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Lot 1311

U.S. Postal History Groupings, Union Civil War Patriotic Group, 30 used, noted various designs incl. flags, eagle, all-over design, shield, several with enclosures, some very interesting correspondence with accounts of battles, military leaders, etc., excellent historical group, generally Fine.
Estimate $2,000-3,000.
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$2,300
Lot 1312
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Street Railway RPO Collection, in 14 books and loose identified and in order by city (with extensive inventory), about 1450, mostly late 19th to mid 20th Century with better advert., postcard usages, postal station cancels within DC area, many identified by trip or car #, minor dupl. but with diff. dates, few additional not listed, interesting group, mixed condition. Truax collection.
Estimate $1,500-2,000.
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$1,668
Lot 1313
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Black Jack Accumulation, 76 covers, noted combinations with other values, pairs, strip of 3, DPOs, small towns, few Grills probably mixed in, drop letter, worth a close look, generally Fine.
Estimate $1,000-1,500.
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$1,725
Lot 1314
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Better Accumulation From Estate, 100+ mostly 19th Century, noted stampless, #1 blue grid Eastern R.R. usage, #7, 20, 35 usages, early advertising, large Bank Notes, some 20th Century incl. C18 on 3 flight covers, Confederacy, worth a close look, Fine.
Estimate $1,000-1,500.
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$2,415
Lot 1315

U.S. Postal History Groupings, Group of Better Items, 40, noted #2 (pen cancel), 10 with green cancel, 33, 77 to France, reg. to Foreign destinations, couple Locals, Confederacy incl. #1c, 5, some faults, worth inspection, generally Fine.
Estimate $1,000-1,500.
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$1,725
Lot 1316
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Early First Flight Group, 62 franked with #C1-6 (mostly C4), good variety of flights, advertising, Dues, Special Delivery, worth inspection, high retail value, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,000-1,500.
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$1,955
Lot 1317
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Large Accumulation, thousands filling 3 banker boxes, stampless to mid 20th Century, noted WWII patriotics, APOs and other military, flight covers, FDs, commercial, this lot will take some time to review, generally Fine.
Estimate $1,000-1,500.
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$1,955
Lot 1318
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Stampless to Modern, more than 13,700 housed in 9 banker boxes, incl. commercial, advertising, censored, suspended mail, special events, show cancels, balloon races, first flights, inauguration, fancy cancels, collection of hundreds of covers with plate number singles or strips, hundreds of covers searching out obscure town cancels, etc., the lot incl. a very substantial number of first day covers from the 2¢ reds to recent, incl. a wide array of cachets, Fine.
Estimate $800-1,200.
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$1,610
Lot 1319
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Oldtime Used Stationery Accumulation, from 1930s Germany and many addressed to Germany, collection housed on handmade album pages and some accumulation (some bound together of similar "U" #), couple thousand with few postal cards, few mint, some with additional adhesives incl. Washington-Franklins, minor dupl., mixed condition with many useful or interesting items, unpicked, inspect.
Estimate $1,000-1,500.
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$863
Lot 1320
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Mostly Government Mail, filling 5 binders, incl. government penalty envelopes, post office forms, official envelopes, advertising meters and others, several hundred pieces, unusual group, inspect, Fine.
Estimate $600-800.
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Lot 1321
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Commercial Unpicked, many hundreds loose culled from large estate, mostly 1880s-1910s period, incl. few Confederates, Civil War patriotics, AEF, APO, virtually all internal usages, mixed condition.
Estimate $500-750.
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$719
Lot 1322
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Priced Retail Stock, 2000+ covers and stationery in stuffed banker box, sleeved and mostly priced, 19th to early 20th Century, good variety of commercial mail, some interesting items with lots for $1 boxes, Fine.
Estimate $500-750.
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$518
Lot 1323

U.S. Postal History Groupings, Wells Fargo Express Group, 9, consists of Silver City, Utah, Salt Lake City, U.T. to Denmark (stamp missing), Silver City I.T., Bannock City, I.T., Bemont, Nev., Carlin, Nev. to Prussia, 2 Calico, Cal. and New York oval h. s. on cover to Cal., few faults, Fine appearance.
Estimate $400-600.
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$690
Lot 1324
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Zeppelin Flight Group, 90+ for the Los Angeles, Shenandoah, Macon and Akron, also modern commemorative covers, plus a few postcards and photos, various cachets, lovely group, worth inspection, Fine.
Estimate $400-600.
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$661
Lot 1325
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Dealer Stock, about 75, 19th & 20th Century, good variety of issues, sleeved and priced, owners retail $2676, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $400-600.
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$575
Lot 1326
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Accumulation in Banker Box, over 300 in various binders, noted stampless, classics, advertising, Zeppelin and catapults, must be seen to appreciate, Fine.
Estimate $400-600.
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$1,495
Lot 1327

