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Worldwide Philatelic Auction

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Worldwide Collections

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1532		/o Worldwide Collections, Extensive 3 Volume Blue Internationals Collection, Many thousands mint or used from A-Z to 1940, virtually all spaces filled incl. U.S. with back of the book spaces full, occasional extra item incl. Germany Air Zepp sets (South America set reprints), decades to put this collection together, rarely seen this complete, value throughout the collection, fresh overall, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $6,000-8,000. View details and photo	Realized $16,100
Lot 1533		/o Worldwide Collections, Former Dealer Accumulation, tens of thousands of mint and used in albums, stockbooks and on album pages filling 9 banker boxes, this dealer liked the classics so there is a lot of material with very high potential cat., noted balances on pages incl. Greece, German Offices, G.B., Cape triangles, German and Italian States, France, British Cols., collections in Lighthouse hingeless albums incl. Australia, France, Australian States, G.B., Austria and Switzerland, stockbooks with better items throughout incl. German Cols. with mint yacht values to 5m, France classics incl. #37, this lot will require some extra time to evaluate, lots of value here, mixed condition. Estimate $6,000-8,000. View details	Realized $21,850
Lot 1534		/o Worldwide Collections, 57 Scott Junior Internationals, Lifetime of collecting, mint (mostly later) n.h. to o.g. and used (mostly earlier period), mounted or hinged in albums, ALL countries represented and nothing removed, some countries with classics almost complete for the Junior pages, many full for later 20th Century period, countries mostly represented to 1993, some to 2000+, some with souvenir sheets, also extra binder of modern booklets, many complete sets, nothing expensive but an excellent lot for expansion, fresh throughout, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $6,000-8,000. View details	Realized $19,550
Lot 1535		Worldwide Collections, Modern Mint Stock, thousands of n.h. (few o.g. or used) sets and souvenir sheets from numerous countries in glassines, strength in Europe, good variety of issues with little or no dupl., looks like 1960s to 1970s primarily, ready to work up for stock, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $40,000+ (Owner's). Estimate $5,000-6,000. View details	Realized $4,600
Lot 1536		/ Worldwide Collections, Better Mint 20th Century Retail Stock, on #104 cards mostly n.h. 1930s to recent, retail from around few dollars to around $300+, mostly n.h., mostly Foreign with scattered Commonwealth (no U.S.), countries incl. G.B. and Channel Islands, Austria, Belgium, Tonga, French Caledonia and Polynesia, binders for Omnibus, Africa, Iran and Middle East, Asia (2), virtually all complete sets, clean throughout, no 19th Century, retail $23,200, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $4,500-5,500. View details	Realized $7,188
Lot 1537		/o Worldwide Collections, Mint and Used Stock, hundreds of singles and sets on #104 sales cards in file boxes, organized by country, some classics, but mostly 20th Century with issues up to 2004, minor dupl., ready for retail, generally Fine to Very Fine. Scott $48,000 (Owner's). Estimate $4,500-5,500. View details	Realized $4,370
Lot 1538		Worldwide Collections, Large Scott Album Accumulation, l.h. in 120-125 3 ring Scott albums, very scattered to 2009, apparently Scott pages complete for most countries plus additional blank pages, also 4 volume Palo Philippines, mostly modern incl. Netherlands, Suriname, Lithuania, Ghana, Brazil, also Canada, U.S. & Territories, Japan and G.B. postage, better early Newfoundland, clean, excellent collection to expand, pages and binders are costly, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $4,000-5,000. View details	Realized $8,050
Lot 1539		/o Worldwide Collections, Collection in 33 Volumes, tens of thousands of mint and used on a mixture of Scott and Minkus pages to about 1980, value in 19th Century classics incl. G.B. (noted #1 used), Switzerland, China and Japan, also good Australia with "Roos" used to £1, early Ireland overprints on G.B., lots of modern mint sets, collected over decades, mixed condition on 19th Century, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $4,000-5,000. View details	Realized $6,613
Lot 1540		o Worldwide Collections, 2 Collections in 7 Master Global Albums, thousands of used (scattered mint), first on pages to 1973 in 4 vols., second collection mostly used to 1964 in 3 vols., many better items throughout, generally Fine. Estimate $3,000-3,500. View details	Unsold
