1840 to 1920s Spectacular World Collection

A huge old European printed album simply crammed with very fine mint and used stamps with many classics, sets, high values and intriguing early ranges. Condition well- above normal for an old album and appears 'unpicked' with many better stamps seen throughout. The album begins from Albania with several of the first 1913 Eagle overprinted values with good range to the 1927 Air set mint; Belgium from 1849 Epaulette set plus many other classics, 1866-67 1c grey imperf & 5c brown perf, 1869-80 set to 5fr yellow- brown (£1900) plus much more; Bulgaria from 1879 5c black and orange SG 1 onwards; and onwards with excellent ranges including (amongst so many more) Denmarks; Germany, German States & Colonies with many Yacht mark values, Danzig, Memel, Saar, France, Greece, Italy with such things as the 1879 & 1891 5L values fine used through to the 1924 2L myrtle and orange Trade Propaganda opt fine used, etc; Netherlands fabulous with the 19th century basically complete incl 1896 5g lake and bronze green top value fine used, later with many great stamps such as 1920 2.50 on 10g used, 1923 5g indigo fine used, 1924 Philatelic Exhibition set fine used, Postage Dues complete incl 1906-10 surcharges fine used, 1907 complete set fine used, etc, etc; Russia & areas, Finland incl 1891 3.50r & 7r & 1901 10m top vals fine used; Sweden comprehensive; Switzerland strong incl the 1850 5rp Rayon I stamp vf unused with 4 margins but thinned (SG 8, cat £2250), Hawaii, Japan, Colombia & States, Liberia spectacular near- complete; USA comprehensive incl strong 'back of the book' material; Iceland; Cape of Good Hope; Natal from 1857 6d green used (£1100) amongst good British, French, Dutch & Portuguese colonies. A FABULOUS COLLECTION with many better stamps to be sought- out, condition well- above normal with many strong stamps & ranges. Highly recommended (10,000+ stamps).

Estimate: £6000 - £8000
Lot 5086, sale 7188, closing Tuesday 5th July 2011.

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