Netherlands, Postal History Assortment.Eighty covers, mostly early 20th Century to the 1950s with many covers in the $100 to $200 range. We noted 1914 Military cover with "interneeringskamren" label; 1928 picture postcard with Olympic semipostal set (Scott B25-32); 1937 Frans Hals first day cover; 1942 two picture postcards franked individually with Legion stamps (B144-45); 1950 first day cover (NVPH E2); 1951 first day cover (NVPH E5...
Collections, Stocks and Accumulations #654
By: Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions
Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions Collections, Stocks and Accumulations #654
This is a collections and accumulations sale, with 780 lots of U.S. and Worldwide, including the extensive "Lawrence Hoard".
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Lot #241 - foreign country collections
Netherlands, Magnificent Mainly Mint Collection, 1852-1969.Nearly complete collection in a large blank album; starts with 4-margin first issue 5c (3), 10 (20 & 15c (2); highlights including 1867 50c gold #12 o.g., LH, the 1913 Centenary complete, both 1920 2.50g on 10g surcharges, the 1923 Wilhelmina 25th Anniversary complete and basically the rest of the country complete from the mid-1920s onward, including Semi-Postals and...
Lot #242 - foreign country collections
Netherlands, Town Postmarks Collection, 1890s-1910s.Thousands of stamps with clear and readable circular datestamps, housed in six stock books. We didn't check the lot in detail but one thing is certain: it is a great opportunity for a cancel collector interested in this type of material, and looking to go beyond the commercial catalogs.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Lot #243 - foreign country collections
Netherlands, First Day Covers 1977-1982.Approximately 200 first day covers, about 50+ different, Very Fine.
Estimate $100 - 150.
Lot #244 - foreign country collections
Netherlands & Colonies, Never Hinged Collection.The Netherlands section presented in a Lighthouse hingeless album with slipcase, containing almost all regular & semipostal stamps issued in the 1960-86 period, including. souvenir sheets. Netherlands Antilles housed in a stock book with sets & souvenir sheets issued in the 1949-79 period, plus Suriname useful section, containing all sets & souvenir sheets issued in the...
Lot #245 - foreign country collections
Netherlands Antilles/Curaçao, Highly Specialized Mint Collection, 1873-1948.An extraordinary collection of a few hudred stamps in a Dutch Album; the 1873-89 William III issue includes 24 different stamps mounted according to perforation, plus 13 different Specimen overprints and 60 different imperforate trial color plate proofs; #13-17 & 19-23 are also present with Specimen overprints; also included are 18 different Curiel's Bank "...
Lot #246 - foreign country collections
Netherlands Antilles/Curaçao, Mint and Used Collection, 1873-1916.Small balance of a specialized collection containing a lot of unusual material, including a full mint sheet of 25 of the 1873 2.50g (7), catalog $37.50 each; also including Specimen overprints on #14-17, 20-22 & 28, as well as 16 different trial color plate proofs of 1873-89 issues, several scarce perforation varieties, e.g. 10c ultramarine (4), perf. 12½x12 (with...
Lot #247 - foreign country collections
Nicaragua, Small Nineteenth Century Collection, 1862-99.A few hundred stamps, including duplicates, on old album pages and in a stockbook; includes some better material, a few nice cancels as well as many postal stationery cut squares. An interesting lot.
Estimate $600 - 800.
Lot #248 - foreign country collections
Nicaragua, Mint Classical Assortment.An extraordinary range of the Liberty Cap on Mountain Peak, types #A1 to #A3, 1866 onwards with a wide range of different perforations and papers, a completely un reconstructed holding from an old packet makers dealers stock. Great fun and potential for the specialist, dealer or collector to make constant sheet variety discoveries, shades, new perfs, etc among the 180 examples present, o.g., hinged...
Lot #249 - foreign country collections
Norway, Mint and Used Collection, 1855-1974.virtually complete for the period in a Schaubek album; 19th century nearly all used, 20th mixed (about 50/50); highlights include (mint unless noted) #10, 68 (NH!), 104-110 (15ø & 20ø NH), 217 (used), 246, B1-3, B24, etc; with very few exceptions (e.g. #1 has no margins, #28 is faded) everything is clean and F-VF, with plenty of NH. A truly excellent lot.
Estimate $1,200 - 1,800....
Lot #250 - foreign country collections
Palestine, European Post Offices Abroad Assortment.Several hundreds of mint and used stamps issued in the 19th & 20th Centuries, in one well-filled stock book, including for examople Ottoman Empire used in Jerusalem & Jaffa with multiples. A similar picture for Austro Hungarian Empire abroad including early whiskers through to the Para and Piaster overprints to high values such as 20 Piaster, different settings etc, well worth...
Lot #251 - foreign country collections
Philippines, Valuable Stock, 1854-1990.Crammed into six stock books and one binder, runs the gauntlet from Spanish Administration to US Administration to Republic, better used includes 250, 273, better mint includes 229, 289, 319-325, N1-N7, NJ1, NO2, and this is just a small sample of the lot, back-of-the-book is generally spotty, but with a whole binder of souvenir sheets and blocks, there are many extras such as complete booklets...
