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Auction Name	Stamps and Postal History	Total Sales (USD)	1,518.78
Auction Date	September 28, 2025 - September 28, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Sale Number	#675688	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Total Lots	58
Sold Lots	52.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
% of Lots Sold	89.66%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
Unsold Lots	6	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
61	US Stamps #64b Used on Cover with Sandy Spring, MD CDS, tied with "Bird in Wreath" fancy cancellation, addressed to the Post Office Department in Washington, DC, with APS Certificate		Not Available	USD 129.95
186	US Stamps Small Group of Presidential and White House related covers, invitations, and tickets, 1930s-1970s	1930s-1970s	Not Available	USD 66.70
57	Worldwide Stamps on dealer cards with identifications, includes Netherlands, France, etc, mixed conditions CV $800+		Not Available	USD 60.48
31	1839 Stampless Folded letter to Harlem (with Haerlem CDS), Forwarded handstamp in red, sent back to sender in Milton Hill (also from Milton Hill MD DPO, double rate notations at upper right	1839	Not Available	USD 58.67
162	Korea Stamps & Covers mostly late 20th century, includes singles, sets, souvenir sheets, first day covers, includes 1971 Se Tenant Mint NH Flags and Emblems sheet with perf separations	late 20th century	Not Available	USD 58.65
50	US Stamps #234, 236, & 237 Used Columbian Group on Covers, matched set of Gill & Fisher corner advertising covers		Not Available	USD 48.30
59	Postcards Group of 3 Baltimore Disaster Postcards, two colored orange showing the ruins of the city after the 31 hour long fire that lasted from February 7th-9th, 1904 consuming 1,500+ buildings, one postcards with a Leap Day 1904 cancellation		Not Available	USD 48.30
194	Hong Kong Stamps used on Vario pages plus some covers		Not Available	USD 47.15
6	US Stamps Covers Collection highlighted by a 1936 Hindenburg Cover, plus other First Day Covers, 1960s mostly	1936, 1960s	Not Available	USD 46.01
182	US & Worldwide Postal History small group including a few worldwide stampless covers & two Large Banknotes on cover, 1 advertising		Not Available	USD 46.01
52	US Stamps #RB13c, RB15c, RB16-RB18 Proprietary Stamps Group on Card CV $880		Not Available	USD 46.00
22	US Stamps 5 Lindbergh Cards, 1928 flights with cachets and #C10	1928	Not Available	USD 43.70
207	US Stamps #735 First Day Cover with Expo cancel on large cover, plus expo labels at left		Not Available	USD 43.70
54	US Stamps #PN1-18 Mint Group of Postal Notes		Not Available	USD 42.55
18	US Stamp #U1 Used Postal Stationery Entire with 1854 datelined enclosed letter, with some staining and embossed corner advertisement (Lewis Tysinger Grocer) CV $1000	1854	Not Available	USD 39.11
29	1804 Stampless Folded letter Easton Maine CDS cancel and manuscript paid at upper right	1804	Not Available	USD 34.51
72	US Hunting & Game Stamps on licenses plus Michigan Trout stamp on license & Mint NH $7.50 Federal Duck Plate Block of 4		Not Available	USD 31.05
21	US Stamp First Day & Ceremony Programs, Used with show cancels		Not Available	USD 29.90
67	US Stamps Fancy Cancel Anchor on 2 Cent Large Banknote		Not Available	USD 29.90
174	Central & South America Stamps Postal Cards & Stationery group, mostly Mint, many in plastic sleeves with identifications		Not Available	USD 28.75
64	Germany Stamps 1943 Concentration Camp Letter from the Gusen Camp which was part of Mauthausen Camp where 35,000 mostly Polish prisoners died, letter is to "Vera and Simas" from their husband and father thanking them for the books he received and asking a	1943	Not Available	USD 27.60
173	Central & South America Stamps Postal Cards & Stationery group, mostly Mint, many in plastic sleeves with identifications		Not Available	USD 27.60
175	Central & South America Stamps Postal Cards & Stationery group, mostly Mint, many in plastic sleeves with identifications		Not Available	USD 27.60
15	Cuba Stamps 50+ Covers, 1950s-1960s, mostly airmails with some first days	1950s-1960s	Not Available	USD 27.03
38	USS Macon 1933 Cover, legal size with two cachets, Mellone #11/13/33-2.2	1933	Not Available	USD 26.48

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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.