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Foreign Country Collections - Algeria to Peoples' Republic of China

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 3018		//o Algeria, Collection to 1999, mint and used in Minkus album, modern n.h., only missing a few newer issues for completion, Semi-postals, Airs, Dues, nice clean lot, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $776
Lot 3019		o Austria, Lombardy-Venetia Collection, couple hundred used, organized on pages by issues, noted paper types, shades, cancels, various types, few multiples, plate varieties, etc., incl. used #1b (2), 1c, 2 (4), 7-9, 15 (2), 16, 19 (2), 20 (o.g.), extensive owners notes incl., lovely group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 3020		//o Austria, 1908 to 1980 Collection, several thousand mint and used in 4 binders, with varieties, shades, cancels, etc., noted #110a-127 used, 145-163 n.h., Michel 185U-199U o.g., British propaganda forgeries n.h., 167 o.g., Michel 398U-408U (missing 404U) n.h. pairs, 340-53 o.g., 424-27 o.g. (signed), 520-56 n.h., modern n.h., Semi-postals incl. 6 interesting sheetlets apparent unadopted essays, B87-B92 used, B110 l.h. and used, B269-B271 n.h., Airs incl. C2c used, C54-C60 used, Dues, etc., clean lot, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,000-2,200. View details	Realized $1,898
Lot 3021		Austria, Pre-1900 Postal History, 175 covers, starts with 12 stampless covers 1823-1849, plus copy of 1831 newspaper with Zeitung cds at upper right, next 28 covers from the second issue, noted #6, 5kr type I pair, 5kr+10kr type II (2), next 67 third, fourth and fifth issue covers, noted #17, 22 (3), 23 (4), 1867-1880 issue (61 covers) incl. 5kr+2kr fine print paying rate to Serbia, 10kr pair on 2 RECO covers, 1883 issue incl. cover with 2kr (3) and 3kr (3) to Graz (cover fault), generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,100-1,300. View details and photo	Realized $920
Lot 3022		/o Austria, Offices in Turkey and Crete Collection, few hundred used and mint on pages, Offices in Turkey organized by issues, noted cancels, shades, perfs., incl. used #7 (2), 7I (3), 8 (3), 14a (o.g. with cert.), 25, 26a, 28-29, Dues incl. second set with all four varieties, incl. J12 used on piece, J6a-J14a o.g., Offices in Crete incl. 4 used, 20 used, owners notes incl., lovely selection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 3023		Austria, Postal Stationery Collection, approx. 900 in 7 binders, majority used, 1861 to 1938, plus a small group of Bosnia, some envelopes, but mostly postal cards, noted Michel #U1B unused (tears), U2A unused, U49 used, K24 registered usage from Triest, 1916 25h pneumatic card from Wien with additional 3h and 10h values, 2kr postal cards with added 3kr to U.S., England, Italy and Belgium, Michel P60F used, 3 RECO cards with added frankings, 3 with bisected 1kr stamp added to pay 5h rate, destinations incl. Finland and Tunis, binder with inflation issues, nice group for study, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $719
Lot 3024		Austria, 1945 to 1980 Postal History, approx. 1000 covers or cards in 9 binders, noted overprints on Hitler issues, large group of 1945 scenic set, noted Michel #720 First Day (cat. €450) cacheted and unaddressed, registered, censored, separate book for the costume series (consignor used covers in an article for the Journal of Austrian Philatelic Society), building series, later commemoratives, definitives, "Beautiful Austria" series, 1950's to 1960's First Day's, Airs, Semi-postals, destinations, registered, etc., lovely modern group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $700-800. View details	Realized $604
Lot 3025		//o Austria, Mint and Used Collection, hundreds in well filled Scott specialty album to 1986, classics mostly used, later incl. #51-65., 110a-127, 326-339, 340-353, 405-427 all o.g., 428-431 n.h., then modern n.h., Semi-postals mostly mint, Dues incl. J132-J158 o.g., Offices, etc., fresh, condition better than usual, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $805
Lot 3026		/o Austria, 1899 to 1907 Collection, several hundred used and mint organized on stockpages, noted #70-85, 86-105 and 86a-105a o.g., 50 "Friedl" perfs., Michel #72F block of 4 (2 n.h.), etc., clean lot, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details and photo	Realized $661
