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Public Auction #442

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COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — United States and General Foreign
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
255O*CVWorldwide Extravaganza in Search of T.L.C. An out-of-the-ordinary holding of general foreign and U.S. material, nineteenth century to 1960’s. Nine well-worn stockbooks and albums, along with one small box of salescards and glassines, loaded with many of the classics of philately. Mint and used. Strong presence of U.S. stamps. Immense quantity of singles and sets of intermediate value or better; total catalog value is out-of-this-world. Watch out! Many pages are torn or disintegrating; some stamps are coming loose, but nothing sick or diseased noted. View the many photos of this attractive lot. A stamp collector’s dream. Buy it, organize it, display it, and create a legacy.Cat. Value: S.B. 1600.00
Price Realized: $3,750.00
256O*The ultimate starter assembly of US and General Foreign. Includes a few Foreign Kids albums, loose foreign stamps to add to the albums, a group of White Ace binders housing a basic plate block collection. The best part is a three volume mint and used collection nested in Scott Platinum hingeless albums holding a better medium value stamp or set. A spot check resulted finding a favorable amount of NH material. Also included is a random selection of modern covers and FDC's. And what mixed lot doesn’t have postage to use to mail in bids to your favorite auction company located here in the Midwest.Cat. Value: S.B. 1100.00
Price Realized: $1,700.00
257O*A good accumulation beginning with the Banknotes and continuing to around the 1930’s needs organizing. Commemoratives are well represented as are the Bureaus and Washington Franklins. Of special interest is the selection of revenues; both first and second issues as well as documents and stock transfer are present with some having handstamp cancellations. Higher denominations are present. Locals are sold “as is”. Of the foreign countries with important selections are Canada, Germany, German States and German colonies. Great Britain, the British colonies of Cyprus, Gibraltar, Malta and others are included. States of India, Memel, Cuba, Brazil, Spain and Switzerland round out the foreign selections on stock pages. A box containing countries beside those mentioned and a small group of covers deserves inspection. Condition is mixed.Cat. Value: S.B. 1100.00
Price Realized: $2,300.00
258O*CVEnormous United States and worldwide accumulation from various decades of the 20th Century in twenty-seven cartons. Thousands of mint and used stamps having lots of backup in albums, binders, stockbooks, small boxes etc. Take a look as this lot might be right up you alley.Cat. Value: S.B. 1100.00
Price Realized: $1,900.00
259O*A well balanced U.S. and worldwide collection of several thousand different mainly used in nine albums. Everything is neatly mounted many years ago to about where it stops in the mid 1960’s on custom homemade pages. Looks to be put together from packets of the day. Therefore, colorful pictorials abound. Also, includes postage from the day in a stockbook plus miscellaneous in glassines.Cat. Value: S.B. 1000.00
Price Realized: $1,300.00
260O*CVNineteen carton of United States and worldwide mostly from the early 1900s to the 1990s. Comprises thousands and thousands of mixed mint and used stamps having beneficial backup in albums, stockbooks, binders, and subscription items. Entails material from a well-known East Coast promotional company. Involves some US FDCs both cacheted and noncacheted from the latter part of the 20th Century. Lovingly assembled by a collector who served our country. Searching will be advantageous. Take a look.Cat. Value: S.B. 900.00
Price Realized: $1,800.00
261O*Sixteen heavy cartons from a hoard from the Northern Suburbs. At least 100,000 (probably more) stamps seen while reboxing. Exist on paper, off paper, in glassines some bulging, on stockcards roughly sorted, in stockbooks and collections. Mixed condition. Duplication. Hoarded over many years by a knowledgeable flyspeck and cancel hunter so anything may be included. Just reboxed and quantified. Gambler's lot for sure.Cat. Value: S.B. 800.00
Price Realized: $375.00
262O*Another sixteen heavy cartons from a hoard from the Northern Suburbs. Innumerable stamps seen while reboxing. Exist on paper, off paper, in glassines some bulging, on stockcards roughly sorted. Loose unsorted, in stockbooks, folder collections, country collections, and broken apart world albums. Mixed condition. Duplication. Hoarded over many years by a knowledgeable flyspeck and cancel hunter so anything may be included. Just reboxed and quantified by us. Disheveled. Gambler's lot for sure.Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $375.00
263O*Fifteen more heavy cartons from a hoard from the Northern Suburbs. Innumerable stamps seen while reboxing. Exist on paper, off paper, in glassines some bulging, on stockcards roughly sorted, in stockbooks, folder collections, country collections, and world albums. Mixed condition. Duplication. Hoarded over many years by a knowledgeable flyspeck and cancel hunter so anything may be included. Just reboxed and quantified by us. Gambler's lot for sure.Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $350.00
