Lot 3
Austria Reference Collection. Approximately 500 items in album and on pages in binder; including a section of 1850-60 issue reprints with first issue 1866 type III reprints, 1858-59 issue perf 10½ & 12 reprints and 1860-61 issues in various perfs, newspaper issues with first issue reprints of 1870, 1885 & 1894 in blocks and later issues including multiples, also a similar section of Lombardy-Venetia reprints, Austria with other regular first issue items including fake ribbing including on cover, 1860-61 issue Spiro Bros. sheets, section of several hundreds forged cancellations including the 1946 unissued Anti-Fascist set, issues including Offices Abroad and Lombardy-Venetia, Occupational issues including Trentino overprint forgeries and a genuine 4k high value mint (Scott N49, cat $4,250), forged Venezia Giulia 10k on cover, Journal stamp issues with a 1kr blue type I postal forgery and a selection of general forgeries, Lombardy-Venetia with several first issue postal forgeries and some later Spiro sheets.Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
Realized: $12,000