MAMMOTH EUROPEAN COUNTRIES COLLECTION 1794 to 1977. EXTENSIVE VERY FINE mint & used collections including postal history & first day covers from AUSTRIA, GEORGIA, GERMANY inc STATES, GREECE, LATVIA, LIECHTENSTEIN, LITHUANIA, MONACO & NETHERLANDS presented in a series of 8 matching spring back albums. AUSTRIA (1794-1964) starts with a 1794 Consistorial E/L bearing an Archbishop wafer seal, an 1874 E/L from Olmutz to London, useful "Earlies" inc 1850 & 1854 ranges to 9k used, 1858-64 ranges to various 15k, 1890-1907 Franz Joseph ranges to various 35k followed by a wealth of complete sets either mint or used, small ranges from Georgia, GERMANY in three albums inc Baden to 9k, Bavaria 1860 imperfs to 9k, 1870-1906 Arms type to 3m, 1911-13 Birthday range to 1m used, 1914-20 mint to 20m imperf inc Free State set mint, Brunswick 1865 mint to 3g, Hamburg, Hanover, Lubeck, Mecklenburg, Oldenburg, Prussia, Saxony, Thurn & Taxis, Wurttemberg & NG/Confed all represented, Empire ranges to a 5m sheetlet of 20 mint, 1920 set mint, good Inflation period, 1928 President set used, strong Reich, Occupation, Allied Zones & extensive Post War ranges, GREECE inc a useful Athens printed 19th Century "Hermes" used range, 1901-02 Olympic range to 1d used, 1910-23 range to 25d used, 1927-35 Pictorials to 10d pair used, useful later ranges into the 1960s mostly mint, LATVIA (1921-41) with 1921-22 Arms to 100r used, later Arms to 2L, 1940 Incorporation set mint to 1L & complete set used, LIECHTENSTEIN with 1912 sets mint & used, 1917-18 sets mint & used, 1920 opt'd set mint, later ranges mostly mint & a selection of 1950s & 60s fdc, LITHUANIA with a good range of 1918-19 typeset issues to various 60s mint & used & Arms set mint & used with Watermark & Printing variants, MONACO with Prince Albert ranges to 25c mint & 50c used, 1933-39 Pictorials to 90c mint & used to a pair of 5f & later used pictorial ranges to 100f, NETHERLANDS inc a selection of pre 1848 E/L's, King William 1852-64 imperf & perf sets, 1867-91 range to 50c, 1891-94 Wilhelmina to 1g used, 1899-1910 range with some perf variants to 5g, useful later inc interrupted perfs, unissued imperf pairs & Juliana values to 10g, strong commemorative & Charity/Welfare sets and a good selection of first day covers from the 1950s & 60s. A magnificent collection of clean & well presented ranges. Highly recommended (6500+ stamps, 60+ covers/cards & 20+ m/sheets) For more images, please visit https://www.sandafayre.com/itemdetails.aspx?s=586015
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