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Public Auction #440

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COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — East Germany
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
492O*Three Generations Estate. Exemplary East German collection formed with knowledge and flair. Nine-volume assemblage, neatly hinged and mounted on Scott specialty pages and homemade pages. 1949-1990. Includes definitives, commemoratives, airmails, and official stamps. No semipostal issues. MNH, MH, and used with clear cancels. F-VF. Supplemented with philatelic and commercial covers. Five stockbooks featuring mint and used backup of most issues. Catalogue value sure to be quite high. A rare opportunity to acquire a showpiece holding.Cat. Value: S.B. 1400.00
Price Realized: $850.00
493O*From the Three Generations Estate with an exciting focus on early East Germany. Collection in two parts. First section has a large number of pages of stamps issued under Russian occupation. MNH, MH, and used issues of Berlin-Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Thuringia, Saxony Province, West Saxony, and East Saxony, 1945-1949. Contains philatelic and commercial covers. Includes Soviet Occupation Zone overprints with attention paid to printing varieties. Also features two commemorative cards with a 1945 Christmas Relief sheet. Second section features an almost complete holding of East German semipostals, 1949-1990. Includes mint and used stamps, along with FDCs, event covers, and commercial covers. Inspection recommended.Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $600.00
494*Gigantic all-mint collection of East Germany, 1949-1989. Carefully hinged or mounted onto clean pages in a Scott specialty album. Stamps are MNH or mint og. F-VF. Among the best sets are Scott #54-57A, 58-67, 82-84, 122-136, 155-171, and 187-204. Includes a large number of stamps, booklet panes, and souvenir sheets. Focuses on regular postage stamps; no BOB present. Nearly complete for the time period. Ready for expansion.Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00
Price Realized: $650.00