Lot 1541		Worldwide Collections, Mostly Mint Souvenir Sheets, Booklets Stock, mostly n.h., few l.h., few used, identified and sorted, cat. from 55¢ to $70+, up to 3 of each in stockcards in 7 small boxes, virtually all topical, clean, overall Very Fine. 2013 Scott $41,700. Estimate $4,000-5,000. View details	Realized $3,450
Lot 1542		/o Worldwide Collections, Huge Accumulation in 17 Banker Boxes, A dealer gathered up a huge back room accumulation, there are dozens of albums, incl. 3-vol. Minkus Supreme Global, old bulging Modern album; 2 vol. Year of the Child, 2 France & Cols. albums, 2 binders of mint and used Canada, 3 vols. of n.h. Commonwealth, 2 Scott Internationals, Grand Award, Statesman, huge book of misc. Foreign, many stockbooks, binders and loose pages of stamps, starting with British Omnibus issues, QEII 60th Birthday, Peace/Victory issues, 1937 Coronation, 25th Anniversary of QEII Coronation, etc., also better earlier Japan, collections of Nicaragua, Channel Islands, 19th Century, Disney and German Locals, there are file boxes, packets, oldtime approval books (some incl. very old German material); bundles of mint and used, packets, cigar boxes, bundleware, bags of modern used Japan, Australia and Worldwide, and much, much more, take the time to examine this lot, generally Fine. Estimate $3,500-4,000. View details	Realized $5,175
Lot 1543		/o Worldwide Collections, Dealer Stock on Sales Cards, hundreds of mint and used singles and sets in 68 small sales binders (24 British Cols., 44 Worldwide), good variety, minimal dupl., strength in China with sets to $200+ cat., Europe with France, Japan, Hong Kong incl. #66 o.g., G.B. #4 mint (signed Bloch), some faults, but good stock for retail, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $3,500-4,500. View details	Realized $12,075
Lot 1544		Worldwide Collections, Oversized Never Hinged 20th Century Retail Stock, mostly modern from 1970s to around 2000 in 10 binders and on pages, mostly from retail $1 to $10+, incl. sheetlets, min. sheets, booklets, countries incl. Mongolia, Portugal, Switzerland, Italy, Hong Kong with minor dupl., China, Macao, some better incl. n.h. Belgium #B605, B458a, Cyprus 226a, Netherlands B144-145, Poland C26d, minor dupl., very clean, retail $15,711, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $3,000-4,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 1545		Worldwide Collections, Collection in 8 Scott Internationals, virtually all mint, nice run of classics, especially British, incl. some elusive items, particularly strong in Japan, Belgium, Germany, France & Cols., Spain, Portugal and Philippines, quite a few sets that cat. $100 plus, worth careful inspection, generally Fine. Estimate $3,000-3,500. View details	Realized $4,485
Lot 1546		Worldwide Collections, Modern Mint Lot, 3 banker boxes filled with souvenir sheets, strips and blocks plus individual sets and singles, majority identified by Scott # and virtually all n.h., mostly one to three of each, some items cat. to $300, nice representation in Monaco, Mexico, Macao, China, Korea, G.B., Hong Kong and Latin America, incl. substantial amount of very modern material from late 1990s to as late as 2011, worth careful inspection to appreciate, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $3,000-3,500. View details	Realized $4,255
Lot 1547		/o Worldwide Collections, Collection on Homemade Pages, thousands of mint and used in binders, filling 12 banker boxes, many countries used, did note n.h. material from Cambodia, Mongolia, Tanzania, Andorra, Vatican and Soviet Republics, no China, some better 19th Century noted incl. G.B. #1-2, 5, 7 used, some issues up to 2003, but most countries stop in the 1980s or later, worth a look, few faults on older material, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $3,000-4,000. View details	Realized $2,300
Lot 1548		F Worldwide Collections, Peter Winter Forgery Collection Balance, hundreds of items arranged by country on stockpages in 2 binders and on stockpages, incl. multiples sheets, cover fronts, etc., an extensive holding of this forgers works, all the British area and most German States have been removed, noted Papal States high values on fronts and Tuscany Lion issues, Swiss Cantonals with many on front items as well as better modern souvenir sheets, Germany incl. semi-postal sheets incl. a genuine Berlin Currency Victims souvenir sheet for comparison (P.F. cert.), many other creations throughout, lovely group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $3,000-4,000. View details	Realized $3,450
