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Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1697		/o Worldwide: 1840's to 1950's Powerful Collection, thousands of mint and used in 12 well filled Scott International albums, some of the highlights incl. strong British Commonwealth with complete mint Silver Jubilee, Silver Wedding and UPU, lovely Latin America, classics from Europe incl. Austria #127 used, Denmark 1, 3, 8, 14-15, 20, Finland 2, 4-10, France 3, 6, 11, 13, 28, 31, 37, Germany 2-3, 3a, 7, 14, 19, 21, 24, 27, C35-37, G.B. 1, 102-04, 107, Italy 33 used, 40, 42 unused, Switzerland PAX set used, various European Colonies, collection formed over 12 years with condition in mind, some faults as to be expected, but a lovely collection with catalog easily in excess of $100,000, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $15,000-18,000. View details	Realized $17,825
Lot 1698		/o Worldwide: Mint and Used Collection in 26 Scott Specialty Albums, 19th and mostly 20th Century to 1949, majority used, consisting of Europe with Colonies (separate vols. for French Colonies), Scandinavia, Latin West Indies, "Independent Countries of Asia", Soviet Republic, Commonwealth, both complete and incomplete sets, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th generally fine to very fine, fresh throughout, better G.B. (cat. $12,000+), Commonwealth (cat. $6000+), Scandinavia (cat. $4600+), Germany & Colonies (cat. $5000), total Cat. approx. $70,000+ (inventory incl.). Estimate $11,000-13,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 1699		/o Worldwide: Extensive Collection in 34 Binders, thousands of mounted mint and used, earlies on pages removed from albums, later on homemade pages, plus glassine pouches with items to be mounted incl. modern n.h. new issues, lots of better items scattered throughout for those willing to spend the time, noted Australia with mint 5/- Sydney Bridge, Japan with Park sets and souvenir sheets mint, France #C14, C15 (both perfin), C17 all used, Canada with Jubilees to 50¢ mint or used, F3 mint, O9 mint, other better countries incl. Switzerland, New Zealand, Ireland, G.B., Germany, South Africa, Iceland, Sierre Leone, Hong Kong and Denmark, very cluttered look to the collection, high catalog, but as they say "looks can be deceiving", generally Fine Owner's Cat. $100,000+. Estimate $10,000-15,000. View details	Realized $10,925
Lot 1700		/o Worldwide: Extensive Intact Brown International Collection, Mint and used in 5 reinforced albums, no U.S. but incl. all other countries incl. more obscure, 19th Century mostly used and somewhat sparse but incl. better China, G.B., Gibraltar, Japan, Sarawak, Thailand, Shanghai, 1901-20 album reasonably filled and incl. Columbian States, Danish West Indies, French Offices, Japan, Portuguese Colonies, 1920-28 album mint or used with most countries well represented, Part 3 (1928-35) also reasonably full mint or used, Part 4 (1934 to 1939) mint or used, while the collection is missing most of the better items it incl. the more difficult countries that you rarely see in "Brown" collections, some hinged with heavy tongue, 19th Century somewhat mixed condition on better items, Fine to very fine overall, worth inspection. Estimate $8,000-10,000. View details	Realized $18,400
Lot 1701		/o Worldwide: Retired Dealer Store and Show Stock, thousands of mint and used singles and sets on #102 sales cards in 52 red boxes (6 black cases), noted nice section of mint Japan, also other Asia incl. Macao, British Cols., Western Europe, loads of n.h. sets to 1980's, very little 19th Century, nothing too expensive, some boxes organized by topics, off the market for years, a bit smelly (dealer was a smoker), otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $8,000-10,000. View details	Realized $10,350
Lot 1702		Worldwide: Huge 107 Volume Collection, virtually all mint, mostly 20th Century, some countries up to 2001, with sets to $100+, strong in British Empire area, most in open mounts for easy removal, owner noted catalog numbers on almost all pages for easy identification, minor duplication, housed in 16 banker boxes this lifetime collection has high catalog value, have a look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $6,000-8,000. View details	Realized $14,950
