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Germany, Offices & Colonies

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1858		/ German Area, Mint Collection 1851 to 1945, n.h. to unused on Lindner hingeless pages in springback binder; States incl. Thurn & Taxis (North and South), North German Confederation and Württemberg while incomplete, fresh and sound, with centering much better than normally encountered (Thurn & Taxis South being particularly nice), Germany proper every space filled and is apparently complete less #65; both First Issue Shield sets complete to 18Kr, Germanias all here (incl. elusive #210), se-tenant Olympics, etc.; Semi-Postals complete incl. States' Coat-of-Arms, Wagner and unissued Stormtroopers both perfed and imperforate; IPOSTA, 1933 Nothilfe and OSTROPA sheets present; Airs incl. forerunners such as 1912 Leipzig, all three Main-Rhein issues (n.h.), 20pf E.EL.P. overprint, two used Gelber Hunds (one with broken 'd' reading "Gelber Huna"), plus Regular issues complete, Zeppelin Flight issues with reprints for comparison; Dues, Officials and Franchises complete, strong Feldpost issues and even some Propaganda items, fresh throughout and sound, much Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $6,000-8,000. View details and photo	Realized $9,200
Lot 1859		/o German Area, 1872 to 1998 Mint and Used Stock Accumulation, Neatly mounted on stockpages and housed in six Scott albums, all identified with dupl., no DDR and little 19th Century, a useful group ready for retail, generally fine to very fine. Scott approximately $77,000. Estimate $4,000-5,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 1860		German Area, Extensive Unpicked Cover Holding, hundreds mostly better in banker box, incl. WWII Private Issues incl. Belgian Walloon, better postcards, 3rd Reich with Propaganda, Occupation incl. Postwar zones, stampless, Zeppelin, commem. cancels, few better 1940's FD's, nothing recent, inspect. Estimate $3,000-4,000. View details and photo	Realized $5,463
Lot 1861		/ German Area, Large Mint and Used Collection to 2018, n.h. to o.g., in Scott albums, fairly complete to 1928 incl. mint #65A, appears mostly n.h. from 415 on, incl. States, Semi-postals incl. mint B33, B38 and B68 (2, one no gum), Airmails incl. some mint and used Zeppelins, Plebiscites incl. better Saar Semi-postals, Occupations by and of Germany (Berlin separate lot), and modest Colonies, mostly Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $3,000-4,000. View details and photo	Realized $4,313
Lot 1862		/ German Area, Mint 20th Century Collection, in 8 albums of various types, incl. some States, strong Plebiscites, Occupations, D.D.R., main country sparse until about 1920, 1951 to 2014 n.h. and virtually complete, noted B58 o.g., B68 unused, Berlin complete incl. 9NB3a n.h. (no other zones), Saar B64a and CB1 n.h., generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,500-3,500. View details and photo	Realized $3,105
Lot 1863		/o German Area, Mostly Intact Extensive Collection, on homemade pages to 1975 in 5 albums, classics mostly complete used, 20th Century mint or used, some dupl., incl. #585a-599, Federal Republic mint or used, occasional dupl., separate volume for Berlin with overprints mint or used (high values used), mint with some dupl. used sets or used after that, Empire and Bundespost Semi-postals separate volume mint or used with dupl. complete except better souvenir sheets (incl. Ostropa sheet - usual condition, 3rd Reich sheets), postwar o.g. complete, another volume for Airs (complete mint or used except #C43), Occupation, Back of-Book, incl. Officials virtually complete with dupes. mint or used, WWII Occupation, Zones with souvenir sheets, another volume with Locals, States spotty (usual condition), Plebiscites, early Empire mixed condition, balance mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details and photo	Realized $2,070
Lot 1864		German Area, Germany and Area Mint Collection, Extensive and valuable o.g. collection in Minkus album starting with nice range of Eagle large shields (#15-18, 21-24, 26), then 45-51, 52-61, 62-63, 65A, 78, etc. and virtually complete run 1920 to 1999 with all better items incl. 585A-93, 593A-99, 670-85, etc., Semi-postals complete incl. B58 souvenir sheets, Airmails complete incl. all Zepp issues plus nice Saar (with B64a souvenir sheets), Bohemia & Moravia, Poland General Government, etc., should be carefully inspected for full appreciation, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,000-3,000. View details and photo	Realized $2,530
Lot 1865		/ German Area, Berlin 1948 to 1976 Collection, one hingeless album and one stockbook, noted mint #9N1-16 (signed), used set (not signed), mint 9N21-34 (GPS cert.), used set signed, 9N35-41 mint and used, n.h. 9N61-63, then mint and used of most issues to 1976, stockbook noted 9N1-20 (signed), 9N33 used (signed), 9N21-34 (not signed), 9N61-63 n.h., used sets (3), 9N80-136 mint and used in multiples, mostly mint after this, fine to very fine. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details and photo	Realized $1,955
