Harmer-Schau Auctions

Sale 62

June 2004 Worldwide Philatelic Auction


Foreign General Collections
 
 
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Lot 1870
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Extensive Scandinavia in 2 Volumes, 1955 to 1972, hundreds of mint and used sets and singles in Scott specialty albums, features Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, 19th Century mostly used with sound and centered copies, 20th Century including mint complete. sets, solid well filled collection with many high cat. items, generally fine to very fine.
Estimate $2,500-3,000.
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$2,645
Lot 1871
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Extensive Scandinavia Collection, Hundreds on Scott specialty pages, majority used to 1940, Finland largely complete. including some very nice roulette issues, also #C1 mint, Iceland lacking only some early issues, but including #10 mint, 14 used, later mostly complete. including #92-98 used, 108-28 mint or used, 152-66 mint, 232-35 mint, Airs incl. #C4-8, C9- 11 mint, Officials incl. O40-49 mint, Norway largely complete for period incl. some "a" numbers, incl. #1, 2, 6-7 used, 64-66 mint, B1-3 used, Sweden substantially complete incl. #6-12, 14, 17-27 all used, later incl. 213- 26 and 228 used, B11 mint, O5 used, also many varieties not counted, very fresh collection, overall fine to very fine.
Estimate $2,500-2,800.
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$2,300
Lot 1872
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Extensive Benelux Collection, 2100+ diff., majority used in Scott specialty album to 1940, solid Belgium including #1-2 used, 5 used, 127-37 o.g., Semi's including #B9-16 mint, B106 used, B123-24, B144-50, B156-62, B169 all mint, Luxembourg nearly complete. including #4, 8, 46 used, O47 used, O66-74 used, Netherlands almost complete incl. #3, 33, 90-100, 104- 05 all used, 137-39 mint, 226-43 mint, Back of the Book incl. J29-41 mint or used, O1-8 used, many Postage Due varieties and syncopated perfs. noted, condition much better than usually seen, overall fine to very fine.
Estimate $2,500-2,800.
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$2,300
Lot 1873
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Extensive Eastern Europe Collection, Over 5000 used and mint in 2 Scott specialty albums to 1940, Bulgaria substantially complete. including 21 Eastern Rumelia, noted #22 used with APS cert., 237-43 and 244-50 mint, Czechoslovakia lacking only a few regular issues, but quite a few Semi's, including B72, B89 mint, Airs including #C1-6 mint, Hungary including #7 on cover, C26-34 mint, extensive Occupation issues including Szeged complete except #15, Banat Bacska complete, 5NJ1-8 (2 signed), 7N38-40 (39 signed), Poland including #1 used, 57 used, 251 used sheet, 341-43 mint, Semi?s including B15-25 mint, B29 perf. and imperf. mint, B31 mint, Romania including. #166-72 mint, C10-12 mint, Yugoslavia with nice section of Bosnia, few dubious overprints as to be expected, but condition much better than usually seen, overall fine to very fine.
Estimate $1,800-2,200.
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$2,300
Lot 1874
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Liechtenstein and Switzerland Collection to 1940, 900+ diff. mint and used in Scott specialty album, Liechtenstein only lacking a few for complete, plus some uncounted perf. varieties, Switzerland largely complete for Federal issues including #35 used with APS cert., Semi's complete mint or used except #B105, Airs complete, plus nice group of Officials incl. #1O3, 2O1-29, 3O25- 26, O47 and many others, few faults on early Switzerland, but overall fresh and fine to very fine.
Estimate $1,800-2,000.
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$1,610
Lot 1875
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Scandinavia Collection to 1960, Few thousand in Scott specialty album, 19th Century mostly used, later mint and used including 1950's n.h. new issues, D.W.I. used including #2-3, 9, 14, 39, Denmark used including 6, 8, 11-15, mint including 72-78, 79-81, 210-19, Semi's mint, Airs including C1-5 mint, Dues, Newspaper, Finland used including. #2 (faults), 17-24, 45, Semi?s complete mint, Iceland including #3 used (Nielsen cert., thin), mint including 12, 44B, 144-48, 232-35, also 273 n.h., Airs including C9-11 o.g., Norway including 59-61 used, 100-10 mint, Semi?s, Officials, Sweden mostly used including Back of the Book, mixed condition on the 19th Century, 20th generally fine to very fine.
Estimate $1,500-1,800.
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$2,300
Lot 1876
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Central Europe Collection in 2 Volumes, Few thousand mint and used in Scott specialty albums to 1960, Austria with nice classics including #1-2, 7-8 used, 46 mint, better Semi's mint including 1950's apparently n.h., Airs, Dues, Czechoslovakia including overprints, and German W.W.II issues, Hungary with #1 used, much later mint, Semi?s, Airs including #C24-25 used, CB2, CB13-14 n.h., Liechtenstein including 94-107 o.g., 247-54 n.h., 260 n.h., Airs including #C1-6 o.g., Switzerland with nice "sitting" Helveticas to 1fr used and mint, Semi?s mint and used, mixed condition on 19th Century, balance generally fine.
Estimate $1,500-1,800.
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$1,495
Lot 1877
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Eastern and Southern Europe Collection, Few thousand in 2 Scott specialty albums to 1960, strength in mint issues throughout, including Albania, nice mint and used Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria mint, Croatia W.W.II issues, Greece with Hermes heads used, mint Olympic issues, #535-67 apparently n.h., Airs including #C67-80 n.h., Romania 1930?s to 1950?s issues mostly mint, Serbia including W.W.II issues, Trieste (Zone B) 1950?s apparently n.h. including #C21, Turkey with better 1930?s to 1950?s sets, Jugoslavia mint including #C55 n.h., few faults on classics, but mostly value in 20th Century which is fine to very fine overall.
Estimate $1,500-2,000.
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$1,495
Lot 1878
 
