Saudi Arabia. Accumulation ★★/★/⊙ 1916–1980s in removal box. An extraordinary lot that we have not had time to process, representing material the vendor never incorporated into his main collection. For example, there are several 100s of cards housed in two boxes, the first dealing the early issues up to the 1940s with 1000s of stamps to investigate and the second box with a particularly good range of the different cartouches for the various airmails, oilwells, etc and lots of commem. sets, mint and used, be it all chaotically presented. More material is housed in four albums, the first representing the used part of this gentleman’s collection – the mint being offered as a separate lot in this sale. Another representing the Mecca hospital stamps and further overprints of the time, the third representing postmarks often in multiple format on piece, the last album that was specifically for material waiting to be classified or could not be found in the catalogues especially between 1916 and 1930s. This balance holding could break up into dozens of good lots, if only time permitted. A much recommended viewing, so much here to value. Mostly fine quality. (1000s)
