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Public Auction #422

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COLLECTIONS AND ACCUMULATIONS — Germany
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
1023*oGermany dealer stock in five red and black boxes loaded with good value. Starts with the Empire period and goes into the 1980s. Well organized and identified on stockcards. Several thousand stamps with a lot of catalog value ready for resale.Cat. Value: S.B. 2,500.00
Price Realized: $1,400.00
1024*oGermany collection off the shelves of a would be prolific collector. Enclosed in 18 Lindner dual albums all but one in a slipcase. Starts with an album or two of German states (best Bavaria and Württemberg), then ten albums of Germany proper, followed by albums of colonies and offices, Danzig, General Government, French Zone etc. In places is parallel mint and used, but is missing most of the power. Interestingly does contain a falling apart mint ng Ostropa sheet plus mint and used #10NB11. Hundreds and hundreds of the more common stamps in pleasing form already mounted and ready for continuation.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,700.00
Price Realized: $2,800.00
1025*oGermany collection in four like new expensive Lighthouse albums with slipcases. Goes from 1872 with a representative bunch of eagles and shields up through Bundespost 1995. Volume 1 is Empire to 1945 that is well filled throughout. Lacking in power but not in stamps. Does include an oxidized gum toned Ostropa sheet. Mixed condition especially in the earlies. Next is Germany 1949-1985 mint in the cheapies and used in the power areas. Again good coverage. Third is its complement French Zone, Russian Zone and Germany 1986-1995 mainly mint. And lastly a small album of occupations issues for both wars that do contain some dubious overprint issues. Solid advanced collection that could easily be continued and upgraded.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,400.00
Price Realized: $1,800.00
1026*oGermany collection in a pair of old school KaBe albums 1850 through 1960. An advanced collection that has been dormant for quite a while. Begins with the states and occupations album with good runs of Bavaria, Danzig, Saar, and General Government. The second album is where the power is with representative eagles and shields, Empire, strong airs and semipostals, mint IPOSTA sheet used on piece OSTROPA sheet. Solid Third Reich, many mint postwar sets, mint posthorns, Heuss, semipostals and airs. And a host of power in the semipostals, black overprints, and bells issues of Berlin. Easily continued. Along for the ride are four more stockbooks of extras making this an excellent addition to anyone’s stock. Condition variable with many mint complete sets.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,250.00
Price Realized: $1,600.00
1027*oGermany dealer’s remainder group of a dozen or so albums and such that need to go. First is a KaBe DDR collection without the first volume 1958-1990, a sparse old European album collection 1872-1980, two small stockbooks of odds and ends, plus five other German collections in albums and stockbooks. No rarities or mint older sets, but enough life left for a cursory review.Cat. Value: S.B. 800.00
Price Realized: $1,300.00
1028*oGermany dealer’s stock from the 1980s in 21 medium sized counterbooks. Mainly multiples of common sets throughout with a couple interesting pockets. First is a solid selection of French Zone while the other is a chunk of inflation issues where some of the used might just be. The rest has way too many duplicate sets and singles 1957-1980. Everything has been cataloged around 1988 the highest point for this material so listed values are out of whack. Enough fun stuff for a pleasant experience.Cat. Value: S.B. 700.00
Price Realized: $950.00
1029*oGermany intermediate collection 1872-1945 in a pencil marked, but clean Davo hingeless album. Plenty of intermediate sets mixed mint and used. Examination of any high powered material yielded “private reprints” lurking among the genuine. Easy to upgrade and expand.Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $500.00
1030*Germany extensive mint collection in three lighthouse hingeless albums from American Zone 1948 to Bundespost 2005. Well over 95% complete for the pages missing just a few sets from the early postwar period. Condition is better than usually seen with early hinged giving way to mint NH complete modern sets. Easily completed into these high class albums.Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $425.00
1031*oGermany mixed mint and used collection on Scott pages 1872-1945. Well filled throughout around 75% for the pages. Decent back of the book with interesting offices cancel on forerunners. Solid intermediate missing most of the power. Ready for continuation in all periods. Inspection recommended.Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $450.00
1032*oGermany collection/accumulation from a large consignment filling two large cartons. The main collection in two Scott Specialty albums to around 1978 is mainly used and in general lacking power. Some surprise in the colonies album with a handful of large yachts present. Almost everything is slightly remaindered including at least three older albums. Also includes a few stockbooks with mixed mint and used along with extra pages for a Lindner album that are not complete. Seems to run out of gas around 1983. Useful and can be marketed as eight or so non overlapping pieces.Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00
Price Realized: $900.00
1033*oGermany mint and used collection on Minkus pages to 2004. Just a handful of classic eagle and shields then the pages get pretty full with surprises remaining to be unearthed. Has to be a couple thousand different stamps with a huge catalog value. Falls off after 1990 with just a few used. Could be used to develop an intermediate collection.Cat. Value: cat. abt. 4,350.00
Price Realized: $400.00
1034*oGermany collection 1872-1988 all used in a Scott Specialty album. Fairly good coverage with decent early postwar regular and semipostals. Lots of circle date cancels on the modern with quite a few sets. Pleasant collection upon which to expand.Cat. Value: S.B. 425.00
Price Realized: $300.00
1035*oGermany accumulation/collection with a few thousand mint and used hinged on album pages. Runs to about 1997. Includes some offices and occupation. Mid range sets and singles throughout, interesting group.Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $280.00
1036*oGermany collection in five expensive Lindner hingeless albums. Pretty much a collection of a few hundred mint and used 1933-1979. Best in the Third Reich period. Little power, no DDR. Enough stamps to enhance the albums making continuation a foreseeable result. In person viewing a must.Cat. Value: S.B. 375.00
Price Realized: $270.00
1037*oGermany small group of Third Reich revenue and other Nazi related stamps. Encompasses revenues, dues, rations, membership, and occupations. Couple hundred in all. Not often seen.Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $250.00
1038*oGermany seals and labels. Around 400 in all spread out in two stockbooks. Includes Lost Colony labels, bank and governmental seals, and poster stamps. Mainly 1904-1972 with good variety with nominal duplication. An interesting and colorful bunch.Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $300.00
1039*oGermany small carton of leftovers from a small estate. Includes a remaindered scrapbook of zusammendrucke issues, a stockbook of WWI occupations, a few interesting colonial small yacht cancels, an envelope of fakes (Soviet Zone), and a few better than run of the mill covers. Fun addition to any collection.Cat. Value: S.B. 220.00
Price Realized: $375.00
1040*oGermany with a shoebox of revenues from states through Third Reich. Several hundred all together partially sorted and annotated in German. Interesting sidelight for any Germany collector.Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00
Price Realized: $350.00
1041*oGermany accumulation starting in the 1950s but having a concentration from the 1980s to the early 2000s. Roughly 40 booklets having a tolerable amount of duplication. Placed into glassines as the owner mainly purchased them as new issues. Usable selection.Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00
Price Realized: $230.00