Price. Worldwide Covers

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1 Worldwide Covers Worldwide Covers DENMARK 1946 cover w/ unlisted Denmark interment camp local stamp inscribed as approved postage paid internee mail tied by 1946 Aarhus pmk to letter to the Danish Red Cross in Esbjerg seldom seen and scarce GERMAN SW AFRICA 1905 & 1906 Feldpost cards postmarked Keetmanshoop & Winhuk, uncommon postal history regarding the Herero War The Herero Wars and the massacres are both depicted in a chapter of the 1963 novel V. by Thomas Pynchon, uncommon and desirable GERMANY #15 tied to folded purple J. H. Bachmann Bremen steamship destinations price list, incls New York, New Orleans, Havana, India, China & many more -- JH Bachmann was a Bremenbased trading house as well as transport and logistics company, which existed from 1775 to 2006, very attractive GREAT BRITAIN (17) diff postcards & covers all w/ British Military base pmks, some WWI subjects plus (30+) tied to piece, cond varies gen F-VF, useful specialized lot JAPAN (5) post cards incl #99 on Osaka RR station card to India; on shipwreck of SS Dakota card to Jolo, P.I; W Jennings Bryan for President w/ US flag to US & Nagasaki hotel card to Honolulu plus #132 on Nara, Japan color card to US, gen F-VF RUSSIAN OFFICES IN TURKEY (6) items: (2) unused 10k Letter Cards (Michel K1); (2) unused 1pi on 10k letter cards (K2); unused reply card 32pa on 4k (P5) w/ light foxing on back; 20pa on 4k postal card not mailed but w/ Constantinople pmk (P6); VF Worldwide Stationery 390 PORTUGAL & COLONIES Selection entires, postal cards & reply cards on exhibit pages, incl unused & used, regular & commem issues, incl India, Africa & Atlantic Is; gen F-VF+ US 19th & 20th Century Stamps 410 US 19th & 20th Century Stamps 64 O F-VF Well centered, pink color, light black grid cancel, scissor blunted perfs at top (minor), 2012 PSAG Cert U.S. Airmail & Back-of-the-Book 526 U.S. Airmail & Back-of-the-Book F1 * Avg to F-VF, LH/NH Block of 10 w/ part inscription, "A" & pl# 5726, hinge reinforced seps at top, other six NH, natural SE at bottom Confederate States Confederate States EST SE 38 EST LE 62 EST HWC-LE 38 EST LE 38 EST LE 50 EURO 345 SE 80 EST LE 450 CV CV 1, * F-VF HR, Horiz pair w/ Richmond cds tiny thin corner crease CV Canal Zone U.S. Possessions 562 UX2 Unused, VF CV Autographs 598 Autographs & Americana APOLLO 16 crew signed official NASA crew litho, Mattingly in blue pen, Young in black marker, Duke in blue marker; autopen example also incl for comparison; slight smudge on Young's "Y" F-VF 599 Official NASA color litho of Apollo 11 crew in white suits, each has signed twice, 20 years apart; inscribed by Armstrong "To Ken Buck - EST LE 500

