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Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2744		/o Foreign Collections, Old Dealer's Stock, priced in 34 binders, 19th Century mostly used, 20th Century mint (later n.h.) or used, most areas covered with cat. pricing to $300++ (little in cheaper sets), pricing is old (2001, possibly older) and incl. areas that have increased incl. Russia, better Asia, also Germany, occasional covers, 2 binders with 1949 UPU covers and sets incl. Commonwealth, 2 binders of France with later n.h., binder of Vatican, also some n.h. issues incl. Taiwan, many complete sets, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $8,000-10,000. View details	Realized $12,075
Lot 2745		/o Foreign Collections, Higher End Retail Stock, In 2 red boxes up to $500+ cat., few 19th Century mostly used and no high cat. pieces, majority of value in 20th Century with many complete sets n.h., hinged, or used, incl. Germany, discounted retail $42,000 (some old pricing), generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $6,500-7,500. View details	Realized $6,900
Lot 2746		/ Foreign Collections, Scandinavia Mint Accumulation, hundreds of singles and sets n.h. to o.g. on black stockcards or small glassines, 1945 onwards all complete sets, good variety of issues, clean group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Scott $11,300+ (Owner's). Estimate $2,000-2,200. View details	Realized $2,013
Lot 2747		/o Foreign Collections, Independent Asia and Africa Collection, many hundreds of mint and used in Scott album to 1940, starts with seldom seen Afghanistan incl. #2-4 used, 105 mint, Ethiopia incl. 15-21, 36-42 both mint, 43-49, 94-100 both used, Liberia incl. 7-9 mint, 155 used, 156 and 161 (cert.) mint, Officials, Thailand incl. 1-5 used, several overprints, 145-156 used, Semi-postals, collection formed over many years, items selected with an eye towards condition, lovely collection to expand, generally Fine to Very Fine. Scott $11,250 (Owner's). Estimate $2,000-2,200. View details	Realized $2,760
Lot 2748		/ Foreign Collections, Europe Modern New Issues, N.h. (majority of items) to o.g. mostly 1930's to around 2000, Liechtenstein in 3 albums and stockbook, France, Germany, Austria with better Semis, San Marino, Switzerland incl. 1920's on, and Greenland, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,750-2,000. View details	Realized $2,243
Lot 2749		/o Foreign Collections, Latin West Indies Collection, several hundred mint and used in well filled Scott album to 1940, Cuba incl. #42, 49 and E1 mint, Dominican Republic 58/84, 142, 310-322, 407 and Haiti 1-6 mint, collection formed over many years, items selected with an eye towards condition, lovely collection to expand, generally Fine to Very Fine. Scott $5,676 (Owner's). Estimate $1,100-1,300. View details	Realized $1,438
Lot 2750		/o Foreign Collections, Latin America Accumulation, many thousands of used and mint in 19 stockbooks of varying size, dupl., good variety of countries and issues, noted Argentina, Brazil, Chile, better items scattered throughout, great lot for winter work, some surprises will be found, generally Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $805
Lot 2751		/o Foreign Collections, Latin America Collection, Chile, Argentina, Brazil with scattered used early period, 20th Century mint or used scattered to 1960, virtually complete mint hinged (min. sheets n.h.) to mid 1990's, few late 1990's Spain and Portugal new issues, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century fine to very fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $1,208
Lot 2752		Foreign Collections, Western Europe Collection, Oldtime mint collection of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Liechtenstein, etc., Germany incl. Third Reich, 1948 Currency Reform sets, #B294-295, better 3N//9N issues, incl. 9N1-34 and 9N35-41 and better Semi-postals, good early DDR incl. 54-57, 58-67, 80-81, 85-88, B17-25, B21a, France with full sheets of 615a n.h. (cat. $165), C23-26, 48 pages of Swiss mint n.h. sets, regular issues, commems. and League of Nations, also dozens of mint Liechtenstein sets, 1972-77, West Irian UNTEA set, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $776
