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Sale 92

Worldwide Philatelic Auction

Foreign Country Collections - Austria to Bulgaria

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1963		/o Austria, Mint and Used Collection, hundred on Scott pages in 2 vols. to 2009, loads of n.h. new issues, classics used incl. dupl. for cancels and shades, Semi-postals incl. better 1930s mint sets, Airs, Dues, Bosnia & Herzegovina too, nice collection to expand, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,265
Lot 1964		/ Austria, Mint Collection to 1999, n.h. to o.g. mounted in Scott album, regular issues only, 20th Century virtually complete except 1910 Birthday set, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $920
Lot 1965		o Austria, Specialized Cancels of the Balkan Area, over 525 items, mostly diff. strikes (some on piece), well written up by district and illustrated by hand colored topographical maps, incl. straightline cancels, thimble and small circle cds, incl. fine strikes of Laibach (incl. sub offices), Vigaun, Gorenjanas, Tupalic, Salloch, Mottling, Travnik, St. Paul, Egyditunnel, Ober Pulsgau, Pettau, St. Barbara, Clana, Pisino, Fianona, Visignanao, Rovigno, Pola, Carnizza, Zara and Spalato, many years in the making, superb basis for continuation or integration into existing collection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Purchased intact several decades ago. Estimate $400-600. View details and photo	Realized $1,150
Lot 1966		/o Austria, Mint and Used Collection, in 2 volumes on blank pages to 1975, reasonably complete used incl. #1-127, 1963 on mostly mint, 2nd volume with Semis and back of the book, Semis mint with few better sets, Airs, Dues, Newspaper, Occupation, Offices, etc., 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $374
Lot 1967		/o Austria, 4 Better Sets, consists of #70a-82a n.h., 340-353 l.h./n.h., B87-92 with convention cancels on piece, C55, C57-59 n.h., Fine to Very Fine. Scott $780. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $196
Lot 1968		o Austria, Mostly Used Accumulation, several thousand in envelopes, glassines and sorted on small manila cards, classics to modern, back of the book, dupl., great for cancels, may be varieties, inspect, generally Fine. Estimate $100-200. View details	Realized $322
Lot 1969		/o Belgium, Intact Collection, in 2 oldtime albums on pages to 1973, complete starting 1849 issue with unused #1 (PF certificate), earlies used with dupl., #39 (old auction lot), scattered mint incl. #136-37, incl. better souvenir sheets, 1967 on mint, 1914 and later booklets, also back of the book, 2nd volume with Semis complete to 1950 except #B143, 154 mostly mint, with COB#266A-K and 272A-K o.g. (and not the cheaper equivalent sets), COB#374A-K separate lot, Parcel Post mostly complete used, etc., 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $2,000-3,000. View details	Realized $1,668
Lot 1970		/o Belgium, Mint and Used Collection, hundreds in Schaubek album to 1958, value in 19th Century classics with some dupl. for shades, also some better early Semi-postals and Parcel Post, high cat., mixed condition. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $253
Lot 1971		/o Belgium, Accumulation, hundreds of mint and used on album pages and in albums, noted #39 used (fake?), dupl., inspect, mixed condition. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $230
Lot 1972		Belgium, Better Mint Group, n.h., incl. #172-184, 251-253, B9-16, B17-24, B31-33, B125-131, clean lot, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,500. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $431
Lot 1973		/o Bolivia, Collection, several hundred mint and used in Scott album with pages to 2008 for regular issues, plus Airs to 1975 and some back of the book, nice collection to expand, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $242
Lot 1974		/o Brazil, Accumulation, thousands of mint and used on album pages, in stockbook and in albums, noted #1-2 used (2 each), other early issues used in quantity, later mint, very high cat., inspect, mixed condition. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $1,495
Lot 1975		/o Brazil, Mint and Used Collection, hundreds on well filled homemade pages to 1961, classics used incl #2-3, some dupl., Airs, Dues, etc., worth a look, generally Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $575
Lot 1976		Bulgaria, Mint Collection, Starter mint collection in 6 Lighthouse hingeless albums with dust covers, a few classics, scattered sets and singles through 1950s, then modest run of sets and singles to 1997, incl. some errors, varieties and a few unlisted, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $518
Lot 1977		Bulgaria, Wholesale Modern Mint, n.h., 10 sets, 50 of each, many topical related incl. one WWF set, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,830. Estimate $180-200. View details	Realized $150

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