Lot
4310 
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Portuguese Colonies collection, 1870-1986. Comprehensive mint and used collection housed in two large Scott albums, remarkable completion throughout with many better singles and sets, Angola with complete issues from 1870 1st issues to 1901, later issues missing only a half a dozen issue for completion, Angra issues complete, Azores with highlights including used #4, 6, mint 7-10, 1875-80 set complete, near complete St Anthony set, virtually complete from 1906 on including back-of-the-book, Cape Verde issue complete from 1st issue to 1914 and missing only a few stamps thereafter, mostly complete back-of-the-book, Funchal & Horta 1892-93 & 1897-1905 sets complete, strong Inhambane and complete Kionga mint, good early Lourenço Marques issues and strong completion in later, good back-of-the-book, near completion in Macao including 1884-85 first issues complete, 1885 surcharges missing only Scott #21, complete sets from 1887 to 1894, other highlights including 1898 Da Gama set mint, good 1902 surcharges, better 1900-1910 King issues including bisects, 1911 bisects, good 1913 surcharges, 1913 Da Gama set mint, etc., good back-of-the-book, Mozambique strong completion in most sets and strong back-of-the-book, Mozambique Company missing a few back-of-the-book issues for total completion, Nyassa mostly complete, Ponta Delgada 1892-1905 sets complete, strong completion in Congo, Guinea from 1881-85 set, India with many early issues, good Quelimane and St. Thomas and Prince Islands, complete mint Tete, Timor missing only a handful of later issues for total completion, Zambezia missing only #96 for completion; a well formed collection with lots of value throughout and condition well above the norm however some mixed to be expected in earlier material, a must see to appreciate. Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.
Realized: $6,750