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Public Auction #440

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COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — German Areas
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
484O*Out of sight collection in a Scott International album from 1920 to 1944 from the Belgian in the Carolinas estate. Encompasses hundreds and hundreds of mint and used stamps in full, partial sets, and singles. The backup consists of cancellations, color, shade, and perforate varieties making this a tempting selection for the specialist. Includes Allenstein, Marienwerder, Memel, General Government, etc. A terrific offering from a three generational collection that survived German occupation in two world wars.Cat. Value: S.B. 1350.00
Price Realized: $1,050.00
485O*Diamond in the rough. Comprehensive German collection, with backup, 1851-2014. MNH, mint og, and used. Condition mixed, but many attractive, sound stamps present. Housed in five worn Minkus albums and four stockbooks; hinged onto loose sheets. Albums contain thousands and thousands of singles and sets, with many pages well filled; album for East Germany appears to be virtually complete. Many surprises present throughout the holding. Stockbooks and loose sheets have large amounts of duplication. High catalog value overall. Ready for a patient, energetic collector to organize the copious amounts of material into an admirable advanced intermediate collection. Duplicates can be used for trading or flyspecking. Worth exploring.Cat. Value: S.B. 1000.00
Price Realized: $1,250.00
486OWell-presented collection of stamps from Germany, German states, German colonies, German protectorates, and occupied areas. Nineteenth century to 1964. All used and F-VF, with a mix of city-date cancels, favor cancels, and CTO. Hinged onto Scott specialty pages with care and accuracy. High catalogue value. Ready for further expansion!Cat. Value: S.B. 800.00
Price Realized: $850.00
487O*Three-volume intermediate collection of mint and used Germany, former German States, territories, and colonies—1849-1977. Mounted in a clean Minkus specialty album, with additional stamps housed in two like-new hingeless albums. Singles and sets from all periods of German philately, including a strong representation of stamps from the Third Reich. Some pages more complete than others. High catalog value. Ideal for expansion.Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00
Price Realized: $450.00
488O*Post WWII Germany and area collection in hingeless albums. Embraces a three volume Federal Republic through 1990, a fairly complete Berlin collection from the overprints through 1990, and a two volume DDR 1972-2000. Mixed mint and used with a focus on mint. Lots of high ticket items in complete sets to be rediscovered in this well organized east to figure lot. See the webphotos for more highlights.Cat. Value: S.B. 475.00
Price Realized: $450.00
489O*Remainder lot from the Three Generations Estate. Four stockbooks and one album of German area material. Includes MNH, MH, and used stamps from Germany, 1872-1990s, along with issues from various German states. Roughly organized with reasonable duplication. Pickings throughout and worth viewing.Cat. Value: S.B. 325.00
Price Realized: $375.00
490O*Small group of around fifty items, mainly sets, singles, and part sets, from all over Germany. Many have faults that precluded them from our singles section. Lots of dubious and mis described. Enough value for a small lot that surely will need personal inspection for an educated bid.Cat. Value: S.B. 240.00
Price Realized: $450.00