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Sale 88
Worldwide Philatelic Auction in Los Angeles, CA
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Lot 2615 |
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Greece, Better Collection in Scott Album, hundreds of mint and used on well filled pages to 1940, extensive Hermes Heads incl. used #1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13a, 14a, 15b, 25, 29 (2), 30 mint and used, 32 (3), 55, 56b (mint), later incl. 117-128 used, 159-64 mint or used, 184-197 used, 298 mint, 378-380 used, 427-436 n.h., Airs complete mint incl. C5-7, Dues, RA28 used, extensive Occupation issues, Thrace incl. 1-3 with cert., collection formed over many years, items selected with an eye towards condition, lovely collection to expand, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $21,180 (Owner's).
Estimate $4,000-4,500.
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$4,370 |
Lot 2616 |
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Greece, Classics Accumulation, couple hundred used, mostly imperf. Hermes Heads with dupl., noted cancels, pairs, on stockpages, unchecked, high catalog, inspect, mixed condition.
Estimate $750-1,000.
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| Unsold |
Lot 2617 |
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Greece, Mint and Used Collection, few hundred primarily 1930's to 1975 in 2 Lighthouse hingeless albums, noted #539-544, 587-600 n.h., virtually all n.h. after 1960, nice collection to expand, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $150-200.
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$345 |
Lot 2618 |
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Greenland, Mint and Used Collection, organized on stockpage, incl. #10-18 n.h. (14 damaged) and on First Day, 19-27 and 22a-27a l.h., few later, minor dupl., Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $3,150+.
Estimate $750-850.
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$719 |
Lot 2619 |
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Greenland, 1950 to 1960 Blocks, 7 n.h. sheets or part sheets, value in #36, 46 complete sheets of 50 (cat. $800, $500), also incl. #37-38 part sheets, clean, Very Fine.
Scott $1,688+.
Estimate $250-300.
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$230 |
Lot 2620 |
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Hungary, Extensive Virtually Intact Collection, Mint and used (early) mounted in 3 Minkus albums to 1989, 2 lots removed, early issues virtually complete with few mint incl. #2, 5-6 used, 8-12 mint, 1-6 used pairs, early shades and perf vars., Semis virtually complete mint, also Newspapers, Dues, #11N1-35 with hs. on reverse, other back of the book, 1924 on mint complete sets and virtually complete (some n.h.) incl. souvenir sheets (mostly n.h. - separate binder incl. better imperfs), later period n.h. incl. some not incorporated into albums, incl. Roosevelt vars., Occupation issues mostly complete mint, some later years not cat., 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine.
Scott approximately $25,000+ (Owner's).
Estimate $3,500-4,000.
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$3,450 |
Lot 2621 |
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Hungary, Mint and Used Collection, extensive showing of issues mint or used in Scott specialty album to 1980's, noted #4 used, 462-465 o.g., 486, Semi-postals incl. B94, B198A-D, CB1-1C in sheets of 4 n.h., Airs incl. C12-23 imperf., C24-25 n.h., C66 n.h., Dues and other back of the book, worth a look, generally Fine.
Estimate $500-700.
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$1,553 |
Lot 2622 |
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Iceland, Mint and Used Collection, couple hundred organized in stockbook to 1970, minor dupl., incl. mint #1 (2), 2 (2), 3, 5, 8, 9, 98, 152-166, 232-235 (2), used 3, 7 (2), 8, 13-14, 44B, 85, 103, 149, Airs incl. C4-8 and C9-11 l.h., Officials incl. O2 used, O53-67 o.g., high catalog, few minor faults on classics (no gum, couple thinned), otherwise Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $2,000-2,200.
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$1,725 |
Lot 2623 |
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Iceland, 3 Volume Stock, Many thousands, 19th Century mint or used with some value, 20th Century large majority used with considerable dupl., to recent, mostly Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $12,000 to $15,000 (Owner's).
Estimate $1,000-1,400.
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$1,150 |
Lot 2624 |
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Iceland, Small Group of Better Mint, o.g. to n.h., consists of B5 (n.h.), C1-11 (C3, C4-8 n.h.), plus 3 extra C3 o.g., Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $899.
Estimate $180-200.
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$173 |
Lot 2625 |
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Iran, Mint and Used Collection, Iran incl. 1-4 (all signed), 14A (signed), 18 all mint (signed), all other early material not counted, though many appear good, 870A-H n.h. imperf. sheetlets of 4, Airs incl. #C29-33 mint, C51-67 used, collection formed over many years, items selected with an eye towards condition, lovely collection to expand, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,500-2,000.
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$2,645 |
Lot 2626 |
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Iran, Collection in Scott Specialty Album, few hundred mint and used to 1974, classics to 1926 not counted, used or l.h. to early 1964, balance n.h., plus Semi-postals and Airs, clean lot, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $500-600.
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$546 |
Lot 2627 |
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Israel, 5 Volume Collection, Mostly 3 ring binders in mounts, n.h. starting with 1st coin issue #1-9, J1-5 with vars., incl. Bale #5-Imp ($200), 10-14 horiz. gutter tete-beche, plate flaws incl. 2nd coinage issue, tabs incl. #59, C16, constant tabs from 1955 on, booklets incl. Bale #B4b stationery, pl. blocks, also includes fairly complete F.D.'s for period plus some Interim Period and special cancels; fifth volume hingeless album of 1969-82 tab singles, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $750-900.
