Collections, Stocks and Accumulations of the World
Bethel, CT 06801, USA
| Lot | Italy | Estimate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 601 | Berlin Mint Collection, 1948/61, mostly complete for the period on Scott pages with 9N1-34 (9N33-34 NH), 9N35-41 NH, 9N42-60, 9N61-63 NH, 9N64-68, 9N69 single and block NH, 9N70-107, 9NB1-3 NH (2), 9NB3a (2 including one NH), 9NB4-5 NH, etc., fresh and F-VF; Scott $3,600+. Shipping charges apply - weight 0.6 lbs. |  | $800 |
| 602 | Berlin, "Buddy Bär" Complete Mint Collection in Hingeless Album, 1948-90, Alright, for some reason it is missing a semi-postal set from 1972, but otherwise complete which includes of course, #9NB3a. Housed in a hingeless Davo album, which also includes coil strips of five of 9N251-55, 9M316-25, 9N391-403, 9N438-45, generally Fine to Very Fine, additional images online. Shipping charges apply - weight 5.2 lbs. |  4 | $750 |
| 603 | Germany: Federal Republic, Complete MNH Collection, 1949-2000, Three Lindner albums with a complete mint collection of the Federal Republic which looks to be entirely never hinged including the Posthorn set which is signed Schlegel, Fine to Very Fine, additional images online. Shipping charges apply - weight 25 lbs. |  4 | $750 |
| 604 | German Democratic Republic, Extraordinary Mint & Used Holding, to 1990, part of the vast inventory from one of the largest stamp retailers in the Netherlands, six stock books filled with 1000s of mint and used sets, singles, S/S, mini-sheets, etc., begins with a section of the Russian Zone issues and then into the premium issues of the early 1950s ending with a nice section of officials and some zusammendrucke, light to moderate duplication throughout with majority of the mint being NH and usually accompanied by used or favor cancelled examples, includes (mint unless otherwise noted) 10NB11 NH and used, 54-57A NH, 58-67 NH (3), 80-81 NH (3), 82-84 (6 including one set NH), 122-38 (5 including one set NH), 144a perf (2 NH) and imperf (4NH, 1 used), 146a perf (2 NH) and imperf (4 NH, 1 used), 155-71 (5 including one set NH), 187-204 (2 including one set NH), 226a NH (3) and used (2), 264a imperf NH (6) and used, 634 NH (5, few with folded perfs), B21a NH and used, B35a NH (6) and used (2), etc., generally fresh and F-VF. Shipping charges apply - weight 36 lbs. |  | $2,000 |
| 605 | German Democratic Republic, "Die Ossi-Sammlung" Spectacular Mint Collection with Extras, 1949-90, Yes, you read correctly, spectacular! DDR collections don't get much better than this, because in addition to a complete collection of mint in three hingeless Schaubek albums, there are eight more volumes with the following material: over 800 seemingly all-different registration stamps from 1967-83, well-filled officials including dozens after 1957 (not in Scott), highly complete Zusammendrucke, coil strips of five, 17 blackprints from 1977-90, a few dozen full sheets and booklet panes, a separate volume for single stamps from souvenir sheets, and two volumes with an incredible and highly specialized collection of the Walter Ulbricht regular issue with endless varieties including gum, paper & watermark variants, as well as marginal inscriptions and 15 FDCs. See a dead country come alive! Fine to Very Fine, video flips online as reference. Shipping charges apply - weight 31 lbs. |  | $1,500 |
| 606 | German Democratic Republic, Multiple Mint & Used Collections, 1945-90, A Minkus album, overall looks complete with a mix of mint & used into the 1960s, then entirely mint to 1990; also includes a selection of ZKD stamps on & off cover, numerous locals, and nearly complete Russian Zone with many of the key items, like mint #10NB11, 15N1 (signed Richter), 16NB4a. Another complete collection of DDR in a Scott album, mostly used into the 1950s, then all mint to 1981 with many used mounted on the opposite page, and a third collection of nearly complete mint from 1948-71 in a Ka-be album with virtually all the good stuff, like 54-57A, 82-84, 144a-46a (perf & imperf), 264a, B21a, etc. In addition, a binder with more stamps and souvenir sheets on stockpages including more of the above-mentioned material, like the Goethe sheet, Karl Marx sheets and more, generally Fine to Very Fine, video flips accessible online. Shipping charges apply - weight 23 lbs. |  | $800 |
