PORTUGAL & COLONIES – 424829

PORTUGAL & COLONIES – Portugal – the very first transcontinental colonial empire! Needless to say, it is well entrenched as one of the pillar countries in international philately. This is a worthy representation of that dominance  through stamps, in total anchored by an expansive and well-populated Portuguese section that features classics from the 19^th century along with high value mint sets from the 1940s, including such highlights like: mint #34, 44e, 83, 88, 89, 90, 91, 102, 104, 346-376, 422-436, 437-452, 487, 595-602, 694-701, 731-734, used #6, 12-16, 19, 23, 24, 32, 35, 38, 39, 42, 43, 50a, 52-56, 74a, 76, 77, 85, among them and more, as the collection runs into the 1970s! However, Portugal proper accounts for perhaps one third of this massive Minkus album, as the rest is allocated to Portuguese colonies from Azores to Timor covering the same period! Very solid collection loaded with value throughout! Gen. VERY FINE, mint og, some NH (we only photographed sample selection of some key sections, just a preview into this humongous collection)