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Public Auction #444

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Bids updated August 14, 2020 at 6:32pm (New York time)

COVER ACCUMULATIONS — Germany
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
116CVAll the better Germany covers in a cover album and a small pizza sized box from a specialist collector. Strength is post war Germany with many semipostals on cover, some in complete sets. Begins with a trio of Zeppelins and follows up through more modern FDCs of the 1960s. Just under 150 covers in all with many that have premium Michel catalog values. Extensive webphotos just begin to show the scope and sequence of this valuable holding.Cat. Value: S.B. 950.00
Price Realized: $1,150.00
117CVCollection of 492 WW1 feldpost cancels. Wide variety of unit cancels, dates and auxillary markings on postalcards (273) and picture postcards (219). On the latter mentioned, many times the view side adds value.Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00
Price Realized: $400.00
118CVSelection of mainly Germany. Consists of roughly seventy WW II unused and postally used propaganda cards and postal cards in a binder from a large assortment of this material which are mostly in the single cover section of this auction.Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $600.00
119CVGermany Zeppelin First Flight assortment in a pizza size box. Involves eighteen mainly cacheted covers and postal cards starting with 1912 Rhein Main Gelber Hund through 1938. One Gleber Hund is missing stamps on its reverse. Coming along for the ride is a US C18 cover. Original 1930s Graf Zeppelin Life and Works in German booklet is a bonus. Examination required (see scans) as some items will have stains, old mount mark remains, tears, and folds. Still a decent selection of postal history for the Zeppelin aficionado.Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $600.00
120CVOriginal selection of twenty-sfive appears different Germany 1931 Bremen and Europa catapult Ship to Shore covers. Most mailed to the same person. Comprises some interesting frankings. Seven are autographed by the Bremen captain on the reverse Medium corner toning on several covers from storage and one cover is damaged. Not to be missed by collectors.Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $950.00
121CVAll the German covers hoarded in a large dealer's unpriced backup stock in three medium sized cartons. Seems to be mainly 1945 through 1999 with everyday mail being a focus. Lots of large size legal envelopes with mostly single rate first class postage in the estimated 1,500 cards and covers included.Cat. Value: S.B. 220.00
Price Realized: $600.00
122CVA compact Germany cover/postcard accumulation of around 175 items. Almost entirely WWII era. Includes over 135 covers, post cards, postal cards, and over 35 real photograph picture postcards. Condition is a little mixed. Good lot for the general German WWII era postal history accumulator.Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $1,000.00
123CVAccumulation of several hundred German WW II POW covers. Also involves a two covers from the Grunberg slave labor camp.Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $210.00
124CVPost-WWII German Splendor. Group of 27 full and partial covers with commemoratives and definitives. Includes issues from the Allied Zones and the Federal Republic. Mixture of philatelic and commercial usages and rates. Interesting slogan cancels. Presentable condition. Nice additions to a Germany-focused postal history collection.Cat. Value: S.B. 180.00
Price Realized: $130.00
125CVFive rocket mail covers from the 1930’s. Wagner collectors should take note.Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $230.00
126CVThirty-seven cards and covers from a Soviet POW camp. It’s a correspondence from Eric Schumann to his family in Saxony between 1947 and 1949. If you read German there could be interesting history.Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00
Price Realized: $75.00
127CVGermany assortment of around forty WW I Fieldpost covers from a variety of units stationed in Romania. An unusual find.Cat. Value: S.B. 75.00
Price Realized: $60.00