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Orco-Expo Worldwide Philatelic Auction, Fullerton, CA

Worldwide Covers

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1875		Worldwide Covers, Extensive Foreign Commercial Stock, 7500+ priced, sleeves and sorted by country in 10 Pittsburgh boxes, and Japan in white box, mostly commercial, strength in Japan, Netherlands, Spain & Colonies (France, Italy, China, Germany separate lots), mostly classic to 1950's period, fine overall, retail $136,848. Ex. Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $20,000-25,000. View details	Realized $17,250
Lot 1876		Worldwide Covers, Better Foreign Stock, 7 binders (one for Commonwealth), 494 better items or sets, all priced (mostly $75-$300+ range, few higher), sleeved, and identified, incl. flights with Liechtenstein, better FDC incl. F.S.A.T., Luxembourg, Austria, Japan with better postcards, retail $70,947, mostly early to mid 20th Century, much Fine to Very Fine. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $8,000-10,000. View details and photo	Realized $13,800
Lot 1877		Worldwide Covers, Extensive Topical Stock, 5,675 in 10 Pittsburgh boxes by category, mostly 1940's to 1970's, all sleeved and priced mostly $3-$15, incl. Europa (477-retail $2,980), Fraternal Organizations (410-$5,983), Balloons (498-$7,198), Scouting (245-$2,231), Polar, Space, Sports, some commercial buy mostly cacheted, slight dupl., mostly clean, retail total $60,000. Ex. Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $7,500-9,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 1878		Worldwide Covers, Commonwealth Retail Stock, 2,746, mostly 20th Century period in 4 Pittsburgh boxes, all priced (mostly $8 to $25 range) and sleeved, sorted by countries which incl. better Australia & States (retail $6,000), Egypt ($5,183), Malaya ($4,000), New Zealand ($2,623), Bermuda ($2,392), Jamaica ($2,148), Hong Kong ($2,446), India & States ($6,797), Ireland ($3,580), total retail $49,225, 19th Century slightly mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $6,500-7,500. View details	Realized $7,475
Lot 1879		Worldwide Covers, Latin America Retail Group, 2,250, all sleeved, identified, priced, and sorted by country, mostly 20th Century commercial 1930's-50's period, pricing mostly $6-$30, some light, stationery usages, strength in Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, clean overall, retail $37,500. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $4,500-5,500. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1880		Worldwide Covers, Flight Stock, 1,500, all sleeved, priced, identified and sorted by country or region, mostly 1950's-80's period, incl. G.B., Portugal, Swiss, few Rocket, Helicopter, Glider, retail mostly $10-30 range, clean group overall, retail $29,862. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $3,500-4,500. View details	Unsold
Lot 1881		Worldwide Covers, Better Flight Stock, 4 binders, 169 better items or sets, all priced (mostly $50-300 range, few higher), sleeved, and identified, incl. DO-X, countries incl. U.S. with rare FAM's incl. #F33-31a Jamaica (several), Pioneers, Trans-Oceanic, Canal Zone, Voyager 1986 Test flights, minor dupl., retail $27,105, Fine to Very Fine lot. Ex. Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $3,000-4,000. View details and photo	Realized $5,750
Lot 1882		Worldwide Covers, History of Zeppelins Exhibit, over 130 with Akron and Macon and Zeppelin flights, better incl. and signed letter from Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin to Mrs Wiley, Balloon Monte cover, Japan Round the World flight on Teakwood card, C13-14 on separate cachets, Flown postcards, C18 FDC, real photo postcards, and many different Macon cachets, well worth a look, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details and photo	Realized $3,738
Lot 1883		Worldwide Covers, Scandinavia Stock, 773 priced, sleeves and sorted by country in Pittsburgh box, retail mostly $12-$20 range, mostly commercial, strength in Norway, mostly classic to 1950's period, fine overall, retail $14,000. Ex. Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $1,700-2,000. View details	Realized $1,610
Lot 1884		Worldwide Covers, Mostly G.B. and Commonwealth Group, 1,172, mostly commercial to 1950's, all priced, some sleeved, incl. G.B. (552 retail $7,166) with FPO's, some late 19th Century, also Africa, West Indies (620 retail $6,426) with few later and/or FDC, some early stationery usages, mixed condition, retail total $13,600. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $1,323
