Public Auction #462

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COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — Croatia
	Lot	Condition	Description	Value/Bidding
74 TOTAL IMAGES	301		Impressive, comprehensive NDH WW II 1941-1945 having many specialty items collection in a medium box from the Golden Flyer Estate. Nicely organized, mounted, and annotated on pages in three binders. Consists of 425 mint stamps, sixty-five sheets, twenty-three souvenir sheets, three signed, autographed presentation folders, and twelve FDC or event covers for regular issues, postage dues, official and postal tax stamps. Includes many progressive proofs, tete-beche pairs, Michel listed varieties including several nonadopted issues/designs. Most are likely NH. Likewise includes two B73-75 Storm Trooper souvenir sheets and one single set which are dubious. From a collector who wanted to honor his Croatian relatives and collect material from this nation. An attractive and worthwhile selection not often seen. Croatian specialists should take note. Check out the seventy-four scans.	Cat. Value: S.B. 3500.00 Price Realized: $2,000.00
25 TOTAL IMAGES	302		From the Golden Flyer Estate, NDH WW II selection in a medium box. Incorporates fifty, mostly different mint imperforate and perforate progressive sheetlets in two binders and mounted nicely on pages. One contains B56-59 and the other contains B57-59. Only could be obtained from the government ministerial books. Consists of War Invalid Relief Fund semi-postal stamps appear complete sets issued on February 15, 1944. Themes are St. Sebastian, Croatia King, Invalids, and Death of King Svacic. Very scarce and difficult to find in such quantity in the United States. The collector originally purchased to celebrate his Croatian heritage. Check out the copious scans. Do not pass this one by.	Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00 Price Realized: $500.00
21 TOTAL IMAGES	303		NDH WW II assortment from 1942-1944 in a medium box from the Golden Flyer Estate. Encompasses roughly 600 mint proof stamps in singles, pairs, and some block of four or six in a Lindner binder, slipcase, pages, and a binder having beneficial duplication. Includes phase proof, imperforate, strips of three for B56-59 War Invalids Relief Fund, color proof singles and horizontal pairs B42-57 for the Croatian Red Cross (1943). About 90% are proof colors, pairs B33-36 for the Croatian Legion (1943). Also entails Official stamps O1-24. Impossible to find in such quantity today in the United States. The collector originally purchased these stamps to celebrate his Croatian legacy. Do not let this one get away.	Cat. Value: S.B. 550.00 Price Realized: $375.00
7 TOTAL IMAGES	304	O	From the Golden Flyer Estate, Croatia NDH collection 1941-1945 in an original Rudolf Habazin Stamp Shop Zagreb (1943) album in a medium box. About 200 all used stamps in full sets and souvenir sheets on over twenty pages. Includes scarce Michel 24-28 overprinted Founding of the Croatian Army set. Purchased by the collector decades ago directly from Croatia. Very difficult to find in the United States. Do not let this one slip way.	Cat. Value: S.B. 350.00 Price Realized: $250.00
13 TOTAL IMAGES	305	O	Highly specialized study of Scott #9-23 (Yugoslavia #142-154) Coat of Arms overprinted in black Nezavisna Drzava Hrvatska (NDH) in a medium box from the Golden Flyer Estate. Approximately 550 mint and used stamps are nicely annotated and organized on quadrille pages in a binder and slipcase. Contains all types of varieties resulting from the overprinting. Impossible to duplicate in this country as this collection came directly from Europe. From a collector who wanted to honor his Croatian lineage.	Cat. Value: S.B. 95.00 Price Realized: $120.00