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Lot 272 - Two Red Boxes Full Of Mint & CTO Used Russia & Baltic States
Lot 272 - Two Red Boxes Full Of Mint & CTO Used Russia & Baltic States
Two red boxes packed with with about 1,900 or so 102 card-like sleeves containing mint and CTO used commemoratives from 1942 to the late 1990's. Starting in 1974 a fair amount of mint NH also appears and continues to appear until the end. One full box and two thirds of the second box is all Russia. The final third of the second box are the Baltic States, which includes some early to modern Croatia, Estonia, Kyrgyzstan, Tannu-Touva, Georgia, Slovenia, and Ukraine.
Duplication is moderate, with many cards having 4-6 stamps and maybe 60% having just two stamps each, and almost none that contain only 1 stamp. Overall on average, the cards can be reckoned as having 2 stamps each.
Based on this there are approximately 2,800 stamps. At an average of 25c per stamp, on average, it is worth about $700. At 30% of Catalogue, a reasonable estimate of value would be about $275.
Shipping will be about $25-$30 within Canada.