Lot 3027		/o Austria, Newspaper and Tax Collection, 100+ used and mint on stockpages, 1851 to 1890 issues, incl. #P1 tied to piece of newspaper by Bodenstadt cancel, plus 2 singles, P5 o.g. (faults), P6 unused and used, P7 o.g., used (4), PR1 (3) used, PR9 used, shades, cancels, etc., inspect, nice group, generally Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 3028		Austria, 1890's to 1938 Postal History, 342 covers and cards in 3 binders, first to 1918 incl. Foreign destinations, registered, express, censor, Feldpost mixed and multiple frankings, plus several parcel post cards, noted 1903 registered mourning cover to New York, 1915 express from Brno to Vienna with 40h single franking, 1917 express from Vienna to Berlin with 70h single franking (uncommon), second 1918 to 1925 inflation period, noted #199 single franking, C5 block of 4 and single, third is 1925 to 1938, noted B77-B80 on cover to England, C45 single franking (cat. €400), nice selection, few faults, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 3029		/ Austria, 1945 to 2003 Mint Collection, l.h. to n.h. in 2 well filled Lighthouse hingeless albums, starts with #432, o.g. to 1974, balance appears n.h., Semi-postals, Airs incl. #C54-C60 o.g., clean lot, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $805
Lot 3030		/o Austria, Military and Occupation Collection, few hundred mint and used on stockpages, noted #M21 o.g., M1-M21 o.g. double overprints (cat. €400), Italian Occupation N20-N33 o.g., Romanian Occupation, Serbian Occupation 1N22-1N42 o.g., etc., nice group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $518
Lot 3031		Austria, Lombardy-Venetia Postal History, 32 on pages, noted various cancels, incl. #5 (4), 6 (3), 10 (2), 12, 24 (2), plus 2 unused 3s entires (damaged), nice group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $350-450. View details and photo	Realized $311
Lot 3032		Austria, 1938 to 1945 Germany; Occupation Postal History, 93 covers or cards, several mixed German and Austrian frankings, on pages with descriptions, broken down into 3 sections, first through April 3rd with Austrian postal rates and only Austrian frankings, noted postcards cancelled March 11 and 12, 1938, second German postal rates and stamps available, but Austrian stamps valid through Oct. 31st, third, beginning Nov. 1st only German stamps were valid in Austria, very nice group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $350-450. View details	Realized $322
Lot 3033		Austria, Never Hinged Better Sets, 9 sets, 7 n.h. consisting of #B273-76 (2), B138-41, B112-17, B185a-88a, B269-71, 378-79, B132-37 l.h., B110 l.h., Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,300. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $403
Lot 3034		/o Austria, Postage Due Collection, few hundred mint and used, 1894 to 1922 issues, noted #J1-J9 and J22-J33 with various perfs., J34-J44 imperf. (no gum), also with various papers mint, J61 imperf. pair without overprint, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $253
Lot 3035		/o Austria, Mint and Used Collection, 1850-1980's in album, strong in classics, good representation post-W.W.II, with many mint having duplicate used, basically complete mint and used from 1955 onward, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $518
Lot 3036		Austria, Offices in Turkey and Crete Postal History, 19 covers or cards, noted cancels, destinations, incl. Crete #2 from Jaffa, Turkey incl. #5 (2), plus 9 pieces of unused stationery and 10 pieces of used stationery, nice group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $374
Lot 3037		o/ Austria, Offices in Turkey Collection, 50+ on homemade pages, mostly identified by city cancels, noted Jerusalem, Jaffa, Caifa and Beirut, adhesives incl. Lombardy-Venetia #A24, Offices 2, 7D, 7I (cat. $210), 28 mint, plus 5 used postal cards, used letter card and 2 used Gruss-Aus cards from Jerusalem, nice group, generally Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $161
Lot 3038		/ Belgium, & Colonies Intact Mint Collection, In Scott Specialty album to 1966, mostly mint with later n.h., virtually complete, classics mostly used to 1883, 1884 mostly mint and missing only a few items, 1898 on all mint, #108-22 n.h., incl. early souvenir sheets, 1946 surcharges, 369 on all n.h., Semi-postals complete mint except isolated value used or missing, incl. better sets, B480 on n.h., Airs, Officials, Newspapers complete mint, Parcel Post earlies used, 1923 on complete to 1953 except few values, Belgian Congo (cat. $1536 - 1993) complete mostly mint except 1886 5fr, 1887-94 10fr, 1922 10c on 5c, 25c on 5c, also panes, back of book complete except Parcel Post, Ruanda-Urundi complete mint to 1950, Semi-postals complete mint, mixed condition on 19th Century, 20th mostly fresh and fine to very fine. 1993 Scott $12,200+ (Owner's). Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Realized $3,220
