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OrcoExpo Worldwide Philatelic Auction, Fullerton, CA

Worldwide Covers

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1934		Worldwide Covers, Dealer's Worldwide Stock, Over 1000 U.S. and Worldwide from all over the world, lots of older commercial covers with a great range of countries and usages, you'll find registered, airmails, FDC's, censors, underpaid as well as postal stationery, total retail exceeds $24,000, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details	Realized $2,185
Lot 1935		Worldwide Covers, Collection of About 1000, from a collector with nothing removed better items throughout including, Zeppelins, unused Mulready, many early Canada, First Flights, better German Area items, set of Karl Marx souvenir sheets FDCs, great for dealer or internet dealer as many items are stand alone lots, must inspect, huge cat. value, mixed condition. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details and photo	Realized $5,463
Lot 1936		Worldwide Covers, Censor Group, Large group of 1000+ items from mainly Europe and the U.S., most items from the WWII period but some later and earlier items seen, most items in the $5 to $10 range, owners retail $13, 100+, generally Fine. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 1937		Worldwide Covers, Unpicked Commercial Accumulation, 4000+ accumulated over many decades loose in 4 full boxes, 19th & 20th Century with nothing very recent, anything could be in there, from stampless, censored, etc., needs to be carefully inspected, excellent lot to brake down for stock, Fine overall. See lot ?? for the used stationery balance. Estimate $2,000-3,000. View details	Realized $3,738
Lot 1938		Worldwide Covers, Stock of Around 1300, with lots of commercial material, incl. airmail, registered, censors, FDC's, postal stationery as well as other usages with U.S., Germany, Europe, Latin America, British Area and Asia, retail values are generally between $10-$40 with a total retail of over $22,000, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 1939		Worldwide Covers, Collector's Decades of Accumulating, couple thousand loose in two full boxes, culled from collections bought with much of it in the classic period, small box with stationery mostly mint, strength in Europe incl. German and Italian States, G.B., stampless, etc., better covers throughout, needs close inspection with excellent potential for retail. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $3,220
Lot 1940		Worldwide Covers, Aviation History Collection, Album filled with historical covers, autographs, photos and more incl. U.S., many $100 and up items, very unique items, generally Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details and photo	Realized $1,668
Lot 1941		Worldwide Covers, Unpicked Commercial Stationery Accumulation, Couple thousand plus accumulated over many decades loose in 2 full boxes, 19th & 20th Century with nothing very recent, incl. Aerogrammes, occasional dupl., anything could be in there, etc., needs to be carefully inspected, excellent lot to brake down for stock, Fine overall. See lot ?? for the used cover balance. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $633
Lot 1942		Worldwide Covers, FDC Collection, Two bankers boxes with thousands, many older from the 40s and 50s incl. British Commonwealth, Italy, AMG, Iceland, Australia and many others, please inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $700-800. View details and photo	Realized $1,955
Lot 1943		Worldwide Covers, WWII Censor Collection in Albums, Over 500 different in five albums, from various countries, G.B., France, India, South Africa, Ireland, Egypt, U.S., and many others, notice some V-mail, Feldpost, POW mail, and advertising, nice and interesting lot, take some time a look at this one. Estimate $700-750. View details and photo	Realized $1,093
Lot 1944		Worldwide Covers, Hundreds of Asian, Both Japan and China, retail group, smattering of other countries, mixed condition but useful, all time periods. Estimate $750-1,000. View details and photo	Realized $1,495
Lot 1945		Worldwide Covers, Retail Group of Hundreds in a Box, no Asia or British Colonies, but otherwise a wide variety of mostly older items, many interesting and better, mixed condition, examine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $1,208
Lot 1946		Worldwide Covers, Great Britain & Colonies of Several Hundred, retail group of mostly older with several better, condition quite mixed, examine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $2,760
