Lot No. 302
Auction No. | 26 |
Category |
World Collections, Accumulations and Selections |
Est. | $800 |
Status | SOLD $1450 |

World Mainly foreign countries all thematically arranged with MLH, used/CTO of largely pictorial sets to c1980 in 26 binders & 2 peg-fitting albums. Fine & clean throughout noting many MLH sets of cat. £50+ from Thailand, Italian & Portuguese Colonies plus better singles incl Japan 1949 Postal Week, Saar 1952 Stamp Day, Belgium 1957 Antarctic M/S MLH (thins) & Suriname 1953/55 Exhibition M/S (Cat. £120). Whilst there is a plethora of CTO & MLH sets of Eastern Europe & much "back of the book" material, these have been ignored in assessing the overall value of this lot. Themes covered are wild animals, birds, insects, marine life, butterflies, flowers, transport & more arranged by continent in separate country order alphabetically. Highlights abound & will be appreciated on viewing, for example the early 1960's ex-French colony high val birds. Majority 1950's-1970's but some significant cat. value in 1930's-1940's as well, noting France 1947 500f green air MLH, Eritrea 1936 Airs MLH/used & Romania 1945 Patriotic Defence Fund plus the various colonial pictorial sets of the period incl Sao Tome & Principe 1948 fruits MLH (Cat. £180). Viewing highly recommended. (1000s plus a few M/S's & covers)