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Public Auction #413

Click here for pre-auction bidding, ended August 24, 2012 at 7:00pm (New York time)
Bids updated August 24, 2012 at 6:30pm (New York time)

COLLECTIONS AND ACCUMULATIONS — Germany And Areas
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
993*oCVGermany and area collection in two clean Minkus albums to 1990 from the estate of a long term collector. Begins with solid value in the states section with dozens of seldom seen stamps. Bavaria, Thurn and Taxis, Wurttemberg are the strongest. Continues with good eagles and shields and finishes with strong pockets of Empire, Third Reich, Federal Republic including good postwar sets, Berlin, Russian occupations, and DDR. Most interesting is a bunch of Kaiser yachts at the end of the second volume. Offered just as completed off of the collector’s bookshelf ready for your viewing pleasure.Cat. Value: S.B. 3,750.00
Price Realized: $2,600.00
994*oGermany and area collection in six disjointed, custom organized, clean Scott Specialty albums. Best are the DDR mint sets which abound, an equal group of modern mint Germany proper sets 1985-1998, and an interesting Soviet Zone section. Needs careful scrutiny to determine the included value. Purposeful recycling of the many mint sets should bring profits.Cat. Value: S.B. 2,600.00
Price Realized: $180.00
995*oGermany and area collection remainder 1875-1954. Remaindered long ago so no eagles and shields are present. Strong Empire with many mint. Includes mint #37-42, B59-B57, C27-C34, C43-C45, etc and used #65, 65A, C20-C26, C43-C45. Plus strong postwar with black and red Berlin overprints, UPU, bells, semipostals and others. Great lot to fill holes in stock or complete that intermediate collection.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,600.00
Price Realized: $1,200.00
996*oCVGermany and area mostly used accumulation/collection in six custom 3 ring binders on homemade loose leaf school paper pages. Hundreds of stamps to the early 1980s. In some places the duplicates are shingled in place often obscuring the better stamps that hide in this forest of a collection. Look closely to see the goodies. Noticed highlights include (all used) a smattering of classic eagles and shields, #667-668, B33a- B33d block, B68 with problems, B91-B92 on cover, a specialized study of cancels on B102, B104 on cover, B134-B136 and B141-B143 on card, B306-B319, C35-C37, C38 on cover, Berlin red and black overprints and many more. An intact collector made collection that is sure to please.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,500.00
Price Realized: $1,250.00
997*oGermany and areas several hundred culled out of collections or accumulations years ago and sorted into glassines and on black stockcards. Starts with valuable states, helpful shields, 3rd Reich mint sets and runs to the early 1950s. Quite disheveled, so nice surprises pop up unexpectedly.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,150.00
Price Realized: $1,100.00
998*oGermany and area accumulation of old album pages, remainder folder collections, glassines in a box, and stockpages all packaged in a carton. Hundreds of stamps from dozens of old time collections most pre 1970. Stronger in the Empire period with many different collections represented. Condition is a factor with some suffering from exposure to humidity. Good value for the right searcher.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,100.00
Price Realized: $1,300.00
999*oGermany and area accumulation on a myriad of old album pages in a small pizza size box. It appears as if the owner stripped the first pages from old collections placing them together to process later. Very strong German states and early empire with plenty of sorting and discovery to follow. Huge catalog possibility with many collectible condition stamps amongst the challenged. A reasonable quantity to easily process into stock or an advanced collection.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,000.00
Price Realized: $900.00
1000*oGermany and area retired dealer salespages (around 200 total) in four organized bunches. Empire, Third Reich, DDR and Michel listed varieties all show substantial value with a total marked retail value of $6,690.00. Good show stock ready to go.Cat. Value: S.B. 900.00
Price Realized: $700.00
1001*oGermany and areas collection/accumulation organized in folder lots. Better areas are Danzig (the best), General Government, Locals, Marienwerder and others. Also a used “OSTROPA” sheet. Great lot for the German specialist.Cat. Value: S.B. 850.00
Price Realized: $1,050.00
1002*oGermany and areas which includes Empire, Third Reich, Bundespost, and Berlin in a very clean Scott Specialty album, plus DDR in two rather abused KA-BE hingeless albums. The former runs to the 1970s mostly mint NH or OG, and the latter runs to 1990 generally mint NH. A somewhat broad, but still basic collection.Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00
Price Realized: $475.00
1003*oCVGermany and area balance of consignment of over one hundred items of ephemera. Includes Cigarette cards (Third Reich), ship’s orders, receipts, revenue stamped documents, proclamations (back to 1762), ration cards, insurance cards, etc. Lots of value offered at a small fraction of listed retail value. Useful to a specialist in historical significance.Cat. Value: S.B. 550.00
Price Realized: $375.00
1004*oGerman and areas accumulation with two albums and three stockbooks. Good value in the Scott Specialized binder with Bavaria, Empire period, and the semipostals. Examination is recommended.Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $290.00
1005*oGermany and area collector made, dealer type, counterbook. Contains over 50 salespages each with a “better value” set or single. Best in post WWII era used including a bell set, some semipostals, unlisted overprints etc. Good value in a compact unit.Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $300.00
1006*oGermany and area in a small pizza size box containing one collectors “better grade” accumulation. 14 or so envelopes each with glassines of cataloged stamps. High catalog but includes the misidentified, average condition, heavy canceled often in prodigious duplication along with the truly better. Needs a thorough sorting, culling and a box of “102” size cards to come up with a viable stock. It’s there just hiding.Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $280.00