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Auction Name	Stamps and Postal History	Total Sales (USD)	2,984.85
Auction Date	October 05, 2025 - October 05, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Sale Number	#675604	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Total Lots	42
Sold Lots	41.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
% of Lots Sold	97.62%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
Unsold Lots	1	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
197	Postcards Group of 600+ in Medium Flat Rate Box, many early 20th century picture postcards	early 20th century	Not Available	USD 461.15
192	Postcards Group of 600+ in Medium Flat Rate Box, many early 20th century picture postcards, up to Linen era, some newer, almost entirely Maryland related	early 20th century	Not Available	USD 377.20
98	US Navy Ships Covers including World War II era through late 20th century	World War II era through late 20th century	Not Available	USD 209.30
97	US Navy Ships Covers including World War II era through late 20th century	World War II era through late 20th century	Not Available	USD 198.95
95	US Navy Ships Covers including World War II era through late 20th century	World War II era through late 20th century	Not Available	USD 164.45
84	US Stamps 1860s Franklin blue 1 cent issues, 8 total in mixed conditions	1860s	Not Available	USD 151.80
96	US Navy Ships Covers including World War II era through late 20th century	World War II era through late 20th century	Not Available	USD 134.55
176	US & Worldwide Stampless Covers and Folded Letters group of 10+, mix of cancels		Not Available	USD 101.21
181	Germany Stamps & Postal History Third Reich era, covers, postcards, stamps in binder		Not Available	USD 80.50
173	US Stampless Covers and Folded Letters group of 10, mix of cancels, & towns, mostly Maryland related		Not Available	USD 79.35
175	US Stampless Covers and Folded Letters group of 10, mix of cancels, & towns, mostly Maryland related		Not Available	USD 74.75
80	Egypt Revenue Stamps on documents, interesting and seldom seen items		Not Available	USD 72.45
174	US Stampless Covers and Folded Letters group of 10, mix of cancels, & towns, mostly Maryland related		Not Available	USD 69.00
172	US Stampless Covers and Folded Letters group of 10, mix of cancels, & towns, mostly Maryland related		Not Available	USD 67.86
185	Lundy Stamps on Covers, 11 covers from Great Britain, Australia, Netherlands, Switzerland, & Germany		Not Available	USD 60.95
82	US Stamps 1870s-1890 Banknotes on pages and cigar box, loads of stamps	1870s-1890	Not Available	USD 58.65
99	US Stamps Postal Cards accumulation includes mostly 20th century issues	20th century	Not Available	USD 57.50
194	US Federal Motor Vehicles Tax Stamps 1940s issues Mint Hinged on page	1940s	Not Available	USD 43.70
183	Cuba Stamps on Cover to Richmond, VA with two labels on front "Our Revolution is NOT COMMUNIST Our Revolution is HUMANIST"		Not Available	USD 42.55
73	US Stamps 1880s-1910s Postal History group of Stationery,	1880s-1910s	Not Available	USD 41.40
191	US Stamps FDC #627 group of 100+ First Day Covers, attractive group, without cachets and mix of Boston & DC cancels, May 10 1926	1926	Not Available	USD 36.80
182	US Advertising Cover "Buckingham Brothers Manufacturers" Cigar Advertising	1899	Not Available	USD 35.65
171	US Stampless Covers and Folded Letters group of 10, mix of cancels, & towns, mostly Maryland related		Not Available	USD 33.35
190	US Stamps FDC group of 7 First Day Covers, 1920s-1930s	1920s-1930s	Not Available	USD 29.90
129	Asia Stamps Postal History group of covers incl Vietnam, Thailand, etc		Not Available	USD 26.45

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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.