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Auction 62

Lot 319

Scandinavia: Iceland, 1873-1961, a magnificent mint collection, with hundreds of mint stamps, souvenir sheets, booklets, postal cards and stationery of the highest quality including almost all rarities. Housed in two albums of well-designed pages with numerous Scott unlisted shades and varieties, with some stamps on the original auction lot sheets and a number of certificates are also noted. Certainly, by far the finest collection of Iceland that we have had the pleasure to offer completely intact. Highlights in volume one are mint virtually all o.g. with some N.H. throughout. We note Scott numbers 1-30 are present with additional shades #4 with Grønlund certificate and all are well centered and fresh, followed by the scarce 31-33, 33A, the 20th century is close to complete with almost every scarce single set. We note the "Þjonusta/Frimerki" se-tenant pair variety in the King Christian definitives, Scott 53 with Nielsen certificate and 63 with Møller certificate plus signed Bloch. Also noteworthy are numerous inverted overprints. Officials include Scott 3-71 again with shades and varieties. We also note the rare airmail "Hopflug Itala 1933" overprint set is included. All followed by Volume 2 containing rarely offered Iceland early postal cards, reply cards and letter sheets and again in superior quality. If you collect or deal in Iceland, please view this collection which will not disappoint. Condition is Fine to Very Fine or better with few if any faults. Scott value is quite significant. Shipping weight 8.4 lbs / 3.8 kilos.
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000.

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