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ASDA 2008 Mega Event Auction

Worldwide Collections

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2919		//o Worldwide, Extensive Dealer?s Stock in 10 Banker Boxes, o.g., hinged or never hinged, Large dealer?s stock of mint/used singles and sets in 19 file boxes plus souvenir sheets in 4 binders and 4 boxes with a wide range of clean materials from just about everywhere incl. G.B. & Colonies, Europe & Colonies, Scandinavia, plus some Africa, Asia and South America, there are many better items scattered throughout, a valuable lot of much useful material with huge total catalog value, please inspect carefully, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $30,000-40,000. View details	Realized $27,600
Lot 2920		/o Worldwide, Massive Collection in 51 Scott Specialty Albums, tens of thousands of mint and used from A to Z, better areas or countries incl. British Colonies incl. Australia with "Roos" to £2 used, Canada, Ceylon, extensive G.B., Hong Kong, India, Malaya area, New Zealand, Newfoundland, Europe with Austria, Belgium, better France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Scandinavia, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Asia with better China, Japan, Macao and Thailand, Latin America with Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, Guatemala, plus a nice section of U.S., not heavy in 19th Century, value in 20th Century mint, occasional fault as to be expected in a collection this large, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $20,000-25,000. View details	Realized $20,700
Lot 2921		Worldwide, Dealer Backup Mint Stock, sets and singles on #102 cards housed in 46 fully-packed red boxes, virtually all countries are represented, with strength in British Empire, Western Europe, Asia, Mexico and Latin America, most all the material covers the period from the 1930's to 2001, this is a very clean lot, filling eight banker boxes, the vast majority are n.h., generally Fine to Very Fine. Scott $94,000+. Estimate $18,000-20,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 2922		/o Worldwide, Store Stock in Red Boxes, tens of thousands of mint and used single/sets in 48 boxes on #104 cards, excellent variety of issues sorted by countries, with strength in n.h. new issues with some countries going to 2006, major countries well represented incl. Europe, Canada and G.B. (no U.S.), Asia, not much classics (just as well), priced and ready to sell, some faults as to be expected, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $12,000-14,000. View details	Realized $18,400
Lot 2923		Worldwide, Excellent Collector's New Issue Collections, 1940's to mid 1980's in 36 organized stockbooks and ½ full box of loose new issues, virtually no "flunky" countries, incl. many areas not normally seen, no dupl. and in many cases a virtually complete run of the countries for the time period, incl. cat. items and sets to $300++ (few better hinged), countries incl. France, Monaco, Australia, Vatican, Austria, Norway, Luxembourg, Pitcairn (probably complete), Fiji, Greece, Spain, former French Colonies with excellent Polynesia (F.S.A.T. separate lot), etc., some souvenir sheets, few sorted by topic incl. mushroom, an absolutely clean lot, excellent lot for the new issue dealer or collector who would like to build up these areas. Estimate $10,000-15,000. View details	Realized $20,700
Lot 2924		Worldwide, Huge Dealer Backup Stock, n.h., souvenir sheets, blocks, strips and sets filling 73 three-ring binders in seven banker boxes, covers the period of 1930's to 2001, strength in Belgium, Canada, China/P.R.C., Germany, G.B., Hong Kong, Hungary, Israel, Japan, Poland, Russia, Singapore, St. Pierre & Miquelon, Scandinavia and Vatican, modest duplication, quite clean, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $60,000+. Estimate $10,000-12,000. View details	Realized $9,775
Lot 2925		/o Worldwide, Lifetime Collection, filling 23 banker boxes, main portion of the collection is contained in 24 bulging Minkus Supreme Global albums, collector traveled extensively on business and bought collections from dealers throughout Europe, Asia, G.B., Ireland, South America, etc., frequently buying year sets by the decade, mint new issues in glassines and presentation packs fill most of one banker box, better countries incl. China/P.R.C., Spain, Thailand, Syria, G.B., Austria, Belgium, Poland, Germany, and Turkey, with sets cataloging to $300, there are five banker boxes of buried treasure - mint and used in packets, stockbooks, glassines, cigar boxes, generally Fine. Estimate $8,000-10,000. View details	Realized $17,250
Lot 2926		Worldwide, Four Old and Valuable Brown Internationals, Mint or used in battered albums 1900 to 1939, some items (not necessarily valuable) removed, but most countries decently represented incl. U.S., Commonwealth, some pages and stamps with gum toning issues or partially stuck down, needs careful inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $5,000-6,000. View details	Realized $4,025
Lot 2927		Worldwide, Excellent Mint Zeppelin Collection, 1930's intact except 2 German Air sets, and Russia Airs (separate lot), virtually all n.h. except German Zepps, which are n.h., o.g., and/or used, U.S. C13-15 n.h., C18 (7 copies), Liechtenstein, Italy & Colonies, San Marino, also very recent modern Independent Zepp. related Africa with imperfs, Fine to Very Fine and attractive. Estimate $4,000-5,000. View details	Realized $4,370