Lot #252 - foreign country collections
Poland, Kiloware, 1919-24.Pairs, strips & multiples tied and cancelled on box pieces, unpicked and waiting for a keen eye. We also noted some Hungary, Ukraine & Lithuania stamps. Inspection a must to envision the opportunity afforded here, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot #253 - foreign country collections
Portugal, Used Assortment.A well filled stockbook with many hundreds of stamps with nothing in excessive quantity, virtually all commercially used from the imperforate Pedro issues onwards, through to the imperforate King Luiz with a wider range of perforated 1867/1870 & 1870/1884 types through to high values 1000 reis, further 1880/1881 portraits on to the 1894 Prince Henry complete series #97/109 used, similarly to the 1000 reis...
Lot #254 - foreign country collections
Romania, One Man's Lifetime Collection, 1858-1990.In four well-filled albums, and highly complete, including a good range of King Carol imperforates, as well as a good section of the perforated issues outside the box. A similar pattern continues right through this collection with much non-Scott listed material here. A joy to view such completion, seldom seen nowadays, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
Lot #255 - foreign country collections
Romania, Mint & Used Assortment, 1850s-1960s.Thousands of stamps housed in a well-filled stock book, representing the duplicates and questionable classics from one man's lifetime collection, also offered in this auction. Starting with the 1858 coat of arms issue with sixteen stamps between #1 to #7, including fascinating manuscript cancels, black fancy cancels, oval postmarks, etc. A similar pattern with the imperforate King Carol...
Lot #256 - foreign country collections
Romania, Mint & Used Collection.Interesting collection, unusally put together as a secondary collection over the years, heavily duplicated in the classics, clearly with much merit on virtually every album page - nearly every page is displayed 'stamp on stamp', i.e. overlapping each other making a challenging viewing. This is not the case with the Moldavia 1858 types, although a very presentable Scott #3 108 pa close but clear...
Lot #257 - foreign country collections
Romania, Mint & Used Assortment.Think of all the items that could not fit into the main collection or the primary work in progress, rather a diverse range of occupations and early imperforates, useful, with a few dozen examples from the Moldavian coat of arms to the King Carol to 50 bani 1860s types imperforates in quantity, through to perforated definitive types 19th Century by the dozens, high values 1906 commends through to...
Lot #258 - foreign country collections
Romania, Nice Mint and Used Collection.Housed in a couple albums, some pages and a small number of stock cards in a small box. Strength is in the back-of-the-book with some nice runs of complete mint sets. Overall clean and F-VF, examine.
Estimate $250 - 350.
Lot #259 - foreign country collections
Russia, Sheet Collection, 1908-17.Impressive lot with over 100 sheets in two binders, and to be sincere the largest of this type we ever seen. Volume I including 1909-1911 perforated sheets (1k four sheets, plates 1, 2, 3 & 5) (2k ten sheets, with different plate imprints) (3k six sheets, plates 1, 2, 5 & 7) (4k seven sheets, plates 1 & 2) (5k five sheets, plates 1 & 2) (7k four sheets, plates 1, 2, 3 & 8) (...
Lot #260 - foreign country collections
Russia, Sheet Collection, 1910-19.Pleasant holding with 69 sheets in large binder, including 1910 (1k plate 3, plus 1k no plate); 1909-10 (2k plate 2, 2k plate 8, 2k plate 35, plus 2k two distinctive sheets with plate 1 imprints); 1909-10 (3k two distinctive sheets with plate 1 imprints, 3k plate 2); 1909-10 (4k two distinctive sheets with plate 1 imprints, 4k four distinctive sheets with plate 2 imprints); 1909-12 (5k two distinctive...
Lot #261 - foreign country collections
Russia, Assortment of Blocks of Four, 1910-55.In stock book with light duplication and many complete sets, including 1921 (181-86), 1925 (294), 1925 (339 & 341), 1934 (544), 1935 (555 & 570), 1941 (817-18, 820 & 822-23), 1941 (849), 1942-43 (875-77), 1943 (897-98), 1943 (899-902), 1944 (923-26), 1944 (931-32 & 934-37), 1944 (938-41 x2, imperforate & perforated), 1944 (952-56), 1945 (960-65), 1945 (971-73), 1945 (989...
Lot #262 - foreign country collections
Russia, Mint & Used Collection, 1856-1917.In a Scott album, starting with a couple of stampless folded letters, 10 (+1) Kopek postal envelope, followed by several used earlies such as Scott 1857 (1), 1858 (2), 1858-64 (5-10), 1863 (11), 1865 (12-18), 1866-70 (19-25), 1875-82 (26-30), plus some covers, including with colorful franking, and then by 1883-88 issue, 1884 (39, used), plus several sets in the modest range and a fair...
Lot #263 - foreign country collections
Russia, Never Hinged Assortment, 1959-90.Each year issues individually packed as received from consignor, and including souvenir sheets, highly complete, missing only 1963, 1969 & 1970 issues. A great lot for the collector or dealer, and with substantial catalog value, Very Fine.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Lot #264 - foreign country collections
Russia, Mint & Used Extensive Collection, 1959-2006.Comprised of thousands of stamps and souvenir sheets all neatly assembled in mounts on Scott Specialty pages in five albums, overall the vast majority of coverage is mint, with lengthy runs of sets for the period, clean, a lovely collection for the era, Very Fine.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
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