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U.S. Postal History

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2551		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Used Civil War Group, few hundred, incl. good group of Stephens (V.P.) free franks (some not war period), others addressed to him, also few Confederate usages incl. April 1861 secession cover and letter, 1861 Louisville, Miss. stampless, few with U.S. adhesives post secession incl. Cobb correspondence, few Patriotics, USS Steamer Siren (Mississippi blockade), and other Union Navals, few Confederate adhesives, etc, needs careful inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. All bought individually on Ebay. Estimate $5,000-7,500. View details	Realized $9,200
Lot 2552		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Hundreds of Stampless, very little common, scattered Transatlantic, Railroad, Cobb correspondence, Free, mostly folded letters, some with interesting correspondences, Express, etc., occasional territorial, many with auxiliary markings, needs close inspection, Fine to Very Fine overall. All bought individually on Ebay. Estimate $4,000-6,000. View details	Realized $7,475
Lot 2553		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Accumulation of Better, over 100 covers on pages with many $50 and up items, noted #68 and 71 to France, there are cancels and some "steam" and ships and a few advertising, worth a look, generally Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,300. View details and photo	Realized $2,645
Lot 2554		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Adhesive Usages, Couple of hundred 19th & 20th Century, with Civil War period, Cobb correspondence incl. 1861 Stationery usage in early 1861 U.S. usage, #F1 usages, 19th Century with fancy cancels (identified by Weiss #s), 1920s-30s flights, stationery usages of 1876 issue, some folded letters with interesting correspondence, #10 with green Roswell, GA cancel, all better, inspect, Fine. All bought individually on Ebay. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $2,185
Lot 2555		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Postal Card 1914 1¢ Collection, on #UX27, around 1200 postal cards collection in 5 binders, collected and arranged according to rates, cancels and topics, slogans, Expo, FD, last day, meters fancy cancels, destinations, Patriotics, flights, Postage Dues, etc., one whole book of Foreign destinations, retail value stated at over $3200, a very interesting accumulation, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Unsold
Lot 2556		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Confederacy Lot, with better items, noted a #5, 4, 1 (3), 62X3, turned and adversity covers, and others, worth a look, mixed condition. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details and photo	Realized $2,185
Lot 2557		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Eleanor Roosevelt Correspondence to Al Kresse, 10 signed letters incl. 2 entirely written in her own hand (1935-1960), contents mention FDR and son Elliott, warm invitations to visit the White House, going with FDR on 1940 Presidential campaign, one letter (secretarial signed) is invitation for Al and "Chickie" to visit for lunch at White House and show off the new baby, wonderful historical lot, Fine to Very Fine. Eleanor befriended Al Kresse during Great Depression when she encountered him hitchhiking and seeking work, helped him secure job with Civilian Conservation Corps and visited with him and his wife "Chickie" at several camps, she was godmother to couple's girl, whom they named Eleanor. Estimate $800-1,000. View details and photo	Realized $633
Lot 2558		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Spanish-American War Exhibit Collection, 28 covers, incl. soldier's letters, 1 Canada, scarce cachets, couple all-over designs, generally Fine to Very Fine. Part of the Garcia exhibit collection (see Cuba listings) titled "The Contenders - U.S. Patriotic Covers". Estimate $750-1,000. View details and photo	Realized $1,208
Lot 2559		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Used Civil War Patriotics, group of 67, some with letters, interesting lot for this popular area, must see, mixed condition. Estimate $600-800. View details and photo	Realized $1,840
Lot 2560		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Stampless Collection, 115+, from 1799 to 1857, noted various rates incl. 5x, paid markings, small towns, colors, Free incl. Congressional, steamboat, worth a look, Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details and photo	Realized $1,725
Lot 2561		U.S. Postal History Groupings, 19th Century Postal Card Used Accumulation, mostly used running from #UX5-24, UX6 (16, six mint, 10 used (5 to Bohemia)), UX13 mint, UX16 mint (unlisted variety, break in ribbon), and UY2 (2 mint), nice clean group of 20 cards, in F-VF condition, unchecked for minor varieties, 85 mint and used postal cards UX18 (5), UX19 (8, incl. S24a), UX20 (2 mint, 4 used), UX21 (2 unused), UX22 (4 unused, 24 used), UX23 (4 mint); UX24 (1 unused, 23 used), great condition, UX18 (S22) 4 unused, 27 used, all sent to Edward Eaton in Hartford, CT, with printed ads on reverse to order original photographs. taken on Battlefields during Civil War by Matthew B. Brady, used cards are all from different towns, mostly in the Midwest, the majority have flag cancels, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $489
Lot 2562		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Prominent Americans Accumulation, about 400, mostly #10 size, various frankings, rates, auxiliary markings, great group for study or potential exhibit, generally Fine to Very Fine. See companion stamp lot 2435. Estimate $500-700. View details	Unsold
