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Lot 3298
 
Worldwide Covers, Wonderful Large Unpicked Hoard, from all parts of the world, this great holding was amassed by a cover lover with an eye for the unusual, so expect to find a lot of pleasant surprises when you view, there are far too many highlights to list here, but there are endless number of international wrappers, combinations, dues, destinations, better flights including Zeppelins, some tens of thousands was spent amassing this material and it may be had for a much more amenable price for the knowledgeable postal historian who takes the time to assess this group thoroughly, a great opportunity for another cover lover to enjoy this material, whether for adding to ones collection or generating profits though show retail or Internet sales, allow some time to review this lot carefully, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $35,000-45,000.
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Lot 3299
 
Worldwide Covers, Better Accumulation, with something from almost everywhere, for example, Japan, Western Europe, Commonwealth, Postal Stationery, early German, Nyassa Company, U.S., worldwide FD's, Monaco, Portugal, Russia, to and from Hawaii, etc., tons of covers with values in the $5 to $100 retail range, some to $100s each, inspect, generally Fine.
Estimate $7,000-9,000.
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$4,945
Lot 3300
 
Worldwide Covers, 19th to Mid 20th Century Accumulation, 300+ covers or cards in stockbook, good selection of countries and issues, also auxillary markings, military, registered, censored, nice group, excellent for retail, generally Fine.
Estimate $2,000-2,500.
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$1,725
Lot 3301
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Worldwide Covers, Couple Hundred Earlies to 1940 Period, Incl. early mint and used stationery usages, countries incl Austria, Venezuela, better usages incl. Angola, Romania incl. Scott #52 on 1872 usage, 2 Surinam 1889 usages, 1906 Russian Offices in Turkey postal cards, Bulgaria, Hungary, Japan 1895 War Ministry to Austria with contents written in German, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,200-1,500.
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$1,495
Lot 3302
 
Worldwide Covers, Better Accumulation, 70+ covers or cards, 19th to mid 20th Century, noted various British Cols., better Europe, registered, censored, Dues, interesting Liberia cover with PF cert., military, flights, cancels, many $100+ items, lovely group, worth a close look, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,500-2,000.
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$1,150
Lot 3303
 
Worldwide Covers, Commonwealth Oldtime Accumulation, 163 items, QV to QEII, almost entirely pre-1940s with many scarce and esoteric usages like 1915 Australia Roo cover to Sumatra, Tanganyika large-key plate covers, Boer War, Samoa WWI correspondence of 9 covers with scarcer straightline and also boxed censor types and usages, better OHMS like KGV period, N. Rhodesia and St. Helena, better/small town cancels from various areas that need to be checked, dues (incl. Seychelles), better flights (incl. Australia 1934 Autogiro), War Tax usages, parcel tags, some very good mixed country frankings, mail to USA with official resealing labels, Hong Kong, Edward VII Ceylon commercial cover to Riga, Russia, several better used early Zanzibar postcards and cover, mourning covers, used 2d blue Mulready, a substantial lot of popular material, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,500-1,800.
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$3,450
Lot 3304
 
Worldwide Covers, 7 Banker Box Lot, About 14,000, better than average assemblage, with many small countries and unusual uses, great for bargain boxes and stock, inspect, generally Fine.
Estimate $1,250-1,750.
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$5,060
Lot 3305
 
Worldwide Covers, Dealer Stock, Some hundreds, mostly sleeved and all priced, mostly $5-$20 range, virtually all 20th Century with some 1950s-60s period with FD's, majority earlier with U.S., Commonwealth and G.B., occassional stationery, etc., retail about $8000, Fine overall.
Estimate $1,200-1,400.
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Lot 3306
 
Worldwide Covers, Somewhat Sorted By Country Stock, many hundreds in full banker box, mostly early 20th Century to fairly recent with FD's, many countries represented (few U.S.), nothing expensive but good for retail, clean, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,000-1,200.
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Lot 3307
 
Worldwide Covers, British Commonwealth Group, Very useful lot of G.B. and Empire A to Z, over 500 items with marked retail of $8290, wide variety of uses, cancels, paquebot marks, stationery, etc., clean lot, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,200-1,400.
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$1,438
Lot 3308
 