Post Independence French Colonies Collection, Hundreds of n.h. sets, singles, souvenir sheets, plus some deluxe sheets, imperforate issues and covers on homemade pages in 4 vols., 1950's to 1970's, Cameroun, Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Upper Volta, Madagascar, Mali, Gabon, Guinea, Senegal and Togo, virtually complete for issues, a very clean collection, seldom offered, fine to very fine. Owners cat. €7000+.
Estimate $1,300-1,500.
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$1,495
Lot 1879
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Scandinavia Mostly Used Collection, In Scott Specialty album, all countries well represented including classics, many complete sets, back of book, classics above average condition, generally fine to very fine. Cat. $8500+.
Estimate $1,000-1,200.
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$1,150
Lot 1880
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Superior Baltic States Collection, Over 1100 diff. in Scott specialty album to 1940, noted Estonia souvenir sheets, #B9-12 mint, Latvia #CB9a-13a, CB18-20, CB18a-20a, CB21-24 all mint, Lithuania #B1-42 complete mint, seldom offered this complete., fresh and overall fine to very fine.
Estimate $1,000-1,200.
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$1,150
Lot 1881
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Better Early European Material, Mint, used in 3 small stockbooks, including France #21 used (small thin, cat. $2750), Austria 10kr Franz Joseph mint, 1933 Ski and Cathedral sets used, plus 1925-30 Airs mint, also noted early Swiss, Hungary 1931 Zeppelins (2-n.h.), Brazil bulls eye, Saar, etc., huge catalog value, inspection a must, mixed condition.
Estimate $800-1,000.
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$834
Lot 1882
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Benelux Colonies in Scott Specialty Album, 3000 diff. majority used to 1960's, including Belgian Congo #29 and B1-10, Netherlands Antilles #1-7 mixed mint and used, 12 used, CB1-8, Netherlands Indies (including Indonesia) with #1 used, GY1-7 mint, J4 mint, Surinam #184-207 mint, C8-14 mint, fresh and overall fine to very fine.
Estimate $800-1,000.
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$1,208
Lot 1883
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1849 to 1992 European Collections, Group of 6 Minkus country albums, features Germany and related, Belgium, France, Austria and Switzerland, fairly well filled with mint and used singles, various complete. sets and souvenir sheets, all in Showguard mounts, strength in 19th and early 20th Century, few faults on classics, balance mostly fine to very fine.
Estimate $750-1,000.
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$633
Lot 1884
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Europe Revenue Stock, Thousands of mint and used on 102 sales cards in 4 black boxes, priced for sale, heavy duplication, but still much variety, faulty to fine.
Estimate $700-800.
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$834
Lot 1885
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Priced Mini Collections, Mostly Europe used country collections on pages, including Austria, Greece, Sweden (Price $500), Belgium (Price $400), fine average, total price $1538.
Estimate $550-650.
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Lot 1886
 