| 607 | Greece, "An Open Book" Mostly Modern Mint Holding in Stockbook, 1911-2005, All-Mint holding in one stockbook filled to the max. From the looks of it, the vast majority never hinged and most of it in light duplication, even some of the better sets, like #490-97 (6), 545-48 (5), C1-4 (5), etc. Emphasis is on the second half of the 20th century and although placed neatly on Vario stocksheets, you will want to pay close attention to the video flips as not everything is in catalogue order, generally Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 4.4 lbs. |  | $750 |
| 608 | Greenland, Extensive Cancels Collection, 1938-2000, presented in six thick stockbooks, a unique compilation of more than 9300 stamps with cancels from different villages and towns, including very rare material; list with contents included with lot; a bargain at our low estimate, fully imaged online. Shipping charges apply - weight 27.8 lbs. |  | $1,500 |
| 609 | Greenland, "For Sale!" Nearly Complete Mint Collection, 1926-2005, Greenland itself may not be for sale but this collection is! Housed in two volumes, the first in an Elbe binder with stamps blackmounted on quadrille pages and complete regular issues to 1986, and the other a hingeless Lighthouse album very nearly complete from 1987-2005. Some nice extras too, like over 40 complete booklets, around 20 covers, mint parcel post stamps #Q1, Q8-9, Q11, and a number of Cinderellas which include a complete set of the Pakke-Porto reprints from the 1980s, the blackprints issued for HAFNIA 1976 & 2001, some Christmas seals in full sheets, and a mint set of the Thule stamps including all five on cover and the 1979 non-postal sheet issued by the Danish Red Cross, generally Fine to Very Fine, additional scans & video online. Shipping charges apply - weight 13.2 lbs. |  3 | $800 |
| 610 | Greenland, Pakke Porto Collection, 1905-37, specialized collection in album of Parcel Posts, including better stamps and cancels, fully imaged online. Shipping charges apply - weight 2.4 lbs. |  | $600 |
| 611 | Guatemala Stampless Cover Collection from the State and Republic Periods, 1830's/1871, over 70 with an exceptionally wide variety of markings, including one from the State of Guatemala period with "Factoria pral de tabac del Estado de Guat." two-line and "Guatemala" straightline handstamps, one with boxed "Franqueado en la Antiga Guatemala" two-line handstamp (used 1825-1845) and oval official supreme court stamp, 1827 with boxed "Franquedo en Guatemala" two-line handstamp (used 1827-1831), few to and from foreign destinations including the US with 11 to Lanman & Kemp in NYC with N.Y. Steamship cancels and 1864 to France, many judicial handstamps, also includes about 10 receipts, most with typed descriptions on home made pages in an Elbe springback album with slipcase, overall Very Fine, a wonderful collection where the value of the whole exceeds the sum of the parts; fully imaged online. Shipping charges apply - weight 5 lbs. |  | $2,000 |
| 612 | Hungary, "Hungry Eyes" Outstanding Mostly Mint Collection, 1871-2022, A Schaubek album with a mostly used but highly complete collection to 1944, five more volumes covering the years 1945-2009 with an extremely well-presented all-mint collection on homemade pages and all stamps in black mounts which might very well be complete, and two hingeless Davo albums which also look complete from 2010-22. Highlights include used #1-6 (3k signed Rohr), 7-12, mint 486, B18-34, B94, C26-34, C66, C81 (perf & imperf sheets of 4), CB1D, and extensive French, Romanian & Serbian Occupation with some signed and hundreds more in a stockbook, all labeled and in Michel catalogue order. This lot also includes the Catalog of Hungarian Occupation Issues by Christopher Brainard and the 2016-17 edition of Magyar Katalogus, considered the bible for Hungarian philately, overall Fine to Very Fine, additional scans & video online. Shipping charges apply - weight 60 lbs. |  2 | $2,500 |
