Spink Shreves Galleries Sale

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Worldwide Collections continued...

SWITZERLAND COLLECTIONS continued...

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2901

Switzerland 20th century used collection neatly arranged on stockcards, there is just slight duplication including two PAX sets, other better early sets, includes several better souvenir sheets from the 1940s and 1950s, plus early air post issues and a nice run of the official departmental sets, the vast majority are fine-very fine; used 20th century is actually much more difficult to find than mint.

Est. $1,000-1,500

SOLD for $3,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

2902

Switzerland cover lot of about 70 mostly 20th century, includes several with better souvenir sheets tied, such as #B105 and B143, also some air post including #C2, as well as about ten 19th century, plus a few official covers, mainly fine-very fine.

Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $2,600.00
Will close during Public Auction

THAILAND COLLECTION

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2903

Thailand worthwhile collection of mint and used to 1940 on Scott pages, some better early overprints including #7 (signed Gmahle BPP) and #58, the 1899 rejected King set is present (high values no gum), #106 mint and #107 used (both with PF certificates), and later mint sets including semi-postals and air posts, mint are o.g., some small faults but the collection is mainly fine-very fine.

Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $7,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

TONGA COLLECTION

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2904

Tonga mint and used collection of over 230 stamps housed in a small stockbook, with good selection of early stamps and a few modern issues, highlights include first issue both mint and used, #10 bisect on piece with 7/5/93 Nukualofa c.d.s. (Scott prices $975 for on cover), #50 tied to piece by Vavau barred cancel, #68 mint strip of four and some modern issues (including Coins), plus several better varieties such as #21a, 23a, 33b and 37c mint, #32 gutter pair, and two #42a 2 1/2d George II with fraction bar omitted (mint example in right margin pair with regular stamp and a used single), generally fine-very fine.

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $1,400.00
Will close during Public Auction

TRIESTE COLLECTION

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2905

Trieste Zone A comprehensive mint collection in a White Ace album, the postage, air post and special delivery stamps appear complete, plus the first two postage due sets complete, and some parcel post issues, there are also a few dozen gutter pairs in glassines and a some varieties, o.g., spot check of the key stamps shows all n.h., some of the parcel post stamps suffer from hinge staining, otherwise a fresh and clean collection, fine-very fine.

Est. $400-500

SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

TURKEY COLLECTION

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2906

Turkey unusually comprehensive collection of mint and used on Scott pages, very few empty spaces are present, with regular issues, commemoratives, all of the semi-postals, air posts, postage dues, postal tax, etc., with many mint sets or high values among the 20th century, plus there is an excellent range of Anatolia issues, with several scarce and seldom offered stamps to be found, also includes a bit of Yemen, the vast majority are o.g. and fine-very fine; Turkey collections are rarely offered in such depth.

Est. $3,000-4,000

SOLD for $6,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

TURKEY IN ASIA (ANATOLIA) COLLECTION

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2907

Turkey in Asia (Anatolia) remarkable specialized collection of these 1920-22 issues in an overstuffed album, over 1,500 items total, with mint, used, blocks, and overprint varieties galore, with inverted, double, wrong dates, broken letters, plus imperforate errors and even some Specimen overprints, many are identified by the various different types of same overprint, mainly fine-very fine; a fabulous collection of this incredibly challenging and undervalued area - a collection that would literally take decades to duplicate.

Est. $3,000-4,000

SOLD for $14,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

URUGUAY COLLECTION

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2908

Uruguay mint and used collection to 1940 on Scott pages, better early issues including unused #2 and 3Bc (faults, with certificates), plus a solid run of later issues including air posts and other back-of-the-book, many mint sets among the 20th century, early issues in mixed quality, later generally fine-very fine.

Est. $1,000-1,500

SOLD for $2,200.00
Will close during Public Auction

VATICAN CITY COLLECTIONS

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2909

Vatican City mint collection to 1957 in a White Ace album, appears to be complete for the period including air posts, the 1934 Provisional set is signed A. Diena, o.g., early issues are mostly lightly hinged, some of the later issues are never hinged.

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $1,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

2910

Vatican City mint collection to 1986 in a Lighthouse hingeless album, appears to be complete less only the 1934 Provisional set, also includes a selection of Roman States stamps, the Vatican stamps are fresh and clean, o.g., some early sets hinged, later issues (including key air posts) are mainly never hinged, fine-very fine.

