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Public Auction #410

Click here for pre-auction bidding, ended November 18, 2011 at 7:00pm (New York time)
Bids updated November 18, 2011 at 6:24pm (New York time)

COVERS GENERAL FOREIGN — General Foreign
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
955CVCollector’s accumulation of several hundred covers, some still on old auction pages. Is strongest in 1937 Commonwealth coronation, 1930’s-1940’s first flights and better frankings of that period. Also includes some better earlier covers and some first days. Expect to find neat surprises as you flip through this lot.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,400.00
Price Realized: $3,750.00
956CVAlmost 100 stampless folded letters primarily from various early 19th century correspondences. About half are from Scotland, a quarter from Hungary and Italy and a quarter from elsewhere. Includes a variety of postal markings and legible information, nicely preserved with typical wear. Settle in for much unfolding.Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $425.00
957CVRemains of a dollar cover booth only offered once at APS in nine large cover cartons. Would realistically retail as quarter, half dollar and dollar table ware. Needs to be sorted to remove the obvious junk from the other salable. FDC, postal stationery and clean covers. All eras are included. Estimated conservatively at over 7,000 marketable pieces. With a small amount of work could become good bourse stock.Cat. Value: S.B. 550.00
Price Realized: $475.00
958CVFDCOriginal holding of well over 1,000 unorganized covers and cards lined up in two trays. Ranges from dusty or beat up older correspondence to clean modern first days, with various events and frankings in between. While better covers are unlikely, a little triaging will expose many useful ones.Cat. Value: S.B. 375.00
Price Realized: $200.00
959CVSmall pizza size box of over 150 worldwide cards and covers. Over half are German area WW1 postcards showing many uses. Also includes other Europe and South American 20th century covers. Several dozen Third Reich cigarette cards round out the lot. Small enough to be easily processed.Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $325.00