Worldwide Covers, Helicopter Flight Collection, Extensive collection in 3 binders incl. covers ranging from Argentina to Viet Nam, there are many special flights, European international flights, first helicopter mail flights, and much collateral material, strong group of Belgian flights, first Canadian experimental mail flight with photo, Columbian Presidential Flight, first French mail flight, first European international helicopter flight, 1934 Breslau air show photo, 1949 German flight, 1934 Britain Autogiro signed by the pilot, 1948 British experimental mail flights, Italian first mail flights, AMG helicopter stamp FDC, Japan trial flights, Korean War MASH flights, Korean War peace talks flight with collateral, a series of Pakistan flights with pilot photo (on ox), and many more through the Viet Nam war, a wonderful collection that took years to form, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,500-2,000.
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$1,438
Lot 3309
 
Worldwide Covers, European Group, Lot of 482 covers and stationery items, 80% Western Europe with no France or Germany, clean group with a wide variety items, marked retail $7408, generally Fine.
Estimate $1,000-1,200.
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$1,208
Lot 3310
 
Worldwide Covers, Dealer Accumulation, couple thousand in full banker box, commercial, censored, registered, military, etc., selected for attractiveness, condition and collector appeal, a few surprises in here, much better offering than usually seen, generally Fine.
Estimate $1,000-1,500.
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Realized
$3,680
Lot 3311
 
Worldwide Covers, Unusual W.W.I Military Related, 106 covers or cards, with a correspondence of 25 Samoa censored covers, incl. 6 of the scarcer straight line types and rare boxed Apia registration hs. in use for a short period, along with many unusual types and cancels from Europe and the middle eastern theatre with better cancels from the N.Z. and Australian contingents, two Canal Zone censors, etc., a very good group of material unlike the usual and in better than average condition.
Estimate $800-1,000.
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Realized
$1,610
Lot 3312
 
Worldwide Covers, Dealer Show Stock, couple thousand in banker box, late 19th Century to modern, noted advertising, military, registered, censored, large group of mint stationery, all sleeved and priced, mix of FD's and commercial, ready for sale, owners retail $8569, generally Fine.
Estimate $750-1,000.
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Realized
$1,035
Lot 3313
 
Worldwide Covers, Postal Stationary Collection, mint and used group of Postal Stationery entires, some minor toning, but mostly fine to very fine attractive group.
Estimate $750-1,000.
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$575
Lot 3314
 
Worldwide Covers, European Lot, 90+ covers, primarily Germany WWII incl. concentration, labor and internee camps, Occupations, early post war, also noted classic Belgium stampless to imperf issues, have a look, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $700-800.
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Realized
$719
Lot 3315

Worldwide Covers, British Commonwealth Accumulation, 125+ covers or cards, mostly early to mid 20th Century, noted G.B. used from St. Thomas and Chile, Sarawak with A.V.2 usage, Offices in Morocco, India GVI used in Kuwait, military, unused military letter sheets from Southern Rhodesia (3), India used in Tibet and Nepal, 1930 South Shetlands to U.S., lovely group, worth inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $600-800.
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Realized
$3,795
Lot 3316
 
Worldwide Covers, Latin America Group, Accumulation of a few hundred commercial covers and Postal Stationery items, mostly 20th Century, generally clean and with good variety, owners retail $4428, generally Fine.
Estimate $600-700.
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Realized
$661
Lot 3317
 
Worldwide Covers, British Commonwealth Group, A group of some hundreds on quadrilled pages with descriptions, all from the GVI era, estimated retail $3500 - $3750, worth a good look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Ex. Chris Miller Collection.
Estimate $500-700.
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Realized
$633
Lot 3318
 
Worldwide Covers, Interesting Accumulation, 61, 19th to mid 20th Century, noted advertising, censored, military, flights, interesting cancels, etc., worth a look, generally Fine.
Estimate $500-700.
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$575
Lot 3319
 
Worldwide Covers, 1920s to 1930s Flight Lot, 67, noted Zeppelin dispatches from Germany and Brazil, Latin America, British Cols. and U.S. first flights, U.S. #C4 on First Day (cat. $400), catapult, inspect, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $500-700.
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$1,495
Lot 3320
 
