Harmer-Schau Auctions

Sale 86

ASDA Summer Sale


Literature
 
 
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Lot 1478
 
Amrhein, Manfred, History and Selected Bibliography from 1861. 1992-2006, 4 vols., HB with dust jackets, Very Fine.
Estimate $150-200.
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$276
Lot 1479
 
Barwis, J.H. & Moreton, R.W., Half-Lengths of Victoria: The Stamps and Postal History 1850-59. 2009, HB with dust jacket, sold out immediately upon release, a modern classic, Very Fine.
Estimate $100-150.
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$115
Lot 1480
 
Benes, Frantisek & Tosnerova, Mail Service in the Ghetto Terezin (Theresienstadt) 1941-1945. 1996, HB, with slipcase, like new, Very Fine.
Estimate $75-100.
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$92
Lot 1481
 
Bohne, Dr. Werner M., G.P.S. Reference Manual of Forgeries. 15 vols., through 2000 edition, 1-46, great reference for the German area, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $150-200.
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$299
Lot 1482
 
DeVoss, James T., Via Panama. 1978, HB, limited edition of 100 copies, Very Fine.
Estimate $150-180.
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$115
Lot 1483
 
Grant, R., The Handbook of Civil War Patriotic Envelopes and Postal History. 1977, loose-leaf, inscribed to a reader by author on title page, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $75-100.
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Lot 1484
 
Hubbard, W. and Winter, R., North Atlantic Mail Sailings 1840-75. 1988, HB, with dust jacket, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $100-120.
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Lot 1485
 
Kellow, G & Turner, R., The Royal Society of Victoria, A History and Catalogue. 1996, HB, with slipcase, #40 of 75 printed, scarce, Very Fine.
Estimate $100-150.
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$104
Lot 1486
 
Maselis, Patrick, From the Azores to New Zealand: The Belgian Colonies on all Six Continents (1451-1916). 2005, HB, with dust jacket, like new, Very Fine.
Estimate $75-100.
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$63
Lot 1487
 
Odenweller, Robert P., The Stamps and Postal History of Nineteenth Century Samoa. 2004, HB, with dust jacket, inscribed by author to reader, Very Fine.
Estimate $75-100.
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$127
Lot 1488
 
Opinions: Philatelic Expertizing-An Insider's View, Philatelic Foundation, 1983 to 2006, complete 7 vols. incl. dust jacket on vol. 1, plus index of vol. 1-4, Very Fine.
Estimate $150-200.
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$299
Lot 1489
 
Sacher, Michael, The Postal Markings of Mandate Palestine 1917-1948. 1995, HB with dust jacket, Very Fine.
Estimate $75-100.
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$69
Lot 1490
 
Severn, C., Sanitary Fairs and Their Issues. 1912? paper back (bound in hard cover), #76 of 100 copies,signed by author, scarce, Fine.
Estimate $75-100.
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Lot 1491
 
White, R. H., Encyclopedia of The Colors of United States Postage Stamps. 1981, vols. I-V (Dues incl.), plus Papers and Gums 1847-1909 and Preservation of U.S. Stamps supplements to vols. I-IV, seldom offered complete, Very Fine.
Estimate $600-800.
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$518
Lot 1492
 
United States Postal History, 3 banker boxes filled with various books and pamphlets, noted The Waterbury Cancellations 1865-1890, Cancellations and Killers of the Banknote Era, Letters of Gold, Pony Express, Postal History of Spanish New Orleans, U.S. Postal Markings 1851-1861, Postal History of the Forwarding Agent, various books on rates incl. several early pamphlets by the USPS, great starter library, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $400-500.
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$431
Lot 1493
 
Palestine and Israel Collection, 2 banker boxes with various titles, noted Handbook of Holy Land Philately: The Foreign Post Offices in Palestine 1840-1918 (2 vols.), British Empire Campaigns and Occupations in the Near East 1914-1924: A Postal History, The Ottoman Posts and Telegraph Offices in Palestine and Sinai (2 vols.), Postal Censorship in Israel 1948, etc., very interesting group, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $350-450.
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$460
Lot 1494
 
