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Public Auction #447

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COVERS — Germany
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
505CVGermany Flossenbuerg cover with the stamp removed by the censorCat. Value: Cat. 55.00
Price Realized: $40.00
506CVGerman Covers Through the Ages. Six-volume accumulation, with treasures and trash. Approximately 900 items. Mixed condition. Includes commercial and philatelic material, oddities, up-rated correspondence, military mail, culturally and historically significant covers, etc. Housed in binders in rough chronological order, pre-stamp to post-WWII era and beyond. Some covers may require an expert's eye for full evaluation. Old-world, collector-created offering. Lots of unusual goodies.Cat. Value: S.B. 900.00
Price Realized: $2,200.00
507CVGermany Third Reich accumulation from 1936-1945 in a small box. Owner’s count of 367 commercial covers, postcards, and postal stationery. Entails regular, registered, semi-postal, airmail covers as well as special commemorative cancels. Check it out.Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $800.00
508CVGermany likable original holding of a few dozen covers and cards. Mainly 3rd Reich to early 1950’s. all medium to better retail grade with a variety of usages and frankings. Includes commercial and philatelically contrived.Cat. Value: S.B. 475.00
Price Realized: $700.00
509CVGermany old assortment of Willrich military portrait WW II mainly unused propaganda cards in a small binder. Good selection of sixty mostly different cards including tank driver, Luftwaffe flyer, infantry soldier, Stuka pilot, U-boat Captain Schultze, Dr. Neumann, German woman etc. Needs to be inspection in person to full appreciate.Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $350.00
510CVGermany and DDR accumulation from the late 19th Century to the 1970s in one carton. Roughly 600 FDCs, commercial, covers, and postal stationery. About half are DDR FDCs including interesting topicals of Olympics, Leipzig Fair, zoos, monuments, birthday commemoratives, championships etc. The other half are postal history, particularly some WW II. Examination required as condition varies.Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $300.00
511CVGermany old selection of WW II mixed unused and used propaganda cards and postcards having an owner’s count of 170 in two small binders and one cover album. Variety of themes which is a time capsule of the German mindset during this period. A collector or dealer will enjoy this holding.Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $700.00
512CVGermany 19th Century accumulation from 1870 to 1899 in small box. Owner’s count of 98 covers, postal stationery (many) and some postcards. Super for town cancels or destination. A Teutonophile will enjoy this lot.Cat. Value: S.B. 350.00
Price Realized: $800.00
513CVGermany accumulation from 1847 to 1952 in a medium box. Owner’s count of 176 commercial covers, a few FDCs, event covers, postal stationery, and postcards. Entails twenty postcards either having ship or Feldpost cancels, around fifty transatlantic covers to George Claflin Providence Rhode Island having export ship identified, two B118 Hitler Birthday covers. Likewise includes some POW, airmail, Occupation of Alsace-Lorraine and other fascinating postal history items. Worthy of your attention.Cat. Value: S.B. 350.00
Price Realized: $950.00
514CVSmall group of 27 Germany cards and covers from the the last Century. A few interesting flight covers, a small bunch of inflation covers make up the bulk of the value. Should be viewed. Much nicer than expected.Cat. Value: S.B. 325.00
Price Realized: $550.00
515CVGermany assortment from WW I and II roughly from 1917-1943 in a small box. Owner’s count of 168 commercial covers, postcards (many) and postal stationery. Includes twenty-two WW I POW, 69 WW II Feldpost, seven 1943 double censored POW covers to Camp McClellan, Alabama, and forty-six German Occupation/Plebiscite.Cat. Value: S.B. 325.00
Price Realized: $375.00
516CVMarvelous “Kiel” Germany offering from 1822 to 1936. Roughly forty commercial covers, postal stationery, and postcards nicely mounted and annotated in German on what appears to have been an exhibit. If you read the language and like a different selection of covers to specialize in, this lot might be especially for you. Hard to duplicate.Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00
Price Realized: $325.00
517CVGermany thirty-six different WWII propaganda cards. Includes better like 1940 Olympics, Saar Easter Vote, 3rd Reich October Fest, Nuremberg Rally, etc.. Some faults, mainly Fine.Cat. Value: S.B. 280.00
Price Realized: $300.00
518CVGermany selection roughly from 1934 to 2000 in a small box. Over 300 common commercial covers, postal stationery, and postcards. Good for a dollar table.Cat. Value: S.B. 270.00
Price Realized: $130.00
519CVGermany selection from 1900 to 1925 in a shoe box. Owner’s count of 247 covers and postal stationery. Interesting grouping but needs your attention as there are condition concerns on several items.Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $800.00
520CVGermany Allied Occupation assortment roughly 1945-1949 in a pizza size box. Owner’s count of 148 commercial covers and postal stationery. Around 1/3 are French Occupied Zone and the remaining 2/3 are US and British Zones.Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $190.00
521CVThree Germany South America Zeppelin covers from the May 18, 1930 flight using C38 and C39. Proper markings on Rossler cards and envelopes. Rough handling and lightly soiled. Presentable examples.Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $475.00
