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Foreign Country Collections-Greece to Korea

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2105		/o Greece Collection Group, 1861-1976, 19th and 20th century mint and used in a Scott Specialty album, Universal album and album pages, interesting and diverse material, incl. Hermes heads, complete commemorative sets never hinged, Airpost and back of the book, good value throughout, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $776
Lot 2106		/o Greece Collection on Pages, 1861-1979, useful mint and used collection on album pages, nice showing Hermes heads and many complete sets throughout, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $299
Lot 2107		//o Greenland Basic Regular Issues Conplete, in Stender album, dupl. collections mint and used; 1st 1945 issues l.h., otherwise n.h.to 1992; 2nd reasonably complete used, also few used blocks, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $431
Lot 2108		Guatemala 1860's To 1950's Cover Group, roughly a hundred covers and postal cards, about half 1950's bisects on various covers, but noted interesting classics with "Quetzal" frankings, mix of internal and foreign destinations, mostly commercial, nice group from this seldom offered area, generally Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $518
Lot 2109		Haiti 1975 Unlisted Audobon Bird Set in Quantity, n.h., 60 bundles of approximately 150 sheets per bundle, 20 stamps per sheet, total of 180,000+ stamps, excellent topical item, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-500. View details	Realized $242
Lot 2110		/ Iceland Beautiful Mint Virtually Intact Collection, N.h. to o.g., in Stender album, 1873 to 1996, all select copies with sporadic earlies but almost complete turn of the Century on, incl. the King sets to 10kr, Airs complete except Hopflugs (separate lot), also incl. Officials with 20th Century mostly complete, excellent lot to build from, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details	Realized $2,875
Lot 2111		/ Israel Collection and Stock, N.h., in 2 banker boxes, incl. new issues, sheetlets, First Day's, tab collection to 1980, clean, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $374
Lot 2112		F Italian States Pontifical States Reference Collection, Mint or used over 300 examples, most are forgeries (Fournier, Panelli), or reprints, few genuine (some with forged cancels), also incl. photocopy examples, one "cover", few blocks, couple of Italy itself used, all identified, one of a kind reference collection, Very Fine and unusual. Formed by Rev. Floyd Jenkins. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details and photo	Realized $1,265
Lot 2113		o Italian States Used Collection, nice selection on black stockpages, better areas incl. Roman States, Sardinia, Tuscany, Naples, and Sicily, occasional faults, but condition much better than usual, most copies selected for attractive cancels or overall appearance, high catalog value, Fine to Very Fine appearance. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 2114		o Italian States Accumulation of 49 Items, from various States incl. Tuscany, Sardinia, Parma, Two Sicilies, etc, high catalog value, inspection required, generally Fine. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $460
Lot 2115		Italian States Roman States Group of 15 Covers, All to same correspondence in Fano, all with single usages except #22 pair, incl. #3, 16, clean group, Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $374
Lot 2116		/o Italian Area Collections on Pages, 1903-1970, interesting group of collections, featuring Italian Colonies, San Marino and Vatican, incl. stamps on Scott album pages as well as a substantial assortment of complete mint sets from auctions and mail sales in glassines, items to $125+, contains never hinged material, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $518
Lot 2117		o Italy 1860's To 1940's Used Accumulation, Approximately 6000 organized in stockbook, good variety of issues, unchecked for cancels, varieties, etc., generally Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $230
Lot 2118		/o Japan 1871 to 1959 Mint and Used Collection, several hundred on White Ace pages in 3 binders, nice used classics (forgeries not counted), mix of mint and used in 20th Century, noted mint Park sets and souvenir sheets, better 1950's mint issues incl. #521 n.h., 551 sheetlet, some gum problems on issues, a close inspection is needed, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,200-1,500. View details	Realized $2,415
Lot 2119		/o/ Japan Accumulation in Small Box, interesting group of New Year's sheetlets, few mint souvenir sheets incl. #378a, 504a and 572a, TB seals, privately printed items, stamps cancelled in commemorative folders, Karl Lewis cover, worth a look, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $489
Lot 2120		/ Japan Small Mint Group, Consists of 480-97 o.g., 505-08b o.g., 552 sheetlet n.h., 456 sheet o.g., 311a n.h., 378a n.h., Fine to Very Fine. Scott $777. Estimate $220-250. View details	Realized $403
Lot 2121		Japan 1880's To Modern Cover Group, about 100 in small box, good variety of frankings on mostly commercial mail, worth a close look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $196
Lot 2122		o Japan Offices in Korea: 1880's To 1940's Collection, mostly used on well annotated pages (by city/cancel), incl. selection of pre and post overprint usages of Japanese stamps in Korea, overprints incl. #15 (4), several values between 5r and 1y values, noted cancels from Chosen, Seoul, Fusan, Ninsen, Chemu, Keijo, Keizy, Kankoku, Mokpo, Gesan, seldom seen, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $863
Lot 2123		Japan 1900's Russo-Japanese War Group, 18 covers and 1 card, several censored, couple with annotations on various markings, unusual items, generally Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $431
Lot 2124		Korea 1884 To 1996 Mint Collection, o.g., many hundreds in Scott album, noted classics incl. #39-41 mint, 1946 to 1979 virtually complete with occasional used, noted Flag set complete, souvenir sheets starting in 1959, lovely collection not needing too much for completion, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $2,013

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