Lot 1549		/o Worldwide Collections, Scott International Junior Collection, thousands of mint and used in 9 well filled vols. to 1964 (missing A-M 1955-59), noted better items throughout, French Cols. long sets mint, France Libre overprints, G.B. #1 used, mint Italy and Japan, British Cols., some faults on early issues, but still worth a close look, generally Fine. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details	Realized $7,188
Lot 1550		Worldwide Collections, Souvenir Sheet Stock, hundreds organized by country in 3 large file boxes and binders, good variety of countries and issues, noted group of France, no dupl., inspect, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $18,100+ (Owner's). Estimate $2,500-2,800. View details	Realized $2,645
Lot 1551		/o Worldwide Collections, Collection in 5 Scott Internationals, thousands of mint and used to 1959, better used classics throughout, plus modern mint sets, worth a look, generally Fine. Estimate $2,200-2,500. View details	Unsold
Lot 1552		/o Worldwide Collections, Europe Collection to 1938, few thousand mint and used in 2 oldtime KaBe albums, noted German States, Germany with better Third Reich incl. #C38 o.g., G.B. with #1 used, inspect, mixed condition. Estimate $2,000-2,300. View details	Unsold
Lot 1553		/o Worldwide Collections, Extensive Estate Balance, tens of thousands of mint and used filling 9 banker boxes, value in old club auction lots on album pages from various countries, also albums, stockpages, stockcards and some off paper, noted British and French Cols., Latin America, classic European countries, just about anything could be in here, this will take weeks of work to sort thru, have fun! Estimate $2,500-3,500. View details	Realized $2,875
Lot 1554		/o Worldwide Collections, Various Collections in Scott Albums, thousands of mint and used, consists of Mexico with used classics, Civil War material, mostly mint from 1930s, Airs and other back of the book, China with some better classics used, Egypt mostly mint, Poland mint and used, U.S. mint Possessions, Hungary mostly mint, Switzerland with better classics used incl. #7-8, 10, 12, C1 mint, Vatican mint incl. 41-46, Albania and Bulgaria, New Zealand & Dependencies with modern mint, few faults on classics, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Realized $3,450
Lot 1555		Worldwide Collections, Duplicated Mostly Mint Stock, thousands of mostly Foreign and some Commonwealth in 2 boxes, n.h. or cto, 1950s to 1980s mostly, priced (high) and identified, incl. mint Guernsey, Grenada, San Marino, Mozambique, Foreign identified and priced by Scott, Commonwealth identified by Gibbons and priced retail, heavy dupl. in blocks, clean, one cheap binder not counted, Fine to Very Fine. Scott approximately $27,000 retail/cat. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Unsold
Lot 1556		/o Worldwide Collections, Oldtime Mint and Used Lot, in "The Advanced" album, few thousands incl. old Revenues, labels, reprints, countries incl. Canada Revenues incl. Law, #OX4, Brunei 1895 issue mint, Switzerland proofs, France Air Semi-Officials, New Hebrides locals, Latin America with Colombia Revenues, Spain with Revolutionary locals, G.B. incl. penny black, D.W.I. Steamship, Greece incl. #539-44, Crete provisionals, Mexico Revenues, Germany with locals, Cape of Good Hope cancels, U.S. with state Revenues, proofs and Springer varieties incl. lock seals, India with Revenues, New South Wales railroads, etc., fascinating lot, Fine. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details and photo	Realized $1,955
Lot 1557		/o Worldwide Collections, Collector's Estate, mint and used in 3 full banker boxes, in binders, on pages and loose, incl. U.S. FDs, Vatican complete except #35-40 incl. Air sets, U.S. mint collection and early sheets, value in 1930s to 1950s period with Swiss incl. mint PAX set and Semis, mint and used Italy & Colonies from 1930s period, GV Commonwealth, Germany, Austria, etc., mostly complete sets, inspect, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Realized $4,255
Lot 1558		/o Worldwide Collections, 10 Volume Collection, approx. 40,000 to 1979 in Master Globals, sporadically covered with used and mounted n.h. sets from 1960s-70s, n.h. for countries incl. G.B., Germany, Russia, Romania, Malta, Japan, Poland, U.S., Australia, Austria, France, China with reprints, used, clean, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Unsold
Lot 1559		/o Worldwide Collections, Mostly Sparse Collections, Mint and used with nothing recent in 9 albums incl. 2 Scott "Browns" (19th Century with Newfoundland, 1920-1926), also 2 albums of Germany, Internationals incl. classic China, Austria, mint early Hong Kong, Barbados, etc., Germany somewhat filled, better scattered throughout, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $1,610
