"ANCIENT" WORLD COLLECTION - STRENGTH IN "THE AMERICAS" 1840s-1910. An impressive, ALL DIFFERENT mint & used collection presented in a large old "Yvert & Tellier" printed (heavily worn) album. We see small ranges from a plethora of Commonwealth, Europe, Asia & Middle Eastern countries then the collection strength starts! - "THE AMERICAS". Argentina 1850s & 1860s sets, 1877 surcharged set used with addition strong 19th Century ranges inc 1899 set to 20p, Bolivia with 1860s Condor to 50c, 1894 Arms set & more. Brazil with a virtually complete 19th Century range with no spaces left to fill inc 1843 "Bull's Eye" set, 1844, 1850 & 1854 numeral sets plus some "on piece" items of the same issues, 1866-68 portrait set, 1876 & 1878 rouletted portrait sets plus some related postal stationery items, 1881 "small head" set, 1884-88 numeral set, 1890s Southern Cross to 1000r, Liberty to 700r, Mercury to 1000r & 2000r, surcharged Southern Cross to 2000r on 1000r, Newspaper & Postage Due sets etc. Canada with QV to 15c & 20c & KEVII to 20c, Chile with Columbus imperf to 20c, perf & rouletted ranges to 50c. Columbia with 1850s imperf to 1p, 1863 imperf set, 1865 imperf to 1p, 1867 imperf to 1p, 1870 Arms to 5p & 10p, 1880s range to 50c, 1890s ranges to 10p etc. Costa Rica with 1863 set, 1883 & 1889 portrait sets, 1892 Arms set plus Officials to 30c & Guanacaste range to 20c. Cuba with a most useful range of Alfonso XII to 1p mint & Alfonso XIII to 2p mint, Dominican Republic range from 1860s, Ecuador to 50c. Valuable USA with 1850s to 10c, 1860s to 10c, 1870s to 15c, 1880s to 15c, 1890s inc 1890 Presidents to 15c, 1893 Columbus set to 30c, 1894 President set to $1, 1898 Exposition set to 50c plus Newspaper 1875 5c, 1895 Periodical Watermarked set to $100 mint, Officials inc 1873 "Executive" 1c unused opt'd "Specimen" & "Interior" complete set, "Treasury" set complete, "Navy" to 24c, "Justice" range to 12c inc 1c & 6c mint, "War" complete set mint or used. Postage Due inc 1879 set less 30c, 1891 set to 10c. Guatemala 1871-1903 with only a dozen spaces left to fill, Haiti 1881-1906 with no spaces left to fill. Honduras 1865-1903 with 1870s sets mint, 1890s ranges to 10p mint. Mexico 1856-1900s inc 1850s Hidalgo to 8r, 1860s Hidalgo & Arms to 8r, 1870s Portraits to 100c red & 100c black, 1884 Hidalgo 40 5p, 1887 Numeral ranges to 25c, 1910 Centenary 5p mint plus some later misperfed varieties & more, Nicaragua 1862-1906 Highly complete for the period & chiefly mint inc many Official & Postage Due sets. Paraguay 1870-1903 Useful ranges with Officials, Dues & many "Top" values, Peru 1858-1902 Useful ranges with Officials, Dues & many 1s, 2s & 5s values, Puerto Rico 1873-1900 range with 1870s to 1p, 1880s to 40c, 1890s Alfonso XIII sets & 1899 US Admin set & Dues set, Salvador 1867-1902 with mostly fine mint sets, plus many top values, Officials & Dues, Uruguay 1881-1902 useful used ranges with top values, Officials & Dues, Venezuela 1859-1904 mostly used range to 1b values. A lovely old time collection with much or interest and plenty of £50+ stamps. (3000 stamps) For more images, please visit https://www.sandafayre.com/itemdetails.aspx?s=586073
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