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Worldwide Auction During OrcoExpo

Worldwide Collections

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2247		Worldwide 1930's to 1990's Dealer Mint Set Hoard, n.h. (at least 95%), over 400,000 complete sets in 117 red sales boxes, incl. catalog values to $150, mostly $3 to $6 range, tremendous variety with quantities ranging from one to several hundred (mostly smaller quantities), heavy in Independent Africa, also some nice British Commonwealth, some highlights incl. Haiti #616 (100 sets, cat. $17.75 each), many omnibus issues incl. 1953 Coronation (2), 1937 Coronation (no Hong Kong), better Tonga, Jordan 533c (about 50, cat. $14 each), excellent topical selection, no U.S., U.N. or Canada, worth a close look, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $15,000-20,000. View details	Realized $21,850
Lot 2248		Worldwide 1980 To 2002 Massive New Issue Hoard, n.h., thousands of sets, singles, souvenir sheets, booklets, mint stationery, sheetlets in 15 full banker boxes, minimal duplication, some issues in blocks of 4, one man's accumulation, virtually all items were in original packaging (since removed), he purchased worldwide issues from Postal Agencies, Urch Harris in England, Herrick Co., New Issue Club, etc., few boxes still have "yearbooks" with stamps, strength in Asia, Europe (noted strong Scandinavia), British Commonwealth (no Canada), original purchase prices probably in the neighborhood of $100,000, must be seen to evaluate, Very Fine. Estimate $10,000-15,000. View details	Realized $43,700
Lot 2249		/o Worldwide 1840's To 2003 One Man's Massive Collection, housed in 37 huge Minkus Supreme Global albums, put together over 60 years of collecting, mostly mint sets and singles, plus good representation of used, incl. sets to $150+ cat., for most of his lifetime he subscribed to new issues service from some 30 countries, nice Canada, Great Britain and Cols., particularly Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Ireland, Barbados, Malta, Fiji, Falklands, Seychelles, good France and Cols., especially F.S.A.T., Polynesia, Wallis & Futuna, St. Pierre & Miquelon, Andorra, substantial representation in virtually all other countries, incl. China, Italy, Mexico, etc., a bonus; collector often put a second or third copy of an issue in one mount, unusually good condition, huge catalog value, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $9,000-10,000. View details	Realized $18,975
Lot 2250		/ Worldwide 20th Century Mint Collection, N.h. to o.g., several thousand singles and sets in 23 Scott specialty albums (no British except New Zealand and India), mostly 1940's to 1970's, many better items throughout, better countries incl. Japan, Korea, Turkey, Benelux, France & Colonies, Spain & Colonies, Mexico, worth close inspection, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $8,000-9,000. View details	Realized $8,050
Lot 2251		/o Worldwide Mostly 20th Century Oldtime Priced Stock, Mint and used in 12 banker boxes in binders to 1990, pricing out of date, everything from under $1 to better sets and countries incl. G.B., Hong Kong with 1949 Silver Wedding n.h. plus later sets, Bermuda with key plates, also n.h. Europa, better issues in glassines, on stockcards (some not identified), needs careful inspection of this older priced material, mostly Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $6,000-8,000. View details	Realized $9,488
Lot 2252		/o Worldwide Large Better Estate Balance, many thousands of mint and used in 11 full banker boxes, strength in Latin America with extensive Costa Rica stocks, Brazil new issues, interesting Paraguay on pages and stockbooks, Nicaragua, El Salvador collection, large Mexico stocks, Asia incl. Korea souvenir sheets, mint Japan, also noted Egypt with classics used, nice Palestine, Indochina collection, U.S. incl. #C1-6 n.h. or l.h. and C18 l.h., large quantity of precancels in stockbook, St. Helena stock, etc., many better items throughout, many still on original sales sheets, this lot will need a thorough inspection to evaluate, generally Fine. Estimate $6,000-8,000. View details	Realized $14,950
Lot 2253		Worldwide 12 Banker Boxes of New Issues, n.h., from around 1960's to 2000, in glassines, few in small binders or still in original packets, incl. booklets, some sheetlets or souvenir sheets, strong in G.B. with booklets, also Australia, some "overly productive" countries but mostly the better ones, very little dupl., nothing picked and as a result better Europa is hidden throughout, needs careful inspection, Very Fine. Estimate $6,000-8,000. View details	Realized $24,150