Lot 2753		Foreign Collections, Sheet Lot, n.h., consists of Mexico 1930's to 1950's (cat. $1408), modern Pakistan (cat. $2812), Myanmar (cat. $1150) and Saudi Arabia (cat. $5308), good variety with topical appeal, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $10,680. Estimate $700-800. View details	Realized $604
Lot 2754		Foreign Collections, Eastern Europe Mint Collection, In Scott album on pages to 1940's, consists of Croatia (German Occupation) incl. souvenir sheets, scattered Armenia, Azerbaijan, Batum, Far Eastern Republic, Georgia, Memel, Russia (German Occupation), Offices, Tannu Tuva, Ukraine, mostly Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $690
Lot 2755		Foreign Collections, Trieste Zone A Collection, virtually all mint in 3 albums, AMG incl. Washington, London and Brunswick printings, there are singles, inscription blocks, gutter pairs, many perf and paper varieties, one large binder an impressive collection of revenue and fiscal stamps, incl. gutter pairs and varieties, some singles valued at over $100 according to receipts from owner, a great lot for the specialist, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $920
Lot 2756		/o Foreign Collections, Latin America Collection Balances, many hundred mint and used in various albums, noted Argentina, Brazil with early classics and Colombia, inspect, generally Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $460
Lot 2757		Foreign Collections, Baltics Modern Collection, n.h., few hundred sets in 3 Lindner hingeless albums, 1991 to 2003 complete for all 3 countries, Very Fine. Estimate $350-400. View details	Realized $403
Lot 2758		/o Foreign Collections, Latin America Collection, many hundreds of mint and used in 7 Scott specialty albums with pages to 1970, plus collection on pages and dupl. in stockbook, nothing too expensive, but nice collection to expand, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $1,265
Lot 2759		o Foreign Collections, Latin America Accumulation, Oldtime lot, packed away about 30 years ago, mostly used, lot housed in 6 red boxes packed with glassines, countries incl. Mexico, Paraguay, Salvador, Brazil, Peru, Nicaragua, Panama, Uruguay and Venezuela, run from classics to 1950's, wide variety of cancels, plus interesting varieties, revenues, unlisted, back of the book, etc., generally Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $546
Lot 2760		/o Foreign Collections, Poland, Brazil, Israel Collections, Poland mint and used in 2 vols. (cat. $1800+); Brazil mostly mint (cat. $1200); Israel mint (cat. $430), mostly 20th Century, mostly Fine to Very Fine. Scott $3,430+ (Owner's). Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $518
Lot 2761		o Foreign Collections, Scandinavia Used Collection, in oldtime Rapkin springback album, covering Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland, Denmark nice group of early imperfs, long run of definitives, commems. (incl. #164-175), Norway from 1882 to 1962, Finland from 1930 to early 1960's, Sweden well represented with classics #2//16, numerals and run of definitives and some commems. to 1970, unchecked for cancels, worth inspection, generally Fine. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $253
Lot 2762		/o Foreign Collections, Trucial States Collection, hundreds of mint and used in 2 binders, 1960's to 1970's, some n.h. sets and souvenir sheets incl. Abu Dhabi #12-14, 26-37 and 81-83, loads of Scott non-listed items, fun lot, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $196
Lot 2763		/ Foreign Collections, San Marino and Surinam Mint Group, o.g. to n.h., sets and singles organized on black stockpages, no dupl., clean group, Fine to Very Fine. 2008 Scott $782 (Owner's). Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $127
Lot 2764		o Foreign Collections, Austria and Hungary Town Cancels, 398 from Austria and 278 from Hungary, 1868 to modern, written up on homemade pages, good variety of towns and cancels, nice lot, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $81
Lot 2765		o Foreign Collections, Asia Mostly Used Accumulation, several hundred in glassines, envelopes, loose and in stockbook, mostly China and P.R.C., but a bit of Japan and Thailand, might be a few surprises in here, generally Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $690

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