Santa Fe Collections of South America and the Middle East
January 11, 2012
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #404 SAUDI ARABIA 1916-1940 the magnificent collection housed in 6 large stock books, arranged by Scott's catalogue order (initially the major numbers, than "a", "b", "c" etc.) many thousands, mostly unused, collected in singles, blocks and sheets, including Hejaz 1916 perf.12 1/2pi red sheet of 50 (Holcombe cert.), pane of 40x1pi blue; imperf. single (ex-King Farouk collection), blocks of four and larger, "1340 Hashemite Kingdom 1340" proof impression, setting of 50 (Holcombe cert.), also 1925 Hejaz Government 4 October 1924" 1/4pi used for overprinting, pane of 36; 1924 1/4pi sheet of 36, lower half inverted, thus containing 6 tete-beche pairs (L48a,47b), with Holcombe cert.; perf. and imperf. blocks of four and larger, center inverted (L50a,var), issues mostly complete with major items including Scott's No.L61 (Holcombe cert.), L66B,L67,L69 (each with Holcombe cert.), two blocks of 4xL76, two horizontal pairs of L76A, L81 (Holcombe cert.), L100a block of four, "Hejaz Government 4.October 1924", 3pi red brown, No.L105 single */** | Price Realized $95,000.00 |
