James R. Simon Collection
June 12, 2019
The James R. Simon collection is comprised of over 600 volumes, well researched by a historian and student of philately of very diverse areas, starting with Afghanistan and Albania, continuing with extensive Austro-Hungarian Empire, impressive Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Montenegro and Yugoslavia, as well as Croatia, Fiume and Trieste. There are specialized collections of Honduras, Liberia, Poland, Russia and Ukraine, Armenia, Georgia and many others. Most of the collections are offered intact and include United States & Possessions, Independent Asia, Benelux and British Commonwealth, Canada, Croatia, Cuba, Germany, Greece, Italy and Italian Colonies, as well as South and Central America, Japan, Korea, Portugal and Colonies, Turkey, Uruguay and many others. Many of the collections are highly specialized and viewing is recommended, either in person (by appointment prior to the sale) or here on our website, where additional scans are added continuously.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #4246 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 1878-1918 two cartons containing various collections and balances, including a collection of Military post and postal stationary, mounted in album with descriptions, collection of stamps and a few pieces of postal stationary, Fieldpost, collection of cancelations including 1878 Novy Pazar (note in album reads: "No exhibit of Bosnia and Herzegovina would be complete without mention of the Novi Pazar". About 120 miles SW of Sarajevo is an area called the Sanja of Novi Pazar where the towns of Plevje, Prjepolje, and Priboj overlook the mountain passes. After the occupation of the area by Austrian soldiers in September 1878, a Feldpost Expositor (temporary field mail station) was established in each town), 1900s Bosnia & Herzegovina postal history collection mounted and identified, some full sheets of stamps, 1914 War Charity 300+ stamps; positional blocks (few pairs), including many better overprint varieties (high catalog value), stock books with cancels, Ottoman Period, etc., mixed condition, much better material, excellent for a specialist of this highly collectable area  *O | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #4247 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 1879-1918 comprehensive and detailed collection, expertly written-up on 8 1/2 x 11 pages and housed in eight volumes, with Coat of Arms various types, Coat of Arms with numerals top and on bottom. There are various perforations, proofs, in-depth studies of cancelations and types of the first issues, proofs and varieties, Franz Josef's Birthday Jubilee, incredible array of compound perforations, many unlisted, die proofs, Pictorial issue with numerous color trials, other definitives and newspaper stamps; commercial and Faces, Photo proofs of Emperor Karl and Empress Zita, numerous varieties of overprints and Austrian issues, extensive Postal Stationery, Austrian Feldpost, foreign destinations, Sarajevo cancels, etc. One volume is dedicated to the 1918 Issue, overprints on Bosnia & Herzegovina stamps, many hundreds of singles and complete sets, inverted, double and missing overprints, plus other unlisted varieties, generally expert signed, with dozens of certificates, many very rare items included, also covers, Money orders and Parcel cards, Postal Stationery, continuing to 1945 local issue (Mi.1-20), even some 1992-93 private overprints. An impressive and well presented collection of Bosnia & Herzegovina *OP | Price Realized $6,750.00 |
 | Lot #4248 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 1900 collection on pages, with 1906 set perf. 9 1/2, imperf. singles, blocks and other multiples, including imperf. pane of 15 of 5kr blue (Scott 45b) and proof of 5kr in yellow brown, imperf. block of 9, also various used and unused sets and singles, sheets, etc. *O | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #4249 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 1914-18 two cartons with two volumes of used stamps and covers, also miscellaneous Military Fieldpost, thousands of used stamps, mostly on pieces, also on card or cover, each neatly identified on pages, with additional three volumes written-up, excellent collection for a specialist, many ex-Dick Major collection O | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