U.S. Postal History Groupings, Interesting Accumulation, 43 covers and several adhesives, noted group for 1901 Pan-American Exposition incl. #298 reg. to Germany, group of early precancels, various "Paid" cancels on 1850s to 1860s, 3¢ adhesives and 4 covers, group of 1861-67 issues incl. 15¢ on cover to France and 24¢ on cover to England, plus 2¢ Black Jack on circular to Germany, nice group, generally Fine.
Estimate $400-600.
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$1,495
Lot 1328

U.S. Postal History Groupings, Early Used Stationery, 6 pieces, incl. #U3, U5, W20 and U34 (Wells Fargo usage), Fine.
Estimate $400-600.
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Lot 1329
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Military Lot, box of about 2000 mostly WWII era military, APOs, FPOs, ships and more, Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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$805
Lot 1330
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Stampless Accumulation, 200+, 1820s to 1840s, good variety of towns, several diff. rates, worth a look, Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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$1,438
Lot 1331
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, 1789 to 1815 Dulith & Wachsmuth Correspondence, of Philadelphia, 18 pieces most with content written in French, incl. 12 with Baltimore straightline postmarks, 3 bearing New York Ship markings, origins incl. Baltimore, London, Hamburg, Bordeaux, Rotterdam and St. Sebastian, Fine. Dulith & Wachsmuth was an important shipping and trading firm in Philadelphia during late 18th and early 19th Century.
Estimate $300-400.
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$460
Lot 1332

U.S. Postal History Groupings, 1930s Depression Illustrated Covers and Letters, unique lot of 37, with hand illustrated color drawings, incl. patriotic, disabled veterans, NRA theme, Revolutionary War heroes, Santa Claus, Grand Army of The Republic, Halloween, mail carriers, etc., by Charles L. Dox of Elizabeth, N.J., Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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$518
Lot 1333

U.S. Postal History Groupings, Confederacy Postal History, 6 incl. #1 (faults, CSA cert.), 4, 7 pair (CSA cert.), 11a, 12 on wallpaper cover, several enclosures, some transcribed, Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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$431
Lot 1334
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Estate Commercial Accumulation, hundreds in full banker box pulled together from huge accumulation, mostly 20th Century, incl. Postal Card usages incl. overseas, #10 size group, mostly 1920s-50s period, occasional advert., unpicked, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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$518
Lot 1335
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Somewhat Better Group, Around 100 mostly circa late 1800s to early 1900s culled from estate, incl. postal card usages overseas with additional adhesives, advertising, etc., many used overseas, condition better than normally seen, excellent lot to price for retail, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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$1,380
Lot 1336
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Postal Card Used Accumulation, Few hundred in one third full banker box, nothing recent, mostly late 1800s to mid 1900s, some with additional adhesives with overseas destinations, some preprinted, interesting group, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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$322
Lot 1337
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Postal Cards and Stationery Accumulation, 19th and early 20th Century group, also some advertising covers and ephemera, inspect, generally Fine.
Estimate $250-350.
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$230
Lot 1338

U.S. Postal History Groupings, Cunard Line Mail, 5 to Europe, plus 1 domestic with Cunard corner card, 1860s to 1890s, noted #78 to England, 159 to England, on annotated pages, generally Fine.
Estimate $170-250.
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$299
Lot 1339
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Second Bureau Issues Used on Postcards, 14 diff., noted Foreign destinations, redirected, interesting group, Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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Lot 1340
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Fourth Bureau Group, 15, noted reg., Airmail Special Delivery, nice group, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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Lot 1341

U.S. Postal History Groupings, Early Auxiliary Markings, 8, late 19th to early 20th Century, with various markings incl. "Held for Postage", "Misdirected", "Dead Letters", "Mutilated", "Missent", nice group, Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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Lot 1342
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Foreign Destinations, about 100, 1900 to 1945, surface and Airmail to wide range of Foreign destinations, many useful, mixed condition.
Estimate $200-300.
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$242
Lot 1343
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Registry Collection, incl. late 19th to early 20th Century covers, reg. package envelopes, registry package receipts, seals, literature on the subject, very interesting group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Ex. David Straight.
Estimate $200-300.
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$863
Lot 1344
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Stampless Lot, 41 incl. 1804 from Guadeloupe to Newburyport (no markings), 1848 Kalamazoo, MI "death letter" with handdrawn mourning border on face, a few free franks, couple of transatlantic from U.K. and France to U.S., unusual Dauphin, PA postmark, 1847 Mexican War to Governor of Virginia, nice lot, Fine.
Estimate $200-300.
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$661
Lot 1345
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, 19th Century Official Envelope Lot, 47, incl. several with interesting U.S. Envelope Agency illustrated corner cards, scarce to find in this quantity, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $200-300.
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$431
Lot 1346