| 613 | Hungary, Very Well-Filled Mint & Used Collection with Varieties, 1871-1979, Two Minkus albums carrying a high completion rate and such better sets and singles as used #7-11, 66, 1182, B16, B18-34, B80-87, B94, B203 (sheetlet), C24-25, C67 (sheetlet), C95, C157, C166, CB13-14, and mint 486, 528, 855b, 1182, 1202A, 1336 (perf & imperf), B94, B97, B202 (sheetlet), C80, C157 (perf & imperf), C166, as well as many imperfs throughout. In addition, an almost entirely mint collection in a Lighthouse album to 1934 including many color, perf & watermark varieties and inverted overprints & surcharges. Highlights include used 1, 12, and mint 9-11, 22A-35, 47-63, 65-66, 67a-78a, 67b-82b, 80a-81a, 82-83, 83a, 96a (cliché of 35f in a block of 25), B1-17, B18-34, and a set of watermarked reprints of 7-12, overall Fine to Very Fine, video flips accessible online. Shipping charges apply - weight 15 lbs. |  | $1,000 |
| 614 | Hungary, Well-Filled Mostly Mint Collection, 1871-1979, A set of three East German-made Abria albums with stamps both hinged and in mounts. Long runs of mint including many better mint sets & singles, such as #B80-87, B94, B198A-98B (souvenir sheet), C24-25, C26-34, C35-44, C66, CB1-1C (souvenir sheet), and many more. As a bonus, five stockbooks of various mint & used worldwide, overall Fine to Very Fine, quick flips of all three volumes viewable online. Shipping charges apply - weight 27 lbs. |  | $750 |
| 615 | Iceland Collection, 1873/2008, mixed mint and used in a moderately well-filled Scott album including a useful "back of the book" section, better include 2 mint, 7 mint, 9 unused, 14 used, 20 mint, 34-44B used, 85 used, 86-91 used, 98 used, 99-107 used, 149-50 used, 152-66 mint, 213-16 used, 229-35 mint, 289-96 mint, mostly complete mixed mint and used 1945/2007, B5 NH, C1-2 used, C4-8 mint, C9-11 used, C12 mint, CO1 used, O50 used, O51 mint, etc., some dubious cancels in earlier issues as usual but generally fresh and F-VF. Shipping charges apply - weight 4.2 lbs. |  | $750 |
| 616 | Indonesia, "Blue-Chip Stock" Extraordinary Mostly Mint Holding of Souvenir Sheets & Booklets, 1961-2008, Part of the vast inventory from one of the top retailers in the Netherlands, two Importa binders with an incredible modern holding of souvenir sheets and complete booklets second to none. Arranged in impeccable order with mint on the left and used towards the right, and nearly all identified by Michel catalogue number. In quantities from just a few to 20 or more with many better along the way, such as the following by Scott: #798a (6), 978a (5), 1176a overprinted for PHILEXFRANCE (9 in black, 11 in red), 1177b (9), 1177c (8), 1345a (8 mint, 1 used), 1381a-83a (8), 1613 (souvenir sheet in 7 different colors), B210 (14 mint, 7 used), as well as many full personalized sheets, Fine to Very Fine, video flips of both binders accessible online, ex- Mannenkenpis Holding. Shipping charges apply - weight 18 lbs. |  | $1,600 |
| 617 | Indonesia, Nearly Complete Mint Collection in Hingeless Albums, 1948-87, Two hingeless Davo albums in slipcases with a very nearly complete collection of mint and such better as #798a, 863-88, 978a, 1176a (overprinted in red & black), 1177a-77c, B210a, B213a, B231a-31b, and Netherlands Indies 294-303, 304. In addition, Riau Archipelago (1954-60) and West Irian (1963-70), Fine to Very Fine, viewable in full via video flips, ex- Mannenkenpis Holding. Shipping charges apply - weight 9 lbs. |  | $650 |
| 618 | Indonesia, Extraordinary Mint & Used Holding, 1948-2023, part of the vast inventory from one of the largest stamp retailers in the Netherlands, these two stockbooks are not only packed with multiples of many better stamps including a lot of premium MNH, but they are also in impeccable order with mint on the left and used towards the right with the Michel catalogue number noted in the margin; Dutch Indonesia overprints, United States of Indonesia, and Republic of Indonesia in useful quantities and fresh; modern includes extensive souvenir sheets that Topical collectors will go gaga over; fully imaged online; an economical path to great online sales, Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 8 lbs. |  | $500 |
