Lot
2862 
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Finland collection, 1866-1986. Strong mint and used housed in Lighthouse hingeless album, beginning with 1866's complete used with 1m orange brown on piece with blue cds cancel, pair of 20pi blues on piece (Raybaudi Cert.), serpentine roulettes of the early Coat of Arms types including single usage on cover of the 40p rose all teeth intact, another rare 1m yellow brown, 1875 issue with 32pi (perf 14x13½), 1875 issues (perf 11's), 1882's mint to the 25pi, further 1885's to the 1m mint and the 1889's to the top values mint including never hinged, 1891's complete to the 7rb mint, 1901's with the 10m, 1903-08 types mint with the 10m, etc., 1917 onwards it is virtually complete with some scarce 'miniature sheets' to the 25m Lion types, 1930 Zeppelin is present plus the 1930-52 elusive definitives again complete, with franking labels, parcel post stamps, military stamps with the 1983 overprint as well as the regular scarce faltpost, Eastern Karelia plus a good range of booklets, etc., a high degree of quality material throughout, includes additional stock cataloging $1,600+, worth careful examination. Estimate $6,000 - 8,000.
Realized: $4,750