COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — Topicals |
| Lot | Condition | Description | Value/Bidding |
19 TOTAL IMAGES | 222 | O | Boy Scout collection/assortment from 1918 to the 2000 in nine cartons. Thousands of mixed mint and used stamps in full, partial sets, singles, and souvenir sheets on K-Line pages organized by year order in fifteen Scott Specialty albums and slipcases as well as three empty albums and slipcases for the 2001-2008 issues. Likewise entails nine counter books and several binders. Includes empty binders and pages for the 2007 100th Anniversary of Scouting. Stamps from the empty albums appear to be found in the binders or counter books. Nearly one hundred FDCs, Event, and commercial covers and miscellany are also present. Award winning exhibits conclude this offering having some of the early high value, better stamps taken from the collection. Spotted three used Cape of Good Hope 1900 Siege of Mafeking used stamps and the 1963 mint Cyprus souvenir sheet. Specialists take note. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1250.00 Price Realized: $2,500.00 |
7 TOTAL IMAGES | 223 | O | A selection of six different topical groups including, refugees, Red Cross, malaria, Olympics, hunger and 1958 Brussels Exposition. They consist of mostly foreign covers. This group has the beginnings of an exhibit or six. Topical collectors take note. | Cat. Value: S.B. 900.00 Price Realized: $650.00 |
14 TOTAL IMAGES | 224 | O | About seventy-five interesting polar covers from a variety of countries almost all pertaining to South Pole. Various proofs, deluxe sheets and imperfs are included. The Amundsen autograph needs authentication. A great beginning to an exhibit. | Cat. Value: S.B. 700.00 Price Realized: $950.00 |
12 TOTAL IMAGES | 225 | O | A three-part general foreign topical group in approximate order of value Brussels Fair, Space, and International Geophysical Year. Well over a hundred covers and mint singles are a part of this group. Worth viewing. | Cat. Value: S.B. 550.00 Price Realized: $450.00 |
14 TOTAL IMAGES | 226 | | A pair of extensive topical collections housed in two cartons. The first is 7 stockbooks of Popes, primarily John Paul II but encompassing others as well. The second is 5 stockbooks or binders housing President Kennedy material. Much unusual and non-Scott listed in both collections and appears to be all mint. The Kennedy also includes a subscription “panel” collection of 64 Kennedy half dollars ($32 face); two of which are 1964’s. | Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00 Price Realized: $800.00 |
8 TOTAL IMAGES | 227 | | Red Cross Adhesives from France. Collection of over 300 mostly different Red Cross labels. Primarily from WWI period. Mixed condition, but overall neat, clean, and fresh. Neatly mounted in like-new stockbook. Superb variety of images and texts. | Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00 Price Realized: $425.00 |
8 TOTAL IMAGES | 228 | | A neat and clean World Wildlife Fund accumulation of a several dozen. Appears to be all NH sets or souvenir sheets. Also, a small batch of covers included. Great starter group. | Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00 Price Realized: $210.00 |
41 TOTAL IMAGES | 229 | | A holiday spirited Christmas Topical collection/accumulation in 10 hefty cartons. Includes a core 1960’s-1980’s General Foreign collection in specialized binders, few thousand related covers of the same era, lots of loose stamps that need to be sorted and a batch of reference books. Looks like a fun group to expand upon. | Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00 Price Realized: $450.00 |
| 230 | | Madonna topical selection from 1867 to 1954 in a pizza size box. Encompasses roughly twenty-five mint stamps in partial sets, singles, and souvenir sheets nicely mounted on pages in black mounts. Highlights includes Belgium B143 and Spain #513. | Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00 Price Realized: $240.00 |
11 TOTAL IMAGES | 231 | O | Rotary collection from 1931 to 1981 in White Ace albums and slipcases in one carton from the Rambler Estate. Hundreds and hundreds of mainly mint stamps in full sets, singles, and souvenir sheets nicely mounted in black mounts. Also encompasses two binders of over hundred covers as well as additional stamps in a small manila envelope. A wonderful tropical collection that would be honored to go home with you. | Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00 Price Realized: $325.00 |
7 TOTAL IMAGES | 232 | O | Europa collection in three like new Davo hingeless albums with slipcases. A complete run of pages 1-184 through 1990. A beginners collection in every way except the expensive albums. Several hundred stamps. Mixed mint and used, mixed condition. From heavy cancels through no gum up through mint NH sets. Perfect for the collector with a wide group of mint Europa topicals looking for a new set of deluxe albums to show them off. | Cat. Value: S.B. 240.00 Price Realized: $180.00 |
11 TOTAL IMAGES | 233 | O | Ship wrecks and lifeboats, U.S. Bicentennial and Shakespeare are the topics of interest. This selection has many countries represented and will provide hours of pleasure determining how to exhibit the material. It is a clean group waiting for further expansion. | Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00 Price Realized: $130.00 |
9 TOTAL IMAGES | 234 | O | Europa selection in one carton. Hundreds of mixed mint and used stamps in full, partial sets, and singles. Consists of two Lighthouse albums having one from 1956-1980 and the other from 1956-1992. Also includes a binder of FDCs from 1958-1965 and a binder mint extras mainly in blocks of six from the 1960s. A popular topical just waiting for completion and continuation. | Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00 Price Realized: $170.00 |
7 TOTAL IMAGES | 235 | O | Worldwide presentation folders and ITU topical assortment in two cartons. Consists of a few hundred sets from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s given to Russell Cook, Director of the ITU in Geneva, Switzerland. Some are very elaborate whereas others are just folders in envelopes as issued by the various nations. Includes both French and British ITU Omnibus sets along with several ROC and Asia from the 1960s. Seldom offered in this quantity. | Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00 Price Realized: $110.00 |
12 TOTAL IMAGES | 236 | FDC | Canada Expo 1967 World’s Fair collection in one medium carton. Involves around seventy-five FDCs, covers, and postcards and several hundred mint stamps in full sets, singles, and souvenir sheets from the issuing countries nicely annotated and organized in two large soft binders. If you attended this Expo or not, a nice stroll down memory lane to the 1960s. | Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00 Price Realized: $325.00 |
7 TOTAL IMAGES | 237 | O | A few dozen pages dedicated to the International Geophysical Year of 1957-1958. Interesting items include Belgium B605 souvenir sheet (MNH, corner crease) and the same sheet used on a first day cover. Yet another opportunity to start a new collection. | Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00 Price Realized: $85.00 |
6 TOTAL IMAGES | 238 | O | A small collection on pages in a 3-ring binder devoted to the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Starts with a dozen or so Australian covers with various special event cancelations and moves on to tribute issues from around the world, often with both the stamps and first day cover. Also includes a December, 1956 issue of Sports Illustrated covering Olympic activities. | Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00 Price Realized: $120.00 |