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Germany & Colonies

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1748		/o German Area, Mint and Used Accumulation, Four bankers boxes of filled with collections, stockbooks, on cards and in glassines, many better items to be found incl. n.h. items and used items from Germany, Berlin, Colonies, Locals and German States, huge cat. value and many better items to be found, great lot for the show dealer or internet dealer, please inspect, Fine to Very Fine appearance. Estimate $6,000-7,000. View details	Realized $4,600
Lot 1749		o German Area, Extensive Inflation Collection, Hundreds of mostly used, some mint and covers, neatly organized on black stockpages in 7 binders, lots of dupl., many Michel varieties noted #118b, 174c (2) used (all signed), multiples and dupl., shades, cancels, pairs, strips and blocks out of booklets, plus booklet panes, private issues, perf freaks, Officials, forgeries identified, great lot for the specialist, needs close inspection, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $3,000-4,000. View details and photo	Realized $3,450
Lot 1750		o German Area, Classic Used Collection, many thousands to early Empire period issues, virtually all used sorted on binder pages in 6 albums, created from numerous collections purchased over many years, dupl. throughout, virtually all value in States period with heavy dupl. of lower values, starting with Baden #1, incl. cancels (identified) incl. better, high cat. pieces and mint, scattered certs. and notations throughout, scattered covers, occasional variety, cut squares, very high cat., very mixed condition throughout, worth close inspection. Few items bought individually out of auctions. Rarely seen in this quantity . Estimate $3,000-4,000. View details and photo	Realized $4,888
Lot 1751		/o German Area, Accumulation in Box, Large accumulation with many better items nothing past 1960s, noticed one stockbook filled with locals and Revenues, stockbook with mostly mint Saar and Danzig, stockbook filled with more locals, stockbook filled with mint and used empire and locals, group of mostly mint souvenir sheets incl. #B58, stockbook of mint and mostly n.h. Reich and Berlin period, three small boxes filled with items on stockcards and in glassines with countless better items incl. Zeppelins and German State items, thousands in cat., nice lot for breakdown for retail or internet sales, worth a close look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Realized $4,313
Lot 1752		German Area, Offices in China 1904-1905 Russian-Japanese Postcards, 38 cards from the 1904-1905 period of the War with many battle scenes, almost all have German Offices in China stamp, many with German Regimental censor cancel, generally Fine. Estimate $2,000-3,000. View details and photo	Realized $1,955
Lot 1753		/o German Area, Germany & Colonies in Album, Well filled collection in Scott album with thousands of mint and used incl. States, huge cat. value and many better items to be found throughout, incl. occupation and Colonies, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,000-3,000. View details and photo	Realized $2,415
Lot 1754		/ German Area, Interesting Third Reich Collection, Many hundreds on handmade pages incl. over 100 propaganda cards and covers, mint sets mostly o.g. with few n.h., used with special cancels, strong group of booklet panes and Zusammendrucke, incl. Danzig #241-254 on cover and some Occupation issues, worth a close look, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,400-1,600. View details and photo	Realized $1,725
Lot 1755		/o German Area, Collection and Accumulation, Collectors collection and accumulation with nothing removed, incl. old Kabe album of Germany & Areas with hundreds of mostly used running from 1851 to 1940s with many better used classics incl. #242A (not signed), many mint and used on pages incl. mostly Third Reich era incl. Zeppelins and Ostropa and Iposta sheets, better occupation items and much more, huge cat. value, if you have expertise in this area you are sure to have finds, Fine to Very Fine appearance. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details and photo	Realized $2,645
Lot 1756		o German Area, German and Related Collections/Accumulation, in 18 albums incl. hingeless or stockbooks, also on pages, loose in glassines mostly used, all periods mostly used incl. States, Plebiscites, some Offices and Colonies, Berlin, some dupl. incl. heavy in parts used, mostly organized but needs some work, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Accumulation of many collections bought over the decades. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $1,380
Lot 1757		/o German Area, Offices in Hingeless Album, Mint and used collection in album mostly mint with some duplication in used, incl. Offices in China, Offices in Morocco, Cameroon, New Guinea, Marshall Island, Kiauchau, Mariana, East Africa, Southwest Africa and Turkey, many better sets throughout, some booklet panes, nice collection to expand upon, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details and photo	Realized $1,610
Lot 1758		German Area, 19 Offices and Colonies Covers, 10 various offices covers and 9 different colonies with marked retail of $5120 all identified and written up, nice lot, Fine to Very Fine appearance. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details and photo	Realized $863
