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Foreign Country Collections: Japan through Syria

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2477		/o Japan Mostly 20th Century Collection to 1950's, Intact on homemade pages, few classics mostly used, 20th Century early mint (including #154) and used with later mostly mint including strong National Parks, Airs including #C1-2 (questionable), mostly fine to very fine. Cat. $5700+ (including #C1-2). Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $2,530
Lot 2478		/o Japan and Ryukyus Accumulation, Nice assortment of mint and used on pages, in glassines and small sales cards, plus collections of Japan and Ryukyu including a few better items, worth a look, fine to very fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $403
Lot 2479		Japan 1938 to 1941 Park Souvenir Sheets, N.h., #283a gum bends, 288a tiny oily spot, 293a, paper wrinkle, 306a light gum bend, 311a, small mark on gum, 318a sound, 323a light corner crease, very fine appearance. Cat. $960. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $604
Lot 2480		Japan National Parks Collection, O.g. on homemade pages, appears complete for issues, no souvenir sheets, fine to very fine. Owners cat. $620. Estimate $150-180. View details	Realized $322
Lot 2481		/o Japan Souvenir Sheets, Consists of #283a (2 n.h. with folders), 318a, 323a used, 385a n.h., 545a n.h., 580a, 580b l.h., all with very minor faults, fine to very fine appearance. Cat. $815. Estimate $150-180. View details	Realized $604
Lot 2482		/ Jordan Mint Collection to 1994, Several hundred o.g. to n.h. (few used) in 2 Minkus specialty albums, including early overprints on Palestine and Hejaz, later sets, Airs, Postal Tax and Occupations, overall fine to very fine. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $870
Lot 2483		Laos 1960's Mint Collection on Pages, N.h. sets (all topical) in single and blocks of 4 plus deluxe sheets, also imperf blocks of 4, very fine. Estimate $80-100. View details	Realized $104
Lot 2484		/ Lebanon Extensive Mint Collection, Many hundred o.g. to n.h. (few used) in 2 Minkus specialty albums, early overprints on French issues including #18-21, 45-48, 1925 on virtually compl. including unlisted souvenir sheets, Semi's, Airs including #C35-36, Dues, Postal Tax, a lovely collection of this area, fine to very fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $1,495
Lot 2485		Lebanon 1924 to 1967 Mint Collection, On Scott pages, l.h. to o.g. (few used), scattered sets throughout with Airs (1960's mostly complete), clean. Cat. $940+. Estimate $160-200. View details	Realized $207
Lot 2486		o Liechtenstein Used Stock, Several hundred sorted in stockbook, noted #85 (2), 107, 114 (3), 130 (2), 152, 157-59, 159a, 218 sheet, 264, Semi's, Airs including #C1-6, excellent group for retail, overall fine to very fine. Estimate $700-900. View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 2487		o Luxembourg Used Collection, Many hundreds in Scott specialty album with pages to 1992, nice group of classics including #59, 60-69, 75-93, 125a (2), 217, many modern commemoratives, Semi's including #B1-65 compl., Dues, Occupation, Officials, plus extras in back including #9, 11, 15, few minor faults, overall fresh and fine to very fine, worth inspection. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 2488		/o Luxembourg Classic to 1940, Few hundred in Davo album, strength in classics mostly used, 1914 on mint and used with complete sets, Semis, Officials, Dues, Occupation, etc., mixed condition to very fine. Owners cat. $4900. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $575
Lot 2489		/o Luxembourg 1852 to 1963 Collection, In Scott Specialty album, earlies mostly used but reasonably complete, 1891 on virtually complete (missing few souvenir sheets, better sets) and mostly o.g., Semis complete mint to 1935, Airs, Dues complete, only few early Officials, 1908 on complete, mostly clean and generally fine to very fine. Cat. $3400+ (1991). Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $719
