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Impressive mint collection in 2 boxed albums, from 1900 with Merson vals to 5f M, various Sowers, 1909 Amiens 10c Chambre de Commerce M, 1917-19 War Orphans to 1f + 1f M, 1918 RX M, 1924 Olympics UM, 1926-7 War Orphans M, 1927 Sinking Fund surch set UM, 1930 Le Sourire M, 1929-33 vals to 10f (2) M, 1930 air pair M, 1931 Provinces M, Colonial Exhib M, 1932-9 Peace vals incl 90c scarlet and 1f25 M, 1933 Celebs M, 1934 Peace M, Cartier M, 1935 SS Normandie M, Breton River M, 1935 and 1936 Intellectuals M, 1938 set UM, Music Festivals UM, 1940-41 surch set UM, then to 1987 mainly UM and fairly complete, incl 1941-2 Arms, 1943 Relief set and strip, 1944 Arc, Cock, 1945-6 Marianne to 100f, Relief Celebs sets 1946-56, 1947 UPU, 1949 Citex 10f, RX sets, 1949-50 Cities to 100f (M/UM), 1953 Sports, 1953-55 Industries, 1954 air 1000f, 1957-9 views to 100f, air to 1000f, Art issues, Council of Europe and Unesco, pre-cancels, p.dues incl 1908-25 50c red M, 1946-53 set UM, 1960 set UM, etc. (2V) £800
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Early to modern largely complete FU coln in 2 binders, from earlies incl Ceres, Napoleon, 1869 5f (typical cond), 1870-1 Bordeaux vals incl 30c, Peace & Commerce, 1917-19 War Orphans vals to 35c & 50c, 1925 Phil Exhib 5f, 1926-7 War Orphans 5f, 1930 Angel 1f.50, 1931 Provinces 1f.50, surch trio, 1936 S.America Flight pair, 1937 PEXIP M/S (sl faults), Portrait sets incl 1950 to 56, then looks complete to 1970s. (See photos) (2V) £600
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Early range of essay, proofs & colour trials in singles, pairs & blocks of 4. Qty 35. (R) £300
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1870-1 Bordeaux 20c blue type III, left marg M, large marg other sides. Negligible imperfections, fresh and very fine for these issues, and scarce thus. (SG 171) Cat £1400 (See photo) (S) £350
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1876-85 2c green unused and fine. (SG 213) Cat £2000 (See photo) (S) £100
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1877-90 type II 1c black/Prussian blue FU with expertisation mark on reverse which is just visible on face. Brun cert (1948) (SG 246) Cat £6500 (See photo) (S) £400
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Virtually complete 1945-1972 UM collection in Borek album incl Postage Dues and selection of Red Cross booklets. (V) £350
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Superb and virtually complete Post WWII UM coln to 1980 in 4 Lindner ptd albums, incl all Portrait sets, 1949-50 Air set, 1954 Air set, much else. Cat approx €3100. (B) £400
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Booklets Post WWII UM/FU coln, with RX from 1954 UM+FU, then largely complete, commem from 1980s, through to 90s. Cat approx £1250. (L) £130
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A very good early mint and used collection on leaves with a useful selection of General Issues, Anjouan 1892 set mainly M, 1900-7 set M or FU, Benin, Cameroun, Dahomey 1899-1905 to 1f FU, 1906-7 to 1f FU, Diego-Suarez 1890 15 on 5c and 15 on 25c FU, 1890 1c to 25c FU, 1891 5c FU, 1892 to 1f M or FU, 1894 to 1f FU, French Congo 1891-2 5c on 1c, 5c on 25c, 15c on 25c surch vert all FU, 1892-1900 to 1f FU, 1900-4 to 5f FU, French Guinea 1892 to 1f M or FU, 1900 set M or FU, 1904 to 5f mainly M, 1906-7 set M or FU, 1905 Postage Due set mainly FU, French PO's in China 1900 25c on 1f FU, 1902-6 set FU, French PO's