| 619 | Iraq Mint Collection, 1923/66, highly complete for the period on Scott pages including S/S and "back of the book" issues, also note an assortment of varieties, some later NH, and an occasional used example, includes 1-26, 28-187, 1948 King Faisal S/S perf and imperf NH (SG 297), 141b NH, 188-225 NH, 1958 Republic overprint varieties NH, 317-32 NH, 1949 Airmail S/S perf and imperf (SG 338), O1-37, O39-148, RA1-5, etc., unusually fresh and F-VF. Shipping charges apply - weight 2.2 lbs. |  | $1,500 |
| 620 | Israel, Put it on my Tab 1927-1997, extraordinary personal collection with focus on tab singles that extends to much of the postal history as well; mint includes tabs #1-5, 20, 21 (left and right), 23 (left and right), Second Coin complete, Third Coin complete, Third Coin tete-beche, 1951 Official set, 1951 to 1973 complete (including Menora and Postage Due) and then virtually complete to 1997; Scott Specialty album of used, mint, and mint with tabs to 1970; two large stockbooks with a few thousand mint and used including better items; about 150 pieces of postal history from the Pictorials to modern; a few dozen album pages with mostly modern adhesives; and about 400 pristine FDCs, many are tabs and tab sets, along with about 40 FDC Air Letter Sheets; bonus binder of postal stationery from Australia, Greece, Cyprus, Czechslovakia, Great Britain, Israel, Korea, Poland, Romania, and St Christopher; a strong collection, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 30 lbs. |  | $2,000 |
| 621 | Israel Selection, an assortment of mint and used sets, singles, S/S and tabs in stock cards, albums, stock books, etc., sorting through it all we note many better earlier items as (mint unless otherwise noted) 1-9 used, 7-9 tab NH (Sismondo cert, trace fingerprints as usual), 10-14 tab NH, 25 tab NH, 28-30 tab NH, 55 tab, C1-6 tabs NH, J1-5 tab, etc. plus an extensive group of 1950s/90s used singles, Palestine and forerunners in a stock book, another stock book of miscellany which includes 16 used, J1-5 blocks NH, a cover album with some covers, FDC and forerunner covers including 1-9 set on cacheted FDC (2), 16 cacheted FDC, J1-5 set on FDC, finally a Scott album of mostly complete 1949/88 NH tab singles and sets plus S/S, etc., generally fresh and F-VF, well worth a close look. Shipping charges apply - weight 18 lbs. |  | $2,000 |
| 622 | Israel, Solid Collection of Interim Period Covers, 1948, approximately 150 covers and cards in two albums, including covers with souvenir sheets, gutter pairs, tête-bêches, etc., fully imaged online. Shipping charges apply - weight 7.5 lbs. |  | $1,800 |
| 623 | Israel, Nearly Complete Never Hinged Tab Collection, 1948-2003 (Scott 1/O4), highlighted by #7-9 with 2019 Sismondo certificate, better includes #1-6, 10-14 (also includes vertical gutter pairs (1971 Shalit letter) and horizontal gutter tête-bêche pairs), 15 (left and right), 17-25, 27 (left and right), 28-30, 31-32 (also includes horizontal gutter tête-bêche pairs), 33-34, 35-37, 55, C1-C6, C16, J6-J11 (missing only J1-J5 to be complete), in 3 brown Lighthouse hingeless albums with slipcases, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, see the 1948-1951 issues online. Shipping charges apply - weight 24 lbs. |  | $1,500 |
| 624 | Israel, Nearly Complete Mostly Never Hinged Tab Collection, 1948-1975, including #1-9 NH, 10-14 LH, 25 NH, 27 (right), 28-30 NH, 33-34 LH, 35-37 NH, 55 NH short tab, C1-C6 NH, C16 LH, J6-J11 NH (missing only J1-J5 to be complete), in Palo hingelss album with slipcase, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, see the 1948-1951 issues online. Shipping charges apply - weight 8 lbs. |  | $1,500 |
| 625 | Israel, Nearly Complete Never Hinged Tab Collection, 1948-1975, including Nos. 1-9 (7-9 appear NH), 1a, 2b, 3b, 10-14, 25, 27 (right), 28-30, 33-34, 35-37, 55, C1-C6, C16, J6-J11 (missing only J1-J5 to be complete), in 2 Schaubek springback hingelss albums, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, see the 1948-1951 issues online. Shipping charges apply - weight 11 lbs. |  | $1,500 |