Lot 1703		/o Worldwide: About 45 Blue Internationals Albums, Collector's back up collections of mint or used to 1980's, all in Part series, some albums sparse or picked over, others reasonably complete and unpicked, most value in 20th Century, needs inspection as each volume is different, mostly Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $4,000-5,000. View details	Realized $4,025
Lot 1704		/o Worldwide: 1886 Scott Album with Mint or Used, Oldtime collection, some partially stuck down, incl. Argentina with #5-7 mint, Austria early imperfs. and Newspapers, Offices Abroad, cut squares, German States and early Empire, Bahamas, Brazil, British Columbia #12 mint, Bulgaria, Canada with small and large Queens, G.B. with #1, #74 used, 1883-84, 1887-92 issue mint or used, Greece Hermes Heads, Haiti complete, Newfoundland with #3, 21 used, P.E.I., Russia, St. Vincent, Spain, etc., very interesting, mixed condition but better items hidden throughout. Estimate $3,000-3,500. View details	Realized $3,105
Lot 1705		/o Worldwide: 1840's to 1960's A-J Countries, thousands of mint and used in 5 well filled Scott International albums, duplicate pages for many countries, better items throughout, noted Canada, G.B., China, Germany, various Colonies, worth a close look, few faults here and there, but generally Fine. Estimate $3,000-3,500. View details	Realized $3,680
Lot 1706		/o Worldwide: Oldtime Airmail Collection in Nicklin Album, several hundred majority mint, incl. U.S. #C1-6 mint or used, mint Aegean Islands C15-27, Albania C15-28, Cyrenaica C18-19 used, Philippines C1-6, C9, C10-12, Suriname C8-14, also nice group of Latin America, European issues, etc., inspection worthwhile, excellent collection to expand, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details	Realized $2,760
Lot 1707		/o Worldwide: 1850's to 1980's Back Room Stock, thousands of mint and used in 20 full banker boxes, collection remainders, stockbooks, glassines, stockpages, loose, kiloware, noted better U.S., nice modern mint Japan stock, interesting Australian area collection on Scott pages, souvenir sheets on sales pages, etc., this lot is from deceased local dealer and off the market for many years, mixed condition, worth a very close look as anything could be in here. Estimate $3,000-4,000. View details	Realized $12,650
Lot 1708		/o Worldwide: 1873 Lallier Album Collection, Mint or used in oldtime tattered album, nothing beyond 1873, starts with Europe and incl. German States, Canada & Provinces, Latin America, New Zealand, somewhat sparse and most stuck to pages, but high cat. and worth the work of removing some of the better material, Asia separate (lot 1710), needs careful inspection, mixed condition. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details	Realized $2,645
Lot 1709		/o Worldwide: Dealer "Want-A-Be" Old Priced Binders, Mint or used in about 124 binders, all areas represented, identified and priced (old), some 19th Century but mostly early to mid 20th Century with few countries showing modern mint period, priced in 50¢ to $10+, some complete sets, fair amount of Latin America, good lot for dealer to reprice for stock, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th mostly Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details	Realized $4,485
Lot 1710		/o Worldwide: Oldtime 19th Century Asia Group on Pages, Unpicked mint or used, China incl. 1878 to 1983 1¢, 3¢, 5¢ mint, 1885 set of 3, Shanghai 5 local proofs (forgeries?), Japan incl. #4-5 (sm. faults), Hong Kong with Victoria values to 96¢ incl. unwatermarked values, needs careful inspection, mixed condition but very worthwhile lot. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details and photo	Realized $2,415
Lot 1711		/o Worldwide: Oldtime Collection to 1900, In Oriel album, some material removed in the past but still better mounted on quadrille pages, incl. obscure areas like Ethiopia, German States, France with Napoleon to 1f, #37, Liberty mint, #126 full o.g., French Colonies with Peace & Commerce to 1f, Germany 1902 set mint, G.B. #1, 1887-92 to 10/-, 1902-11 to 5/- mint, Hong Kong used, Japan #1b, 2a mint, Netherlands, Russia, etc., needs inspection, mixed condition to very fine. Estimate $1,800-2,000. View details	Realized $2,070