in Crete 1902-3 set (ex 2c and 5c) FU, French PO's in the Turkish Empire 1886-1901 to 20pi on 5f FU, Vathy 1893-1900 vals to 8pi on 2f FU, French Somali Coast 1893 5c M, 1902 10c on 2f and 10c on 10f FU, 1902-3 set M or FU, 1902 5c on 25f and 10c on 50f FU, 1903 set FU, French Sudan 1894 set FU (ex 10c), Gabon 1904-7 most to 2f FU, Grand Comoro, Ivory Coast 1892 to 1f mainly M, 1900 set M, 1903 Parcel Post 4f on 15c FU and 4f on 30c FU, Madagascar 1889 05 on 10c, 1891 05 on 40c, 5 on 25c, 15c on 25c all FU, 1891 5c to 25c FU, 1895 to 5f M or FU, Mayotte 1892-9 set to 5f M, 1900-7 set M or FU, Nossi Be 1894 to 1f M or FU, Obock 1892 1c, 2c, 4c, 5c (2) and 25c FU, 1892 ovpt range to 5c on 25c FU, 1892 to 1f mainly M, Port Said 1899-1900 vals to 5f FU, Reunion 1885-6 type D 5c on 30c FU, type F 5c on 40c FU, type H 5c on 40c and 20c on 30c FU, 1891 imperf 1f FU and perf issues to 40c FU, 1892 range to 1f M, 1900-5 50c FU, Senegal 1892 set to 1f FU, 1903 ovpt set of 4 FU, 1906 set M, Senegambia and Niger 1903 set mainly M, Ste Marie de Madagascar 1894 set M or FU, Tunisia 1888-98 to 5f FU, 1901-3 Postage Due set FU, Zanzibar 1894-5 vals to 1f (2) FU, 1896-1900 to 50c on 5f FU etc. An outstanding collection offered in its entirety. (V) £3,000
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Useful early to mid-period coln on leaves with mainly U range to 1930's, main value in Colonies M/U with General issues, useful early ovpts, Peace and Commerce from many Colonies incl Cameroon, Dahomey incl Benin, Guinea, Indian Settlements incl 1903 surch set of 4 FU, Morocco, PO's in Egypt, Somali Coast, Gabon, Guadeloupe, Indo China incl PO's in China, Ivory Coast, New Caledonia, Reunion, St. Pierre and Miquelon etc. (V) £1,000
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Mainly early mint and used selection in stockbook incl good range of General Issues, French Oceanic Settlements 1900-7 50c FU, French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire with Dedeagatz 1893-1900 vals to 1f FU, Indo-China incl Cochin China 1886-7 type I 5 on 25c, type II 5 on 2c (3), 5 on 25c ochre/yellow (2), 5 on 25c black/rose all FU, Guadeloupe 1891 range to 25c FU with several better varieties, 1903 40 on 1f surch inverted M, Martinique 1922 0.05 on 15c imperf pair M, Reunion 1890-1903 10c black/yellow with black frame og, Senegal 1892-7 5c on 15c and 1f on 5c FU on piece etc. (V) £450
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Cameroun. 1915 stampless (Military Mail) env to Dijon, France, with violet circular "TRESOR ET POSTE/ AUX ARMEES" h/s, Cote d'Or backstamp; also further example of h/s on undated env to Paris. Both cover some faults, but a scarce censor cancel used only during WWI. (S) £34
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French Southern and Antarctic Territories 1956-1985 mainly M range in stockbook incl 1956-60 airs set of 3, 1965 Quiet Sun, 1968 D'Urville, 1968 air 50f, Space Rocket pair, 1971 Fishes set, 1972 Insects set UM, 1974 UPU etc to 1985 incl blocks of 4. (V) £100
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Hamburg. Ranges on 6 leaves, mainly unused Locals. Qty approx 100 (R) £30
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North German Confederation. Mint and used collection incl N. District 1868 to 5g unused, 1869-70 to 5g unused, S. District 1868 to 18k unused, 1869-70 to 18k unused, 1869 10g and 30g unused, Officials 1870 issues for both districts plus Telegraphs with 1869 ½gr to 30gr mainly used. (L) £160
