Lot 1
Argentina Reference Collection. Well over 500 items mostly mounted on album pages in binder; arranged by issues with 1858 & 1860 issues with genuine including used may with suspect postmarks, corresponding forgeries with 16 different varieties including Spiro creations with various cancels, 1862-63 issues with genuine and the various forgery types including a section of "Faux de Geneve" with shade and cancellation varieties, 1864-67 Rivadavia issue includes a set of Lichtenstein reprints in corner margin blocks, forgeries including hand drawn 15c value, 1867-68 issues including forged 1877 surcharges, fake roulettes including on cover, 1891 hand drawn fakes of the 10p, 20p & 50p telegraph issues, 1892 Santa Maria issues including the 5c proclamation card and full Fournier forgery sheets of both values, section of Official overprints, Buenos Aires including the 1858 Steamship issue with genuine, reprints including rare set of Dr. Arata reprints sheets (only 5 sets produced), the Latour reprint sheets (made from Lichtenstein), extensive range of forgeries including full sheets and creations by Raoul de Thuin on original approval sheet, similar Liberty Head issues with genuine, "Latour" reprint sheets, also a section of the Horseman Essays, Cordoba with genuine 5c and forgeries including Schröder sheets, Corrientes issues including genuine first issue on cover (P.F. cert.) and sheet and full panes from various settings and a First Group - Authorized Reprint sheet of 24 (Sismondo cert.), re-impression sheets and various forgeries (color photo).Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
Realized: $4,250
Lot 2
Australian States - New South Wales Reference Collection. Approximately 300-400 items mostly on album pages and arranged on stockpages; include a section of 1850-51 Sydney View issues including a few genuine (reference and altered items), forgeries including a study of Jeffrys 1d plate I and plate II forgeries including unused and used with the variety on barred numeral cancels, a host of other forgeries including early lithographs, rare Panelli 3d engraved, etc., 1851-55 Laureated issues with 1888 reprints including full sheets of the 2d, 6d and 8d (including trial color in blue) values, forgeries including selections of Jeffrys and Oneglia work, Spiro Bros including various printing states, 1854-55 Diadem issues including a variety of forgeries from Oneglia and Spiro Bros., other items including the 1885-86 high values issues, official and registry reprints and a stock of duplicate forgery & reprint material.Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Realized: $5,000
Lot 3
Austria Reference Collection. Approximately 500 items in album and on pages in binder; including a section of 1850-60 issue reprints with first issue 1866 type III reprints, 1858-59 issue perf 10½ & 12 reprints and 1860-61 issues in various perfs, newspaper issues with first issue reprints of 1870, 1885 & 1894 in blocks and later issues including multiples, also a similar section of Lombardy-Venetia reprints, Austria with other regular first issue items including fake ribbing including on cover, 1860-61 issue Spiro Bros. sheets, section of several hundreds forged cancellations including the 1946 unissued Anti-Fascist set, issues including Offices Abroad and Lombardy-Venetia, Occupational issues including Trentino overprint forgeries and a genuine 4k high value mint (Scott N49, cat $4,250), forged Venezia Giulia 10k on cover, Journal stamp issues with a 1kr blue type I postal forgery and a selection of general forgeries, Lombardy-Venetia with several first issue postal forgeries and some later Spiro sheets.Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
Realized: $12,000
Lot 4
Austria - Danube Steam Navigation Co. Reference Collection. Well over 200 stamps on album and stockpages; variety of genuine and reprint material including various reprints types, manuscript canceled remainder material and some forgeries, also a genuine 1866-78 10kr green, die I on lettersheet from Bulgaria (RPS cert.).Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $1,250
Lot 5
Brazil Reference Collection. Well over 250 items mounted on album pages on binder; arranged by issues with 1843 issues with a some genuine reference singles and most of the forgeries represented including a set of Spiro Bros sheets, 1844 genuine lower values, forged cover and many of the forgery types including sheets and hand drawn items, selection of genuine 1850 issues mostly in duplication, set of the reprints in blocks (no 90r value) and corresponding forgeries including sheets and multiples, similar later issues to 1861.Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Realized: $2,200
