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Foreign Individual Lots

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 22		Afghanistan, 1932 Registered Airmail Via India to France, #276, to France, Kabul registered with India #C2 and C4 Landicote paying Airmail to Paris France, crease at bottom and edge wear. Ex Ernst Sielaff Estate. Estimate $120-150. View details and photo	Realized $173
Lot 23		Andorra (Spanish), 1950 Registered Airmail to U.S., #30/47, E5, #30, 34, 36, 40, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47 and E5 1950 Certificado, Andorra La Vieja registered Airmail to Adrian, Mich, small tears at bottom. Ex Ernst Sielaff Estate. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $115
Lot 24		() Angola, Emergency Issue, 1945 Complete, Afinsa #2-31, ungummed, set of 30, Fine to Very Fine, signed Kessler. Afinsa €3,130 (2011). A scarce set . Estimate $500-750. View details and photo	Realized $633
Lot 25		Austria, 1936, 10s Dolfuss, Michel #588, l.h., Very Fine. Scott #380 $725. Michel €900. Estimate $200-240. View details and photo	Realized $242
Lot 26		Austria, 1946 Renner Miniature Sheets Complete, Michel #772B-775B, n.h., fresh set, Extremely Fine. Scott #B185-B188 $2,000. Michel €2,600. Estimate $800-1,000. View details and photo	Realized $748
Lot 27		Austria, 1946 Renner Miniature Sheets Complete, Michel #772B-775B, n.h., attractive set, Extremely Fine. Scott #B185-B188 $2,000. Michel €2,600. Estimate $800-1,000. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 28		B Belgian Congo, 1921 Airmail, Booklet, COB #A3, n.h., containing 20 each #C1-C2; light vertical bends on the cover, Fine, a very scarce booklet . Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $863
Lot 29		Belgium, 1934 War Veterans Fund Complete, Sheets of 20, COB #390, 392, n.h., fresh set, Very Fine to Extremely Fine. Scott #B152a-B153a. COB €2,150. Scott $2,200. Estimate $550-650. View details and photo	Realized $460
Lot 30		Brazil, 1938 Vargas Souvenir Sheet Award Winning Collection, #466 var., n.h., specialized collection of this issue, with proofs, essays, imperfs, signed items, plus an extensive showing of the souvenir sheet with various watermark varieties positions (inverted, reversed, reversed inverted, etc), each clearly annotated, total of 70 different items in this collection incl. few covers, an exceptional lot, impossible to dupl., Choice Very Fine. Won the Gold Medal in 1939 UPU Exposition. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details and photo	Realized $978
Lot 31		Chile, 1907 to Curacao Postal Reply Card, Higgins and Gage #8, message/reply postal card complete, uprated with Columbus issue #69, 70 (strip of 3), Lebu 24/May/1907 registered label, Valparaiso registry transit label to Curacao via New York registry exchange label, via Panama, New York, Boston, Jamaica backstamps, minor wear and some toning, Fine overall. Great destination and rare usage, Ex Vadheim collection. Estimate $400-600. View details and photo	Realized $288
Lot 32		China, 1953 Late Usage Shanghai Cover, with pair $100 4th issue gate along with $20,000 5th issue gate on Air Mail cover to United Nations, some wrinkling and tiny corner faults, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $69
Lot 33		China (People's Republic), 1980, Year of the Monkey, #1586, n.h., usual offset, Very Fine. Yang #T234. Scott $1,800. Estimate $1,200-1,400. View details and photo	Realized $1,610
Lot 34		() Cuba, 1907, 1910 Patriot Sets, Overprinted "Ultramar", #238-246, E4 var., unused, complete sets incl. Special Delivery 10c, some overprints inverted, affixed to portion of album page, slight soiling, a Fine set. Done by the Portuguese P.O. on receipt from UPU in Berne before sending them to their Colonies, further portion of the "Alvaro Garcia" Cuba exhibit collection. Rare in complete set . Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $1,150
Lot 35		P Cuba, 1910 5c and 10c Portrait Progressive "Sealed" Proofs, #242E, 244E, large dies of vignettes for Rodriguez and Agramonte small die on large card with inscriptions in pencil stating "Last impression do not give out. This sealed in plate vault H Farrell'. Produced by Farrell from the American Bank Note Co., further portion of the "Alvaro Garcia" Cuba exhibit collection. Unique . Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $345
Lot 36		P Cuba, 1914-15 Maps Small Die Proofs, #253P/262P, 1c-5c, 50c, $1, all sunk on card, 3 with soiling, Fine overall. Further portion of the "Alvaro Garcia" Cuba exhibit collection. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $460
Lot 37		o Cuba, 1914-15 Map Madagascar "Specimen" Collection, #253-257, 263, E5, 1c to 5c along with #263, E5 reference collection affixed to folio page "00005" and docketed number "1815/81" and dated "14 avril 1915", cancelled by triple ring cachet struck in red reading "Postes et Telegraphes Madagascar Collection de Berne", Very Fine. An attractive archival item, further portion of the "Alvaro Garcia" Cuba exhibit collection. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $863