Lot 1560		/o Worldwide Collections, Collector's Balance of Estate, In 7 boxes, incl. German collection with 3rd Reich sheets, U.S. with FDs, Worldwide dupl. mostly used in many binders, packet material, 1948 Coronation covers, Junior International, loose, on pages, some covers, etc., mostly 20th Century, worth a look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,700-2,000. View details	Realized $1,610
Lot 1561		/o/ Worldwide Collections, Accumulation From Local Antique Store, thousands of mint and used filling 11 banker boxes, accumulated over many years, noted U.S. postage in various albums, used Imperial China in stockbook, stockbook with better mint Poland souvenir sheets, Worldwide on manila pages, old approval books, numerous stockbooks filled with mint and used, France 1970 to 1976 mint collection, Scandinavia in Scott album, n.h. new issues, hundreds of postcards, few covers, even a G.B. #1 used, anything could be in here, unpicked, as received, mixed condition. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $3,910
Lot 1562		Worldwide Collections, 3 Boxes of "New Issues", many thousands, both older and recent, culled from dealer's stock, 1950s to recent of mostly complete sets, incl. presentation packs, year folders, incl. dupl. Faroes from early period, France in envs., Australia, FSAT, AAT, decent recent Asia (China, Thailand separate lots), Spain, French Polynesia with sheets, min. sheets (some priced up), almost one full box of sorted and identified in glassines of somewhat older (1950s-70s) incl. Falklands, Israel, Swiss, mostly complete issues, clean throughout, needs inspection, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $3,335
Lot 1563		/o/ Worldwide Collections, Estate Balance, thousands of mint and used, plus some covers filling 9 banker boxes, noted Italy collection in 2 vols., album with better Australia, 6 Schaubek albums for European countries, stockbooks, off paper mix, Japan souvenir sheets, stamps on album pages, anything could be in here, generally Fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $1,898
Lot 1564		/o Worldwide Collections, Collection in 9 Minkus Albums, thousands of mint and used to 1983, value in 20th Century material incl. QEII mint sets from various Cols., few faults, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $1,438
Lot 1565		o Worldwide Collections, 10 Blue Internationals, thousands mostly used to 1970s for some countries, value in Part 1 (noted China #1037-1040 mint perf and imperf sets), possible other better, occasional mint set, some complete, early books reasonably full, Fine overall. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $1,783
Lot 1566		F Worldwide Collections, Oswald Schroeder Forgery Collection, 59 items on annotated album pages and on stockpages in binder, with identification descriptions of forgeries (R. Lowe) at times giving the position on the genuine sheets from which the forgeries where taken from; with over 30 different varieties many in full collotype sheets from one to three stamps, incl. Columbia with New Granada 1861 issues, the 1862 issues and the Sorbre Porte (Postage Dues) 1865 25c and 1p values, states incl. Antioquia with 1867, 2½c and 5c values and Tolima 1870, 5c-10c values, Argentina Cordoba 5c issue and bogus 25c, 50c & 1p values in sheets of 3, Dominican Republic first issues on laid paper, selection of o.g. Guadalajara provisionals incl. paper types, Philippines 1855 5c red, Finland 1845 10k red postal stationery design, the France 1871 40c postage due issue, Spain 1853 3c bronze and Wenden 1864 2k, Hanover and Saxony items have been removed and replaced with a color copy of the page, a rare group of forgeries, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details and photo	Realized $1,150
Lot 1567		/o Worldwide Collections, Country Collections, Hinged on Scott International pages, 19 lots mint and used with 19th Century, highlights incl. Austria cat. $1490+, Italy $2800+, New Zealand $1763+, misc. on stockcards $1900+, Portugal $2300+, Denmark $1040+, G.B. $1070+ and more incl. Belgian Congo postal history, generally Fine. Scott $18,500+ (Owner's). Estimate $1,200-1,400. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 1568		/o Worldwide Collections, Collector's 5 Boxes of Collections, In albums, stockbooks, on pages mint or used, incl. Scandinavia, International Junior album, Germany, souvenir sheets, Czechoslovakia collection, British Oceania, Canada, blue International, etc., occasional better throughout, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $1,380
