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Worldwide Topical Collections

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2606		Worldwide Topicals Modern Animals Collection, In 10 binders on White Ace pages, virtually all apparently n.h., including souvenir sheets, many complete sets, etc., very fine. Old cat. $9000++. Estimate $2,300-2,500. View details	Realized $2,875
Lot 2607		Worldwide Topicals Never Hinged Antarctic Collection to 1995, Mounted in Lighthouse album, consists of A.A.T., B.A.T., and F.S.A.T. complete (B.A.T. missing one modern set), including souvenir sheets, very fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $2,300
Lot 2608		Worldwide Topicals Dealer Show Stock of 2200+ Covers, All sleeved and priced, $1 to $20 range, wide variety of subjects including ships, sports, space, trains, flora, fauna, Olympics, cars, aviation, nice group of Europa, etc., in 4 cover boxes, ready for sale, mostly modern First Day's, wide variety of countries and issues, fine to very fine. Owners retail about $10,000. Estimate $1,500-1,800. View details	Realized $1,438
Lot 2609		Worldwide Topicals Antarctic Exploration Huge Cover Accumulation, Filling 3 banker boxes, mostly 1960's to 1990's, with a few older, covering ships, events, expeditions, bases, postmarks and much more, with value in British issues and areas, also extensive Argentina and Chile, but many countries represented including Poland, Belgium, Japan, China, Korea, Germany, Scandinavia and U.S., probably 2500 to 3000 covers with limited duplication, also collateral material, great for a Polar dealer or devotee, many visually stunning items, many with autographs, fine to very fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $3,220
Lot 2610		/ Worldwide Topicals Large Never Hinged Stock, Sets and souvenir sheets (few First Day's), filling 5 banker boxes in binders, stockbooks, small boxes with glassines, appears to be 1970's to 1990's, wide variety of subjects including animals, plants, sports, Boy Scouts, Disney, transportation, etc., minor duplication, mostly from non European countries, excellent for retail, high catalog, overall fine to very fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 2611		/ Worldwide Topicals Europa Mostly Complete Mint to 1981, In 3 Safe hingeless albums, early period mostly o.g. to around 1971, mostly n.h. after that including some souvenir sheets, noted Portugal, clean, very fine. Estimate $900-1,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 2612		Worldwide Topicals Boy Scout and Jamboree First Days, Few hundred, mostly 1930's to 1970's, all cacheted including U.S., Far East, few souvenir sheets including Dubai #C20a-25a, etc., very clean and already priced in sleeves for sale, very fine. Owners retail $4800+. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $920
Lot 2613		Worldwide Topicals Antarctic and Related Never Hinged Collection, including Faroes complete 1975 to 1990, plus sheetlets, later sets in glassines, Christmas Seals, A.A.T., B.A.T. complete to 1979 plus later sets and gutter pairs, South Georgia complete to 1978, Falkland Dependencies complete to 1983, plus later sets and gutter pairs, plus select sets from other countries, very fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 2614		Worldwide Topicals Arctic Exploration Cover Holding, Diverse group of many hundreds of covers in 2 cartons, mostly 1940's to 1990's with strength in U.S. operations in Greenland, also Alaska including 1930's and later emergency flight covers, town cancels, other foreign polar research including Norway, Poland, France (no Russia) and many others, many events and special cachets including naval drift stations, a wonderful accumulation with much for collector or dealer alike, fine to very fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $1,668
Lot 2615		Worldwide Topicals Various Mint Collections, Mostly n.h. (few o.g., used), generic subjects, but also Zeppelin collection including Italy #C42-47, Russia 1940's sets used, few covers, also "Manned Flight" and "Captain Cook Discovers Hawaii", fine to very fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Unsold
