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Foreign Country Collections - German Covers

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 3772		Germany, Large Dealer Stock, large stock in 4 boxes encompassing Empire, Reich and Post war German area, highlights incl. a nice selection from the empire period, a large group of Nazi Germany and the Occupied countries, a small group of Colonial issues, and a group of W.W. I Occupation pieces most averaging $15 to $25, almost 5000 covers in this group with the owners retail at $65,507, generally Fine. Estimate $10,000-12,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 3773		Germany, Mostly 3rd Reich Stock, consists of empire to modern issues with a small group of DDR, total of 1170+ items with most of the value in 3rd Reich period, total retail $13,254, generally Fine. Estimate $2,600-3,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 3774		Germany, Large Group, group of 800+ items from all time periods of Germany, majority of items from the Empire and 3rd Reich period, but some nice POW items incl., owners retail $9500+, generally Fine. Estimate $1,900-2,400. View details	Unsold
Lot 3775		Germany, Small Group of Feldpost and Concentration Camp, group of over 100 items that incl. concentration camp and Feldpost mail, concentration camps incl. Dachau, and Buchenwald, also incl. some POW mail, owners retail $6287, generally Fine. Estimate $1,250-1,500. View details	Unsold
Lot 3776		Germany, 1200+ Cover Stock, covers and cards in 5 binders and in clear sleeves, all priced, retail from $3 to a few hundred, good variety of Empire, Third Reich, Occupations, few Colonies, some postwar, clean stock, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $2,530
Lot 3777		Germany, Postal Rate Study, Collection of German postal rate study, covers 1919 through 1927 inflation period, contains 137 covers with owners retail value at $2500, contains many interesting covers mounted on hand made pages, generally Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $518
Lot 3778		Germany, Group of 65 Covers, majority Third Reich era, but noted some States, Occupations and Empire, good variety, generally Fine to Very Fine Owners retail $4000. Estimate $600-700. View details	Realized $776
Lot 3779		Germany, Interesting Cover Group, about 100 covers and cards in small box, much value in early West Germany issues incl. Posthorn 90pfg single frankings, better Semi-postals, also some Third Reich, Berlin, Allied Zones, Colonies, Airpost incl. a couple early flights and early postwar air letter sheets used, just a few States covers, worth a close look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 3780		Germany, Third Reich Propaganda and Art Cards, few hundred in 4 small cover binders, mix of mint and used, several Naval items, non war related incl. women and pastoral scenes, Art, some photos, etc., generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $403
Lot 3781		Germany, Large W.W.I Pilot Correspondence, Flugzeugfuhrer Unteroffizier Heinrich Georgi, few hundred covers, mostly with contents, addressed to or from him, wonderful group of Feldpost material, showing his movement around the region, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $460
Lot 3782		Germany, Empire to Post W.W.II Lot, 2 banker boxes filled with covers and cards, noted perfins, correspondence to Romania 1920's era, West Germany, Northern German Confederation group, W.W.II censored to foreign destinations, propaganda stationery, inflation group, American & British Zone, interesting W.W.I pilot group, inspect, generally Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $604
Lot 3783		Germany, 1923 Inflation Covers, reflecting high inflation postage rates, incl. interesting usages, nice multiple frankings, tax percue and gebuhr bezalt covers (no stamps available), nice study material, worthy of expansion, some have former owner's write ups, generally Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $374
Lot 3784		Germany, 1919-1923 Inflation Covers, lot of 875+ covers or cards, for all periods, variety of towns and cities, interesting frankings and usages, incl. some Official, good starting point for a collection or study of this fascinating period, generally Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 3785		Germany, Modern Postal History Lot, in 11 binders, 1940's to 1960's, Allied Zones, West Germany, Berlin and DDR, some high catalog Semi-postals and early commemoratives noted, mix of commercial and First Day's, worth a look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $299
Lot 3786		Germany, States Cover Accumulation, covers and cards, stampless to 1860's, noted Heligoland "Foreign Post Card" used (2) and 20pfg stationery used, good variety of items, worth a look, generally Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $230
Lot 3787		Germany, Small Interesting Group of Postal History, incl. 6 parcel/registry receipts from Danzig (1830's to 1880's), Baden #6 strip of 3 on cover front, Schleswig #13 single franking on registered cover, #11-14 on registered cover, Danzig overprints on philatelic cover, Pappritz 1945 with Hitler stamps overprinted in violet, 5 unused Wilhelm II commemorative envelopes, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $230
Lot 3788		Germany, Third Reich Various Camp Group, 36 cards or covers from or to various slave labor, concentration or work camps, many with contents, noted Speer LKW units in Berlin, work book from Jena camp, unusual group, generally Fine. Estimate $250-350. View details and photo	Realized $180
Lot 3789		Germany, W.W.II Feldpost Lot, very interesting group of 100 written up on homemade pages, various units, noted large group of "zuruck" (returned) items with various auxiliary markings, interesting group, inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $252
Lot 3790		Germany, 19th Century Feldpost Group, 11 covers, one unused card and one front preprinted item to 2nd Lt. Paul Schumann, incl. Austro-Prussian Feldpost, items from the 2nd Danish war, and several Franco-Prussian war items, generally Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $168
Lot 3791		Germany, Feldpost Specialized Collection of Telegrams, also "signs of life" (Lebenzeichen) cards, 10 used telegrams, 15 unused cards, written up in German on homemade pages, catalog values to €75 for telegrams, interesting group, generally Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Unsold
Lot 3792		Germany, Group of 6 Privately Printed Cards, Circa 1904 used 5pfg values (5 of the Germania type) and all with Architectural themes, a Very Fine set. Estimate $80-100. View details and photo	Realized $58

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