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Sale 62

June 2004 Worldwide Philatelic Auction

Foreign Country Collections - Russia through Yugoslavia

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1834		/o Russia and Related: Extensive Collection, 2300 used and mint in Scott specialty album to 1940, only missing a handful of high value items for completion, noted #2 used, 6 mint, including Semi's, Airs, Offices in China and Turkey including #61-199 complete. mint (city overprint issues), plus strong Civil War issues including Army of the N.W. #1-14 mint, Armenia, Siberia including #110 mint with APS cert., Ukraine, etc., few dubious overprints as to be expected, but condition much better than usually seen, overall fine to very fine. Estimate $2,200-2,500. View details	Realized $3,105
Lot 1835		Russian Offices in Turkey: Mint Collection, Mounted on oldtime album pages, 1863 to 1910, virtually complete. for period, including City overprints sets complete, #1 and 3 not counted, unusually fresh, fine to very fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $978
Lot 1836		[Russia] South Russia: Sheets and Large Block, N.h., #20 (100), 54 (200), 55 (180), 57 (200) with some varieties, fresh, fine to very fine. Cat. $2420+. Estimate $400-500. View details	Unsold
Lot 1837		Russia: 1920 Civil War Locals, All o.g., from Kharkov, consists of Michel #1-6 (3-4, 7 with overprint down), also 8, 10, 11 and 13 plus 11 with overprint down, fresh, fine to very fine. Cat. Dm1145. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $150
Lot 1838		/ St. Pierre & Miquelon: Mint Collection, Mounted in Scott album, 1885 to 2002, some later issues loose, classics including #18 (o.g.-small thin), 1891 (Oct. 15) set virtually complete to 1fr, 1891-92 surcharge set complete, #58, 1906 on somewhat complete except rare overprints, #165 on almost all n.h., also souvenir sheets, booklets, Airs mostly complete, etc., strength in early to mid 20th Century, clean, fine to very fine. Inventory included. Estimate $1,000-1,400. View details	Realized $1,783
Lot 1839		St. Pierre & Miquelon: Mint Collection, 1885 to 1986 on pages, including #1-3, 4, 6, 1891 set to 25c, 40c, 1fr., also varieties of the issue, 1891-92 set complete, 1892 (Nov.) set complete, 1892 Due set complete, 1892-1908 complete to 75c, 1924 on reasonably complete except rarer pieces including France Libre, few Airs, #Q1-2, etc., mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $1,380
Lot 1840		Salvador: Postal Stationery Collection, Mounted and written up on homemade pages in 5 binders, envelopes, postal cards and wrappers, 1882 to 1930's, consists of 264 mint and 22 used pieces, some overseas destinations, generally fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $489
Lot 1841		/o Spain: Extensive Mint and Used Collection, 1850 to 1995, couple thousand on Hagner pages in 6 binders, 19th Century including lots of used duplicates showing various cancels, mostly mint complete from 1954 onwards, better items including used #11, 42, 78 (faulty), mint #220, 348-57, B32-46, B64-73, C97, C123-24, nice run of Back of the Book, earlies are a bit mixed, balance mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,898
Lot 1842		/o Spain: Mostly Used Stock, Many thousands in 3 stockbooks, mint and used mostly 20th Century to 1970's starting with #1 (2), includes considerable strength and value in classics, 20th Century mint and used, some duplication, not checked for cancels, generally fine to very fine. Estimate $800-900. View details	Realized $978
Lot 1843		o Spain: Revenue Group of Over 200, Used 19th Century, some duplication but with different cancels, unusual. Estimate $180-200. View details	Unsold
Lot 1844		o Spain: Numeral and Town Cancel Collection, Over 275 stamps sorted by numeral on Hagner pages, plus a small group of town cancels including a few Cols., average to fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $207
Lot 1845		/o Spain: Civil War Collection, Couple hundred on Hagner pages, stamps, seals, labels and Revenues, interesting and seldom seen group, mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $75-100. View details	Realized $161
Lot 1846		/ Sweden: Mint Collection 1858 to 2003, Mounted in Scott album, starting #12, virtually complete 1891 on including coils, Semis complete except #B12-14, Airs except #C4-5, earlies n.h. to o.g., later n.h., very clean, fine to very fine. Inventory included. Owners (2003) Cat. $8300+. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $1,668
Lot 1847		o Sweden: Town Cancel Collection, Over 15,000 stamps on Hagner pages sorted by towns and Scott numbers in 21 albums, majority 19th Century with a scattering of better stamps, wonderful lot for the Swedish specialists, average to fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $2,070
Lot 1848		/o Switzerland: Mint and Used Collection on Hingeless Pages, Several hundred to 1970's, some classics mostly used, 20th Century mostly mint including n.h. new issues, good Semi's mint, strength in Back of the Book including Dues, Officials, and International Offices, few faults on early, but overall fresh and fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $518
Lot 1849		o Switzerland: Town Cancel Collection, 4000+ stamps on Hagner pages in 7 albums, sorted by stamp and town name, some better issues including a few "sitting" Helveticas, average to fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $546
Lot 1850		/o Switzerland: Collection in Scott Specialty Album, Few hundred mint and used to 1980, including small sitting "Helveticas", mostly used to 1950's, later mostly mint, Semis mint and used, few Airs and back of book, mixed condition on classics, balance generally fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $184
Lot 1851		Switzerland: 1960's to 1980's First Day's, Several hundred in banker box, virtually all unaddressed and cacheted, minor duplication, excellent range of thematic subjects, high Zumstein cat., clean, overall very fine. Estimate $100-200. View details	Realized $63