| 626 | Israel, Six Mint Single and Tab Single Collections, 1948-2015, 1) 1948-2015 with singles to 1955 including Nos. 1-9, then mostly tab singles in two Scott Specialty albums; 2) booklets and booklet panes in Scott National album; 3) singles 1948-1990 including Nos. 1-9 on Lighthouse hingeless pages, and a few tête-bêche pairs and tête-bêche gutter pairs; 4) tab singles 1948-1969 including Nos. 1-6, 10-14, 15 (left and right), 17-25, 27 (left and right), 35-37, C1-C6, C16; 5) tab singles and sheetlets 2010-2019 in Davo hingless album with slipcase; 6) tab singles 1969-2009 plus 2004 sheetlets in mounts in 3 White Ace albums, also includes the equivalent of a mail tub full of first day covers (mail tub not included) and a few foreign commemorative covers and stamps and 3 Asian year/event sets, Very Fine to Extremely Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 86 lbs. |  | $1,000 |
| 627 | Israel, Nearly Complete Mint Collection with Tabs, 1948-2022, Nearly complete mint almost right up to the present day with only a small handful missing from the modern era and all with tabs except #J1-11. Housed in three binders of White Ace pages with all stamps in black mounts until 2003 and two hingeless Schaubek albums from 2004-22, generally Fine to Very Fine, additional scans & video online. Shipping charges apply - weight 27 lbs. |  | $800 |
| 628 | Israel, "An Open Book" All-Mint Holding with Tabs in Stockbook, 1948-90s, Abundant mint stock in one binder of Vario stocksheets, most of it in light duplication including a number of premium items, such as #10-14 (tête-bêche gutter pairs), 15 (4), 16 (7), 17-22, 24 (bottom margin strip of 10), 27 (2), 32a (4 complete booklets), 32b (blocks), 35-36, etc, Fine to Very Fine, viewable in its entirety. Shipping charges apply - weight 4.8 lbs. |  | $500 |
| 629 | Italian Area, "The Firebird" Dealers Stock, several hundred singles and sets, mixed mint and used including some never hinged, on dealer cards with country, condition, and catalogue number and value details provided; Italy proper dominates, but note numerous States, Fiume, Lombardy-Venetia, San Marino, Vatican City and the like as well; no modern present, the overwhelming majority pre-WWII with perhaps a handful of items post-war; with numerous Italian popular sets, Airmails (including used Zeppelin set) and Postage Dues, this lot—after a brief organizing run-through—will surely result in la dolce vita for the savvy online dealer or the collector looking to plug holes; a massive cumulative catalogue value, with high-value items (cataloguing $270 and up) making up three-quarters of the total; box total and running tapes included, generally Fine to Very Fine with better, well worth review; better items imaged online. Shipping charges apply - weight 3 lbs. Scott $76,000+. |  | $8,000 |
| 630 | Italian Area, Highly Complete Collections of Italy, San Marino & Vatican, 1851-2000s, A collection of mostly used Italy (1851-1990) in a Davo album with such better as used #117-18, 201-10, 242-46, 268-78, 290-305, 310-14, 315-21, 324-28, 331-41, 387-96, J1-2, J21-24, and mint 280-89, 349-54, C42-47, C62-65, C95-99, as well as a selection of states (see scans), two stockbooks of additional Italian mint & used material including colonies, two Marini albums of nearly complete mint for San Marino (1936-80), along with a stockbook of earlier material featuring such better as mint #1-10, 50, 139-42, 159-60, 490 (sheet of 6), C1-5, and used 22-23, 132, C6, C10, C11-16 (on piece), and a highly complete, mostly mint collection of Vatican City (1929-90) in a Lighthouse album with many additional pages for used stamps into the 2000s. Mint Vatican highlights include 41-46, 155a, C19, C20-21, overall Fine to Very Fine, additional scans & video accessible online. Shipping charges apply - weight 26 lbs. |  | $1,800 |
