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APS AmeriStamp Expo/TEXPEX 2009

Worldwide Covers

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2811		Worldwide Covers, Africa and Asia Commercial Collection, Early to mid 20th Century collector's life time accumulation of 1116 different, virtually all commercially used incl. stationery usages, Colonies and post independent, many from the more uncommon countries, incl. few registered, addressed to various countries, unusual originations incl. Equatorial Africa, Madagascar, West Africa, Camerouns, Gabon, Guinea Airpost on Pan-Am flights, few illustrated, censored, 50+ of Egypt (few early FD's), 1910 British Offices in Turkey postcard to Firenze, 1898 Austrian Offices in Constantinople to Italy, Turkey, Palestine, strong French Levant, Syria, early and later Lebanon, Eritrea, extensive Ethiopia to 1972, Ceylon, Pakistan to recent, usual condition, purchased over many years, generally Fine. Estimate $3,500-4,000. View details	Realized $3,795
Lot 2812		Worldwide Covers, Early Meter Mail Stock, wonderful selection of 50+ covers, primarily 1930's and 1960's from numerous countries, noted "turned" covers, uses from Palestine, Trieste, Belgium, value in classic items from the Pitney company, noted 1 of 27 reprints of the first 1903-04 meter test initialed "CWR", 1 of 24 souvenir covers from the 1913-14 meter machine test, cut on manila from the 1913-14 meter machine test, unrecorded hand drawn essay for the second (oval) type meter frank, unadopted essay for the first commercial meter machine, rebuilt die from the 1912 Washington meter machine test, finally 1919 Christchurch Industrial Exhibition meter unused and a rarely seen used example, all priced and ready for sale but never offered, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $3,000-3,500. View details	Unsold
Lot 2813		Worldwide Covers, Europe Group of Hundreds, Priced and sorted by country in 2 cover boxes, considerable Germany, also Swiss, Netherlands, 20th Century commercial and modern FD's, few non-Europe, retail $1 to $150, total retail $6850+, Fine overall. Estimate $1,400-1,600. View details	Unsold
Lot 2814		Worldwide Covers, Oldtime Asia Lot, 70 covers or cards, usages from Japan, Manchukuo, China, Philippines, Hong Kong, Russian Offices in China, incl. covers going into China from England, Yugoslavia and Italy, early to mid 20th Century, inspection recommended, mixed condition. Estimate $1,300-1,500. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 2815		Worldwide Covers, "Bund" Labels, accumulation of 50 postcards and 8 covers, each with a Bund or organizational charity label attached (many tied), primarily from Austria, but noted a few Germany, and one from both Romania and Czechoslovakia, 1910-1930 period, accumulated over 10 years and seldom offered in quantity, generally Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Unsold
Lot 2816		Worldwide Covers, Dealer Clean Out the Back Room, full banker box of covers and cards, good mix of U.S. and foreign, classics to modern with a lot of commercial mail, many sleeved and with older prices to $30+, great for a bargain box, plus better for retail stock, mixed condition. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $805
Lot 2817		Worldwide Covers, Interesting Group in Small Box, About 350 items with wide variety of 19th & 20th Century to W.W.II, many interesting and unusual destinations and usages, inspect, mixed condition. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $2,645
Lot 2818		Worldwide Covers, British Commonwealth Group, about 200 items, nice variety with 19th to mid 20th Century, destinations, censors, usages, etc., inspect, mixed condition. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 2819		Worldwide Covers, Dealer Stock, approximately 1500 in 3 sales boxes, sleeved and priced, variety of countries and issues, $2 and up retail (to about $50), mostly 20th Century, noted first flights, some commercial, First Day's, worth a look, generally Fine. Estimate $750-850. View details	Realized $1,208
Lot 2820		Worldwide Covers, W.W.II Censored Mail, over 100 from various countries, most to U.S., England or Germany, incl. displaced persons mail, advertising, Officially sealed, several airmail usages, etc., nice lot, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $700-800. View details	Realized $575
Lot 2821		Worldwide Covers, Group of Better Items, 100+ in small box, good variety of countries, noted advertising, military, registered, censored, stampless, etc., worth a close look, Fine. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $661
Lot 2822		Worldwide Covers, Accumulation in Banker Box, several hundred in half full box, about half U.S., half foreign, nice variety, noted registered, military, some 19th Century, worth a look, mixed condition. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 2823		Worldwide Covers, Accumulation of Few Hundred, In ½ full banker box, all commercial from 1920's to 1960's period, incl. some postcards with better countries, Mexico, Asia incl. 3 oversized registered 1930 Tientsin to Fort Worth, 1960's P.R.C. incl. Poem envs., registered, fair amount of G.B. with few better FD's incl. 1937 Coronation with cachet, etc., worth inspection, generally Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $1,380
Lot 2824		Worldwide Covers, Allied Military Mail, 29 from Austria, Germany and Italy zones, 1945 to 1948, several censored, couple registered, various issues, generally Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $345
Lot 2825		Worldwide Covers, Mostly Eastern Europe Group, 32 mostly better covers or cards, incl. Hungary, Croatia (W.W.II), couple from Persia, worth a look, generally Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $288
Lot 2826		Worldwide Covers, Interesting Group in Small Box, approximately 200 cover and cards, noted censored, registered, Portuguese Colonies, advertising, flights, nice group of 1950's to 1960's Libya, worth a look, mixed condition. Estimate $350-450. View details	Realized $575