Lot 2490		o Macao 1885 to 1962 Mostly Used Collection, Sparse on Scott pages, few earlies, 1898 set complete, mint and used Carlos values including #99, 101, 187-94, 206-09, 383-90, Airs 1936, 1938 sets complete mint, Dues 1904, 1911 sets complete, Newspapers complete, clean and mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $719
Lot 2491		Macao Modern F.D. Lot, 60 diff., 1960's to 1990's, addressed and unaddressed, some oversized with souvenir sheets, clean. Estimate $100-120. View details	Realized $219
Lot 2492		Mexico French Expeditionary Forces, 4 covers, correspondence to family in Strausbourg, 1863 with imperf. 10c, 20c (2) cancel CEMF, 1865 (3) with perf. 20c, 20c pair and 10c, 20c (2), all canceled with CEMK (scarce), overall fine, scarce group. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $2,300
Lot 2493		/o Mexico Guadalajara Provisionals Collection, Mint, used, marvelous collection presented exhibition style on seven pages, 24 diff., each identified by printing, color and paper, 9 with MEPSI certs., including Scott #4-6 (certs., 6 has thin), 15-16 (certs.), 20-24, 26, 35 pair (cert.), plus 2 pages with 8 additional copies, all ex. Garcia-Larranaga, among these issues relatively few varieties are routinely available, most are seriously undervalued and genuinely rare, adding to this collection will be a rewarding challenge, mostly very fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 2494		/o Mexico Massive Accumulation, Mint and used, from earlies issues to mid 1980's, including a collection and 7 large binders and stockbooks filled with many thousands, appears to be unchecked for varieties, watermarks, cancels, etc., this could be a bonanza for the specialist, worth a close inspection, generally fine. Estimate $700-1,000. View details	Realized $1,265
Lot 2495		/ Monaco Extensive Mint Collection to 1994, O.g. to n.h., many hundreds in 2 Scott specialty albums, virtually complete from 1891 to 1989, including #11-29, 131-44 (n.h.), 159 (n.h.), Semi's including B9-13, B26-35, Airs including C27-29 n.h., Air Officials, Dues including J4, plus sheet folder with sheetlets including Europa issues, overall fine to very fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,840
Lot 2496		o Monaco Used Collections, Several hundred in Scott specialty, classics including #1-9, modern including #110-30, 159, pages to 1993, Semi's including #B14-17, B26-35, Airs, second in Davo album with modern used, plus glassines with unchecked extras, few minor faults, but overall fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 2497		/o Monaco Mint and Used 1885 to 1974 Collection, In Minkus album, early reasonably complete used to 5fr, sparse after 1969, also Andorra, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th mostly fine to very fine. Cat. $1800. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $253
Lot 2498		o Netherlands & Colonies Used Collection, Many hundreds on Scott specialty album, noted #7-12, 17-22, 23-33, 53, 101 (small corner stain), 104-05, 124-34, 137-39, 226-43, etc., Semi's, Airs including C13-14, Dues including J29-41, Officials, Dutch Indies including #157, Dues, Officials, New Guinea, Curacao, Surinam including #62a (2), 67, Semi's, Airs including #C8-14, Dues, envelope with dupl. or items to mount, in glassines, on stockpages or sales cards, noted #33, 54, etc., condition much better than usual, overall fine to very fine. Estimate $1,200-1,500. View details	Realized $3,220
Lot 2499		/o Netherlands & Colonies Mostly Mint Collection to 1950's, On homemade pages, few classics to 1930's used, mint after that with later blocks with n.h. Europa, strong Semis with mint blocks of 4, also few Colonies mostly mint 20th Century, generally fine to very fine. Cat. $5000+. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 2500		/o Netherlands & Colonies Mostly Mint and Used Stock, Few hundred sorted into mostly complete sets, including #1-3 (2 sets), #7-12 (5 used sets), #368-69 (5 o.g. sets), 336-39 (5 o.g. sets), used including #278-81 (72 used sets - total cat. $2456), also Indies, early post war Germany mint sets (few used), etc., 19th Century mixed condition, 20th mostly fine to very fine, very high cat. Estimate $450-600. View details	Realized $3,450