Lot 2928		/o Worldwide, Oldtime Collection in 2 Maury Albums, thousands of mostly used to early 20th Century, on printed pages and blank page inserts, incl. Telegraphs, Revenues, cut squares, local posts, etc., a lot of duplication especially for cancels, noted extensive G.B. and other European countries, some interesting U.S., better French Colonies, also Portuguese Colonies, very high catalog in rather mixed condition, but many, interesting items in this classics collection. Estimate $4,000-5,000. View details	Realized $5,290
Lot 2929		/ Worldwide, Dealer Duplicated Lot of All Mint, Majority n.h. 20th Century sets, singles, and souvenir sheets, identified by Scott #, good representation of Commonwealth, Western Europe, French Colonies, and Asia, countries incl. Australia, China, Colombia, F.S.A.T., Germany, G.B., Hong Kong, Israel, Ireland, Japan (incl. $800 in face U.S.), Korea, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Nicaragua, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Surinam, St. Pierre et Miquelon, Uruguay, Vatican, and Viet Nam, lots of topicals, mostly 1 to 5 copies of each, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $4,000-4,500. View details	Realized $5,750
Lot 2930		/o Worldwide, One Man's Lifetime Collection, selected countries, housed in 33 large binders, areas of interest were British Pacific, Asia, Scandinavia and Western Europe, while there are nice classics and better 20th Century in some major countries such as Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland, the strength is in mostly mint n.h. sets and singles, especially the tough-to-find later issues of the past 15 years; nice runs in British South Pacific, Hong Kong, P.R.C., Singapore, Faroes, Iceland and Norway, lots of value and well worth inspecting, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $4,000-5,000. View details	Realized $5,520
Lot 2931		o Worldwide, 20 Volumes of Mint and Used Collections, mostly used, incl. complete A-Z in 5 banged up Minkus and one "Comprehensive" albums, additional Internationals, "Masterwork Deluxe", and Globals (incl. better 20th Century mint Egypt), some quite full, fine overall, worth inspection. Estimate $4,000-6,000. View details	Realized $5,175
Lot 2932		Worldwide, 23 Volumes of Country Collections, Incl. 11 Scott Specialties incl. Hungary, Austria, Liechtenstein, Lebanon, Norway, also British Asia with slightly better Straits. Settlements, Australia in Davo album, Mexico, Belgium, and Netherlands Colonies on Scott pages in 3 ring binders, somewhat sparse but overall clean collections. Estimate $3,000-3,500. View details	Realized $3,565
Lot 2933		//o Worldwide, Dealer Cleaned Out the Back Room, 100+ worldwide and country collections in albums, binders, stockbooks, boxes, bags, etc. filling 10 Banker boxes, noted 1937 British Coronation set, apparently complete n.h., two stockbooks of mint British South Pacific, Ghana virtually complete to 1986 (Cat. $600+), group of mint and used 19th and early 20th Century British Empire, stockbook of used Australia, binders of China and P.R.C. mint sets and souvenir sheets plus many stockcards and glassines of mint and used, Scott specialty album of Germany, Vatican mint from 1931//1985, incl. B1-4, Q1-15, etc., two stockbooks of Latin America, three stockbooks of Russia, binder of Spain classic to modern, incl. Goya/Columbus issues, used Canada collection, binder of Japan from earliest to post-WWII, full sheets of Faroes #161-65, several groups of topicals, collections of Indian States, album of Costa Rica with dozens of "errors", accumulation of worldwide booklets and souvenir sheets, bundle of Swiss booklets, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $3,000-3,500. View details	Realized $5,060
Lot 2934		Worldwide, 30 Retail Binders, Priced stock of mint and used, majority Foreign, incl. Germany, Monaco, Belgium, Swiss, Canada, China, minor dupl., old pricing, many complete sets, pricing up to around $100 retail, inspect. Estimate $3,000-4,000. View details	Realized $4,715
Lot 2935		/o Worldwide, 22 Volumes Mint Or Used, Incl. 9 blue Internationals, 1943 Blue International, various collection in 3 ring binders on Minkus pages, better countries (on Minkus pages) incl. Austria, Switzerland, few on stockpages, albums fairly full, occasional better item, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details	Realized $2,645
Lot 2936		Worldwide, Massive Souvenir Sheet Stock, many thousands in 5 full banker boxes, all on large sales cards and identified by catalog numbers, many with catalog values, few scattered used, also some booklets, large blocks and oversized items, A-Z countries with mostly modern items, some duplication, excellent variety of countries, issues and thematic subjects, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details	Realized $3,220
Lot 2937		B Worldwide, Booklet Accumulation, Massive lot of thousands of complete booklets in 18 volumes and a small box with many areas represented such as G.B. (lots of modern with high face value), British Commonwealth, France & Colonies, Scandinavia, South America, Ireland, Swiss, Netherlands, Italy, etc. A nice clean lot, Very Fine. Estimate $2,500-3,500. View details	Realized $4,140
