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Public Auction #437

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COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — German Areas
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
439O*Germany mint collection 1849-2016 in thirteen Lighthouse albums. DDR is best with the country mainly complete in five binders with mostly complete sets many NH. Berlin is loaded , too. Apparently complete mint with all the power to 1990. Weaker German States on clean pages. Fairly sparse Empire collection as the emphasis is on mint sets. Still some power here. Significant Third Reich with Winter Relief Sheet, Ostropa Sheet plus much more. The four volume Germany begins with a mint Posthorn set and progresses unfettered through 2016. Pages incur pencil notations of the owner's cost and purchase place that do not detract from the stamps. Everything is securely mounted in black mounts that seem to have protected them from any damage over the long time it took to acquire these. Wonderful almost complete collection in two heavy cartons ready for a new caretaker.Cat. Value: S.B. 2600.00
Price Realized: $3,250.00
440O*Germany zusammendrucke collection/accumulation in five shelf worthy albums with stamps 1911 to 2007. No advertising label combinations in the Germania section, but over 75% complete thereon. Strongest in the DDR with well over 90% coverage in matched Lighthouse albums. Better than average West Germany and Berlin group with many premium items. Also includes horizontal pairs, a few booklet panes and three small stockbooks of duplicates. Along for the ride are the set of 2016 Michel Specialized catalogs and a handful of used Vario pages.Cat. Value: S.B. 1300.00
Price Realized: $1,400.00
441O*CVGermany extensive Zones collection in five clean sometimes overlapping Albums. All Zones represented with all having power in the Michel only listed varieties. Huge Michel catalog value. Mixed mint and used sometimes parallel across albums. Even a bunch of covers to sweeten the deal. All zones are specialized with the French Zone and Soviet Zone having the most value. The American and British Zones show specialization in the "band and carpet" overprints and the Building Issue. Needs a long careful look to fully appreciate the amount of expense and work it took to get this group into the wonderful condition of completeness it now is.Cat. Value: S.B. 1200.00
Price Realized: $1,700.00
442O*German areas Superior stock of Danzig and East Germany in a counter book. By far most of the value lies in the Danzig which includes Michel listed varieties. Many items are expertized which adds to the desirability.Cat. Value: S.B. 1200.00
Price Realized: $1,050.00
443O*German Area red box stock labeled "3rd Reich". Fairly full of 102 size cards, each with an interesting set or single from a long time German Area dealer. Each card is expertly cataloged (both Michel and/or Scott) and is properly market priced and is ready for sale at shows as his "under $20 stock". As received with nothing removed by us offered at a small fraction of the accurate retail value. Should be viewed in person as the web photos are only a sample.Cat. Value: S.B. 1100.00
Price Realized: $700.00
444O*German Area red box stock labeled "Weimar, inflation, Saar". Three quarters full of 102 size cards, each with an interesting set, short set, or single from a long time German Area dealer. Each card is expertly cataloged (both Michel and/or Scott) and is properly market priced and is ready for sale at shows as his "under $20 stock". As received with nothing removed by us offered at a small fraction of the accurate retail value. Should be viewed in person as the web photos are only a sample.Cat. Value: S.B. 1050.00
Price Realized: $700.00
445O*Germany and area accumulation gleaned from the Cornwell Creek holding in two large cartons. Highlights include: five pizza size boxes each having old auction and collection pages with stamps from all over the German Area, and two large stockbooks in Scott order, one for regular issues to 1945, and the other the semipostals from the same era. Huge aggerate catalog value with strength in the early post WWII federals, and a group of solid airmails. Improves with viewing.Cat. Value: S.B. 950.00
Price Realized: $1,900.00
446O*German Area counter book labeled "Miscellaneous". Around 90 pages, each with an interesting set or single from a long time German Area dealer. Each page is expertly cataloged (both Michel and/or Scott) and is properly market priced. As received with nothing removed by us offered at a small fraction of the accurate retail value. Should be viewed in person as the web photos only give an inkling as to what is contained.Cat. Value: S.B. 900.00
Price Realized: $800.00
447O*German Areas with French, American, and British Zones collection on commercial and homemade Lighthouse pages where the French Zone is the best. Oodles of varieties expertly annotated and sorted according to paper type, perforations, and printings. Includes many seldom seen varieties in better than average condition. A wealth of information with examples for the collector of these. One almost certainly will become an expert after working with a group like this. The extensive webphotos only tell part of the story.Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $750.00
448O*German Area red box stock labeled "Soviet, DDR, Berlin, Bundespost". Three quarters full of 102 size cards, each with an interesting set or single from a long time German Area dealer. Each card is expertly cataloged (both Michel and/or Scott) and is properly market priced and is ready for sale at shows as his "under $20 stock". As received with nothing removed by us offered at a small fraction of the accurate retail value. Should be viewed in person as the web photos are only a sample.Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $500.00
449O*German Areas four unrelated albums with duplicated US, Russian, French and British zones after WWII. No real collection, just hundreds of stamps sorted onto homemade pages chronologically. Some better stamps remain along with dozens of varieties that include stronger than most Building issues. Needs to be matched up to an intermediate hingeless collection for many filled spaces will result. Along for the ride are three envelopes of fairly unrelated duplicates. The multiple webphotos help, but an in person viewing is better.Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $475.00
450O*German Areas with Saar, Danzig, WWI and WWII occupations, and Allied Military Government mint collections across three albums. Saar is best with mint complete sets especially in the charities and souvenir sheets. The Danzig is missing only the rarities again with many mint complete sets. The AMG collection is on Bush abridged pages over 80% complete. Strong French Zone with better than most coverage. Easy lot to figure in one medium sized carton.Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $1,700.00
451O*Germany collection/accumulation in two cartons. Highlights include: five old Lighthouse albums 1849 - 1972 (remaindered of most of their power), a couple of stockbooks of interesting duplicates and multiples, and four cigar boxes of sorted duplicates. High aggregate catalog. Worthy of continuation.Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $475.00
452O*German Area WW II collections from 1939 to 1945 in a medium carton. Several hundred mint stamps in full, partial sets, singles, and souvenir sheets. Entails Croatia in an old style Schaubek hingeless album and slipcase (no sheets) and Slovakia, Serbia, Laibach, Montenegro, Albania etc. in an old-style Lighthouse album in black mounts.Cat. Value: S.B. 325.00
Price Realized: $1,000.00