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Canadian Province to Finland

Lots 4259-4268 Lots 4269-4278 Lots 4279-4286

Lot 4259    

Newfoundland, 1897, 1¢ Carmine Rose, Specialized Collection, collection of mint stamps (two singles and block of nine), mint card announcement, 15 covers, and ending with a 1¢ green #80 mint block of four, covers include three drop letters, three singles to Canada, 1¢ on 1¢ postal card to St. John N.B., 1¢ (6) and two 2¢ registered to Canada, 1¢ (5) to Brooklyn N.Y. USA, 1¢ printed matter use to USA, 1¢ (11) and 2¢ (2) on registered cover to August Dietz in Richmond Va. USA; 1¢ on 1¢ postal card to England, 1¢ pair with 5¢ to Scotland, 1¢ with 2¢ pair to Switzerland, 1¢ (10) on stamp dealer cover to E.T. Parker, Bethlehem Pa., etc., F.-V.F. and outstanding collection.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

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Lot 4260 /o/   

Newfoundland, 1918-46 Postal Shortages and Surcharges, mounted exhibit collection starting with the 1918-19 shortage, better noted 1919 provisional handstamp use, #127-130 mint, 1920 "Postal Paid" provisional handstamp uses (2), #129 complete setting block of 25, #129 misplaced surcharge, #127 complete setting block of 25, #127 stamp dealer cover, #127 local cover, #160 FDC, #160 complete setting block of 25, #211 complete setting block of 25, #211 blocks of four with perf 13.8 and 14.1, #211 with AYRE perfin, two 1889 2¢ on 1¢ green postage cards with one showing wear in the left arm of "T" in CENTS, etc., great basis for continuation.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

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Realized: $375

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Lot 4261 /o   

Canada, Collection, useful mint and used, in Scott albums with items over $200 each, earlies in mixed condition, later F-VF; estimated cat. value of $5,700.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $400

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Lot 4262 /o   

Canada, Estate Accumulation, mostly mint on retail pages, stockpages, in glassines, mostly mint Victoria period on, with strength in Admirals with panes, #133 n.h. pair, 120i, scattered classics used including Provinces including Canada #4, New Brunswick #1, nothing recent except 1980s-90's Duck booklets, better including #CL11-12 panes (cat. $1,050), mint blocks of 4, Unitrade 1396iii pair, etc., mostly F.-V.F.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $1,350

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Lot 4263 /o   

Cape of Good Hope, Accumulation, premium, better mint and used, $55 and up each, a quite useful group selected from a collector/wanna-be dealer's several decades accumulation, all identified by Scott number and cat. value on 102 cards and arranged on stock sheets for easy viewing, faulty have been removed, modest duplication; ready-for-show sales or easy mixing into stock; cat. value exceeds $22,000; well worth consideration.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

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Realized: $1,050

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Lot 4264 /o   

Cape of Good Hope, Triangles Accumulation, mint and used high-cat. seconds, mostly $300 and up each, a substantial group selected from a collector/wanna-be dealer's several decades accumulation, small to modest faults, all identified by Scott number and cat. value on 102 cards and arranged on stock sheets for easy viewing, modest duplication; ready-for-show sales or easy mixing into stock; cat. value exceeds $35,000; well worth consideration.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $900

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Lot 4265 o/   

China & Japan, Old-time Collections, interesting collection with one volume of China and one volume of Japan, some early material is present with a variety of cancels, noted is a China 1c Large Dragon (4, unused), some 1897 Overprint Issues including two Red Revenues (78, mint, 79, used), plus some interesting 20th Century covers with unusual franking to South Africa (including two large size registered cloth covers), Japan includes early material with a variety of cancels, Postal Stationery & some Revenues, mixed condition, worth inspection.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

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Realized: $1,350

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Lot 4266 /o   

China and PRC, Accumulation, mint, used, old-time collector's substantial accumulation of hundreds, mostly 20th century to 2000's, all arranged in chronological order in Scott bundles of numbered glassines plus some on cards and presentation books, mostly fine-very fine with occasional faults in earlier; value is in $1-$20-range items, mostly modest duplication (to 10 or more each); lots of nice mint sets here.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $575

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Lot 4267 /o   

China & Taiwan, Group 1897-2020, mint and used collection in two well-filled stockbooks, first book 1897-1950 with Imperial China to early PRC including Japan Occupation, Provinces etc., book two Republic of China (Taiwan) mostly used 1950-2000, then mint sets and souvenir sheets from 2001-2020, better items throughout, fine to very fine.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $400

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Lot 4268 /o   

China, (Republic) Huge Holding, mostly mint accumulation/collection in 14 binders and one album assembled on black stock pages, including singles, blocks, souvenir sheets, full sheets, some covers, early issues including many junks etc, possible varieties throughout, inspection encouraged, generally fine to very fine.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $1,100

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