Worldwide Covers, Stock in 10 Stockbooks, in 10 stockbooks, majority U.S. with stampless, FAMs, CAMs, Space but incl. some Israel, other countries incl. few 19th Century, primarily items retailing for 50¢ to $5, note some better U.S. cacheted FDC's of late 1930s-early 1940s, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $500-750.
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Realized
$489
Lot 3321

Worldwide Covers, Polar Helicopter Flights, 2 vols. of flown, many signed, incl. stops in route to or from various expeditions, survey flights, etc. many with Foreign or both US and Foreign postage combinations, unusual usages, inspect, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $500-750.
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$1,208
Lot 3322
 
Worldwide Covers, Foreign Correspondence, Hundreds of mostly mid 20th Century from all over the world, very interesting assortment of mail, generally Fine to Very Fine. To a prominent member of the American Geophysical Union and director of the Committee on Characteristic of Magnetic Disturbances and Department of Terrestrial Magnetism.
Estimate $400-600.
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$1,783
Lot 3323
 
Worldwide Covers, 57 Stampless Trans-Atlantic to U.S., Few via U.S. to Paris, incl. German and England origination, 3 from U.S. incl. British packet, few Canadian maritime, 2 outgoing, very clean overall, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $350-400.
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Realized
$834
Lot 3324

Worldwide Covers, Asia Accumulation, 90+ covers and cards, noted 5 oversized Tannu Tuva philatelic covers, Viet Nam incl. North, Afghanistan, Tibet, Mongolia, Japan, early Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesian Detachment in Viet Nam, Canadian observers in Viet Nam (3), Japanese Occupation of Philippines #N7 on card, Japan used from Dairen (3) with I.J.P.O. cancels, inspect for value, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $400-600.
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Realized
$2,645
Lot 3325

Worldwide Covers, British Oceania Group, 38 covers or cards, noted N.W.P.I. overprints, New Guinea, Papua first flights, 2 Tin Can pieces with Tonga frankings, Samoa G.R.I. unused ½d postal reply card (attached), Gilbert Is. War Tax cylinder block of 6 on registered cover from Ocean Is., Nauru overprints on GV, nice group, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $400-500.
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$2,185
Lot 3326
 
Worldwide Covers, South and Central America Group, Two albums with over 135, 1920s to 1950s, with censors, first flights and U.S. military postmarks, generally Fine.
Estimate $350-500.
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$431
Lot 3327
 
Worldwide Covers, Commonwealth Correspondence, Hundreds of mid 20th Century from variety of countries incl. Western Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and G.B., incl. OHMS registered aerogramme censored, worth inspection, Fine to Very Fine. To prominent member of the American Geophysical Union and director of the Committee on Characteristic of Magnetic Disturbances and Department of Terrestrial Magnetism.
Estimate $300-500.
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Realized
$863
Lot 3328
 
Worldwide Covers, Middle East Lot, 130+ covers or cards, noted Iraq incl. #C1-C8 souvenir sheets perf and imperf (cat. $80+ each), Turkey with censored, Ras Al Khaima 1960s registered Official covers (6), Occupation of Palestine, couple Syrian Arab Government, Alaouites #C5-C8 and C9-12, early French Occupation of Lebanon and Syria, inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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Realized
$1,898
Lot 3330

Worldwide Covers, Onward Air Transmission (O.A.T.) Accumulation, 16 from variety of countries, noted Dutch Indies, Tunisia, Algeria, Belgium, South Africa, Malta, Palestine and G.B., most censored too, nice group, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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$604
Lot 3331
 
Worldwide Covers, Mostly Classic Group, 110+ collector's group of covers and mint or used stationery incl. Canada, also G.B., few stampless, Mexico, early France usages mostly to U.S. (mixed condition), some usages to New Orleans, generally Fine. Ex Skinner.
Estimate $300-400.
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Realized
$690
Lot 3332
 
Worldwide Covers, Mostly Commercial Lot, Over 1000 in 2 banker boxes, mostly 1950s-60s period, majority Europe and Foreign (virtually no U.S.), large preponderant to same correspondence to Illinois, mostly Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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Realized
$518
Lot 3333
 
Worldwide Covers, Small Group, Under 100 mostly commercial of early to mid 20th Century, incl. few 19th Century incl. Kobe 1880 to Virginia via San Francisco, few stationery, Canada, G.B., Germany with Frankfurter Private mail usages, etc., interesting group, generally Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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$311
Lot 3334
 