Lot 1885		Worldwide Covers, 900+ Accumulation, around 900 sleeved and priced with marked retail over $15,000, U.S. and Worldwide, mostly older commercial mail with registered, Airs, Stationery, FDC and other uses, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,500-1,800. View details	Realized $1,265
Lot 1886		Worldwide Covers, U.S. and Foreign Paquebot Stock, 686 diff. 1920's to 1950's period in a Pittsburgh box, all priced (mostly $12 to $20 range) and sleeved, sorted by U.S. (252-retail $4,451), Foreign (340-retail $5,652), and miscellaneous (94-retail $1,633), considerable G.B., few "Ship Cachets", total retail $11,736. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $1,300-1,600. View details	Unsold
Lot 1887		Worldwide Covers, Topical Accumulation, around 800 sleeved and priced with marked retail over $10,000 from all over the world, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,100-1,300. View details	Realized $920
Lot 1888		Worldwide Covers, Airline Retail Stock, 758 in 2 Pittsburgh boxes, all priced (mostly under $20 range) and sleeved, sorted by Australia-Quantas, JAL, SAS, Lufthansa, Cuba, Mexico, Philippines, U.N., etc., retail $10, 633, mostly fine to very fine. Ex. Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $1,000-1,400. View details	Realized $920
Lot 1889		Worldwide Covers, UPU Group, 642 all priced and identified with retails of $9,400, Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $920
Lot 1890		Worldwide Covers, Dollar Cover Hoard, tens of thousands in 30 banker's boxes, roughly half U.S., more FDC than commercial, some sleeved, most recent noted was group of 2009 Coloranos, fewer oversized than normal, and some post cards, mostly Fine or better. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 1891		Worldwide Covers, Accumulation in Four Banker Boxes, thousands ranging from stampless to modern, incl. two early Penny Blacks, a Mulready, letters from Europe and many countries around the world, hundreds of postcards, Japan incl. scarce post WWII material, a group of steel engraved FDC both commercial and philatelic material as well as postcard stamp art, 60 QEII Coronation covers, Europa, Scandinavian with Maximum cards, China and P.R.C., topical items (Haley's Comet, etc.), Registered, Dues, Mourning, W.W.F. and Audubon covers, run of FDC and event, deserves careful examination, Fine. Estimate $700-900. View details	Realized $1,495
Lot 1892		Worldwide Covers, Three Banker Box Accumulation, thousands mostly commercial mail incl. all areas, many good ones scattered with the less desirable ones, worth a look, Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $1,265
Lot 1893		Worldwide Covers, Better Commercial, 150 plus Airmail, censored, commercial usage, U.S. with few better postcards, etc., good value in this lot, well worth a look, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $460
Lot 1894		Worldwide Covers, Small Better Zeppelin Group, 16 items incl. Brazil (8), Spain (3), Russia, etc., clean group overall, retail $2.775. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $500-700. View details and photo	Realized $863
Lot 1895		Worldwide Covers, Collectors Accumulation, bankers box with over 1,000 mostly all commercial mail incl. many better items, noticed G.B. #1 on cover, most appear to be from 1930's-1950's, Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $776
Lot 1896		Worldwide Covers, International Organizations and Miscellaneous Worldwide, Interesting small group of about 120 items with marked retail $4,025, unusual U.N. plus Geneva usages, also incl. are various misc. mainly European covers and cards, Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Unsold
Lot 1897		Worldwide Covers, Worldwide 5 Box Accumulation, unorganized mix of commercial and FDC, mostly 20th Century, unpicked with better mixed in, noted registered 1926 Falklands, 1 box Canadian FDC, generally Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 1898		Worldwide Covers, Better Worldwide Accumulation, few hundred with good variety of items, many areas represented, several better items, condition is mixed but well worth a look, Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 1899		Worldwide Covers, Early Europe Group, over 200 with stampless from Austria and Documents incl. Lombardy-Venetia, early Albania, North German Confederation group and WWI Feldpost group from Austria and Hungary, worth a look, Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $431
