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Worldwide Philatelic Auction

Topical Collections

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1992		Worldwide Topicals, Extensive Mint Space and Related Collection, consists of 70+ volumes on homemade pages and loose materials with extensive modern issues to 2007, covers all issuing countries and large group of Trucial States issues, collector also incl. Concord, UPU, Zeppelin, and other air related items in this collection, noted Greece #C5-7, better Russia airmails incl. #C23a (cat. $300), Germany Zeppelins incl. flight cover, Berlin issues, and complete 1948 British UPU set, many more better items seen values up to $100's, inspection is a must, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $6,000-8,000. View details	Realized $8,050
Lot 1993		/ Worldwide Topicals, 17 Volumes Europa Collection, Extensive and exhaustive collection in 3 cartons with mint n.h. and FDC?s from the beginning to mid 1970's, note many better items (mint n.h.) incl. 1956-57 Luxembourg (2 each), Liechtenstein (x2), etc., plus nice run of other sets and FDC?s as well as full sheets in mint and FDC, nice clean collection, overall Very Fine. Estimate $2,500-3,500. View details	Realized $2,300
Lot 1994		Worldwide Topicals, Extensive Space and Rocketry Mint Collection, 13 bulging Lighthouse albums with dust covers, worldwide array of singles, sets and souvenir sheets, with virtually everything fine to very fine n.h., also small bit of other topicals, UPU, Olympics, U.S. Bicentennial, etc. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,265
Lot 1995		Worldwide Topicals, Concord & Space Collection, Beautiful collection of mint n.h. with souvenir sheets in 4 Lollini specialized albums plus 2 stockbooks in one carton with thousands and 600+ souvenir sheets or sheetlets (many imperfs incl.) with extensive range of hard to get modern issues from 1990's to 2003 from various areas, Very Fine. Estimate $1,200-1,500. View details	Realized $1,495
Lot 1996		/ Worldwide Topicals, Franklin D. Roosevelt Collection, incl. small box of stamps and covers with several high value sheets, plus 2 album collection of mint stamps and covers compiled and illustrated by Bernard Goldberg, noted Hungary #B198A-D, CB1-1c souvenir sheets, pairs and imperf., Ethiopia 278-80, C21-C22 mint sheets of 12, Poland C26A mint sheet, lovely group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 1997		/ Worldwide Topicals, Worldwide Including New Issues, Mint n.h. accumulation of sets in one vol. plus stack of registered letters containing new issues (mostly German) with huge new issue cost, items from various areas incl. Poland, France, Spain, Austria, Papua, etc. with hardly any duplication, also covers, presentation sheets, etc. Estimate $700-900. View details	Realized $834
Lot 1998		/ Worldwide Topicals, World Wildlife Collection, in 6 binders contains stamps and covers from various countries incl. many better sets, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $460
Lot 1999		/o/ Worldwide Topicals, Various Subjects in 34 Binders, few hundred modern mint, used and philatelic covers organized by subjects, some better sets noted, good variety, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $350-450. View details	Realized $322
Lot 2000		Worldwide Topicals, 1960's-70's Arctic, Antarctic Covers, Hundreds in full Pittsburgh box, mostly U.S., few Foreign (Canada, etc.) few F.D.'s mostly unaddressed, few dups., etc., clean. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $336
Lot 2001		/ Worldwide Topicals, Music and Ephemera, 1920-1980, 6 binders, mostly 20th Century mint and used sets, singles souvenir sheets and covers, features musicians, composers, singers etc, incl. nice selection of various concerts and festival programs, nice 1929 German Grand Opera Company program, also Beethoven and Mozart items, condition varies, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $403
Lot 2002		/ Worldwide Topicals, Various Collections in 7 Albums, few thousand incl. some First Day's, majority o.g. with few n.h., incl. Malaria, 1981 Europa, U.S. Bicentennial, stamp on stamp, I.G.Y., etc., generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $374
Lot 2003		Worldwide Topicals, Christmas Mint and Cover Collection, In 5 albums on mounted pages, stockbook and cover binder, through 1960's, incl. U.S. with 1934 Ship Christmas covers, also 1934 Amsterdam-West Indies Christmas flight (2), 1905 G.B. "For Delivery on Xmas Day", Korea with few Christmas sheets and 1957 and later F.D.'s, Austria #B260-63, etc., Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $230
Lot 2004		Worldwide Topicals, Princess Diana Group, group of all mint Princess Diana material, incl. material up to her death in 1997, better items incl. many gold foil stamps with values to $35, many souvenir sheets, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $265
Lot 2005		Worldwide Topicals, Olympics Cover Collection, 1930's to 1960's group of over 150, mostly 1950's-60's period, some Official Olympics, some F.D.'s of adhesives commemorating the Olympics, incl. few adhesives 1960's period, 1936 Garmisch, Germany Winter Olympic card, much Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $265
Lot 2006		Worldwide Topicals, 6 Banker Boxes of Albums With Covers, containing topical covers incl. Royal Wedding, 1st ladies of the U.S., U.N. Flag series, World Wildlife, Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $161
Lot 2007		Worldwide Topicals, Antarctic and Arctic Cover Group, approximately 200 from 1950's to 1990's, mostly U.S. with scattered Foreign, good variety of cachets, interesting group, inspect, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Unsold
Lot 2008		Worldwide Topicals, Collection Group, group of topical collections and panels incl. various commem. panels, Norman Rockwell sheet group, and others, incl. some U.S., Very Fine. Estimate $50-100. View details	Realized $96

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