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Foreign Collections: Norway through Yugoslavia

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2382		o Sweden 1858 to 1969 Used Collection, In Lighthouse album, starting at Facit #7, 9-12, 1872 issue on duplicated with various shades, including Airs, coils, 1924 Congress and UPU complete except 10 øre and 5kr values, few Dues, Officials, 1945 on mostly complete, fresh and fine to very fine overall. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $748
Lot 2383		/o Sweden Mint and Used on Pages, Few hundred to 1986 organized on blank pages, better classics and modern o.g. noted, also some high catalog back of the book, faulty to very fine. Owners cat. $3500. Estimate $400-500. View details	Unsold
Lot 2384		Sweden 1971 to 1983 Never Hinged Collection, In Swedish album, mostly complete including single and matching coil pairs, also souvenir sheets, booklets, clean, very fine. Cat. (1998) $454. Estimate $100-120. View details	Realized $127
Lot 2385		o Sweden Used Accumulation on Stockpages, Several thousand on stuffed pages in binder, mostly early to mid 20th Century definitives, also a page of Finland mint Semi-postals, unchecked, excellent for cancels, fine, fun lot for the collector of this country. Estimate $150-200. View details	Unsold
Lot 2386		B Sweden Group of 5 Booklets, Complete, including Facit #H27 (cat. Skr1200) and H37 (2, one reverse mounting, cat. Skr2400), fresh, very fine. Estimate $100-120. View details	Realized $115
Lot 2387		Sweden Small Postal History Stock, 400+ covers and cards, sleeved in small box, early 1900's to 2000, good variety, nothing expensive, but mostly commercial, fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $230
Lot 2388		//o Switzerland Mint and Used Collection to 1990's, Many hundreds in well filled Scott specialty album, some better classics, plus new issues still in glassines, noted gutter pairs, and other varieties on extra pages, Semi-postals including some better souvenir sheets mint, Airs including #C1-2 used, Dues, various Officials, Franchise Tax, etc., few faults on classics, balance mostly fine to very fine. Owners (2004) cat. $13,400+. Estimate $1,800-2,000. View details	Realized $1,840
Lot 2389		o Switzerland Extensive Used Collection, Hundreds in 2 Kabe hingeless albums to 1993, good showing of classics and modern issues, few mint scattered throughout including some souvenir sheets, Semi-postals, Airs, Dues, etc., few faults on classics, but overall fresh and fine. Owners cat. $7700+. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $920
Lot 2390		//o Switzerland 19th and 20th Century Retail Stock, In red box on 102 cards, some classics including #8, 20, 64, 84b, few others above $20 catalog in 19th Century, mostly used to #317 (including 302-03), mostly n.h. to o.g. after that, also Semi-postals, Airs, Dues, Officials, classics usual mixed condition, 20th mostly fine to very fine. Retail $3930 (some old pricing). Estimate $600-700. View details	Unsold
Lot 2391		//o Switzerland Mint and Used 20th Century Collection, In Scott album, 1908 to 1986, earlies mostly used to 1932, mint and used with later n.h. (some with one of each) after that, 1945 PAX set used, few souvenir sheets n.h., Semi-postals start in 1944 and complete without souvenir sheets, Airs from 1932, also Dues, Back of the Book, mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $489
Lot 2392		//o Switzerland Official Mint and Used Stock, Organized by Zumstein numbers in 2 stockbooks, including General issues, War Board, League of Nations, International Labor Bureau, plus other offices, duplication, forgeries clearly identified, nothing too expensive, but overall clean and fine to very fine stock. Owners Zumstein (2000) cat. Sfr6500+. Estimate $500-700. View details	Unsold
Lot 2393		//o Switzerland Better Estate Balance, Banker box full of n.h. new issues from 1960's to 1980's including booklets, uncut booklet sheets, Semi-postals (both n.h. and used sets), also some interesting commercial covers, First Day's, plus nice group of classics with cancels, close inspection will be rewarded. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $518
