Vatican, Complete to 2004, n.h. (#35-40, 47-54 and C18-C19 l.h.), in 2 Lighthouse hingeless albums, 41-46 E. Diena cert., Dues incl. Sassone 13-18 n.h. and 14 I-18 I n.h. (both E. Diena certs), plus Roman States mint (few with certs.), clean lot, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $2,000-2,200.
APS OFFICIAL PHILATELIC AUCTION
By: Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries
Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries APS OFFICIAL PHILATELIC AUCTION
The sale of 2885 lots consists of 2 separate auction catalogs
The 1st session and separate catalog on Thursday at 5:00 p.m. will consist of the MINT British Commonwealth Collection of “David B. Markowitz”. The 532 single lots and country collections will be highlighted by G.B. SG#2 (cert.); Australia including all of the £1 values, and States; strong Canada & Provinces with New Brunswick Scott #3 (numerous certs.); Newfoundland Scott #9 (cert.), and #C1, Canada Scott #13 (cert.); Ceylon; Hong Kong; East Africa & Uganda; Malayan States; St. Christopher SG#27 (cert.); Cape of Good Hope including SG#13 (cert. - “one of the finest known”); Mafia Island; etc.
The 2nd session of 252 lots on Thursday at 9:00 p.m. will contain Coins & Currency of mostly U.S., Canada, Mexico with gold; and U.S. Notes.
The 3rd session on Friday at 3:00 p.m. will contain 630 lots of Foreign and British Commonwealth singles. It will be highlighted by China with Imperial classics and P.R.C.; France Balloon Monté cover to U.S.; Germany & States including booklets; Russia highlighted by Offices in China cover. British Commonwealth will include Great Britain with the rare 1935 2½d Silver Jubilee Prussian Blue mint SG#456a (cert.), V.R. Official SG#V1 mint (cert.); the third known and only certified copy of Bechuanaland Protectorate SG#F2 mint; Canada & Provinces; and Orange Free State with proofs and scarce varieties.
The 4th session on Friday at 8:00 p.m. will contain about 800 lots beginning with Autographs and Aerophilately rocket mail including 1958 Point Magu (Ellington-Zwisler #22C1), and one of only 2 documented 1966 Surveyor Moon Vehicle Test cover (Ellington-Zwisler #96). The session will continue with U.S. State and Express Postal History and a “Gun Advertising” section. U.S. singles of approximately 680 lots follow highlighted by a newly certified (and second recorded) copy of First Day cover of the 1893 2¢ Columbian; #356 used (highest recorded grade 75); #414 never hinged grade 100; and #C23c certified used on cover (few known). This will be followed by a Possessions section with Hawaii.
The 5th session on Saturday at 6.00 p.m. will conclude with 680 U.S. and Worldwide Collections. The U.S. “Collections & Various” of almost 450 lots begins with 9 lots estimated at over $10,000 including a spectacular intact collection valued at $100,000; “Postage and Modern Collections”, grouping of “Back-of-the-Book” with a separate Revenue section; “Possessions”, and 75 “Postal History” lots. It will continue with 120 Commonwealth country and general collections (see 1st session) with Great Britain; and Canada & Provinces. The Foreign country collections are highlighted by China; France; Germany; and Japan. This is followed by Foreign general collections. As always, the sale continues with Worldwide collections, topical collections, and a Postal History section.
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Lot #2860 - foreign collections mexico to viet nam
Lot #2861 - foreign collections mexico to viet nam
Vatican, Collection to 1980, few hundred on Scott pages, regular issues appear complete except #35-40, 242a, mint and used to 1965, balance n.h., Airs complete mint or used, clean lot, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $450-550.
Lot #2862 - foreign collections mexico to viet nam
Vatican, Accumulation, few hundreds mostly mint in 2 Minkus albums to 1970s and on stockcards, noted 41-46 o.g. (2 sets), C20-21 n.h. (2 sets, both with certs.), inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $350-450.
