Lot
3509 
Worldwide, Unusual Collector's Mostly Inverted Centers, With Proofs, Errors, hundreds of mint in 2 stockbooks, and on hobby pages, strength in Latin America, mostly early 20th Century with Bolivia 1910 War of Independence Commemorative Issue, six items with centers inverted including 5c-20c set of three singles, mint n.h. (20c signed Stolow), also 10c imperf. proof with center inverted and displaced, block of four, l.h., with 1997 Moorhouse cert., 10c imperf. at bottom and at sides, l.h., and 20c imperf. horizontal pair, unused without gum; also a selection of seven varieties, including 5c-20c set of three imperf. horizontal pairs, 5c perf. and imperf. horizontal pairs with center omitted, 10c imperf. horizontal pair with center omitted, and 10c imperf. block of four with centers shifted upwards, inverts with Libya with #22b (4 copies), Liberia #O68 var. (3 copies), Lithuania with 1919 shifted and inverted overprints, Cameroon, Iran 1915 Imperial Crown Issue with inverted overprints, Nyassa inverts, Somali Coast inverted centers and/or imperfs, French Congo with 1900 5fr brown orange and gray, center and value inverted, l.h., v.f., signed Roumet, with 2007 Rendon cert. (YT 41e), and #48a l.h., very fine (YT 41a), cat. $750, Guatemala with #22a cat. $725, Haiti, Heligoland 4 different Leipzig private reprints with inverted centers, Liberia early and later inverts, etc., Libya with #53a n.h. block of 4 with cert., Montserrat 1979 15c Boy Scout postal card centered inverted, two cards, Nyassa 1901 Pictorials, 2½2r-300r complete set of Centers Inverted, Panama inverted centers, Paraguay 1922 Provisional Government, unissued Palace stamps, 1p-50p six values, center inverted, 4-5 of each (total of 28 stamps), most in se-tenant pairs with centers omitted, Bangladesh 1990 United Nations Conference, 10t blue inscriptions inverted, with green country name and value also shifted (cert), Peru #222a o.g. cat. $600, some with topical "cat" related, needs careful inspection, overall Very Fine, many scarce items, majority bought from auctions, ex-Freeman. Estimate $2,500 - 3,500.
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Realized: $3,250