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Sale 122

Northern California Auction

New Caledonia through Spain

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1976		New Caledonia, Mint Collection, mostly n.h., in Lindner hingeless album, few hundred from 1953 to 1987, Fine to Very Fine lot. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $345
Lot 1977		/o Norway, Various Mint and Used Collections, in 6 volumes and loose accumulation, incl. mint and used 2 volume collection to 1970's, some earlier dupl. used on stockpages and also earlier to later used in glassines, also small collections of Sweden and Finland, few new issues, etc., 19th Century mixed condition, 20th mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $633
Lot 1978		o Peru, Mostly Used Stock, in 4 stockbooks to 1970's, with classics starting at #1, Airs, slight dupl., some mint, mostly Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $431
Lot 1979		Philippines, Mostly Mint Collection, in 5 Palo albums to 2000, scattered Spanish period then 1935 on with back of the book mostly complete, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $575
Lot 1980		/o Poland, Comprehensive Collection 1915 to 1980, mint and used collection in two well filled albums, starts with 1915 Warsaw, Lubomol, Judaica speculative locals with error of "50" inverted, then good run of standard issues featuring mostly mint complete sets, various souvenir sheets, imperfs, nice showing of back-of-book incl. #C26Cd souvenir sheet of 3 o.g., Postage Dues and Officials mostly all present, also German Occupation and Offices, better items throughout, well worth inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,200-1,500. View details	Realized $1,668
Lot 1981		Poland, Collection Five Volumes 1960-1999, n.h., fresh and attractive collection in five KaBe albums with slipcases, complete for period, much topical material throughout, inspection recommended, Very Fine overall. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $920
Lot 1982		/ Portugal, Mint Collection, n.h. to o.g. on pages, 1920 to 1968, also back of the book, mostly mounted in complete sets, very clean collection, Fine to Very Fine. 2015 Scott $4,400+. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 1983		/o Portugal, 3 Mint and Used Collections, 1st 1856 to 1944 mint and used on pages; 2nd mint and used well filled stockbook collection to 1980's; 3rd mostly used classic to early 20th Century better quality collection in stockbook (cat. €8800+), Fine to Very Fine overall. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 1984		/ Portugal, Colonies Mint Stationery Stock, Backup group of few hundred mostly identified by Higgins & Gage numbers, slight dupl. only, slightly aged group as to be expected, Fine. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $184
Lot 1985		Romania, Large Mint Holding, virtually all n.h. holding of mostly 20th Century sets, singles and souvenir sheets from 1950s-80s, much topical appeal, offered as received, careful inspection will prove rewarding, generally very fine. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $748
Lot 1986		/o Romania, Collection to 1972, in Scott album, well filled from 1863 on, mixed mint and used to about 1950, then mostly used, incl. Montenegro and Serbia, 19th Century typical condition, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $460
Lot 1987		/o Romania, Two Collections, 1st collection to 1948 mint collection with later n.h. in stockbook (few souvenir sheets used), 2nd mostly used stock starting with dupl. classics to 1950's, both with some back-of-book, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th generally fine to very fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $299
Lot 1988		/o Romania, Mint and Used Collection, few thousand from 1862 to 1959 in 3 KaBe hingeless albums, early issues used, balance mostly o.g. with some cto, incl. o.g. #196-206, nice run of Semi-postals and souvenir sheets, generally fine to very fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $403
Lot 1989		o Russia, Fairly Extensive Used Collection, intact to 1975 in Minkus album, starting #2, early 20th Century mostly mint, 1920's on mostly complete incl. imperfs, also Airs, Semis, some souvenir sheets, scattered back-of-book with Wrangels, Offices Abroad, Armenia, Ukraine, etc., much Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details and photo	Realized $3,738
Lot 1990		Russia, Classic Cover Group, over 150 commercial plus a few fronts, 1880's (mostly correspondence to Hanover) to 1930's, mixed condition. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $219
Lot 1991		/o Russia, 1960 to 2006 Collection, in 8 hingeless albums, 5 of which are used, 3 are mostly n.h., incl. sheetlets, etc., clean. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $460
Lot 1992		St. Pierre & Miquelon, Modern Mint Collection, mostly n.h., few hundred from 1955 to 1984, much is Very Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $431
Lot 1993		Saudi Arabia, Hejaz Mint 1920's Overprint Stock, n.h., dupl. in multiples, part sheets, incl. positional varieties, excellent color and gum, needs inspection, Fine to Very Fine lot. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $604
Lot 1994		Spain, Strong 9 Volume Collection, Mint and used collection in Edifil hingeless albums, virtually complete mint from 1940 thru 2006, very strong from 1850 thru 1939 with many higher priced sets and singles, contains many certificates from Graus, Rendon and Comex, better items noted Edifil #3 with Comex cert. (€2750), 53 with Comex cert. (€375), 71 with Comex cert. (€1000), 110 with Comex cert. (€355), 114 (€440), 128 (€650), 139 with Comex cert. (€750), 151 with Comex cert. (€875), 190-199 (€1422), 297-319 (€515), 1090 (€850), also incl. varieties and imperfs, inspection necessary for there is too much to describe, generally fine to very fine. Purchased from our 2007 auction for $18,000 hammer, intact. 2007 Edifil €61,000+. Estimate $12,000-15,000. View details and photo	Realized $13,225
Lot 1995		Spain, Civil War Intact Collection in 2 Volumes, very complete mint collection of material listed by Edifil in 2 Edifil hingeless binders with dust cases, incl. many hard to find sets and singles, many items with certs. from Graus or Comex, incl. many private overprints and a large group of varieties, incl. Edifil Almeria #1- 8 (€400), Canary Islands 23-30 (€470), 44-51 (€197), Durango 1-16 (€225), Huevar complete, Cadiz 16-30 (€600), Lugruno and Lugo complete, Malaga almost complete, San Juan Despi complete (€1250), San Sebastion complete, Sevilla with items up to €250, and Zaragosa complete incl. 86-91 (€450), a very difficult collection to dupl. and highly desirable, mostly fine to very fine, owners original cost €12,000+ (decades ago). Sold in our 2007 auction for $8625, intact. Estimate $5,500-7,500. View details and photo	Realized $5,750
Lot 1996		/o Spain, & Colonies, Collection in Minkus Album, Few thousand 1850 to 1979, majority used with some modern o.g. sets, better incl. used #9, nice group of Colonies incl. o.g. sets, few faults in 19th Century, mostly Fine or better. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $2,070
Lot 1997		/o Spain, & Colonies Mint and Used Collections, 1st mint and used in Palo album, classics mostly used, later mint and used incl. back of the book with Semis, Airs, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine; 2nd Spain to 2000 in 2 Scott specialty albums, mostly hinged with some n.h. (souvenir sheets and blocks), scattered mint and used to 1938, Colonies in additional Scott specialty albums plus loose Scott pages, incl. Spanish Andorra to 2013, Spanish Morocco to 1955 (mostly used to 1935), Cape Juby and a few other small countries, generally fine to very fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $1,553
Lot 1998		/o Spain, Collection to 2000, mounted in 2 Scott albums, classic period mostly used, 20th Century mint or used and virtually complete 1950 on mostly used, also some Semis, Airs, etc., generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $374

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