Lot 38		E Cuba, 1917 Cuban Patriots 1c, 2c, 3c Submitted Essays, #264/267 var., the final proofs submitted and approved in July, August, and October, die sunk on cards, some aging as to be expected. All these proofs were approved for final printing by the General Director Nadarse, further portion of the "Alvaro Garcia" Cuba exhibit collection. Unique items, critical items for the Cuban exhibitor . Estimate $750-1,000. View details and photo	Realized $1,150
Lot 39		P Cuba, 1917 Complete Set in Large Die Trial Colors, #264TC-273TC, Set of 9 in full size, printed by Security Bank Note Co., "most drastic changes in color approved on the final printing were the values of the 3, 8, 50 cents and $1.00". Further portion of the "Alvaro Garcia" Cuba exhibit collection. Possibly unique . Estimate $600-800. View details and photo	Realized $1,208
Lot 40		P Cuba, 1917 Complete Set in Large Die Black Proofs, #264P-273P, Set of 9 in full size, printed by Security Bank Note Co. Further portion of the "Alvaro Garcia" Cuba exhibit collection. Rare . Estimate $600-800. View details and photo	Realized $1,208
Lot 41		Cuba, 1950 National Bank Overprint 2c, #449, n.h., full sheet with selvage at bottom showing inverted imprint and plate numbers, also partial sheet showing some with overprint shifted up and right, Very Fine. Further portion of the "Alvaro Garcia" Cuba exhibit collection. Very rare . Estimate $150-250. View details and photo	Realized $460
Lot 42		P Cuba, Special Delivery; 1904 "Zayas" Vignette Progressive Die Proof, #E4 var., Large die misspelled "Zeyas" instead of Zayas, annotated "V18325 Die sealed" at bottom right, excellent condition, Very Fine. Error was corrected in the final proof, further portion of the "Alvaro Garcia" Cuba exhibit collection. Scarce . Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $1,610
Lot 43		Curaçao, 1923 Wilhelmina 5c, Perf 11 By 11½, NVPH #81a, n.h., Fine to Very Fine. Ex Vadheim collection. Scott #81a $625 (hinged). NVPH €750 (hinged). Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $374
Lot 44		Denmark, 1927 Airmail to U.S. Dual Franked, Facit #213-215, etc., 1925 Airpost 10o-25o tied by 1927 Kobenhaven registered Airmail to Cleveland, Ohio with U.S. 10¢ Lindbergh paying Air rate in U.S., creased and bit ragged at top, Fine. Ex Ernst Sielaff Estate. Scott #C1-3; US C10. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $127
Lot 45		Denmark, 1929, 50ö, 1k Registered Airmail Special Delivery Cover, Facit #216-217, to U.S., 1929 Kobenhavn, Luftpost to Fort Worth, Tex. with violet straightline Copenhagen-London and S.S. Mauritania, slight soiling around adhesive, Fine. Ex Ernst Sielaff Estate. Scott #C4-5. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $161
Lot 46		Egypt, 1933, 5m to 20m Congress Registered Airmail Cover, #172-176, 1933 Alexandria registered Airmail to Tynygongl forwarded to Liverpool. Ex Ernst Sielaff Estate. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $196
Lot 47		Faroe Islands, 1919, 2öre on 5öre Green, Facit #3, tied on piece with Denmark #97, Fine, 1984 Kaiser cert. Scott #1 $475+. Facit SKr 3,600. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $127
Lot 48		France, 1930 Two Registered Airmail Covers, 1st; #256, 257, B34 and C5 1930 Bordeaux, Gironde, 2nd; #256 (4), 257 and B34 1930 Bordeaux, Gironde, both to San Rafael, Cal., Fine to Very Fine. Ex Ernst Sielaff Estate. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $173
Lot 49		France, 1936 50f Airmail on Cover to Chile, Maury #15, #C15, C16 (2) and 317 1936 Paris 108, Bd. Haussmann Airmail to Santiago, Chile, slightly reduced at left. Ex Ernst Sielaff Estate. Scott #C15. Yvert #15. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $276
Lot 50		France, 1937 Paris Philatelic Exhibition Souvenir Sheet, Maury #3, n.h., excellent gum, Very Fine. Scott #329 $700. Maury €900. Estimate $180-200. View details and photo	Realized $196
Lot 51		France, 1944, 2.40fr Unissued Liberation of Paris, Maury #BF4, n.h., single from souvenir sheet of 4, signed on reverse, Very Fine. Scott #Below 523. Maury €9,200 for sheet. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Realized $299
Lot 52		French Offices in Cavalle, 1896 Registered Cover to Germany, Maury #2-7, #2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 1896 Cavalle, Turquie registered to Ulm, Germany, crease. Ex Ernst Sielaff Estate. Scott #2-7. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $161
Lot 53		French Morocco, 1952, Mounment At Temara Unissued, Maury #89A-D, n.h., Set of 4, fresh, Extremely Fine. Maury €1,200. Estimate $250-300. View details and photo	Realized $265
Lot 54		French Polynesia, 1931 Uturoa, Ile Raiatea Cover, Maury #33, 35, 60, to Bern, Switzerland, via Tahiti, scarce. Ex Ernst Sielaff Estate. Scott #40, 44, 60. Estimate $130-160. View details and photo	Unsold

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