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Auction: 163 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1473

Iceland clean and powerful mint collection to 1980 housed in a Lighthouse hingeless album, being in much nicer quality than typically encountered, starts with 1873 2s-8s, then 3s-16s perf. 12½, 1876 5a-40a, 1882-98 20a-100a, 1897 3a on 5a with large "prir", 1902-04 Christian IX cplt., most 1902-03 surcharges including 3a and 5a with black overprints, 1907-08 and 1915-18 Christian IX and Frederick VIII cplt., 1912 Frederick VIII cplt., 1920-22 Christian X cplt., 1921-30 surcharges cplt., 1925 pictorials, 1930 Parliament cplt., 1931-33 Christian X cplt., 1940 World's Fair, then complete to 1980, including semi-postals, then air mails with 1930 Parliament Millenary and Graf Zeppelin and ending with Officials including 1920-30 Christian X, the centering is better than normal and virtually all are o.g., l.h. or n.h., fine-very fine, with only the rare trivial fault noted.

Sold for
$3,500