| 631 | Italian Colonies and Related Areas Mint Collection, splendid showing of sets and singles of primarily the 1930s/50s in a Scott album, includes some post-independence issues, S/S, multiples, duplicates, etc., loaded with premium including Cyrenaica 65-77 NH, C12-23, CB1-10, Eritrea CB1-10, Italian Colonies 23-41, 46-50, C1-35, Italian East Africa 34-40+C18-19, Libya 102-46 NH, C1-2 NH, E1-11, E11a, J25-29, J30-36 NH, O1-8 NH, 1N1-3NC2 complete NH except 2NJ1-6. 3N1-8 l.h., San Marino 490 sheet of six NH, Somalia 40-50 NH, 67-82, 138-55 (mostly perf 12, includes some perf 14), 242 block NH, B38-51, C17-27 NH, C68-69 blocks NH, CB1-10, E1-9 NH, EY1 NH, Trieste-A 1-29, 41, 42-44 NH (2), Tripolitania C8-32, CB1-10 NH, Vatican City 155a NH, C22-23 NH, etc., issues selected for freshness and condition, F-VF throughout the collection. Shipping charges apply - weight 9 lbs. |  | $3,000 |
| 632 | Sardinia, "Non ci credo!" Heart-Stopping Complete Collection with Varieties, 1851-63, An incredible study collection of Sardinia with approximately 200 stamps, and that's quite extraordinary in and of itself considering there are only 17 Scott-listed main entries! Whether or not they are all genuine, you can view for yourself online, but some of these are already signed or have an accompanying certificate. A few unused, such as #7-8, 12, 15 (2) and the following used: 1 (6, one signed Calves, another with PF cert), 2 (17, one signed Zanini), 3 (5, also 2 & 3 together on piece), 4 (7), 5 (11), 6 (1 signed Diena, another Köhler), 7 (13, one signed Schlegel, 3 others Diena), 8 (used), 9 (5), 10 (10), 11 (30 singles, 3 pairs), 12 (21), 13 (11), 14 (17, one with PF cert), 15 (5), P1-2 (2). A riveting examination with many stamps identified by Sassone number along with the majority of postmarks. Owner's Scott CV over $190,000, overall Fine to Very Fine, photographed in full. Shipping charges apply - weight 1 lbs. |  | $5,000 |
| 633 | Italy, Compelling Cancellation Collection, 1870-1949, fantastic lifetime collection, housed in six fat albums from A-Z, on cover or card; note many scarce and rare cancels, wide variety of frankings, incoming mail with Italian cancels, much Railroad, several Registered, Airmails, Propaganda, etc., etc., the fruit of over 45 years of diligent work by the collector; a great collection to continue, fully imaged online. Shipping charges apply - weight 35.1 lbs. |  | $2,500 |
| 634 | Italy Mint Collection, 1932/65, on Scott pages and brimming with premium as 290-305, 324-28 NH, 331-41, 400-09 NH, 477 (2), 486-88 NH, 495-506 N H, 515-17 NH (2), 521-27 NH, 531-40 NH, 549-67, 572-76, 579-83 NH, 661-62, C28-34, C42-47, C48-49 NH, C62-65 NH, C66-78, C84-94, C100-28, E26 NH, etc., particularly fresh colors throughout, F-VF, view to appreciate. Shipping charges apply - weight 3 lbs. |  | $2,000 |
| 635 | Italy, "Penne Bolognese" Nearly Complete Mostly Mint Collection, 1862-2022, A mix of mint & used into the 1960s, but from then on entirely mint and looks complete almost right up to the present day. Housed in two Scott albums to 2006 with all stamps in black mounts and three hingeless Davo albums from 2007-22. Highlights include mint #52, 117-18, 165-70, 477, C42-47, C62-65, Q1, used 33, 45-51, 72, 210, 246, 374, 376, C5, J21-24, O7, Q2-6, Q7-15, and many more big-ticket used items which could benefit from a cert, overall Fine to Very Fine, additional scans & video online. Shipping charges apply - weight 32 lbs. |  | $1,500 |
| 636 | Italy, Fantastic Collection of Varieties, 1862-1980, a wealth of varied material, including imperforate stamps, misperforations, overprint varieties (inverted, shifted, double, etc.), missing colors, printing strips, Saggio (Specimen) overprints, etc., etc., fully imaged online. Shipping charges apply - weight 5.4 lbs. |  | $1,200 |
| 637 | Italy, Highly Complete Mostly Mint Collection, 1851-1995, One Scott Specialty album of Italy with a mix of mint & used and also covering the States and A.M.G. issues. Highlights include used #24-44, 96d, 100d, 100f, 105g, 117-18, 199-22, 349-54, 408-09, 518, C9, E7, J2, Q3-6, Q7-13, and mint 42, 50-51, 72, 142C, 165-70, 171-74, 174A-74G, 210, 248-56, 268-79, 280-89, 290-305, 324-28, 331-41, 367-76, 377-86, 477, 486-88, 495-506, B17-19, B30-33, C1-8, C23-26, C27 (NH), C42-47, C48-49, C62-65, C89-94, C95-99, D1-14, O1-8, Q1-2, and vignettes from the Transpolar Flight of the Norge in 1926 as singles, imperf pair, a pair imperf between, and on cover with Italy #88, overall Fine to Very Fine, additional images online. Shipping charges apply - weight 8.8 lbs. |  | $1,000 |