Lot 1947		Worldwide Covers, Accumulation With Asia, 5 bankers boxes with about 4000 plus running from early 1900s to 1980s incl. U.S., most are commercial, few FDCs with one box of Asia incl. China and one box of Commonwealth, worth a look, generally Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 1948		Worldwide Covers, Oldtime Collector's Group, hundreds filling banker box, culled from very large accumulation, all commercial and mostly 20th Century 1940's-60's period, incl. the usual countries but also Africa and some other tougher originations, some censored, occasional stampless, mostly "$" covers but some definitely better, inspect. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $431
Lot 1949		Worldwide Covers, Hoard in 4 Boxes, Thousands in 4 banker boxes with all time periods, mint and used postal stationery, FDCs, commercial, many items in quantity, majority appear to be from Australia, Canada and New Zealand, great for breakdown for internet or $1 table, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $460
Lot 1950		Worldwide Covers, Postal History in Banker Box, Well over 1000 all sleeved in box with all periods present and appear to all be commercial mail from many different countries, better items to be found in this large accumulation, generally Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $518
Lot 1951		Worldwide Covers, FD's and Cachet Accumulation, few thousand loose in 23 full banker boxes from circa 1980 (with scattered earlier) to around 2000, all areas, virtually all cacheted, clean. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $460
Lot 1952		Worldwide Covers, BOAC Flights, About 284 sorted by origination in Pittsburgh box, incl. few Malayan, and SAS, with 8 complete sets of issues incl. Indonesia, some dupl., incl. Hong Kong, Karachi, London, Singapore, Tokyo, etc., clean group, retail up to $70, total retail $4622. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $661
Lot 1953		Worldwide Covers, Accumulation in a Box, over 700 packed with a fascinating panoply of from exotic places, unusual usages, splendid array of topics, multiple franking, ect., great lot for retail or internet dealer, worth a close inspection, generally Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 1954		Worldwide Covers, Accumulation in 10 Boxes, over 15,000 covers from all parts of the world, little or no U.S., largely 20th Century with a few older, mostly for dollar boxes with an occasional surprise, generally Fine. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $374
Lot 1955		Worldwide Covers, Accumulation in Box, couple thousand in a bankers box, mostly Australia, Canada, New Zealand and little U.S. running from 1900s to modern, mostly commercial with a few FDCs, worth a look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $431
Lot 1956		Worldwide Covers, 8,000+ 1850s to Late 20th Century, filling four banker boxes, incl. a substantial number of commercial, plus first days, Naval, registered, military, special events, first flights, service suspended, propaganda, postcards, censored, topical, decent run of mint and used stationery, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 1957		Worldwide Covers, Rocket and Balloon Flights, About 200 different with some Seals included running from 1930s to mid 1960s, mostly Germany but noticed Netherlands and France better items throughout, noted Holland #7C1, Belgium 7C2, France 4C3 and a group of labels for glider and air flights, generally Fine. Estimate $300-350. View details and photo	Realized $978
Lot 1958		Worldwide Covers, Interesting Accumulation, Around 1000 in a bankers box mostly 19th to mid-20th century, variety of countries, incl. censored, postal cards, and postcards, few U.S and modern, careful inspection recommended, generally Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $805
Lot 1959		Worldwide Covers, Hoard in Bankers Boxes, 3 banker boxes filled with thousand mostly late 1940s to 1970s with a mixture of commercial and FDCs, generally Fine. Estimate $300-350. View details	Realized $345
Lot 1960		Worldwide Covers, Accumulation in Box, around 1000 in bankers box from 1940s to 1970 with worldwide commercial mail, FDCs and some U.S, generally Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $518
Lot 1961		Worldwide Covers, Great Britain and Commonwealth Postal History, 200 covers, a few ephemera items, 19th & 20th Century incl. some useful items incl. Gold G.P.O. Telegram, fancy printed enclosure, few censors from Africa, 1899 Canada cover with letter about new 2¢ overseas rate, Aden 1937, 1882 India British soldier's discharge document, etc., Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-350. View details	Realized $230
