FOREIGN SINGLE COUNTRIES continued...

A well-filled Minkus album with many hundreds of mint stamps as well as some good postal history, starting off with useful SBZs inc. Thuringia theater sheet, then SBZ o/ps including some on cover, followed by a 1948 stamp day FDC, Debria souvenir sheet, Bach series and others mounted on the selvage, also seen Mao complete, German-Russian friendship and other issues on registered cover, personalities with Thalmann varieties, Marx souvenir sheets, etc, etc. A very useful collection, continuing comprehensively through to the 1970s. Please inspect, preferably with a Michel, page for page.

Extremely attractive mint collection, 1949 to the 1960s, on KaBe hingeless pages with no empty spaces and with everything in pristine mint never condition. The collection includes Bach series, DEBRIA souvenir sheet, Mao series, personalities with some specialisation inc. 80pf Thalmann dark blue on white and yellowish papers, Marx souvenir sheets perf and imperf complete and everything else. This is a collection for the perfectionist with tip-top quality througout.

Several hundred stamps mint and used, all of one a kind with no remaindering housed in a large fashioned album including a good range of German colonies with a good number of high values in excellent condition, hardly exposed to light. Also seen German Post Offices in Belgium, Poland, Romania as well as the 'abstimmungen', Allenstein, etc virtually complete. A similar pattern in WWII, with Alsace and Lorraine, Ukraine, General Gouvernment, Saar from first issue Germanias and better semi postals inc Volkshilfe mint never hinged sheet marginals, better gutter pairs ‘day of the stamp’, etc. Also good Danzig also with useful including 1937 miniature sheet superb used and much more. Viewing thoroughly recommended of this collection formed many decades ago, offered intact as received.

Collection in three well-filled albums with ,20th ,century comprehensive from the 1920s onwards, as well as good ,19th ,century starting with eleven large Hermes heads mostly four margined, then small Hermes heads imperfs to 1d gray organised by printings, the 10 lepta orange perf issue on cover single usage of 1894, followed by a 20 lepta rose postal stationery envelope used in 1895. Then the turn of the century surcharges on Hermes heads with a useful range, leading on to the Hermes with hat defins inc. 1912/22 25dr blue mint, 1923 revolution surcharges complete mint on regular issues of Greece (except for the 10d on 10d), 1927 Acropolis series complete mint to the 25dr, 12927/28 Navarino series complete mint, 1930 independence centenary complete mint, 1933 high values mint inc. 100d brown and green Youth of Marathon, 1934 Athens stadium mint, 1940 Youth Organisation regulars and airs complete mint, then continuing virtually complete in mint series through to the 1990s. The back of book is also strong with 1926 airposts complete mint with the 3dr also on cover, Zeppelins and all other 1933 issues complete, etc, further colorful airpost covers of the 1930s, as well as useful complete mint series for postal tax, North Epirus, etc, etc. A most attractive collection with virtually everything in tip-top condition, completely uncataloged.

Very much an old time collection, with several hundred stamps, mint and used, as sent to us on several dozen album pages and a broken binder. Starting off with Hermes Heads Paris printings through to Athens, mostly 4 margined examples through to postage dues, with a better range than normally encountered of these tough stamps from 1875 onwards, inc key values 20l mint to 2dr, then perforated 8 1/2, 9 1/2 again with key values inc 90l and 200l mint, also perf 11 ½, by 13 complete etc. Collection unfolds with small Hermes Heads perf and imperf with about 30 different examples, ,1st ,Olympic games to 5dr used, there is a 10dr but we believe this to be a very good reference example, further imperf Hermes Heads o/ps, followed by the surcharges on Olympics to 5dr, then the ,2nd ,series complete to 5dr, as well as the ,3rd ,Olympic games to 5dr complete #154 to #197. The ,20th ,century fairly comprehensive inc mint 1913 'cross in clouds' 10 and 25dr, followed by many o/ps on the 1917 types, lots of better to investigate, especially if you have a specialised Greek catalog. Further Iris o/ps to 25dr and much more inc Zepps complete, 1933 airmials complete mint, both series #C8 to #C14, #C15 to #C21, etc. Then from 1934 onwards inc key airmail #C34 to #C47 and much more filling up the pages through to the modern era. There is also a further section of Epirus, Albania, Thrace, Greek occupation of Turkey, Lemnos inc error, Crete with 5dr 1900 as well as 5dr 1905, etc, etc. Condition occasionally mixed on the classics, yet overall a most interesting collection with much more here to discover and a recommended viewing.

One man's collection, mainly mint, housed in a Minkus album with many hundreds of stamps from 1881 onwards. The collection also includes postal history from the early 20th century onwards including flight covers, interesting censored mail, etc. In the stamps there are extensive overprints and surcharges to investigate, including the 1906 the 'en piastres fortes' provisionals and then virtually no empty spaces from the 1930s through to the modern era. Scott on Haiti is vastly underrated compared to its availability on the market, this presumably will change over time. An original collection, especially for the attractive postal history, well integrated within it. Please inspect carefully page for page, much more here than described.

Housed in two very thick KA/BE albums, these two collections are replete with superb used, regular and then imperforate, with the latter often accompanying the former in parallel format. Also seen imperforate series on covers as well as m/s, and even booklets, se-tenants sheets and other material stuffed on the sides, much of these were bought as individual auction lots. In our opinion imperforates used are far scarcer used than mint, as they have low printing numbers and used of course is seldom seen. A great collection of these issues, needs a little work as some of the m/s are still in their original individual auction lots, needing a little work to integrate into this substantial collection.