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Foreign General Collections

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1829		/o Foreign, Mint and Used Country Collections, in 43 Scott Specialties or Minkus albums to 1990's depending on country, tissue interleaving for most albums 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, scattered 19th Century, strength in Western Europe, also individual albums for countries of Latin America, Albania, 2 vols. of Scandinavia, most albums reasonably full, excellent lot for expansion., few 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine, mostly Fine to Very Fine. 2000 Scott approximately $35,000 (Owner's). Estimate $6,000-8,000. View details	Realized $6,900
Lot 1830		Foreign, Scandinavia Mint and Used Collection, In 11 3 ring binders, all countries represented, scattered 19th Century mostly used, 20th Century mostly mint with occasional dupl., later souvenir sheets, 19th Century above average condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $3,500-4,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 1831		Foreign, Europe Mint and Used Collections, Mounted in 9 Scott specialty albums, consists of Greece to 1989 (early used, later mostly mint), plus extra collection used, Netherlands & Colonies to 1971 (early used, 1952 on mint), plus Colonies well represented, Spanish Colonies somewhat sparse mint or used, somewhat battered Germany mint or used plus few covers, Luxembourg to 1992 with earlies used, 1949 on mostly mint, album incl. San Marino virtually all mint, Vatican, Trieste mint or used, plus few Italian Colonies, Switzerland to 1993 mostly used, Belgium mint or used, plus Congo, Occupation, etc., all countries with back of the book well represented, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $4,000-5,000. View details	Realized $4,945
Lot 1832		/o Foreign, Latin America Oldtime Approval Books, 1851-1935, a quite amazing group of oldtime approval books with wide array of 19th and early 20th Century mint and used sets and singles, material is of exceptional above average quality, many 4 margin 1st issue imperfs incl. #1's throughout, contains many varieties incl. esoteric back of the book issues with just about every country represented, overall freshness is outstanding, inspection will prove rewarding, much Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,500-3,500. View details	Realized $4,600
Lot 1833		/o Foreign, Interesting European Accumulation in Stockbooks, many hundreds of mint and used in 5 stockbooks, noted nice Austria with classic mint, #110-27 used, 142 o.g., B57-65 used, mint 1930's Germany, Bosnia with early multiples and used Dues, Italy with better mint and used, noted 1932 Fascist set complete, Serbia used and mint, Russia incl. some souvenir sheets, mint Albania, used early Montenegro, strong Yugoslavia, mint modern Hungary, Albania with early material, interesting Czechoslovakia printers waste on early issues, strong Yugoslavia "Chain Breakers" group of over 500 with errors, offsets, with 4 books on the subject, very unusual and interesting accumulation, must be seen to appreciate, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 1834		/o Foreign, Scandinavia 3 Volume Mint and Used Collection, 5800+ mint or used in 3 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. separate volume for Finland (few "teeth"), also D.W.I., fair amount of classics, back of the book, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. 1997 Scott $12,000 (Owner's). Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 1835		/o Foreign, Latin America Mint or Used Collection, Many thousands to 1979 in Scott album, strength in Argentina starting from 1858 (some forgeries noted, few not), and virtually complete (some perf canceled), also Airs, Officials, Brazil incl. #21, 25-26, 37, 37a, Chile complete 1867 on, Columbia on non Scott pages, sparse Peru, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $1,200-1,400. View details	Realized $1,380
Lot 1836		/o Foreign, Scandinavia Mint and Used Collection, Mounted in 2 Scott albums to 1994, all countries represented incl. Greenland, D.W.I., Denmark mostly used, Finland mint or used, Iceland mostly mint, Greenland completely mint, Norway mostly used until 1964, Sweden mint or used until 1974, used after that, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $1,300-1,600. View details	Realized $1,438
Lot 1837		/o Foreign, Eastern and Southern Europe, in Scott album, contains Montenegro, Serbia, Thrace, Trieste Zone B, Turkey, and Romania, nice selection of classic material from all countries with better sets to the $100+ range better long sets seen in both Turkey and Romania, better souvenir sheets, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $9,200+ (Owner's). Estimate $1,200-1,500. View details	Realized $1,495
Lot 1838		/o/ Foreign, Scandinavia Collection in 3 Volumes, hundreds of mint, used and a few First Day's on homemade pages to 2000, good classics with Denmark used #6, 8, 14, 82, 135, better 1930's to 1950's mint sets, Finland 44-45, 57 used, Norway used 7, 10, 13, Sweden used 12, 18, 27, modern mint, condition much better on 19th Century than usually seen, few minor faults, duplicates for cancels, shades, varieties, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $1,265