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$805 |
Lot 2628 |
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Israel, Never Hinged Collections, tab and singles collections to 1980's, incl. #1-9 singles, 1-6 with tabs, 10-14 with tabs, 16, 28-30 short tabs, 31-32 with tabs, C1-6 with tabs (hinged in selvage), plus stockbook with modern tab issues, inspect, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $400-500.
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$460 |
Lot 2629 |
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Israel, Small Tab Never Hinged Group, 100+ in glassines, incl. #15, 17-24, 27, m, 31-32, same in gutter tete-beche, 35-36, 44-50, 55 (hinged), C7-8, 16, some singles mint or used, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $200-250.
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Lot 2630 |
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Italy, Offices & Colonies Extensive Collection, couple thousand mint and used in 2 well filled Scott Specialty albums to 1940, Offices Abroad incl. #11 mint, Offices in China 22-30 mint, Tientsin 1 used, 5-14 mint, Crete 13 used, Turkey 6-7, 21-25, both mint, Constantinople J1-4 used, Aegean Is. 31-35 mint, C20-25, C32-38 all mint, Rhodes 15-23, excellent Cols. incl. Cyrenaica 11-16 mint, Eritrea 11 used, 46 mint, Italian Cols. 23-31, C13-19 mint, C29-35 used, Libya B48-54 mint, C14-18 mint, Q1-13, Oltre Giuba 16-20 mint, J1-10 mint, Somalia 61-66 mint, CB1-10 used, J12-22 mint (J14 used), J31-41 mint, Q1-9, Q25-37 mint, collection formed over many years, items selected with an eye towards condition, lovely collection to expand, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $46,580 (Owner's).
Estimate $13,000-14,000.
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Lot 2631 |
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Italy, Extensive Collection, In Scott album to 1970, 19th Century mostly complete used, 20th Century mostly complete mint or used with better sets complete, Airs virtually complete with better mint sets, decent back of the book, also Aegean Islands mint collection, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine.
Scott approximately $25,000 (Owner's).
Estimate $3,000-4,000.
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$3,105 |
Lot 2632 |
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Italy, Collection in 2 Scott Albums, hundreds of mint and used to 1969 (pages to 1974), only missing some key items for completion, noted used #33, 208, 246, mint 49, 115-118, 119-122, 169, 280-289, 290-305, 495-206, Semi-postals incl. B7 used, B9 mint, B12, B14 used, B30-33 mint, Airs mint incl. C3-9, C23-26, C42-47, C48-49, C62-65, C95-99, Special Delivery, Dues, Italian Social Republic Q1-12 o.g. (cat. $1251), Offices Abroad incl. #6 part o.g. (signed Richter), Cols. incl. Castellorizo 80-89 mint, Cyrenaica CB1-10 mint, Eritrea CB1-10 mint, Tripolitania CB1-10 mint, few minor faults, but condition better than usually seen, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $2,500-3,000.
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$3,335 |
Lot 2633 |
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Italy, Flight and Airmail Cover Collection, 92+, interesting selection written up on homemade pages, 1920's to 1930's from Italy & Colonies, noted 1917 Torino-Roma flight card, 1926 Genova-Ostia and Genova-Palermo flights with cancels in blue, 1926 balloon flight, 1933 (Jan.) glider flight, Aegean Islands #C1-3 (2 diff. covers), Cyrenaica with CB1 single franking, Aegean Islands C8-13 on cover, Cyrenaica C11, 1934 rocket covers, Mogadiscio to Roma crash covers, 1926 Pavia-Torino first day on C4, etc., wonderful group, deserves close inspection, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $2,000-3,000.
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$6,613 |
Lot 2634 |
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Italy, Mint and Used Collection, on well filled Scott pages to 1940, scattered States, noted #20 used on piece, 51, 72, 117-118 all used, 165-170 mint, 258-264, 349-354 both used, Airs incl. C48-49 mint, Dues incl. J21-24 used, Q7-19 n.h., collection formed over many years, items selected with an eye towards condition, lovely collection to expand, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $13,200 (Owner's).
Estimate $1,800-2,000.
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$1,438 |
Lot 2635 |
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Italy, Oldtime Used Collection, in springback Rapkin Album, with immense cat. value, starts with classic Sardinia, good representation of early Italy incl. #49 (cat. $2,400), 57 ($800), better 20th Century incl. 142A-D ($1,325), 143-146 ($560), 171-174 ($840), 268-279 ($518), 324-228, C62-65 ($1,250), 349-354, C79-83 ($868), 367-376, C89-94 ($1,144), 377-386, C95-99 ($662), 574-576 ($1,800), C42-47 ($2,020), C52-55 ($690), C73-78 ($1,605), inspection highly recommended, generally Fine.
Estimate $1,500-2,000.
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$1,495 |
Lot 2636 |
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Italy, Tuscany, Sardinia, and Sicily Collections, On pages, mint and used, with dupl. shades, usual mixed condition, high cat.
Estimate $500-700.
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$575 |
Lot 2637 |
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Italy, 1820 to 1930's Cover Group, 26 pieces, stampless, few States incl. Parma #4 and Sicily 12 on cover, also Fiume #100-103 on First Day, inspect, generally Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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$690 |
Lot 2638 |
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Italy, Mostly Used Collection, on Minkus album pages, 1862 to 1939, good selection of issues, high cat., mixed condition.
Estimate $150-200.
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$207 |
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