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Public Auction #434

Click here for pre-auction bidding, ended November 17, 2017 at 7:00pm (New York time)
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Bids updated November 19, 2017 at 9:22am (New York time)

COVER ACCUMULATIONS — United States and General Foreign
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
655CVFDCUnited States and worldwide assortment from the Bluegrass holding in nine cartons. Hundreds and hundreds of United States and foreign FDCs, event, commercial covers, and postal stationery from the 1880s to 1990s. Embraces one carton of common unused US postal stationery as well as six small counter boxes of sleeved material including several hundred from Germany.Cat. Value: S.B. 950.00
Price Realized: $3,500.00
656CVFDCSeveral thousand well sorted and described covers in over 40 three ring binder albums in plastic pages. Heavy. Fills seven of our largest cartons. Over 220 pounds shipping. Includes: postal history, US FDC s many without cachets, Last Day post office, railroad cancels, foreign, postal stationery, events, etc. An original hoard mainly before 1950 with a few later. Extensively described and evaluated with inventories enclosed. Look through page by page to find the hidden nuggets.Cat. Value: S.B. 800.00
Price Realized: $1,100.00
657CVUnited States and worldwide cover accumulation from the 1930s to early 1960s in six photo albums in two cartons. Around 550 covers mounted on their album pages consisting of mostly family correspondence from the missionary estate who were stationed in Africa. Includes Belgian Congo, Katanga, Southern Rhodesia, South Africa, Mozambique, and Liberia.Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $950.00
658CVFDCUnited States and worldwide accumulation in twelve cartons. Over 6,000 mainly common US FDCs, event covers, and postal stationery from the 1920s to 1990s. Good for throwing on a dollar table and see what sells.Cat. Value: S.B. 550.00
Price Realized: $400.00
659CVFDCUnited States and worldwide assortment from the late 19th Century to the 2000s in eight cartons. Over 4,000 FDCs. commercial, event covers, postal stationery, and postcards offering some interesting postal history if you go searching. One downer is the overwhelmingly cacheted and noncacheted US FDCs and event covers in about half of the lot as received from this accumulator. Do not let this downer discourage you from viewing and biding on this lot.Cat. Value: S.B. 550.00
Price Realized: $425.00
660CVFDCUnited States and worldwide accumulation in one carton. Hundreds of FDCs, event, commercial, covers, postal stationery and postcards from the 1850s to 1990s. Does a preponderance of New Zealand FDCs purchased as new issues from the 1990s but also has a few nuggets including two Abraham Lincoln beardless cacheted covers canceled in Lowden, Iowa and mailed to Chicago. Please inspect and enjoy.Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $900.00
661CVFDCUnited States and worldwide assortment from the Bluegrass holding in ten cartons. Thousands of mainly common United States FDCs, event commercial covers, and postal stationery roughly from the 1920s to 2000 having lots of duplication. A cover afficando heaven if you prefer bulk.Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $375.00
662O*United States and general foreign cover and picture postcard accumulation in six heavy cartons. Embraces a preponderance of US cacheted and unaddressed FDCs and a mix of modern and old US PPCs. Conservatively estimated at between 8,000 and 12,000 pieces in generally easily collectable condition. Look like (3 for a dollar) fodder to us. Completely unsorted and unsearched by us. Ready for your APS dollar table.Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $500.00
663CVFDCUnited States and worldwide aggregation from the Bluegrass holding in eight cartons approximately from the 1920s to the 1990s. Thousands of primarily common worldwide FDCs, commercial covers, and postal stationery as well as United States including one solid carton of postal US stationery. Offered appropriately to generate your interest.Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $600.00
664CVUnited States and worldwide assortment from the 1850s to 1980s containing roughly 450 covers and postcards. Around 45% are from the United States, 30% are mostly worldwide paquet boats and ships and the remaining are Great Britain, British colonies, and Europe. Searching will reveal some treasures. Viewing a mist as condition could be an issue. Not to be missed.Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $1,000.00
665CVFDCUnited States and worldwide selection from the Bluegrass holding in ten cartons. Thousands of primarily common United States FDCs, event commercial covers, and postal stationery as well as a sprinkling of foreign approximately from 1900 to the 1990s having plenty of duplication. Includes three cartons of US postal stationery and one carton of QSL cards. Needs to find its place with the right marketmaker.Cat. Value: S.B. 425.00
Price Realized: $325.00
666CVAccumulation as received from the consignor in one banker’s box. Contains mostly common commercial covers and postal stationery from the 1920s to 1990s. Probing may yield a few surprises.Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $280.00
667CVFDCUnited States and worldwide accumulation in nine cartons roughly from the 1920s to 1980s. Consists of mostly US FDCs many having mint blocks mainly stripped from decrepit cover binders as well as subscription items. One carton contains binders including one having some interesting covers and another carton entails basically low-end material. Useful to someone and offered appropriately.Cat. Value: S.B. 375.00
Price Realized: $260.00
668CVFDCUnited States and worldwide accumulation culled from a large consignment from the Buckeye States in five cartons. Contains common FDCs, commercial, event covers, postal stationery, and subscription items from the late 19th Century to the 1990s. Good fodder for a dollar tableCat. Value: S.B. 350.00
Price Realized: $220.00
669CVFDCAccumulation as received in four cartons. Mainly common US FDCs, Event, commercial covers, and postal stationery as well as a sprinkling of worldwide from the early 1900s to the 1990s.Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00
Price Realized: $170.00
670CVFDCUnited States and worldwide accumulation in four cartons. Approximately several thousand FDCs, commercial, event covers, postal stationery, and postcard from various decades of the 20th Century ending in t,e early 2000s. Includes mainly common material but searching might discover several nuggets.Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $170.00
671CVConsignment as received with the bulk of the value in the 3255 covers (owner's count) inside. 2780 are space related event covers, none signed, from both manned and unmanned launchings 1965-1990. The rest are US event covers and foreign FDCS from the same time period. Also includes one carton of space and stamp related literature and ephemera. Three of our largest cartons. A bargain for the space enthusiast.Cat. Value: S.B. 220.00
Price Realized: $600.00
672CVSmall group of 18 covers without letters from a family correspondence ending in 1873. To and from a naval officer on duty in Europe. Mainly US and Italy. Various faults both in the covers and on the stamps. Offered intact as received.Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $600.00
673CVFDCMostly worldwide but also some United States “chess” commemorative FDCs, covers, postal stationery and postcards in one carton. Roughly 500 items having duplication. Contains an Eastern Europe and Latin America flavor from the 1970s to 1980s as well as US Bobby Fisher cacheted covers. A nice topical selection.Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $160.00
674CVUnited States and Hungary accumulation in a pizza size box. Comprises ten Montana and 8 Missouri town canceled postal stationery and postcards from 1874 to 1932. Some town cancels involve Unity, White Sulphur Springs, Neosho, etc. Roughly 50 Hungary correspondence covers with Jewish general names from 1945 to 1947 in rough condition having many Debrecen cancels. The lover of postal history will appreciate this lot.Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00
Price Realized: $90.00
675CVFDCUnited States and worldwide accumulation as received from a South Florida storage locker in one carton. Contain mainly common FDCs, commercial covers, and postal stationery generally from the 1920s to 1990s. Best usage could be a dollar table.Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00
Price Realized: $180.00