Lot 2827		Worldwide Covers, Mostly Indo-China Related, couple hundred in sleeves, loose and on pages, noted nice group of Viet Nam incl. a few North Viet Nam, late French Indochina, mix of commercial and First Day's, inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $489
Lot 2828		Worldwide Covers, Asia Accumulation in Banker Box, hundreds in half full box, noted Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand, China, Korea, mix of commercial and philatelic, mostly mid to late 20th Century, some faults, otherwise Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $546
Lot 2829		Worldwide Covers, Select Group of Classics, 8 covers, incl. Hong Kong 1878 to U.S. with pair #13 (2), Ceylon 1878 to U.S. with #69, Straits Settlements 1878 to U.S. pair #13, 1880's Chile, G.B. used from Egypt (stamp lifted and replaced) and Cape Verde, also 1924 registered from Penrhyn Island to U.S., interesting group, mixed condition. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $2,300
Lot 2830		Worldwide Covers, Collector's Accumulation, Loose in ¾ full box, mostly 20th Century with FD's, incl. U.S., Europe, occasional better commercial, Fine overall. Estimate $300-400. View details	Unsold
Lot 2831		Worldwide Covers, 2 Box Lot, filled with 2,700+ foreign and related, plus cacheted unaddressed First Days from G.B., Australia, Canada, P.R.C., etc., incl. Israel #16 and UN 38 (2), also some Royal Wedding and Princess Diana, plus 600 unused postcards showing paintings of various Hong Kong street scenes, generally Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $253
Lot 2832		Worldwide Covers, Group of Over 800 Cachets, mostly clean unaddressed covers in individual plastic sleeves, nice selection of topics incl. Baseball, Ballooning, strong selection of Colorano's, some Canada and foreign, many better items throughout, worth inspection, Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $288
Lot 2833		Worldwide Covers, Small Early Exposition Group, incl. 1876 Philadelphia souvenir cards (6 different), San Francisco 1915 Pan-Pacific cards and cancels, St. Louis 1904 cards used (2), plus 1 with expo station machine cancel, World Columbian used to Germany, 4 used Jamestown, 1901 Pan-American embossed covers (2 unused, 2 used), 1904 Lewis & Clark in Portland, 1910 Brussels (4 unused, 1 used cards), 1925 British Empire, 1909 Hudson-Fulton, etc., worth inspection, generally Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $460
Lot 2834		Worldwide Covers, Foreign Group, few hundred mostly early commercial (some First Day's) from many different areas, Russia, Italy and related, Middle East, British Cols., Canal Zone, Switzerland, Canada, etc., generally Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 2835		Worldwide Covers, Small Commonwealth Group, noted 1858 stampless from G.B. to Sierra Leone, 1933 Ireland to Tanganyika, 1880's Bahamas to U.S. (2), Cyprus (5) incl. QV postal cards, inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $661
Lot 2836		Worldwide Covers, Better Event and F.D. Group, 100+, mostly First Day's or commemoratives from the 1930's to early 1950's, noted national exhibitions incl. 1936 South Africa, 1937 Luxembourg, 1935 Belgium, 2 early Saudi Arabia First Day's, nice group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $311
Lot 2837		Worldwide Covers, 1870's Postage Due Group of 3, all with boxed "T", h.s. in black, 1877 Austria to Scotland, 1875 Germany to England and 1875 Germany to Netherlands, few minor faults, nice pre-UPU group, generally Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $150
Lot 2838		Worldwide Covers, Accumulation of Commercial, Around 100 mostly early to mid 20th Century, incl. 5 German 1913 Jubilees usages, Austrian local "Desko / Slovensky Stat" set on addressed local cover, 1960's from Latin America, etc., generally Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $138
Lot 2839		Worldwide Covers, Accumulation in 3 Binders, 180 cards and covers, incl. nice group of mint Airmail stationery (identified and cataloged, values to $60), used and mint entires from 19th Century, few first flights, couple early advertising covers and a couple nice early postcards, worth a look, mixed condition. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $161
Lot 2840		Worldwide Covers, Stationery Lot, 130+ mint and used (about 50/50), good variety of 19th to early 20th Century issues from various countries, some better incl. a few "specimen" overprints from Argentina and "cancelled" overprints on QEII lettersheets from G.B., inspect, generally Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $207
Lot 2841		Worldwide Covers, Asia Group, 110+ from China, Hong Kong, Japan, Indo-China, Thailand, etc., incl. China airmail, Japan mihon stationery and other interesting items, generally Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 2842		Worldwide Covers, Malaya Group, 41 all used from Singapore, 1920 to 1960, franked with various Straits, BMA and Singapore issues, few minor faults, otherwise Fine. Estimate $100-120. View details	Realized $98
Lot 2843		Worldwide Covers, Interesting Small Group, 27 covers and cards, stampless to 1930's, noted from British Guiana to U.S. with "Due" markings or stamps, few other West Indies items, nice group, generally Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $150
Lot 2844		Worldwide Covers, Civilian Ship Mail, 45+, mostly maiden voyages, noted S.S. Normandie, S.S. New Amsterdam, S.S. U.S., S.S. America, S.S. Manhattan, etc., plus some paquebot mail from 1920's to 1930's incl. S.S. Exeter, S.S. Leviathan, nice group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Unsold
Lot 2845		Worldwide Covers, Collector Balance, few hundred in banker box, mainly envelopes from new issue services from Turkey, Costa Rica and Japan, but did note some 19th Century Japan postal cards used, also several Park issues on large cover, mainly $1 box material with a few surprises, generally Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $138

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