Bidspirit auction | Collection of US and Worldwide

Collection of US and Worldwide Mint and Used Stamps in Albums and Glassines - An assortment of worldwide postage stamps comprising used and mint examples housed in a standard philatelic album, a spiral-bound stock book, glassine envelopes, and loose piles. The collection features a significant concentration of Hungarian issues, including the 1976 Montreal Olympics set, the 1975 space-themed Sputnik-2 and Mercury Atlas-5 airmails, and various technical and locomotive series. A large portion of the lot consists of thematic sets in original retail glassine envelopes from the Mystic Stamp Co. of Camden, N.Y., including the 1971 Umm Al Qiwain Fish set of 6 (envelope 121-21), the 1976 Madagascar set of 5 (envelope 121-2), the 1978 Philippines set of 6 (envelope 120-1A), and the 1953 China People’s Republic set of 4 (envelope 121-4). Topically themed stamps include Disney issues from Grenada and the Grenadines featuring Mickey Mouse and Goofy, alongside issues from Iceland, Czechoslovakia, and Panama. The spiral-bound stock book contains numerous United States definitive and commemorative stamps. Identifiable issues include the 1963 Christmas stamp, various denominations from the Prominent Americans series (Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and John F. Kennedy), the Project Mercury commemorative, the Apollo 8 In the beginning God issue, and the Honoring U.S. Servicemen Prisoners of War issue. The collection also includes a red booklet titled Collector's Mixture Stamps - 200 UNSORTED WORLD-WIDE and various airmail shipping labels. Material ranges from used stamps with circular date stamps and machine cancellations to mint never hinged sets in original distributor packaging.