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Public Auction #408

Click here for pre-auction bidding, ended May 13, 2011 at 7:00pm (New York time)
Bids updated May 13, 2011 at 6:26pm (New York time)

COVERS — General Foreign
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
792FDCAccumulation of around 30,000 FDC from around the globe. Strongest is the British with most of the rest from Liechtenstein (about 2,000), Monaco (about 1,100), Portugal (about 1,150), Israel (about 1,400), FSAT (about 2,000), Switzerland (about 550) and various Asia (about 650). The time frame involved is 1980 to 1992 with a few before and a few after. Generally the duplication is 5 to 10 of each with mostly being 5. Most of the covers catalog (as used stamps) from $4.00 to $7.00 with many cataloging $30.00 to $40.00. Topicals galore and great for lists.Cat. Value: S.B. 8,000.00
Price Realized: $4,250.00
793CVA large dealer’s duplicate stock of sleeved and priced covers and stationery. Appears to be mainly commercial with some better FDC (Saw a US C18). Predominately European with plenty of Germany. Dealer marked values to $100.00 each most from $5.00- $50.00. Good condition. Offered cheaply as marked prices are over $14,000.00. Plenty of sleepers. Give this one a look.Cat. Value: S.B. 2,500.00
Price Realized: $2,500.00
794CVHuge accumulation of around 4000 pieces of foreign postal stationery. Back as early as 1890 up to the 1940’s. Mainly postal cards, but noticed reply cards, letter cards, etc. Cards from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, etc. Many more countries than the average accumulation. Noticed International usages and some better cards, too. Great potential retail for the savvy sorter.Cat. Value: S.B. 2,000.00
Price Realized: $1,200.00
795CVEight cartons jam-packed with around 10,000 covers. Many different countries represented including smaller ones. Almost all pre 1970. A wide range of usages and rates with hundreds of airmail and registered seen. Mixed condition as expected in a lot so large. Take a look to see the depth.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,200.00
Price Realized: $650.00
796CVAbout six smallish mounted collections on various pages. Includes early covers and/or mint or used postal stationery from Portuguese colonies, Montenegro, Bavaria, and the British Empire Exposition. Also PPCs picturing ships from the US and elsewhere, and Zeppelin covers from Spain and Brazil. Unmounted Bulgaria covers and worldwide postal stationery round out this lot that is sure to please numerous bidders.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,150.00
Price Realized: $1,250.00
797CVAround 9,000 covers in six large cartons. A real mish-mash in dire need of organization. Appears to be mainly pre 1970. Lots of variety with the occasional nicer one. Mostly dollar table fodder, but a lot fun to sort. Give this one a look.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,000.00
Price Realized: $850.00
798CVPostal stationery original hoard of perhaps thousands. Varieties of mostly early mint and used cards and envelopes. Both large and small countries and colonies are generally represented by small groups of related cards filed together in a small folder, but these are no longer in any order. They desperately need rearranging in order to determine just what seldom-seen cards are in here, an effort that should prove fruitful for the specialist.Cat. Value: S.B. 900.00
Price Realized: $3,000.00
799CVFive large cartons crammed with thousands upon thousands of covers mostly from the 1950’s and 1960’s. Included are the obligatory Canada and UN FDC, but they are overshadowed by the other better countries. Noticed Russia, Iceland and Turkey. Best seems to be the 600 or so philatelic correspondence covers from DDR. Mostly dollar table fare, but the large quantity of saleable covers makes this a lot to examine.Cat. Value: S.B. 900.00
Price Realized: $1,400.00
800CVAccumulation of hundreds of worldwide covers and cards, generally sleeved and somewhat orderly in a carton. Strongest in Norway, Great Britain, France and Germany, with many other countries also represented by interesting items. Includes stampless, early 19th century frankings, aviation picture postcards, special cancels, events, first days, and other covers and PPCs that cover people will likely fight over. Be sure to look throughout this one so you can join the fray.Cat. Value: S.B. 800.00
Price Realized: $2,000.00
801CVOriginal accumulation of thousands of commercial covers and cards piled in three boxes. Includes a wide variety of generally mid-20th century covers of all kinds, useful for colorful frankings, interesting cancels or your dollar table. Pockets of value include the Asia selection and the Russia pre-revolution picture post cards.Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $5,000.00
802CVTwo small cartons crammed with foreign mostly first days from about 1960 through 1980. Around 3000 in all, most with cachets and unaddressed. Noticed many topical and some higher values with a quick look. Colorful and clean, a good lot to examine.Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00
Price Realized: $325.00
803CVAccumulation of a few thousand primarily 20th century covers in three tote boxes. About half are commercial and half are clean first days from many countries. Included are Italy, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Korea, Israel, etc. A perfect group for a dollar table after plucking out the better ones.Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $750.00
804CVCovers in seven cartons. Many foreign first days and topicals. Large bunch of Australia and New Zealand. Found in binders, cover albums and loose. Look close, we didn’t. Did notice some flights, stationery and US. Several thousand fresh covers ready for your collection or dollar table.Cat. Value: S.B. 350.00
Price Realized: $850.00
805CVMedium sized carton of over 600 covers. Mainly dollar table fodder with an occasional nicer one mixed in. Have a quick look as you may get a good buy.Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00
Price Realized: $950.00
806CVSeveral hundred Pope John Paul II covers following his travels during his reign. All seem to be in complete sets, some in unopened folders. Includes many “golden series”. This is a perfect topical lot to turn into an exhibit or sell individually.Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $150.00