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Foreign Country Collections - Colombia to F.S.A.T.

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1621		o Colombia, Used Collection, hundreds in Scott specialty album, 1877 to 1992, 1750+ with a scattering of mint, regular issues, Airs, Postal Tax and Departments, some faults, generally Fine. Estimate $150-250. View details	Realized $374
Lot 1622		/o Cuba, Revenue Collection, 1874-1897, mint and used collection on old album pages of over a couple hundred various, scarce group, worth inspection, mixed condition. Estimate $400-600. View details and photo	Realized $546
Lot 1623		o Denmark, Extensive Used Collection, starts with a group of D.W.I., then classics with extensive duplication for shades, cancels incl. group of "stars", inverted frames, noted 6, 11-15, 25-34, 135, well filled pages to 1975, plus a duplicate collection at the back, second volume mostly mint modern blocks of 4 and singles. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $1,323
Lot 1624		o Denmark, 1873 to 2006 Mostly Used Collection, In Scott album on quadrille pages, starts with #2, 2B and most issues reasonably represented, also Semis, Airs, Officials, few D.W.I., generally fine to very fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $219
Lot 1625		o Denmark, Mostly Used Collection, organized on stockpages, some minor duplication on classics, better stamps total cat. over $1000, mixed condition on 19th Century, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $138
Lot 1626		/o Egypt, Complete Mint and Used Collection, mounted in Minkus album to 1990, only missing #124, highlights are #1-6 mint, 15 mint, 121-23 used, 167 o.g., 189-90 used, 224 used, virtually all mint from 1973, Semi-postals, Airs, Dues, British forces in Egypt #M1-11 complete mint, Occupation issues, couple minor faults, overall clean lot, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,200-1,500. View details	Realized $1,553
Lot 1627		//o Egypt, Collection to 1974, on Scott specialty pages with nice group of early material and many better sets, incl. modern with mixed o.g. and n.h., better sets noted incl. #78-88, 90-91, 114, 128-149 cat. $283, 177-190 cat. $552, C3-C4, C5-C25, also items from the King Farouk collection, revenues and cut squares, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-800. View details	Realized $1,208
Lot 1628		Finland, New Issue Stock, Hundreds sorted in #3 glassines, #141//930, B1//B253, C2//C10, M1-7, etc., few earlies used, few booklets, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $510
Lot 1629		/o Finland, 1856 to 1990's Collection, Mint or used in Scott specialty album, incl. #2 (very fine appearance), earlies mostly used with few vars., also Semis reasonably complete, etc., later mint or used, generally fine to very fine. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $253
Lot 1630		/o France, Mint and Used Collection, 3900+ mint or used in 2 Scott specialties to 1995, tissue interleaving where the owner hinged the used if a mint copy existed on the page, as a result the collection is more extensive then first appearance, 19th Century mostly used incl. #37, 1900 on mint and used, scattered after mid 1970's, fairly complete Semis, some Airs, Offices, Precancels, W.W. II CFLN, General Colonies, Memel, Saar, etc., 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. 2000 Scott $20,000 (Owner's). Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details and photo	Realized $2,243
Lot 1631		France, and Related Mint Group, n.h., mostly in blocks, selection of modern sets and singles with duplication, noted some older Red Cross booklets, bit of Monaco, clean lot, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $10,700 (Owner's). Estimate $1,500-1,800. View details	Realized $2,185
Lot 1632		/o France, 1849 to 1994 Mint and Used Collection, Mounted in Scott album, earlies used, 1902 on mostly complete mint or used to 1937, complete mint after that, Semis mint incl. #B1-6, 12-22, 24-26, 1938 on virtually complete, some Airs, Dues mint or used, Officials, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $1,000-1,400. View details	Realized $1,208
Lot 1633		/o France, Collection in Scott Album, several hundred used and mint, noted large amount of classics incl. #37 used (usual faults), some modern mint, Airs, few Semi-postals, Airs and Dues, mixed condition on 19th and early 20th Century, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Scott $5,700+ (Owner's). Estimate $600-700. View details	Realized $690
Lot 1634		/ France, Semi-Postal Mint Stock, many hundreds of o.g. and modern n.h., organized and identified stockbook with duplication, #B1 to modern, good selection of 1920's to 1950's incl. #B7 dist. o.g., B11 (2) o.g., B34 (3), B43 n.h., B66-67 o.g., some mint Cyprus and used Liechtenstein at the back, nice lot, few minor gum problems, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $978