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Wurttemberg. Mint and used collection on leaves incl 1851-2 to 9k FU, 1857 1k to 9k FU, 1859-62 imperf 1k to 9k FU, perf 13½ thick paper 3k to 9k FU, thin paper 1k (superb), 3k, 6k, 18k all FU (the 18k of excellent appearance but with a repaired corner), perf 10 3k and 6k FU, 1863-4 1k to 18k FU with 2 shades of the 9k and a fair 18k (signed Calves), 1865-8 to 18k mainly FU, the 9k is unused with tiny imperfections (signed Roumet) and the 18k a fair used copy (signed Calves), 1869-73 to 14k FU with a fair 2k deep orange, 1875-9 2m (both shades) FU plus later issues and 1 cover. (L) £650
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Wurttemberg. Coln on Lindner ptd leaves, with better early U/FU, incl 1859-62 p.13½, 1k, 6k & 9k, 1863-4 roul vals to 7k, 1869 roul 2k, etc. (R) £100
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Misc early to modern FU collection with a little useful duplication, in 18 above average approval books, much of note, classics are typically mixed and varied margins with States incl Baden from 1851-2 vals from 1k to 9k (3), 1853-8 vals from 1k (3) to 6k (4), 1862 rural post 3k, Bavaria 1850 vals to 9k (6) and 18k orange, 1862 vals to 12k and 18k, later some cto, 1908 railway officials set (2), Hannover from 1851, N. German Confed 1868 roul vals to 5g (9) and 18k (2), Prussia 1850 vals from 4pf to 3sgr (4), 1858 vals to 3sgr (3), 1866 translucent paper 10sgr and 30sgr, Saxony 1851 vals to 3ngr (3), Thurn and Taxis from 1852-8 vals to 9k (4), Alsace and Lorraine 1870 vals from 4c to 25c, Wurttemberg from 1851 3k (6) and 6k (3), 1857 1k, 6k and 9k, 1869-73 vals to 14k (2), officials, surches etc, then Germany from some Germania issues, Inflationary period, some expertised, Third Reich with 1920 2,50 on 2m (expertised), 1931 Castles, 1933 Reichstag (2), Hindenburg to 100pf, wmk mesh, 1934 Colonizers (2), Hindenburg Memorial 25pf (10), Professions, 1936 Winter Relief, 1937 Ships (2), 1938 (2) and 1939 Winter Relief, 1940 Phil Exhib, 1941 Postal Employees, se-tenant issues, officials incl 1924 to 80pf, Allied Zones incl Baden 1949 Goethe, Stamp Cent, W.Germany incl 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1955 (2) Relief sets, Berlin 1949 Buildings set (2), 1951 Clapper Right set, PO in China vals incl 1905-19 1d on 2m, Turkish Empire from 1884, 1889 set, 1905 vals incl 10pi on 2m, East Africa 1896 25p on 50pf, Saar from 1920 ovpts, various ovpts, 1934 Pleb 10f, officials, etc. (T) £750
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Valuable mint accum in 17 approval book remainders, many better sets noted, a little duplication noted, with some States incl Brunswick, Bavaria 1911-13 vals to 3m M, Wurttemberg 1919-20 ovpt sets M, N.German Confed perf and roul vals, then Germany 1872 Large Shield vals to 7k unused/o.g., 1874 2½g chestnut o.g., 1880-87 vals to 50pf unused, 1927 Birthday M, 1928 Arms set M, 1931 Castles M, 1933 Wagner M, Hindenburg mesh wmk vals to 100pf incl 40pf 1934 Hindenburg Memorial set M, Welfare Professions M, 1935 Railway M, 1936 Zeps unused, 1937, 1938 and 1939 (2) Winter Relief M, 1938 Party Official set UM, 1939 Postal Employees M, various tete-beche and se-tenant strips, Rhein-Pal and Wurttemberg 1947 and 1948 sets M, Baden 1949 Engineers M, Br Am Zone 1948 Workers Band ovpt set M, some Russian Zone locals incl 1945 Strausberg, Marienwerder 1920 both issues vals to 5m M, Saar 1957 to 200f UM, Berlin 1956-63 Buildings vals UM, W.Germany 1949 Relief M (2), 1951 Wuppertal UM, etc. (T) £500