Lot 2254		/o Worldwide Old Time Collection in Globals, 1845-1950, interesting and valuable 19th and 20th century mint and used collection in 3 Minkus Supreme Globals, strong assortment of early classics throughout, a few highlights incl. Austria WIPA #B110, B273-76, B269-71, Belgium 172-84, China #80 Red Revenue, Cyrenaica 11-16 ($561), Greenland Q1-6 ($595), Eritrea 75-80 ($493), Ethiopia 145 used ($400), G.B. #1, Italy 66 ($300), 117-118 ($335), 209-305, Japan 145, Portugal 437-52, Switzerland 81 ($275) 105-111 ($289), C14, Finland 2 with town cancel ($850), 4, 7, 10, 11 ($800), other worthwhile material included, condition mixed, owners current catalog value $46,000+, generally Fine. Estimate $4,000-6,000. View details	Realized $4,715
Lot 2255		/o Worldwide Dealer Stock in Small Sales Books, few thousand mint and used singles and sets on sales pages in small binders in 2 full banker boxes, good variety of countries and issues, noted modern mint sets throughout, better countries incl. Japan, Korea, Canada, British Colonies, Mexico, worth a look, some faults (priced accordingly), overall clean, generally Fine. Owners older discounted retail $22,600. Estimate $3,500-4,000. View details	Realized $3,450
Lot 2256		Worldwide Valuable Mint Accumulation, 1878-1980, a substantial array of mostly mint sets, singles and souvenir sheets on 8½" x 11" black stockpages in 10 binders, incl. British Commonwealth, Europe and Asia, clean, fresh and topically oriented, high catalog value, well worth inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $3,000-4,000. View details	Realized $2,875
Lot 2257		/o Worldwide 1850's To 1970's Collection on Homemade Pages, thousands of mint and used in 3 ring binders (rather scruffy) in 5 full banker boxes, classics to modern with duplication, better areas incl. Latin America, Europe (no Netherlands & Cols.), Great Britain incl. #1 on and off cover, some nicer British and French Cols., U.S. classics with lots of 19th Century, also noted C1-C6 used, interesting Egypt imperforate issues from King Farouk collection, New Zealand with large selection of "ad backs", many better items scattered throughout, will need a close inspection, mixed condition, generally Fine. Estimate $3,000-4,000. View details	Realized $7,763
Lot 2258		/o Worldwide 1860's To 1968 Mint and Used Collection, many thousands in 8 well filled albums (7 are Scott Internationals), better singles and sets throughout, noted British Empire, Europe, Latin America, worth a close look, generally Fine. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Realized $3,105
Lot 2259		/o Worldwide Oltime Collector's Accumulation, Mint and used in 3 banker boxes, mostly early to mid 20th Century, incl. German States with number cancels, Canada, G.B. incl. penny black, Edward period with control numbers, early Brazil, Uruguay collection on pages, better souvenir sheets, contained in stockbooks, stockcards, glassines, better items hidden throughout, classics somewhat mixed condition, otherwise Fine to Very Fine needs close inspection. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Realized $6,038
Lot 2260		/o Worldwide Intact Estate in 20 Banker Boxes, as received near the end of auction describing, thousands of mint and used in remainder albums, glassines, envelopes, on stockcards, pages, on/off paper, noted U.S. mint postage, better 1930's mint, nice collection of Germany, U.S. First Day's, foreign covers, a little bit of everything is in this lot, have a look, generally Fine. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Realized $4,370
Lot 2261		/o Worldwide Intact Estate in 6 Banker Boxes, thousands of mint and used incl. 2 of off paper worldwide sorted/unsorted, the first box opened there was a U.S. C6 used on top, so anything goes in these boxes, also a large group of U.S. postage, stockbooks with an eclectic mix, collections incl. Great Britain with #1 used and other classics and modern mint, Japan in 2 volumes with mint Park sets, a GVI collection in 2 volumes, various classic U.S. throughout, disorganized, but much value hidden in this lot, mixed condition, Fine appearance. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Realized $3,335