Lot 2394		//o Switzerland Classics to 1943 Collection, On pages, few early mostly used including #8 (most identified by Zumstein), 114 on mostly o.g. some with duplicate used, Semi-postals from B8 on complete mint, plus better souvenir sheets, also Officials including O19-36, etc., few 19th mixed condition, otherwise fresh, fine to very fine. Cat. (2003) $1930. Estimate $350-400. View details	Unsold
Lot 2395		o Switzerland Used Collection, 1854 to 1986, Few hundred in Schaubek hingeless album, some classics, strength in 20th Century including Semi-postals, noted #B1-28 complete, few minor faults, but overall fresh and fine. Estimate $350-450. View details	Unsold
Lot 2396		Switzerland 1925 to 1954 Flight Covers, Great lot of 26 pieces, including some with special labels, many with special cancels including Swiss-Africa flight, numerous better frankings, nearly all very fine. Estimate $350-400. View details	Realized $575
Lot 2397		/o Switzerland Mostly Used Collection to 1973, Few hundred in Minkus album, classics including #12 (4 margins, signed), seated Helvetica to 1fr, various issues to 1970's, Semi-postals including #B2-3 o.g., B4-6, B7-9 used, Airs, Dues, some Officials, classics mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $230
Lot 2398		/ Switzerland 1949 to 1974 Mint Collection, Virtually complete o.g. to n.h. on Yvert pages, including tete-beche pairs, also extra used, few Airs from 1923 on, complete from 1941 on, plus a few souvenir sheets including 1937 sheet, mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $230
Lot 2399		/o Switzerland Collection in Scott Specialty Album to 1974, Few hundred used and mint including Semi-postals, Airs and some other Back of the Book, value in classics, mixed condition in 19th Century, balance fine. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $345
Lot 2400		//o Switzerland Mostly Mint 20th Century Collections, Hundreds of mostly mint sets and singles on various album pages to 1970's with much later n.h., duplicate collections with used and mint, Dues and some Officials mostly used, good variety with some better items throughout, mostly fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $184
Lot 2401		//o Switzerland 1862 to 1977 Collection, On Minkus pages, few earlies to 1930's mostly used, later mostly n.h., overall fine to very fine. Estimate $80-100. View details	Realized $29
Lot 2402		/o Tannu Tuva 1926 to 1936 Mint Collection, O.g. on pages, complete to #34, also #37-38, 39 used, 45-52, 52a, 54-92, 120-21, 123, C1-9, C9a, C10-18, very clean, fine to very fine. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $334
Lot 2403		Thailand Interesting Postal History Collection, 59 mostly commercial covers and cards mounted on well annotated pages, 1911 to 1963, noted 1926 mourning cover from Samutsakhor to Bangkok, 1927 from Taquapa to U.S., 1928 10s on 15s postal card used to Canada, 1929 "train letter" to New York via Penang, 1929 15s postal card uprated to Holland, 1936 airmail to U.S., 1938 Taku Pa to New York, 1938 to Canada on Oriental Hotel envelope, U.S. naval, 24 June 1939 First Day to U.S., 1940 to Singapore, 1941 to U.S., 1911 postcard to Germany, 1946 registered to U.S., 1946 and 1949 A.V.2 to U.S., same 1950 to Canada, 1947 airmail cover inbound from Indo-China, 1926 registered to Switzerland, 1946 advertising (British Dispensary Co.) to U.S., 1948 from Surat Station to London, few British Forces, Officials, etc, excellent condition overall, wonderful group from this popular area. Estimate $4,000-4,500. View details	Unsold
Lot 2404		/ Thailand 1970's to 1990's New Issues, N.h. accumulation of stamps (usually in blocks of 4), souvenir sheets, booklets, year books and First Day's as received from the Thai Post Office in original mailing envelopes, missing only a few of the earlier souvenir sheets, a nice run of modern material from this popular area, very fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,553