Lot 2501		Netherlands Quality Mint Collection, 1869-1947, Nice selection of mostly fresh complete sets mounted on Scott album pages. Includes Scott #81, 136, 137-39, 142-60, 162, 164-93, B1-3, B25-32, and B144-145a, mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $633
Lot 2502		o Netherlands & Colonies Mostly Used Collection, 1852-1958, Mostly used old type collection in Erka album. Features nice earlies and a selection of mint or used complete sets through 1958 Europa issues, decent Netherlands Indies and mint Indonesia, includes Scott #B144-45a. Owners (2004) cat. $2,500, generally fine to very fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $489
Lot 2503		o Netherlands 1925 to 1933 Syncopated Perfs Collection, Complete used on pages, also few additional on large pieces, fine to very fine. Cat. $911+ Rarely seen complete used. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $604
Lot 2504		o Netherlands Used Collection to 1985, In Minkus album, including classics all used, 20th Century mostly used with later complete sets, also including Indies, mixed condition to fine. Cat. $2100. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $242
Lot 2505		New Caledonia 1881 to 1970 Mint Collection, On Scott pages, sparse with mostly used on few 1st issues, 1905 on reasonably complete with post Independent with some n.h., also Airs, fresh throughout and mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $299
Lot 2506		Oltre Giuba Mint Group, O.g., #1-15, 16-20, J1-10, fresh, fine. Cat. $583. Estimate $180-200. View details	Realized $252
Lot 2507		Philippines War Era Covers, 1942-1946, Approximately a hundred, postal stationery and cards, features F.D.C.'s, Japanese military police censored, event covers and flights etc., worthwhile group with better items throughout., generally very fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $403
Lot 2508		/o Poland W.W.II Era "Camp Post" Lot, Couple hundred adhesives in stockbook and stockcard, plus on piece, from many diff. camps, including large group of Polish Red Cross souvenir sheets of 1945 perforate and imperforate, noted Olympics and Boy Scout issues, plus copy of out of print catalog relating to this area, many expertised, inspection a must, fine to very fine. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 2509		/o Portugal & Colonies Collections in 2 Albums, Many hundreds on stockpages, sales cards, value in used in 2 Scott specialty albums, extensive showing including #17-24, 25-32, 97-109, 132-44, later to 1983, Airs, Back of the Book, Colonies including Azores with #65-77, Macao, Madeira #45-65, etc., condition much better than usually seen, overall fine to very fine. Estimate $700-900. View details	Realized $1,898
Lot 2510		/o Portugal 1940 to 1949 Souvenir Sheet Lot, Mostly used, including #602 (6), 657a, 667a, 682a, minor dupl., 3 mint copies with slightly dist. gum (counted as hinged), others overall fine to very fine. Cat. $1364. Estimate $350-400. View details	Realized $518
Lot 2511		/o Réunion 1885 to 1954 Collection, Mint and used on Scott pages, starting #3 used (Cat. $250), also #5, 7-8 mint, reasonable Peace & Commerce. some later complete sets, Semis complete to 1939 mint, Airs from #C2 to C38 complete, J1-5 complete used, etc., overall clean and fine to very fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $374
Lot 2512		o Romania Mostly Used Collection to 1970's, Many hundreds in Scott Specialty album, including Semis, Airs, Dues, souvenir sheets, much topical related, mostly fine to very fine. Cat. $1200. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $184
Lot 2513		Russia Early Sheet Group, Around 100 sheets including Scot #J6-9, B21, 73, 79, 81, 129, 137b, also dupl. sheets of Michel listed Postal Savings, 1922 issues including #216, 219, 220-22 (minor dupl.), part sheets including #133, 111, 231 full sheet, 1917 Arms #131 double sheet, 1915-19 Arms in full sheets (dupl.), etc., very clean and rarely seen in this quantity. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 2514		/ Russia 1963 to 1984 Mint Topical Stock, Identified in glassines, almost all complete sets with corresponding souvenir sheets, few early sets hinged, large majority n.h., very fine. Cat. (2003) $825. Estimate $180-200. View details	Realized $253
