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Public Auction #401

Click here for pre-auction bidding, ended August 21, 2009 at 7:00pm (New York time)
Bids updated August 21, 2009 at 6:19pm (New York time)

COVERS BY COUNTRY — Germany
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
1015CVGerman States a couple dozen covers or folded letters from a half dozen different states. The Hanover, Prussia and Thurn and Taxis are the best. Condition about average but a few very nice pieces along with a wide variety of markings.Cat. Value: S.B. 260.00
Price Realized: $300.00
1016CVGermany (B33d, C31) tied by a 28. Sept. 1930 cancel on a Zeppelin postcard. Graf Zeppelin flight from Vogtland, Sieger 90Ba.Cat. Value: cat €90
Price Realized: $80.00
1017CVGermany (B310-B313, B314) tied on legal size envelope by 25.1.51 Frankfort cds. sent airmail to USA, torn flap. Fine.Cat. Value: $185.50
Price Realized: $40.00
1018CVGermany (C32) on an Orient flight tied by a 24. March. 1929 cancel on a Zeppelin postcard, Sieger 23 IA.Cat. Value: $150.00
Price Realized: $40.00
1019CVGermany (C35, C40, C41) tied by 24.7.31 Friedrichshafen cds. on a flown Polar flight cover, Fine.Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00
Price Realized: $160.00
1020CVGermany (C37) tied by a 15 Aug 29 cancel, scarce Friedrichshafen-Friedrichshafen flight,Sieger 30Ad.Cat. Value: $500.00
Price Realized: $140.00
1021CVGermany (C37) tied by a 18 Oct 1931 cancel. Graf Zeppelin flight to South America, Sieger 133Bb.Cat. Value: $150.00
Price Realized: $36.00
1022CVGermany (C38, C39 pair) tied by 18.5.30 Friedrichshafen cds. on South American zeppelin flight cover, F-VF.Cat. Value: $870.00
Price Realized: $270.00
1023CVGermany (C40, C41) tied by 24.7.31 Friedrichshafen cds. on flown Polar flight cover, Fine.Cat. Value: S.B. 110.00
Price Realized: $150.00
1024CVGermany (C41) tied by a 24 July 1931, Polar flight, Sieger 119B.Cat. Value: $385.00
Price Realized: $90.00
1025CVGermany (C42) tied by 24.7.31 Friedrichshafen cds. on flown Arctic flight cover, stain at bottom otherwise F-VF.Cat. Value: $650.00
Price Realized: $180.00
1026CVGermany (C42) tied on a flown Polar flight cover by a 27.7.31 Friedrichshafen cds. Also with C40 at upper left untied, F-VF.Cat. Value: S.B. 290.00
Price Realized: $180.00
1027CVGermany (Michel #VI) tied on card by 23.6.12 Frankfurt cancel with message. Card with ccr otherwise F-VF.Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00
Price Realized: $325.00
1028CVGermany collectors grouping of WWII Occupied Zones, Feldpost, and Third Reich covers and cards, mounted and described on exhibit pages. Also includes well over a hundred Russian propaganda leaflets regarding the German campaign. Interesting and potentially valuable lot for those who study this area.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,900.00
Price Realized: $950.00
1029CVGermany complete set of 21 Gottfried Klein Flags and Standards of the Wehrmacht. Also includes folio covers, F-VF.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,400.00
Price Realized: $400.00
1030CVGermany collection of over 500 Lufthansa flight covers in two shoe boxes (1950s-1980s), plus a Sieger catalog. Most have printed or stamped cachets and are addressed to the airline. Contains interesting cancels. A clean group. A nice lot for the specialist.Cat. Value: S.B. 800.00
Price Realized: $425.00
1031CVGermany collection of around 260 covers, cards, and franked souvenirs. Most are with special cancels from 1936 to 1945 honoring philatelic, political, and other events. Includes a few nice propaganda picture postcards and some otherwise blank covers among the diverse subjects.Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $600.00
1032CVGermany pair of 1931 DO-X covers. One franked with C33 and C39 and the other with C32, C34 and C38. Second with small stain otherwise F-VFCat. Value: S.B. 350.00
Price Realized: $230.00
1033CVGermany a 22.7.1929 Bremen catapult PPC, a 15.9.30 Europa catapult PPC, a 21.9.32 Europa catapult cover, and a 30 JAN. 31 DO-X flight cover. All with proper cancels and handstamped flight cachets.Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $180.00
1034CVGermany and Areas mounted collection of over 1,600 apparently different airpost covers and cards from 1946 through the 1970s. While there are some cacheted first days and first flights, most are international commercial mail with multi color frankings, including better ones. While these were assembled due to their airmail markings, undoubtedly items useful for other specialties will enhance this collections value and thus your viewing.Cat. Value: S.B. 3,250.00
Price Realized: $4,000.00
1035CVGermany and Areas mounted airmail collection of over 900 covers, ppcs, and stationery from 1925 to 1945. Almost a third are Weimar Republic and the rest are Third Reich, and all have luftpost cancels, etiquettes, frankings, and/or auxiliary markings. Many have better stamps, commemorative cancels, censor tapes, etc. There are also several pages of related poster stamps, web info, and scattered unflown picture postcards. An opportunity to acquire a large selection of popular material.Cat. Value: S.B. 3,000.00
Price Realized: $4,750.00
1036CVGermany & Areas dealer stock of around 540 covers, cards and ppc all sleeved and priced. Stampless to post WWII . There are all sorts of frankings and topics to provide value. Per the tapes, retail is about $9,100.00, so there is good profit potential.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,600.00
Price Realized: $900.00
1037CVGermany and Areas mostly mounted collection/accumulation of maybe 1,200 assorted cards and covers. Around 75% are primarily early German city-scene picture postcards, and the rest are covers in six assorted albums labeled States”, Inflation”, Third Reich Stationery”, etc. Viewing of these albums should prove fruitful.Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $1,600.00
1038CVGermany and Areas group of over 150 mainly commercial covers and cards. About half are from the Weimar and 3rd Reich periods, a third are occupations, and the rest are split between Empire and postwar issues. We even noted four flown Zeppelin covers among the better. Many specialists could find material here.Cat. Value: S.B. 550.00
Price Realized: $600.00
1039CVGerman Area collection of about 120 primarily airmail covers from various occupied European countries. Strong in Danzig and Denmark. Many interesting frankings, cancels, and with censored, registered or other auxiliary markings. Nice group.Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $1,000.00
1040CVGermany (China) small batch of five better covers or cards. Includes a couple forerunners, an office in China used in Tsintan, a boxer rebellion and a 1902 ppc. with a military marking. Nice variety of markings.Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $260.00
1041CVGermany (Soviet Zone) mounted collection of a couple hundred covers, postal stationery, etc. from 1945 to 1949. Includes some with better frankings, special cancels, cachets, or auxiliary markings. Among the more unusual are Soviet occupied provincial issues properly used on cover. Inherintly rather drab, but interesting nonetheless.Cat. Value: S.B. 375.00
Price Realized: $550.00