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Auction: 13011 - The Collector's Series sale
Lot: 3099

Portugal
1853-2001 a valuable mint and used collection, with the main collection housed in thirteen printed albums and duplicates in fifteen albums or stockbooks, contained in three cartons, many thousands, including the early issues with annotated reprints, 1853 5r., 25r. (2) and 50r. unused, 5r., 50r. (2), and 100r (2) used, 1855-56 25r., 50r., 100r. (pair and single) part original gum, 5r. (2), 50r. (4), 100r. (4) 1856-58 curly hair 5r. (2), 25r. blue, 25r. rose unused or part original gum, 5r. (7) used, 1862-64 5r. (5), 10r. (2), 25r. (2), 50r. and 100r. part original gum or unused, 100r. (2) used, 1866-67 curved label imperf. 5r. (2), 10r. (pair), 20r. (3), 25r. (2), 50r. (2), 80r., 100r., 120r. part original gum or unused, values to 120r. (5) used, 1867-70 5r. (2), 10r., 20r., 25r., 50r. (2), 80r., 100r,m 120r. and 240r. part original gum or unused, values to 240r. used, 1870-84 10r. (3), 15r. (3), 20r. (2), 50r. (2), 80r. (2), 100r. (4), 120r. (3), 150r., 240r., 300r., 1000r. (3) part original gum or unused, 240r. used, 1880-82 perf. 12½ 50r. (3), 1882-87 500r. black (2), 500r. magenta, 1892-94 set, 1892-93 Provisorio overprints and surcharges, 1894 Prince Henry set, 1895 St. Anthony set (2), 1895-1905 Mouchon set, 1911 Republica overprints and surcharges, 1912-20 Ceres with Proofs and colour trials, ¼c. to 1E. large part original gum, 1917-26 glazed paper 20E. (2), 1926 to 10E. (2), 1925 Castello Branco, 1928-29 surcharges, a superb range of later issues with imperfs., miniature sheets (including four examples of the 1940 Legion), 1951 Coach Museum with a series of twenty-four progressive proofs, booklets, machine labels, Angola with 1951 Birds, Azores, Cape Verde, Macao, Madeira, Mozambique, Portuguese India, Timor, etc.; the condition is mixed but many of the early issues which are notoriously difficult to obtain in good condition are wonderfully fine and fresh. Photo

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