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Public Auction #416

Click here for pre-auction bidding, ended May 17, 2013 at 7:00pm (New York time)
Bids updated May 17, 2013 at 6:21pm (New York time)

COVERS — General Foreign
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
See lot 845 in General & US Collections for a significant collection with airmail covers.
772CVFDCA comprehensive general S-V selection of FDCs, covers, postal cards and postcards in six cartons. Approximately 4,500 primarily from the early 1900s to 1980s. Excellent postal history representation of South Africa, Southwest Africa, Switzerland, Turkey, and Vatican. Sleeved, priced and already worked up to put out at a percentage.Cat. Value: S.B. 900.00
Price Realized: $700.00
773CVFDCA very interesting selection of almost 1,500 covers, FDCs, postal stationery and postcards in a medium carton. Mostly from the late 19th century to late 20th century. Incorporates postal history from many areas including Persia, Indian States and France plus a fascinating Surinam DO-X 1931 flight. Should be fully inspected.Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $850.00
774CVFantastic accumulation of 50 Manchukuo covers, postal cards and first day covers from 1934-43. Encompasses 1935 registered via Siberia to Czechoslovakia, WW II censored to Canada, two Karl Lewis illustrated, WW II censored to Montgomery Ward in Chicago and China postage dues on cover. Tremendously diverse postal history lot from this fascinating country. Recommended to reserve some time for observing.Cat. Value: S.B. 550.00
Price Realized: $2,500.00
775CVFDCAn excellent accumulation of worldwide covers, postal cards, FDC’s, and postcards in four cartons. Roughly 2,700 priced and sleeved prevailing from the early 1930s to 1980s. Strong British Commonwealth, Asia, Middle East and really good Netherlands. Nice postal history variety of this very marketable material.Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $550.00
776CVBox of about 450 assorted covers from stampless to modern, many put aside due to some interesting aspect such as franking, cancel, corner card, topic, etc. Worth browsing through, and noting that the US, British, Asia, Germany, and France covers from this consignment are in another lot S.B. 500.00Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $6.00
777CVFDCAssemblage of around 2,400 priced, sleeved FDCs, covers, postal cards and postcards in four cartons. Concentration from the 1930s to late 1980s. Strong medley of British Commonwealth, Middle East and French Africa. Likeable duplication. A cover dealer or collector will find this postal history an interesting group.Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $600.00
778CVFDCA group of approximately 3,000 worldwide FDCs, covers and postal cards from the 1880s to 2002 in two medium cartons. British Commonwealth and Europe are the main concentration in one carton while the second carton includes around 600 Laos from 1990s to 2002 and several hundred PRC plus fifty US postal from the 1880s. Readily saleable.Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $425.00
779CVHundreds of covers from 19th Century to 20th Century in one large carton. Covers are smelly and have been wet at one time but still with usable material. Noticed UN First Flight aerogramme collection in a binder and on pages. Final destination would be a dealer’s dollar table.Cat. Value: S.B. 350.00
Price Realized: $600.00
780CVCarton with three boxes of around 900 assorted covers and cards from around the world. Ranges in value from common US FDCs (just a few) to a couple of commercial flown South American Zeppelin flights. Lots of value that is tempered by the addition of “peelable” price stickers that in some cases lower the value. Needs a thorough sorting.Cat. Value: S.B. 325.00
Price Realized: $1,100.00
781CVDiverse assortment of several thousand worldwide covers mainly from the 20th Century in two cartons. Variety of postal history present with good representation from France and Canada. Excellent candidates for the internet.Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00
Price Realized: $210.00
782FDCSmall groups of 1970s to 1990s first days from about a dozen countries in custom Fleetwood binders. Also hundreds from Great Britain in Westminster binders. A total of nearly 950 attractive envelopes to look through.Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $100.00