Sale 36: The Winter Sale

Lot 2224    

Worldwide Topicals Balloon Mail Collection, 1926-74. About 220 covers, all individually described in detail, on exhibition pages in 3 albums, starting with Poland rare Warsaw - Swistocz cover, 17th October 1926 carried by the Balloon 'Poznan' and postmarked upon arrival, accompanied by rare 1 zloty 'Poctza Balonowa', backstamped in Grodno, exceptional as such; 1927 Luxembourg - Roodt experimental balloon flight on special postal card; also balloon races from the 1920s and 1930s, such as Gordon Bennett Internationals, many interesting cachets; scarce Warsaw - Szczuczyn Bialost commercial mail carried in the balloon 'Legjonowo', interesting Brussels - Ceskytesin, July 1936, flown by de Muyter in the 'Belgica', next month in the same balloon Warsaw - Archangel (USSR), as well as Warsaw - Peliszcze with illustrated cachet, June 1937 Brussels - Tukumo; continuing to 1974, with many interesting and scarce items, many signed by pilots; countries include many Austria, other Europe including Belgium, Swiss, Netherlands, etc; Poland; Israel, Pakistan, Canada, G.B. and so on; well worth careful examination, seldom seen as extensive.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,350

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Lot 2225    

Worldwide Topicals Rocket Mail, 1959-64. About 100 covers, presented in specialized Lighthouse album, with full descriptions of each item; best is very scarce Yugoslavia 1960 Maribor-Cirkovce cover ($150 in E-Z catalog); also some stamps and labels, best being Mexico 1961 private overprint for 25th Anniversary of McAllen-Reynoso flight ($50); interesting collection rarely seen offered.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $350

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Lot 2226    

Worldwide Topicals Rocket Mail, 1961-2. Extensive collection of 350 or so covers, neatly displayed in 2 albums, some possible forerunners, vast array of flights and commemorations, virtually all with cachets, some with "autographs", including a few original, many countries represented, this should be a feast for the specialist collector.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $1,000

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Lot 2227    

Worldwide Topicals WWI & WWII Military Covers. Well over 200 items in an album, broad spectrum of countries and usages, much British Empire, including British Forces in Egypt 1935 Jubilee Commemoration & other letter seals, N.Z. & Australia, Malaya, Great Britain, etc; many France WWI colorful flags patriotic army correspondence items, same for Italy, 1941 Hong Kong to Japan returned to sender with dramatic British War Organization Fund label well tied; 3 Cilicia covers; 3 c.1900 German China items; and much more; please inspect carefully as this lot is full of surprises.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,100

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Lot 2228 /o/   

Worldwide Topicals 1949 U.P.U. Collection. Group of better covers, FDC's & souvenir sheets, neatly arranged on black stockpages, including mint n.h. Hungary #C81, Honduras C181-7 on cacheted FDC, etc; please inspect.
Estimate    $350 - 500.

Realized: $300

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Lot 2229    

Worldwide Topicals Charles Dickens and Children Topical Collection. Mint Worldwide issues in album; includes souvenir sheets and some good sets, including Korea and other Asia; worth a look.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $250

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Lot 2230 /o   

Worldwide Topicals Worldwide Collection. In 8 volume Scott International albums, approximately 23,000 stamps with some value in European issues, some Latin America; inspect.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $675

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Lot 2231    

Worldwide Topicals WWI Feldpost, Red Cross & POW. 38 mostly cards, wide variety of usages, originations, markings, censors, many to U.S. internment camps, many with Russian content, couple unused, should be viewed by the WWI postal historian; mostly F-VF condition.
Estimate    $200 - 250.

Realized: $170

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Lot 2232    

Worldwide Topicals WWI Prisoner of War covers. 16 covers and cards, with wide variety of different strikes, censor markings, etc.," Interned Camp" straightline strikes from the USA to Germany; note some interesting originations including Algeria, Russia, Italy ("Corrispondenza Prigionieri di Guerra"), England (Stratford Camp), as well as USA with Hot Springs, N.C., Wakefield, Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga.; diverse group in F-VF or better condition.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $210

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Lot 2233 /   

Worldwide Topicals Olympic Games Collection, 1924-71. 33 covers and 5 sets of the 1924 Paris Games - France, Lebanon & Syria (total cat $500+), various covers, many cacheted including 1958 Tokyo games; please inspect.
Estimate    $200 - 250.

Realized: $290

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