The November 2012 Collector’s Series Sale
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★★/★❍New Zealand collection in a homemade album, includes over 25 used Chalon Heads, later used 19th Century, the 20th Century has both mint and used including better mint sets, the back-of-the-book is housed in a stockbook, which also contains some duplicates, plus there are about 100 stamps with advertising on the back, mainly fine or better.
Est. 750-1,000
★/★★❍Portugal collection to 1980 in mounts and housed in a Scott album, with the 19th century being mostly used, including an 1895 St. Anthony set, then nearly all mint, with the post 1940 issues being quite complete, a few small faults, most fine-very fine.
Est. 750-1,000
Portugal and colonies in a Scott album, sparsely filled but some value in the 1913 Vasco da Gama overprint issue for different colonies, plus some others, mint or used, generally fine-very fine.
Est. 100-150
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“Russia Pre-UPU Stampless Mail to the West” Grand and Gold Medal Exhibit Formed by Dr. Ross Marshall 666
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“Russia Pre-UPU Stampless Mail to the West”, the Grand and Gold Medal winning 10 frame exhibit formed by Dr. Ross Marshall, offered intact and still on exhibit pages, examines the routes, rates and markings of Russian stampless mail to Western Europe and beyond, includes unpaid, pre-paid and part-paid covers from the 18th century onwards until Russia joined the U.P.U. in 1874, the exhibit itself contains 202 covers which delicately explain the complicated postal history due to the effect of various Postal Treaties, differing currencies, weight measurements, domestic rates as well as evaluating the difference between unpaid mail versus those that were pre-paid and part-paid, each cover is accurately described and differentiates the aforementioned complications as they made their way through the main transit routes of Prussia and Austria, also included are references and material associated with the exhibit such as 36 covers in frames left out due to limited space; a collection, decades in the making and near impossible to replicate (scans of the entire exhibit available upon request). Est. 15,000-20,000
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St. Pierre & Miquelon better items group comprised of #10 o.g., #16 used signed Schlessinger (crease), #57 o.g. signed Champion (thin), #58 o.g. signed Brun, #207 o.g., #223 (2) l.h.(one thin), #225 o.g. (thinned), #228 (2) l.h., one signed Bileski, #B10 l.h. and #C25 n.h.
4,105.00
Scandinavia small collection in two albums, includes Scott Specialty album, sparsely filled but with some sets and singles including better Iceland and well filled Sweden to the 1970s, most are o.g. or used, fine-very fine.
Est. 150-200
★/★★❍Switzerland collection, a duplicated mint and/or used collection and accumulation to 1981 in mounts and housed in a Scott album and on stockpages or loose, includes classics, regular issues, commemoratives including a used PAX set less the 5Fr., semi-postals complete mint and used, as well as most of the souvenir sheets mint, air mails nearly complete mint and used, postage dues and officials, the 19th century in mixed condition, others largely fine-very fine.
Est. 1,500-2,000
★/★★ Yugoslavia and area mint collection to 1988 in mounts and housed in a Minkus album, includes Yugoslavia proper, which is very well filled, plus the pre-unification issues of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenego, Serbia, Slovenia-Ljubljana and occupations, largely fine-very fine.
Est. 750-1,000
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