Oh no, Albania didn't make them, - little is known of the origins, but probably the soviets gave them to Albania after WWII. Possibly from the area, - a rifle like the 98b and upgraded Gew98's would have been in backwater areas like the Balkans during WWII, the soviets might have recovered these secondary rifles in Rumania-Bulgaria or the areas they occupied and being longer rifles just decided to dump them on the Albanians rather than scrapping them or refurbishing them like they did the 98k they took.
So far as I know, no one knows the circumstances, - when these came in the forums were not the bastion of knowledge they are today, - only a few people knew jacksquat back then, myself included... back then Gunboards was Mauser & Mosin's only, Gun & Knife was the 98k forum where some of us first got to know one another, - Craig-Hamboner, MauserBill, ScottB and a few others were the go-to guys back then, only our Hambone is still active these days on the forums. What was written about these was mostly in print, the MRJ, KCN had "finds" articles, where some of the collectors would describe the rifles they were getting, but little about the origins were mentioned. John Wall and MarkW got a good number of these 98b rifles, JW did a sheet on some of his, and they were a diverse lot but many rarities...
As for value, impossible to say, probably around $500, much depends on how attractive it is, they can go for more or less, I think Cyrus sold one recently, a 1925 and got $600 or so? Maybe more, I don't remember, - at auction, say gunbroker, pictures and description are everything, I'd say $500 or more, possibly a good deal more if you do it right. Some guys are really successful on gunbroker, but for me it is typically "gunborker" when I sell a rifle....