Category Index

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)

COVERS — General Foreign By Area
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
717CVAfrica covers, just over 50, in a small pizza size box. The bulk of the value is in the various Liberia some of which are high retail individual covers not quite good enough for singles offering in this auction. A few others including British offices add spice to the mix. A great bargain hunter’s grouping.Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $1,150.00
718CVCentral America cover and postal stationery group of around 110 items in two homemade stockbooks. Best is the one book of El Salvador with 43 interesting usages. Also includes Uruguay, Peru, Ecuador, Columbia and others. Many interesting frankings and destinations.Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00
Price Realized: $425.00
719CVEastern Europe small accumulation of disjointed covers in a small pizza size box. Poland, Croatia, and Russia are the best. Each cover was saved for a reason so it is best to examine carefully. Around 50 covers in all some with high retail value. Have a look.Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $1,250.00
720CVEurope stampless covers from a bygone era filling a small carton with around 100 different in bundles according to geographic proximity. Seals, elaborate tracking markings, flowing script and interesting correspondence typify this holding. Ready for research.Cat. Value: S.B. 375.00
Price Realized: $450.00
721CVMiddle East (Holyland) covers from early European occupations to the UPU issues of 1949 in a medium sized box. Around 275 covers and cards in total with the bulk of the value in Palestine. Interesting markings, destinations, origins, and frankings all add to the value. Everything seems to have been carefully selected to add to the philatelic story of this important region.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,500.00
Price Realized: $1,600.00
722CVScandinavian FDC, in general clean and unaddressed, filling two small cartons. From the 1970s and 1980s these approximately 1650 covers are a hit with many topical collectors. Denmark and Sweden are the strongest areas. Worth adding to your cover stock.Cat. Value: S.B. 550.00
Price Realized: $375.00