Sale 313

Harbour Auction


General Worldwide Cover Lots
 
 
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Lot 440
 
Catapult Covers, selection of eight better covers, 1929-35, comprising Graue-Leder #1d, 47d, 78X3, 85d (most of back missing), 90a (size 10 commercial usage, flaws), 94, 229c and 239d; many nice auxiliary markings, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 441
 
WWI FOREIGN POSTAL HISTORY GROUP, 50+ covers, each in a plastic sleeve and dealer priced. Included are some scarce cancels and usages, originating from many countries, incl: Austria, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Siberia, GB, South Africa, NZ, France, Tunis, Marocco, Italy & Colonies, Poland, India, Canada & Rhodesia & Tunesia. Many interesting & unique usages and frankings. Priced over $1,850.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 442
 
Worldwide WWI / WWII PRISONER OF WAR COVERS, 25+ Covers and special stationery, some with original letters from POW's in various camps or correspondence to the Red Cross. Covers from camps in Austria, England, France, Italy, Germany, Russia, Saar, Switzerland, and Yugoslavia. Also two Red Cross message forms the Suex Crisis to Egypt or Gaza, Palestine. F-VF interesting group from this popular area, each in plastic sleeves & priced around $1,200.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 443
 
POST WWII AMG (Allied Military Government) COVERS, 25+ covers in plastic sleeves, from Austria, France, Germany and Italy, with AMG issues, including postage dues, and mixed franking with regular issues. A few are registered, and six have censor markings and/or labels. Also a couple ephemera related items. F-VF group, retail priced at $800+.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 444
 
WORLDWIDE AEROGRAMMES / AIR LETTERS, hundreds in mounted on pages, and in envelopes and loose. Mint, used, and FDC's from several countries. Early issues from Australia and Canada and few other countries. Many items from Asia with lots of topical interest. VF and clean lot.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 445
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Zeppelin Collection, mounted 3-frame exhibit entitled "Five U.S. Graf Zeppelin flights", which covers the five flights made to or through the U.S. from 1928 to 1933. Comprises about 40 mint stamps, including U.S. C13-15, and about 60 covers, including six bearing U.S. C13/C15, one with Germany C39x3, two each with Germany C43 or C44 and twelve U.S. C18 including Fdcs and blocks; there are some flaws in the stamps but the C13-15 is a VF LH set and the covers are nearly all F-VF. An excellent lot. From the collection of Edward J. Mangold.
Estimate 4,000 - 6,000
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Lot 446
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Zeppelin Collection, assortment of about 55 covers from the 1930s with many scarcer origins like Finland (including C1), Hungary, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Netherlands, Russia, etc. Also a complementary group of mint stamps including better sets from Finland (C1), Germany (C40-42), Greece, Italian Cols., Liechtenstein, Russia, San Marino, etc. plus a couple hundred modern MNH Zeppelin commemorative issues. Virtually all F-VF with the stamps being LH.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 447
 
Zeppelin Covers, selection of 16 better covers including one 1933 Century of Progress originating in Haiti (Miami-Chicago, U.S. stamps and U.S.M.C. postmark) and two in Puerto Rico (Miami-Akron and Akron-Friedrichshafen), Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 448
 
Worldwide Cover Dealer's Stock, about 1,000 covers from Afghanistan to Viet Nam, runs from stampless to modern FDCs with an excellent range of countries (no British) including above average Latin America, French Colonies, German Area, Scandinavia and Far East with lots of interesting usages. All in sleeves and individally priced from $5 and $300 and more. A nice clean stock with better quality and variety than is typically seen in lots of this type.
Estimate 5,000 - 7,500
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Lot 449
 
WORLDWIDE COVERS, two large cartons filled with perhaps 1,500-2,000 covers— and almost no junk. Nearly all pre-1950 with emphasis on censored mail from both world wars, and other wartime postal history including "Box 506" and other clandestine mail, even some 1945 Los Alamos, N.M. covers, plus lots of other good material. Look at this one carefully as it is almost totally unsorted.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
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Lot 450
 
POSTAL HISTORY AUCTION LOTS, interesting assortment of U.S. and Foreign including Postal History items, F.D.C. and Stationery. Better includes U.S. 11 (3 cover-green postmarks), 158, 160-61 on Colo. Terr. cover, 1909 Wisconsin Christmas Seal on postcard, 559 (2 FDC), 588 (2 FDC), 639 on Bezel FDC, 671 FDC, several Locals on cover, foreign represents about 20% of the lot with starts up to $40, some small faults, but overall F-VF and useful. Start prices total $6,1010.
Estimate 2,000 - 2,500
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Lot 451
 
FOREIGN POSTAL HISTORY AUCTION LOTS, several hundred covers and postal stationary items mounted on store auction pages, interesting mix including numerous 19th Century covers, First Day Covers.nice groups of Fr. Polynesia, Austria Balloon mail, Liechtenstein Postal Stationery, Airmails especially Swiss, 3rd Reich including Feldpost, plus G.B. 1 on coverAustralia M1-7 on one cover and Falkland Dep. 1L19-33 on FDC, some small faults, but overall clean and F-VF.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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