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Columbia to F.S.A.T.

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1778		Colombia, Scadta Collection, 174 SCADTA Airmail issues o.g. to n.h. largely complete selection of 128 different from 1923 to 1927 Berlin overprint issues incl. Registration overprints and 1929 General issue set less 3 peso, the lower values in blocks of 4, some have slight gum disturbance, numerous with expertising marks. SG £5,158 (Owner's). Estimate $700-1,000. View details and photo	Realized $1,380
Lot 1779		Czechoslovakia, Cover Collection, interwar and WWII Occupation period covers and stamps on pieces, interesting material, worth a look. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $230
Lot 1780		/o Denmark, Dealer Stock, 3 sales binders filled with hundreds of better mint and used running from #1 to 1166, few classics mostly used the vast majority of the rest is o.g. to n.h. most being better $50 and up items incl. blocks of 4, tete-beche pairs, gutter pairs and varieties, incl. BOB, most also have Facit numbers, marked retails $96,072, tapes enclosed, Fine to Very Fine. Ex Ice Bear Stock. Estimate $9,000-11,000. View details and photo	Realized $6,900
Lot 1781		Denmark, Dealer's Red Box Stock, 6 red boxes of mint (mostly n.h.) and used, incl. booklets, pl. blocks and singles to about 2014 all identified and ready for sale, incl. DWI, marked retail $33, 255, tapes enclosed, Fine to Very Fine. Ex Ice Bear Stock. Estimate $3,000-4,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 1782		/o Denmark, Intact Collection to 2012, in 2 Lighthouse albums in mounts, scattered 19th Century mostly used but incl. #6 mint, 138-144, also #1 used (4 nice margins), 10, few shades, 20th Century mint and used from 1938 on, 1941 on virtually compl. mostly mint, incl. sheetlets, later booklets, Semis compl., Airs mint, etc., 19th Century better than normal condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details and photo	Realized $1,553
Lot 1783		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 1784		/o Denmark, Advertising Pairs Stock, 58 total items with retails of $3390 mixed mint and used, all are identified and priced on retail cards, great lot for the specialist, worth a look. Ex Ice Bear Stock. Estimate $500-600. View details and photo	Realized $719
Lot 1785		/ Denmark, Christmas Seals Exhibit, 48 page exhibit starting with 1904 issue and incl. covers showing seals tied, few blocks, few later progressive proofs, to 1993, virtually all value in early period. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $288
Lot 1786		/o Egypt, Collection 1867-1966, mint and used collection in a well-filled Minkus album, mint mostly in mounts, U.A.R. period fairly complete incl. Palestine issues for Gaza, some souvenir sheets, Airmails, Postage Dues, Officials etc., good basic collection to build on, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $334
Lot 1787		Egypt - United Arab Republic, Part Sheet and Sheet Accumulation, in mint sheet album, few better singles and S.S. in quantity from 60s and 70s with a cat. value of $2375, tape enclosed, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $230
Lot 1788		Faroe Islands, Complete to 2014, n.h., except #1 o.g., 2-5 used, also Facit #1 used on piece with bisect, incl. all booklets (we think), sheetlets, etc., Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-750. View details and photo	Realized $633
Lot 1789		Faroe Islands, Dealers Red Box Stock, hundreds of #102 cards of mint (mostly n.h.) and used to about 2014 all identified and ready for sale, marked retail $4,441, tapes enclosed, Fine to Very Fine. Ex Ice Bear Stock. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $334
Lot 1790		/o Finland, Dealers Stock, 2 sales binders and sales cards filled with hundreds of better mint and used running from #1 to 1362, most being better $50 and up items incl. blocks of 4 and varieties lots of n.h., incl. BOB, most also have Facit numbers, marked retails $38,661, tapes enclosed, generally Fine to Very Fine. Ex Ice Bear Stock. Estimate $3,500-4,500. View details and photo	Realized $2,875
Lot 1791		Finland, and Aland Dealers Red Box Stock, 3 red boxes of mint (mostly n.h.) and used, incl. booklets, pl. blocks and singles to about 2014 all identified and ready for sale, marked retail $23,394, tapes enclosed, Fine to Very Fine. Ex Ice Bear Stock. Estimate $2,000-3,000. View details	Realized $1,955
Lot 1792		/o Finland, Intact Collection to 2012, in 3 Lighthouse albums in mounts, scattered 19th Century mostly used, 20th Century mint and used to 1936, after that virtually compl. with modern mint, incl. all apparent sheetlets, later booklets, also Military, Karelia and East Karelia, Aland compl. incl. booklets, etc. to 2013, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $1,000-1,400. View details and photo	Realized $1,150