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Empire to Third Reich M/UM/FU coln in pair of Lighthouse ptd albums, largely complete though typical early mixed cond, from U/FU range of Eagles incl large shield 9k, 1905 Baden official set M, 1926-31 Air set M, 1931 Buildings set FU, better Third Reich incl 1933 Chicago ovpt Zeppelin trio FU, 1934 Welfare Fund FU (20pf M), 1937 Culture Fund M/S set of 4 M/FU, Brown Ribbon ovpt M/S UM (light toning), 1939 Motor Show ovpt trio UM, 1939 Postal Employees set UM, noted North Africa corp Feldpost stamp unused, also WWII Occupations incl ovpts, Bohemia and Poland. (See photo) (2V) £350
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Early to modern var coln's in vols incl ptd albums, main value is in UM with useful Third Reich, Bund, Berlin from 1949 black ovpts, DDR in 3 Schaubek albums. Ideal lot for sorting or breaking. (B) £340
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Mint early to modern range in 5 approval books, much better content noted incl Germania vals, 1920 surch with 2,50 on 2m (3) shades UM, 1934 Hindenberg Memorial set M, Welfare Professions M, 1935 Olympics M, 1936 Zep pair M, 1938 Breslau UM, Gautheater UM, 1939 Culture Fund UM, Nurburgring ovpt set M, Winter Relief 1936-7 M, 1939 UM, 1941 Postal Employees UM, Br Am Zone with Posthorn ovpts incl M/UM blocks of 4, 1948 Cologne UM (2) and M, 1948-50 Buildings M/UM, W.Germany 1949 UPU M (2), Relief set M, 1950 St Marys UM and M, 1951 Wuppertal M, Berlin 1952-3 Famous Berliners M, 1953 Church Fund M, a little DDR, Danzig 1923 to 5g surch M, etc. (R) £250
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Early to modern M/UM/FU coln in part-filled Kabe ptd album, from Empire U/FU incl 1872 small shield 2k, Weimar and useful inflation FU, Third Reich with UM sets, West Germany with better FU incl 1951 St Mary's Church, 1952/3/4 Humanitarian FU, etc. Also less complete German occupations coln in Lighthouse ptd album. (2V) £180
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Early-modern coln in 17 vols or loose, M/UM or U, incl 8 vols of Ersttagsblatts, some Plebiscites etc; some other countries seen. (3B) £100
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1872 Small Shield Eagles dupl U range, incl 1/4g (2), ½g (16), 5g (4) 2k (8), 7k (17), 18k (5) etc; also a few Large Shields and some North German Confed. Cond inevitably varies, but well above average overall and 18k vals are good to fine examples. STC £9955 (2007) (R) £800
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Excellent Weimar and Third Reich collection to 1938, in album, mint and FU for many sets, from 1921 to 20m FU, 1922 Munich Exhib M and FU, 1921-22 some better vals FU (not expertised), 1922-23 Air set FU (1m to 100m x 2), Charity pair FU, 1923 Rhein-Ruhr ovpt set (1000m x 2) FU, air to 200m FU, 1923 Inflation Ovpts M and FU (some dubious cancels but some better), 1924 airs to 300m M and FU, Welfare M and FU, 1924-7 to 5m M/UM (5m is UM) and FU, 1924-8 von Stephan M, Welfare Arms sets 1925-29 all FU plus 1925-6 and 1928-9 M, 1926 airs FU, 1927 80th Birthday M (2) and FU, IAA set M (2) and FU, 1928-31 Zeps M and FU (1m x 2), 1930 S.America Flight pair FU, Castles sets 1930 M and FU, 1931 M/UM and FU (2) and 1932 M and FU, 1933 Reichstag M (2) and FU, Hindenburg both wmks sets M/UM and FU plus wmk swastika set corner marg UM (mtd on margin), Chicago Zep set FU, Wagner set M and FU, Colonizers FU, Mourning set M (2) and FU (2), Professions M and FU (3), 1935 Costume FU (2), 