Philippines. ★★/★. A strong mint collection of a few hundred stamps, housed on Scott album leaves, beginning with the American Administration 1899 o/ps Sc #213 through to #218 both types of the 10cts, then turn of the century with further o/ps to 15cts, 1901/03/04 ending with #235. Then the regular Rizal defins inc some high values through 1909/13, similarly 1911/14/23 unwatermarked definitives, almost in parallel with 1906 issues with imperfs to 2p 1906/23 and virtual completion thereafter with a good range of commonwealth overprints through to the airmails, the special delivery types with 1901/06 and much more inc pair of imperfs, ending with attractive postage dues 1899, through to the O.B. o/ps, revolutionary governments etc. There is also a small selection of 19th century Spanish administration including newspaper/back of the book. A collection with considerable merit, please inspect. The entire lot is presented at www.philea.se.