Beschreibung:

Attractive and valuable collection of Europe and Africa in 17 well-filled Yvert albums with issues to 1962, mostly mint but earlier issues either mint or used and includes Angola Birds set, Austria with Dolphus and 1950-53 Air set, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, good Belgium with 1915 5 "FRANKEN" mint (2), 1918 surcharge set, Tin Hat set and later, Belgian Congo 1886 set mint, Bulgaria, Denmark, Egypt, Finland from 1856, good serpentines, France 1849 to 1f., 1852 10c. and later Napoleon and Ceres Heads, Peace and Commerce, fine middle period with War Orphans and Sinking Funds, comprehensive French Colonies in two volumes, Gibraltar 1886 set, 1889 to 5p., K.E.VII #1 and K.G.V #1 (2), German States, Germany with better Large and Small Shields, 1899-1900 Reichpost 5m. used, Zeppelins, comprehensive mint sections of Berlin, West Germany with Posthorns and East Germany, Gold Coast 1902-09 20/-, 1921-25 15/- and #2 mint, Great Britain from 1840 including 1880 2/- brown good used, 1887 #1 good used and later #1 values for 1884, 1891, 1902, 1913, 1929 and fine early Q.E. definitives, Greece with a few earlier issues and many good middle period sets, Iceland including many 1921-30 surcharges, 1933 Balbo set, 1930 Official set, Ireland values to 10/- mint (6), Italy and Vatican with 1934 surcharges, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg 1935 Intellectuals and later, comprehensive Malta with Q.V. to 10/- and later issues to top values, Monaco 1919 War Orphans set mint, Netherlands with better mint issues including 1913 Centenary 10g., 1920 surcharges, 1923 Accession set, 1946 to 10g., 1949-50 set to 10g., 1951 Air pair, 1921 Marine Insurance set, Nigerias, Norway, Nyasaland 1903-04 #1 mint, 1908 #1 mint, 1913-22 #1 used, Portugal, Rhodesia, Rumania, volume of Russia, Saar, Sierra Leone, South Africa 1913-20 #1 mint, S.W.A., Spain, Sweden 1910-19 55ö. and 80ö. mint, U.P.U. sets mint, Switzerland, Turkey and many others with further selections in 15 stockbooks with some better items, some covers and miniature sheets in packets including France Pexip and Germany 1933 Welfare Fund. Condition is generally good to very fine throughout, including many of the classic stamps, whilst the large number of high value stamps and scarcer items distributed throughout add to the desirability of this magnificent collection.