1936 Lufthansa 40pf in M/UM block of 4, Zeps M (3), Olympics set FU (2), M/S pair M and FU, Winter Relief M and FU (5), 1937 Hitler M/S both perf, imperf, roul and ovpt M and FU, Brown Ribbon ovpt M and FU, Ships M and FU (2), party official set FU (3), 1938 Birthday UM block of 4, Congress UM block of 4, Brown Ribbon FU on piece, Winter Relief UM and FU, officials from 1920 to 5m M and FU, Bavaria ovpt set to 5m M and FU, Wurttemberg both sets M and FU, 1923 ovpt set (cancels not guaranteed), surch set incl both wmks 800T on 30pf FU, 1924 set FU, 1927-8 set FU, 1934 party official M and FU, etc. (See photos) (V) £1,400
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1922-3 Air 100m NW corner block of 6 (2 x 3) with marg sheet numbers, mis-perfed in marg, so additional rows of horiz and vert perfs appear at left, UM (M in marg); some separated perfs in marg. (SG 229 var) (F) £30
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Third Reich. Dupl UM vals & sets, incl 1943 Armed Forces (4), 1944 Armed Forces (4), etc. (R) £60
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Post WWII accum in 6 vols, on cards and loose, with Allied Occup incl 1945-8 issues FU on paper, dupl sets, then Bund, Berlin & DDR ranges with dupl and better noted, incl Bund 1959 Composers M/S UM (10) plus FDC, DDR incl 1954 Stamp Day M/S FU (2), 1955 Engels M/S UM, 1957 War Victims M/S UM+FU, 1964 Anniv imperf M/S UM (2), etc. (B) £200
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Allied Occupations. Coln on Lighthouse album lvs, with 1946-7 No's M/S pair UM, 1949 Hanover Trade Fair M/S FU, French Z incl Baden 1949 RX M/S UM, Rhineland 1949 RX set UM, Russian Z with Berlin 1945 Arms zigzag set M, Mecklenberg 1945 Victims of Fascism trio M, etc. (L) £130
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Allied Occupation. FU coln on album lvs, incl Joint Z AM Post, French Z incl 1945-6 Poets trio, Baden 1948-9 90pf, Soviet Z incl local ovpts. (L) £60
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Local Issues. 1945 Löbau local ovpt set to 80pf cto on pair of covers, each exp by both Dr Mershkötter & Peinelt, very rarely seen. (Mi 3-21) Cat (as used €1190). (S) £100
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West Germany. Mostly complete UM coln (odd M) in 3 var ptd albums, from better earlies, incl 1949 1st Stamps, St Mary's Church, 1951 Phil Exhib, 1953 Portraits, then appears virtually complete UM to 1996. (3V) £250
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West Germany. 1949-2006 virtually complete FU coln in 4 Collecta ptd albums. Very high C/V. (3V) £200
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West Germany. M/U range in 4 small vols incl mixed R. Fund 30pf+10pf vals FU (2), 1951 Charity FU, Philatelic FU, 1953 Liebig UM, 1951 Rontgen UM, 1953 R. Fund 30pf+10pf M (2), small seln of East Germany. (R) £150
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West Germany 1949-91 virtually complete FU coln in Lighthouse ptd album, incl 1951 St Mary's Church, 1952/53 Relief Fund, 1959 Composers M/S, etc. (V) £100
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West Berlin. 1948-90 largely complete M/UM coln in Schaubek album, with better earlies, incl 1949 surch 20pf UM, 1950 ERP M, 1951 Bells UM, 1951-2 Bells UM, 1952 Beethoven 30pf UM, 1953 Bells UM, then virtually complete UM to 1990. (V) £180
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Berlin. 1948-90 FU coln in Lighthouse ptd albums, from better (unexpertised) earlies, incl 1948 & 49 black & red ovpts, 1949 Goethe trio, from 1950's appears virtually complete to 1990. (V) £130
