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Public Auction #418

Click here for pre-auction bidding, ended November 22, 2013 at 7:00pm (New York time)
Bids updated November 22, 2013 at 6:33pm (New York time)

COLLECTIONS AND ACCUMULATIONS — Germany Offices And Colonies
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
1089*oCVGermany offices and colonies collection in a clean Schaubek album. Well over 85% complete for the pages. Includes higher value Yachts and overprints where empty spaces are in most collections. Mixed mint and used with a focus on used readable cancels and mint singles holding places for ultimate replacement. Profusely illustrated with picture postcards of the era along with covers showing postal history markings. Highlights include a page of forerunners, German East Africa used # 11-21a, 41, German South West Africa mint #5, 6 used #15-25, 26-34, German New Guinea used #1-6, mint #19, German Offices in China used #1-6, 1a-6a, 24-35, 36A, 47-56, mint #46, Offices in Morocco #used 19D, 32, 45, 57, and Offices in Turkey used #1-6, 8-12, 24d, 31-42, mint #30. Continues as well into Cameroon, Kiauchau, Marianas Islands, Marshall Islands, Togo, etc. Huge catalog value. Intact collector made advanced collection.Cat. Value: S.B. 4,250.00
Price Realized: $4,750.00
1091*oGermany offices and colonies collection on Scott Specialty pages right out of an old time collection. Solid offices with especially interesting China and Morocco. An armada of yachts follows from the colonies. Huge catalog value with many elusive high values. Condition varies so viewing is recommended.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,200.00
Price Realized: $4,000.00
1092*oGermany offices and colonies small (16 page, 32 sides) stockbook packed with the remainder of a collection. Mostly singles with higher value Yachts being the highlight. Lots of cancelled low values to search for readable towns along with the occasional higher catalog item and larger multiple make viewing meaningful and pleasurable.Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00
Price Realized: $650.00
1093*oGerman areas which includes offices, plebiscites, and colonies in a clean Lighthouse hingeless album where the focus is on mint stamps. Huge catalog value with very few below average (in appearance) stamps. Strong in yachts with quit a few sets. Weakest in China where very few are present. Schleswig and Allenstein are pleasant surprises. A fine display ready intermediate collection.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,500.00
Price Realized: $2,600.00