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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)

GENERAL FOREIGN COVER COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, STOCKS — General Foreign Cover Collections, Accumulations, Stocks
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
1077CVDealer stock of around 1,500 worldwide covers mostly organized by country, all sleeved and priced. Includes stampless to modern, strongest in France, Italy, Switzerland, Japan, and Netherlands, with all sorts of frankings and topics to provide value. Per the tapes, retail is about $24,000.00, so there is good profit potential.Cat. Value: S.B. 4,250.00
Price Realized: $2,300.00
1078CVA bankers box almost full with a variety of covers and postcards from early to modern. While most is disorganized, there are individual groups of Nicaragua postal stationery and a couple groupings of Germany. You will need to carefully review to see what is destined for the dollar table and what has higher aspirations.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,400.00
Price Realized: $750.00
1079CVForty-eight Zeppelin covers in a small box. Most of them are German. A nice clean group of this very popular area.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,200.00
Price Realized: $2,400.00
1080CVA mixed group of perhaps a couple thousand covers, postalcards, and picture postcards half filling a bankers box. Maybe half is dollar table fodder but the balance contains moderate to a few better items. Take a look to see what you can use.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,200.00
Price Realized: $650.00
1081CVA couple thousand or more covers and postcards tossed into a bankers box. There are items from all eras and all parts of the globe to be found. While many are dollar table types, there are a number of medium to better items to be found. A close examination will determine what you can use.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,100.00
Price Realized: $600.00
1082CVFDCFile box of nearly 900 assorted worldwide covers, strongest in Libya, Egypt, plus Italian and British areas. Includes everything from folded personal letters to modern first days. A wide variety of frankings, markings, and cachets that will interest many different cover collectors.Cat. Value: S.B. 800.00
Price Realized: $4,000.00
1083CVOver 2,100 worldwide APO cover stock. Sorted by country, sleeved, and priced at a steep discount from the Forte catalog with none of the lowest priced types. Condition is mixed. A ready to go group.Cat. Value: retail 7,000.00
Price Realized: $800.00
1084CVA to be worked” grouping of thousands from a dealers estate. Most are European FDCs or other philatelic types with loads of topicals that are destined for a dollar table. Also spotted Canadian flights, picture postcards, etc. Look thoroughly because the best items will be found in the two boxes of unorganized covers that the dealer set aside and never got into stock. Profit potential of multiples of the suggested bid.Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $2,600.00
1085CVWorldwide mounted collection of maybe 1,000 assorted airmail covers from all eras. They are somewhat haphazardly arranged, and some are loose..There are substantial numbers of British, French, Austrian, Latin American, etc. covers, but no German covers. While these have been assembled for their airmail markings and frankings, many are first days or first flights with cachets and/or special cancels, and undoubtedly specialists in other areas will find interesting items.Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $1,100.00
1086CVA heavy carton stuffed with covers. We didnt dig deeper than the top layer so who knows what lurks beneath. What we did see was a variety of worldwide ranging from a few stampless to FDCs. You should look and see how much you can use.Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $650.00
1087CVA small box loaded with mostly European covers. Take a close look at this one as there are some much better items within.Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00??
Price Realized: $500.00
1088CVFDCMany thousand inexpensive worldwide covers in 11 assorted cartons. They are of all shapes, sizes, and eras, and in no order except mostly upright. We noted commercial, first day, event, and even some US, in varied condition. You should dig through these boxes for the thrill of the hunt, not for the needle in the haystack.Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $600.00
1089CVConsignment remainder of a dealers estate. A few thousand from all over the world in three cartons. The top layer looks like dollar table fodder but, if you dig deep, you may find buried treasure.Cat. Value: S.B. 425.00
Price Realized: $700.00
1090CVFDCNice mix of a couple thousand worldwide covers mostly from the 20th century, with about half being first days. Many countries are represented like New Zealand, Liechtenstein, Norway, Panama, Luxembourg, and Mexico. Much is bagged by country and is primarily material for a dollar table, but some better than that were spotted. Hours of fun for a cover dealer.Cat. Value: S.B. 350.00
Price Realized: $350.00
1091CVUnorganized group of about 120 covers and cards, with around half being various worldwide early flights, and about half being British colonies 1937 Coronation. Unusual flights are to be found in this interesting mix.Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $1,300.00
1092CVFour different flown Zeppelin covers or cards from Brazil (1930), Hungary (1928), Liechtenstein (1932) and Russia (1931). A clean group.Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $200.00
1093CVFDCBox of several hundred assorted worldwide covers and cards, ranging from early to modern and from commercial to event to first day. Mostly different and in collectible condition, they should provide hours of fun for a cover person.Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $400.00