Lot
3237 
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Italy & Colonies, A High-End Comprehensive Mainly Mint Collection, 1879-1960., several thousand mainly mint singles and sets including many stamp issuing entities for the period related to Italy and containing items from hundreds of dollars each to over $1,000. in Scott all housed in five Scott albums with hingeless pages and each page has Scott description and older catalogue value for easy reference. A massive collection that could be broken down into multiple Country, Colony and Zone units with several hundred key sets & singles throughout. Italy has Kingdom and Republic issues as well as back of the book, Air Post, Parcel Post and Trieste Zone A with many better items in duplicate as is also prevalent in other areas. Extensive and valuable Aegean Islands are present along with an advanced collection of Fiume, also noteworthy are Eritrea, Somalia, Cyrenaica, and Italian East Africa. If possible view this collection to fully appreciate its size, depth and scope as it certainly ranks in the top tier of Italian related collections that we have offered. The quality is also exceptional with a fair amount of n.h. present. There is also some better used. Generally, it is Fine to Very Fine o.g. or n.h. with only a few faults primarily in the earlier issues. The Scott and or Sassone total value will be quite large., ex Global Collection. Estimate $10,000 - 15,000.
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Realized: $8,000