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Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2935		Worldwide Covers, Commonwealth Retail Stock, several hundred sleeved, written up and priced in 2 full cover boxes, QV to early QEII (mostly GV to GVI) usages from Africa Cols., good variety with scattering of other Cols., ready for sale, owners retail $16,600+, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $3,000-3,200. View details	Realized $4,888
Lot 2936		Worldwide Covers, "Theft and Misuse" Exhibit Balance, few hundred covers and some adhesives mounted and written up on 37 exhibit pages noted Manchuria #18 mint block of 9 with various "anti-bandit" chops, Post Office training items from G.B., nice group of patent cancels on early U.S. covers incl. a couple Union patriotics, company overprints from G.B., anti-bandit security overprints on Costa Rica, Mexico district overprints, various perfins, early precancels, control marks, punch cancels, a most unusual offering, deserves a close inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Ex. Tilles. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details and photo	Realized $1,955
Lot 2937		Worldwide Covers, Better Estate Accumulation, several hundred in sleeves in binders or loose in banker box, U.S. and Foreign, noted registered, advertising, censored, European Cols., ship mail, Boer War, POW, Airmail, noted U.S. #119 (cat. $875), no junk in this lot, worth a close look, Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $4,313
Lot 2938		Worldwide Covers, Mostly Early to Mid 20th Century, 600 pieces, about ½ sleeved, incl. postal stationery with Europe, Commonwealth, South and Central America, some Middle East, Asia, most $5 to $50 retail range, a clean lot with little or no dupl., usages incl. Airs, registered, censored, transatlantic, trans-pacific, fancy cancels, nice variety of frankings, excellent addition to a dealer stock, Fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 2939		Worldwide Covers, Interesting 3 Banker Box Lot, thousands of cover selected for collectability and condition, incl. a broad array of countries with U.S. and Foreign flights, events, commercial mail, better thematics, FDs and interesting usages, excellent mix with virtually no dupl., majority 1960s or older, no yesterday's mail and not junk, perfect for internet or bourse dealer, Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $4,025
Lot 2940		Worldwide Covers, High Quality Accumulation, couple hundred incl. U.S., gathered mostly from estates and collectors, fresh to the market, strong mix of countries, usages and eras, nothing modern, hand picked for collector interest, condition and value up to $100 or more, many researched and ready for sale on internet or at shows, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $2,415
Lot 2941		Worldwide Covers, Interesting Accumulation, few hundred in banker box (no U.S.), excellent variety of countries, usages and eras, virtually all collector or estate origin, outstanding money make for internet or show dealer, lots of nice covers ready for sleeves, pricing and sale, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $1,840
Lot 2942		Worldwide Covers, Better Assortment in Binder, 125+ covers or cards, excellent variety of countries, 19th and early 20th Century, noted registered, censored, auxiliary markings, advertising, etc., have a look, generally Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $863
Lot 2943		Worldwide Covers, Better Assortment in Binder, 125+ covers or cards, excellent variety of countries, 19th and early 20th Century, noted registered, censored, airmail, Dues, auxiliary markings, advertising, etc., have a look, generally Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 2944		Worldwide Covers, Accumulation on Stockpages, several hundred, majority relating to whales or whaling (modern material), but did note Ireland 1924 cover to Egypt, some 19th and early 20th Century U.S. advertising, group of Burma, interesting Venezuela and 4 unused Hawaii postal stationery, have a look, Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $460
Lot 2945		Worldwide Covers, Oversized Commercial Mail, thousands of #10 size and larger, 1950s to 1970s, all incoming to U.S. from wide variety of countries mostly from Europe and Asia, noted G.B., Taiwan, Hong Kong, Germany, Japan and Canada, excellent for bargain boxes, generally Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $345
Lot 2946		Worldwide Covers, Commonwealth Group, 90+ covers or cards, noted registered, censored, Dues, auxiliary markings, Hong Kong incl. first flights, New Zealand used in Pitcairn, large group of Australian States, nice group for retail breakdown, inspect, Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $920
Lot 2947		Worldwide Covers, Zeppelin Group, 17 covers, 2 photos and 1 postcard, noted Austria dispatch for 1929 Orient flight, U.S. 1929 Lakehurst to Germany leg, Russia franking on Polar Flight, German 2m and 4m frankings, Spain dispatch for Sevilla to Lakehurst, nice group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $690
Lot 2948		Worldwide Covers, Mostly 20th Century Group, 100+ incl. G.B. Penny Black, 1920s-30s flights incl. Latin America FAMs, U.S. with later FDs incl. 1983 Baseball with Gold handpainted, generally Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $431
Lot 2949		Worldwide Covers, New Hebrides Group, 11 incl. 5 registered, French and British issues, 1921 to 1939 usages, excellent lot, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $253
Lot 2950		Worldwide Covers, Eclectic Group, about 120 covers or cards on pages in binder, classics to modern, mix of Foreign and U.S., noted censored, registered, no junk, inspect, Fine or better. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $863
Lot 2951		Worldwide Covers, Western Europe Accumulation, several hundred pieces, majority mint and used stationery, wide variety with commercial, censored, etc., no Germany, estimated retail $3000+, generally Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $403
Lot 2952		Worldwide Covers, British Commonwealth Group of 7 Older, incl. C.G.H. #5 on cover to London, Natal 1d QV envelope to U.S. with "Collect Postage .06 Cents" hs., N.S.W. 1909 registered to London, also 1909 to U.S., Victoria 1897 to Canada, 1943 Jamaica censored advertising to U.S., inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $374
Lot 2953		Worldwide Covers, WWII Censored Lot, couple hundred, wide variety of countries and markings, great lot for the student of this area, inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $374
Lot 2954		Worldwide Covers, Accumulation in Banker Box, several hundred with good variety of countries, noted censored, FDs, 19th Century, registered, airmail, from stamp dealer who fills a box as he breaks down stamp collections, inspect, generally Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $748
Lot 2955		Worldwide Covers, Julie Braun-Vogelstein Correspondence, 81 from Germany, Switzerland and Austria, 1890s to 1950s (mostly older), sent to Germany, England, U.S. and France, noted Dues, inflation and express usages, interesting group, Fine. Information on recipient included. Estimate $150-250. View details	Realized $345

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