offered cheaply. | Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $60.00 |
   
6 TOTAL IMAGES | 177 | O | Worldwide accumulation roughly from the 1920s to the 1970s in two of out largest cartons. Thousands and thousands of mostly used stamps in binders, envelopes, stock page, and small boxes having enormous backup. Includes bundleware from Canada, Australia and United States. Also entails a wee bit of US low value postage. Plenty of stamps to fulfill your philatelic needs. Take a look. | Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $190.00 |
| 178 | O | Stamps made by different methods including recordings, holograms, in relief and more. Interesting group that viewing will prove illuminating and possibly the beginnings of an exhibit. Well worth a careful view. | Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $375.00 |
   
5 TOTAL IMAGES | 179 | O | Two cartons of United States and worldwide subscription items from the 1980s-1990s. Includes eight binders having some produced by the Postal Commemorative Society or Reader’s Digest. Shirley Temple, Grimm’s Fairytales, and US Airmail are some topicals. | Cat. Value: S.B. 95.00
Price Realized: $100.00 |
| 180 | O | An untouched since 1982 paper mixture in eight 18x14x12 cartons with a net weight of 130 lbs. Includes Canada, Sweden, Norway, and Great Britain (primarily 1970’s issues and very strong in Machins). You’ll need a bathtub and a snow shovel. | Cat. Value: S.B. 80.00
Price Realized: $130.00 |
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