Lot 1866		/o German Area, Federal Republic 1970 to 2015 Extensive Collection, mint and used, filling four albums and stockbook of various makes, a near-complete Bund collection of singles, souvenir sheets, booklets, and panes with handful of items missing but many extras present, note many issues of 2000s mint as margin singles plus paralleled as Deutsch Post cancelled items (some even postally used), collection with many complete unexploded booklets, mint and used booklet panes (most often missing), part sheets of stamps used to create booklets, as well in self-adhesive stamp strips of five (in addition to the singles), excellent booklets back to Michel #MH1 from Empire, with several still in original auction house/dealer glassines, P.O. fresh throughout as to be expected, most recent material needs a new home, overall very fine. Estimate $2,000-3,000. View details	Realized $2,300
Lot 1867		/ German Area, Colonies Mint Accumulation, About 300 with dupl. mostly o.g. with few n.h., with a nice group of 1m-5m issues, incl. German New Guinea #19, and Mariana Islands #29, plus few blocks, couple of signatures, worth a close look, mostly fine to very fine, high cat. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details and photo	Realized $2,300
Lot 1868		/o German Area, Various Mint and Used Collections, in 4 albums and stockbook, incl. States mint or used in album; 2 volume Lighthouse 1872 to 1945 with Zeppelins mostly complete, Iposta sheet mint and used, 3rd Reich reasonably complete mint or used with souvenir sheets, inflation period with used; full beat up Minkus album to 1950 with better States and couple of certs incl. Hamburg #9d (two copies-margins all around-PF certs), Ostropa sheet on cover, 3rd Reich souvenir sheets, Plebiscites, DDR, Offices & Colonies, Zones, etc., 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details and photo	Realized $5,750
Lot 1869		German Area, Select Mostly Zeppelin Cover Group, 23 incl. LZ-10 Charity flight, Danzig to Spain 1929 Mediterranean flight, etc., clean group, retail $3180. Estimate $1,300-1,500. View details and photo	Realized $1,150
Lot 1870		German Area, Bickerdike Cover Collection, over 200 in 4 binders plus about 50 in dealer sleeves, most with identification, also incl. a few France, Italy, and G.B., difficult to assemble group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details and photo	Realized $805
Lot 1871		/o German Area, Mint and Used Accumulation, Banker box filled with hundreds of album pages containing dupl. range of mint/used with lots of better items throughout (some in quantities up to 3 or more), please take a close look, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 1872		/ German Area, Collection of French and Soviet Zones, mint 1945-64, plus DDR, mostly mounted on a variety of album pages in springback album; virtually complete for each area, with French Zone incl. Baden, Rheinland-Pfalz and Württemberg with perfed and imperforate souvenir sheets; Soviet Zone incl. Berlin, Mecklenburg, Saxony, West Saxony, East Saxony (incl. the tough 12pf "Post/Pochta" issue), Thüringen incl. #16N3a, 16N7b (both n.h.), and 16NB6a, Spremberg with unlisted colors; Leipzig, Jena, Dresden and Wittenberg overprints; plus mint near complete DDR; bright and fresh throughout, with bonus 1920-21 Belgian Occupations complete, very fine overall. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 1873		//o German Area, Mint and Used Accumulation, n.h. to o.g., in stockbooks, album pages, #102 cards, and glassines, while it incl. some States, Berlin and D.D.R., Saar and Colonies etc., the strength is West Germany, highlights incl. #670-85 o.g., B49-57 (in mounts, may be n.h.), B58 with left margin toning, B68 no gum but no toning, C43-45 l.h., C46-56 n.h., generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $690
Lot 1874		//o German Area, Large Accumulation, in 4 bankers boxes, covers States to modern incl. DDR, Danzig, Memel, Saar, and Colonies, noted collection to 1940's in 5 Ka-Be albums, small binder of encased postage, large envelope of Notgeld, envelope with better incl. #585A-93 n.h., B58 (wrinkles in margin), 10NB11 n.h., also many album pages, #102 cards, stockbook, stockpages and glassines, usual range of condition. Estimate $800-1,200. View details and photo	Realized $1,265
Lot 1875		/o German Area, Germany & Area 1849-1997, 19th & 20th Century mint and used collection in four Specialty albums, features States, Empire, Third Reich with souvenir sheets, Colonies and administrative areas (Danzig, Memel, Saar etc.), 1949-97 mostly mint from mid-1950s with Berlin to 1980s and DDR mostly mint to 1968, attractive and worthwhile collection, generally fine to very fine. 1991 Scott $8,000 (Owner's). Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $575
