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Foreign Collections: Norway through Yugoslavia

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2332		//o Norway Extensive 1855 to 2002 Collection, In Scott specialty album, complete by Scott numbers except #68, 233, with early issues to 1907 mostly used, 1911 on mint, with some 1920's to 1930's values n.h., mostly n.h. 1950's on, Officials complete, classics above average condition, balance very clean and fine to very fine. Cat. approximately $7000. Estimate $1,500-1,800. View details	Realized $1,500
Lot 2333		/ Norway 1872 to 1994 Mint Collection, In Stender album, starts with Facit variety #16, 16v1, also 35-36, sparse to 1922, onwards mostly complete n.h. to o.g. with later n.h., including Facit listed shades, 1942 on complete including Back of the Book with later Officials, Parcel Post, very clean and fine to very fine collection. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $920
Lot 2334		o Norway Extensive Used Collection to 1994, In Stender album, early period reasonably complete per Facit with #1 (10 bar grid cancel), extra earlies with better cancels, #7a, b, few covers, 16v1, 1886-93 with various plates and varieties, 1893 on virtually complete, also Officials, etc., very clean, overall fine to very fine, excellent lot to expand for the specialist. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $1,208
Lot 2335		//o Norway Collection in Scott Album, Several hundred mint and used to 1977, noted used #1-58 complete, with some duplication for different dies, 58-61, 64-66, 1937 on mostly mint, with n.h. 1960's and 1970's, Semi-postals complete to 1965, o.g., Dues complete used, Officials complete mint or used to 1961, condition on classics much better than usual, overall fine to very fine. Estimate $600-700. View details	Realized $834
Lot 2336		/o Norway 2 Collections on Scott Pages, Several hundred on duplicated pages to 1970's, classics used with some modern mint, occasional better mint or used set, mixed condition on 19th Century, later generally fine to very fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $98
Lot 2337		P Panama Liquor Tax Die Proofs, 25 different mounted on card board in different colors, denominations and dates, fresh, very fine, unusual lot. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $184
Lot 2338		/o Peru Oldtime Classic Group, Couple hundred mint and used in small stockbook, including 1857 (9 reprints in various colors), #8-15 group with various cancels including towns, also paste-ups, partial print, thick paper, inspect, fair to fine. Estimate $300-350. View details and photo	Realized $431
Lot 2339		Philippines 1946 to 1976 Never Hinged Collection, Several hundred in 2 Afran albums, including many issues imperforate, plus mint aerogrammes, souvenir sheets and some Japanese occupations, fine to very fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $322
Lot 2340		/o Poland 1918 to 1960 Mostly Mint Collection, Hundreds in 4 albums on homemade pages, including 1st few issues complete mint or used, noted #30-45, few CracowOs, many complete sets, with some early shades, #251 sheet, 346a (crease), 349a, 1945 Liberation imperforate and proofs, 412a, 1947 to 1971 only missing a few items, Semi-postals complete to B25, also B31, B29 used perforate and imperforate, B59-62 complete series of 40 values, Airs with early complete sets including C26Cd, Dues, Officials, Port Gdansk, etc., interesting collection, mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $661
Lot 2341		Poland Cover Group, 1920 to W.W.II, group of 27 covers (2 cards), nice group of General Government issues, Polish occupation of Eastern Silesia (several 1920's era, most signed), unusual group, fine to very fine. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $230
Lot 2342		/o Portugal & Colonies Mint and Used Collection, In 2 Scott specialty albums, early Portugal used including #2, 1856 to 1867 complete, mostly used to 1893, mint and used after that, 1926 on mostly complete, 1957 on mostly mint, also Back of the Book, Angola mostly complete mint or used, also Angra, Azores with 1906 to 1911 complete, Cape Verde mostly complete, all other countries well represented including Mozambique Company quite complete, India with 4 certs., etc., 19th Century mixed condition, 20th mostly fine to very fine. Owners (2004) cat. $22,300. Estimate $3,000-3,500. View details	Realized $3,910
Lot 2343		//o Portugal 1853 to 1997 Extensive Mint Collection, In 8 Lindner albums, including #1 (huge margins around), 9, 13, 19-20, 28-32, 1870-84 to 300r, mostly used and sparse after that to 1911, 1912 Ceres sparse mint, 1923 flight on mostly n.h. to o.g., with 1927, 1928 sets complete, 1940 Hill and 1940 Lisbon sets and souvenir sheets n.h., 1945 on reasonably complete mostly n.h. including souvenir sheets (no Europa), few modern perforation varieties, pages to 1998, classics above average condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Realized $2,128
