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Public Auction #433

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Bids updated August 18, 2017 at 7:36pm (New York time)

COVERS — Austria
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
690CVAustria (B110a) tied on reg. postalcard by show cancel, F-VFCat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $85.00
691CVAustria flight cover from the WIPA 1933 "Kongresshaus" to Berlin. Mailed from Vienna (24.6.33) received (25.6.33) with transit markings. Uses B110 and B110a as its franking. Rare philatelic use in exceedingly nice condition, with all its proper markings. Spectacular.Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $220.00
692CVAustria pair of covers from the same correspondence. Both are properly used Rotary Club Convention covers on letter sheets from the Hotel Imperial in Vienna mailed and forwarded to Illinois from Missouri. Both were sent (23.6.31) from the convention floor without back stamp. The first uses B87 and B89, while the other uses B90 to pay the 40g rate. Interesting usages.Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $75.00
693CVAustria registered flight cover mailed from Vienna (17.8.35) to Frankfurt (18.8.35) through Nurnberg (17.8.35). Scarce usage of C46 on a single rate cover.Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $38.00
694CVAustria group of six (five different) Danube steamship cancels (Schiffspost) on the matching set (382-384). Includes: Budapest X2 one FDC, Johann Strauss, Sophie, Babenberg, and Habsburg. Tough lot to reassemble.Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $24.00
695CVAustria registered FDC for B156-B164. Mailed on "The Day of the Stamp in Austria" December 5, 1937 within Vienna. Lots of labels and markings to justify the use of the complete set. Oversized with corner bumps and light soiling from handling. Philatelic for sure, but still a rare survivor.Cat. Value: S.B. 40.00
Price Realized: $34.00