2 Ephemera 611 Best Wishes," Armstrong & Collins dated 7/16/69 in black marker; second set of signatures below in black ballpoint, dated 7/16/89; Aldrin's not dated; minor corner crease, o/w VF rare w/ double signatures EST 6,000-8,000 HWC-LE 5,000 RACK CARDS Over (45,000) 1970s-80s promotional cards, usually found for free on racks, mostly all multi-colored, in quantities, topics incl women, advertising, comic book covers, great Disney, 1940s humor & movie stars, 70s rock bands "cut out" cards, classic cars, stamps (Disney related), VF Stock Certificates 625 Trade Cards 629 Complete $1000 6% bond from Virginia & Tennessee Railroad Co, signed but punched and canceled, all coupons intact, issued 1853 due 1873; previously folded, F-VF Scarce Cadbury's Chocolates trade card c.1910 showing the Titanic or Olympic (virtually identical ships), part of the "Largest Steamers in the World" series, one of the only depictions of the doomed ship before its sinking in 1912; nearly always found w/ some margin wear, still VG and desirable Reference Materials 640 Supplies & Reference Materials AUS & NZ literature: Brusden White whole catalog up to 1994, BW 1993 pages up to 1936 issues; BW larger 3-ring binder pages 1988 for issues up to 1947; BW Kangaroos & Early Federal Period binder 4th ed 2004; Campbell-Patterson NZ 1971 revision in binder w/ addenda; F-VF Accumulations U.S. Accumulations & Bulk Lots (5) binders w/ */O mostly 1980s issues incl USPS Commem Stamp Club pages, Transportation coils, good used commems; binder w/ album pages for BOB mostly used, incl cut squares; additional (2) large binders w/ abt (240) FDCs (most no cachet), first flights, other special event covers & abt (200) postal cards 1880s-1980s unused & used; gen F-VF Accum */O (100s) 19/20th Cent commems, regs, BOB, on album pages, aprvl cards, stkpgs, incl small collection of postage dues w/ shifted values & xmas seal imperfs, 1890s-1930s */O hinged on pages, group of #496 & 606 coil strips/10 w/ LPs, Prexy era coils w/ leader strips, few (100) stock receipts w/ fed & NY revs, plus group on aprvl cards incl unused #63, 233, 239, 242, 296-7, 387, 407, used 71, 92, 115, cond mixed faults to sound Avg to VF Booklets & Booklet Panes 701 Abt (190) unused bklts most are 29 & 32 in Supersafe album, unchecked for pl #s!! Gen VF NH Postage/Face 729 Unused in albums & glassines to 50 sgls, Blks, PBKs & strips most value 20 & up, nice & clean, gen F-VF NH Walking Liberty Halves 929 U.S. Coins (2) D-Mint both PCGS-Certified incl 1941-D MS64 & 1942-D MS63 (original "rattler" holder.) 50c Groups / Collections EST L (9) 200 EST HWC-FLA 220 EST SE 75 EST L 50 EST L 75 EST L 170 FACE B 450 EST L 350 EST SE 115

3 936 (6) Choice to Gem Proofs incl 1958, 1962, & 1964 (4) all pure white and well-preserved in "slabs" marketed by Hannes Tulving, one of the large coin promoters of the 1980s. Decades-old provenance is always interesting! Morgan Dollars EST B (20) all 1921-P most AU to slider Unc. EST HWC-ROL (20) all dated 1921 most mintmarked in higher circ grades many cleaned to some degree. Peace Dollars EST HWC-ROL (20) all dated 1922 PDS wide circ grade range. EST HWC-ROL (20) all dated 1923 & 1924 wide circ grade range. EST HWC-ROL 325 CANADA Countries of the World 1176 E3 ** F-VF NH Blk, bright color CV CANADA PROVINCES-NOVA SCOTIA 1194 CHAD 1195 DUBAI 1227 FRANCE 8-9, 11 */** F+ Unused Blks w/ top pair hinged, bottom pair NH: 1 yellowish paper, LL stamp creased; 2 white paper, part imprint in left selvage; 8½ yellowish paper, part imprint top selvage (1000s) sets & S/S, Scott listed, cancelled to order, gen F-VF or better, most (100+) of each, CV $5.50 to $13.50, many fine art and sports topicals, dealer inventory, needs some organizing NH stock in mint sheet file up to (x50), blocks or full panes, 1960s issues, dealer inventory Gibbons #26//133 incl imperf vars, gen VF NH CV EST L 200 POUNDS 4, LE C * VF LH, small thin LL CV 2, GERMANY 1287 Michel #10Bd used signed Pickenpack, VF EURO Michel #97AII unused Blk w/2001 Cert, XF NH EURO B320-B323 O F-VF On FDC to US w/registration label EURO 1,400 SE C32-C34 Cover front with Dessau pmks, C33 strip of (3) and C34 two strips of (3); also one C32 but damaged (not counted); one C34 stamp is stained; F-VF CV SE 90 GERMANY & AREA vol Scott Specialty w/ slipcases, pages to 1979, */O incl few Bavaria, all periods Germany except DDR, Occupations, some Memel, Saar; modern West Germany well filled NH, also Berlin; NH highlights incl #459-62, , B91-92, B103-04, C46-56, 9NB4-5; also hinged 9N1-20, 9NB1-3; gen F-VF GREAT BRITAIN APX CV 4, L ** VF NH, Corner block of (6) CV SE 80 ICELAND 1398 IRAN (9) Classic unused: #79 LH F, 122 LH F-VF, 128 LH F, 143 VLH F, 262 NH F-VF, 265 NH VF, 273 NH VF w/ faint corner bend, C1 H F, C2 H F-VF , B16 Shah's 31st birthday set NH (CV for hinged) & CV

