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 #4253 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS CHINA - PRC 1949-83 collection on "Vostok" album pages, two albums with early sets without gum, originals and reprints, few regular issues (Scott 35-56), 1955 Scientists and 1958 Heroes Monument souvenir sheets (Scott 344a), 1959 Mao 20f (456), 1963 Cuban Revolution (655-60), Butterflies (661-80), Mountains (716-31), Chrysanthemums (767-81), Soldiers (842-49), miscellaneous Cultural Revolution singles and sets (1047-75, etc.), mostly complete from 1971-77, also souvenir sheets (1383a,1399,1433,1452 all n.h.), 1980-82 seven complete booklets (Gu Dong 1607e, 1647a, etc.), mostly hinged, later issues in glassine envelopes, some labels and revenues, fine-v.f. * | Price Realized $8,500.00 |
