Lot 2481 A

ALL WORLD. Mostly used. One-volume collection of well over 1500 different mint and used stamps, the vast majority pre-1940 from classics onwards. Starts off slowly, builds up to a crescendo, good in Portuguese colonies, especially India with early crowns, Italian states strong in Papal and Neapolitan provinces, Vatican with better Juridical values, etc, above all Shanghai 19th century page including interesting postage dues, local posts, etc, plus Siam, even some good United States 19th century defins to 50c, Omahas 2×10c, good range of Pan-Am/Pacifics, Indian head defins to $5×3 and much more, as well as Latin America with Colombia, Canal Zone, Guanacaste, etc. Completely uncatalogued but this will be huge, please view throughout.


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