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Session II: Sunday, November 24, 2013 Estimate Estimate 2671 Foreign Country Collections, cont. – IRAN – 2668 / / / / 1948-2000s TWO COLLECTIONS & ASSORTMENT ............................................................ $400-600 Two collections and an assortment of material including selections of MINT never hinged & First Day canceled stamps on stock pages & cards, mint & First Day canceled complete booklets, FDCs for the 1990s, a couple of Duck stamps in folios, minor printing & plate errors, Israel Postal Authority year books for 1994-96, 2004 Bale Catalog and a few other odds & ends. Some highlights include (by Scott): MINT tabbed collection (1948-69) in hingeless Lighthouse Album with slipcase with First Coins #1-6 MH, Tabul S/S #16 MNH, Camel #25 MNH ($240), J6-11 MNH ($125) & others; in glassines: Tabul S/S MNH & FD cancel, Founding of Tel Aviv #44 tab MNH, Independence Day #46-47 tabs MNH, Ducks #1025 complete panes of 12 (x2); Prestige Booklet Bale PB.1 (cv $125) & 1997 New Year & Rider booklets Bale B.30 & B.31 MINT & with FD cancels; MINT & USED collection, mostly in mounts (1948-80s) in two binders on mixed Minkus & White Ace pages with some duplication. Nice varied range of material, overall fine to very fine. 1880-1958 USEFUL STOCK ................................... $1300-1800 Small, useful stock of hundreds of Mint & Used sets & singles on stock cards. Mostly different, some minor duplication. Includes complete, broken, and mixed (mint/used) sets, generally sound, fine to very fine, occasional faults. Owner’s cat value based on older catalogs, and does not factor in the common counterfeits & reprints in Classic Iran. Highlights include (as identified by owner): #43-44 mint, 90-100 used, 360 mint, numerous overprints & surcharges, 817 used, 855 used, 1074-81 mint, 1101-06 mint, 1122-24 mint, 1130-32 mint, former O1-4 and other Officials & Parcel Posts, plus a few Revenues. Cat $8936. – ISRAEL – 2669 / 1948-2000 ATTRACTIVE MINT TABBED COLLECTION (3-VOLS) .................................................................. $1200-1700 Attractive MINT tabbed collection in 3 hingeless Lighthouse Albums with slip cases. Many higher catalog value MINT never hinged singles & sets. A few highlights include (by Bale): Volume I (1948-69) with 1st Coins #1-6 MNH (cv $325, 15m disturbed gum), Flying Scroll #10-14 with MNH horizontal gutter tete-beche pairs 10a-14a ($100) & vertical gutter pairs without tabs 10b-14b ($800), I.D.F. #18-20 MNH ($460), 1950 Independence Day #29-30 MNH ($450), Camel #47 MNH ($220), JNF 80pr #54 MNH ($115), 1952 Menorah #59 MNH ($240), #32-37 MNH ($195, Scott C1-6), Freedom From Hunger complete tete-beche sheet Irs.17 ($420), 1st Postage Dues PD1-6 MNH without tabs, others; Volume II (1970-89) appears complete for singles, sets & S/S; Volume III (19902000) nearly complete. Clean collection with high CV. Fine to very fine. 2670 / / 1948-66 PARALLEL TABBED & SINGLES COLLECTIONS ............................................................ $250-350 Clean and useful collections of Israel in two White Aces albums. First for TABS collection, including First Festival Issue, 1950 Independence Day and much more. Virtually complete from 1955 onward. Second collection essentially complete mint and used singles collection, including a few souvenir sheets. Highlights include first Coins issue, First Dues (used) and mint Coin and Newspaper souvenir sheets. All stamps hinged. Total catalog value well over $1,700. 2673 / / 1948-65 SMALL COLLECTION IN MINKUS ALBUM ........................................................................................ $75-125 Small mixed Mint & Used collection hinged in Minkus album. Some MINT never hinged in glassines at back along with a few covers. Album divided into two parts, first part for singles and second part for tab singles. The Tab singles from 1958-63. Covers are FDC &/or correspondence with people in US during the 1950s. Includes Scott #16 OG, hinged & 187 OG, hinged & C18-26 with tabs OG, hinged. Cat $250. 1948-97 STAMP & FDC COLLECTIONS ............. $600-800 Two overlapping, yet complimentary collections. Plus FDC/ cover collection of more than 400 covers, with many better, on stock pages in 5 Prinz binders with slipcases. The two collections include: (1) MINT collection with some duplication (years 1949-97) in mounts on Minkus & Novus album pages in 5 White Ace binders, Tabbed issues begins with 1951 High Holidays Scott #52-54 MH and continues with MNH tabbed beginning around year 1980, through year 1997. Collection includes some earlier issues without tabs. Appears nearly complete for singles, sets & S/S, plus complete booklets Bale B.19 - B.28. A few highlights include (by Scott): Running Stag tete-beche pair #32b MH, Coins 45p #59 MNH tete-beche pair, block & gutter block, American Zionist’s House #65 MNH tab, Figs #66-69 MNH tabs (cv $26), unwatermarked Zodiacs #133-36B MNH tabs ($42), 1989 Special Occasions #1059-61 complete booklets (Bale B.20-22, total cv $90), more. (2) MINT collection (years 1948-97) with select singles & sets in mounts on album pages in binder & loose including several complete sheets not found in first collection. A few MNH sheet highlights include (by Bale): 1965 Typesetter IrS-20 (x2, Scott #241a), 1985 ISRAPHIL S/S with FIP overprints MS.29x-31x ($90), 1986 Israel Philharmonic IrS.30 ($30), Greetings tete-beche sheets IrS.38-39, 1992 Anemone IrS.35 ($120) and others including 50th Anniversary End of WWII MIN.101 ($250) & miniature sheet FDC, 1995 Rabin #1195 sheet of 15 ($45). Some FDC highlights (by Bale): Typesetter IrS.20 ($80), Town definitives IrS.21-22 ($40 each), exploded booklets B.15 & B.16 ($30 each), PD6-11 ($100) and more. Good variety, expect some duplication, overall fine to very fine. 2674 /( ) 1949-90s MINT ISRAEL COLLECTION/ ACCUMULATION ........................................................ $300-400 Four volumes plus a small box containing a clean/attractive collection of Israel. We note extensive 1970s-early 1990s new issues which include tab strips of 5 plus souvenir sheets in small quantities, earlier issues in stock books mainly MINT never hinged although a few of the earl y issues noted previously hinged or CTO. Looks like someones subscribed for the 1970s-early nineties and rarely, if ever, placed the material in a master collection. Large original cost and catalog value, especially for the tab strips. Generally fine to very fine. – ITALY & AREA – 2675 / 1850s-1950s VALUBALE DEALER STOCK ........... $2500-3500 Valuable dealer stock on many hundreds of 102 stock cards, from ITALY and various Offices and Colonies (few States). Mostly different, all neatly identified with Scott values, some minor light duplication. Includes complete, broken, and mixed (mint/used) sets, generally sound, noted some stuck down to cards, overall fine to very fine, occasional faults or mis-ids to be expected. Includes by Scott # (as identified by owner): ITALY #19 mint, 115-16 mint & used, 159-64 mint, 258-64 mint, 265-67 NH, 377-86 mint, 387-96 mint, 495-506 mint, 515-17 used, 518 used x2, B1-3 mint, C1 mint, C3-9 mint, C62-65 mint, C73-78, C127-28 NH & used, E17 used, plus other Back of Book & AMG. Colonies include many full sets from ERITREA, LIBYA, various AEGEAN ISLANDS, SOMALIA, TRIPOLITANIA, Italian Colonies #46-50 mint, C1-35 mint; OFFICES IN CHINA - Peking #22 mint and others. Owner’s older catalog value is $15,200. (800) 782-0066 • www.RegencySuperior.com Page 244 COLLECTIONS.pmd 2672 / 244 10/2/2013, 7:44 PM Regency-Superior