Lot #2863 - foreign collections mexico to viet nam
Vatican, Mint Collection, o.g. early issues, later n.h., 1929 to 1961 in White Ace album, appears complete except #35-40, incl. Airs, few later issues with tape stains, otherwise Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
Lot #2864 - foreign collections mexico to viet nam
Vatican, Mostly Mint Collection, few hundred o.g. (some n.h.) on well filled Scott pages to 1972, noted #41-46 o.g. or used, 55-60 n.h., C18-19 used, C20-21 n.h., clean lot, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
Lot #2865 - foreign collections mexico to viet nam
Vatican, Never Hinged Collection, in mounts on black pages, 1940 to 1998, mostly sets, few souvenir sheets, nice collection to expand, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $200-300.
Lot #2866 - foreign collections mexico to viet nam
Viet Nam, Collection to 1999, couple hundred mostly mint on pages, South Viet Nam, North Viet Nam and Viet Nam, inspect, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $150-180.
Lot #2867 - foreign collections mexico to viet nam
Viet Nam (North), Collection, couple hundred mint and used on album pages to 1975, noted mint #6-7, 50, 61-63, nice collection to expand, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $150-200.
Lot #2868 - foreign collections general collections
Foreign Collections, Mint and Used Retail Stock, few thousand mint and used singles (some sets) on sales pages in 40 small binders, plus numerous black cards and box of souvenir sheets, good variety with European Cols. represented, 2 books of China, no British, mostly older, owners marked retail $92,000 (Scott cat. much higher), fine addition to an established retail stock, generally Fine.
Estimate $12,000-16,000.
Lot #2869 - foreign collections general collections
Foreign Collections, Latin America Mint and Used Collection, several thousand on well filled Scott pages to 1972 in 5 binders, Central and South America, noted classic Argentina incl. various Officials, Bolivia C24-C26 used, Brazil 1-3 used, Cuba 7 used, provisional overprints, U.S. overprints incl. E1 mint, Honduras C13 used, Mexico with various Civil War issues, Peru incl. Provisional issues, Uruguay C27-60A mint or used, Venezuela...
Lot #2870 - foreign collections general collections
Foreign Collections, Scandinavia Mint and Used Collection, few thousand on well filled Scott pages to 1972, begins with DWI incl. #1 mint, 2 used, 3-4 mint, 14 used, 14 used, Denmark used incl. 1, 6, 10, later incl. 68 mint, 82 used, 135 used, 138-144 mint, Airs incl. C1-C5 mint, other back of the book, Finland used incl. 4, 6-11, 36, 69, 82, C1 used, Parcel Post mint, Greenland incl. 10-18 o.g., Parcel Post issues, Iceland early mint...
Lot #2871 - foreign collections general collections
Foreign Collections, Scandinavia Mint and Used Collection, few thousand in 3 Scott specialty albums to 1979, noted Greenland #10-18, 19-27 l.h., Sweden 12 used, 197-211, 213-228 o.g., Faroes 2-6 used, Denmark 3-6, 82, 135 used, Finland C1 used, Iceland 2-3, 7, 8, 14 used, 66-68 used, 85 mint, 107 mint, 152-166 mint or used, C4-8 mint, C12 o.g., O51 used, O53//O67 mint, mixed condition on 19th Century, otherwise Fine to Very Fine....
Lot #2872 - foreign collections general collections
Foreign Collections, Czechoslovakia and Hungary Collections, in 4 banker boxes, loose, on pages, in folders, incl. Czech FDs, WWI postcards and commercial covers, labels, Military Post, collection on homemade pages, Hradcany issue vars., Hungary incl. 2 1931 Zepp flights, early Austrian-Hungarian usages, mint and used better souvenir sheets, Thereinstadt WWII items, etc., lifetime accumulation by collector, better material throughout,...
Lot #2873 - foreign collections general collections
Foreign Collections, Dealer's Stock, in 24 retail books and bundle, 19th Century mostly used, 20th mint or used to 2000, all identified and priced (old), mostly Europe, UN, and Scandinavia, 5 big binders for mostly n.h. recent souvenir sheets, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine.
Estimate $2,500-2,800.
Lot #2874 - foreign collections general collections
Foreign Collections, Eastern Europe Mint and Used Collection, several thousand on well filled Scott pages to 1972 in 3 binders, noted Albania with early overprints, #C15-21 o.g., C36-42 o.g., Bulgaria mint incl. 237-243, 267-272, 273-276, Hungary incl. #1, 4-5 used, 486 n.h., Airs incl. C24-25 used, C26-34 used, CB1D, CB2 both o.g., Jugoslavia incl. C55 unused, Poland incl. #1 used, various overprints on Austria, 251 o.g., back of the...