Lot 2515		/ Saudi Arabia Mint Collection, Few hundred in Minkus specialty album to 1989 (pages to 1992), noted a few Nejdi issues, value in 1960's onwards, "Dam" and "Gas" issues, better modern sets and souvenir sheets, clean, fine to very fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 2516		Spain Two Mint Collections, In 2 albums, 1st few earlies used, mostly mint 1926 on to 1975, also mostly mint Colonies including Cuba, Spanish Guinea; 2nd. mostly mint 1920's to 1983 with 1965 on n.h. in mounts and mostly complete, overall fine to very fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $1,260
Lot 2517		/o Spain & Colonies Mint and Used Collection, Many hundreds in old Scott specialty album, some classics, noted interesting section of Spanish Civil War with many non Scott listed items, few better Colonies scattered throughout, dupl. on stockpages with many better sets and singles, mixed condition on classics, balance generally fine to very fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $870
Lot 2518		Spain 1963 to 1984 Mint Topical Stock, Identified in glassines, almost all complete sets with corresponding souvenir sheets, few early sets hinged, large majority n.h., very fine. Cat. (2003) $340+. Estimate $100-120. View details	Realized $132
Lot 2519		Sweden 1934 Cairo UPU Souvenir Book, In blue and containing the adhesives for the 1934 Congress meeting including 1924 UPU sets (lower values in pairs), 1903 5kr, etc., adhering to the album as it was done, book with ribbon and the stamps in fresh immaculate condition, rarely seen. Stamps alone cat. $2480. Estimate $600-700. View details	Realized $575
Lot 2520		Switzerland 600 Army Labels, Virtually all diff. on stockpages, including 3 min. sheets, clean and excellent for breakdown for retail, rarely seen in this quantity. Estimate $900-1,000. View details	Realized $920
Lot 2521		o Switzerland 2 Volume Used Collection, In Biella albums, including Cantons (high values questionable), some Strubels, 1882 on complete to 1988 except few values, including 1945 Pax set, Airs virtually complete (#C1-2 not expertised), Semis from 1913 on mostly complete with few souvenir sheets, no Officials, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $700-800. View details	Realized $1,208
Lot 2522		/o Switzerland Used and Mint Accumulation, Few hundred used in Minkus album with strength in Semi-postal sets and souvenir sheets, plus envelope with dupl. in Offices, few thousand modern used on manilla pages including blocks, modern mint in full sheets, manilla envelopes full of modern, few minor faults, overall fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $1,955
Lot 2523		Switzerland Cover Hoard, 1894-1980, Many hundreds in a banker box, mainly 20th century including F.D.C.'s and event, also many rare items including special usages, souvenir sheets on cover, interesting cancellations and destinations, censored, postcards and more, viewing will prove rewarding. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $660
Lot 2524		/ Switzerland Mint Collection in Scott Album, Hundreds of o.g. to n.h. singles and sets, 1862 to 1989, Semi's, Airs, Dues, Officials, condition much better than usual on classics, overall fine to very fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $720
Lot 2525		/o Switzerland Various Collections and Stocks, In 3 binders and on pages, strength in Semis mint and used collection and stock, also Regular issue stock with "Sitting Helveticas" and later mostly used, some mint #300 on, attractive mostly used collection of Officials on pages, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 2526		/ Syria Collection in Minkus Album, Many hundreds of o.g. to n.h. (few early used) sets and singles to early 1990's, noted Turkish issues, overprints on France, souvenir sheets, Airs, Dues, Postal Tax, plus overprints for Alexandretta including #13-16 n.h., Hatay missing only one for completion, etc., great collection to build on, fine to very fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $1,080

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