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Foreign Country Collections: Austria, with the Fluck Estate exhibit collections

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2329		/o Austria Collection on Lindner Hingeless Pages, Hundreds to 1990's, used to about 1938, balance mint including modern n.h., good showing of classics including many dupl. for cancels, noted #128-43, Semi's, Dues, etc., worth a look, generally fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $460
Lot 2330		/o Austria Mint and Used Collection on Pages, Several hundred on homemade pages and on stockpages and sales cards, nice group of classics including #6-11 used, 142-43 on piece, several Semi sets including #B138-41 used, Dues, Offices in Turkey, plus very nice group of Bosnia and Herzegovina, few minor faults, but overall fine to very fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $489
Lot 2331		o Austria Classic Imperforate Cancel Collection, Around 200 on stockpages, virtually all with margins all round and showing many attractive and diff. cancels, mostly #1-5, few Newspapers, many shades also, decent overall condition for these issues, cat. for used alone Scott $2700+. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $518
Lot 2332		o Austria Oldtime Used Collection to 1940's, On oldtime pages in German, value in classic period with study of 1st issue Coat of Arms showing various papers, perfs, shades, few strips, Franz Josef showing many shades, plates, attractive cancels, also Italian Occupation, Newspapers with various types, and unofficial perfs, Tax with attractive shades, Military, Dues, better Lombardy-Venetia, Levant, etc., many with excellent strikes, occasional faults but overall fine, not checked for better vars., cancels, etc. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $489
Lot 2333		Austria 1960's to 1970's Sonderpostmarke, Few hundred, all diff., including 1968 complete, clean. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $58
Lot 2334		Austria Prepaid Telephone Cards, 1980's to recent, also 1993 on postally issued, few hundred, all thematic. Estimate $50-100. View details	Realized $138
Lot 2335		Austria Tremendous Classic to Early 20th Century Postal Card Grouping, Oldtime group to 1920's of around contained in 13,000 in 9 file boxes, both extensively represented mint and used with dupl., starting with 1st Issue of July 1871 through early republic, includes Military and Occupation, C.O.D.'s, many in old bands of 20 (possibly as originally sold by the Government?), some with vignettes and different views on reverse of 20th Century cards, early issues showing different shades, excellent representation of diff. towns both big and small, mostly internal usages, around 2000 (all used) for H&G #1-12 alone, virtually all identified by Higgins & Gage numbers, few modern dupl. mint, identified to #265, also few Offices in Turkey mint and used including H&G #17a, b, largest holding we have seen, excellent for study, all apparently bought from Higgins & Gage 20+ years ago. Estimate $6,000-7,000. View details	Realized $9,200
Lot 2336		Austria Austria-Hungary Stampless Stock, Approximately 520, little dupl. on cancels, many small towns, areas including Hungary, Austria, Bohemia, Poland, Levant, etc., priced in Schillings, very clean group. Estimate $2,000-2,200. View details	Realized $2,070
Lot 2337		/ Austria Mostly 19th to Early 20th Century Collector's Balance, Group of many hundreds unsorted and sorted in binders, loose, etc., including strength in Stationery with 1st issue Postal Cards, Telegraph, Money envelopes, wrappers, Newspaper subscription, Offices in Turkey with cancels of Beirut, Constantinople, Smyrna, etc., also Feldpost, W.W. II censored, few usages from Bosnia, Liechtenstein, 1908 Franz Joseph and Jubilee mint and used with special cancels, early 20th Century with adhesives, early Aerogrammes mint and used, mostly used internal usages but some mint with minor dupl., excellent group for research or retail, needs careful inspection. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Realized $3,450
Lot 2338		Austria Virtually All Used 1881 to 1908 Pneumatic Mail, Over 1500 sorted by Higgins & Gage and station numbers, dupl. but with numerous diff. cancels, and stations, the largest grouping of this area we have ever seen, excellent for specialist for study, rarely seen. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $3,910
Lot 2339		Austria Award Winning Vienna Pneumatic Post Exhibit, 1875 to 1900, This 10 frame exhibit of over 300 postal stationery items covers the station cancels with envelopes from 1875 to 1900 and 1902 to 1908, postal cards from 1879 to 1883 to 1922, and letter cards from 1887 to 1922, it includes all stations from P1-15, the number change to W-r and the station cancellation change from CR to 34-r, along with the cancels 36-r to 27-r, cancels 41-r to 74-r and special cancels, also included is several cross sections of the pneumatic tubes certified between 2 specific stations, both mint and used with frames 2 and 3 shows mint examples of the envelopes only, excellent condition throughout, also related notes from John Fluck about the exhibit, an excellent exhibit that helped redefine this classic field and winner of several awards including Chicago Philatelic Society Gold medal award in 1974. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $4,715
