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Public Auction #444

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COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — Germany
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
613**German sophistication. Impressive seven-volume collection of Germany, 1872-2000. Largely complete, with most items mint and never hinged. Stamps, album pages, binders, and slipcases in excellent condition. A delight to page through. See the scans for an introduction to the lot and then view everything in person ASAP.Cat. Value: S.B. 3250.00
Price Realized: $3,250.00
614O*Bountiful assemblage of German favorites, 1870’s to 1945. Page-after-page of sought-after mint and used German Empire, Weimar Republic, and Third Reich singles and sets, hinged or mounted onto Minkus specialty pages. Strong representation of BOB. Also features stamps from the North German Postal District and Alsace & Lorraine. Loaded with cancel and printing varieties, specialty items, etc., including some dubious or questionable stamps that may require an expert’s eye for full evaluation. Enormous catalog value. Lots of annotation and collector commentary. Should yield an impressive collection once the mass of material is sorted and placed in a new album or stockbook. See the large number of scans for more information. View and drool.Cat. Value: S.B. 2500.00
Price Realized: $5,000.00
615O*Germany collection in six clean Scott Specialty albums and slipcases from 1870 to 2018 in two cartons. Comprises hundreds and hundreds of mixed mint and used stamps in full, partial sets, singles, and souvenir sheets nicely mounted in black mounts. Missing the “key” items. Includes DDR and a Bavaria collection on homemade pages in the sixth album. An opportunity to own a respectable German collection. Ready to complete.Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $1,100.00
616O*Post-WWII German philately, 1945-1965. Almost complete representation of all issues from the Anglo-American Zones and the Federal Republic during this time period. Includes many Michel-listed varieties as well as mint and used examples of most singles and sets from West Germany. Hundreds of stamps in delightful condition. High catalog value. Material is hinged or mounted, arranged neatly, and overall fresh and colorful. View scans for more information. Ready for a new owner.Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00
Price Realized: $800.00
617*Germany mint collection appears complete from 1932 to 1944 in a Palo hingeless album. Highlights in Winter Relief and Ostropa souvenir sheet and C35-37, C38-39, C40-42, and C48-45. Nice collection worthy of your attention.Cat. Value: S.B. 550.00
Price Realized: $1,250.00
618OA very attractive, almost complete collection beginning in 1875 and continuing to the end of the Third Reich. The owner’s attention to condition makes this a very desirable assemblage. An original collector’s collection that deserves your close inspection.Cat. Value: S.B. 475.00
Price Realized: $700.00
619*Not-Your-Everyday German lot. Three volumes of attractive German material suitable for a collection or retail stock. Includes assorted booklets, Zusammendrucke, strips, and numbered or unnumbered coils. Dates range from the early 1920’s to 2000/2001. Housed in expensive hingeless albums and stockbooks. Also contains a large pile of Lindner hingeless pages from diverse periods and areas of German philately, some with stamps. Rewarding lot to view and offered at a bargain suggested bid.Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $475.00
620O*Small dealer’s stock of Germany in six stockbooks. Emphasis on the post-WWII period to 1980’s. Has sections of stamps from Berlin, the post-war Zones, East Germany, and West Germany. Also includes miscellaneous Third Reich semipostals and spotty coverage of other BOB. Needs expansion; numerous stockpages are empty or almost empty. Contains many complete sets and MNH items. High overall catalog value.Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $280.00
621O*A treasure hunt in a medium carton of all things German. Noted an IPOSTA sheet (NH, perf seps); a good run of post-war regulars and semi-postals; a sparsely occupied Scott album; a well filled binder of Berlin often parallel mint and used; a stockbook of colonial issues; a small box of mint zusammendrucke; and much more. More fun than a beer barrel of monkeys.Cat. Value: S.B. 350.00
Price Realized: $450.00
622**A wonderful collection housed in five Lindner hingeless albums beginning in 1954 and continuing to 2000. An especially clean and fresh material of European quality. Exceptional condition throughout invites you to view this lot.Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00
Price Realized: $290.00
623O*Plenty of fun but no calories. Pizza box full of singles, sets, souvenir sheets, sheetlets, etc. from various phases of German philately, nineteenth century to 1990’s. Regular postage stamps and BOB, with minimal duplication. Includes a few items from German states and Empire; most material is from 1920’s, Third Reich, and 1950’s West Germany/East Germany. Reasonable amount of post-1960 stamps. Neatly housed in sales sheets and identified; pricing needs to be updated. Contains glassine of assorted U.S. and general foreign. Twenty photos posted for your consideration.Cat. Value: S.B. 270.00
Price Realized: $300.00
624*Germany "the inflation period" album in fake alligator skin binding from the Chicago "German American Press Association" circa 1927-1931. Shows by use of stamps the horrors of inflation in the post WWI period 1919-1924. Includes lots of information, rates, etc. Remarkable condition.Cat. Value: S.B. 120.00
Price Realized: $75.00
625O*A seldom seen German Railroad stamp collection in a small stock. Over 350 items dating from 1903 to 1920. Condition a little mixed. A group worth exploring.Cat. Value: S.B. 75.00
Price Realized: $210.00
626O*Accumulation of a couple hundred saved for a shade and perf study to eventually build a collection. Time to finish the job.Cat. Value: S.B. 60.00
Price Realized: $44.00