264O*Consignment balance in albums, sheet file folders, stockbooks, mounted on loose pages and in glassines. The U.S. holds the majority of the value but notable foreign in British omnibus issues, Far East, Middle East and France. In regards to the U.S. you’ll find useful full sheets and plate blocks to add up, revenues plus other possessions. From an old holding.Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $1,300.00
265O*Fourteen more heavy cartons from a hoard from the Northern Suburbs. Innumerable stamps seen while reboxing. Exist on paper, off paper, in glassines some bulging, on stockcards roughly sorted, in stockbooks, folder collections, country collections, and world albums. Mixed condition. Duplication. Hoarded over many years by a knowledgeable flyspeck and cancel hunter so anything may be included. Some Germany accumulations in this one. Just reboxed and quantified by us. Gambler's lot for sure.Cat. Value: S.B. 700.00
Price Realized: $450.00
266O*Another fifteen heavy cartons from a hoard from the Northern Suburbs. Innumerable stamps seen while reboxing. Exist on paper, off paper, loose, unsorted, in glassines some bulging, on stockcards roughly sorted, in stockbooks, folder collections, country collections, approval books, and broken apart world albums. Mixed condition. Duplication. Hoarded over many years by a knowledgeable flyspeck, bargain and cancel hunter so anything may be included. Just reboxed and quantified by us. Disheveled. Gambler's lot for sure.Cat. Value: S.B. 700.00
Price Realized: $475.00
267O*CVOld time accumulation/collection that has not seen the light of day for decades. There is an interesting selection of early sheets (One folder includes some material that is stuck down and also a few in the home made albums also stuck down), a good amount of postage, some older covers, postal stationery and revenues. The cancelled stamps include precanceled and most are from the first half of the twentieth century. There is some foreign and the better items represented are from Canada. Condition is mixed but many sound attractive stamps are present.Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $1,300.00
268O*Thirteen more heavy cartons from a hoard from the Northern Suburbs. Innumerable stamps seen while reboxing. Exist on paper, off paper, loose, in glassines some bulging, on stockcards roughly sorted, in stockbooks, folder collections, country collections, and a couple world albums. Mixed condition. Duplication. Hoarded over many years by a knowledgeable flyspeck and cancel hunter so anything may be included. Just reboxed and quantified by us. Lots of Germany in this one. Gambler's lot for sure.Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $425.00
269O*Another fourteen heavy cartons from a hoard from the Northern Suburbs. Innumerable stamps seen while reboxing. Exist on paper, off paper, in glassines some bulging, loose poundage, bundle ware, on stockcards roughly sorted, in stockbooks, folder collections, country collections, and broken apart world albums. Mixed condition. Duplication. Hoarded over many years by a knowledgeable flyspeck and cancel hunter so anything may be included. Just reboxed and quantified by us. Some "better" to be found. Gambler's lot for sure.Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $750.00
270O*CVSelection of United States and worldwide from the 1880s to the 1980s in six cartons. Thousands of mixed mint and used stamps in stockbooks, small boxes, glassines, stock, album pages, and loose having suitable backup. Mostly worldwide including around a half dozen stockbooks of Western Europe concentrating from the 1950s to 1980s, a small box of Monaco, etc. a wee bit of low value United States postage, and an assortment of basically common worldwide commercial covers from the 1970s-1980s.Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $700.00
271O*Twelve more heavy cartons from a hoard from the Northern Suburbs. Innumerable stamps seen while reboxing. Exist on paper, off paper, in glassines some bulging, loose, on stockcards roughly sorted, in stockbooks, folder collections, country collections, and world albums. Mixed condition. Duplication. Hoarded over many years by a knowledgeable flyspeck and cancel hunter so anything may be included. Just reboxed and quantified by us. Messy. Gambler's lot for sure.Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00
Price Realized: $750.00
272O*Another thirteen heavy cartons from an almost endless hoard from the Northern Suburbs. Innumerable stamps seen while reboxing. Exist on paper, off paper, in glassines some bulging, loose poundage, bundle ware, on stockcards roughly sorted, in stockbooks, dozens of folder collections, country collections, and broken apart world albums. Mixed condition. Duplication. Hoarded over many years by a knowledgeable flyspeck and cancel hunter so anything may be included. Just reboxed and quantified by us. Some "better" to be found. Gambler's lot for sure.Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00
