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Bidboard #
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1944
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Lot #
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302
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Catalogue Value or Estimate:
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$1,193.40
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Current Bid:
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$46
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Marshall Islands
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# 239/524a
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Group of 1939-1945 Fleetwood WWII Events prepared collections. This former US, Japanese and German colony islands group had a reunion of sorts, when in 1989 it issued a number of stamps commemorating WWII events (including both triumphs and tragedies). Fleetwood supported this issue by releasing a comprehensive hardbound series of coffee-table sized books for each year of WWII, with each issue in mint blocks or mint panes and single stamp First Day Covers. These attractive books are extensively notated with lesser-seen photos. There is one for each year of WWII, with the exception of the 1943 (oddly missing, so five of the six volumes are here). The stamps and covers are in perfect condition, album pages with some minor warping. The original cost of this set would have been astronomical. Stamps alone have a total 2023 Scott US$884.00 =
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