Lot 3039		/o Belgium, Collection to 1986, many hundreds of mint and used in well filled Minkus album, classics used incl. #1, 5, 8, 9, 17, 1920's on mostly mint incl. modern n.h., Semi-postals incl. private overprint for Orval Abbey unused, B106 o.g., Newspaper, Parcel Post and Railway, etc., few faults on classics, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 3040		/ Belgium, 1970 to 2003 Mint Collection, l.h. to n.h. in 2 well filled Lighthouse hingeless albums, o.g. to 1975, balance appears n.h., Semi-postals, other back of the book, clean lot, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $661
Lot 3041		/o Belgium, 50 Year Accumulation, mint and used, in tins, boxes and trays of glassines, put aside by a collector, featuring much n.h. 1945-60, with sets and souvenir sheets cataloging to $175 each (noted 2 #B605a), also incl. sets and singles from Ruanda-Urundi, Katanga and related, also a variety of Cinderellas and misc., generally Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $403
Lot 3042		/o Belgium, & Congo Collection in Minkus Album, mint and used, Belgium has good run of classics, continues on with mixed mint and used for majority of issues to late 1970's. incl. better mint items like #172-84, B179, also back of the book, cinderellas, Revenues, etc., Belgian Congo has decent run mint and used from 1886 to 1960, generally Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $431
Lot 3043		Belgium, Definitives With Local Overprints, Interesting group of mint post W.W.II material, reflecting the government reduction in postal rates, most still in the original Philatelic Agency's glassines and authenticated on the back, fascinating group for the specialist, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $150
Lot 3044		Bhutan, 3 Collections, several hundred n.h. (few used and a couple First Day's) in 3 collections, noted many complete sets, souvenir sheets both perf. and imperf., several 3D issues, seldom offered, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $460
Lot 3045		/o Bolivia, Mint and Used Collection, few hundred in Scott specialty album with pages to 1997, classics mostly used incl. #54, mix of mint and used from 1920's, Airs incl. C1-C6 o.g., Postal Tax, nice collection to expand, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $518
Lot 3046		/o Bosnia & Herzegovina, Extensive Collection, hundreds of mint and used organized on stockpages, emphasis on the first issues (type I and II), noted various type I perfs. incl. mint perf. 12 10kr (2), 15kr, perf. 12¼ 10kr, perf. 12¾, perf. 13 5kr (2), perf. 13¼, perf. 13½, perf. 12½, perf. 9¼ 10kr (used), 15kr (3), perf. 11, perf. 11½ 10kr, various mixed perfs., type II and III with various perfs., cancels incl. Feldpost Expositur 13, Feldpost Expositur 18, etc., #17 o.g., 20 o.g., reprints, forgeries, 1906 Landscape issue incl. imperf set used, 65-85 used, Dues incl. J14-J26 imperf. o.g., very high Michel catalog, extensive notes from consignor incl., lovely lot, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $3,200-3,500. View details	Unsold
Lot 3047		/o Bosnia & Herzegovina, Mint and Used Collection, Few hundred in stockbook, 1879-94 issue mostly used, 1894-98 issue on mint/used with shades, also imperfs, later sets complete, also Dues, Newspapers, also early period of Bosnia & Herzegovina, etc., Fine or better. Estimate $400-500. View details	Unsold
Lot 3048		Bosnia & Herzegovina, Intact Collection, o.g. on pages to 1918, complete (1st 2 issues some used), back of book complete, Fine to Very Fine. 1993 Scott $500 (Owner's). Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $138
Lot 3049		/o Brazil, Extensive Collection to 2000, hundreds of mint (many with duplicate used) and used in well filled Scott album, value in 1930's onward mint with seldom offered modern material, Airs, Officials and other back of the book, inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $920
