Sale 338

U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
including Collections & Accumulations


Worldwide Collections & Balances
 
 
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Lot 1178
 
Worldwide, Topical Covers, Stock of about 2,000 covers composed of Butterflies & Insects (800+), Horses (600+) and Reptiles (500+); virtually all FDCs or modern commercial mail including lots of colorful and seldom seen material (we note two covers bearing Germany B119, for instance). An ideal lot for an eBay marketeer, all clean and F-VF. Marked retail prices total approximately $22,000.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 1179
 
Worldwide, Stock of Low Priced Mint Sets & Singles, tens of thousands of virtually all 20th century stamps, all identified and cataloged on #102 dealer cards filling 32 red boxes in four large cartons. Just about every area of the world is represented, with the overwhelming majority of the cards catalog in the 50¢-$4 range. We do note, however, that scattered throughout virtually every box are a several cards cataloging $10-$30 & up. A few examples include (NH unless noted) China 1355-58 (LH), Falklands #213a (3), Israel 133-36B tabs, New Zealand 333-52, St. Pierre & Miq. 415-18, Singapore 41, 42 (2), Switzerland 406-09 and Turkey 431-39 (LH), 963-76 (LH) & 986-89 (2). A nice clean lot for a small dealer, with quantities seldom exceeding two or three.
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
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Lot 1180
 
Worldwide, Stock of Worldwide Souvenir Sheets & Booklets, thousands of souvenir & miniature sheets, full mint sheets and complete booklets, mainly 1960s-90s, in 17 dealer's counter books plus four albums, five stockbooks (four are mint sets), a small box, about a dozen mint sheet files, and four metal file boxes (complete booklets). The bulk of the lot is souvenir sheets, which include virtually all areas of the world, mainly from the last half of the 20th century with the majoruty cataloging under $10; we do note, however, a few better here and there, like Belgium B106, B169, B605a (NH), Turkey 1054a (5, four NH) & 1101a; we even saw a sheet of 100 of North Korea #27 (Scott $9 each.). A very interesting and worthwhile lot.
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
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Lot 1181
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Worldwide, Red Cross & P.O.W. Collections, two separate mounted collection in two albums, almost all WWI, includes many nicer usages, 12 used hand colored post cards from Belgium, some currency, etc., attractive lot.
Estimate $750 - 1,000
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Lot 1182
 
Worldwide, Sets, 1960s-1998, fifteen blue Scott International binders full of mint sets that pick up where the various Specialty albums in the collection leave off, either in the mid-1960s or the mid- to late 1980s, depending on the country; includes the whole world including mid-'80s to early '90s P.R.C. and 1974-1990 F.S.A.T. nearly complete. A great lot with plenty of little surprises.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 1183
 
Worldwide, Assortment, Misc balance in about 15 stockbooks or albums; nearly all of the value is in five bank box stockbooks loaded with better mint sets from such diverse areas as F.S.A.T., Newfoundland and Ryukyus, the last virtually complete including #1a-7a; F-VF throughout with mint being mostly LH.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 1184
 
Worldwide, New Issues, Two large cartons full of New Issues still in their original packaging; primarily 1990s and 2000s plus some 1980s and earlier; mostly from popular areas like Western Europe, Scandinavia, Japan, Thailand, Macau, New Zealand, etc.; lots of emphasis on souvenir sheets plus souvenir booklets, year sets and more, with many in small quantities (up to five or so). A tremendous lot that had a huge original cost.
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
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Lot 1185
 
Worldwide, Mint Sets, Small accumulation of several hundred stamps, primarily Western Europe in glassines and on approval cards; apparently purchased in the 1960s-80s and loaded with better material such as (NH unless noted) Austria B260-263, Danzig 241-54 (LH), B21a (mint & used), B23-32, Estonia B39a (3), B44a (2), Japan 457 (2), Korea 80-84, Liechtenstein 356 (2), Mexico, New Hebrides (British) 50-61 & (French) 55-66 (both LH), Switzerland 352a (2), Tannu Tuva 15-28, etc. plus Japanese and Portuguese souvenir sheets and Swiss Officils and more. Condition is nearly all F-VF and the majority is NH; plus, it's not in very good order so there's no telling what you'll find! A terrific lot!
Estimate $2,500 - 3,000
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Lot 1186
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Worldwide, Balance of Consignment, Seven large boxes containing all the "stuff" a collector accumulates in a lifetime of collecting; includes mint U.S. "face", foreign year sets and new issues, miscellaneous collection balances, two large file boxes marked "ww mint" crammed with glassines and three more of the same marked "U.S. Used", Cinderellas, covers and FDCs, and so forth and so on… This one shouild keep the lucky buyer busy for years.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 1187
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Worldwide, Balance of Consignment, small carton of old albums and loose stamps; the most obvious value is in a 1901 Scott International album that includes reasonably nice used Great Britain 1840 Penny Black & 2d Blue and unused Japan #4 (genuine) among a lot of better items, though condition is somewhat mixed; elsewhere there are small collections of Maps and Ships on stamps as well as some small hidden treasures among the loose material. This one will need a careful going over.
Estimate $750 - 1,000
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