Harmer-Schau Auctions

Sale 86

ASDA Summer Sale


Worldwide Covers
 
 
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Lot 1428
 
Worldwide Covers, Massive Retail Lot, tens of thousands in 44 full banker boxes, mix of U.S. and foreign, commercial and First Day's, mostly more modern 20th Century material, a dealer's $1 stock from midwest, never offered in California, instant show material, generally Fine.
Estimate $3,500-4,500.
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$4,485
Lot 1429

Worldwide Covers, Middle East Lot, Fantastic collections of Jordan (51), Syria (52), Saudi Arabia (53), Iran (83), Iraq (54), and Lebanon (49), great selection from each country, inspection worthwhile, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,000-1,200.
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Lot 1430
 
Worldwide Covers, Airmail Collection, Good collection of 275 in 2 albums from many countries, strength is in South America, 1920's to 1970's, some are FD's of airmail stamps, inspect, mixed condition.
Estimate $1,000-1,200.
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Lot 1431
 
Worldwide Covers, Dealer Stock in 7 Banker Boxes, thousands of mostly foreign, many items sleeved and priced, good variety of mostly modern First Day's from numerous countries and issues, plus older commercial, great lot for $1 boxes plus many items for stock, generally Fine.
Estimate $1,000-1,200.
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$1,093
Lot 1432
 
Worldwide Covers, British "Islands", Mounted collection of covers and stamps with 151 covers from Grenada, St. Kitts, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, St. Helena, Montserrat, Ascension, and Nevis, plus some stamps, classics to FD's, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $700-800.
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Lot 1433
 
Worldwide Covers, South Africa and Related, Terrific collection of 197, incl. Cape of Good Hope, Transvaal, Natal, and mostly South Africa from 1890's to 2000, about ¼ FD's, lots of value here, Fine.
Estimate $600-700.
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Lot 1434
 
Worldwide Covers, Southeast Asia, Collection of 166 from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and French Indo-China from turn of the Century to the 1990's, colorful group, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $500-700.
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$546
Lot 1435
 
Worldwide Covers, French Africa, Collection of 179 from Africa under French influence incl. Fr. Equatorial Africa, Madagascar, Upper Volta, Cameroun, Ivory Coast, Male, Djibouti, and Gabon. from 1906 to 1970's, mix of commercial and FD's, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $500-600.
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$518
Lot 1436

Worldwide Covers, Pre-1920 "Jaffa" Related Group, 24 covers or receipts, all with Jaffa cancels (outgoing, incoming, transit) from various foreign post offices, consists of Ottoman (8), Austrian (4), French (3), German (2), Russian (3) and British (4, WWI occupation), noted "Aus Jerusalem markings on Austrian and German post offices, ROPIT and telegraph seal of Russian post office, Turkish revenue (Forbin #7) tied on 1906 telegraph receipt, nice group, generally Fine.
Estimate $500-700.
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$978
Lot 1437
 
Worldwide Covers, British Africa, Collection of over 250 items from 1910 to 1980's, strength in Gold Coast/Ghana and Southwest Africa, also incl. covers from Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Swaziland, Seychelles, Mauritius, Zambia, Gambia, etc., some nice registered, but majority are FD's, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $400-500.
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Lot 1438
 
Worldwide Covers, British Caribbean, Collection of over 120 covers, 1890's to 1980's, from Virgin Islands, Antigua, Trinidad & Tobago, Dominica, and Turks & Caicos, incl. corner block of 6 on Virgin Islands #MR1 on registered cover front, many better FD's, etc., generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $350-400.
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$345
Lot 1439
 
Worldwide Covers, Group of Better, 100+ priced in sleeves, majority U.S., noted better 1930's First Day's incl. Baseball, #C18, early 20th Century advertising, 1869's on cover, early Great Britain, owners retail $2761, inspect, mixed condition.
Estimate $350-400.
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$604
Lot 1440
 
