Lot
3476 
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Ryukyus, Specialized Postal Stationery and Card Collection, mounted collection including printing and paper varieties, comprising UX1-UX8, UX8b, UX9 mint and used, UX10-11 including card varieties, UX12 with printing varieties and UX12e, UX13-UX44, UX26S-UX29S Mihon specimens (cat. $1,275), UX4 var. type a on Japan 15s card, UY2, UY2a, UY3, UY3b plus shade and paper study, UY4a (cat. $350), UY4c (cat. $600), UY4d (cat. $500), UY4k, UY6a, UY6b, UY7-8, UY8a, UY9-17, U1, U2 six with various "1" types, includes UX12 and later artist signed cards UC1, UC1a, UC2, UC2a, UC3 with varieties including UC3a, UC3b, UC3c, UC3e, UC3i FDC (cat. $300), UF24, and one Amami Gunto card, a great collection worthy of expansion. Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
Realized: $2,600
Lot
3477
St. Lucia, Collection, 1860-1971, mint issues on album pages; with early QV issues near complete lacking only the scarce 1885 6d slate blue blue issue, completion in the QV key types with following surcharges, KEVII & KGV definitives all complete and later commemoratives and definitives present; nice fresh material throughout. Estimate $750 - 1,000.
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Realized: $1,150
Lot
3478 /o/
St. Lucia, Collection, mostly housed on stockpages in four binders; stamps with a nice showing of early QV issues including a few first issues used, later issues with variety, 1881 surcharges with some multiples, later QV's with mint multiples, high values with some parallel */o, useful King issues including specimen, later issue blocks, etc., section of postal cards with some nice early and occasional used, postal stationery with a good showing of specimen cards and registration including a few used, nice cover section with a few early stampless and good early QV usages, later registered, incoming with dues, airmails, few official items, worth review. Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $1,300
Lot
3479
St. Vincent, Collection, 1861-1971, mint issues on album pages; nice showing of early QV issues including 1862 issues complete and better 1863 issues including 4d & 1sh values present, good 1871 issues, later surcharges and a selection of 1883 issues, near complete issues from 1898 on including QV & King key types, KGV definitives with key high values, etc.; nice fresh material throughout. Estimate $750 - 1,000.
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Realized: $1,400
Lot
3480
Salvador, Postal History, 1894-1942, 21 items; including used stationery interest with uprated, airs, A.R., etc.; inspect. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $210
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3481 /o
Scandinavia, Collection, nice collection in Davo album; some exceptional stamps including Finland used #56, Iceland used #1, mint set #C4-8, Norway #238 used and Sweden used #B11; interesting collection. Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Realized: $450
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3482 /o
Scandinavia, Collections, various countries mostly on album pages mostly used Sweden to the 1980's with good representation (catalog tape at $3,800+), similar Denmark to the 1940's (owner's cat $1,990), Norway stock from early classics mostly used and some duplication (owner's cat $3,500+), and a nice selection of Iceland (tape at $1,100+); condition mixed with nice material running throughout, worth review. Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Realized: $800
Lot
3483 /o/
Serbia, Collection, 1866-1920, highly advanced collection formed by one of the foremost specialists in this area, on pages in springback album; starting with the 1866 Coat of Arms newspaper issues with 1pa 3rd print with 7 singles (7y, €3,500), 2nd print with two sheets and nine singles in shades (7xb, €5,280) and 4th print x5 (7z, €375), a rare 2pa 1st printing (Mi 8xa, €3,000) and 14 red brown issues (8xb, €7,000), followed by complete 1866 Prince Michael Vienna printing set (1-3, €3,500) followed by used issues including combination on piece, followed by the 9½ perf sets x3 mint with additional used, on cover, etc., 1867 issues with 1pa singles and blocks mint, 2pa singles in shades mint and a scarce green brown shade and the "IIAPF" for "IIAPE" error in pair, followed by imperfs including scarce 2pa buff, 1869 Milian issues including scarce perf varieties, mint multiple including 1pa block of 12, scarce 20pa 12-9½ perf (Mi 14 I D, €750), later printings, etc., later issues in parallel */o condition with shades, 1903 Coat of Arms overprint issues with portrait essay and trial color proofs, issued multiples, etc., 1914 K. Peter set with the scarce 3d mint, with most other issues present in mint and occasional parallel */o; condition well above the norm throughout, a very rare opportunity to acquire a specialists general collection intact, inspection recommended. Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.
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Realized: $3,500
Lot
3484 /o/
Serbia, Accumulation, mostly housed on album and dealer pages and cards; includes a selection of 1869-78 Prince Milan issues including mint with multiples, used and covers with some better items, most material postal history from WWI including military mail including some scarce field post cards and postal cards including uprated, civilian mail including 1911 25p deep blue pair on registered cover Vrnjacka Banja to Switzerland, Austrian occupation usages, etc., POW's in Serbia, etc.; inspection highly recommended. Estimate $400 - 600.
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Realized: $525
Lot
3485
Slovenia, Postal History Group, 1919-20, of over 40 items; includes 14 on cover usages most too foreign destination including U.S. with postage dues, registered and express, many post and postal cards usages including registered, also various package receipts from Hungary, Austria, etc., also an on document three color franking (postage used as revenue), a wonderful array of frankings mostly of the first and second issues; scarce group. Estimate $250 - 350.
Realized: $425