Lot 3050		Cameroun, Cameroon Better Mint Items, N.h., consists of #607-608, C39a, C38-C40 (C40 l.h.), Very Fine. Scott $377. Estimate $100-120. View details	Realized $92
Lot 3051		//o Chile, Extensive Collection, in Scott album to 1999, classics to 1930's mix of used and mint, 1940's on virtually all mint and n.h. from 1976, regular issues only missing #155A for completion, noted 1-2 used, 3-7 used, Airs incl. C1 and C3 used, Dues, Officials incl. O16 used, lovely collection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $700-800. View details and photo	Realized $978
Lot 3052		o Chile, Classic Cancellations, about 450 pieces on pages, mostly on 1878-99 rouletted issues, some with town annotations below, duplication, many nice SON cancels, noted a few interesting "mutes", 2 Estafeta's (Hospital EST, Cachiyuyo de Llampos), about 20 ambulancias (railroads), small towns incl. Putu and San Jose Marga Marga, excellent quality overall, well worth inspection, owners inventory incl., generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $350-450. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 3053		/o China, Collection in Minkus Album, hundreds of mint and used to 1980, plus Provinces and Manchukuo, with modern Taiwan n.h. sets, nothing too high catalog, but nice collection to expand, generally Fine to Very Fine. Scott $3,100+ (Owner's). Estimate $600-700. View details	Realized $920
Lot 3054		/o China, Accumulation in Banker Box, mint and used, China incl. Revenues, Japanese Occupation, in stockbooks and stockpages, plus Taiwan and PRC incl. liberated areas and several year sets in post office issued year books from the early 1990's, close inspection is recommended, generally Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $575
Lot 3055		/o China, Mint and Used Group in a Carton, Imperial China on stockpages and binder plus nice range of mint n.h. Taiwan sets and souvenir sheets and group of 400+ P.R.C. stationery and first day folders, useful group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $719
Lot 3056		o China, Collection in Minkus Album, Predominantly used, starting with a few classics and continuing with substantial showing of post W.W.II Taiwan material, strong representation of mint and used to late 1980's, plus some provinces, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $575
Lot 3057		China, Japanese Occupation Collection, few hundred mint on stockpages, organized by Provinces, good variety of issues, no apparent duplication, inspect, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $299
Lot 3058		/o China; People's Republic, Mint and Used Accumulation, many hundreds of n.h. and used in various stockbooks and on pages, early used with reprints, noted #344a and 357a, 1970's n.h. sets incl. 1067-75, 1108-16, 1260-70 and 1573, few First Day's, 1980's to 1990's new issues in blocks of 4, worth a look, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $6,325
Lot 3059		China; People's Republic, 1975 to 1984 Mint Collection, n.h. on pages, mostly complete (no #1586), plus a few better souvenir sheets incl. 1483, 1540, 1573, 1617, 1761 and 1904, later issues in blocks of 4, Very Fine. Scott $3,300+. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $2,415
Lot 3060		China; People's Republic, Modern New Issues, n.h., 1980 to 2006 year sets, with duplication, few still in original books, clean lot, Very Fine. Scott $5,000+ (Owner's). Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $1,438
Lot 3061		//o China; People's Republic, Collections and Balances, n.h., o.g. and cto'd in various albums and stockbooks, noted n.h. 1985 to 1995 collection (not complete) with souvenir sheets, 3 Fidelty albums (virtually empty), 1992 to 1996 mint and duplicate used collection, 1989-2006 n.h. collection in 2 Scott albums, inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $604
Lot 3062		/ China; People's Republic, Mostly Modern New Issues, Banker box full incl. year sets 1990's on (some in books), F.D.'s, small retail stock of souvenir sheets, few earlier items, clean, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $1,495
Lot 3063		/o China; People's Republic, and Related Collection, starts in 1947 with scattering of provinces mostly unused, variety of overprints and surcharges, then 1951 onward, mostly used, incl. #620-27 (cat. $161), 716-31 ($110), mint 1074a ($95), 1095-98 ($64), generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $920

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