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Public Auction #429

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INDIVIDUAL COVERS — Germany
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
729CVWagner related Zucker rocketmail cover from the January 28, 1934 flight posted on January 29, 1934. Uses Wagner Charity stamps Michel #W57 for “postage”. Addressed to Beck. Signed, Cacheted, three imperforate rocket stamps show off Zucker’s work.Cat. Value: S.B. 40
Price Realized: $42.00
730CVGermany Wagner related Zucker rocketmail cover from the January 28, 1934 flight posted on January 29, 1934. Uses Wagner Charity stamps Michel #W57 for “postage”. Addressed to Beck. Signed, Cacheted, three perforated rocket stamps (one on reverse) make this a busy pretty cover.Cat. Value: S.B. 40
Price Realized: $44.00
731CVGermany Wagner related Zucker rocketmail cover from the January 28, 1934 flight posted on January 29, 1934. Uses Wagner Charity stamps Michel #W50 for “postage”. Addressed to Beck. Signed, Cacheted, three perforated rocket stamps (one on reverse) add to the interest.Cat. Value: S.B. 40
Price Realized: $46.00
732CVGermany pair of Zucker rocketmail cards from the November 4 1933, flight. Addressed to Zucker. Unsigned, cacheted, each with a different rocketmail “stamp” and label. Not posted. A pair of used singles of the same design along for the ride.Cat. Value: S.B. 40
Price Realized: $38.00
733*oGermany Wagner related Zucker rocketmail cover from the January 28, 1934 flight posted on January 29, 1934. Uses Wagner Charity stamps Michel #W57 and Scott B49 for “postage”. Addressed to Beck. Signed, cacheted, three tete-beche pairs of perforated rocket stamps (two on reverse) make this one a statement cover.Cat. Value: S.B. 50
Price Realized: $70.00
734CVGermany Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Soviet occupation local cover. Uses Scott #12N1, 12N9, and 12NB7-12NB9 to pay a 50pf rate. Posted on February 21, 1946 and mailed to Karl Hennig in Hamburg. Back stamp shows delivery on March 11, 1946. Colorful registered cover.Cat. Value: S.B. 50
Price Realized: $26.00
735CVGermany Wagner related Zucker rocketmail cover from the January 28, 1934 flight posted on January 29,1934. Uses Wagner Charity stamps Michel SK19 and a Scott B49 for “postage”. Addressed to Beck. Signed, cacheted, three imperf stamps (one on reverse) and a flight label add to the fun of this cover.Cat. Value: S.B. 40
Price Realized: $60.00
736CVGermany souvenir card from an extensive Opera topical collection. Addressed to Augsburg and posted in Landsberg on November 9, 1933 on a Wagner commemorative postcard. No evidence this ever traveled through the mail as it is over franked (Scott #B54, B55a, B56 and B57) and blank on the reverse. Great philatelic piece for the title page of any Wagner exhibit.Cat. Value: S.B. 40
Price Realized: $85.00
737CVGermany registered cover from an extensive Opera topical collection. Travels from Chemnitz to San Francisco. Posted on (6.11.33). Back stamp indicates delivery on November 18, 1933. Uses Scott #B54, B55a, B56, and B57 to pay the 97pf foreign registered rate. Wax seal on reverse plus a currency inspection label. Clean exhibitable cover from the same correspondence.Cat. Value: S.B. 40
Price Realized: $80.00
738CVGermany souvenir card from an extensive Opera topical collection. Faintly addressed to Lorch and posted aboard the Graf Zeppelin, August 27, 1934 on a commemorative “Garrison Church” postcard. No evidence this ever traveled through any mail as it correctly franked for a zeppelin flight but blank on the reverse indicating a hand back souvenir.Cat. Value: S.B. 40
Price Realized: $110.00
739CVGermany registered cover from an extensive Opera topical collection. Travels from Hannover to Nuremburg. Posted on (2.11.33). Back stamp indicates delivery the same day. Uses four of the nine values from Wagner Charity set to pay the 95pf rate. Wax seals removed from reverse. Great early commercial use.Cat. Value: S.B. 40
Price Realized: $48.00
740CVGermany registered cover from an extensive Opera topical collection. Travels across Bayreuth. Posted on (21.12.33). No Back stamp. Uses two of the nine values from Wagner Charity set to pay a 60pf rate. From the complete booklet sheet using a tete-beche block of six (Michel# SK20 X3) for the franking. Huge catalog value for this obscure position piece. Scarce.Cat. Value: S.B. 70
Price Realized: $70.00
741CVGermany registered cover from an extensive Opera topical collection. Travels from Berlin to Hannover. Posted on August 29, 1934. Back stamp indicates delivery the following day. Uses five of the nine values from Wagner Charity set (B49, B51, B55a, B56, and B57) to pay a 93pf rate. Pencil notations on the front, with a clean readable Back stamp on the reverse.Cat. Value: S.B. 60
Price Realized: $120.00
742CVGermany “sets” cover from an extensive Opera topical collection. Uses all nine values (B49-B57) from Wagner Charity set. Posted as registered, special delivery, in Berlin on November 9, 1933 with two Back stamps indicating delivery to Basel, Switzerland the next day. Overpaid, but one of the best “sets” covers for this issue we have ever seen.Cat. Value: S.B. 80
Price Realized: $140.00
743CVGermany registered cover from an extensive Opera topical collection. Travels from Chemnitz to San Francisco. Posted on (13.12.33). Back stamp indicates delivery on December 27, 1933. Uses Scott #B49, B54, B57, and 415 X2 to pay the 57pf foreign registered rate. Wax seal on reverse plus a currency inspection label. Clean, exhibitable cover.Cat. Value: S.B. 40
Price Realized: $65.00
744CVGermany “sets” cover from an extensive Opera topical collection. Uses all nine values (B49-B57) from Wagner Charity set. Posted as registered in Munich on November 12, 1933 with an indistinct Back stamp for delivery to Marienbad, Czechoslovakia. Overpaid and roller cancelled, but the only way to get a sets cover.Cat. Value: S.B. 80
Price Realized: $140.00
745CVGermany registered cover from an extensive Opera topical collection. Travels from Frankfurt to Stuttgart. Posted on (3.2.34). Back stamp indicates delivery the next day. Uses five of the nine values from Wagner Charity set including Scott #B50 and Michel #W49, W58, and S144 to pay the 54pf rate. These zusammendrucke pieces are scarce on cover.Cat. Value: S.B. 80
Price Realized: $85.00
746CVGermany registered cover from an extensive Opera topical collection. Travels across Gestringen. Posted on (30.6.34). Back stamp indicates delivery on the next day. Uses four of the nine values from Wagner Charity set including Michel #W47 X2, W55, and W51 to help pay some sort of 48pf rate, probably overpaid. Clean, clear Back stamp on reverse.Cat. Value: S.B. 40
Price Realized: $50.00
747CVGermany registered cover from an extensive Opera topical collection. Travels from Lorch to Barnsdorf, Nurnberg. Posted on (23.12.33). Back stamp indicates delivery on Christmas Eve. Uses four of the nine values from Wagner Charity set including Michel #W47, W55, to help pay the 54pf rate. On the reverse is a neat Sieger company label.Cat. Value: S.B. 40
Price Realized: $42.00
748CVGermany “Eilbote Expres” cover from an extensive Opera topical collection. Travels from Berlin to Kolberg, January 22, 1934. Uses B50, B53 X5, and B54 to pay the 80pf rate. Includes Michel # S114 pair as part of the franking. Elusive three color cover. Looks VF with a crisp same day Back stamp.Cat. Value: S.B. 50
Price Realized: $50.00

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