Lot 1876		/o German Area, 20th Century Area Collection/Accumulation, mint and used culled from various estates, in binders, stockbooks, on pages, etc., incl. many complete sets, many different areas incl. Michel listed Upper Silesia, Leipzig locals plated, Freiburg locals, Memel mostly complete mint, Semi-postals, Empire group of few hundred perfins, few auction lots, DDR collection with Marx sheets, etc., inspect, Fine to Very Fine lot. Estimate $700-900. View details	Realized $575
Lot 1877		/o German Area, Germany and Related Areas Group, 14 albums/stockbooks containing virtually all areas mint or used with wide array of useful materials with better items throughout, please look carefully, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $700-900. View details	Realized $575
Lot 1878		/ German Area, Mint Duplicated Stationery Stock, thousands sleeved from early Empire to WWII, very little postwar, all identified by Michel and priced in 5 Pittsburgh boxes, some 3rd Reich, some dupl., clean with high retail. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $863
Lot 1879		/o German Area, Bavaria Mint and Used Collection, on pages, scattered pre 1900 mostly used with perf varieties, papers listed per Michel, 20th Century mint and used with imperfs, surcharges, multiples, back of the book with pl. flaws, etc., not the normal collection that you see, mostly Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1880		German Area, Colonies Mint Collection, on Scott pages, good coverage of German dominion plus some British, French and Belgian Occupation, incl. Cameroun #1-2 and 53-65, Carolines complete except 19 and 20, East Africa 1-41 complete, New Guinea, S.W. Africa, Kiauchau, Mariana Is. 11-31 complete except 16, Marshall Is. 1-27 complete, New Britain, Samoa 51-73 complete, and Togo 1-23 complete, just a few used, mostly Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details and photo	Realized $1,265
Lot 1881		/o German Area, Semi-Postals/Airmails Group, Extensive range of mint/used (some in quantities) on stockpages in 2 binders starting with B1 with many better issues (B49-57, B313//47 etc.), plus useful Airmails with C1 onward incl. dupl. range of C27-34, C35-37, C39, C40, C44-45, Berlin 9N35-41 and many others, a valuable stock worth close inspection, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $489
Lot 1882		German Area, Commercial Covers, couple thousand loose in 2 full banker boxes, culled from unprocessed stock, some priced, mostly early to mid 20th Century with nothing recent, incl. Stationery usages, 3rd Reich, inflation, Occupation, some postwar, postcards, few 19th Century, virtually no FD's, nothing rare but excellent to work up for stock, inspect. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $748
Lot 1883		German Area, Dealer Cover Stock, about 125, mostly first half of 20th Century, with a few earlier incl. stampless, States and Plebiscites mixed in, retail $10-$100, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-750. View details	Realized $431
Lot 1884		/ German Area, Berlin 1948 to 1990 Collection, in Scott album, all mint except 1949 issues, incl. #9N21-34 o.g. (2013 Schlegel cert.), turns n.h. with 9N70 and 9NB1, appears complete (no 9NB3a), clean, Fine to Very Fine lot. Estimate $600-800. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1885		German Area, Zusammendrucke Mint Collection, 1933 to 1940 In old Schaubek album, o.g. mounted on pages, all with old 1998 Michel prices, occasional dupl. used, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details and photo	Realized $489
Lot 1886		/o German Area, Mint Offices & Colonies Collection, about 200 mostly o.g. (few n.h.) on stockpages, many identified by Michel numbers incl. Offices in China #45BIaa, 47AIa and 47AIb, some blocks of 4, also incl. 10 used German Zeppelins. Estimate $500-750. View details and photo	Realized $719
Lot 1887		German Area, D.D.R. 1949 to 1990 Mint Collection, in 4 Scott albums, appears complete and n.h. except #67 o.g., O1-O32 and O42-43 cto, clean, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Unsold
Lot 1888		German Area, "Old" New Issues, n.h., small group originally in old glassines incl. Berlin both overprint sets n.h., #9NB1-3, 9NB3a n.h., Offices in China #1-6 o.g., and small n.h. group of Russian WWII Occupation, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-750. View details and photo	Realized $489
Lot 1889		German Area, 143 Stampless Covers, mostly 1820's-40's circular but also straightline, boxed blue cancels, mostly folded letters, some to France, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Unsold
Lot 1890		/ German Area, Locals Group with Covers, 5 covers, 24 postal cards (all but 5 used), 1 wrapper and one stamped envelope, from Leipzig, Hannover, Berlin etc., plus group of a few dozen mint, mostly Hamburg, mostly Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $350-400. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1891		//o German Area, Modern Collection, West Germany 1972 to 1979 n.h., D.D.R. 1949 to 1990 virtually complete incl. 144a and 146a used, mixed mint and used to about 1959, then mint, Russian Zone incl. watermark varieties, #16NB4 and Locals, Bavaria, Saar, Occupations, miscellaneous mint in stockbook, stockcards and envelope, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-650. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1892		/o German Area, Comprehensive H.O.P. Collection, estimated 3000 mint and used, organized by town in 5 Safe albums, many signed by Dub and others, some in blocks of 4, Fine to Very Fine. Covers next lot. Estimate $500-750. View details and photo	Realized $604
Lot 1893		German Area, H.O.P. Cover Collection, about 125 hinged in binder, largest group is Dresden, plus about 65 loose with wide range of towns, Fine to Very Fine lot. Estimate $500-750. View details and photo	Realized $633
Lot 1894		//o German Area, Dealer's Stock, low to mid-range stock in 1 medium and 3 small counter books, incl. mostly used States, mostly mint Empire thru 1990's incl. DDR, a few Colonies, also used stock in 4 stockbooks or binders, condition varies, plus 4 early covers. Estimate $500-600. View details	Unsold
Lot 1895		/o German Area, Dealer's Accumulation, mint and used collection to 1950's in KaBe album incl. States, Colonies, Zones, Occupations and Plebiscites, West Germany mint 1957 to 1982 and D.D.R. 1949 to 1982 mint collections in 3 Lighthouse albums, West Germany in 16 counter books, used starts in 1930's, mint starts in 1978 and goes to 1992, mint Berlin in 6 counter books, mint D.D.R. in 2 counter books, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $403
Lot 1896		German Area, Colonies & Offices Group of 20 Covers, incl. South West Africa #1-4 on cover, few real photo postcards, scarcer towns, etc., usual condition. Estimate $350-450. View details and photo	Realized $661
Lot 1897		//o German Area, States, Plebiscites and Occupations Collection, several hundred 1919 to 1955 on Minkus pages, used thru n.h., incl. Bavaria, Wurttemberg, Occupation, General Government, Plebiscite, Danzig, Memel, Zones and Saar, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $345
Lot 1898		o/ German Area, Occupation of Montenegro Collection, incl. #3N1-3N9 tied on pieces, couple with short perfs, #3NB1-3NB6 with 3NCB1-3NCB3 tied on cover with fold on cover not affecting stamps, and 3NB7-3NB10 and 3NCB4-3NCB6 all tied on pieces, otherwise fine to very fine. Scott $1,635+. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $230
Lot 1899		German Area, AMG Mint Collection, n.h., in 3 ring binder on Bush pages and loose, consisting of Germany with the various printings and varieties, pl. blocks, Brunswick reconstructed sheets, few covers and mint Stationery, clean collection, Fine to Very Fine. Very extensive "FTT" collection separate lot. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $230
Lot 1900		German Area, Covers Intact Group of Different Periods, 100+ incl. stampless, Zone, few earlier FD's, nothing recent, early mint and used postcards, some early mint and used Stationery. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $345
Lot 1901		German Area, 3rd Reich Ephemera Material, small box of 3rd Reich era vignettes, pictures, documents, and other period ephemera, good retail potential. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $173
Lot 1902		/o German Area, Accumulation of Remainder Collections, used inflation era in stockbook, mint booklet panes and Zusammendrucke, mint and used Saar on stock and album pages incl. some varieties, bit of mint Danzig and Memel, Offices, used Empire, etc., generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $403
Lot 1903		German Area, Mostly Mint Colonies Stock, Few hundred with lots of dupl., majority o.g. with some used, up to mark values, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $219
Lot 1904		/ German Area, Stationery Mint Collection, Over 600 from 1870s to 1970, majority mint with some early used, incl. States, Empire, Third Reich, Occupations and Federal Republic, fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $173
Lot 1905		German Area, 1946 to 1948 Collection with Occupations, n.h., in Palo hingeless album, hit and miss coverage but incl. #593A-599 (593E signed Dub and Schlegel), no Berlin, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,887 (Owner's). Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $161
Lot 1906		German Area, Post War Zone and Republic Covers, In 2 full banker boxes, majority unaddressed and addressed F.D.'s 1970's-90's, also commercial post war incl. diff. Allied Zones, clean, fine to very fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $334
Lot 1907		German Area, About 400 Labels, early 20th Century, a few trade cards, Notgeld, and a few non-German. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $81

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