Lot 1852		Syria: 1920 to 1928 Errors and Varieties, N.h., nice group of 25+ diff. items showing overprint error, misplaced overprints, gutter pairs, etc., very fine interesting items, seldom seen, fine to very fine. Estimate $150-250. View details	Realized $184
Lot 1853		/o Tannu Tuva: Stamp Lot, O.g. to used, sets and singles on cards, minor duplication, fine-very fine. Cat. $432. Estimate $150-180. View details	Realized $138
Lot 1854		/o Thailand: Revenue Lot, 1883 to 1960, selection of 842 on 40 provincial documents, 1910 Court Fee stamps in bicolor and green, 1915 elephant types, 1943 Court Fees wartime issues, Civil Defense, Entertainment tax, Musician, Provisional issues, Charity for Health & Education, etc., many multiples, also mint sheets lot of rare items (annotated) plus Civil Defense 5s full sheet showing good misplaced perfs. at the bottom row and elephant Court Fee 400b high values in used blocks of 25, finally 1883 1 tical with "6"b surcharged block of 4 n.h. showing Siamese ?6? double overprint on the top left copy, overall fine, fascinating lot. Estimate $600-700. View details	Realized $518
Lot 1855		/o Thailand: 1905 to 1988 Collection, Hundreds of mint and used organized in black stockbook, early issues used with toning, 1950's on mostly complete. and n.h. with less toning on later issues, noted #221-22 used, 348-62A n.h., 397-411A n.h., minor duplication in blocks, fine to very fine appearance, inspection a must. Owners cat. $3150. Estimate $550-650. View details	Realized $719
Lot 1856		/o Thailand: Unusual Lot, Circa 1930 to 1960, consisting of 1930 Udom Pharmacy Medicine stamps in green, block of 6 n.h., 1943 official seals in 3 diff. full sheets of 20, plus Army postal labels in 3 diff. full sheets of 10, also 4 stampless military covers, each opened, censored and sealed with diff. Army postal labels, and military donation stamps 1955 border dispute with Cambodia 1b unused sheet of 24, seldom seen, fine to very fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Unsold
Lot 1857		Thailand: Cover Lot, 1894 to 1960, attractive group of 40 covers, postal stationery, postcards, first flights and aerogrammes, showing an array of diff. frankings and usages, all commercial pieces, some registered and some franked with high values, fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $460
Lot 1858		o Thailand: Early Postmarks, 1883 to 1930 accumulation on black stockpages, consisting of over 200 mostly diff. native cancels, generally fine, an interesting lot for the specialist. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $299
Lot 1859		Trieste: Group of 70 Covers, Including commercial mail, FD's, unused stationery, philatelic (some addressed to Penny Black Stamp Co. in NY), also set of 9 Sicily censored covers in blocks of 4 to APO Postmaster in NY, popular area. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $288
Lot 1860		/o Turkey: Collections and Accumulation, Including 1892 to 1910 collection, and 1863 to 1967 mint collection with back-of-the-book, modern new issues on stockcards, mostly clean and fine to very fine, popular country. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $575
Lot 1861		/o Turkey: Accumulation in Stockbook, 1750+ used and mint stamps somewhat organized with duplication, classics to mid 20th Century, unchecked for cancels or varieties, mixed condition. Estimate $200-250. View details	Unsold
Lot 1862		Uruguay: Early Flight Covers, 18 pieces, 1921 to 1923, various commemorative flights, several franked with #C1-3, all written up on pages, unusual group, fine to very fine. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $322
Lot 1863		/ Vatican: Complete Mint Collection to 2002, Mounted in Scott album, missing #35-40, l.h. to o.g. until #121 (#19-34, 55-60 n.h.), virtually all n.h. after that, including Airs complete n.h., Special Delivery and #Q1-15. Includes inventory. Owners (2003) Cat. $3800. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 1864		/ Vatican: Mint Collection to 1988, In 2 Lighthouse albums with binders, pages to 2002, virtually all in complete sets, earlies o.g., later n.h., fine to very fine, clean collection in very expensive albums. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $575
Lot 1865		/ Vatican: Mint Collection on Pages, O.g. to n.h., 1930's to 1977 (not complete), priced by pages in folders, better sets throughout, few used, including Back of the Book, fine to very fine. Owners retail $420. Estimate $180-200. View details	Realized $161
Lot 1866		/ Vatican: Select Mint Group of 22, N.h. to o.g., including n.h. #59-60, 129, 173, C18-19, C20-21, C22-23, Parcel Post, fine-very fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $196
Lot 1867		/ Vatican: Small Mint Group, Mostly n.h. including #61-67, 122-30, E11-12 and 145-48 in small stockbooks, plus 1L and 2L coins, mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $70-80. View details	Realized $69
Lot 1868		/o Venezuela: Extensive Mint and Used Collection, 1882 to 1979, lovely group and mostly complete. for the period neatly arranged and annotated on homemade pages in 9 albums, largely parallel mint and used with attractive covers interspersed, better issues in abundance including used #92-95, 149, 341-42, 384-87, C17-46, C181- 97, mint 92-95, 123-27, 149 signed Bloch, 256-58, 350- 56, 380-87, 397-400, C41-46, C104, C106, C112-13, C119-29, C143-62, C218-21 imperf. pairs, etc., plus the 1951-52 Arms regulars and Airs nearly complete, generally fine to very fine, well worth a close examination. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $748
Lot 1869		/o Yugoslavia: Specialized Provisional Issues Collection, Few hundred singles and multiples organized in stockbook, SHS Bosnia, SHS Croatia and "Chainbreakers" issues, normal stamps plus 100 items with various overprint and printing varieties, also 39 items used on piece, seldom seen, fine to very fine. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $288

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