Lot 2340		Austria 1886 to 1915 Mostly Used Letter Cards, Approximately 2000+ in file box and sorted, tremendous selection of diff. cancels, mostly internal usages, shows many shades of the cards, H&G #46 in original bound group of 25 mint (from Post Office?),few Offices Abroad (mint), few later, all sorted and probably originally purchased from Higgins & Gage over 20 years ago, excellent for study. Estimate $1,200-1,500. View details	Realized $2,185
Lot 2341		Austria 1861 to 1901 Mostly Used Envelopes, Approximately 2000 sorted and listed by Higgins & Gage and Ascher in file box, dupl. to H&G #48, no apparent rare "knives" or higher denominations on earlier but excellent for cancels, occasional reg., few later, worth inspection. Estimate $1,200-1,500. View details	Realized $2,760
Lot 2342		Austria Award Winning Prisoner's of War in Russia - W.W.I, This 10 frame exhibit of approximately 150 covers deals with the stationery types, types of Russian and Austrian censor markings, and the names and locations of the prisoner of war camps. It begins in Russia and ends in the Maritime Provinces of Eastern Siberia with the camps arranged by major geographic area, the provinces in alpha order, the camps in alpha order, and the earliest dated stationery, includes additional reference information, awards won include 1977, 1992 Aripex Gold, 1983 Sescal Vermeil, 1976 Westpex Special Award, condition excellent throughout, difficult collection to duplicate. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $3,105
Lot 2343		Austria W.W.I Prisoner of War - Austrians in Russia, Hundreds in 7 cover folders and loose, including Eastern Siberia, picture postcards including one of the camps, Red Cross cards, some registered, great variety of different camps, cancels, etc., some identified, excellent lot for expansion. Estimate $700-800. View details	Realized $1,955
Lot 2344		Austria 500+ Mostly Used Telegraph Forms, Sorted by Higgins & Gage in file box to 1884, dupl. with many interesting station cancels, also partial forms with various adhesives, largest group we have offered, excellent lot for further study`. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $2,185
Lot 2345		Austria Pneumatic Mail Accumulation, Around 200 in 2 cover binders, 3 ring binder and loose, mostly used with selection of Vienna, some well identified on pages, cancels including "Favoriten", excellent variety. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $2,013
Lot 2346		Austria 20th Century Collector's Group, Few hundred circa 1930's to 1950's (some label fronts only), also other Western Europe including Czech., Germany, Italy, mint postcards, unpicked, inspect. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $374
Lot 2347		Austria Oldtime Lot of Few Hundred, Mostly empire to 1950's, including registered, censored, stationery, few First Day cards, etc., overall fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $460
Lot 2348		Austria Modern First Days, Many hundreds in Lighthouse cover folders, 2 Lighthouse albums, and loose, Jan. 1973 to 1997 probably close to completion, including postal cards, aerogrammes, clean. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $265
Lot 2349		Austria C.O.D. Money Orders, Telegraph, Around 200 mint or used forms in 3 ring binder, including out of country usages, Telephone Forms, also Hungary, Romania, minor mint dupl., interesting group. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 2350		Austria Modern Balloon Mail Collection, Over 100 1950's to 1989, including Sonderballon, all different and mostly addressed, clean group. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $299
Lot 2351		Austria Earthquake Exhibit Group of 27, Traces the reporting of tremors, use of various examples of stationery forms, and many Commission "Free Post" and postage items, starts 1897 (using the reporting forms of 1890), including maps and other related information including some of the cards translated into English, very interesting and an area that we have not offered before. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $518
Lot 2352		Austria-Hungary Empire Lot, Couple hundred covers, postcards and stationery, franked with Austrian adhesives, used in Bohemia, Poland, Hungary, etc., good variety, overall fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $805
Lot 2353		Austria Group of Approximately 50 Used Telegraph Forms, Identified by H&G and Schu(?), some with punch cancels, one unlisted by H&G, some unlisted in Klein, minor dupl., overall clean group. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $633
Lot 2354		Austria W.W.I Feldpost of About 100, Incl. Hungarian, good variety, overall fine. Estimate $70-80. View details	Realized $219

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