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Northern California Auction

Ceylon through Grenada

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1604		/o Ceylon, Comprehensive 1857 to 1972 Collection, 466 mint or used mounted on Scott pages, starting with the 1857 Imperf issue, incl. SG#14 with BPA cert, high apparent cat. value, few questionable, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details and photo	Realized $4,313
Lot 1605		o Ceylon, 1857 to 1870 "Pence" Issue Collection, on quadrille pages, majority used, around 150 with numerous shades, nice colors with the usual condition for that period, high cat., Fine overall. Estimate $2,000-2,400. View details and photo	Realized $2,185
Lot 1606		/o/ Christmas Island, 1930's Local Issues, 2 covers; 1934 and 1936 tied with locals and French Polynesia issues, plus mint sheet of 4 and mint and used adhesives, Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $219
Lot 1607		/ Cyprus, Complete Mint Collection, mounted in Scott album to 2000, missing only #27, o.g. on earlier period, n.h. later, mostly fresh colors, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $4,500-5,500. View details and photo	Realized $9,200
Lot 1608		Egypt, 1864 to 1890 Interpostal Seals Collection and Accumulation, valuable holding of these rarely seen items starting with a 2 volume mounted collection on custom album pages of over 1,000 seals mostly unused and different, vastly superior in quality and scope, running from 1864 to 1890 with many better throughout arranged by years, types, die varieties and town names, plus 3 stockbooks and a folder containing well over 3,000 seals which are either dupl. or ones that never made to the collection, quite a remarkable lot for the specialist of this elusive but increasingly popular area, overall better than average condition with some faults as usual, inspection highly recommended. Estimate $5,000-6,500. View details and photo	Realized $3,450
Lot 1609		/ Falkland Islands, Better Mint Group, Couple hundred items n.h. to o.g., Victoria to GVI, some purchased directly from auctions, incl. #54-64 plus extra #64s, 24a with cert, numerous Victoria ½d on 1d bisects mint and used, #20-21, surprising number of earlier n.h. in hinged period, few Gibbons shades incl. 25a with cert, few used, some later n.h., needs inspection, Fine to Very Fine lot. Estimate $2,500-3,500. View details and photo	Realized $5,175
Lot 1610		Falkland Islands, Mint Collection, n.h., few hundred from 1937 to 2001, mostly complete 1952 on incl. Dependencies issues, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $805
Lot 1611		/ Gibraltar, Complete Mint Collection, o.g. in Scott album to 2000, £5 toned gum, incl. GV perf varieties, later n.h. incl. Estimate $2,800-3,500. View details and photo	Realized $4,025
Lot 1612		Gibraltar, Complete Mint Collection, n.h. (later) to o.g. to 1969 mounted on Minkus pages, missing only £5 (separate lot), incl. few dupl. used or mint, couple of certs, with SG varieties incl. short "5", shades, better perfs on GVI, etc., fresh throughout, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details and photo	Realized $2,530
Lot 1613		Grenada, Intact Commercial Cover Hoard, many hundreds loose in full banker box, from GVI to early QEII period, mostly to U.S. but other countries noted, incl. OHMS, stationery, strength in GVI period, no FD's noted, Fine or better. Estimate $700-900. View details	Realized $690

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