4 ISRAEL semi-postal w/ flag H; F-VF++ CV * F-VF H CV 6, HWC-SE 1,250 ITALY ** NH Bolaffi #1626B perforation & missing color error "Ardesia" signed w/ 2004 Chiavarello cert EURO C42-C47 ** VF NH, C47 slight gum foxing spots CV ITALIAN OFFICES ABROAD 1437 KUWAIT 1461 Offices in Tientsin rare 1921 surcharge "2 Dollari" on 5 lire, somewhat better centering than typical, signed, Scott #23b & Sassone # , 2012 Sorani cert; F+ NH 763 O F-VF Used (54) copies w/ nice circular cancels, high value of the set! NETHERLANDS CV 26, HWC-SE 5,200 CV 3, B144a-B145a ** VF NH, Both miniature sheets CV LE 50 OMAN C O F-VF Scarce postally used surcharge, CC CV 2, ROMANIA 1516 RUSSIA Stkbk w/ (4700+) unused stock of #108-12, noted some blocks, incl hinged & NH, possibly few NG; F+ 79//121 (6) Coat of Arms issues with light to heavy offset on back, incl #79 full strong offset; #82 light blue offset; #82b groundwork omitted, red center shifted, light red offset; #83 strong dark violet offset; #119 margin strip of (5) strong offset; #121 margin strip of (5) strong offset; VF most NH (see add. web photos which show backs) 311 var * VF LH, Worker 8k olive shade w/ official horiz voiding perforation, USSR official handstamp on back (Zagorsky #119 lin) APX CV 28, B 850 EST SE 125 CV ** VF NH, (Zagorsky #1102 Pa) CV Stock of S/S (10 ea): #3737, 4251, 4302, 4415, 4820, 5106, 5171A, 5361, 5590; also miniature sheets Ducks #5785a (51) and WWF Tigers #6181b (50) SOUTH RUSSIA CV LE ** F-VF NH Blk/6, (CV $300 for H) EST British Empire 1591 Scandinavia 1617 Topicals Regional Collections QEII SILVER JUBILEE Unused (few CTO) accum (100s) as received in glassines issues w/ sets, S/S, gutter pairs, mini-sheets & bklts w/ few dup gen F-VF NH Sm dealer book */O 19/20th Cent mostly sets & sgls w/ CV $50 & above incl Denmark #5, 13a, 82, 135, B3-5, Finland 5, 6b, 8, 23, Norway 1, 370-4, B24, Sweden 14, 156, 209, 222, O10, LX1 & much more, very good quality w/ few flaws, gen F-VF H/NH Topical Collections 1623 AMERICANA many (1000s) sets, S/S, sheets & singles from Ajman, Manama & other Arab Emirates featuring Bicentennial CV 1, B 90 CV 6, B 400

5 1648 events, Kennedy, Eisenhower & other famous Presidents, Michel listed gen 3 to 15 per set, gen F-VF+ NH EST L 300 MOVIE STARS Fujeira 1972 CTO (1500) complete sets, Michel listed # featuring Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, Jayne Mansfield & others - Michel prices the used set for 3.50 each, gen F-VF CV 5, L 200