Lot 1712		/o Worldwide: Unusual and Better Estate Balance, several thousand mint and used singles and sets, mostly mounted on black pages in binders, noted pre-war China incl. #78 used, 79 mint, 80 used, "Junk" issues to $5, Latin America with interesting Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras, France incl. damaged #37, Belgian Congo, Liberia, Spanish, and Italian Cols. mint sets, Portugal incl. long mint sets, G.B. with #99-105 unused, 108-09 used, 139-41 used, close inspection will be rewarded, generally Fine. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Realized $3,450
Lot 1713		/o Worldwide: Country Collections in 2 Banker Boxes, filled with mint and used country collections on album pages and in stockbooks, incl. British Commonwealth, Europe, Asia, U.S. Possessions, Latin America, French Colonies and more, condition mixed, generally Fine. Estimate $2,000-3,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 1714		/o Worldwide: Collector's Better Group, Mint and used on pages, stockcards, etc. incl. better Germany incl. unusual, oldtime U.S. on pages with Pan-Americans complete mint, about 58 French stampless, Albania, WW II German Occupation, French Andorra mint, etc., last minute addition to the auction, better items hidden throughout, mostly Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,500-1,700. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 1715		/o Worldwide: 1840 to 1940 Collection in 3 Scott Internationals, many thousands of mint or used on well filled pages, incl. extensive European material, noted G.B. #1 used, needs a thorough inspection as better items are scattered throughout, usual mixed condition on 19th Century, later generally Fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $4,485
Lot 1716		/o Worldwide: 1850's to 1960's in 9 Scott Internationals, several thousand mint and used in black mounts (showing through most pages), good variety of issues and countries, better European material noted, usual mixed condition on 19th Century, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 1717		Worldwide: Extensive 1970's to 2004 New Issues Collector's Group, Many thousands loose and housed in binders, on stockpages and in glassines, strength in Scandinavia, Europe, U.N., G.B., Ireland, much topical incl. some later Europa, few year sets, booklets, blocks of 4, or sheetlets, original cost very high, clean throughout, Very Fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $2,875
Lot 1718		Worldwide: 1940 to 1968 A to I Countries, several thousand mounted o.g. (few used) in 2 Scott International albums, noted British and French Colonies long sets, better Europe incl. Europa issues, fresh collection, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,200-1,500. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 1719		/o Worldwide: Collection in 10 Packed Minkus Albums, nice spread of mint and used from 1840's to 1990's, China well represented, incl. mint #1355-58, good Portugal, Spain and other popular countries, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,200-1,500. View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 1720		/o Worldwide: 1920's to 1940's Airmail Collection, few hundred mint and used on Scott specialty pages, incl. Austria #C12-31 o.g., France C1-2 o.g., Iceland C9-11, C15-20 o.g., Italy C23-26 o.g., Portugal C1-10 used, Switzerland C1 used, clean collection, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 1721		/o Worldwide: Dealers Back Closet Accumulation, 1851 to 2000, 19th and 20th Century mint and used housed in 4 banker boxes, incl. material from all regions on album pages, stockcards, envelopes and glassines, also some covers and ephemera, anything can be here, definitely should be reviewed, generally Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $1,840
Lot 1722		/o Worldwide: Diverse Accumulation, 1890 to 1980, clean accumulation of mint and used sets and singles in 2 filed card boxes, material from all regions incl. G.B. and Commonwealth, Asia, Europe and Colonies, better items throughout, much never hinged, strength in mid 20th Century, careful inspection recommended, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $1,265
Lot 1723		o Worldwide: Oldtime Approval Dealer Stock, thousands of mostly used in 4 full banker boxes, organized in glassines, envelopes, stockbooks, approval books, old albums and shoe boxes, noted Revenues, better items throughout, needs a close look, mixed condition. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $2,990
