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Sale No: 730
Lot No: 1575
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Cat No: Collection
Germany, Classic Specialized Collection, 1872-1933. Of early classic perf and shade varieties, with (mint, unless noted otherwise and listed by Michel numbers) 1, 17-20, 17a, 28DPrä with Pfenninger cert, 30, 47aa used with BPP certificate, 47aa used with BPP certificate, 48d with Wiegand certificate, 64, 64 II (2), 65 (2), 66 (3), 66 II (10, two with BPP certificate), 66 III (5, one with BPP certificate), 66 IV used, 72 NH with BPP certificate, 79, 80A, 82A, 425-29, 457, 458 (2), 497-98, 505A with Schlegel certificate, 505B, 505B with BPP certificate and Block 1 (7, one with BPP certificate), condition appears much better than usual, Fine to Very Fine. Michel approximately €90,000 ($100,890) (Owner's). Estimate $20,000 - 30,000. Suggested Bid $20,000-30,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $20,000-30,000
Opening US$ 12,000.00
Sold...US$ 11,500.00
Closed..Nov-02-2019, 11:26:54 EST
Sold For 11500
Sale No: 730
Lot No: 1576
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Germany, Sublime All-Mint Collection, 1872-1945. Housed in a slipcased Davo hingeless album; begins with a nice selection of Shields, then runs largely complete from 1872, with all stamps checked being never hinged (or appearing so); pretty "Pfennig" and Germania sets, a full run of Inflations, the ever-popular Coat-of-Arms Semi-Postals issues, Wagner and Workers, near-complete Reich; Airs feature both Pigeon sets, the basic and Polar Flight Zeppelins, Eagle and Nazi Sun issue, etc; a pretty 1933 Nothilfe sheet (without gum per Scott, but without evidence of hingeing), Olympics and later souvenir sheets; Officials, Newspapers and Military Field Post issues round out the album; clean and fresh throughout, Very Fine overall, inspection invited. Estimate $6,000 - 8,000. Suggested Bid $6,000-8,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $6,000-8,000
Opening US$ 4,500.00
Sold...US$ 4,500.00
Closed..Nov-02-2019, 11:27:43 EST
Sold For 4500
Sale No: 730
Lot No: 1577
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Germany, Die Wacht am Rhein Used Collection, 1872-1945. Here's the way to go! A complete canceled collection of the German Reich 1872-1945 in a Schaubek album, which includes ALL the souvenir sheets (however #B56 probably has a faked cancel), ALL the Zeppelin stamps, etc. The officials are not complete. Nice quality, very high catalogue value!! generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $3,000 - 4,000. Suggested Bid $3,000-4,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $3,000-4,000
Opening US$ 3,000.00
Sold...US$ 3,000.00
Closed..Nov-02-2019, 11:28:06 EST
Sold For 3000
Sale No: 730
Lot No: 1578
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Germany, Jumpin' Germania über Alles De-Luxe Mint Collection, 1905-1923. Specialized collection with scarce and rare items on 100 hand-notated blank pages in Scott album--Mint and MNH, many signed and/or with certificates, including (Michel numbers): #89 Ix** (certificate), 91 Ix* (certificate), 85 IIe** in block of 4 (certificate), 87 IId** in part sheet of 16 (certificate), 87IIa** in block of 4 (certificate), 87 IIa* (certificate), 93 IIa* (certificate), 96B IIa** in complete sheetpart of 25, 97 B II** in complete sheetpart of 25, 162 I** in block of 9, 196 I* (inverted underprint, certificate), 255 U* (imperforated), 257DD**, 275aU** (imperforated in pair, certificate), 275aU* (imperforated in pair, certificate), 275aU** (imperforated, certificate),328 A P U* (imperforated, certificate; on certificate is wrong number 318), etc. etc. Just about everything you could imagine! One in a million! Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,000 - 3,000. Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000
Opening US$ 3,000.00
Sold...US$ 3,000.00
Closed..Nov-02-2019, 11:28:45 EST
Sold For 3000
Sale No: 730
Lot No: 1579
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Cat No: Collection
Germany, Collection, 1872-2002. Neatly mounted into two Minkus albums, strong just following the inflation era to more modern issues, drifting off around 2000, with Scott 16, 37-42, 45-51, 62, 64, 76, 78, 337-39, 350, 351-62, 366-84, mostly complete to the end of WWII issues, 586B, 702-21, B8-32, B34-57, B59-67, B91-92, B103, B104 (2), B105, B141-43, B310-13, B320-23, C35-37, C40-42, C46-56, Berlin with high completion with 9N35-41, 9N42-60, 9N61-63, Freedom Bells and 9NB1-3, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,000 - 3,000. Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000
Opening US$ 1,400.00
Sold...US$ 1,400.00
Closed..Nov-02-2019, 11:29:16 EST
Sold For 1400
Sale No: 730
Lot No: 1580
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Cat No: Collection
Germany, Wonderful Collection of Booklet Panes, 1916-40s. In individual sleeves with Michel numbers noted, housed in an eight-page (16-side) stockbook, running from HB1a through HB122; all fresh and sound, with subjects ranging from Germania to Kant, a slew of se-tenant and tête-bêche printings, labels, and more; also includes partial press sheets from which the panes were taken, along with a sampling of panes used; in general order but would benefit from a new, larger home, Very Fine, lovely material not often found in this quantity; inspection a must. Estimate $2,000 - 3,000. Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000
