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Auction Name	Stamps and Postal History	Total Sales (USD)	3,282.40
Auction Date	October 12, 2025 - October 12, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Sale Number	#677647	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Total Lots	51
Sold Lots	49.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
% of Lots Sold	96.08%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
Unsold Lots	2	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
52	Postcards Group of 500+ early 20th century, some later, mostly Maryland related	early 20th century	Not Available	USD 289.80
60	US Stampless Covers & Folded Letters Group of 15+ Maryland Related Covers,	early to mid 19th century	Not Available	USD 197.80
10	US & Worldwide Postal History 1,500+ NASA related covers, 1960s-1990s	1960s-1990s	Not Available	USD 192.05
59	US Stampless Covers & Folded Letters Group of 15+ Maryland Related Covers,	early to mid 19th century	Not Available	USD 185.15
57	US Stampless Covers & Folded Letters Group of 15+ Maryland Related Covers,	early to mid 19th century	Not Available	USD 143.75
36	US Postal History Advertising/Corner Card Covers	19th and early 20th century	Not Available	USD 141.45
56	US Stampless Covers & Folded Letters Group of 15+ Maryland Related Covers,	early to mid 19th century	Not Available	USD 126.50
55	US Stampless Covers & Folded Letters Group of 15+ Maryland Related Covers,	early to mid 19th century	Not Available	USD 120.75
37	US Postal History Advertising/Corner Card Covers	19th and early 20th century	Not Available	USD 118.45
35	US Postal History Advertising/Corner Card Covers	19th and early 20th century	Not Available	USD 116.15
54	US Stampless Covers & Folded Letters Group of 15+ Maryland Related Covers,	early to mid 19th century	Not Available	USD 116.15
58	US Stampless Covers & Folded Letters Group of 15+ Maryland Related Covers,	early to mid 19th century	Not Available	USD 116.15
34	US Stamps 1860s 3 Cent Washington Covers, 35+ a few with contents		Not Available	USD 111.55
6	US Postal History 90+ 3 Cent Washington Covers, mainly #11 & #65		Not Available	USD 110.40
44	US Postal History Advertising/Corner Card Covers	1860s-1890s	Not Available	USD 87.40
198	Paraguay Zeppelin Stamp Cover, 1932 Graf Zeppelin flight with Trans-Atlantic backstamps	1932	Not Available	USD 75.93
190	Brazil Zeppelin Stamp Cover, 1930 Graf Zeppelin flight with Condor label attached, Lakehurst backstamps	1930	Not Available	USD 73.60
45	US Postal History Advertising/Corner Card Covers	1860s-1890s	Not Available	USD 67.85
61	US Postal History 20th Century group of mostly Maryland related covers, first day covers, commercial mail, etc 500+	20th Century	Not Available	USD 67.85
38	US Postal History Advertising/Corner Card Covers	19th and early 20th century	Not Available	USD 60.95
40	US Postal History Advertising/Corner Card Covers	19th and early 20th century	Not Available	USD 56.35
39	US Postal History Advertising/Corner Card Covers	19th and early 20th century	Not Available	USD 55.20
42	US Postal History Advertising/Corner Card Covers	early to mid 20th century	Not Available	USD 55.20
43	US Postal History Advertising/Corner Card Covers	early to mid 20th century	Not Available	USD 48.30
46	US Postal History Advertising/Corner Card Covers	1860s-1890s	Not Available	USD 43.70

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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.