Lot 2344		o Portugal 1853 to 1995 Mostly Used Collection, In a Scott album, starts with #2 and including 1866-67 set complete (all with 4 margins), 1867-70 set on complete to 1994 (not checked for better perforations), some modern souvenir sheets n.h. (missing Europa), Airs, Dues (except J80 on), Officials, Parcel Post, Postal Tax, Franchise (except #3) complete, missing souvenir sheets #586a to 701a (separate mint lot), excellent collection with overall condition much above average, rarely seen this complete. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $2,013
Lot 2345		/o Portuguese Colonies 1892 to 1930's Collection, Several hundred mint and used, strength in Carlos and Ceres issues in complete sets, also Vasco da Gama issues, Cape Verde mostly complete to 1939, Kionga complete mint, Lourenco Marques complete mint or used, Mozambique Company virtually complete, Ponta Delgado complete, Congo complete except 2 singles, Zambezia complete except 2 items, very thorough collection of mostly fine to very fine copies. Estimate $1,000-1,400. View details	Realized $1,438
Lot 2346		/o Portugal & Colonies Mint and Used Collection, Many hundreds in Scott album, 1853 to 1950, most countries and sets represented, including Mozambique Company 1911 and 1916 sets complete used, generally fine to very fine. Estimate $600-700. View details	Unsold
Lot 2347		Portugal Mint Souvenir Sheet Collection, N.h., 1939 to 1989 complete on pages, starting with #586a (minor tone spots on reverse), with 594a, 602a, 614a, few wrinkles and occasional tone spots, but overall fine to very fine. Cat. $3264. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $719
Lot 2348		Portuguese Colonies Mostly Mint Collection, On Gibbons pages, few hundred to 1940's, including Azores 1920's mint complete sets, Cape Verde, also Dues, etc., fine average. Estimate $450-500. View details	Realized $518
Lot 2349		o Portugal Mostly Used 1855 to 1949, On pages, reasonably full from 1866 on (few not counted), occasional mint (mostly later), 1923 on mostly complete, also Airs, Dues, Parcel Post, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century generally fine to very fine. Cat. $1800+. Estimate $400-500. View details	Unsold
Lot 2350		/o Portugal 1894 to 1931 Mint and Used Collection, In a Briefmarken album, starting with Carlos issues duplicate mint and used, including Vasco da Gama set mint and used, 1910 Manuel II set mint, 1904 Due set mint, 1910 Republica set mint, 1911 Republica and da Gama sets mint, plus shades, 1912-21 Ceres mint and used with varieties, 1924 and 1925 sets mint (#376 used), 1928-29 surcharge set mostly complete mint, etc., also few later mostly used, also Postal Tax, etc., overall fresh and mostly fine to very fine, interesting European based collection. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $390
Lot 2351		Portugal 1958 to 1980 First Day's, 2 vol. collection, all cacheted and unaddressed with a nice run for the period, very fine. Michel cat. approx. €750. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $161
Lot 2352		Rio de Oro 1905 to 1922 Collection, Mostly mint on stockpages, several better sets and singles, nearly complete, overall fine. Owners cat. $1670. Estimate $600-700. View details	Realized $719
Lot 2353		//o Russia Extensive Mint and Used Collection to 2002, In 4 Scott albums and one 3 ring binder, early period mint and used, country complete except #3-4, 224, 287, 466, 616A, 4286, 4259, 4872, including #1 (4 copies, 2 with unused appearance), 11 mint and used, signed 39-40 used, few early 20th Century perforation and paper varieties, 641 imperforate used, also souvenir sheets, Michel #2336F (cat. €120), 1960 on virtually all n.h., no Semi-postals, Airs or Back of the Book, 19th Century mixed condition, balance mostly fine to very fine, very high catalog. Estimate $2,400-2,600. View details	Realized $3,565
Lot 2354		Russia Soviet Illustrated Propaganda Stationery, 239 different mint and used organized and annotated in 3 binders, late 1920's to mid 1930's, 5 duplicates for mint and used, noted cards with Zeppelins, aircraft, food, animals, "lynching", excellent showing of this popular thematic area, seldom offered this complete, fine to very fine. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details	Realized $3,910
Lot 2355		Russia Antarctic Exploration Cover Exhibit and Accumulation, Important holding of many hundreds including ships and expeditions, partly organized by various stations' mail (including a mounted exhibit collection from 1956 on), noted "Oasis" station, fine to very fine, please examine. Estimate $2,500-3,000 Could form the basis of an expanded specialized collection with plenty of duplicates to sell or trade. As far as we can tell, this is the largest intact holding outside Russia. View details	Realized $2,300