Lot 1635		/ France, Mostly 20th Century Select Group, On stockcards with few Colonies, incl. #2N1-10 blocks of 4, Dallay precancel #56 l.h. (cat. €230), #59 l.h. (cat. €145), C27 n.h. corner copy, etc., Fine to Very Fine overall a nice group for retail. Estimate $400-450. View details	Realized $489
Lot 1636		o France, Mostly Used Collection, few hundred in small stockbook, incl. classics with #37 used to 1940's, also Semis with #B7-8, C17 mint, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $374
Lot 1637		France, Stampless Covers Royal Correspondence, 1832-1838, group of 10 attractive stampless featuring correspondence between the Count and Countess Ebbe, generally Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Unsold
Lot 1638		France, 1920 Paris Exposition Collection, few hundred mint poster stamps in singles and blocks organized in stockbook, identified by Kiddle numbers, minor duplication, good variety of scenes, nice group, Kiddle estimated retail $5800, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $719
Lot 1639		France, Occupation Revenue Stamps, n.h. blocks of 4 and 10 of 4 values, unusual items, Very Fine. Yvert €14,200. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $184
Lot 1640		/ France, Art Issues 1961 to 1978, n.h. sets in singles, plus margin blocks of 4 of most issues and all sets on cacheted, unaddressed First Day's, no duplication, appears complete for period, nice topical group, Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $86
Lot 1641		/o French Colonies, Superior Collection in 37 Albums, thousands of mint and or used on separated pages (many items duplicate mint and used) on lovely homemade (Gibbons computer generated) pages, no extreme rarities or too many dubious items, incl. many long mint sets, common design issues, various France Libre overprints, extensive Fornier forgeries (identified), paper and watermark varieties, overprint/surcharge varieties incl. inverted, double, malformed letters, etc., shades, imperforates, cancels incl. some on France general issues, plus a few covers and some proofs, highlights are Madagascar #6-7, 12 (2) and 27 used, French Morocco #8 and 22 mint, plus extensive local issues, Gabon 11 mint, Offices in China 47A (dist. gum), Hoi-Hao 6 on a favor cover, Indo-China 24-40 mint, New Hebrides incl. British issues, noted J1-J5 mint, Nossi-Be 21 (small tear) used, 25 mint, Obock 10 mint, Rouad 1 mint, Tunisia 8 used, Somali Coast 1-3 mint, French India 1-3 mint, 4 used, French Equatorial Africa C9 used, C11 mint (both signed), Reunion 11, 34-52 and C1 all mint, Cameroun 111 used, 114 mint, B14-B15 mint (both signed 2 times), French Polynesia incl. "V" violet handstamp overprints, French Congo 14, 17, 52 mint, 53 used, 1900 set in proofs on card, Levant 32 mint, 39 used, Offices in Egypt 43-45 mint, Zanzibar 9, 13, 15 mint, 16 (2) used, Syria 20 mint, Algeria 1962 Charity issue l.h. (Michel 393 cat. €450 n.h.), and many others, occasional minor fault on 19th Century, but condition better than usual, a collection that will be the basis a powerful collection of this popular area, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $40,000-50,000. View details	Realized $34,500
Lot 1642		/o French Colonies, Mint and Used in Scott Specialty Albums, 8 vols., pages with clear Hawid mounts, some countries with pages to early independence, nothing too expensive, some better items scattered throughout, nothing under a $1 catalog counted, great starter collection, generally Fine to Very Fine. 2006 Scott $14,000+ (Owner's). Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details and photo	Realized $3,335
Lot 1643		French Colonies, Cover Group, well over 70 different items, mostly W.W. II era censored, incl. Martinique, Cameroun, Senegal, St. Pierre et Miquelon 1948 with full set and Madagascar, many annotated on homemade pages, also incl. 4 Belgian Congo, nice accumulation, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $748
Lot 1644		o French Colonies, Revenue Accumulation, several hundred on stockpages, noted Tunisia, Lebanon, general Colonies issues, Algeria, Cameroun, Sudan, Mauritania, Upper Volta, Indo-China and Monaco, plus Morocco locals written up on homemade pages from Tangier-Fez, Mazagan-Marrakech, Tetuan-Chechuan and Fez-Sefro, unusual group, mixed condition. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $863
Lot 1645		F.S.A.T., Never Hinged Group to 1972, small unduplicated group in stockbook, mostly complete for period (no #28), incl. #30, C6, C7 and C14, plus a couple imperf. and progressive trial colors, clean group, Very Fine. Estimate $800-900. View details	Realized $805
Lot 1646		F.S.A.T., Cover Group, 39 in small cover album to 1970's, mostly expeditions and a few First Day's, incl. an Australian and a few France franking covers, nice group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $403

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