Worldwide Covers, Oldtime Lot, couple hundred in small box, this lot has been salted away not seeing the light of day since 1945, noted censored, registered, airmail, excellent variety of countries and issues, all commercial mail, worth a close look, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $400-600.
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$1,783
Lot 1441
 
Worldwide Covers, Accumulation in Banker Box, many hundreds in ¾ full box, about ½ U.S., ½ foreign, good mix of items, noted registered, censored, used stationery, virtually all commercial, great lot for retail, generally Fine.
Estimate $400-600.
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$3,220
Lot 1442
 
Worldwide Covers, Small Accumulation from Estate, 100+ pieces, mostly early 20th Century to 1940's, noted Germany #C24 single franking, C36 on flight cover, Italy C2 on cover, couple early Soviet era to U.S., several Italy parcel receipts, etc., inspect, mixed condition.
Estimate $300-400.
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$690
Lot 1443
 
Worldwide Covers, Interesting Lot, approx. 200 in small box, 19th and 20th Century from a variety of countries, incl. postal cards, stationery, postcards, Scout items, Red Cross and more, worthwhile assortment, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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$805
Lot 1444
 
Worldwide Covers, Barbados and Bahamas, Collection of 105, mostly 20th Century, incl. FD's, good variety, worth inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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Lot 1445
 
Worldwide Covers, British Africa, Collection of 139 from Bechuanaland, K.U.T., Southern and Northern Rhodesia, Mauritius, Rhodesia & Nyasaland, Gambia, Basutoland, and Transvaal, mixture of postal history and FD's, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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$403
Lot 1446
 
Worldwide Covers, Yugoslavia and Related, Collection of 172 from 1890's to 1990's, incl. Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and Croatia, about half are FD's covers, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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Lot 1447
 
Worldwide Covers, Pacific Islands, Collection of 267, mostly FD's from Samoa, Christmas Island, Pitcairn Islands, Palau, Cocos Islands, Gilbert Islands, Nauru, Tuvalu, Cook Islands, Vanuatu, Aitutaki, Tokelau Islands, Marshall Islands, Maldive Islands, Fiji, Niue, Mali, Norfolk Island, and Solomon Islands, 1935 to 1980's, fun group, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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Lot 1448
 
Worldwide Covers, Banker Box Lot, many hundreds in full box, mostly common 20th Century material, but noted U.S. #C18 (3) on flight cover, 1938 cover from Pitcairn, some interesting Egypt, 1950's to 1970's Japan FD's, good mix of countries and issues, some FD's, great for $1 box with a few surprises, generally Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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$719
Lot 1449
 
Worldwide Covers, Mostly Commercial Oldtime Accumulation, Few hundred culled from stock formed in 1950's, few 1st flights, mostly early to mid 20th Century, incl. Austria with few 19th Century, inspect for better, generally Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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$460
Lot 1450
 
Worldwide Covers, Modern Lot, few thousand in 2 full banker boxes, incl. Papua New Guinea modern commercial and First Day's, Russian independent states cancelled and unaddressed modern stationery, Israel Aerogrammes, postal cards and First Day's, nice topical appeal, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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$230
Lot 1451
 
Worldwide Covers, Asia Accumulation, 100+ covers and cards with emphasis of China incl. P.R.C. FD's, also stationery, postcards mostly mint incl. earlier, also Japan, some commercial, Fine overall.
Estimate $300-400.
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$1,208
Lot 1452
 
Worldwide Covers, Small Better Lot, 100+ in small box, noted registered stationery, Clipper flight, British Cols. stationery "specimens", advertising, SCATA cover, zeppelin flight, early Latin America, stampless, virtually all commercial, worth inspection, generally Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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$1,495
Lot 1453

Worldwide Covers, Morocco Related Postal History, Collection incl. both British and French Morocco, 86 from 1916 to 1980's incl. Morocco Agencies #235-241 in blocks of 4 on registered cover (stamps cat $216), many fine FD's, censored, airmail, etc., generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $250-350.
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$219
Lot 1454
 