Lot 2616		/o/ Worldwide Topicals Antarctic Collection in Four Volumes, Mostly n.h. including a wide variety of sets, presentation packs, souvenir sheets, First Day's and event covers, sprinkled with better items throughout, including 1957 Belgium souvenir sheet, A.A.T., plus stamps showing Antarctica as part of maps or globes, plus additional volume of Captain Cook thematic, fine to very fine. Estimate $600-700. View details	Realized $978
Lot 2617		Worldwide Topicals Europa Never Hinged Group, Few hundred sets from collector's accumulation, most still have buy prices, including better Luxembourg, Portugal, Ireland, Cyprus, including souvenir sheets, needs to be carefully evaluated, very fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 2618		// Worldwide Topicals "Philatelic History of European Literature" Collection, N.h. to o.g. in 6 albums on homemade pages shown by the anthology, 7 distinct periods starting with "classical literature" and ending with "modern literature", mostly 20th century singles and sets, also some mint and used postal stationery pieces, few proofs of Monaco, noted Goethe sheet of Germany, Berlin #9N61-63, Spain #287//296, some First Day's, souvenir sheets, booklets, clean and mostly very fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $661
Lot 2619		Worldwide Topicals Modern Antarctica Never Hinged Collection, Hundreds mounted on pages, 1960's and later, consisting of South Georgia, A.A.T., Falklands and Dependencies, B.A.T., Brazil, Tristan, including gutter pairs, watermark varieties, clean, very fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $518
Lot 2620		Worldwide Topicals Worldwide Large New Issue Accumulation, Thousands of singles, complete sets, souvenir sheets and full sheets in a large box, including Wright Brothers, Olympics, Aland and more, mostly all never hinged, fine to very fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $604
Lot 2621		/ Worldwide Topicals Europa Related 1949 to 1995 Mint Collection, In Davo album, mostly o.g. to 1956, n.h. after that and virtually complete to 1985, mostly complete to 1995, including Saar Airpost 1950 200fr mint and used, also Greece 1951 set o.g., Luxembourg PAX set o.g., few souvenir sheets, fine to very fine. Estimate $350-400. View details	Realized $345
Lot 2622		/ Worldwide Topicals "United Nations of the World" Mint Collection, 1957 to 1962 hinged on special pages, complete including souvenir sheets n.h., fine to very fine. Cat. (1999) $1041. Estimate $250-270. View details	Unsold
Lot 2623		Worldwide Topicals Europa Related 1954 to 1980 Mint Collection, Mostly n.h., on Safe hingeless pages, starting with Turkey #1130-33, reasonably complete, noted Saar #226, C12 n.h., Portugal 846-47, few souvenir sheets, clean, very fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Unsold
Lot 2624		/ Worldwide Topicals Disney Never Hinged Accumulation, Small accumulation of mostly British Commonwealth Disney stamps and some covers n.h., very fine. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $230
Lot 2625		Worldwide Topicals Mostly New Issue "Airplane" Group, N.h., over 100 sets in shoebox, all related to plane in design, few Zeppelins, including Russia 1950's, but mostly 1970's and later, few miniature sheets, First Day's, clean lot, fine to very fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $207
Lot 2626		/ Worldwide Topicals Antarctica Accumulation, Approximately 200 event and First Day covers, majority U.S., but noted other countries as well, plus some mint adhesives, including better early F.S.A.T., fine to very fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $230
Lot 2627		Worldwide Topicals Audubon 1985 Never Hinged Collection, In mounts on album or stockpages, including souvenir sheets, complete sets and matching gutter pairs, clean, very fine. Cat. (1999) $490. Estimate $120-140. View details and photo	Realized $173
Lot 2628		/ Worldwide Topicals Various Commemorative Society Issues, In numerous binders and albums, filling 8 banker boxes, mix of covers and stamps, U.S. and foreign, good variety of thematic subjects, very fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $127
Lot 2629		/ Worldwide Topicals Disney Starter Collection, O.g. to n.h., sparse group in 3 Disney albums to 1989, few n.h. sheetlets noted, very fine. Estimate $50-75. View details	Realized $48

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