Lot 1724		/o Worldwide: Intact Collector Accumulation, as received in last week of auction describing, basically sorted into boxes, noted thousands of U.S. and foreign in small glassines, mostly common used, but some U.S. mint, precancels, Revenues incl. large group of Wine stamps, few bags of off paper worldwide, German inflation sheets, U.S. modern mint postage, few collections incl. Japan in 2 vols. and U.S. in Liberty with some better classics incl. Columbians to 8¢ used or mint, some surprises in here, generally Fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $1,208
Lot 1725		/o Worldwide: 1860's to Modern Accumulation, thousands of used and mint in 6 full banker boxes, noted nice collections of Egypt, Belgium and Spain, old approval books, Scouting collection, off paper, filled glassines, 1¢, 2¢ Canada small Queens, album pages, noted U.N. #38 n.h., Philippines, stockbooks, some n.h. sets in folders, etc., usual mixed condition. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $2,875
Lot 1726		/o/ Worldwide: Intact Local Estate, 13 banker boxes filled with tens of thousands of mint, used and covers, in envelopes, cigar boxes, file boxes, glassines, few album remainders, roughly organized by areas, mostly off paper, some catalogued, unchecked, as received, a true treasure hunt, generally Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $1,955
Lot 1727		/o Worldwide: Scott Internationals thru 1991, 19 albums with several thousand mint and used scattered throughout, nothing expensive noted, but nice collection to expand, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $700-800. View details	Realized $1,380
Lot 1728		/o Worldwide: Large Estate Balance, 5 full banker boxes with mint and used, collections and duplicates, noted 3 vol. Citation collection, Germany 1930's to 1940's "Horses" issues, Canada matched plate block collection, Haiti unissued bird stamps, Red Cross collection, large used U.S. accumulation sorted in stockbooks, unusual group of full sheets 1920's to 1930's French Cols. (low values), usual mixed condition, generally Fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $1,265
Lot 1729		/ Worldwide: Dealer Duplicates Lot, noted a fat portfolio binder filled with multiple lots of n.h. sets, incl. B.A.T. #72-75 (12 sets), also 8 New Zealand or G.B. year sets from mid 1980's, Canada and Newfoundland with nice material, United Nations mint complete to 1978 incl. #38, 2 modest Scott specialty albums with Russia and Baltics, Viet Nam album with mint sets or singles to 1970's, worth a look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $604
Lot 1730		/o Worldwide: From a Dealer's Darkest Corners, in the back room, a potpourri of material, a shoe box filled with virtually all mint British Empire, Aitutaki to Zanzibar back to GV, binder of mint earlier U.N. incl. #1-44, pages of mint Japan, flat 9x12 box filled with worldwide mint souvenir sheets, sets and singles, stack of Vario pages with foreign mint sets and singles, bundle of Ryukyu with all different town cancels and similar bundle of mostly 19th Century Japan town cancels, early mint and used Russia filling a banker box, this could be a gold mine, generally Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 1731		/o Worldwide: Mostly Pre-1930's Accumulation, few hundred mint and used on old auction pages, cards, in glassines and loose, many better items throughout, noted Stellaland revenues, Azores long sets mint, classic France, Spain and Switzerland, 1952 France Red Cross booklet, better early Soviet Russia, mint Italian Cols., n.h. 1930's Lithuania sets, close inspection will be rewarded, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $719
Lot 1732		/o Worldwide: 11 Scott International Albums, thru early 1970's, several thousand mint and used stamps scattered throughout, generally Fine to Very Fine Owners cat. $4200. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $834
Lot 1733		/o Worldwide: Various Mostly Country Collections in Albums, Mint or used in 5 banker boxes, few worldwide incl. Junior International and Brown, most collections sparse with Europe, few oldtime albums, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $1,265