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East Germany A virtually complete mint or used collection in Schaubek printed album incl 1950 Portraits M, Debria min sheet UM, 1951 Friendship with China M, 1952-3 set M, 1953 Marx min sheets imperf and perf UM, 1953-5 set M, 1953 Five Year Plan M, 1953-4 set M, 1955 Engels min sheet UM plus later issues and range of Officials. (V) £300
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East Germany. 1949-90 coln in 3 ptd albums, some early M incl 1950-1 Pieck, 1950 Science, 1952-3 Portraits, 1953 Marx single perf & imperf pair M/S, 1953-5 5 Year Plan, then virtually complete UM to 1990. (3V) £200
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East Germany. Coln in 4 hingeless albums and in stockbook, vast majority UM, incl some Russian Zone, East Germany scattered earlier with 1951 China 24pf (M), extensive ranges of 1960s-80s issues with M/Ss etc; also some complete UM or cto sheets. Considerable quantity (B) £80
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Plebiscites etc. Coln on album lvs, WWII ovpts, French Volunteer Legion, Saar FU from 1920 (1st) ovpt set (ex 80pf), 1950 Council of Europe Air pair, 1957 Heuss (1st) set, also Allied Occup FU range. (See photo) (L) £100
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Danzig 1920 60 on 30pf with var ovpt double, FU. (SG 19a) Cat £425 (See photo) (S) £100
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Saar. League of Nations control parallel mint & used colns on lvs, from 1920 1st ovpts to 80pf M, Bavaria ovpts to 2m & 3m U, 1921 Pictorial set M plus 2nd set M/FU (25M is UM), 1922 redrawn set, 1922-4 Official set FU, 1926 Welfare set M, 1931 (Dec) Paintings 1f.50, 2f & 3f M, etc. (R) £200
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Bohemia & Moravia. 1939 ovpt set on reg'd Air cover with neat Prague cancels. Address removed but a rarely seen cover. (Mi 1-19) Cat €600. (R) £75
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German Post Offices in the Turkish Empire. Mint and used collection on leaves incl 1884 range to 2 1/2pi on 50pf FU, 1889 set mainly FU, 1900 to 25pi on 5m M, 1902-4 set to 25pi on 5m M, 1905 set to 25pi on 5m M, 1905-12 10pi on 2m FU, 1908 set M or FU. (L) £350
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Stockbook with dupl accum of imperf Hermes Heads type 1 mainly nearly all U with and without figures on back, shades, smaller range of type 2 Hermes Head, 3 ptd hingeless albums from 1896-1976 incl 1923 ovpt M, 1930 Cent set to 50d UM, 1939 Cession set UM, 1942-4 imperf pairs/printers waste?, 1945 Resistance imperf pairs?, 1947-51 Restoration set UM, imperf pairs?, 1951 St. Paul's set UM, Reconstruction h/v's M, with further range to 1976 mainly UM, airs incl 1933 (Oct) set of 7 M, 1940 Youth set of 10 UM, 1942-3 imperf pairs? etc. (See photos). (½B) £500
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Middle period to modern UM stock in 2 large stockbooks incl 1956 and 1957 Royal Family sets, 1958 Nature Conference 86 sets UM, 1958 Defins UM, 1959 Coins, Red Cross (3), 1961 Tourist Publicity, Minoan Art (3) and thereafter very substantial ranges to 1989 incl min sheets and booklets etc. (2V) £200
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UM coln from 1938-46 set, 1945 Pictorial set, 1950-60 set, 1956 surch pair, then looks complete to 1980. (R) £150
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