Worldwide Covers, British America Group, Two albums with over 200, 1940s onward with nice U.S. military lend lease base postmarks and QEII era covers with town cancel interest, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $250-350.
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$173
Lot 3335
 
Worldwide Covers, British Commonwealth 1900 to 1980s, approx. 225, very heavily military/war related, large majority in $10 to $25 retail range with a few better, virtually all non-philatelic and no dupl., clean lot, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $250-350.
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Realized
$575
Lot 3336

Worldwide Covers, Zeppelin Lot, 16 covers or cards, consists of 6 from Germany with #C36 (2), C37 (3), 6 U.S., Liechtenstein C16, Brazil and Spain (2), inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $250-350.
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Realized
$604
Lot 3337

Worldwide Covers, European Group, 150+ covers or cards, large group from Hungary incl. Roosevelt souvenir sheets, WWI Occupation issues, noted registered, censored, dues, interesting Czechoslovakia, Romania, various Offices in Switzerland, early Belgium Semi-postals, inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $250-350.
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Realized
$1,898
Lot 3338

Worldwide Covers, Baltics Pre 1945 Group, 52 covers or cards, mostly Soviet or German occupations, good variety, inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $200-300.
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$1,265
Lot 3339
 
Worldwide Covers, Middle East Group, A binder with over 70, incl. Palestine, Israel addressed to Rhodesia, Lebanon, Jordan town cancels and more, a clean group with many useful, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $200-300.
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$265
Lot 3340
 
Worldwide Covers, British Africa Group, An album with 70+, with nice Rhodesia, Nyasaland and Kenya, several scarce 1920s first flights, inspect, generally Fine.
Estimate $200-300.
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$322
Lot 3341

Worldwide Covers, Disinfected Mail, 5 from 1831-32, noted Riga to France, Germany to France (3) and France to Spain, nice group, Fine.
Estimate $200-300.
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$173
Lot 3342
 
Worldwide Covers, 1900 to 1980s Lot, 250+, about 90% Europe (less G.B., France, Germany, Austria and Russia), balance Asia and Middle East, mainly between 1914 and 1945 with many censored, some military, POW, etc., nearly all in $10 to $30 retail range, virtually all non-philatelic and no dupl., clean lot, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $200-300.
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Realized
$334
Lot 3343
 
Worldwide Covers, Middle East Group, 300+ from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, 1940s to modern, noted Airmail, some FD's, good variety, inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $200-300.
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$334
Lot 3344
 
Worldwide Covers, Scandinavia Group, 85 covers or cards, incl. Iceland with #C10 on Wilkins-Ellsworth card, Norway and Denmark incl. WWII censored, Finland incl. interesting "ship" cancel, Greenland, Denmark used in Faroe Islands, Sweden, North Ingermanland 1-4 on philatelic cover, 3 items addressed to D.W.I., mix of commercial and philatelic, worth a look, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $180-220.
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$1,323
Lot 3345
 
Worldwide Covers, Germany and Czechoslovakia Lot, 50+ covers or cards, plus some folders, photos WWII related items, noted Germany/Austria mixed frankings, early Berlin, couple propaganda cards, worth inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $200-300.
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Realized
$546
Lot 3346
 
Worldwide Covers, Latin America Group, 140+ covers or cards, noted Argentina Antarctic usages, Haiti, censored, "bisects" on cover from several countries, Columbia #C14 (3) on large commercial cover, plus single on additional cover, U.S. military official covers from Nicaragua, paquebot, Venezuela fiscals used as postage, worth inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $150-250.
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$719
Lot 3347
 
Worldwide Covers, Small Interesting Group, 43 covers or cards, noted U.S. Zeppelin from 1928, 1901 Pan-American expo advertising, 2 West Germany 1950 First Day's, 1920s Japan with forwarding paper, 1920s Latin America, 1910s Japan Telegraph receipts, inspect, mixed condition.
Estimate $150-200.
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$403
Lot 3348
 
Worldwide Covers, Latin America 1900 to 1940s, 60 covers or cards from wide range of countries, noted some local censors, attractive frankings, corner cards, etc., nearly all in $10 to $30 retail range, virtually all non-philatelic and no dupl., clean lot, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $150-200.
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Realized
$276



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