Lot 2262		/o Worldwide Dealer Clean Out the Back Room Lot, thousands of mint and used in 6 stuffed banker boxes, noted nice stock of mint Spanish Andorra, U.S. used, Eastern Europe on packed manila pages, Switzerland full sheets with tete-beche panes, Canal Zone modern mint incl. coil strips, German inflation stock, loads of n.h. sets on #102 cards from many countries with emphasis on Europe, U.S. Revenue group, stuffed glassines, old approval books, stockbooks, anything could be in here, needs a close inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Realized $3,220
Lot 2263		/o Worldwide Accumulations and Collections, Mint or used in 9 banker boxes, with albums, pages, stockpages, etc., remainder or small country collections, worldwide collections, etc., generally Fine. Estimate $2,000-3,000. View details	Realized $3,220
Lot 2264		/ Worldwide Lot of Better Mint Singles and Sets, N.h. to o.g. (few used), British Empire incl. St. Helena #18-19, Australia 83, Canada 102 n.h., Fiji 117-31B l.h., Great Britain 108 used, 292-308 n.h., Caymans 100-11 n.h., foreign incl. Germany 10NB11 n.h., DDR 144a, 146a perf. and imperf., Third Reich souvenir sheets, San Marino #304, C75 n.h., Switzerland B143, PAX set n.h., Saar C12 n.h., France C23-27 n.h., Monaco mint, Hungary C81 l.h., generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Realized $3,105
Lot 2265		o Worldwide 19th Century Used Collection, interesting group organized on black stockpages, occasional mint copy, better countries incl., Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Cape of Good Hope, Ceylon, Finland, France, Luxembourg, Mexico, New South Wales, Peru, and Switzerland, occasional faults, but condition much better than usual, most copies selected for attractive cancels or overall appearance, high catalog value, Fine to Very Fine appearance. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Realized $2,415
Lot 2266		/o Worldwide 7 Volume Globals To 1975, Many hundreds of mint and used, value in modern mint sets, incl. China, U.N., Croatia, decent German 3rd Reich with souvenir sheets, Gibraltar, etc., some used incl. earlies, much Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $1,840
Lot 2267		/o Worldwide Group of 14 Albums, Mostly Scott Internationals 19th and 20th Century to 1940 with mint and used, also incl. 3 "Browns", Brazil and Switzerland collections in two Minkus, French Africa in a Scott, Fine overall. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $3,105
Lot 2268		/o Worldwide 18 Volume Mint and Used Collection, Approx. 25,000 different in alpha order to 1986 in Scott Internationals and 1 Junior album to 1940, value in Junior incl. mint 1920's Australia, mint and used U.S., Internationals sparse but does incl. modern mint Austria, Australia, Germany, New Zealand, and Monaco, Fine or better. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,553
Lot 2269		/o Worldwide Treasure Hunt in 15 Banker Boxes, stuffed with tens of thousands of used and mint, sorted, unsorted, in glassines, envelopes, stockbooks, on stockpages, plus Scott specialty albums and 5 volume Scott Internationals, sparsely filled, but did note some modern n.h. sets, as received from estate, unpicked, have fun, anything could be in here, generally Fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $2,415
Lot 2270		/o Worldwide Treasure Trove in 2 Banker Boxes, huge variety of worldwide mint and used, highlights incl. many thousands of dollars catalogue in high powered classic stamps in various condition, wide variety of sets and singles, 2 small boxes mint and used South Africa, mint Royal Wedding, big envelope of mint and used Machins, pages of earlier China, Palestine, Estonia, Russia and Turkey, also nice representation from Liberia, Latin America, Hawaii, Newfoundland, plus some better U.S., worth careful inspection, generally Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,495
Lot 2271		/o Worldwide Collection/Stock Balances, mint and used collection of Canada in Scott album, some classics, modern postage, few better items noted, modern Israel group in binder with unusual unlisted items, Great Britain mostly used stock with extensive 19th century (usual mixed condition) with very high catalog, inspect, generally Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $1,438
Lot 2272		/o Worldwide 18 Scott Specialty Albums, few thousand mint and used, noted Jordan, Great Britain, Belgium (some nice mint), Ryukyu's, Middle East (better Iran), Spain, Australia (2), Vatican City, Yemen (some better mint), U.S. (2), couple without stamps, scattered better items throughout, inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,208