Lot 6
British Commonwealth Reference Stock. Approximately 5,000 items arranged by country and issues in two large stockbooks, with some forgery types in modest to moderate duplication at times; virtually every country represented including early Antigua forgeries, Bahamas including various scarce Oneglia forgeries in duplication, KEVII ½d with value removed and "One Pound" inserted, British Bechuanaland £5 forgeries and various forged overprints, selection of early Bermuda issue fakes and 1874-75 Surcharge overprints forged, British Guiana with bogus cotton reel issues with later reprints and forgeries including 1862 types on cover, British Honduras with early issues forgeries, the unissued 1891 red "SIX" on 10c on 4d issues (two different styles), various forged 1899-1901 QV & 1904-06 KEVII high values on genuine watermark paper (genuine stamp impressions removed), range of Cape of Good Hope fakes, Ceylon including hand drawn facsimiles and genuine altered items, forged Cyprus overprints, Egypt with a variety of early forgeries and later including forged Port Fouad set and back-of-the-book fakes, Gambia with first issue forgeries in blocks, Grenada including 1883 green crown surcharge forgeries by Jeffrys, well over 150 forged Griqualand West overprints mostly different, section of Heligoland reprints, Hong Kong with early QV forgeries including sheet margin multiples, later with forged 1891 Jubilee overprints and fake KEVII dollar values, India including Scind Dawk issues and other early issue fakes, 1854 ½a with cleverly faked retouch, forged Official overprints, 1988 500p postal forgery on and off cover and a selection of State forgeries, interesting section of Mauritius fakes including hand drawn, strong selection of early Nevis issue forgeries including altered genuine, New Guinea £1 engraved forgeries including die proofs in red and green and perf'd - gummed examples in shades, NSW with forgeries from the 1854-55 Diadem issues to forged Official overprints, New Zealand early QV's including a couple Jeffrys forgeries, North Borneo fakes, St. Helena including on cover, strong sections of St. Lucia and St. Vincent including scarce Oneglia creations, Sierra Leone including 1896, 2sh QV and 1903-05 5sh & £1 KEVII issue forgeries on genuine watermark papers, various Strait Settlements forgeries including forged overprints on genuine, Tasmania including several hand drawn items and altered genuine, substantial section of Transvaal, Trinidad with early forgeries as well as several forged 1d on 6d manuscript surcharges, interesting section of Victoria forgeries including half length issue multiples, engraved and hand drawn items, Virgin Islands early issue forgeries in duplication including multiples, wide variety of Western Australia Swan issues including engraved, hand drawn and "die proof" items, Zanzibar & Zululand forged overprints, also a selection of Great Britain including classic issues, forged Official overprints and other facsimile items, with many other countries and areas represented throughout; a wonderful assembly of forgery material which would be impossible to duplicate.Estimate $10,000 - 15,000.
Realized: $18,000
Lot 7
British Commonwealth Reference Collection. Approximately 1,700 items mostly mounted on album pages in 6 binders with additional material on stockpages and in glassine; starting with Australia 1932, 2d postal forgery used (to mail bogus Irish sweepstakes tickets), Bahamas with various Spiro Bros. sheets, early Barbados issue with a selection of genuine issues, forged bisects on piece, forged perforations and a range of forgeries including Oneglia engraved, Batum with genuine and forgery issues, Bermuda with a selection of early QV forgeries including forged & bogus surcharges on genuine, uncommon British Bechuanaland forged overprints on genuine C.G.H. issues in large multiples, including used 1d value blocks with forged cancels and inverted overprint, British Central Africa with 1895 high value forgeries, 1891 £10 forged overprint, genuine 1897 £10 cleaned with forged cancels, etc., British East Africa forged surcharge items, 1890 issue forgeries including used and a 1898 20r with revenue cancel removed and forged gum, British Guiana with genuine 1852 issues repaired and put on piece with tying cancels