Lot 2405		Thailand 1902 to 1955 Cover Lot, 65 pieces (2 early postcards), starting with the second issue, showing a variety of frankings, usages and destinations, all commercial pieces, including provincial, registered, censored A.V.2 and some franked with high values, overall fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $1,380
Lot 2406		Thailand 1883 to 1995 Mostly Mint Collection, On Minkus pages, scattered early mostly used, mint sets include #275-82, 283-95, 304-08, 1964 to 1976 mostly complete n.h. to o.g., scattered after that, fine to very fine. Owners cat. $2600. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $920
Lot 2407		/o Thailand Large Revenue Accumulation, 1883 to 1960, fascinating array of 960 issues on 70 various documents, Court Fee stamps from first issues in bicolor and green from 1900, 1915-45 Elephant types and wartime issues, also various Musicians, Provisionals, Civil Defense, Charity, etc., many multiples with rare types, gutter pairs, censored and various varieties, all annotated, plus Elephant court fees 300 baht, 400 baht in large blocks and 500 baht in block of 50 used, also Civil Defense 4s full sheet and Entertainment tax stamp 5s full sheet, finally 1883 1 tical in block of 10 unused, few tattered edges on some documents, overall fine. Estimate $600-700. View details	Realized $575
Lot 2408		Thailand 1883 to 1943 Used Postal Stationery, Fascinating array of 48 commercial usages, including letter cards and envelopes, noted local usages, sent from provinces, additional frankings, censored, etc., overall fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $1,438
Lot 2409		//o Thailand Mint and Used Collection to 1971, Primarily n.h. complete sets, #414 to 516 complete, plus some better used including #126, overall fine to very fine, worth a look. Cat. $1700+. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $575
Lot 2410		o Thailand Early Postmarks, 1883 to 1932 accumulation on black stockpages, consisting of over 200 mostly different native cancels, generally fine, an interesting lot for the specialist. Estimate $250-350. View details and photo	Realized $299
Lot 2411		Thailand 1950's to 1980's Cover Accumulation, About 130 mostly commercial including postcards and a few First Day's, a nice variety of frankings, inspect, fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $230
Lot 2412		Thailand Collection of 200+ First Day's, 1974 to 1985 in 5 albums, all cacheted and unaddressed, plus a small group of new issues, clean lot with loads of topical material. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $276
Lot 2413		Thailand Postal History Lot of 160, Covers and cards, 1900 to 1980, commercial, events, First Day's, etc., inspect for value, overall fine to very fine. Estimate $200-400. View details	Realized $719
Lot 2414		/ Timor Complete Mint to 1968, On Scott pages, earlies ungummed to o.g. with later n.h., including 1948 souvenir sheet, all Airs, Back of the Book, fresh and fine to very fine collection. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $1,380
Lot 2415		o Turkey 1863 to 1980 Used Collection, In 2 albums, value in 19th Century, appears complete including Back of the Book (except #P1), 1901 to 1910 strong showing of issues, including Crescent overprints, later to 1966 including Semi-postals, some souvenir sheets and many commemorative sets, sparse after that, few minor faults, but overall fine to very fine, rarely offered this comprehensive. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 2416		/ Turkey 1923 to 1977 Mint Collection, Several hundred o.g. to n.h. singles, sets and souvenir sheets in mounts on homemade pages, noted #622, 682-704 o.g., 775-80 n.h., 841, 915a o.g., 933 n.h., 1101a o.g., 1960's on mostly n.h., Semi-postals, Airs including C6-8 n.h., clean and overall very fine collection. Estimate $600-700. View details	Realized $460
Lot 2417		o Turkey Oldtime Collection, Couple hundred mostly used on annotated homemade pages, 1863 to 1920, numerous overprints, surcharges, shades, etc., values to 100pi, including Semi-postals, Dues, Newspaper, faulty to fine, inspect for value. Estimate $200-300. View details	Unsold
