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Worldwide Topical Collections

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 3582		/o/ Worldwide Topicals, Aviation Collection, few thousand mint and used (some covers and First Day's), organized on black stockpages by country in 16 binders, singles, sets and souvenir sheets from a wide variety of countries and issues, noted U.S. #C1-C6, C18 mint, France C15, C17 used, French Polynesia mint, Russia used and New Caledonia mint, nice collection to expand, generally Fine to Very Fine. 1996 Scott $22,000 (Owner's). Estimate $3,000-3,500. View details	Realized $4,370
Lot 3583		/ Worldwide Topicals, Mostly Olympic Related, few thousand mint singles, sets, souvenir sheets and covers in various albums, noted 1980 Russia collection, almost full Lighthouse hingeless album from 1960 to modern, Germany specialized albums with numerous autographed covers, worth inspection, Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Unsold
Lot 3584		// Worldwide Topicals, Massive Christmas Collection in 20+ Albums, 1898/1997 thousands incl. sets, souvenir sheets, stationery, few mint sheets, proofs and some F.D.C's, better items incl. Korea #287a-89a, 298a-300a, Australia 308G, some early sets o.g., balance n.h., Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 3585		Worldwide Topicals, Americana 6 Volume Collection, On stockpages with clippings, consists of 3 volume "Americana" incl. Discovery, Civil War, WWII, large majority U.S. adhesives with mint sheets, blocks, F.D.'s, 1 vol. Bi-centennial, and 2 vol. "Topical", large majority U.S. incl. #630 sheet, clean, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $805
Lot 3586		/ Worldwide Topicals, W.W.F. Collection, few hundred n.h. sets, First Day's and maxicards in 11 special albums, 1983 to 1994 issues, clean lot, Very Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $863
Lot 3587		Worldwide Topicals, Czeslaw Slania's Engraved Postage Stamps, n.h. (couple used) in 3 specialized albums, issues from 1950 to 2005, Aland to Vatican City, no duplication, singles, sets and souvenir sheets, owners inventory incl., only missing a few items for completion, a most unusual collection, Very Fine. Scott $2,700+ (Owner's). Estimate $700-800. View details	Realized $920
Lot 3588		/ Worldwide Topicals, "Stamp" Related Collection, few hundred First Day's (few commercial covers), plus n.h. or o.g. sets and souvenir sheets in 9 homemade albums, issues of various countries, subjects incl. stamp on stamp, stamp day, postal services, etc., nice collection to expand, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Unsold
Lot 3589		/ Worldwide Topicals, Various Subjects in Stockbooks, n.h. (few o.g.), several hundred modern issues in 6 books, minor duplication, sets, short sets, souvenir sheets, booklets, large variety of countries, noted WWF, birds, art, Iran errors and misprints, Disney with several souvenir sheets, 3 diff. France art imperf issues (cat. €360), 3 diff. complete imperf sets of Andorra (cat. €190), nice group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $518
Lot 3590		/o/ Worldwide Topicals, Balance of Stalin Exhibit, interesting group of stamps and covers mounted and written up on 56 pages, telling the story of Stalin's rise to power, the years of the "Great Terror", W.W.II and his death, mostly illustrated through issues from Russia, but also other countries, highlights incl. autograph on 1946 souvenir sheet, 1949 Birthday souvenir sheet o.g., Hungary 70th birthday imperf and offset, 1953 unadopted essay from Hungary, very interesting exhibit, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $690
Lot 3591		/ Worldwide Topicals, Boy Scout Collection in 3 Albums, Few hundred mint o.g. and covers (F.D.C's and events), some with tropical toning, better scattered throughout incl. Romania and F.D.C's, Cyprus sheet, even with toning, an interesting collection, Average to Fine. Estimate $350-400. View details	Realized $345
Lot 3592		/ Worldwide Topicals, Aviation Collection, n.h. (few early o.g.) on stockpages, no apparent duplication, noted Egypt #172-76, Latvia CB9-CB13, Libya C8-C13 all o.g. and Germany C35-C37 n.h. (cat. $400), also incl. remainder of seaplane exhibit on pages, clean group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $546
Lot 3593		Worldwide Topicals, World Cup Soccer Collection, few hundred n.h. sets and souvenir sheets in 3 Lindner hingeless albums for 1978, 1986 and 1990, incl. imperf. issues, appears complete, clean lot, Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $334
Lot 3594		/o Worldwide Topicals, Flower Collection, hundreds of o.g. and used sets/singles (few souvenir sheets) in 6 vols., organized by areas (e.g. Africa, Asia, Europe, etc.), mostly 1960's to 1980's issues from a wide variety of countries, clean lot, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $230
Lot 3595		/ Worldwide Topicals, Aerophilately Exhibit Balance, 35 covers and some stamps written up on exhibit pages, noted U.S. #C1-C6 o.g., subjects incl. airfield postmarks, rates, first flights, dedications, races, blimps, etc., nice group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $196
Lot 3596		/ Worldwide Topicals, Telecommunications Collection, couple hundred First Day's (few commercial covers), plus n.h. sets and souvenir sheets in 4 homemade albums, issues of various countries, subjects incl. radio, television, satellites, cable, telephone and I.T.U. issues, clean group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $173
Lot 3597		/o/ Worldwide Topicals, Various Subjects Collections, 2 banker boxes of mint, used and covers in various collections, noted space, ships, birds, Disney, art, music, modern Europa in sheetlets, flowers and 1980 olympics, inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $276
Lot 3598		/ Worldwide Topicals, Christmas Collection, few hundred o.g. or n.h. sets and souvenir sheets in 4 K-Line specialty albums, 1898 to 1970 (mostly 1960's) issues of various countries, some duplicates in blocks, few First Day's, also occasional imperf. set, nice showing, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $161
Lot 3599		Worldwide Topicals, Royalty Cover Collection, selection of covers and letters (few stamps) and news clippings of royal weddings and events, many signed, 1930's to 1970's, noted Duke of Windsor card from Monts, France signed by presiding minister, King Michael of Romania, Duke of Kent (1902-1942) signed letter, Queen Nazli of Egypt, King Paul of Greece, Monaco imperf. color trials for Prince Rainer and Grace Kelly, etc., very interesting collection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $242
Lot 3600		Worldwide Topicals, 2 Volume Mint Chess Collection, Mostly mint, minor dupl. sometimes with mint and used, strong in Europe, some sheetlets, F.D.'s, etc., Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $196
Lot 3601		Worldwide Topicals, Modern Royal Family Collections, n.h. in 4 albums, binder and loose incl. Victory & Piece collection, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $138
Lot 3602		Worldwide Topicals, American Bi-Centennial Collection, n.h., couple hundred sets and souvenir sheets in 3 binders, no apparent duplication, Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $109
Lot 3603		Worldwide Topicals, 1992 Columbus Issues, n.h., 10 sets each Italy #1883-88 and Spain 2677-82, Very Fine. Scott $420. Estimate $100-120. View details	Realized $81
Lot 3604		/ Worldwide Topicals, Disney Collection, o.g. sets and souvenir sheets on pages in 5 specialty albums, plus First Day's for corresponding issues, incl. issues for Christmas 1981, 1982 and 1983, nice group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $184
Lot 3605		/ Worldwide Topicals, Modern "Society" Accumulation, many hundreds of First Day's and stamps from numerous countries, mostly put out by various companies on decorative pages, noted extensive UNICEF "Proof Edition" collection, large group of G.B. First Day's, cto'd sheets, souvenir sheets, etc., U.S. First Day's, many binders removed to reduce weight, nice topical selection, Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $115

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