painted in, early Ceylon issues with faked genuine items and forgeries with various scarce works of Jeffrys including on cover, Falkland Islands with 1891 genuine cover bearing a forged inverted ½d surcharge on bisect 1d and another 1891 cover with faked bisect (Raoul de Thuin), few Gibraltar items including 1889 "10 Centesimos" removed, Gold Coast with a 1889 20sh fake made by altering the 1889 2sh value tablet, Hong Kong including a stock of 1882-1902 QV issues and some Spiro forgery sheets, India with 1889 reprints of the 1854 ½a-1a issues and forgeries, the 1872 B.K. Haldar postal forgery of the 1868 8a rose, 4 examples of the 1911-22 ½a green, bogus double impression showing various shifts (a variety which still is listed in the Scott catalog!), the 1937-40 1r postal forgery used, Ionian Islands with several forged covers and the various forgeries, Labuan 1892 & 1894 forgeries in blocks, Lagos QV issues with a selection of Oneglia lithos and 1904-05 10sh KEVII forgeries on genuine CA paper, Leeward Islands 1897 Jubilee issue including a genuine set and a few forgeries, Mauritius with early genuine, altered items and various facsimile sheets, fake covers and later forged surcharged issues, Natal including genuine 3d used (RPS cert.) and 1857-58 reprints and some interesting later forgeries, KEVII high values with pen cancels removed and forged cancellations, Nevis with a set of black proofs sheets of 12 of the first four issues, Queensland including a 1881, 20sh rose genuinely postally used but had been cleaned of a fiscal cancel prior to use (ex-Burrus), St. Lucia with genuine QV issues and a few dubious covers, Tobago with QV issues genuine and litho Oneglia creations, and many other countries; a wonderful forgery collection and an excellent basis for further expansion.Estimate $5,000 - 7,500.
Realized: $23,000
Lot 8
British Commonwealth Cancellation Forgery Collection. Well over 100 items on stock and album pages in binder; with a section of Madame Joseph forged postmarks on various issues including Bahamas KEVII and KGVI high values, Bechuanaland 1932, 5sh-10sh KGV issues, British Honduras $5 QV, Falkland Island 1898 QV high values, New Guinea 1931 Airmails, Sierra Leone 1903 £1 with forged registry oval (type 390), etc., a section of "The Bournemouth Forgeries" (ex R. Lowe) with fakes cancels produced in the 1950's and other including a set of 9 1922 Malaya-Borneo overprint issues all with similar forged cancels (£1 with clear RPS cert.).Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $2,400
Lot 9
Canadian Provinces Reference Collection. Approximately 600 items on album and stockpages in binder including the provinces except Newfoundland; B.C. & V.I. including genuine reference, fake V.I. 1865, 5c-10c imperfs on Wellburn collection pages and the various forgeries including Spiro Bros. B.C. sheets, New Brunswick with genuine including better 1851 issues, pair and single 1860, 5c unissued proofs and a trial color in red brown, 1890 reprints of the 1851 issues in blocks and a variety of forgeries, Nova Scotia with genuine including a 1857 1sh (defects), on cover with forged bisects (one ex Burrus with 1947 RPS cert stating genuine), 1890 reprints of the 1851 issues in margin blocks and a host of forgeries including works of Oneglia ("Panelli" forgeries), Spiro Bros., Fournier and others, P.E.I. with genuine including multiples as well as items with fake cancels, on cover bisect forgeries by Raoul Thuin, 1893 reprint proofs, large blocks of the 4c Birmingham forgery including "used"; a lovely collection with some duplication to be expected.Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
Realized: $12,500
Lot 10
Canadian Provinces - Newfoundland Reference Collection. Well over 600 stamps mostly arranged on stockpages and on album pages in binder; including several hundred genuine including 1857 issues with better including 4d, 8d & 1sh values used, 1860 issues including 1sh, numerous 1861-62 issues including full sheets of the 4d, 6d (x2) and 1sh values including additional blocks, stock of later 19th century mixed mint and used, etc., forgeries include section of first types with fake bisects on piece and cover, set of hand drawn forgeries, the "Herts" 1sh reprint and the array of forgery types and cancels, selection of 1865-94 issue forgeries showing an array of cancellation, color and perforation types, 1897 1¢ on 3¢ provisional surcharge fakes, etc.Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
Realized: $14,500