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Public Auction #411

Click here for pre-auction bidding, ended February 24, 2012 at 7:00pm (New York time)
Bids updated February 24, 2012 at 6:17pm (New York time)

COVERS — General Foreign United States
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
638CVLarge carton with a little over 1,000 roughly sorted covers from the WWII era mostly censored. All areas of the world are represented with France being the strongest. US APOs, some post war occupation civil censors and miscellaneous other markings are featured. Mainly dollar table covers with better ones packed between. Needs a close look to find the value.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,500.00
Price Realized: $2,500.00
639CVBox of several hundred wildly assorted and disorganized covers and cards ranging from stampless to modern. Includes first days, flights, advertising, propaganda, commercial, etc. All medium to better items that make for interesting viewing.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,200.00
Price Realized: $2,400.00
640CVEasily 1,600 unsorted covers and cards from all eras. Includes US air events and P.O. events, US and foreign FDC’s, and commercial covers of all kinds. Many candidates for your dollar table, but some better than that will be found also.Cat. Value: S.B. 850.00
Price Realized: $425.00
641CVEstate accumulation as found in eight large cartons containing over 5,000 covers. Mainly dollar table fare with an occasional better one jumping out. Runs the range from contrived subscription covers to non philatelic postal history. Look close for many odd and unusual items are included.Cat. Value: S.B. 800.00
Price Realized: $1,350.00
642CVLarge carton with the all the covers from a large consignment. Mainly dollar cover types with an occasional better one noticed. Needs a clean up as many have already done time at a local bourse. Still lots of value in the couple thousand that remain. Wonderful for the avid cover sorter.Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $950.00
643CVFDCHundreds of early to modern US and general covers and cards. A very mixed up lot of somewhat better items culled out of a much bigger group. Selected for auxiliary markings, cancels, frankings, advertising subject, cachet, etc. We noted strength in Poland, Great Britain, Dahomey, and Sand Dunes. Annotations enhance some, and unusual variety adds to interesting viewing as you don’t know what will turn up next.Cat. Value: S.B. 550.00
Price Realized: $800.00
644CVSeveral hundred unsorted covers from early to modern and from any corner of the world. We noted first days, events, and commercial covers of all types for you to look through.Cat. Value: S.B. 550.00
Price Realized: $425.00
645CVSmall eclectic grouping of around one hundred covers. Includes over a couple dozen stampless, mostly from Eastern cities, about ten franked with #11’s, over ten Wells Fargo entires, almost all used, three Admiral Byrd’s, and two C18 covers. The rest is of really no consequence. The foreign part holds a couple dozen items including a nice unused Great Britain U3 and a N.W.P.I. multi franking. Condition very mixed. Look it over, you won’t be disappointed.Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $700.00
646CVGroup of maybe 2,000 mostly modern covers and cards, around half US and half foreign. We noted many popular topicals, various events and first days, and assorted commercial. Some are in albums by topic and some are unsorted loose, with subscription albums adding weight. A little rearranging should uncover many usable items.Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $350.00
647CVHundreds of unsorted US and worldwide covers and cards from all eras. With first days, events, and commercial covers throughout, will be worth some time to flip through.Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $300.00
648CVEight small boxes and binders of all sorts of covers to flip through. Again we noted US and foreign, first days and events, cards and commercial. A good variety of useful items to be extracted.Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $475.00
649CVThousands of early to modern US and general covers and cards in six assorted boxes. Includes an unsorted blend of first days, maximum cards, events, advertising, commercial, postal stationery, etc. The picture postcards are the most interesting, but many of the other items could grace your dollar table or even individual stock.Cat. Value: S.B. 375.00
Price Realized: $400.00
650CVAn advanced Singer Sewing Machine collection of advertising covers from around the world, advertising trade cards again from around the world, especially strong in Russia and Columbian Exposition. Also a few paper collectable items and Clark’s sewing thread. Over 400 mostly different items in all. A very hard lot to duplicate as this one took over 30 years to build.Cat. Value: S.B. 325.00
Price Realized: $425.00
651CVThree cartons with thousands of US and foreign covers and postcards. Contains First day, event, commercial etc. Very unorganized, spotted an occasional mid range item. Good value but will take some work.Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $700.00