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1859 
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Portugal & Colonies, Collection, 1853-1940, extensive mint and used collection with 19th century on Scott pages and 20th century in album; starting with Portugal 19th century issues appear complete mostly used unchecked for reprint material, includes 1895 St. Anthony set mix */o, 20th century with some strong completion and a few good later souvenir sheets, Colonies with Angola with 19th century appears complete and 20th century well represented, Angra complete, Azores with strong early issues need checking and good later including 1895 St. Anthony set complete, Cape Verde 19th century appears complete and good later, Funchal complete mostly mint, similar Horta, Inhambane approaching completion and similar Lourenzo Marques, Macao with 19th century appears complete and strong later with some better, Madeira with complete early overprint issues (need checking), Mozambique with complete 19th century and good later, similar Mozambique Company, Nyassa & Ponta Delgada complete 19th century, also Portuguese Africa & Portuguese Congo, Portuguese Guinea with some good early issues, Portuguese India a nice showing of early issues and later surcharges, St. Thomas & Prince Islands, Timor & Zambesia also with much completion; condition mixed mostly confined to early issues, inspection highly recommended. Estimate $10,000 - 15,000.
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Realized: $7,500
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1860 /
Portuguese Colonies, Collection, virtually all n.h. mint collection 1900-1970's neatly mounted in a single Palo album with Angola in fresh mint colorful sets, mostly of 1930's to 1970's to over 200 each, strong in topicals, note Angola Scott #271-91, 305-26, 314a, 362-81, C1-9, 21-35, Mozambique 251-87, 322-8, 332-55, RA21-47 and much more; substantial cat value and all mint n.h., well worth a good look. Estimate $500 - 750.
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Realized: $260
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1861 /o
Rhodesia, Collection, 1890-1900, mixed mint and used housed on Scott pages; with near complete issues for the period (when including revenue canceled high values) and some pleasant duplication, includes 1890-91 issues with 10sh-£2 postal used and an unused £5 issue, 1891 surcharges complete mint, good 1896 surcharges, 1896 Seated Hope issues complete, etc., includes some stationery items; condition is mixed, inspect. Estimate $500 - 750.
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Realized: $450
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1862 /o
Romania, Collection, 1862-1948, mint and used collection/accumulation in three RK stockbooks, two containing a collection in chronological order, mostly all different sets, singles, blocks of four, souvenir sheets etc., including Scott #14 used on piece (signed), B279-88 Sports sheets of nine perf and imperf NH, B292-303 NH set plus set on grey paper (n.g. as issued), a third stockbook feat. duplicate accumulation of hundreds mint and used and many mint blocks, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250 - 350.
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Realized: $200
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1863 /o
Russia, Collection, 1857-1940, mint and used on Scott album pages with some pleasant duplication; includes early 10k issues (#1-2) used, 1858-64 issues complete mostly used and complete to near complete later Coat of Arms issues including better later high values, useful to good 20th century regular issues with good to strong completion overall, similar semi-postal issues mostly mint, some good airmail runs, offices with some good issues, stationery items, Wenden issues appear complete and a nice section of Zemstvo local issues, etc.; condition mixed mostly confined to early issues, please inspect. Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
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Realized: $1,250
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1864 /o
St. Helena, Collection, 1856-97, mixed mint and used housed on Scott pages; with completion for the period and some pleasant duplication, includes the good early issues mostly used with mixed */o later surcharge issues and mint from 1884-97; condition is mixed, inspect. Estimate $300 - 400.
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Realized: $250
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1865 /o
St. Lucia, Collection, 1860-98, mixed mint and used housed on Scott pages; with completion for the period and some pleasant duplication, includes first two issues mint and later issues mixed */o with better key/high value mostly in used condition, includes Revenue used for Postage section with some showing postal usage, etc.; condition is mixed, inspect. Estimate $400 - 600.
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Realized: $600
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1866 /o
St. Vincent, Collection, 1861-98, mixed mint and used housed on Scott pages; appears near complete for the period and some pleasant duplication, includes 1861-80 issues complete mostly used including the 1880 5sh high value unused (no gum), missing most of the better 1880-81 surcharges and later completion with mint from 1885 on, some stationery cuts and revenues; condition is mixed, inspect. Estimate $400 - 600.
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Realized: $450
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1867 /o
Samoa, Collection, 1877-1900, mixed mint and used housed on Scott pages; with basic completion of issues for the period and some pleasant duplication, includes Samoa Express denominations complete from the various types with additional, Palm & King issues complete mostly mint and the later German issues complete mint; condition is mixed, inspect. Estimate $500 - 750.
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Realized: $425
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1868 /o/
Scandinavia, Collection, extensive holding of issues mostly housed in ten albums, stockbooks and binder; with strength in Denmark starting with 2rs first issue with engraved burelage x2 and a typo issue all 4 margin, the later issues also used yet somewhat extensive with types identified including 1851 4rs printing and shade study, plate varieties, later completion with some mint and noted varieties running through, better 1912 5kr present both */o, completion in back-of-the-book, additional stock, cancel study, many early covers, a nice collection of local post issues, etc., etc., DWI issues with strong completion and good varieties, G.B. used in St. Thomas including scarce 5sh, Greenland with 1945, 1öre-5kr Liberation regular & scarcer overprints complete and good parcels present mostly mint, Norway from #1 x5 on with excellent completion, useful other countries, etc.; nice material throughout however collection was improperly stored with some mint stuck down and some pages a bit musty (with our evaluation reflecting this), still an excellent opportunity to acquire a specialized collection quite reasonably, inspection is recommended. Estimate $2,500 - 3,500.
Realized: $5,000