U.S. Postal History Groupings, 1860s Wells Fargo Express Lot, 8, noted cross-border from Redwood City, CA to Victoria, B.C., usages from Wells Fargo offices in San Andreas, San Francisco, Downieville, Auburn and Moke Hill, clean lot, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $200-300.
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$374
Lot 1347

U.S. Postal History Groupings, Small Group of Classics, 5 incl. #1 (cert.), 10A (cert.), 11 with green cancel and Boyd's City Express on 1847 cover, Fine.
Estimate $200-300.
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$311
Lot 1348
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, 22 Classic to 1930s, incl. #35 to Canada, #73 with fancy cancel, Express mail on #11, 149 2 singles to Switzerland, 1930s fancy cancels, 189 to Cape of Good Hope, Ripley NY soaring bird cancel 1886, 215 strip of 3 reg., etc., inspect, Fine overall.
Estimate $200-300.
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$633
Lot 1349
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Estate Balance, banker box with hundreds of commercial and FDs, noted #C18 (2), better cachet makers, few stampless, 30¢ Prexie single franking censored, have a look, Fine.
Estimate $200-300.
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$661
Lot 1350
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Paqueboat Mail, 400+ from 1920s to 1940s, good variety of vessels, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $150-200.
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$345
Lot 1351

U.S. Postal History Groupings, "Flight" Group, incl. #C18 on Zeppelin flight, SCADTA CLEU51-52 on cover, 1942 crash, two 1936 rocket mails, interesting group, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $150-200.
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$196
Lot 1352
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Accumulation in Banker Box, several hundred 19th to WWII era covers and stationery, noted Large Bank usages, censored, military, Airs, have a look, Fine.
Estimate $150-200.
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$575
Lot 1353
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Correspondence of Lt. Ralph Griswold, of the store ship U.S.S. Bridge (AF-1), 15 letters (all but 2 dated Constantinople 1923), to his wife incl. original covers postmarked U.S.S. Scorpion and U.S.S. Pittsburgh, interesting content in regards to the Laussanne Treaty, ship board life, French lessons (instructor "uglier than hell"), going for short range battle practice in sea of Marmora, got dysentery, saw a eunuch in a cafe, etc., great historical group, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $150-200.
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$230
Lot 1354
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Alfred Terry, Sr. New Haven, CT Correspondence, lot of 33 stampless folded letters from 1818 to 1837, dated and postmarked New Haven, the younger Terry frequently in need of money and in one letter says that he is practically destitute, interesting snapshot in history, Fine. Alfred Terry was Yale graduate and local attorney to his father, Nathaniel Terry, who was president of the Hartford Fire Insurance Co.
Estimate $150-200.
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$288
Lot 1355
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Older Meter Mail, ½ full banker box, from 1920s and later, nothing recent, incl. corner advert, occasional one priced, older group than you normally see, Fine.
Estimate $150-200.
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$161
Lot 1356
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, 28 Stampless, Incl. New Orleans December 25th 1825, 1833 and 1836 Marietta, Ohio on Court briefs, NY, fancy Utica Paid ms. 20, etc., mixed condition to very fine.
Estimate $100-150.
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$288
Lot 1357

U.S. Postal History Groupings, Second Bureau Group, 5, incl. #300 used on 1904 deed from New Mexico territory, interesting auxiliary marking from Norwalk, OH, 1908 usage from Rhyolite, NV and 1910 usage to Jamaica, Fine.
Estimate $150-200.
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Lot 1358
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Alaska Group, 40 circa 1935-1940 to same family "Moseley" correspondence, mostly scarcer towns are receiving cancels incl. Circle, Eagle, Platinum, Russian Mission, etc., some addressed to or from Texas, some with auxiliary markings, Fine to Very Fine overall.
Estimate $100-150.
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Lot 1359
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, Modern Group, several thousand commercial, mostly legal size in 6 cover boxes and 1 full banker box, virtually all mid to later 20th Century, $1 box material, Fine.
Estimate $100-150.
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$115
Lot 1360
 
U.S. Postal History Groupings, APO Accumulation, Many hundreds unorganized in full banker box, all from Pvt. Dodge APO, mostly unopened with content, mostly on 6¢ Airmail envs., 1944-45 period, Fine.
Estimate $100-150.
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$150








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