Lot 2273		/o Worldwide Collection Balances With Modern Issues, mint and used in various albums in 4 full banker boxes, value in modern mint sets o.g and n.h., incl. Netherlands Antilles and Surinam in Scott specialty 1950's to 1980's sets, 2 Canada collections (to 1982 and 1987) with modern postage, Great Britain with extensive modern mint to 1996, Japan in Minkus album with questionable classics, some better modern, Ghana mint to 1967, Israel mint single collection incl. #1-9 (in sealed mounts), Kennedy topical collection in 2 vols., U.S. 1970's to 1980's souvenir pages, 1930's to 1940's matched plate blocks, inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,200-1,500. View details	Realized $1,323
Lot 2274		/o Worldwide Oldtime Collections and Stock, Mint and used in binders sorted with some old pricing, incl. Austria, Germany, Hungary, also collections incl. Canada, G.B., mostly 20th Century, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $978
Lot 2275		/o Worldwide Large Intact Estate, in 7 full banker boxes, thousands of mint and used in envelopes, glassines, baggies, on cards, album pages, in stockbooks, noted better classics U.S. and 1920's mint, U.N. new issues incl. Flag sheets, other foreign new issues, very disorganized, anything could be in here, as received, unpicked, generally Fine. Estimate $900-1,200. View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 2276		/o/ Worldwide Estate Balance in 4 Banker Boxes, several thousand mint and used in stockbooks, small boxes, noted a group of Scott specialty albums, few with stamps incl. mint Haiti, mint U.S. postage, some better British and foreign mint, half a box of covers, mostly U.S. First Day's, some surprises in here, generally Fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 2277		/o Worldwide Dealer Accumulation in 6 Banker Boxes, many thousands in stockbooks with mint sets, glassines by various countries, collection balances incl. U.N., Hungary, Belgium, Finland, sales books with Canada Revenues, worldwide souvenir sheets, lots of modern mint sets throughout, Fine to Very Fine appearance. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $1,380
Lot 2278		/o Worldwide Mint and Used Collection on Stockpages, several thousand organized in 10 binders, noted Italy #495-506 and 518 mint, British Cols. incl. 1948 Silver Wedding sets mint, Swaziland 10-19 mint, Hungary Roosevelt souvenir sheet n.h., plus many other better items scattered throughout, worth a look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $978
Lot 2279		/o Worldwide 1870's to Mid 20th Century Accumulation, thousands of mostly used on homemade pages in 21 binders (5 British Colonies) with duplication, most stamps have Scott number underneath, plus 9 binders with manila stockpages filled with various countries and issues, some better items sprinkled throughout, great for winter fun, generally Fine. Estimate $700-800. View details	Realized $1,898
Lot 2280		/o Worldwide Stock in 14 Red Boxes, several thousand sets and singles, majority mint (many n.h.), 15¢ to a few dollars catalog, minimal 19th Century, value in 1960's to 1970's mint sets from British Cols., incl. a box of Disney, duplication, clean group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $700-1,000. View details	Realized $1,840
Lot 2281		/o Worldwide Better Items in Safe Binder, mint and used, noted Honduras #210d used with cert., interesting mint Netherlands incl. #278-81, Nicaragua #343a used with cert., better Germany incl. souvenir sheets, Colonies, Berlin, etc., British Colonies, France, group of U.S., Switzerland, high catalog, mixed condition, generally Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $1,495
Lot 2282		Worldwide Stock in Binders, 1861-1970, a knowledgeable collector's duplicates and misc. stock, thousands of neatly arranged mint and used stamps on 8½" x 11" manila stockpages in 6 large binders and 2 stockbooks, mostly European countries incl. Great Britain, also, various colonies and some Asia, better items throughout, duplication, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $834