522CVSeven covers for the mint left over colonies stock from the Reichspostministerium archives sold after the war. Scarce.Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $160.00
523CVGermany several dozen 3rd Reich covers, propaganda cards, Olympic photographs and other various ephemera. Good profit potential.Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $220.00
524CVGermany WW I Feldpost accumulation in a shoe box. Owner’s count of over 500+ postal cards and postcards. A Great War aficionado will enjoy searching for cancels and regiments.Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $120.00
525CVTwo Germany “gelber Hund” 1912 First Flight Official semi-official cards. Both cancelled in Darmstadt on 12.6.1912.Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00
Price Realized: $120.00
526CVGermany box of covers, documents, soldier ID Wehrpass’s, revenue and membership documents, etc. The concentration is from the inflation to 3rd Reich periods with a bit later. A varied lot, fun to sift through.Cat. Value: S.B. 140.00
Price Realized: $170.00
527CVGermany 3rd Reich collection of covers, propaganda cards, stamps and ephemera. Around a hundred of the first two types mentioned. Good lot to breakdown.Cat. Value: S.B. 140.00
Price Realized: $170.00
528CVGermany completed stationary for delivery of the Theresienstadt permit stamp. Scarce.Cat. Value: S.B. 140.00
Price Realized: $100.00
529CVGermany ten oversized official covers each with one or more “POL” perfins. Variety of frankings and cancels.Cat. Value: S.B. 120.00
Price Realized: $90.00
530CVGermany South America Zeppelin cover from the May 18, 1930 flight using C38 x2 and C39 x2. Rough handling, soiled, pencil marks, ugly reverse. Presentable example with high value franking.Cat. Value: S.B. 120.00
Price Realized: $325.00
531CVGermany “Flugzeug Junker W.33” First Flight registered real photo postcard of the Berlin Central Aerodome canceled in Dessau on 14.8.1927. Mailed to Providence, Rhode Island. “Flight did not happen.” Stamped on cover.Cat. Value: S.B. 120.00
Price Realized: $180.00
532CVFour Germany flight cacheted covers, postal card, and postcard from 1932 to 1938. Consists of two Zeppelin, one each Hindenburg and Bremen catapult.Cat. Value: S.B. 120.00
Price Realized: $170.00
533CVGermany Allied Occupation selection 1945-51 in a pizza size box Owner’s count of 100 commercial covers, postal stationery, event postal cards, and postcards. About 60% are Occupation and 40% are famous building issues from 1948-51.Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $160.00
534CVA carton full of Ersttagsblatt (First Day cards) in 8 binders. Date ranges include 1977-9 and 1990-2000 for Germany and 1976-9 and 1989-1990 for Berlin, a few hundred in all. Nice group if you care. Or if you don’t care, it’s still nice but you probably haven’t read this far.Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $50.00
535CVGermany Berlin selection from 1945-1963. Entails eleven covers including some fascinating post WW II having most with old hinges still attached. Coming along for the ride are nineteen 1921 different notgeld.Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $110.00
536CVRegistered Zeppelin flight cover from Frankfort (1.10.36) to New York (10.8.36) for the North American flight (5.10.36). All proper markings, clear cachets, and an interesting zusammendrucke franking, make tis a desirable cover.Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $110.00
537CVGermany registered Velbert cover canceled in 1948 (weak month and day cancel) having one Scott #614a. Mailed to Shelby, Ohio. New York transit cancel on 7.6.1948 and Shelby on July 19.Cat. Value: S.B. 85.00
Price Realized: $30.00
538CVGermany five Reich Parteitag Nurnberg 1936-1938 propaganda cards. Four are postally used and one is unused.Cat. Value: S.B. 75.00
Price Realized: $70.00
539CVGermany 26 rohrpost cards or entires. Nice range of markings.Cat. Value: S.B. 70.00
Price Realized: $55.00
540CV1935 Nuremberg Rally card used at the event with special cancel some edge wearCat. Value: S.B. 70.00
Price Realized: $50.00
541CV1934 Nuremberg Rally card used at the event with a special cancel. Just a bit of edge wear.Cat. Value: S.B. 70.00
Price Realized: $55.00
542CVGermany cover from Prague through the Aeltestenrat der Juden with their handstamp to inmate in TheresienstadtCat. Value: S.B. 70.00
Price Realized: $50.00
543CVGermany Concentration camp Weimar Buchenwald camp instructions at top and censored message from inmateCat. Value: S.B. 55.00
Price Realized: $46.00
544CVGermany Concentration camp Sachsenhausen camp instructions at top and censored message from inmateCat. Value: S.B. 55.00
Price Realized: $46.00
545CVGermany Concentration camp Oranienburg folded cover from inmate with censored contents.Cat. Value: S.B. 55.00
Price Realized: $46.00
546CVGermany female concentration camp Ravensbrueck with camp instruction and censored message from inmate.Cat. Value: S.B. 55.00
Price Realized: $55.00
547CVGermany Concentration camp Hamburg-Neuengamme with camp instructions and censored inmate messageCat. Value: S.B. 55.00
Price Realized: $55.00
548CVGermany Concentration camp Dachau with camp instructions and censored inmate messageCat. Value: S.B. 55.00
Price Realized: $55.00
549CVGermany #9NB1-9NB3 on cover. From Bamberg (3.4.50) to Atlanta, Ga. Stamps (especially 9NB1) seems to have been removed and reattached. The rest of it looks correct. Faults include gum toning, rough handling, jagged opening at reverse. No backstamp.Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $90.00