Lot 1793		Finland, Group of Reprints, 45 mostly diff. incl. imperf pairs of the roulettes, also "Coat of Arms", etc., clean and unusual group. Estimate $650-800. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1794		Finland, Field Post 2 Frame Cover Exhibit, 1937 to 1945 group of 29, all identified incl. slogans, few postcard usages, Air Force, Swedish Volunteer Corps, Fine overall. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $230
Lot 1795		Fiume, Select Group of 16 Items, all expertized or certified by Raybaudi, all listed by Sassone and incl. vars., blocks, etc., all estimated at around €40 to €500 as individual lots. All Ex individual lots from European auction. Estimate $700-900. View details and photo	Realized $719
Lot 1796		/o France, Classic Selection of 120, Excellent handpicked group mint or used with good group of Ceres, also Napoleon, Peace & Commerce, and Dues, all identified per Ceres #, incl. occasional signed, few multiples, Ceres #33 excellent condition, imperfs with excellent margins all round, clear cancels, also #78, mint 66, 66a, excellent lot to break down for retail, inspect carefully. Estimate $5,000-6,000. View details and photo	Realized $5,463
Lot 1797		/o France, Colonies Mint and Used Intact Collection, in 11 Minkus albums to 1970s, all areas covered mint or used with complete sets, Semis, Airs, etc., nothing expensive and faulty or obvious fakes not counted, value in earlier period, strong Offices (cat. $9200+), "French Colonies", Polynesia, Madagascar, also incl. small selection of Saar and Memel, inventory incl., 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine, popular area. Scott $65,000+. Estimate $7,000-9,000. View details	Realized $8,050
Lot 1798		/o/ France, 1900-1929 Specialized Type Blanc Collection, incl. both the metropole issues and those distributed to the Colonies incl. in 5 binders, each value is represented by color and paper varieties, millésimes, coins datés, pre-cancellations, imperforate blocks and/or singles with sheet margins, and covers showing usage (singles, multiples, and supplemental values), one binder incl. Cours d'Instruction (Annule, Spécimen) stamps and Stationery, specialized on cover cancellations, and Postal Stationery, another binder contains the issues distributed to the Colonies, incl. major printing errors and a few covers. An accumulation of approximately 1700 used examples housed on stockpages in another binder, the Blanc collection is 99% mint or unused. Maury €40,000 (2004-09) French catalogs. Estimate $4,500-5,500. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1799		/o France, Classics Collection, On stockcards in album, early period mostly used with slight dupl., with excellent shades, better cancels, few strips, 3 covers, Yvert #34a with cert., few others signed, Sage issues mint and used with light dupl. and shades, few on small pieces, also mostly used Dues, many imperfs with 4 margins, slight issues as to be expected but better than normally seen for the period, very high cat., inspect. Estimate $3,000-4,000. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1800		France, Classic Cover Group, About 50 plus few adhesives on written-up pages, incl. overseas usage with Peru, Constantinople, Vera Cruz, one used from G.B., mixed condition but better usages throughout. Estimate $1,800-2,000. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1801		France, Modern Stock 1971-1999, n.h., sheets and part sheets along with booklets all cataloged with tapes enclosed, total cat. $20,028, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,800-2,100. View details	Realized $1,610
Lot 1802		o France, Classic Used Group, Nice group used with good group of Ceres, Napoleon, and Dues, few multiples, imperfs many with good margins all round, clear cancels, occasional fault but above average appearance, excellent lot to break down for retail, inspect carefully. Maury €13,000+. Estimate $1,200-1,500. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1803		/o France, 19th & 20th Century Colonies Collection/Accumulation, mostly mint with some used arranged in a well-filled European stockbook, about ¼ of value in Reunion incl. #3 o.g. (signed), then a solid group of mint sets incl. C32-45 (C45 n.h.) etc., nice selection of mint material in other Colonies incl. French Guiana with #4 (signed), French Oceania/Polynesia 1-20, Guadeloupe J4-12, St. Pierre & Miquelon 10 (signed) also some French Sudan, Memel and Ubangi-Chari, plus Offices in Port Said, Zanzibar and others, minor dupl., very clean group, worth inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Yvert €23,000. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $1,955
