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Worldwide Auction During APS Ameristamp Expo

U.S. and Foreign Postcard Groupings

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 3329		U.S., Collection of Better Expo Postcards to 1960's, In 14 binders, approx. 1050 cards, all Expo's starting with 40 cards for 1893 Columbian Expo represented (along with U.S. adhesives for various exhibitions where appropriate), many better cards (mostly mint) and occasional ephemera related incl. ticket, program, incl. 1909 Alaska-Yukon with souvenir ticket, 1897 Tennessee Centennial, 80 for St. Louis Expo, 20 for Louis & Clark, 70 for 1901 Pan-American, 230 for Chicago World's Fair, 180 for 1939-40 World's N.Y. Expo, obscure Expo's incl. Appalachian Expo in Knoxville, S.F. Admission Day 1910, Water Carnival Florida (no date), also incl. binder of Del Coronado, and early Galveston, Texas, some cards rarely seen, lovely unpicked and rarely seen, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $4,000-5,000. View details	Realized $3,450
Lot 3330		U.S., 1907 Jamestown Expo Postcard Series, Series of 159 of 162, missing only 70, 143-46, clean, extremely difficult to complete whole series, Excellent. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 3331		U.S., Massive Postcard Stock, approximately 46,000 cards sorted by States (light on California) in 41 sales boxes (40 long, 1 short), mostly chromes and linens, many interesting scenes, some used, occasional better item, inspect, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $4,000-6,000. View details	Realized $2,760
Lot 3332		U.S., Group of 1400+ Postcards, large group of 1400+ covering a wide range of topics, topics incl. holograms, Easter, Christmas, Indians, patriotic, golf, large size, secret message, fold outs, and many more, some very nice pieces in this lot, owners retail $8600+, Good to Very Good. Estimate $1,700-2,200. View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 3333		U.S., Greetings, Thematic and Real Photo Postcards, approximately 23,000 cards in 21 sales boxes (17 large and 4 small), majority chromes and linens, but noted a nice group of older cards (especially 2 boxes of real photos), good variety, topicals sorted by subject, occasional better, inspect, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $2,000-3,000. View details	Realized $2,185
Lot 3334		U.S., Add on Style Postcards, group of 590+ items all in the add on style, topics incl. Christmas, couple cards, patriotic, religion, new year, women, birds, many older cards in this group, owners retail $5145, Good to Very Good. Estimate $1,000-1,300. View details	Unsold
Lot 3335		U.S., Detroit and Fred Harvey Postcard Group, approximately 500 mostly unused cards in sleeves, mainly Arizona and New Mexico scenes, large group of native Americans, lovely group with minor duplication, Excellent. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $920
Lot 3336		U.S., Detroit and Fred Harvey Postcard Group, approximately 500 mostly unused cards in sleeves, virtually all Arizona great variety of scenic views, lovely group with minor duplication, Excellent. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 3337		U.S., Better Postcard Group Including Valentine Cards, nice lot of 680+ items covering storks, real photos, cruise ships, valentines, Hudson River, quick pretty and more, retail $3200+, Good to Very Good. Estimate $600-800. View details	Unsold
Lot 3338		U.S., California Postcard Stock, approximately 7,000 cards sorted by towns in 6 large sales boxes, mostly chromes and linens, but did notice older cards, many interesting scenes, some used, occasional better item, inspect, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $575
Lot 3339		U.S., Chrome and Linen Postcard Accumulation, about 20,000 cards, mostly unused in 6 full banker boxes, nice cross section of American views, scenes, subjects, etc., clean lot, Excellent to Nearly Mint. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $1,265
Lot 3340		U.S., 1910's Holiday Greeting Cards By "Owen", about 3000 mint and used in 11 small plastic tubs, sorted by series numbers, some duplication, lovely group, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 3341		U.S., Advertising Postcard Group, 2 binders with 135 items, with various advertisements to incl. shoes, gas, locations, movie studios, valued at $2656, Good to Very Good. Estimate $550-700. View details	Realized $546
Lot 3342		U.S., Fairs and Expos Postcard Group, binder with 171 pieces all depicting various fairs and expos, many nice older pieces, topics seen incl. Century of Progress, Columbian Expo, Pan-Pacific, and St. Louis Worlds Fair, many others incl., retail $2232, Good to Very Good. Estimate $450-550. View details	Realized $518
Lot 3343		U.S., 1893 Columbian Exposition Postcard Group, 100+ private printed cards (23 used), minor duplication, good variety, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $978
Lot 3344		U.S., Collection of "Cats" Postcards, 192 cards in album, great variety, cats by themselves, with dogs, kids, comic, etc., mostly early with some real photos, condition much better than usual, Excellent. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $719
Lot 3345		U.S., Arizona Postcard Lot of Scenic Views, approximately 500 unused, virtually all linens, in sleeves, good variety of subjects for this popular State, inspect for value, Excellent. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $288
Lot 3346		U.S., Group of Older Postcards By Subject, Consists of few hundred of Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas (many embossed), Rally Day, Easter, Patriotic, Presidential, mostly mint, excellent lot of better cards, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $661
Lot 3347		U.S., USS Constitution Postcards, 41 cards incl. 35 real photo plus sheet of 16 Crosby photos, Excellent. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $265
Lot 3348		U.S., Vintage Postcard Lot, many hundreds mint and used in banker box, features greetings, humor, real photos, views, romance and more, worth inspection, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $299
Lot 3349		U.S., Exposition Postcard Stock, almost all pre 1950, approximately 1500 cards in 2 sales boxes, good variety, occasional better, inspect, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $748
Lot 3350		U.S., Postcard Stock Sorted By States, about 3000 mostly mint in 9 plastic tubs, good variety of scenes and subjects, chromes and linens, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $374
Lot 3351		U.S., Large Letter Postcard Stock By States, about 3000 mostly mint in 9 plastic tubs, 6 sorted by State, 3 with duplicates, good variety of "greetings from" subjects, chromes and linens, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $604
Lot 3352		U.S., Early Postcard Group, over 60 interesting cards incl. early Santa's, mechanicals, Coney Island, comedy and others, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $161
Lot 3353		U.S., Small Early Alaska Postcard Group, 20 cards, early 20th Century, incl. real photo of Davison Glacier, colorized view of Skagway, dog team, Sitka, couple Alaskan Highway (U.S. Army cards), etc., clean group, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $150
Lot 3354		U.S., Postcards Sorted By Subjects, approximately 2000 chromes and linens in 7 small plastic tubs, few foreign, mostly unused, good variety of subjects, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $150-250. View details	Realized $242
Lot 3355		U.S., Real Photo Postcard Group, about 150 in small box, virtually all mint, good variety of scenic views, animals, people, etc., Very Good. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $173
Lot 3356		U.S., Over 100 Different Early Cards, incl. Hawaii surfing, ships, restaurants, greetings, etc., Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $127
Lot 3357		U.S., "Indian" Postcard Group, 20 diff. vintage postcards, incl. Sioux chiefs, Red Cloud, etc., Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $75-100. View details	Realized $69
Lot 3358		U.S., Standard Size Postcards in 21 Boxes, 50,000+ in 84 smaller boxes representing 30 States, and the District of Columbia with Colorado, DC, Florida, N.Y., and Virginia being dominate, all ages but no modern, Continental size cards are incl., very little dupl., mostly Good to Very Good. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $242
Lot 3359		U.S., 360 San Francisco Earthquake Postcards, Mostly mint, all diff., majority printed views, incl. Oakland, etc., mostly Very Good. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $403
Lot 3360		U.S., Postcard Topical/Subjects Standard Size in 4 Boxes, 10,000+ in 14 small boxes, incl. Art, Autumn, Birds, Cactus, Fishing, Pastoral Scenes, People, Religious, Ocean Waves, and Winter Scenes with flowers being dominate, all ages but no modern Continental size, very little dupl., mostly Good to Very Good. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $138
Lot 3361		U.S., Mostly Pre 1930 Postcard Lot, several hundred in half full banker box, mostly used, good variety of scenes, cities, states, holidays, noted real photos, worth a look, Very Good. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $265
Lot 3362		Worldwide, Lot of 900+ Postcards, incl. French city views, Japanese on rice paper, Cuba, German art, German W.W.II, Mexico, Trieste, airplanes, and more, valued at $7300+, Good to Very Good. Estimate $1,500-1,800. View details	Realized $1,380
Lot 3363		Worldwide, European Postcard Stock, approximately 21,000 cards sorted by countries (little Great Britain) in 17 sales boxes (14 large, 3 small), mostly chromes and linens, but did notice many older real photo cards, interesting scenes, many early used, occasional better item, inspect, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $1,495
Lot 3364		Worldwide, Thailand 1910 to 1930 Group of 40 Postcards, all diff. incl. 4 Scouts activities, 3 used but not sent, 1 used abroad, 1 used with stamp missing, 1 with stamp and cancel, showing Royal procession, barges, throne, school Siamese boxing, early street scenes, countryside, temple views, native life styles, etc., rarely seen as group, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $650-800. View details	Unsold
Lot 3365		Worldwide, Germany Red Cross Postcards, 47 cards, mostly unused, W.W.I era, many private printed to order, good variety of related subjects, mostly in the $20 to $35+ retail range, Excellent. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $489
Lot 3366		Worldwide, Germany Red Cross Postcards, 30 cards, mostly unused, W.W.I era, many private printed to order, good variety of related subjects, mostly in the $30+ retail range, Excellent. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $431
Lot 3367		Worldwide, Czech Legion Group Postcards, about 80 unused cards, mostly Siberia, but also incl. Italy and France, some real photos and art cards done by soldiers in the field, incl. a complete booklet of Zborov, the last major battle on the Russian front before the collapse of the Russian government, nice group, Excellent to Nearly Mint. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 3368		Worldwide, W.W.I. German Red Cross Postcards, 35 cards, about half used, many private printed to order, good variety of related subjects, mostly in the $20+ retail range, Excellent. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $334
Lot 3369		Worldwide, Africa, Asia, Latin America Postcards Stock, approximately 4400 cards in 4 sales boxes (3 large, 1 small), mostly chromes and linens, but did notice older cards, interesting scenes, early used, occasional better item, inspect, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $1,553
Lot 3370		Worldwide, 370 Cards For Foreign Expo Collection to 1960's, In 7 albums, 370 cards, incl. 1939 Brussels, Milan 1906, 40 cards of 1908 Franco-British, Brazil 1908, 1911 Torino, 1913 Gent-Gand, 1931 Expo, 70 of Paris Exhibition, 30 of 1908 Toronto, few ephemera related, mostly clean, mint group, 1 album of 1970 Osaka adhesives, some cards rarely seen, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $978
Lot 3371		Worldwide, Turkey Early 20th Century Postcard Lot, 180+ unused cards, mostly scenes in and around Constantinople, excellent variety, some real photos, inspect, Excellent. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $374
Lot 3372		Worldwide, Group of 15 Red Cross Related Postcards, 6 used (1 used from Switzerland), 9 unused, various designs, pre-1920 cards, attractive group, Excellent. Estimate $250-300. View details	Unsold
Lot 3373		Worldwide, Great Britain Postcard Stock, approximately 3500 cards in 3 sales boxes (2 large, 1 small), mostly chromes and linens, but did notice older real photo cards, interesting scenes, many early used, some Colonies, occasional better item, inspect, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $350-500. View details	Realized $719
Lot 3374		Worldwide, Early Airship Postcard Lot, 19 cards incl. a few real photos circa early 1900's, mix of U.S. and Germany dirigibles, mix of mint and used, plus 2 early airplane, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $374
Lot 3375		Worldwide, "Airpost" Related Postcard Group, nice group of mostly postcards relating to Zeppelins, but incl. some photos, couple labels and the 1911 first U.K. Aerial Post commemorative cards (2 used), Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $265
Lot 3376		Worldwide, Canada Postcard Stock, approximately 1900 cards in 2 sales box, mostly pre 1950, incl. chromes and linens, but did notice older cards, interesting scenes, early used, occasional better item, inspect, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $575
Lot 3377		Worldwide, Japan 1910 to 1912 Used Postcard Group, 69 cards (5 unused), mostly with foreign mail cancels, noted Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe, Nagasaki, 3 used from I.J.P.O China, 4 used from Dairon, nice selection of scenes, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $690
Lot 3378		Worldwide, Group of 26 "Zieher" Stamp Issue Postcards, good variety of countries incl. Fiji, Gibraltar, Cuba, Tonga, Western Australia, minor duplication, 2 with favor cancels, one stained (China), Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $161

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