Lot 1839		Foreign, Group of Better Mint on Stockpages, o.g. or n.h., noted Japan #283a n.h. with folder, 479 n.h. (inclusion), Switzerland 185 o.g., B130 used, 242 n.h., U.N. 38 n.h., Belgium 185-90 o.g., Liechtenstein C1-6 o.g., France 108 l.h., etc., couple small faults, but nice group for retail, generally Fine to Very Fine. Scott $2,834 (Owner's). Estimate $700-800. View details	Realized $633
Lot 1840		/o Foreign, Oldtime Asia Accumulation, 1860-1940, hundreds of 19th and early 20th Century singles from variety of countries incl. China, Japan, Malaysia, Indo-China, Manchukuo, Netherlands Indies and more, remainder group from a very valuable old time collection, mini treasure trove, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $978
Lot 1841		/o Foreign, Latin America Remainder Collections, hundreds of mint and used in 9 Scott specialty albums and on extra Scott pages, scattering of better classics and modern mint, noted better Argentina and Brazil, mixed condition. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $920
Lot 1842		Foreign, Laos and South Vietnam Collection, One vol. Scott specialty album with both countries almost complete mint to 1970's, missing only couple better sets (few imperfs incl.), virtually all never hinged, but mount glazing noted on some earlies and musty odor, Vietnam is also represented with a solid used collection as well. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $633
Lot 1843		/o Foreign, Northern Europe Mint and Used Collection, 945 mint or used in Scott specialty, consisting of Central Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, with tissue interleaving where the owner hinged the used if a mint copy existed on the page, as a result the collection is more extensive, incl. many complete sets, Airs, out of date pricing, Fine to Very Fine overall. 2001 Scott $985 (Owner's). Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $518
Lot 1844		/o Foreign, Dealer Stock of Central America, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Peru and El Salvador, mint and used from earliest to back of book, all identified and in small glassines filling four red #102 boxes, great variety, from one to a dozen or so in each glassine, treasure trove for the variety and/or cancel collector, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250-325. View details	Realized $322
Lot 1845		/ Foreign, Souvenir Sheet Group, Around 50 in Scott album and loose, few used, incl. Germany, Poland 1938 Stratosphere sheet, few with creasing, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $180-200. View details	Realized $173
Lot 1846		o Foreign, Asia Revenue Collection, few hundred mostly used, nice group of Japan written up on homemade pages, incl. Documentary, Tobacco Duty, Medicine, Justice, Registration tax, Revenue, Trade tax and Railway, plus China, Mongolia and other areas, nice group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $431
Lot 1847		Foreign, Europe Mint Accumulation, clean mostly n.h. group of singles and sets on black stockpages, incl. Germany, France and Luxembourg, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $173
Lot 1848		/o Foreign, Miscellaneous Mint and Used on Retail Pages, On retail pages, incl. few classics incl. France (all used), mint and used Argentina, etc., Fine overall. Scott approximately $2,300 (Owner's). Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $196
Lot 1849		/o Foreign, Scandinavia Revenues and Cinderellas, many hundreds on stockpages, large group of Norway revenues, plus Denmark, also Iceland labels, noted locals, Christmas seals, nice group, inspect, few faults, generally Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $374
Lot 1850		/o Foreign, Independent Countries of Asia, collection mint or used in Scott specialty incl. Korea, Laos, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Tibet, Vietnam with nice selection of Iran and some early Vietnam also contains West Irian Untea set, inspection needed, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $1,495
Lot 1851		S Foreign, Peru and Ecuador Revenue Specimens, o.g. to n.h., few dozen, mostly in blocks of 4, overprints in red with typical punch holes, from the ABNC archives, nice selection, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $86
Lot 1852		/o/ Foreign, Small Estate Group, noted better mint sets in stockbook incl. Iran #1015-19 o.g., Greece 549-555 n.h., older mint Netherlands stationery, group of Netherlands First Day's incl. NVPH #E25, E33, inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $75-100. View details	Realized $127
Lot 1853		o Foreign, Bahrain and Kuwait Used in Quantity, consists of Bahrain #237-39 (100 sets) and Kuwait 866-870 (50-100 of each), plus a few extras, generally Fine to Very Fine. Scott $4,100+. Estimate $100-200. View details	Realized $127

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