Lot 1804		France, Early Commercial Cover Group, Few hundred circa 1900 to 1950's commercial incl. WWI related, Military, Maritime, POW, incl. postcards and postal card usages, few French overseas usages with Foreign adhesives, also some adhesives with auxiliary markings like Packet boats, French Occupation, needs careful inspection. Estimate $1,000-1,400. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1805		France, Mostly Complete Collection, Intact in 2 Scott albums to 1975 in mounts, scattered classics used, Peace & Commerce mint or used to 1923, after that mostly compl. and 1959 on all mint with later n.h. Semis mostly mint and missing only a few with B21 on virtually compl. with booklets, Airs with C1-2 mint, etc., 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $1,300-1,600. View details	Realized $1,208
Lot 1806		France, Postal History, 270 with marked retail $8775, very nice group with most pre-1950, many attractive and desirable items, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,100-1,300. View details	Realized $920
Lot 1807		France, Colonies Mint Collection, mounted in 2 Scott albums to 1940, incl. Colonies General issue, many complete sets throughout post 1900, also Airs, Semis, virtually no questionable overprints, all countries well represented. Yvert €12,700+. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $1,438
Lot 1808		France, Colonies Mint Collection, 20th Century mint collection in mounts on quad pages in two albums, attractive assortment of all mint sets from 35 different Colonies, better countries incl. French India, Gabon, Somali Coast and Syria (#232-50 n.h.), clean and well worth inspection, overall Very Fine. Estimate $800-1,200. View details and photo	Realized $1,380
Lot 1809		/o France, Collections in Box, banker box with 4 different mint and used collections running from classics to 1980s, best being mostly mint book with Semi-postals incl. red Cross Booklets, well worth a look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $661
Lot 1810		/o France, Collection in European Album, Few thousand from 1849 to 1984, early issues used with few o.g. mostly o.g. from 1938 (majority complete), better items incl. used #37 (faulty), C17, Mint B9 and lots of Semi-postal sets plus some BOB issues, some faults in early issues balance mostly F-VF. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $776
Lot 1811		/o France, Collection in Hingeless Album, Thousands in four well filled Lighthouse albums to 2002, mixed mint and used to about 1940s then mostly mint and fairly complete to 2002 n.h. with a few scattered used, huge face value and great collection for expansion, worth a look, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $575
Lot 1812		France, Philatelic Library, books, pamphlets, tear sheets, monographs and specialized studies in English and French; soft bound and hard bound, emphasis on pre-stamp postal history, department monographs, classic issues, extensive works on the Sage issues, as well as modern references, many scarce and difficult to find books. Part of consignor's 1900-1929 Specialized Type Blanc Collection collection used for pricing, reference, etc. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $288
Lot 1813		France, Colonies 1937 Colonial Arts Sets, Blocks of 4, n.h., compl. in control # blocks of 4 (hinged selvage only), a Very Fine set. Maury €2,180 + (singles). Scott $1,110. Rarely seen . Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $460
Lot 1814		/o France, Collection in Scott Albums, hundreds of mint and used incl. BOB running from 1853 to 1987 in two well filled Scott albums, classics generally used turns mostly mint around 1960 to 1987, good amount of mint Semi-postals, great collection for expansion, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $322
Lot 1815		o France, Ceres and Napolean Used Selection, 57 items incl. 2 pairs, incl. better cancels incl. "star", many imperfs with 4 margins, above average condition. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $242
Lot 1816		France, Colonies 1969 Concord Issue, n.h., complete perf with France, imperf without France, and Die Proofs without France, clean, Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $276
Lot 1817		/o France, Collection in Albums, thousands of mint and used in 2 albums and stockbook 1880 to 1980, many classics, worth a close look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $276
Lot 1818		France, Small Collection of Deluxe Proofs, #693, 700-705, 711-715, B282-B284, and C29-C32, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $230
Lot 1819		France, Colonies 1969 Concord Set, Blocks of 4, n.h., Series set of 7 in control #, plus France, Very Fine. Maury €1,240 + (singles). Scott $970 + (singles). Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $207
Lot 1820		o France, Used Collection in Lighthouse Albums, hundreds in two albums running from 1950 to 1993, Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $115
Lot 1821		French Southern & Antarctic Territories, N.H. Collection, running from C1 to C28 only missing a couple does incl. C6, C8 and C14, very clean, Very Fine. Scott $1,205 (Owner's). Estimate $250-350. View details and photo	Realized $230

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