Lots 1393 - 1399, Catalogue of Auction #92 Raritan Stamps, Inc

 
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Lot   Cat.#
Description
 
Est.$
1393    
Arctic and Antarctic Postal History - Norway 1928, pre- printed cover sent in Oslo, addressed to Jens P. Heyerdahl, well-known lawyer and investor, franked by Coat of Arms 10o green, tied by machine cancellation, thetext reads "Roald Amundsen. 14 December 1928", opened roughly, still F/VF. Roald Amundsen was a famous Norwegian Polar Explorer, tragically died in 1928 while searching for the wrecked the Umberto Nobile Polar Expedition, Est. $150-$200
(Ph)
100.00
1394    
Postal History Collection 1957-80, 53 postcards or covers, representing 8 items from French or British Antarctic and 45 from Soviet Union, including 10 Arctic items with 4th-10th North Pole Stations, 8 AntarcticExploration covers and 27 various postal history pieces with cancellations of Ice-Breakers and Tankers of Murmansk and Vladivostok Shipping Companies, many signed by ship captains, generally fresh quality, mostly VF, Est. $800-$1,200
(Ph)
600.00
1395 */U   
Asian Countries - Mint and Used Group 1900-60, several hundred mint and used stamps, mainly Indonesia and India with some Hong Kong, Thailand and Pakistan, mounted on home-made album pages, did not properlychecked for individual stamp value, occasional flaws possible, still F/VF, Est. $150-$200 (website photo)
(Ph)
100.00
1396 */U   
Caucasian Countries - Starting Collection 1920-23, 129 mostly mint stamps (20 postally used), including 74 stamps from Armenia, including one block of eight, several reprints mentioned, 22 stamps from Azerbaijanand 33 stamps from Georgia, neatly arranged on stockpages, mostly fresh, full OG/no gum as issued or used, F/VF, total legitimate C.v. is over $850, Est. $150- $200 (website photo)
(Ph)
100.00
1397 **   
Western Europe - Group of Better Items 1933-57, three items from German Reich, including two se-tenants (Mi C.v. _E315); three sets of Famous People from France and Napoleon of French Polynesia (Scott C.v. $178),all with full OG, NH, mostly VF, Est. $90-$120 (website photo)
(Ph)
60.00
1398    
Various Chess Competitions 1951-60, group of ten envelopes, bearing special cancellations of various chess matches - World Chess Match "Botvinnik - Tal", World CupChampionships, Match "USSR-USA", ChessOlympiad, All-Union Championships and etc., perfect quality unit, VF, Est. $400-$500
(Ph)
250.00
1399    
ICCF (International Correspondence Chess Federation) Items 1974-86, five pre-printed for chess moves postcards sent from Germany, Sweden, Netherlands, Denmark and Czechoslovakia to Odessa and addressed toGrandmaster ICCF A. Zilberberg, in addition postcard from Rematch Kasparov-Karpov of 1986, one card with conveyance crease, others mostly VF, Est. $150-$200
(Ph)
100.00

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