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Public Auction #417

Click here for pre-auction bidding, ended August 23, 2013 at 7:00pm (New York time)
Bids updated August 23, 2013 at 6:10pm (New York time)

COLLECTIONS AND ACCUMULATIONS — Germany and Area
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
1090*oGermany and area retired dealer’s stock in 13 small size counterbooks. Condition mostly better than usually seen with the higher listed retail prices hindering sales. Now offered in its entirety with its huge catalog value. Begins with better than average “eagles and shields” both mint and used through Germany proper to around 1970. Includes substantial value in 1N-8N numbers, airmails, officials, and a whole book of specialized zusammendrucke issues. No semipostals, but a strong stock never the less. Easy to figure.Cat. Value: S.B. 3,500.00
Price Realized: $4,750.00
1091oGermany and areas, state, and local revenues stock of over 900 pieces generally mounted on “102”/”104” size cards. All are described in a detailed inventory that will help you navigate the geography and duplication. Offered at a huge discount from the $13,300.00 posted retail.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,900.00
Price Realized: $1,100.00
1092*oGermany and area accumulation in Scott order of mostly souvenir sheets and larger pieces with most of the value in postwar DDR (144a perf and imperf X5 plus 146a perf and imperf x5 etc.). Duplication like this throughout making this lot easy to integrate into stock. One of the five binders contains covers which only enhances the value. Good lot to look through slowly.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,600.00
Price Realized: $900.00
1093oGermany and areas old time dealer stock in 17 assorted well worn stockbooks. Includes tens of thousands of used stamps in an unusually balanced presentation, but without depth in the better issues. Runs from the start of the Empire through the 20th century with semis and airs etc. for Republic and Berlin issues, but without DDR. Also has separate stockbooks for used Bohemia and Moravia, Poland, Saar, and Slovakia, plus combined mint and used stockbooks for Croatia, Danzig, Memel, and Serbia. Some duct tape rehab may be in order.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,250.00
Price Realized: $1,500.00
1094*oGermany and area very specialized dealer stock in eight small counterbooks. Runs from early Empire through Allied Zone, plus some Bundespost definitives. All identified by Michel, includes many better varieties, some expertised, plus multiples, mint NH, and sometimes material in depth. Very useful for the right clientele.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,250.00
Price Realized: $1,450.00
1095*oGermany and area accumulation of “high catalog” collector’s duplicates half filling a shoebox. A couple hundred glassines each containing sets or singles generally having catalog values over $1.00-20.00 each. Duplication exists especially in the used (Germany 669 x10, etc.). Encompasses Empire, DDR (mint #82-84 og, 144a, 146a, etc.), a few states singles, and occupations. Likeable variety not often seen in lots like this. Examination a must.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,000.00
Price Realized: $850.00
1096*oGermany and areas retired dealers stock in 45 counterbooks. Contains sets, short sets, singles with moderate duplication. Condition is a factor with a few of the higher values present with small faults. Catalog values are out of whack and the salespages have been used and reused. Strength in Empire, early post war, and DDR. Lots of intermediate value with an occasional surprise. Viewing is a necessity as often the value is obscured by the common. Would work up well.Cat. Value: S.B. 850.00
Price Realized: $2,400.00
1097*oGermany and area accumulation of old auction lots (around 125 sales sheets) with a huge catalog value. Most of the significance is found in singles and sets from offices and colonies and used post war singles. Lots of value to be harvested for stock.Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $550.00
1098*oCVGermany and areas dealer’s remainder lots in various collections, old stocks, boxes, stockbooks, and semi sorted glassines, etc. in five heavy cartons. All the power has been removed to counterbooks but lots of remaining value as an aggregation of inexpensive bourse table lots that will be easy to work up. Easy sellers off any table.Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $1,300.00
1099*oGermany and areas accumulation in 13 albums and stockbooks. Time frame runs from 1870-1960 Areas of special interest include Scott Specialty album, German States, Berlin, DDR, covers, unique cancels etc. Considerable value in postal history and many surprises to be uncovered. Great lot for the specialist.Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00
Price Realized: $500.00
1100*oGermany and area accumulation consisting of three albums and a box. The albums cover all areas of Germany with an aggregation of several thousand stamps. The box is packed with packets, loose stamps, album pages and anything else pertaining to Germany we could find in the consignment. Lots of fun to search for cancels, flyspecks, and elusive stamps. Not a lot of power but a lot of stamps.Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $325.00
1101*oGermany and area collection to 1980 in a well populated Scott Specialty album. Includes Berlin and other occupations etc., but no DDR. Earlier issues of each section are mixed mint and used, with small pockets of better, then a solid decade or so of mint NH sets. Another good candidate for continuation or for enhancing stock.Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $450.00
1102*oGermany and area selected sets and singles on “104” size cards in a small pizza size box. A little over 100 cards in all, all hopefully cataloged. Plenty of useful material such as Germany mint #257a, C32, C35, C56, and used #B327-B330, C46-C56, and O49a often obscured by the dubious stamps, cancels, LH portrayed as NH etc. that cloud the catalog value. Needs a thorough search to decide exactly how much saleable catalog value there is.Cat. Value: Owner’s 2010 cat. 8,600.00+
Price Realized: $425.00
1103*oCVGermany and area accumulation of mainly DDR souvenir sheets and related singles housed in four Elephant stockbooks, a Safe hingeless album, and a small box of a couple hundred related covers. Lots of single frankings which are always in demand.Cat. Value: S.B. 425.00
Price Realized: $425.00
1104*Germany and area accumulation of mint sheets and large multiples now filling a small box. Around 15 sheet folders in all. Over ¾ are inflation issues while the bulk of the rest are more contemporary. Many of the sheets have been harvested for their Michel types and/or “Han” numbers, but a majority has not. Lots of fun remains in this holding.Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00
Price Realized: $140.00