Lot 2938		/ Worldwide, Store Stock of Oversized, mostly souvenir sheets with some mint multiples, few thousand of mostly mint on large sales sheets in 50+ three ring binders, noted Japan, Hong Kong, Canada (incl. booklets and Duck booklets), Europe, Thailand, issues up thru 2004, minor duplication, very clean stock, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details	Realized $3,795
Lot 2939		Worldwide, Dealer Never Hinged Lot, Excellent lot of sets and singles, mostly one to five of each, with strength in the French, British and Spanish areas plus Italy, Japan and decent representation of dozens of other countries, covers mostly mid to later 20th Century, very clean, Very Fine. Scott $7,826. Estimate $2,000-2,200. View details	Unsold
Lot 2940		Worldwide, 3 Boxes of New Issues, Somewhat organized in folders, in envs., by country in 3 full boxes, loose, on stockpages, in sheet folders, etc., a conglomeration of various stocks, incl. Netherlands, but incl. Malta, New Zealand, mostly "better countries", considerable topical with mostly complete sets,oversized incl. sheetlets, year sets, inspect, clean lot. Estimate $2,000-3,000. View details	Realized $3,795
Lot 2941		/o Worldwide, Stock of Better From Store, hundreds of mint and used in 2 "stockbooks" and on cards, noted P.R.C., early G.B., Belgium #B605 n.h., card with Switzerland C1-C2 used (duplicated), early Hungary coil paste up pairs in stockbook, very high catalog, worth a close look, mixed condition. Estimate $2,000-3,000. View details	Realized $5,750
Lot 2942		/o Worldwide, Partial Collection in 3 Minkus Albums, several thousand mint and used, not complete for countries, pages to early 1970's, value in o.g. and n.h. modern sets, noted better Hong Kong, overall clean group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Scott $9,000+ (Owner's). Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 2943		/o Worldwide, Very Unusual Balance, 2 full banker boxes from dealer back East, cleaned out his "closet", your usual bit of junk, then you run into a nice run of modern n.h. new issues, found a page with France #226 n.h. (crease at top, stamps sound), 329 n.h. (dist. gum), older items on pages, really a great lot for breakdown, usual mixed condition. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $2,415
Lot 2944		/o Worldwide, Oldtime Collection, 1840 to 1920, in a 1924 Scott International Jr. album which is like new, classics mostly used with a fair amount of mint, worthwhile U.S., British, Europe, and China, many sleepers throughout, worth inspection, condition mixed. 2008 Scott $13,150 (Owner's). Estimate $1,200-1,400. View details	Realized $1,495
Lot 2945		Worldwide, Middle East Area Mint Collection, 8 volumes collection with nice range of sets from Ethiopia, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Iraq plus the Gulf States (Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, etc.), generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $3,220
Lot 2946		/o Worldwide, 9 Volume Internationals to 1960's/1970's, Mostly used but with small runs of mint later period, incl. few 19th Century, some heavy hinging, fine average. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $1,553
Lot 2947		/o Worldwide, Intact Estate From Northwest, thousands of used and mint in binders, loose, in envelopes and glassines filling 4 banker boxes, value in items mounted on blank pages in Scott binders, noted nice group of n.h. early QEII definitive sets incl. Bermuda, Falklands, Tristan and Gibraltar, some interesting used Canada in stockbook, have a look, faulty to fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $1,380
Lot 2948		/o Worldwide, Collector's Oldtime Accumulation, Mint or used, incl. better APS circuit books, early 20th Century mint Commonwealth multiples, Austrian dupl. mint and used stock, Germany mint 20th Century stock, better early mint French Offices multiples (vars.?), worth inspection, Fine to Very Fine lot. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $2,645
Lot 2949		/o Worldwide, Dealer Back Room Floor Sweepings, tens of thousands of mint and used in 6 full banker boxes, noted packets, loose, duplicated in glassines, in stockbooks or pages, sorted and unsorted, better Venezuela airmails, also some China, D.D.R. cto'd. sheets, Israel in mint multiples, small sales cards accumulated over many years, some surprises in here, mixed condition. Estimate $1,000-12,000. View details	Realized $1,668
Lot 2950		Worldwide, Souvenir Sheets, Blocks and Strips, in ten binders, virtually all n.h., covering the period of the 1940's to 2003, wide spread of countries, mostly one to three of each, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $4,000. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $863
Lot 2951		Worldwide, Dealer's Balance, Incl. better items priced incl. oversized souvenir sheets incl. 1949 Hungary, also Japan, remainder collections of Germany, China, some new issues, sheetlets, etc., inspect. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $2,070