Opening US$ 1,500.00
Sold...US$ 1,500.00
Closed..Nov-02-2019, 11:29:48 EST
Sold For 1500
Sale No: 730
Lot No: 1581
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Germany, Collection, 1872-1932. Neatly mounted to Scott Specialty pages, with 3, 12-13, 14-15, 17-21, 23-26 (7kr with BPP certificate, 2½ with APS certificate), 27-28, 28 block of four, 37-42 with shades of various values, 45-51 with shades of various values with Michel 46c and 47da with APS certificates, 52-62, 64, 65C-78, a couple perf varieties of 1m, various Germania shade varieties, inflation issues, 351-62, 363-65 and 366-84 (missing a couple of the 1932 values); mixed condition, but Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)
Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500
Opening US$ 700.00
Sold...US$ 700.00
Closed..Nov-02-2019, 11:30:25 EST
Sold For 700
Sale No: 730
Lot No: 1582
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Germany, Collection Balance, 1900's-1940's. A couple stock books and many loose pages and stock card containing many interesting items including: 63-64 mint, 506-27 (missing 10pf and 12pf) each on piece with first day cancels, with BPP certificate, 670-85 (only missing 40pf and 60pf, mostly never hinged), B8-11, B15-18, B28-32, B33a-d, B38-41, B44-48, C36 (2 mint), C37 mint and approximately 70 Zusammendrücke pairs, strips of three and a block of four; condition is a little mixed, but generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $750 - 1,000. Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $750-1,000
Opening US$ 400.00
Sold...US$ 400.00
Closed..Nov-02-2019, 11:30:47 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 730
Lot No: 1583
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Germany, Collection, 1923-1932. On Lindner hingeless pages, with 363-65, B11, B15-18, B23-27, B28-32, B33, B33a-d, B38-41, B44-48, C20-26, C27-34, C35-37, C38-39 and C40-42, condition is better than usual, generally Fine to Very Fine. Scott approximately $4,950 (Owner's) Estimate $750 - 1,000. Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $750-1,000
Opening US$ 475.00
Sold...US$ 475.00
Closed..Nov-02-2019, 11:31:17 EST
Sold For 475
Sale No: 730
Lot No: 1584
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Cat No: Collection
Germany, The Velkommen Miscellany. Stockbook with various MNH, mint hinged and used material, including many combinations, higher values, some plate flaws etc. Michel approximately €11,000 ($12,330). Estimate $600 - 800. Suggested Bid $600-800 (Image)
Suggested Bid $600-800
Opening US$ 500.00
Sold...US$ 500.00
Closed..Nov-02-2019, 11:31:45 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 730
Lot No: 1585
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Cat No: Collection
Germany, Mint & Used Collection 1875-1975. Residing in a well loved album you will find mint 698-701, 727, 731, 732, 804, with extensive mint semi-postals including B306-B308, B309, B320-B323, B50-B353, C59-C60, mint collection of Berlin, French Zone, scattered Colonies, Bohemia & Moravia, Occupations, Danzig, Memel & Saar, with mint selections throughout, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500 - 750. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
Suggested Bid $500-750
Opening US$ 300.00
Sold...US$ 300.00
Closed..Nov-02-2019, 11:32:19 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 730
Lot No: 1586
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Cat No: Collection
Germany, LZ 129 "Hindenburg" Ephemera Collection, 1930's. Three binders filled with assortment of photos, postcards, clippings, passenger pamphlets, etc. including good number of items related to the famed crash of 1937, also including earlier images of the ship at anchor or in flight, aerial photos including set of eight taken on 1936 Maiden North America flight, some pieces of "Luftschiff Hindenburg" stationery, blank "Radio-Telegramm" forms, 1936 press photo of Dr Eckener with crew, 1936 North America Flight cover signed by Dr Eckener, printed flight schedule, printed dinner menu from 3rd day of the 1936 North America Flight, pamphlet from 1937 flight "In 2 Giorni nell' America del Nord", also includes "Hindenburg Crash Mail" by Arthur Falk, an excellent foundation collection, Fine to Very Fine overall. Estimate $400 - 600. Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)
Suggested Bid $400-600
Opening US$ 450.00
Sold...US$ 450.00
Closed..Nov-02-2019, 11:32:39 EST
Sold For 450
Sale No: 730
Lot No: 2077
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Germany, LZ-129 Hindenburg, May Day (non-)Flight Collection, 1937. Five binders presenting over 370 covers, plus additional related materials, from the aborted May 1 National Flight of the Hindenburg. Unable to repeat her Germany Flight of the previous year due to weather, the mail intended for the May 1 flight was added to that on her May 3 flight to North America, and parachuted over Cologne for delivery. This lot contains a great range of frankings (including Hitler and other souvenir sheets complete), flight cachets in various colors (including black and the very scarce blue in addition to normal shades of red), photos, a passenger list, etc., etc.—along with a copy of Charles Jacob's Ausfalls: LZ 129 Hindenburg May Day Flight 1937.