Asia Mint Collections, 10 collections on pages or in albums (Indonesia, Korea), including Laos (3), Cambodia (2), few used, including few French Indochina period, mostly fine to very fine.
Estimate $600-700.
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$776
Lot 1887
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Sweden and Middle Europe Collection to 1977, In Minkus album, Sweden including classics (mixed condition), 20th Century many complete sets (Cat. $4100), Lithuania (Cat. $634), Central Lithuania (Cat. $121), and Estonia (Cat. $246) 1919 to 1930's period mint and used, many complete sets, fine to very fine, total Cat. $5100+.
Estimate $600-700.
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$604
Lot 1888
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Russia and Eastern Europe Collections, 1866 to 1989, mint and used in 7 albums, features Russia in 2 Minkus albums, also Bulgaria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Romania, all in Showguard mounts, condition varies, but many sound, fine copies.
Estimate $300-400.
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$345
Lot 1889
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Mostly 19th Century Europe on Pages, Couple hundred from Belgium, Finland, Hungary, Portugal and Spain, good variety, unchecked for better items, high catalog, mixed condition.
Estimate $300-400.
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$345
Lot 1890
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Asia 19th and 20th Century Accumulation, Large box filled with mostly China, Japan and Thailand, features mint and used in album and on stockpages and in envelopes, with much n.h., including a clean group of modern Thailand booklets and Japanese metal engraving First Day's, possible hidden treasures, generally fine to very fine.
Estimate $250-350.
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$334
Lot 1891
 
1950's Souvenir Sheet Lot, Small box with accumulation as acquired by collector in 1950's new issue service, noted Japan including some sheetlets, Latin America, few booklets, Liechtenstein sheetlets, fresh, very fine, inspect for value.
Estimate $250-300.
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$460
Lot 1892
 
Scandinavia New Issue Lot, N.h., mostly complete. booklets from Norway, Denmark, Faroe Is. and Sweden, duplication, mostly 1970's to 1980's, high catalog, very fine.
Estimate $200-250.
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$288
Lot 1893
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Scandinavia and Baltic Collections, 1872 to 1990, mostly used collections in 3 Minkus albums, strength in 19th Century, also 1 album with some Baltic material, condition varies.
Estimate $200-300.
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$207
Lot 1894
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Asia 1883 to 1992 Albums, 3 Minkus albums including Japan, China and P.R.C., Japan and China features early issues, some with interesting cancels, P.R.C. including mint and used sets and some Provinces, generally fine to very fine.
Estimate $200-300.
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$265
Lot 1895
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Early Europe Accumulation, Several hundred mint and used on black stockpages in binder, features Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, German States, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, several better items scattered throughout, condition mixed, inspect.
Estimate $200-300.
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$115
Lot 1896
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Asia Accumulation, Nice group in a small box containing Hong Kong collection, Thailand stamps and covers, Laos and Cambodia imperf., P.R.C. mint sets in small quantities, Indonesia Vienna printing souvenir sheets, Korea, etc., worth a look, fine.
Estimate $200-300.
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$633
Lot 1897
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Asia Revenue Stock, Hundreds of mint and used on 102 sales cards in black box, priced for sale, heavy duplication, but still much variety, faulty to fine.
Estimate $150-200.
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$403
Lot 1898
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Middle East Revenue Stock, Hundreds of mint and used on 102 sales cards in black box, priced for sale, heavy duplication, but still much variety, faulty to fine.
Estimate $150-200.
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$374
Lot 1899
 
French North Africa Covers, Cards, Selection of 35, early 1900's to early 1950's, few are fronts only but note half dozen early postcards, 1944 double registered 21fr censored to US, 1905 Morocco to Canada, 1922 Morocco 75c domestic airmail, fine group.
Estimate $100-120.
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$92








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