Lot 2283		/o Worldwide 1933 Scott International Jr. Album, oldtime mint and used worldwide collection in a well filled 1933 Scott album with good value throughout, strength in U.S. Austria, Great Britain, Persia, Montenegro etc., condition varies, review recommended, generally Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 2284		/o Worldwide Collector Accumulation in 4 Banker Boxes, tens of thousands of mint and used in glassines, albums, envelopes, on album pages, stockpages, sales cards, noted collections of Spain, Russia and Monaco, new issues, many interesting items sprinkled throughout, hours of winter fun in this lot, recommend a thorough inspection to evaluate, generally Fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $1,553
Lot 2285		o Worldwide 1920's to 1961 Airmail Collection, several hundred used in 4 Scott Airpost specialty albums with pages to 1961, pages after Siam to the end absent, some better items scattered throughout, albums and pages in excellent condition, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $719
Lot 2286		/o Worldwide British Asia & Middle East Collection, 1866-1974, mint and used in 2 Minkus albums, features, Burma, Ceylon, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan, strength in Iran, Pakistan mostly complete from 1950-74, a fair amount of full sets throughout, owners Scott catalog over 4K, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Unsold
Lot 2287		/o Worldwide Dealer Show Stock in Red Boxes, 24 boxes in 2 black cases with several thousand mostly singles on #102 cards, virtually all lower end mint and used material, occasional catalog to a few dollars, good variety of countries and issues with minor duplication, mostly 20th Century, generally Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $1,323
Lot 2288		o Worldwide 12 Banker Boxes of Used, Mostly packet material off paper, incl. some oldtime already packaged (no U.S.), mostly foreign, some sorted, incl. G.B., U.S., etc., on paper mostly closely cut, clean, Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 2289		/o Worldwide 4 Volume Globals and Miscellaneous, Mint or used, somewhat sparse but incl. 1960's mint sets, also 19 oldtime approval books, few new issues, generally Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $690
Lot 2290		/o Worldwide Collection in 14 Minkus Supreme Globals, collection of mint or used or collection of albums, you decide, enthusiastic beginner bought 14 albums, but gave up after a short time, scattering of stamps throughout, incl. some nice Australia and Japan, plus about $100 face in U.S. postage, albums are in great shape, Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $604
Lot 2291		/o Worldwide Dealer Lot in 2 Banker Boxes, large amount of mint and used Mongolia, Bhutan, Burundi, etc. in 11 red boxes, also large group of souvenir sheets of 1982 Royal Wedding and associated material, mint sheets from Sierra Leone, also 185 full sheets of Solomons #570-74, plus presentation packs, etc., high catalog, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $345
Lot 2292		/o Worldwide Mint and Used Collection To 1967, Countries A-S in 5 Regent albums, many countries reasonably filled, approx. 18,000, generally Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $748
Lot 2293		Worldwide Small Better Eclectic Mint Group, Consists of Japan #C9-13 n.h., #458 o.g., Germany #9NB3a o.g., Austria #B87-92 n.h. to o.g., Gilbert & Ellice #1-7 o.g., New Hebrides #J1-5 o.g., Jersey #J1-6 n.h., Monaco 1940's Proof Deluxe, and Ireland #56-58 (possibly regummed), occasional minor fault, mostly Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $776
Lot 2294		/o Worldwide Intact Estate Lot, many thousands of mint and used in 5 banker boxes, large quantity of on and off paper U.S., good amount of mint U.S. postage in plate blocks and sheets, also a number of early U.N. issues in full sheets, noted some new issues still in original packaging, some better used U.S. in stockbooks, good hunting, generally Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $1,208
Lot 2295		/o Worldwide 19th Century Brown Scott International, many hundreds of mostly used with strength in U.S., noted many better issues incl. 1861's to 90¢, bank notes to 30¢, few mint Columbians, nice group of Hawaii, also Mexico and some early European issues, mixed condition, worth a look, Fine appearance. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $2,070
Lot 2296		/o Worldwide Oldtime Collection in Scott Junior Album, couple thousand mint and used mounted on cluttered pages, anything could be in here, have a look, Fine appearance. Estimate $350-450. View details	Realized $489

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