Collection on Chile, incl. The Postal History of Chile, 2002, Brinkgreve and West, First Issue of Postage Stamps 1853-1867, 1989, Towle, and Filatelia Chilena Catologo Especializado, 2006, nice group, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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$374
Lot 1495
 
Australian States Collection, in full banker box, noted The Stamps of Victoria, The Departmental Stamps of South Australia, Western Australia The Stamps and Postal History, Victoria: The Barred Numerals, several pamphlets, etc., Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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$546
Lot 1496
 
Worldwide from Library, in banker box, noted The Postage Stamps of New Zealand 1855-1873: The Chalon Head Issues, The Private Ship Letter Stamps of the World (3 vols.), group on booklets incl. Rogers Booklet Catalog, Ethiopia 1867-1936, group on the Holocaust, Samos Postal History & Stamps 1800-1915, etc., Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $250-350.
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$431
Lot 1497
 
United States Stamps, 2 banker boxes filled with various topics, noted The Postage Stamps of the United States (Luff, 1902, signed by author), 1¢ Franklin 1861-1867, The New York Postmasters' Provisional, Postage Stamps of the 19th Century (3 vols.), Postage Stamps 1902-1935, Baker's Classics, 3¢ Stamp of 1851-1855 Issue, etc., generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $250-350.
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$253
Lot 1498
 
General Works, 3 banker boxes filled with various titles, noted What Philately Teaches (1899, Luff), The Grinnell Hawaiian Missionary Stamps, Fundamentals of Philately, Nassau Street, A List of Handbooks, Periodicals, and Auction Catalogues in the Bierman Philatelic Library (1989), The Romance of Stamp Collecting (signed by author), books on exhibiting, general topics, etc., great reading, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $200-300.
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$150
Lot 1499
 
Group of Auction "Name" Sales, in a full banker box, incl. The Honolulu Advertiser 3 vols., Wellburn Stamps and Postal History of Vancouver Island and B.C., The Robert Zoellner Collection, The Robert H. Cunliffe Collection, The Thurston Twigg-Smith Pony Express Collection, The Arthur W. Gray Collection and Metzger Black Jack Collection, etc., Very Fine.
Estimate $150-200.
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$150
Lot 1500
 
Latin America Collection, several titles in a banker box, noted Ecuador: The Philately of the Seebeck Era, The Postal History of Costa Rica to 1883, A Catalogue of the Stamps of Mexico 1856-1900, Historia Postal y Filatelica del Peru 1874-1900, Peru Cancellation Handbook 1858-1873 (2009 edition), etc., Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $150-250.
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$374
Lot 1501
 
Asia Collection, mostly related to China, noted Hong Kong by Webb, The Shanghai Postal System, Ma's Illustrated Catalog of China 1878-1949, English-Chinese Philatelic Dictionary, etc., Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $150-250.
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$299
Lot 1502
 
United States Back of the Book, banker box with various titles, noted Beer Stamps (red and blue covers), Internal Revenue Tax Paid Stamps Printed on Tin-Foil and Paper Tobacco Wrappers, The Legendary Persian Rug, Private Die Proprietary Collection, Telegraph Stamps and Franks, etc., Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $150-250.
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$288
Lot 1503
 
Civil War Related, banker box with various titles, noted Prisoner's Mail for the American Civil War, The Catalog of Union Civil War Patriotic Covers, Sanitary Fairs (Kantor), Federal Civil War Postal History, etc., Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $150-250.
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$299
Lot 1504
 
Estate Balance, banker box containing Kessler Aerogramme catalogs, Higgins & Gage (6 vols.), Katapult catalog, 1875 USPS annual report (binding tattered), etc., otherwise Fine.
Estimate $100-150.
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$207








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