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Lot 486 |
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Worldwide Topicals Impressive Antarctic collection, four volume collection filled with hundreds of stamps, souvenir sheets, sheets and covers, strongest countries are French Southern Antarctic Territories and Australian Antarctic Territories, but impressive showings of other countries are also present. F.S.A.T. appears virtually complete with #28, C8, many issues including better have imperfs, some trial colors and many many covers, other highlights include two U.S. covers for 1928-30 expedition aboard S.S. City of New York, numerous Rear Adm. Byrd 1930s expedition covers, strong showing of South Georgia, plus more, condition F-VF. A great group definitely worth your time.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
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Lot 487 |
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Worldwide Topicals fabulous 1939 U.S. Baseball stamp collection, group of 45 covers plus numerous stamps and other memorabilia, begins with 1930s Dougherty baseball card, several postcards depicting various baseball parks, several signed covers including Babe Herman, Casey Stengel, Carl Hubbell on picture of his Hall of Fame plaque, Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, several unusual items including "A Century of Baseball" maximum card, a ragged legal size advertising cover depicting baseball player and the words PLAY BALL!! Generally F-VF. A great lot with many interesting items!
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 488 |
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Worldwide Topicals Baseball stamp and cover collection, outstanding Baseball collection containing most of the usual stamps and sheets, but this collection contains much more including many covers, four Japanese trading cards, Autographs including many 1960 Orioles, many club business envelopes, strong Japan, etc., F-VF, a great lot loaded with interesting and unusual items.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 489 |
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Worldwide Topicals Boy Scouts, collection of several hundred stamps in five specialty albums, two dealer's counter books, glassine envelopes, and a mint sheet file, plus several loose FDCs; nearly all more common sets, mainly from the 1960s-'80s (though we do note Thailand B12-14, B16-20, and B22-30, all used but with dubious overprints and not figured). A nice starter lot.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 490 |
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Worldwide Topicals Military, a fascinating collection on handmade pages in 32 Scott Specialty binders with thousands of stamps, souvenir sheets, booklets, postcards and FDcs featuring any subject remotely related to war and the military; strongest in WWII commems but also plenty of earlier material, including mint #140-50, Belgium B123-24, Italy 280-89 NH, Somali Coast 33E-F and a wonderful group of Germany Nazi-era picture postcards, all neatly mounted and written up. A real labor of love for the owner with the whole work worth more than the sum of its parts.
Estimate 2,500 - 3,000
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Lot 491 |
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Worldwide Topicals Religion, four stockbooks packed with thousands of mint sets and souvenir sheets relating to religion, nothing high priced and modest duplication but an excellent start on this popular collecting topic.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 492 |
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Worldwide Topicals Scouts collection, impressive collection mounted in Denhof albums to 1982, spaces are virtually all filled to 1978 (scattered after) with many additional covers and many stamps mounted on the back of pages that complete the set for the Scouting stamp. Highlights include (mint unless otherwise noted) Cape of Good Hope #178-79 used, Czechoslovakia Mi. I-II on covers, Thailand sets, Iran 935-40, plus many more, condition F-VF, mint mostly NH.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 493 |
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Worldwide Topicals vintage photographs, old photograph album with about 100 mid-19th century photos from the mid-19th century, mostly portraits, including several children and nearly all European, also about 20 real-photo picture postcards from the early 20th century, again mostly portraits. An interesting lot.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 494 |
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Worldwide Topicals mint collection, large carton with 12 3-ring binders and 3 folders containing hundreds of stamps, mostly complete sets covering mostly wildlife issues and sports. Loaded with $10 to $150 catalog sets mainly from the 1950s-1970s, highlights include (mint) Angola 333-56 Birds, Austria B106-09, C54-60, Falkland Islands 128-42, F.S.A.T. 16-20, Monaco C41-44, South Georgia 1-15, Tristan da Cunha 28-54, etc., condition F-VF, most NH.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 495 |
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Worldwide Topicals collection, more than 40 albums or stockbooks in four cartons representing lots of different topics including horses, butterflies, flowers, Christmas, art, baseball, Olympics, World Cup Soccer, automobiles and medicine, many others. Most lack the higher priced material with the two exceptions.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
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Lot 496 |
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Worldwide Topicals covers, stock of perhaps 18,000 covers in 24 long covers file boxes, huge range of countries and topics, very reasonable retail prices, mainly between $2 and $10 should allow you to realize close to the full retail when sold, clean and F-VF.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000
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