Lot 450

EUROPE 1840-1976, A PHENOMENAL (UN)USED/NEVER HINGED COLLECTION WHICH WE PICKED UP FROM A DUTCHMAN WHO LIVED HIS WHOLE LIVE IN MONTE-CARLO. THE COLLECTOR WAS COLLECTING FOR OVER 50 YEARS AND BROUGHT THIS COLLECTION TOGETHER WITH MUCH ATTENTION FOR QUALITY AND FRESHNESS INCLUDING BETTER ITEMS NEVER HINGED. THE COLLECTION CONTAINS ALL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND SOME EUROPEAN COLONIES EXCEPT FRANCE AND FRENCH COLONIES, WITH MANY TOPVALUES OF ALL COUNTRIES. THE BEST PART IS THE COLLECTION OF GREAT BRITAIN, ALL BETTER ITEMS IN DIFFERENT WATERMERKS AND MANY ON BLUED PAPER, LIKE THE 5 POUND ORANGE. BUT ALSO THE OTHER COUNTRIES ARE VERY STRONG LIKE VERY NICE SPAIN, NETHERLANDS AND COLONIES, SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES, ITALY AND AREAS, GREECE AND AREAS, GERMANY FROM THE STATES TILL THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM ETC., ALSO EAST EUROPE WITH GOOD RUSSIA ETC. WITH MANY MOUTHWATERING SETS AND SINGLES IN ALL COLLECTIONS, MANY TIMES ARE THE EXPENSIVE STAMPS REPRESENTED BUT ARE CHEAP STAMPS MISSING. WE THINK THAT THE TOTAL CATALOGUE VALUE IS VERY WELL OVER ONE MILLION EURO(THE COLLECTOR COUNTED IT PARTLY A FEW YEARS AGO, AT THAT TIME ONLY THE ALBUM GREAT BRITAIN AND COLONIES WAS ALREADY MORE THEN €300.000,= CAT.VALUE). THE COLLECTOR WISHES IT TO BE SOLD AS ONE COLLECTION ALTHOUGHT IT WAS BETTER TO SPLIT IT UP COUNTRY BY COUNTRY. THIS IS A STUNNING COLLECTION EXCELLENT FOR CONTINUATION, WE ADVISE YOU TO RESERVE SOME TIME TO VIEW THIS COLLECTION WITH MUCH ATTENTION!! IN 16 BIG ALBUMS, IN 2 BOXES