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Zeppelins. They were sleek, silent and sensational. During WWI, they were deadly, being used for bombing raids over England and the Continent. But during the inter-war years, Germany looked to "rebrand" her airships as passenger liners and symbols of German modernity and know-how. The most famous of her inter-war ships, the Graf Zeppelin, made numerous well-known intercontinental and trans-oceanic flights—North and South America, the Middle East, the Arctic, 1929's Around-the-World Flight, and to the 1933 Chicago World's Fair (all of which spawned sought-after philatelic mementos)—as well as less well-known flights within and around Germany, including a 1936 propaganda flight to the Rhineland demilitarized zone.
On that latter flight, Graf Zeppelin was accompanied by the newly launched Hindenburg. Whereas there had been an air of the "goodwill flight" with its international journeys (in addition to being tests of the machines, passenger trips plus money-makers for the company), the March 1936 Deutschlandfahrt was organized by the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. The re-militarization of the Rhineland in direct contradiction of the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact was backed by an after-the-fact plebiscite, with the two airships meant to inspire German pride (and, thanks to leaflets dropped and speeches broadcast, sway votes) during their flights in the week leading to the referendum.
Hindenburg's 1937 season began in late March with a South America flight. This was bracketed (mid-March and late April) by a series of unsuccessful experimental hook-ons and take-offs from the undercarriage trapeze (pioneered on the USS Akron) by Ernst Udet (pilot of the Kent Greenland Airmail label cover offered elsewhere in the sale).
Hindenburg's next flight was to be a reprise of her 1936 Deutschlandfahrt, this time a one-day return trip running from Frankfurt's newly opened airport north to Berlin and back. Mail-carrying fees were always a major source of income for the Zeppelin company, and this flight was no different: following postal officials' announcement of the flight, over 100 kg of covers were aboard for servicing.
The flight, however, was not to be—all thanks to the weather. The winds had been high the previous year, and Hindenburg's tail fin was damaged as her captain tried to take off despite the conditions. Mindful of the damage (physical and reputational) from 1936, officials unhappily agreed to scrap the 1937 flight. The question then remained: What to do with the mail?
An elegant solution was found in an extra handstamp and Hindenburg's flight schedule. May 3 was her first North America flight of the season, so all mail intended for the National Flight was added to the covers and cards intended for Lakehurst. A special rectangular four-line handstamp reading "Due to cancelled/Germany Flight/mail drop from/North America Flight" was applied, and a parachute drop made over the center of Cologne around 9:30 p.m. The ship then turned west en route toward the Atlantic, New Jersey, and her still not fully explained fiery end. Estimate $6,000 - 8,000. Suggested Bid $6,000-8,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $6,000-8,000
Opening US$ 11,000.00
Sold...US$ 11,000.00
Closed..Nov-02-2019, 17:07:21 EST
Sold For 11000
Sale No: 730
Lot No: 2078
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Germany, WWII Photographs, 1936-45. Over (500) WWII German photograph, with over (240) 9½x7" Photo Atlantic photos, approximately one hundred 6½x4½" photos, and approximately 180 4½x3" photos, images include parades, reviews, combat units, soldiers, the Fuehrer greeting dignitaries, armaments, etc., mixed condition with some chipping of edges, a fascinating group of these historic pictures, Very Fine. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)