Price Realized: $750.00
273O*Another twelve heavy cartons from a seemingly endless hoard from the Northern Suburbs. Innumerable stamps seen while reboxing. Exist on paper, off paper, in glassines some bulging, loose poundage, bundle ware, on stockcards roughly sorted, in stockbooks, dozens of folder collections, country collections, and broken apart world albums. Mixed condition. Redundant duplication. Hoarded over many years by a knowledgeable flyspeck and cancel hunter so anything may be included. Just reboxed and quantified by us. Some "better" to be found. Gambler's lot for sure.Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00
Price Realized: $325.00
274O*Eleven more heavy cartons from a hoard from the Northern Suburbs. Innumerable stamps seen while reboxing. Exist on paper, off paper, in glassines some bulging, on stockcards roughly sorted, in stockbooks, folder collections, country collections, and broken apart world albums. Mixed condition. Duplication. Hoarded over many years by a knowledgeable flyspeck and cancel hunter so anything may be included. Just reboxed and quantified by us. Decent Germany. Gambler's lot for sure.Cat. Value: S.B. 550.00
Price Realized: $290.00
275O*Another ten heavy cartons from a seemingly endless hoard from the Northern Suburbs. Innumerable stamps seen while reboxing. Exist on paper, off paper, in glassines some bulging, mission mixes, loose poundage, bundle ware, on stockcards roughly sorted, in stockbooks, folder collections, country collections, and broken apart world albums. Mixed condition. Duplication. Hoarded over many years by a knowledgeable flyspeck and cancel hunter so anything may be included. Just reboxed and quantified by us. Some "better" to be found. Gambler's lot for sure.Cat. Value: S.B. 475.00
Price Realized: $600.00
276O*A mint and used European collection of mixed condition mounted on old quadrille pages many years ago. Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, German States, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Danzig, Hungary, Poland and Saar are well represented. Germany stands out as an interesting selection. Also included are US mint sheets of marginal quality some of which are stuck together, souvenir sheets, and plate blocks. This is an interesting lot and well worth a look.Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $400.00
277O*CVConsignment as received in six cartons. Includes dozens of collections and stockbooks holding all totaled thousands of stamps and many worldwide first day covers. Some of topical nature and some are stamp saver mixes. A few of the collections are sparse, clean starters all would be easy to sell by the book at shows or the internet.Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $400.00
278O*CVCloset cleaning eight carton lot from the depths of an Ohio dealer's back room. Remaindered US collections in albums many with medium value sets and singles. 3 cent to ten cent postage to figure. Messy foreign accumulations in small boxes. Old beginner collections. And just plain stuff to sort, organize and enjoy.Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $500.00
279O*A collection of foreign and U.S. stamps on owners’ hand-made pages in seven binders. Some early U.S. but starting with the 1930’s there are increasing numbers up to 1988. Early air mails are well represented as is the Back of Book areas, including Special Delivery, Postage Due and Revenues. The five remaining volumes of general foreign have some nineteenth century material with the balance being twentieth century up to the 1960s. There are a couple thousand stamps with very little duplication. Early China, Great Britain and France among other countries deserve a close inspection. Great for the beginning collector.Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $475.00
280O*The National album is sparse until the Banknote issue where cancelled stamps of interest begin. The Washington Franklin’s are well represented including cancelled coil pairs. A puzzle box containing US plate blocks, United Nations souvenir cards and more is of interest. Five stock books round out this lot containing foreign and US mint and used. The stamps are of above average condition with many desirable singles and sets.Cat. Value: S.B. 375.00
Price Realized: $350.00
281O*Four cartons of remaindered collections with most of the power gone long ago. Hundreds and hundreds of stamps. The US are mostly common used in multiples along with a few pre 1975 collections where all that remains are the face types. Almost all of these are 13 cents face and under amounting to around $300 face. Best country group is Monaco, but a bunch of general foreign are here to cloud the value. Been recycled once, another go anyone?Cat. Value: S.B. 375.00
Price Realized: $500.00
282O*Nine more cartons from a hoard from the Northern Suburbs. Innumerable stamps seen while reboxing. Exist on paper, off paper, in glassines, in stockbooks, some albums and small boxes. Mixed condition. Duplication. Hoarded over many years by a knowledgeable hunter so anything may be included. Just reboxed and quantified by us. Gambler's lot for sure.Cat. Value: S.B. 350.00
Price Realized: $425.00