Worldwide Covers, 52 Stampless, Oldtime group culled from dealer's stock from 1950's, mostly 1840's period, mostly France, trans-atlantic with British packet and "19 CENTS", Swiss, Mayors office Rosheim cancel, etc., clean overall, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $200-250.
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Lot 1455
 
Worldwide Covers, Rocket Mail Collection, 58 covers and some stamps, organized and written up on Vario pages in chronological order, virtually all Germany, starts with 1933 1m adhesive tied on piece by Hasselfelde 4.XI.1933 cancel, set of 4 covers not flown on third flight in 1933, EZ #6C1 (3), set of 3 adhesives, 1960's to 1970's flights and commemorative covers, noted EZ 33C1, 42C1, 45C1 and 60C1, couple vignette sheetlets from Zucker, plus a couple of private covers from Andorra, very interesting group, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $200-300.
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$345
Lot 1456
 
Worldwide Covers, British Asia, 100 from Malaya, Straits Settlements, Sarawak, Malaysia, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Singapore, Kiribati, Sri Lanka, Vanuatu, and Republic of Maldives, 1920's to 1980's, nice selection, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $200-300.
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$299
Lot 1457
 
Worldwide Covers, Gleened From Stamp Collection, few hundred covers and cards removed from stamp albums as they were being sorted for sale, collector would insert covers into pages of albums where stamps were illustrated, some 19th Century, but mostly 1950's and up, mix of commercial and First Day's, some stationery, plenty of material for the $1 box with a few surprises, mixed condition.
Estimate $200-300.
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$575
Lot 1458
 
Worldwide Covers, Commonwealth Registered First Day's, clean group of 8 with three 1953 complete sets to the 1£ value, incl. Southern Rhodesia, Somaliland, and Gambia (not registered), Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $150-200.
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$150
Lot 1459
 
Worldwide Covers, British Honduras and Guiana, Small collection of 53 covers, wrappers, areogrammes, including FD covers from Guyana and Belize, 1918 to 1980's, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $150-200.
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$161
Lot 1460
 
Worldwide Covers, Independent Africa, Collection of 59 from Burundi, Togo, and Republic of Equatorial Guinea, mostly FD's, but noted 2 nice air mail covers from Togo to USA, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $150-200.
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Lot 1461
 
Worldwide Covers, Portuguese and Spanish Africa, Over 60 covers and postal cards from Angola, Lourenco Marques, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Ifni, Spanish Guinea, Spanish Sahara, and Rio Muni are represented in this collection, 1919 to 1980's, about ½ are FD's, colorful, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $150-200.
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$138
Lot 1462

Worldwide Covers, Small Zeppelin Group, Group of 50 plus with most modern commem., but incl. U.S. #C18 pair, 1931 Hungary, Brazil Zeppelin-Condor 1935, Colorano cachets, generally Fine.
Estimate $120-140.
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$184
Lot 1463
 
Worldwide Covers, Accumulation From Collector, couple hundred covers and cards, 19th Century to modern, mix of countries, noted interesting Japan, a few surprises in here, inspect, generally Fine.
Estimate $100-150.
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$276
Lot 1464
 
Worldwide Covers, Middle East and Central Asia Lot, Eclectic lot of 62 from Aden, Kuwait, Dubai, Ajman, Umm Al Quain, Maldives, Oman, Bahrain, Uzbekistan, Tadzikistan, and Republic of Comores, mostly FD's, but some first flight covers and airmail covers are included, 1930's to 1990's, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $100-150.
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$138
Lot 1465
 
Worldwide Covers, Small Accumulation, approx. 200 in small box, stampless to modern, majority U.S., but noted some GV India incl. censored, U.S. inaugural covers, few FD's, military, etc., mixed condition.
Estimate $100-120.
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$92








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