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction

VENZUELA COLLECTION

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2911

Venezuela comprehensive mint and used collection to 1940 on Scott pages, the early imperforate stamps are mostly used and quite well filled, in fact very few empty spaces will be found, including air posts, back-of-the-book and local issues, somewhat mixed quality but overall a fine and useful collection.

Est. $1,000-1,500

SOLD for $2,400.00
Will close during Public Auction

WESTERN UKRAINE COLLECTION

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2912

1/102

Western Ukraine collection balance of 81 mostly different mint stamps (#1/102, N1-5), with catalog values to a couple hundred dollars each, a large number are signed by recognized experts (Bulat, Korner, Bloch, etc.), o.g. and fine-very fine; an excellent basis on which to start a collection of this very challenging area.

Est. $750-1,000

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS

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2913

Worldwide balance of the early air post stamp and postal history collection formed by Keith A. Wagner, several hundred mint stamps (mostly sets) and about 300 covers neatly laid out in chronological order tracing the history of aerophilately to about 1930, starts with six of Siege of Paris Balloon covers, one of which has a French arrival marking and another was sent to Belgium, from there it contains many experimental flights in the 1909-1915 period, with United States, France, Germany, Great Britain and other countries represented in this time period, many of these have special labels affixed to the covers, from 1918 there is strong value in both mint stamps and flown covers, with the stamps having many elusive items including imperforate and other varieties, covers includes better special flights as well as complete sets and scarcer stamps, this collection is loaded with $50.00-$200.00 items, with some undoubtedly higher, condition is above the norm, with a very large percentage being fine-very fine; an outstanding opportunity to obtain a strong base on which to build an important collection of the early aerophilately.

Est. $7,500-10,000

SOLD for $57,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

2914

Worldwide mint air post collection neatly arranged in three stockbooks, loaded with better sets and values cataloging in the $30.00-$150.00 range, and several even higher, all parts of the world covered, plus there are two albums of flight covers (including U.S.) and some additional stockbooks containing a variety of items including airmail labels and more, the main collection is quite clean, o.g., some n.h., generally fine-very fine.

Est. $4,000-5,000

SOLD for $16,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

2915

The worldwide portion of a large estate filling six boxes, includes numerous albums, with better mint 20th century British Commonwealth noted, also single country collections in Minkus albums of Mexico, Russia, Spain and Mongolia, plus a U.S. collection with some medium priced stamps, also a pile of loose material including some new issues, mixed quality with much fine-very fine; all in all a most useful lot with plenty of value.

Est. $3,000-4,000

SOLD for $13,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

2916

Worldwide collection in fourteen large Minkus Global albums, goes to about 1975, includes early mostly used stamps as well as later mint sets (some of which were never mounted and are in glassines on the appropriate pages), a quick look shows some medium priced items, while a little messy it should have plenty of value throughout, much is fine or better.

Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $9,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

2917

Worldwide collection to 1945 in three Scott International albums, quite well filled, with some areas of particular strength such as early Latin America (especially Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico), some better mint sets of Europe and colonies (including the occasional better souvenir sheet), value in unexpected places such as Bulgaria, Turkey and Thailand, usual mixed condition but a most interesting collection with excellent potential.

Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $9,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

2918

Worldwide collection in fifteen Scott International albums, going to the 1970s, the early volumes are quite well filled, with many thousands of stamps in the 1840-1940 period (two volumes), later issues include some mint and used sets, the latest volumes are less filled, the lot also contains Scott Specialty albums of U.S. (two), Central Europe (two) and Germany, mixed condition.

Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $5,750.00
Will close during Public Auction

2919

Worldwide balance of a large estate filling over four boxes, diverse range of items in album, stockbooks and more, with various country collections including seldom offered places such as North Korea, Syria and Tunisia, plus there is some modern mint including a Channel Islands collection and even a bit of P.R.C., some United States used classics and revenues, also a few items from the Franklin Roosevelt collection, some booklets, and all kinds of other odds and ends, mixed condition, should prove to be a rather useful lot.

Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $10,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

2920

Worldwide mostly mint balance of a large estate, thousands of singles, sets or souvenir sheets in stockbooks, glassines, retail cards and more, much is centered around air post issues, with many medium priced mint sets throughout and an occasional higher value item, plus there are modern imperforates, deluxe proofs, as well as medium priced mint sets and singles from a wide variety of countries, also a Ryukyu collection missing only a few stamps for completion, o.g., many n.h., generally fine-very fine.

Est. $1,500-2,000

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction