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Sale 72

Worldwide Auction During APS Ameristamp Expo

U.S. and Foreign Ephemera

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 3409		U.S., Trade Card Group, large group of trade cards in one bankers box, items incl. ads for flour, thread, tobacco, newspapers, and more, also a small group of playing cards with this group, owners value $6350+, generally Fine. Estimate $1,300-1,600. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 3410		U.S., 19th Century Combination Letter Opener and Stamp Dispenser, ornately engraved curved sword like opener has at its base a detailed face of Columbus plus a second engraving showing Columbus in a sailing ship, Fine an almost identical item sold earlier this year for $400. Undoubtedly produced for the 1892 Columbian Exposition. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $230
Lot 3411		U.S., Post Office Anouncements, group of 100+ items incl. air mail service, stamp issuing, owners retail $1000+, generally Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $219
Lot 3412		U.S., Interesting Group of 1920's to 1940's "Cards", on clear pages in binder, incl. 1930's to 1940's movie stars, sports figures, comic, 60+ "Hocus Pocus" photo cards, for cigarettes, candy, etc., some movie photos at the back, have a look, generally Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Unsold
Lot 3413		U.S., Early Aviation Photos, Interesting group of 22, several with annotations on reverse, incl. group from 1911 pioneer flight from Kinloch Field to Fair Grounds Park, MO, few autographed photos incl. Dana de Hart, top pilot during the first year of airmail service in 1919, worth inspection, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $138
Lot 3414		U.S., 19th Century Small Group of Paper Documents, small box with newspapers, articles, advertising, trade cards, etc., have a look, generally Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $81
Lot 3415		U.S., Ephemera, Books, Etc., 1 banker box with few books, pamphlets, Life magazine, few foreign related, fun lot, generally Fine. Estimate $100-200. View details	Unsold
Lot 3416		U.S., Small Box of Americana, few hundred pieces, noted stock certificates, trade cards, postcards, letters, pamphlets, few covers, ration books, Revenues on checks, etc., interesting group, worth inspection, generally Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $219
Lot 3417		U.S., Trade Cards Relating to Stamps, 60+ in sleeves and on pages, mostly late 19th Century, good variety of companies, also some valentines (stamp related), cigarette cards and other "stamp" related ephemera, interesting group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-200. View details	Realized $230
Lot 3418		U.S., Lafayette Escadrille Pilot Memorial Pamphlet, lovely bound brochure about the American pilots, their history and the planned memorial, incl. letter asking for donation and envelope for reply, great historical piece, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $58
Lot 3419		U.S., 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Souvenir Cards, 6 diff. cards from the expo depicting various pavilions, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $75-100. View details	Realized $78
Lot 3420		Austria, Judaica Collection of Lawyer Labels Or Seals, 205 from Austrian Bohemia & Moravia on homemade pages, good variety, used on reverse of envelopes, rarely seen, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $75-100. View details and photo	Realized $161
Lot 3421		Germany, W.W.II German-British Propaganda Leaflets, 17 items, interesting snapshot of the war dropped over Germany by the British, amazing condition considering age and use, Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Unsold
Lot 3422		Germany, Interesting Document Accumulation From Estate, noted Third Reich documents, pamphlets, revenues, old photo album of Calvary units/soldier circa W.W.I, old advertising stationery, cigarette cards with real photos, 1936 Olympics book with 200 cards, 2 Iron Cross medals, etc., worth a look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $431
Lot 3423		Germany, W.W.II Magazines and Publications, incl. 11 copies of Time magazine with German generals or Hitler on the cover, 1933 and 1936 Adolf Hitler and Deutschland Erwacht cigarette card albums with a summary of the year, 13 newspapers/magazines such as Der Sturmer, Der S.A. Mann and Der Schwartz Korp (special edition for Hitler's 55th birthday), featuring the military or Hitler, Stars & Stripes May 2, 1945 with headline "Hitler Dead", and illustrated publication on Hitler's 50th birthday, excellent historical items, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $230
Lot 3424		Germany, Reichs Arbeit Dienst (Rad) Photo Album, original book with 8"x10" group picture and lots of smaller photos of camp life and work, embossed swastika on front cover, unusual item, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $75-100. View details	Unsold
Lot 3425		Italy, Napoleonic Italy Collection, rare group of 25 items from the Cisalpine Republic, incl. documents and orders, mostly of generals, colonels, etc. in the Army/Cavalry, wonderful historical record, generally Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $575
Lot 3426		Japan, W.W. II Maps of the "Pacific Theatre", Over 60 issued by Comopac and Jicpo, also few original maps drawn by original owner while acting as Chief of Secretary of the 3rd Marine Division, also group of Air reconnaissance photos of Tanga Atoll by a Marine Corp pilot, etc., very interesting, generally Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $173
Lot 3427		Japan, Atomic Bomb and U.S. Occupation of Japan Collection, about 50 photos, incl. graphic photos of survivors, street scenes of the aftermath in Nagasaki and Hiroshima, plus street scenes of Japan in the mid 1940's, all identified on the reverse, worth a look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $242
Lot 3428		Worldwide, Airmail and Airline Related Lot, hundreds in 2 binders and on small sales cards, noted binder with cigarette cards for "Wings" showing various airplanes, groups of airmail etiquettes, tri-fold photo of International Aviation Meet, Grant Park, Chicago in 1911, air show labels and other Cinderellas, various airline stickers, early German labels for pioneer flights, poster stamps, plus 4 imperforate sheets of labels for U.S. Olympic in 1948, great lot, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $2,128
Lot 3429		Worldwide, Philatelic Related Material, stuffed banker box with several thousand items, noted extensive airmail etiquettes, registry labels, pamphlets, some revenues, labels and Cinderellas, airline and train tickets, exposition material, mostly 20th Century, worth a look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-500. View details	Realized $748
Lot 3430		Worldwide, Early 20th Century Automotive Labels, 69 "stamps" for various auto shows, events and races, mostly 1920's, good variety of countries, minor duplication, lovely art deco items, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $253

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