Lot 3126 /o
Bosnia & Herzegovina, Specialized with Yugoslavia Overprints, 1876-1918, collection of hundreds in a specially prepared Schaubek album, virtually complete, collected both used and unused, while missing the few rarities, there are a good number of perforation varieties, also a specialized selection of the Yugoslavia overprints and surcharges for Bosnia and Herzegovina, with numerous varieties such as inverted, double, reversed and shifted overprints, mostly signed and with some certificates, mostly fine - very fine. A nice collection of mint and used Bosnia, high catalogue value.Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
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Lot 3127 /o
British Commonwealth, Eight Diverse Countries, Mainly Mint, 1887-1996, collections on Scott album pages, with Samoa, Solomon Islands, fairly complete from 1935, with George VI-QEII definitives, Penrhyn Island, with overprints on Cook Islands, extensive Seychelles, with Queen Victoria-QEII, singles, sets and many better items; British New Hebrides, Gibraltar with many complete sets, souvenir sheets, booklets, South-West Africa, with George V bilingual pairs to 10sh, sets to 20sh, etc., some used, others L.H. or H.R., fine - very fine with few faults, High catalogue value.Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
Realized: $1,600
Lot 3128 //o
British Commonwealth, A Worthwhile Group of Country Collections, 1900-2003, Ascension-Zimbabwe, collections on album pages, used and unused, singles and sets, many definitives to 10sh or £1, better Basutoland, Barbados, British Honduras, Nauru (Freighter set, etc.) Pitcairn Islands, Cyprus, Zambia, mostly fine - very fine.Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
Realized: $1,100
Lot 3129 /
British North America, A Superior All Mint Collection, 1865-1943, collection on professionally designed pages and auction lot sheets. British Columbia, 1¢-25¢, including 10¢ surcharge, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia perforated issues, many shades, varieties include 1¢ horizontal pair imperf, between, reprinted die proofs, perforation varieties, extensive Newfoundland, with imperforate singles to 1865, perforated from there, white and yellowish paper, many shades, some exceptionally well centered singles, surcharges, commemorative sets, Air Post, including DOX, Balbo, plus Postage Dues and some unlisted Air Post semi-officials, labels, Wayzata 1932 $1 sheet of 20 and more. Overall fresh, Fine to Very Fine. An excellent collection of BNA, high catalogue value., ex-Windsor.Estimate $7,500 - 10,000.
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Lot 3130 /
Burma, Outstanding Mint Collection with Many Scarce Stamps, 1938-1948, very complete for the period with sets up to and over $1,000. each all neatly mounted on well designed pages in a custom binder. The Japanese Occupation issues include numerous varieties and shades and many of the most difficult to find singles and sets. Well worth viewing to fully appreciate. A number of auction lots and other purchases are mounted on Vario pages and greatly augment the collection. Significant resale value as well as high Scott catalogue value. Quality is well above the norm with few if any faults, Fine to Very Fine, o.g. or in some issues n.h., A great collection., ex-Windsor.Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
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Realized: $3,250
Lot 3131
Burma Japanese Occupation, Interesting Six Mint Auction Lots, 1942, six auction lots from a Spink sale with copies of extensive descriptions, it includes: Two blocks of four, double overprints a pair and a strip all mint. All interesting and the original cost was in excess of $1,300. Quality is Fine to Very Fine., ex-Windsor.Estimate $750 - 1,000.
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Realized: $650
Lot 3132 /
Canada, Worthwhile All Mint Back-of-the-Book Collection, 1906-1978, a high quality collection beginning with J1-J20 and later issues, strong perforated official stamps includes 50 different with values to $1.00 including complete sets. Also, a showing of "O.H.M.S." and "G" overprints which look complete for the period plus additional material. A number of items are still on their Auction or Retail purchase sheets. A great lot for online sales with much better material. Condition is Fine to Very Fine o.g. or n.h., Few if any faults as we didn't see one., ex-Windsor.Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
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Realized: $900
Lot 3133
Cuba, Postal History, Spanish-American War Period, Exhibition Collection, 1898-1902, a wonderful well written up Postal History Collection consisting of 75 covers including 4 early stampless, 25 with Military Station cancels to the U.S. except one to Spain and 3 to Cuba, 13 franked with U.S. overprinted stamps including one each to Germany, Spain and France, 17 Pictorials including a rejected bisect on postcard with 1 cent Postage Due overprint affixed, 8 Multicolor Spanish-American War Patriotics, plus several worthwhile miscellaneous items, a few faults but much is sound and Fine to Very Fine. A great start to an Exhibition worthy collection or a popular area for online sales, a rare offering.Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
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Realized: $2,500
Lot 3134 /
Denmark, The Ultimate Collection of Danish Christmas Seals, 1904-1985, three volumes carefully written up and displayed of mint stamps, covers and many progressive proofs which total into many hundreds. Beginning with the 1904 first issue is a mint stamp plus a cover. This continues on with some years accompanied by progressive proofs and essays. Certainly, the finest collection of this difficult to find material that we have offered. The quality is Fine to Very Fine with few faults. A great lot., ex-Windsor.Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
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Realized: $850
Lot 3135
Egypt, An Attractive Air Post Cover Collection, 1933-1943, specialized collection of 60+ cards and covers mounted on album pages with many destinations and attractive frankings of all values and issues from 1m-200m, Very Fine.Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Realized: $625