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Public Auction #402

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COLLECTIONS AND ACCUMULATIONS — Austria
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
1032oCVAustria an extensive mounted collection of WWI military cancels. Includes many hundreds of stamps on and off piece plus several hundred covers and cards. Everything is expertly annotated on over 550 exhibit ready pages. There are fieldpost cancels from all over the empire plus occupied areas mostly arranged by number. Also there is a good representation of Kriegsmarine cancels. A detailed inventory is provided to assist evaluation mainly with reasonable retail values listed which runs into the thousands of dollars.Cat. Value: S.B. 2,900.00
Price Realized: $1,450.00
1033*oCVAustria a mostly used mounted collection of the Austrian monarchy starting with the 1st issue and running to 1864. Everything is on over 260 attractive exhibition ready pages expertly annotated and beautifully illustrated. The emphasis is on the cancellations of which there are hundreds different many times with the stamp on piece and occasionally on cover. Also noted are printing types with probably every basic issue present. A detailed inventory is provided which includes Mueller numbers and point values.Cat. Value: S.B. 2,800.00
Price Realized: $3,500.00
1034*oCVAustria an outstanding mounted collection of the April through July 1945 occupation issues on exhibit ready pages attractively illustrated and expertly written up. There is good value in the Styria’s handstruck overprints, postmaster provisionals from Vienna and locals. The stamps and postal history both will attract interest as there is a wide variety with much seldom seen. A hard lot to duplicate.Cat. Value: S.B. 2,500.00
Price Realized: $2,300.00
1035*oCVAustria an extensive study of the Vienna Pneumatic Posts expertly mounted and annotated on about 225 exhibit pages. About a third of the pages are devoted to showing various postal stationery issued including postal cards, letter cards, and envelopes. All are described by Ascher number. The balance is a detailed review of the various cancel types and sub-types and other postal markings used. A very thorough study that would be nearly impossible to duplicate. If you are not an expert specialist in this area, you can be after buying and studying this lot.Cat. Value: S.B. 2,400.00
Price Realized: $1,300.00
1036**FDCAustria massive collection of material, 1945-2000, on 45 volumes of expertly annotated exhibit pages. Includes, depending on the issue, NH stamps, black proofs, presentation folders, special cancels, FDC’s, etc., possibly for nearly all 1,400 stamps of the period. A wealth of material from this popular country.Cat. Value: S.B. 2,200.00
Price Realized: $2,100.00
1037*oCVAustria BOB collection with semipostals, airs, dues, and newspapers. Expertly written up and mounted on exhibit style pages, this is much more than the typical one-of-a-kind grouping. For starters, almost all of the important stamps are here, such as B87-B92 (NH) and C54-C60; only the WIPA and Renner sheets appear to be missing. Adding to the value and enjoyment are the covers, cancellations, multiples, and other specialty items as well as the professional presentation. Add to this the lovely essays for Austrian prisoners of war (circa 1919), and now you have a collection that it would take years and years to duplicate.Cat. Value: S.B. 2,000.00
Price Realized: $2,200.00
1038*oCVAustria a highly specialized collection on the dual monarchy period (1867-1919) mounted of a few hundred exhibition ready pages beautifully illustrated and expertly written up. The emphasis is on the cancellations, postal history covers and cards but there is also significant interest in papers, perf types, etc. The Birthday issue is particularly nice as it includes the above plus color proofs. Must be seen to be fully appreciated.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,700.00
Price Realized: $1,900.00
1039*oAustria several hundred WWI military occupation issues and feldpost cancels on expertly written-up exhibit pages. Includes complete sets of black and color proofs, inverted and double overprints. Completely annotated and with many different cancels nicely illustrated, this is a very informative and useful presentation of seldom-seen material.Cat. Value: S.B. 950.00
Price Realized: $1,000.00
1040*oCVAustria collection of several hundred stamps and several dozen covers starting with the 1st issues of the republic and running to 1945. Everything is mounted and expertly annotated on exhibit ready pages. Its highly specialized for cancels, perf variations, paper varieties, printings and the postal history. The most notable item is the 2nd anniversary Dollfuss issue mint OG. A detailed inventory is provided for your edification.Cat. Value: S.B. 800.00
Price Realized: $750.00
1041*oCVAustria telegraph collection of 73 stamps and 45 telegram receipts, 1873-1908, on expertly written-up exhibit pages. Many varieties, including 20 specimens, and many different cancels illustrated. This is a very informative and useful presentation.Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $450.00
1042oAustria revenues collection of perhaps thousands of mostly 19th century issues expertly written up on fully annotated exhibit pages. Most are mounted in order along with varieties, while some are on large & small documents and some are in APS salesbooks. There is a wealth of material to mine from this extensive collection.Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $1,100.00
1043*oCVAustria the consignment remainder from the big Austrian holding. Includes some beneficial collections that weren’t enough value to make a lot such as Balloon covers, labels and poster stamps plus a hundred notgelds. Also there are FDC’s, commercial covers, circuit books, blackproofs along with other interesting odds and ends.Cat. Value: S.B. 325.00
Price Realized: $270.00
1044*oAustria collection in a pair of Scott Specialty albums in a box. Pages run to 2005 and are fairly well filled with mixed mint and used stamps. The previous owner counted everything in his catalog value of $2,475.00 so you will need to discount it a little to arrive at the proper figure.Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $260.00