| 638 | Italy, Highly Complete Mint & Used Collection, 1862-1979, One Scott Specialty album with a mix of mint & used and a very high completion rate. Highlights as mounted include used #19-20, 33, 37-44, 72, 118, 158-64, 280-89, 336-41, 400-09, B9, B12A-13, B18-19, B20-25, E12, E16-17, J2, J21-24, Q1-5, and mint 51, 115-16, 117, 201-10, 248-56, 268-79, 349-54, 359-66, 367-76, 486-88, 495-506, 518, C23-26, C27, C42-47, C62-65, C95-99. Also includes Austrian occupation, A.M.G., Venezia Giulia, and the issues for the Italian Social Republic, overall Fine to Very Fine, additional images online. Shipping charges apply - weight 5 lbs. |  | $750 |
| 639 | Italy, Neapolitan Picture Post Card Collection, 1900-40, a wonderful collection of over 800 postcards picturing Naples, mainly different, including many expensive and rare cards, with wonderful scenes, cards with stamps on the front, etc.; a beautiful, nostalgic collection, fully imaged online. Shipping charges apply - weight 10.7 lbs. |  | $500 |
| 640 | Trieste, Extraordinary Mostly Mint Holding, part of the vast inventory from one of the largest stamp retailers in the Netherlands, a stockbook of FTT-overprinted and -inscribed stamps, the former Italian, the latter Yugoslav; solid coverage with much parallel mint and used, the duplication in like quantities offering myriad opportunities for the dealer; some blocks, a broken sheet, some Back-of-the-Book and a four-page cancel study included, Very Fine, fully imaged online. Shipping charges apply - weight 3 lbs. |  | $1,500 |
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| 641 | Italian Occupation of the Aegean Islands, Mint Collection, 1932-38, impressive array of sets and singles on Scott pages including 31-56, C14-38, C39-43 NH, CE1-4, fresh and F-VF; Scott $2,500+. |  | $800 |
| 642 | Japan, "The Pachinko Collection" Powerful Mostly Mint Collection, 1871-1970, Just like pachinko, there's an element of luck involved for inexperienced collectors of early Japan. When viewing the scans, you will notice a number of Dragons & Cherry Blossoms turned over, and these were the obvious forgeries. But once we hit the Kobans & Chrysanthemums, everything changes and we are treated with a powerhouse collection which is already all-mint by 1925 and very nearly complete from 1938 onwards. Mint highlights include #87-90, 91-108, 110, 111-12, 152-54, 163-66, 190-93, 198-201, 222a, 227-29, 254, 257-79, 293a (with folder), 306a (with folder), 311a, 318a (with folder), 323a, 362-72, 378a, 385a, 400a, 421a, 422a, 425-36, 437-38, 448b, 456-57, 479a, 480-92, 498 (sheetlet), 508b, 521, 521c, 549-50 (full sheet), 551 (sheetlet), 576 (sheetlet), 580a-80b, B11, C3-7, C8, C9-13, C14-19, C25-38, and many more. And unlike pachinko, this one's a sure bet! overall Fine to Very Fine, additional images online. Shipping charges apply - weight 6 lbs. |  | $3,500 |
| 643 | Japan, Impressive Mostly Used Collection, 1876-2013, in two Minkus albums, mixed hinged and mounted, spanning classics to recent; nice mix of cancels among the earlies (small and large Botas, crossroads, numerous towns, etc.), the pages well-filled from the 1915 issues onwards with many sets complete; various souvenir sheets present from 1947 onwards, with many modern miniature sheets (50y and 80y denominations) present either mint or—amazingly—reconstructed with used singles; an impressive collection showing years of dedication in the making; well worth review, Very Fine overall, see a sampling online. Shipping charges apply - weight 12.8 lbs. |  | $2,000 |
| 644 | Japan, Extraordinary Mostly Mint Holding, 1930s-2000s, part of the vast inventory from one of the largest stamp retailers in the Netherlands, a clean and well-organized selection of thousands in five stockbooks and a sheet file; virtually everything is from the late 1930s on, with unusual and uncommon material such as a volume of booklet panes, an excellent volume of sheetlets including lots of later issues you just don't see often, a volume of scores of souvenir sheets such as #283a, 288a, 293a, 306a, 318a, 385a, 456, lots of 1948 miniature sheets, #498, 519a (3), 572a, 575a, plus loads of face value in more recent issues; a super lot, largely Fine to Very Fine, most better, inspection invited or view online where fully imaged. Shipping charges apply - weight 22 lbs. |  | $2,000 |