Lot 1734		/o Worldwide: Collector's Oldtime Accumulation, In 4 banker boxes, mint or used, value mostly in sorted and identified glassines with some classics, also in several stockbooks, small batch of packet, etc., occasional better item, fun lot to play with, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $575
Lot 1735		/o Worldwide: Asian Area Collections and Accumulations, several hundred mint and used on stockpages or album pages, noted India & States, nice mint Maldives, Burma, Hong Kong, Indonesia, mint Japan, interesting Nepal, and Indochina, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $633
Lot 1736		/o Worldwide: Middle East Collections and Accumulations, several hundred mostly mint on stockpages or album pages, noted Trans-Jordan, Bahrain, Aden, Iraq, Kuwait and Muscat, clean group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $604
Lot 1737		/o Worldwide: Various Collections in 2 Banker Boxes, several thousand mint and used in albums and on homemade pages, several better sets and singles scattered throughout, noted nice mostly mint Germany collection incl. #351-62, 366-84, worth a look, faulty to Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $460
Lot 1738		/o Worldwide: 4 Volume Scott Brown Internationals, few thousand mint and used, majority of value in 1st volume, pages to 1934, 1st volume all in black mounts, 2nd volume mix of mounts and hinging, later virtually all hinged, stamps mixed condition, binders and pages in excellent condition. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $863
Lot 1739		/o Worldwide: Retired Dealer "Clean Out the Garage" Lot, many hundreds of mint and used on old album pages in folders, plus small counter book with singles, noted better Italy, Portuguese Cols., Denmark, Germany, from local dealer who retired several years ago, worth a look, generally Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $518
Lot 1740		Worldwide: Early Foreign 20th Century Poster Stamps, Labels and Seals, about two thousand on stockpages incl. Sweden, Germany, Austria, plus collection of Danish town coat of arms stamps, many for fairs, festivals, companies, early Christmas seals, etc., condition very fresh overall, seldom seen in quantity, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $546
Lot 1741		/o Worldwide: Album Group, 1851 to 1960, 19th and 20th Century mint and used in 3 Scott International albums, also "Modern" and "General" stamp album, nice assortment of material from all regions, inspection recommended, condition mixed, generally Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $489
Lot 1742		/o Worldwide: 1850's to Modern Lot, few hundred mint and used in banker box in binders, mostly better singles in glassines with catalog values from a few dollars to about $100, nice mix of issues and countries, plus some interesting modern mint, have a look, mixed condition. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $345
Lot 1743		/o Worldwide: Collector's Accumulation, Mint and used in 2 full banker boxes, loose, on stockcards, pages, 2 vols. of Faroes, Egypt on pages, Liechtenstein, Papua New Guinea new issues, mostly common but better items hidden throughout, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $1,495
Lot 1744		/o Worldwide: Interesting Estate Balance, mint and used in 3 well filled bank boxes, noted Vatican City collection in 3 vols. with some better early mint, 1979 Korea presentation book for 18th UPU Congress, albums, stockbook incl. Scott brown Internationals part I and IV (almost empty, but nice condition), various "society" issues, plus $100+ face in U.S. postage, inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $834
Lot 1745		/o Worldwide: 1850's to Modern Accumulation, few thousand mint and used in 2 banker boxes, noted mint G.B. and other British Cols., old approval books, collection of DDR, cigar box with glassines and #102 sales cards, better Asia incl. Straits Settlements collection, Laos mint on pages, worth a look, few faulty, generally Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $518
Lot 1746		/o Worldwide: Interesting Estate Accumulation, mint and used on stockpages, in glassines, etc., noted n.h. Liechtenstein, used German Cols., early Nepal incl. #1-2 unused, France Art Series mint, worth a look, generally Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $288

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