Lot 2952		/o Worldwide, Full 4 Volume International Collection, To 1939 with tissue interleaving, mint and used with some in mounts, most countries incl. the more difficult with 19th Century represented, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $1,000-1,400. View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 2953		/o Worldwide, 2 International Albums, well collected 19th & 20th Century used collection in 2 blue Scott International albums, good representation of countries with value throughout, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $748
Lot 2954		/o Worldwide, Oldtime Collection in Scott Junior Albums, few thousand mint and used in 2 vols. to 1940, noted some better European material incl. Germany & Colonies, mint Liechtenstein with #C1-C6, C7-C8, also some British Colonies GVI mint issues incl. Hong Kong to $10 (#166A n.h.), Nyasaland set, also Canada and G.B. (noted #1 used), faulty to very fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $1,323
Lot 2955		/o Worldwide, Intact Estate in 7 Banker Boxes, thousands of mint and used in albums, glassines and envelopes, noted 3 vol. collection in Statesman albums, modern British Colonies used and mint in 4 vols., U.N. mint issues, Thailand 1977-80 in souvenir books, mint sets in glassines in 3 small boxes, small P.R.C. collection, great lot to sort through, some sleepers in here, generally Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $2,415
Lot 2956		/o Worldwide, Two Scott International Albums, 19th & 20th Century with good representation of countries, value throughout, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $719
Lot 2957		Worldwide, Five Large Binders, filled with stockpages of virtually all mint n.h. sets and singles, good representation of British and French Cols., Monaco, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, most identified by Scott number, some duplication, very clean, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $575
Lot 2958		F Worldwide, Forgeries Accumulation, Couple hundred "classics" organized in stockbook, good variety of countries incl. Commonwealth, U.S., Japan, some in multiples, excellent reference group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Unsold
Lot 2959		/o Worldwide, Estate Mint and Used Balance, incl. used U.S. collection with value in cut squares (owners 2007 cat. $2000+), small binders with worldwide incl. classic G.B. (owners cat. $1140), hundreds of pre-WWII Czechoslovakia in 2 stockbooks, small box of mint early 20th Century U.S., mint worldwide in glassines, U.S. covers and stationery, fun lot, faulty to fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $460
Lot 2960		o Worldwide, Beat Up Junior Album, To 1938, many thousands, mostly used, many countries represented, few mint, some tissue interleaving, binding reinforced, oldtime lot, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $748
Lot 2961		/o Worldwide, Oldtime Collection on Kabe Pages, few thousand mint and used to 1930's in remainder collection, pages for British, Portuguese and French Colonies and European countries, value in British Africa, with several better used items, faulty to fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $978
Lot 2962		/o Worldwide, Accumulation on Small Sales Cards, many hundreds of mint and used on #102 cards, good variety of countries and issues, cataloged and priced, ready for sale, faulty to fine. Scott $3,900 (Owner's). Estimate $600-700. View details	Realized $546
Lot 2963		/o Worldwide, Mint and Used Accumulation, hundreds of 19th & 20th Century mint and used sets and singles from a variety of countries from A-Z, incl. G.B. and Commonwealth, Europe, Asia, etc., better items throughout, generally fine to very fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $489
Lot 2964		/o Worldwide, Miscellaneous Better Mint and Used, Unsorted grouping from various sources with better Foreign and Commonwealth (no U.S.), incl. few fakes with certs, classics, Netherlands group on retail pages, glassines, etc., needs careful inspection as there are better items hidden throughout, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $1,840
Lot 2965		/o/ Worldwide, Estate Balance, incl. binder with better worldwide mint issues, noted FDR collection with Hungary souvenir sheets, Iceland #152-66 o.g. (some with thins), group of covers incl. postwar Germany (noted 90pf single franking, cat. €130), plus U.S. cover, worth a look, faulty to very fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Unsold
Lot 2966		/ Worldwide, Modern Souvenir Sheet Accumulation, mostly n.h., few hundred in glassines by country, looks like 1970's era, good variety of countries and issues, minor duplication, inventory incl., Fine to Very Fine. Scott $3,200+ (Owner's). Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $489
Lot 2967		/o Worldwide, Asia Mint and Used Accumulation, Carton filled with album pages, stockpages and shoebox full of mint and used in glassines plus cigar box full of mint n.h. sets (high catalog), we note better items incl. Singapore, Vietnam (North and South), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, etc., generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $460
Lot 2968		/o/ Worldwide, Assortment in a Carton, Nice mix of mint and used from many areas with items up to $100+ plus an interesting group of Bangladesh covers, careful inspection will prove rewarding, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $403

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