283O*CVTwo cartons of United States and worldwide from the 1860s to the 1980s. Comprises hundreds and hundreds of mixed mint and used stamps having backup in albums, binders, stockbooks, etc. Involves a neat stock page of Confederate States of America, roughly one hundred face US postage mainly in sheets, common US FDCs from the 1940s to 1980s, Canada assortment plus miscellany. An eclectic offering.Cat. Value: S.B. 350.00
Price Realized: $450.00
284O*Seven carton accumulation of United States and worldwide from various decades of the 20th Century mostly ending in the 1960s. Comprises hundreds and hundreds of mixed mint and used stamps having plenty of backup in small boxes, glassines, binders, envelopes, and subscription items. Spotted a few pockets of interesting value. Viewing might be profitable.Cat. Value: S.B. 350.00
Price Realized: $180.00
285O*CVAn adventuresome accumulation of United States and General Foreign. Includes cheap used on and off paper, sorted and unsorted, a tiny bit of US in year sets and postage, a dilapidated General Foreign collection, bags and bags of purchased material never to be placed in a collection, an interesting assembly of the ever popular US precancels. The heart of the value lies in a better than average starter US used collection with plenty of value. More fun than a barrel of monkeys. All you need is a few more albums to transfer the many recyclable items to be found in this surprising holding.Cat. Value: S.B. 350.00
Price Realized: $800.00
286O*Dirty, dusty hoard of stamp stuff from the house of an old school collector circa 1960-1986. High percentage of subscription items married to dozens of remaindered world albums. Fills thirteen heavy cartons. Just a few thousand stamps. Sparse albums with just a few tins of loose on and off paper stamps to sort. Looks mainly common to us. Take a look and see what you think.Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00
Price Realized: $210.00
287O*CVFour cartons of United States and worldwide from various decades of the 20th Century. Comprises hundreds and hundreds of mint and used stamps having useful backup in albums, stockbooks, sixteen small red boxes having stamps in glassines as well as some covers. Check it out.Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00
Price Realized: $500.00
288O*Weird five carton lot as received. Heavy. Poorly organized in metal recipe boxes (80+) by country and era, plus 18 binders of beginner groups mounted with photo corners or stored on manila stockcards. Thousands of stamps mixed mint and used in glassines inside the metal boxes. Noticed some decent Japan and a small pile of cheap US postage to count. Recycle the metal boxes and the stamps. What fun!Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $800.00
289O*CVConsignment offered as received in five bulbous cartons. Includes rudimentary United States and General Foreign collections, small containers of on and off paper US and GF, unused mounts, and a bit of postage to count to add to your pleasure. Wonderful opportunity for a happy go lucky budding collector.Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $500.00
290O*CVSix carton run off from a South Florida consignment. Mainly common used US (sorted into "can't see inside" envelopes), a carton of mostly common covers with a preponderance of uncacheted addressed FDCs and some foreign correspondence, most of a carton of used on paper US definitives, plus a handful of remaindered world collections in one carton,. May appeal to someone.Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $190.00
291O*CVUnited States and Foreign Countries—Joint Issues. Multi-frame, lovingly prepared exhibit of unknown date. In excellent condition with write-up and illustrative stamps, covers, and other items. Everything mounted on pages and placed in sheet protectors. Appears to be mostly complete. Includes a box of additional material and the beginnings of a second exhibit dealing with transportation and flag coils. Along for the ride is a third exhibit featuring cachets, cards, and cancels by a Milwaukee-based graphic artist in the twentieth century. Everything is ready for updating, refinement, and future philatelic competition.Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $150.00
292O*CVTreasure Hunter’s Delight. Three cartons of philatelic surprises for your sorting pleasure. Includes a couple of envelopes of United Nations bulk postage, worldwide FDC’s and commercial covers, miscellaneous general foreign singles and sets, postal stationery, and picture postcards. Numerous desirable items are mixed in with less attractive material. Place a successful bid, bring the cartons home, get to work on the sorting, and show off your finds to all your friends.Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $100.00
293O*United States and Canada Holding. Small box filled with stamps in glassines, stamps hinged on pages, old covers, etc. Includes items from Canada, Great Britain, and the United States, late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Disorganized, but not smelly or moldy. Lots of catalog value and collector appeal. Roll up your sleeves, dig in, and get your bid ready.Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00
Price Realized: $650.00