Lot 2418		/ Vatican 1929 to 1993 Complete Mint, In 2 White Ace albums, no #35-40, l.h. to 1957 (#31 n.h.), couple sets used, n.h. after that, extra new White Ace Vatican binder, fine to very fine. Cat. approximately $2400+. Estimate $700-800. View details	Realized $690
Lot 2419		/ Vatican Complete Mint to 1988, In Lighthouse hingeless album, including #35-40 mostly n.h., #35 fault, 37 off center, balance of collection including early sets mostly n.h., early Air sets l.h., fine to very fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $1,380
Lot 2420		/ Vatican 1933 to 1977 Mint Collection, In White Ace album, early period hinged (few used), later period n.h., including souvenir sheets, clean, fine to very fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $219
Lot 2421		/ Vatican Mint Collection, Mostly n.h., some earlier sets and values o.g., but strength is 1988 to 2002, plus Back of the Book, fine to very fine. Cat. $450+. Estimate $100-120. View details	Realized $180
Lot 2422		/o Vatican Accumulation, N.h. or used, hundreds of sets and singles in stockbook (1960's to 1981), plus sheets and part sheets in folders, loose, glassines, also mint and used collection on pages, needs organizing, fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $228
Lot 2423		o Venezuela Better 1859 to 1967 Collection, Mostly used in Schaubek album on Filven pages, including 1st few issues complete, #16-17 mint, earlies mostly pen canceled, but including circular cancels, 1880 Bolivar set, Guayana State complete (2 with control marks), 1938 on mostly complete, Airs largely complete including #C66-78, also Back of the Book, perforated initials, 19th Century few minor faults, balance mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 2424		//o Venezuela 1859 to 1971 Mint and Used Collection, On Filven pages, starts with #1-5, with scattered early period used including Bolivar issues, Airs #C1-16 n.h., 1938 on reasonably complete, 1950 on mostly complete with most Arms, later mounted n.h., also including 1871 on Fiscals, Guayana locals #1-3, etc., occasional toning, but mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $570
Lot 2425		Venezuela Exhibition Collection, 1864-1959, Group of attractive postal history on homemade annotated pages, features 1864 folded letter cover bearing pair of half real yellow-orange "Eagle" issue from La Victoria, Aragua to Caracas, other classic items, registered, better FDC's, postal cards, stationery, clean, fresh and worthwhile, generally fine to very fine. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $460
Lot 2426		Viet Nam Mint Collection, To 1974 in stockbook, including South 1951 souvenir booklet, #290Ab, 411a (2), 450, few North including #1L30-61, 1L1//26, 47-49, 47a, 49a, 119-20, 121a, 268-74 perforate and imperforate, South #1-13 couple value dist. gum, mostly n.h. after that, fine to very fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $403
Lot 2427		o Viet Nam (North) Used Collection, On well filled Schaubek pages, several better sets and singles, inspect, overall fine. Owners cat. $590. Estimate $120-150. View details	Realized $115
Lot 2428		/o Viet Nam (South) 1951 to 1975 Collection, Mostly used on well filled Scott pages, several better sets and singles, duplication for mint and used, overall fine. Owners cat. $417. Estimate $100-120. View details	Realized $115
Lot 2429		/ Wallis & Futuna Mint Collection, O.g. (few later n.h.) in Scott specialty album, 1944 to 1999 (few scattered earlier and later), regular issues only missing 6 items for completion, Airs complete to 1997, Dues complete, fresh, very fine. Owners (2004) cat. $2135. Estimate $400-450. View details	Realized $633
Lot 2430		/o Yugoslavia 1918 to 1988 Mint and Used Collection, Hundreds in Minkus album, including overprints on Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia including varieties, "Chain Breakers", general issues on virtually complete to 1941, also unlisted, revenues, Federal Republic on virtually complete to 1973, also Trieste, Croatia mostly complete including souvenir sheets, Montenegro, few Slovenia and Serbia, overall very clean and mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $800-900. View details	Realized $690

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