Lot 1569		/o Worldwide Collections, Dealer's Collections and Sweepings, In 6 boxes, mint and used with mini collections incl. G.B., priced in binders, albums, topical collections, loose, many priced and ready for retail, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,400. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 1570		/o Worldwide Collections, Eclectic Collection, thousands of mint and used on homemade pages in 12 vols., this collector mounted stamps as he received them by country, so you have classics next to modern, noted a selection of better sets and singles throughout (all marked by tabs), also on and off paper in large glassines, duplicates in envelopes, plus a group of covers, have a look, generally Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $805
Lot 1571		/o Worldwide Collections, 20th Century Scott Brown Internationals, few thousand mint and used in 4 vols. to 1939, value in Europe, Latin America and British and French Cols., better items throughout, pages and binders in decent shape, nice collection to expand, generally Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $2,875
Lot 1572		o Worldwide Collections, 1888 Scott Album, Surprisingly nice assortment in a 19th Century Scott album, U.S. incl. various Grills, 1869s, Bank Notes to 90¢, cut squares, Officials, Dues, Foreign incl. a nice array of early issues, good value in Asia, Commonwealth and Europe, some noteworthy items are U.S. #112-115, 153, 218, Canada #4, France #37, G.B. Mulready envelope, great opportunity for someone with patience to mine some nice items in this interesting old album, mixed condition. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $2,013
Lot 1573		/o Worldwide Collections, Collector Accumulation, Interesting assortment of mint and used in stockbooks, on album pages, in glassines and in a small homemade album, incl. material from just about every region incl. U.S., China, Commonwealth, Europe incl. Italy, features some good classics as well as solid mid-range sets and singles, careful inspection recommended, generally Fine. Estimate $800-1,200. View details	Realized $805
Lot 1574		/o Worldwide Collections, Mint and Used in Various Binders, Incl. East Germany, Luxembourg, Commonwealth earlies mint and used on stockpages, small British Africa collection, Belgium precancels and se-tenant labels, etc., Fine to Very Fine overall. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $575
Lot 1575		o Worldwide Collections, Mostly Used Collector's Accumulation, In 8 boxes, mostly sorted, dupl. and identified incl. U.S., also used sorted in binders, U.S. FDs and some Foreign commercial 20th Century, mostly 20th Century, occasional better, Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $1,438
Lot 1576		Worldwide Collections, Modern Hong Kong and China, Accumulation of sets, full sheets, souvenir sheets and year sets all in a large box mostly from 1990s, incl. modern premium and investment issues, all n.h., worth inspection, Very Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $633
Lot 1577		/o Worldwide Collections, Old Scott International Junior Album, mint and used in album ending in 1940, strong in classics and early 20th Century, especially France, Germany, Greece, Japan, G.B., Australia, Canada, Egypt, New Zealand and Yugoslavia, substantial cat. value, generally Fine. Estimate $600-700. View details	Realized $719
Lot 1578		Worldwide Collections, Modern New Issues, n.h., few hundred sets and souvenir sheets, mostly late 1990s issues from various countries incl. Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, Rotary thematic, Ireland and France, clean lot, great for retail, Very Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $1,898
Lot 1579		/o Worldwide Collections, Consignment Balance, thousands of mint and used on album pages and black stockpages, noted British and French Cols., Latin America, fair amount of modern mint, inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 1580		/o Worldwide Collections, Collection in 20 Scott Internationals, few thousand mint and used, pages arranged alphabetically, some countries to 1991, incl. few better Australia, Austria, G.B., France & Cols., China and P.R.C., Canada, Spain, etc. perfect for collector who wants to expand, or for someone desperate for great set of quality binders that would cost nearly $1,000 retail, generally Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $748
Lot 1581		o Worldwide Collections, Collection in 22 Volumes, few thousand mostly used in 20 Harris Standard and 2 Harris Statesman albums with pages to early 1990s, good starter collection, generally Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $403

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