Lot #2875 - foreign collections general collections
Foreign Collections, South America Collection, thousands of mint and used in 6 Scott specialty albums to 1970s, regular issues, Airs, back of the book, nothing too expensive, but did noted Brazil #1-2 used, better classic Venezuela, nice collection to expand, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,800-2,200.
Lot #2876 - foreign collections general collections
Foreign Collections, Mostly Zeppelin Accumulation, group of sets and singles organized on stockpages with some dupl., noted Argentina #C20-24 l.h. (signed), Finland C1 n.h., Germany incl. C39-40 o.g. (h.r.), Greece C5-7 l.h. (2), Hungary C24-25 n.h., Iceland C9-11 l.h. to n.h. (3 sets), Italy C42-47 n.h. (2) and o.g., Liechtenstein C7-8 l.h. (2), C15-16 n.h. (2), Russia incl. C26-29 o.g. (h.r.), C30-33 l.h., San Marino C11-16 o.g.,...
Lot #2877 - foreign collections general collections
Foreign Collections, "Africa" Oldtime Collection, hundreds of mint and used (few scattered covers) on homemade pages from Belgian, French and Italian Cols., plus Ethiopia and Liberia, issues to 1930s for various countries in Africa, noted Belgian Congo #29 used, B26 mint and used, seldom seen early Ethiopia incl. 8-14 mint, Italian East Africa C1-11, classic Liberia, Libya 5 mint, Senegal 35-52 and 57-72 mint or used, Senegambia 1-12...
Lot #2878 - foreign collections general collections
Foreign Collections, Africa Related Mint and Used Collection, hundreds on well filled Scott pages to 1972, independent issues of some former Cols. plus Liberia, Ethiopia and Egypt, noted Ethiopia #C18-20 o.g., Egypt incl. #114, 149, 190, 224, C3-4 all o.g., Liberia first issues, Libya 121 o.g., 134 used, O1-8 n.h., Sudan 63-78 o.g. (78 used), Somalia C17-27 used, worth a look, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,200-1,400....
Lot #2879 - foreign collections general collections
Foreign Collections, Scandinavia Oldtime Dealer Stock, 19th & 20th Century mint and used on small manila stockcards in glassines, incl. Denmark, Danish West Indies, Greenland, and Faroe Islands, clean, fresh group with better items throughout, nice selection of 1945 Liberation of Denmark overprints and others with good value, careful inspection recommended, generally Fine.
Scott $14,000+ (Owner's).
Estimate $1,000-1,500...
Lot #2880 - foreign collections general collections
Foreign Collections, Africa Mint Selection, few hundred mostly n.h. sets, singles, souvenir sheets organized on stockpages, no apparent dupl., Algeria to Zambia, plus Bhutan, great topical selection, ready for retail, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $8,570 (Owner's).
Estimate $1,100-1,300.
Lot #2881 - foreign collections general collections
Foreign Collections, Middle East Mint and Used Collection, hundreds on Scott pages to 1972, noted Iraq, Lebanon incl. #C36 o.g., C183-192 n.h. and some souvenir sheets, early Saudi Arabia, Syria incl. 232-250 o.g., C57-66 o.g., nice collection to expand, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,000-1,200.
Lot #2882 - foreign collections general collections
Foreign Collections, Central America Collection, several thousand mint and used in 3 Scott specialty albums to 1970s, good showing of issues, regular, Airs and other back of the book, nothing rare, but nice collection to expand, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $750-900.
Lot #2883 - foreign collections general collections
Foreign Collections, Baltics Mint and Used Collection, few hundred on well filled Scott pages, pre-WWII issues, noted Estonia souvenir sheets, Latvia 1930s mint sets, Lithuania with perf and imperf issues, and Central Lithuania, nice group, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $700-800.
Lot #2884 - foreign collections general collections
Foreign Collections, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein to 1996, few thousand duplicated mint and used on Scott specialty pages in full album, value in modern mint and better Semi-postals mint, lots of cat. here, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $600-800.