Lot 2666 /o/
Bulgaria, Specialized 1889-95 Coat of Arms Issues Collection, neatly written-up on exhibit pages (in German) in two albums; comprehensive study of the stamps including shades, trail colors, myriad of perf varieties, paper types, imperf pairs, surcharge issues including without surcharge in pair with normal gutter block, inverted surcharges in block */o, full sheet, etc., postal history with approximately 55 covers and cards including registered, newspaper, combination frankings including on lettersheet to France, multiples on cover, uprate to foreign destinations, etc.; a wonderful assembly which would extremely difficult to duplicate.Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.
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Lot 2667
Bulgaria, Small Town & Village Cancellation Collection, 1892-1920, approximately 175 items written-up in detail (in German) on exhibit pages housed in four albums, mostly post & postal card usages with additional covers, postal receipts and some off cover items, nice array of scarce small town townmarks with clear readable strikes throughout, some foreign destination items, few nice registered items, etc.; a nice group for the Bulgarian postmark specialist.Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
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Lot 2668
Bulgaria, Cover & Card Balance, 1892-1928, over 130 cover and mostly cards housed in two stockbooks; postal cards including many Boris Baptism cards unaddressed canceled as well as postally used, lettercard usages, nice run of Sofia cancels to the 1920's, 1900-10's registered covers, etc.Estimate $400 - 600.
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Realized: $425
Lot 2669 /o/
Bulgaria, Specialized 1901-04 Postage Due Issue Collection, nearly 250 stamps written-up (in German) on exhibit pages in album; includes specimens, part sheets, shades, as well as 27 covers, cards & money orders including a 3-color franking, scarce gutter pairs and blocks, etc.; a lovely and rare group for the specialist.Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
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Lot 2670 /o
Burma, 1942 Japanese Occupational Issues, collection of 48 mostly mint issues arranged and mostly identified on stockpages (most appear to have been purchased at a Nutmeg Stamp Sale), nice run of issues with many additional varieties including overprint inverted, double including in black and red, and printing on reverse, includes a #1N13 (S.G. 34) n.h. margin block (cat $700 for singles), etc.; some minor duplication to be expected, with owner's 2018 S.G. catalog £16,365 plus some unpriced and unlisted items, worth evaluation for the specialist in this area.Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
Realized: $5,500