Lot 1962		Worldwide Covers, 19th & 20th Century Accumulation, 190 handpicked for value and interest, incl. all manner of airmail, polar, cancels, ships, military disinfected, censored odd and unusual, registered, perfect for the bourse or internet dealer, high profit potential, generally Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 1963		Worldwide Covers, Large Accumulation, banker box filled with hundreds of Foreign FDCs and commercial mail, also early postal cards and misc. postcards, careful inspection required, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $230
Lot 1964		Worldwide Covers, World War II Censored, 1940-1945 Range of more than 40 covers from various countries with wide variety of censorship tapes and markings, mostly sent to Emanuel Weinberg in Istanbul, Turkey, Weinberg is believed to have been one of about 1,000 German intellectuals (mostly Jewish) who emigrated to Turkey in the early 1930s at the invitation of the recently formed Turkish Republic to help modernize the fledgling nation's universities, health care and legal systems, by doing so, many of these individuals were saved from the Holocaust after the war, several of them such as Ernst Reuter and Alexander Rustow returned to Germany and helped rebuild it, generally Fine. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $276
Lot 1965		Worldwide Covers, Better Balance, 1862-1967 miscellaneous balance of more than 90 items from wide variety of countries, mostly pre-1950 incl. some early German States, WWII censored mail, U.S., etc., generally Fine. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $604
Lot 1966		Worldwide Covers, Group of Company Handstamps, 19, all Asia, consisting of China (2-1 with U.S. Postage Due), Ceylon (12), Hong Kong (3), India, and Straits Settlements, all showing company strikes or chops, mixed condition. Estimate $250-350. View details and photo	Realized $489
Lot 1967		Worldwide Covers, Waterfalls and Windmills, interesting accumulation of a few hundred incl. FDCs, postcards and a few souvenir sheets, great topical appeal, when organized will make an interesting collection. Estimate $250-350. View details	Unsold
Lot 1968		Worldwide Covers, Accumulation in 2 Bankers Boxes, couple thousand about half worldwide commercial and the rest FDCs mostly from U.S., great $1 box material, please inspect, generally Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Unsold
Lot 1969		Worldwide Covers, Accumulation in Box, small box with over 100 total incl. U.S, many are better and appeared to be pulled from collections and put in box noticed a few Zeppelins, Catapult, classics, and some stampless, worth a look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $1,035
Lot 1970		Worldwide Covers, Train Collection, Collection on several hundred pages with stamps, covers and postmarks, originated in Germany so different than what is typically seen, clean lot, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $230
Lot 1971		Worldwide Covers, Postal History Collection, 200+ mostly 20th Century, some 19th. incl. all Continents, Islands, Colonies incl., 1837 German Postal Receipt, Alsace Lorraine card with revenues, Germany post WWII 54 mint stamps with local overprints, 1942 Lebanon diplomatic cover to U.S., etc, generally Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $173
Lot 1972		Worldwide Covers, WWII Censored Mail, 147 from a wide variety of countries, both allied and axis, myriad assortment of marking, labels and marking, great mix for the retail or internet dealer, generally Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $345
Lot 1973		Worldwide Covers, South and Central America Censored, several hundred from WWII in 4 binders from South and Central America, Argentina to Venezuela, generally Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $518
Lot 1974		Worldwide Covers, Naval Lot of Around 80, 1930's group in photo album, showing various Naval ship cancels, couple of photos, mostly G.B. and France (same correspondence to Philadelphia), fine overall. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $115
Lot 1975		Worldwide Covers, 3 Boxes of FDC's, many hundreds culled from collections, mostly fairly recent unaddressed incl. Canada, G.B., Israel (of course), Scandinavia, etc., occasional silk and better earlier. Accumulation from many collections bought over the decades. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $161
Lot 1976		Worldwide Covers, Estate Balance in Box, thousand or more in bankers box with mostly mid 1940s to 1980s, commercial mail and FDCs, all areas incl. U.S, generally Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $173

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