Lot 1900		Worldwide Covers, Mourning Lot, 747 from various countries from late 1800's and early 1900's, worth a look, generally Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $920
Lot 1901		Worldwide Covers, U.S. and Worldwide Commercial Accumulation, very diverse and interesting lot of approximately 400 with 19th & 20th Century items, carefully selected for the unusual historical value and condition, incl. are Asian, Commonwealth, Stampless, Censors, Military, Naval, Maritime, Advertising, Antarctic, Expos and Registered to name a few, worth a look, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $1,553
Lot 1902		Worldwide Covers, U.S. and Worldwide Collection, small but useful album containing about 70 which incl. stampless, cards, stationery, advertising, cachet with the majority U.S., small mix from around the world, Canal Zone, Philippines, 1949 Japan National Parks souvenir sheet and a few single stamps, worth a peek, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $242
Lot 1903		Worldwide Covers, Unpicked 20th Century Commercial, hundreds in full banker box loose, mostly 1930's-40's period, few later, noted couple 1935 Jubilee complete sets, censored, many different countries represented, inspect. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $2,300
Lot 1904		Worldwide Covers, Accumulation in Box, around 1,000 mostly sleeved with lot of commercial, topical, FDC, special usages and many are better than normally found in this type of accumulation, take time to look at this one, Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $431
Lot 1905		Worldwide Covers, WWII Censor, an eclectic mix of over 150 Foreign commercial censor covers, incl. are Airmail registered usages, locations incl. Fiji, Canal Zone, Trinidad, Iran, Ceylon, Vichy France, Kenya, Haiti, Turkey, Lebanon, Malta plus a handful of German Nazi era, inspection is recommended, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $460
Lot 1906		Worldwide Covers, Late 1940's Worldwide, over 400 predominantly commercial, multiple franked Airmail covers used just after WWII, a good mix of countries, from an estate of an oldtime coin dealer, a few pre-war items are incl., Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $460
Lot 1907		Worldwide Covers, Accumulation in Box, Few hundred 19th & 20th Century Commonwealth, European and Worldwide with some ephemera with useful covers, items incl. 1901 Boer War British Army cancel, Cuba 1959 Revolution cover, 1942 France Military letter sheet, 1790's map of Turkey Greece, Bulgaria, India to U.S. via Aden 1908, Hong Kong Registered package piece, German POW 1947 postal message card, Palestine 1942 P.O. form card, 1941 anti-tank battalion Christmas mailing, Fine or better. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $403
Lot 1908		/o/ Worldwide Covers, Postal Stationery, bankers box of about 2,000 pieces of Worldwide unused and cancelled to order Postal Stationery, good variety, good cat. value, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $173
Lot 1909		Worldwide Covers, Miscellaneous Asian, A small mixed lot with both stamps and covers (mostly covers), variety of countries represented although mainly Japan and China, few better and interesting noted, Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $265
Lot 1910		Worldwide Covers, 1937 GVI Coronation Sets, Virtually complete group of 48, some with cachets, Aden FDC cancel, many reg., clean. SG £250 + (off cover). Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $115
Lot 1911		Worldwide Covers, Roosevelt Collection, lot of 26 assorted covers addressed to F.D.R., all attested on reverse as having come from F.D.R.'s personal stamp collection, incl. a good variety of material from various Foreign countries incl. Mexico, Germany, Philippines, Poland, Belgium, Canada united Kingdom, Norway, Cuba, Nicaragua, Australia, Latvia, Spain, Egypt as well as several U.S. pieces, incl. are some interesting ephemera items such as a color plate of F.D.R., a lovely grouping related to F.D.R., Fine to Very Fine. Sold at auction by H.R. Harmer at auction in 1946. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $299
Lot 1912		Worldwide Covers, Accumulation in 2 Boxes, Couple thousand incl. U.S. FDC (many uncacheted), Foreign FDC and commercial with few better 19th Century U.S. and Foreign, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $138

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