Lot 1759		German Area, 1945-1946 Soviet Zone and Allied Local Issues, Many hundreds incl. souvenir sheets in Schaubek album listed per Michel incl. the specialized varieties incl. gum, plate varieties, few souvenir sheets, majority o.g. with few used, better items incl. Bad Nauheim Michel #8 Ix (expertising hs. on reverse), and Cottbus issues, worth a close look, some signed, excellent lot for the specialist, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details and photo	Realized $978
Lot 1760		o German Area, Sudetenland WWII 3rd Reich Souvenir Sheets, 48, all diff. either with German or Czechoslovakia commemorative cancels in red, blue or purple in stockbook, mostly clean group, rarely seen, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details and photo	Realized $748
Lot 1761		German Area, WWII Propaganda Complete Series of Cards, set of 21 showing swastika design "Die siegreichen Fahnen und Standarten der deutschen Wehrmacht", mostly mint though few used, also incl. original envelope (rare but faulty), cards mostly sound, complete sets are scarce. Estimate $700-900. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1762		German Area, Collection of Feldpost Covers and Cards, Over 200, many identified on pages incl. 6 French, Norwegian, and Flemish Legion Post, Fine, interesting group. Estimate $700-900. View details and photo	Realized $978
Lot 1763		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 1764		/o German Area, Collection With States & Colonies, Thousands of mint and used mounted in a Scott specialty album, many better items throughout incl. a nice section of DDR, Saar and German States and much more, inspection recommended, Fine to Very Fine appearance. Estimate $500-700. View details and photo	Realized $920
Lot 1765		German Area, Better Cover Collection From Estate, around 200 better in Albums and on pages or loose from collector with nothing removed, huge cat. value incl. better early flights and glider flights incl. Zeppelins, two books with better Germany FDCs incl. #B316-B317, B318-B319, B225-B226, Berlin #74, 80-81 and many more, a book of mostly propaganda cards and some Foreign flights and dedications, huge cat. value, Fine to Very Fine appearance. Estimate $500-600. View details and photo	Realized $1,725
Lot 1766		German Area, Mint Collection in Hingeless Album, most if not all are n.h. running from 1946 to 1974 incl. Germany, Berlin and Zones, items noted Germany ##665-669, 687-6701, B309-B337, Berlin appears complete to 1969 (overprints not signed) only missing couple, great collection for expansion, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details and photo	Realized $1,265
Lot 1767		/o German Area, Third Reich Souvenir Sheet Group, 20th Century mostly n.h. collection/accumulation with some used incl. Third Reich, post-war occupations, W. Germany and DDR, features Scott #B91-2 (x2), B91 used (x2), B103 (x2), B104, B105 (x2), 5NB4a (Baden), 6NB6a (Rhineland), 8NB4a (Wurtemberg), 16NB4a (Thuringen), worthwhile group, Fine to Very Fine. 2017 Scott $3,200 (Owner's). Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $403
Lot 1768		/o German Area, 3 Banker Boxes Filled With Stockbooks and Binders, Germany, plus Danzig and Saar, the backup stock of a retired dealer, there is a mixture of mint and used, ranging from German States to 1980s, one highlight is two large binders filled with large group of tete-beche, se-tenants, gutter pairs and blocks, Revenues, cancels, varieties and similar, plus a nice run of unlisted post WWII local issues, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 1769		/o German Area, Third Reich Accumulation, Few hundred o.g. and used on pieces with special cancels plus few covers, souvenir sheets and propaganda cards, overall Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $265
Lot 1770		o/ German Area, DDR and Berlin Collection, thousands of mint and used (mostly) used in 5 albums running from the 1940s to 1980s incl. many covers. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $173
Lot 1771		German Area, 1945-1947 Correspondence, 13 early postwar covers from West Germany to Istanbul, all franked with Numeral or A.M.G. definitives (two with mixed-issues usages), good variety of censor tapes and markings, all sent to Alexander Rustow (1885-1963), one of about 1,000 German intellectuals (mostly Jewish) who emigrated to Turkey in the early 1930s at the invitation of the recently formed Turkish Republic to help modernize the fledgling nation's universities, health care and legal systems, by doing so, many of these individuals were saved from the Holocaust, Rustow returned to Germany in 1947, where he was instrumental in shaping the economy of West Germany, generally Fine. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $207
Lot 1772		German Area, Bad Gottleuba Overprints With Town Seal, 13 different all n.h., Fine to Very Fine, signed Zierer BPP. Estimate $250-350. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1773		German Area, Fredersdorf Collection of FM Overprints, 17 different incl. complete sets all n.h., Very Fine, Signed Sturm. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $173
Lot 1774		German Area, 14 Mostly Third Reich Telegrams, incl. 2 with env., some showing Swastika, mostly clean group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Unsold

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