Lot 2356		Russia Arctic Cover Accumulation, 500 to 600 items, with drift stations, events, commemorations, and much more, encompassing several decades of Soviet activity, well worth considering as a collection, plus a stock that could be extracted, fine to very fine. Estimate $700-800. View details	Realized $805
Lot 2357		/o Russia Soviet Collection in Scott Albums, Many hundreds in 2 volumes, some early mint sets including #353-58, 519-23, 551-54, 1284-88, some imperforate sets, late 1950's to 1974 virtually complete mostly ctoOd., scattered to 1981, some Airs, generally fine to very fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $489
Lot 2358		Russia Soviet Mint and Used Stationery, 150+ postal cards and various receipts organized and annotated in 3 binders, 1923 to early 1950's, noted usages to U.S., Shanghai, some illustrated, many printed in different languages, noted 1929 color series of 20 cards, fresh, overall fine to very fine. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $518
Lot 2359		Russia Used and Mint Postal Stationery Group, To 1950's, value in Imperial period, noted postal cards with St. Petersburg numeral cancels (1 to 5), wrapper, railway cancels, Offices in Turkey and China mint, inspect for value, fine to very fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $242
Lot 2360		Russia Group of 12 19th Century to 1929 Covers, including printed matter 1881 to France (Scott #26), 1872 to Kiel (Scott $23a), 1903 registered to Paris, 1929 registered and insured, 1906 Harkow to France, 1885 registered (Scott #36), 1911 parcel cards Kazan to Warsaw, 1905 with Scott #B1, etc., all signed, clean, fine to very fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $219
Lot 2361		o Saar Better Used Collection, 1920 to 1959, organized on black stock pages by Scott numbers, excellent showing of issues including #1-17, 68-83, 139-54, Semi-postals including B1-4, B5-8, B9-14 (cat. $467), B47-53, B61-64, B76, B77-81, Airs including C12 (APS cert.), CB1, Officials including O27-38, overall fine to very fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $805
Lot 2362		/ Saar Mint Collection, o.g. to n.h., 1920 to 1959, organized on black stock pages by Scott numbers, good showing of issues including #68-83, 99-116, 139-53 n.h., 226 n.h., Semi-postals including B1-8, B23-29, B44-46, B47-53, B64a all o.g., Airs including C12, CB1a o.g., Officials, fresh, fine to very fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $633
Lot 2363		/o Saar 1920 to 1949 Collection, Mint and used on album pages (2 sets for early issues), lots of complete sets, noted Industry issues and 1930's Semi-postals, generally fine. Owners cat. €1500. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $196
Lot 2364		/ St. Pierre & Miquelon Mint Collection, O.g. (few n.h.), couple hundred on Scott pages, sparse classics, but noted #1, 3, 45, later sets including 79-109 (missing 101), 121-31, 136-59, 1942 France Libre overprints n.h. (most single lots in sale came from here), including #210, 225 (unused, signed Calves), 228, Semi-postals, Airs o.g. including C21-22, Dues, fresh, fine to very fine. Cat. $2800 (underpriced in Scotts). Estimate $800-900. View details	Realized $805
Lot 2365		//o St. Pierre & Miquelon Mostly Mint Collection, Several hundred in mounts in Scott specialty album, some classics mint or used (few duplicated), strength in 20th Century with later mint sets including n.h., well filled to 1997 (few later), also Airs, Dues and Parcel Post, a clean and overall fine to very fine collection. Owners (2004) cat. $3158. Estimate $700-800. View details	Realized $719
Lot 2366		/ San Marino Extensive Mostly Mint Collection, 1877 to 2000 in 2 Scott albums, missing only #21, 72, 75, 137-38, 148, 150, few used including #490, all souvenir sheets except #190 and rare imperforates, Semi-postals, Airs complete except #C77, but including C62A-B, Special Delivery missing only E23, most Dues, Parcel Post, few values in 1st issue regummed, otherwise mostly o.g. with later n.h., very complete collection and fresh throughout. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details	Realized $3,105
Lot 2367		/ San Marino Lovely Mint Collection, Hundreds of mostly n.h. on Marini hingeless pages, containing a few classics o.g., nearly complete 1918 to 1995, including many good sets and singles, plus better miniature sheets, including a few certs., fine to very fine. Cat. €15,000. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $3,565
Lot 2368		/ San Marino 1877 to 1956 Mint Collection, More or less complete in Lighthouse hingeless album, starting with all the early issues including 2 shades of #2-5 and others, except for the first few issues, large part is n.h., the collection contains all the good sets and souvenir sheets, some are signed or with certs., generally fine to very fine, please inspect. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $2,415
Lot 2369		o Saudi Arabia 1916 to 1983 Collection, Mostly used on well filled Schaubek pages, several better sets and singles, inspect, overall fine. Owners cat. $914. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $219