| 645 | Japan, Lovely Collection with Modern Desirable Issues, 1876-2015, Scott Specialized mixed mint and postally used in black mounts from 1876-1987, including Semi-Postals and Air Post; Scott pages 2009-2014 with wonderful souvenir and minisheet including #2652, 2698, 2751, 2824, 2825, 2874, 2875, 2876, 2877, 2880, 2881, 2882, 2883, 2894, 2896, 2897, 2898, 2900, 2914 (2), 2915, 2916, 2917, 2920, 2933, 2947, 2948, 2949, 2950, 2958, 2959, 2950, 2951, 2953, 2966, 2967, 2968, 2975, 2976, 2977, 2978, 2979, 2980, 2981, 2982, 2983, 2990, 2996, 2997, 2998, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3013, 3014, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3024, 3027, 3028, 3029, 3040, 3041, 3042, 3047, 3048, 3049, 3050, 3051, 3052, 3053, 3054, 3055, 3057, 3061, 3062, 3063, 3067, 3069 (2), 3076, 3077, 3078, 3092, 3094, 3104, 3105, 3106, 3107, 3108, 3111, 3112, 3118, 3119, 3120, 3121, 3122, 3123, 3124, 3143, 3144, 3145, 3146, 3151, 3157, 3162, 3166, 3167, 3168, 3177, 3190, 3193, 3205, 3206, 3217, 3220, 3232, 3234, 3236, 3237, 3243, 3247, 3248, 3254, 3255, 3257 (3), 3258, 3259, 3260, 3261, 3266 (2), 3267, 3268, 3277, 3280, 3301, 3302, 3315, 3316, 3318, 3332, 3333, 3334, 3341, 3342, 3343, 3344, 3345 (2), 3346 (2), 3348 (2), 3349, 3370, 3371, 3383, 3393, 3396, 3398, 3411, 3412, 3413, 3418, 3424, 3426, 3427, 3442, 3443, 3444, 3445, 3448, 3449, 3460 (2), 3461, 3469, 3470, 3471, 3477, 3481, 3483, 3484, 3493, 3494, 3495, 3507, 3520, 3521, 3522, 3530, 3531, 3532, 3549, 3552, 3556, 3557, 3563, 3570, 3571, 3572, 3573, 3579, 3580, 3593, 3594, 3595, 3596, 3597, 3603, 3610, 3615, 3616, 3617, 3619, 3632, 3644, 3645, 3646, 3658, 3684, 3685, 3686, 3692, 3693, 3695, 3696, 3697, 3698, 2724, 2725, 2726, 2727, 2728, 2729, 2730, 2731, 3734, 3735, 3736, 3737, 3743, 3752, 3753, 3775, 3782, 3783, 3784, 3785; 209 different booklet panes; and 33 different sheets in a mint sheet file; a stunning modern collection, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 27 lbs. |  | $2,000 |
| 646 | Lebanon Mint Collection, 1924/1968, French and independent period sets, singles, S/S, etc. on Scott pages with premium galore including 18-21 NH, 45-48, 108-13, 177-80 imperf NH, 177-209, 189-96 imperf pairs NH, 229-33 NH, 238-42 NH, 247-55, 256-74 NH, 275-84, 313-14+C243-44 S/S NH, C35, C49-56 NH, C79-145, 1948 UNESCO imperf singles NH and the S/S on card NH, C149a NH, C148-222 (some NH), 1956 UN Anniversary S/S NH, C427-36 NH, CB1-9, etc., unusually fresh and F-VF throughout. Shipping charges apply - weight 2.2 lbs. |  | $1,500 |
| 647 | Liberia, Mammals complete, 2017 (Scott 3188-3190), ten complete sets of sheets of 50 ($430 per set), o.g., never hinged, Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 0.6 lbs. Scott $215,000. |  | $4,000 |
| 648 | Liberia Collection, 1860/1989, mostly mint in a well-filled Scott album, mixed mint and used (often mint and used example of each) through the 1920s and generally mint (and much of the value) thereafter and including many NH, colorful topicals of the post-1960s including S/S, air mails and "back of the book", even the odd error or variety, largely F-VF, excellent foundation collection Shipping charges apply - weight 8.8 lbs. |  | $1,600 |
| 649 | Liberia, Mammals complete, 2017 (Scott 3188-3190), ten complete sets of sheets of 50 ($430 per set), o.g., never hinged, Very Fine.Scott $215,000. |  | $1,200 |
| 650 | Liberia, Very Well-Filled Mint & Used Collection, 1864-1970s, A hinged collection on Scott pages, well-filled throughout and mostly mint with many complete sets and a good range of back-of-the-back, especially officials. Also includes a secondary collection nicely laid-out in a stockbook, also a mix of mint & used into the 1970s with imperfs and overprint varieties, as well as some of the better souvenir sheets, such as #C56a (perf & imperf), overall Fine to Very Fine, sample video flips accessible online. Shipping charges apply - weight 6 lbs. |  | $800 |
