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Public Auction #401

Click here for pre-auction bidding, ended August 21, 2009 at 7:00pm (New York time)
Bids updated August 21, 2009 at 6:19pm (New York time)

COVERS, UNITED STATES AND GENERAL FOREIGN — Collections and Accumulations
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
999CVA humongous lot of low end to medium retail grade covers. The number involved must be 40,000 to 50,000. Some boxes arent worth a dime a piece and some boxes the covers might be figured at a dollar each. There are commercial, special event 1st days and a few subscription types. Great lot for the APS dollar booth.Cat. Value: S.B. 7,000.00
Price Realized: $4,750.00
1000CVSimilar to aboveCat. Value: S.B. 7,000.00
Price Realized: $4,500.00
1001CVMounted collection of over 850 Zeppelin picture postcards and covers, both US and foreign. Most of the value is in the early PPCs, plus there are many modern cards and covers with Zeppelin related cancels and/or cachets. Also a pristine filled Borek album for the 75th anniversary of the Zeppelin. Much useful material on this popular topic.Cat. Value: S.B. 2,000.00
Price Realized: $3,000.00
1002CVSeveral hundred mostly oversize US covers that are part of the working show stock of a dealers estate. Generally sleeved and priced, there are also standard size US and worldwide covers randomly distributed throughout to spice up your viewing.Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $325.00
1003CVMix of several hundred worldwide covers and cards. Mostly commercial which include stampless, advertising, censored, registered and more. Also noted a shoe box filled with Canal Zone. Viewing will uncover many items of interest.Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $900.00
1004CVSmall group of twenty US and foreign covers and cards flown on various zeppelin flights or for zeppelin events. Includes appropriate flight cachets, and frankings from five countries, with some better ones to enhance interest.Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $750.00
1005CVApproximately 150 covers in a small box. Some decent old US but the strength is in the FDCs from Italy and Switzerland in the 1940s. Could be some real sleepers.Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00
Price Realized: $1,000.00
1006CVSix better covers or cards from the late 1920s to mid-1930s from US, Russia x3, Austria and Germany. Four are Zeppelin flights, one registered airmail and one glider flight.Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $400.00
1007CVAround 1,000 mostly cheap covers from an estate. A real diverse group from FDCs to a couple Zeppelins. There is a little extra Latin America flavor as well. Would make a great addition to a $1.00 cover table.Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $650.00