Lot 2370		Serbia Stampless to W.W.II Cover Lot, Group of 70+ covers and cards, including 11 1840's to 1860's stampless, 1880's usages, W.W.I censored, W.W.II era, etc., generally fine to very fine, inspect for value. Estimate $600-800. View details	Unsold
Lot 2371		Serbia Stampless Cover Collection, 32 folded letters, internal usages, up to 1850's, 19 are basic office, few with extra "naplaceno" markings, noted Brusnica, Brzan (no date), Cacak, Cuprija, Negotin, Loznica, Sabac, etc., condition much better than usual, fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Unsold
Lot 2372		Serbia - German Occupation 1941 to 1943 Collection, Mint on album pages, virtually complete n.h., plus 4 souvenir sheets, overall fine to very fine. Owners cat. $900. Estimate $300-350. View details	Realized $403
Lot 2373		Serbia - German Occupation W.W.II Era Lot, Very unusual group, including documents, telegrams, POW postal cards, few stamps including 2N31-41 unused, 2NB19-22 n.h., currency, Revenues, stock certificates, etc., fine to very fine, inspection recommended. Estimate $100-200. View details	Realized $84
Lot 2374		/o Somalia 1903 to 1960 Collection, Mostly mint on Scott pages, several better sets and singles, overall fine. Owners cat. $487. Estimate $120-150. View details	Realized $161
Lot 2375		//o Spain Extensive Four Volume Collection, Mint and used in Scott specialty albums to 2000, starts with used 1850 issue with #1 various types, to 5r, 9-11, 13, 24-30, 1860-61 to 1867 completed except #80 (few mint), 1870 issue on virtually complete with 1929 on mostly mint including better souvenir sheets, noted Edifil #764n (no control mark, Comex cert.), Spanish Civil War Galvez OCorreo SubmarineO 5p on 45c (700 printed), Submarine set, souvenir sheet and trial colors, 1950's on mostly n.h., Semi-postals complete mint, including most souvenir sheets and a few imperforates, Airs complete (few used) including 1930 imperforate sets, mid 1950's, Airpost Semi-postals, Edifil #679s pair (double impression), Back of the Book mostly complete, Carlist, mint Revolutionary with Burgos issues (some signed), Canary Islands mostly complete, Cadiz, Malaga complete in strips of 3, Orense, Seville, Barcelona mint or used, also Charity labels, local Patriotics, etc., 19th Century usual mixed condition, 20th (where most of the value is) is mostly fresh and fine to very fine, very attractive and extensive collection. Estimate $10,000-12,000. View details	Realized $10,925
Lot 2376		//o Spain Extensive Collection to mid 20th Century, On homemade pages in 14 binders, including extensive duplication on early issues mostly used, including 1850 #1 (47 singles, one pair), 6 (20), 7, 12 (15), 13, 19 (18), 22, 33 (bar cancel), 1864 to 1r mint, 77 used, 101, many classics showing paper and color varieties, also cancels, one album of forgeries and reprints, few classic covers including stampless, also printer's waste, 1938 Barcelona sheet signed by artist, later period n.h. or used, also later duplication, few Colonies including Cuba, earlies including color varieties, mixed condition and usual bar and punch cancels intermixed, but very interesting collection and study, excellent lot for expansion. Approximate cat. $65,000. Estimate $7,000-8,000. View details	Realized $7,475
Lot 2377		//o Spain & Colonies Mostly Mint Collection, To 1998 in 2 Scott albums, some classics mostly used, value in 20th Century mint, Semi-postals mint including #B109-22, Airs complete mint to 1930 except C27, C29-30, few Back of the Book, Colonies mostly 20th Century mint, 19th Century mixed condition, later mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $700-800. View details	Realized $1,080
Lot 2378		o Spain 1850 to 1930 Mostly Used Collection, On well filled Schaubek pages, strong 19th Century, several better sets and singles, mixed condition, inspect for value. Owners cat. $6000+. Estimate $750-850. View details	Unsold
Lot 2379		/o Spain Mint and Used Collection, Many hundreds in Minkus album to 1970's, classics mostly used, value in 1920's to 1930's issues including Semi-postals, noted #B40, B55-63, B64-73 o.g., better souvenir sheets (mostly soiled), better Airs, modern n.h. sets, some Back of the Book, faulty to very fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $604
Lot 2380		Spain 1963 to 1989 Never Hinged Collection, In Lighthouse hingeless album, virtually complete including souvenir sheets and booklet panes, very fine. Cat. (1999) $675. Estimate $180-200. View details	Realized $265
Lot 2381		/ Sweden 1924 to 1992 Mint Collection, In 4 Lighthouse hingeless albums, plus blank se-tenant album, including a few prior to 1924, UPU set n.h. except 80 øre, including Facit #233a n.h., 1936 Tercentenary set n.h., coils n.h. including shades, later booklets, 1955 on virtually complete n.h., also a few on priced retail pages, fine to very fine. Estimate $1,000-1,400. View details	Realized $1,093

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