Lot 2563		U.S. Postal History Groupings, 19th Century Green Cancel Lot, 25 covers, incl. 5 stampless and mostly 3¢ usages, one Patriotic, couple are questionable, some nice items, inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-750. View details and photo	Realized $1,035
Lot 2564		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Accumulation in a Banker Box, almost 400 covers or entires, stampless to modern, value in 19th Century, noted 1797 stampless, couple used Union Patriotics, #24, Washington-Franklins (unoverprinted) used in Shanghai (7), worth a look, Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $978
Lot 2565		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Pan-Am Expo Advertising, 45 colorful and interesting from this popular Expo, many better items, a must see for anyone interested in this area, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $350-400. View details and photo	Realized $1,208
Lot 2566		U.S. Postal History Groupings, 1890 to 1898 4¢ Lincoln on "Stamp Dealers" Mail, group of 27 incl. domestic, Foreign and reg. mail, dealers incl. the greats of the past like Albrecht, Bartels, B. L. Drew, Calman, Frossard, Jenkins, Makins, Mekeel, Rothfuchs., Scott, incl. Makins cover to Canada with S.F. registry label, interesting group, Fine to Very Fine lot. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $374
Lot 2567		U.S. Postal History Groupings, WWII Military Lot, over 300 overseas pieces from 1941 to 1945, U.S. Army, Navy and Marine Corps with all manner of military postmarks and censorship markings/tapes, excellent mix of locations and ships, incl. a small mounted collection of U.S. APOs in Iran, nice group, Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $374
Lot 2568		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Mostly WWII Military Lot, Box of many hundreds of military, APOs, ships, FPOs and more, majority WWII with a smattering of earlier and a selection of later., lots of reg., Fine. Estimate $350-500. View details	Realized $431
Lot 2569		U.S. Postal History Groupings, File Drawer Lot, about 800+ all identified and priced, mostly postal history and doane cancels from 1909-1920s, great stock and ready for retail or internet dealer, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $978
Lot 2570		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Assortment in Small Box, approx. 235, about 125 are 19th & 20th Century, noted advertising, auxiliary markings, couple Official Sealed, California group, balance WWII group all addressed to soldiers in heavy bomber squadrons in Europe, all returned with markings MIA or deceased (no contents), generally Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $575
Lot 2571		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Confederate Group of 7, incl. wallpaper from Ashboro, NC with Paid 10, #2b on small cover, #11 with target cancel of Army of Northern Virginia, etc., mixed condition. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $604
Lot 2572		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Remainder Lot, about 350-400 in box running from stampless to 1970s, noticed some nice late 19th Century handdrawn and painted items, advertising, Zeppelin, Lincoln Ballot Sheet, some FDs and many other useful items, take a look to find the many treasures, generally Fine. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $1,265
Lot 2573		U.S. Postal History Groupings, 1870-79, 6¢ Bank Note Fancy Cancel, #148, 159, group of 9 better incl. #148 strip of three cancelled by tiny negative "H" in blue reg. from Kingston N.Y., 148 with New York Cross, 159, 158 cancelled by small negative "M" from Denver Col., 159, 158 tied by negative geometric "B" cancellations of Brooklyn Ct., etc., some small faults, fine to very fine group. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Realized $276
Lot 2574		U.S. Postal History Groupings, RPO Lot, 128 items, early 20th Century RPO lot with accompanying philatelic literature, some illustrated as covers, Fine. Estimate $220-270. View details	Realized $253
Lot 2575		U.S. Postal History Groupings, 19th Century Lot With Enclosures, mix of stampless (10, 1830s to 1840s) mostly Southern States, noted 1837 St. Augustine, FL, 1836 (2) Pontotoc, MS, CSA frankings (2), 1866 Mexico (3) and a couple U.S. entires, virtually all with letters, many interesting subjects, excellent for the student of history, Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $1,438
Lot 2576		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Mostly 20th Century Hoard, over 1000 in a box, many better items to be cultivated from here and the rest would make a great $1 box lot, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $604
Lot 2577		U.S. Postal History Groupings, WWI AEF Soldiers Mail, Group of 18 covers and postcards from US military personnel in England, France and Germany, incl. one from General Bandholtz at APO 706, two from officer with American Air Service in France, Red Cross Nurse Corps, etc., better than usual condition for these covers with nice cancels and censor markings, interesting little group and two have original letters, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $288
Lot 2578		U.S. Postal History Groupings, WWII V-Mail, accumulation of 170 processed V-Mails and original unprocessed used forms, sent to and from Army and Navy Military personnel, with and without original envelopes, large group from many APO's in Europe and the Pacific, and from US Navy personnel on ships, great many scarce APO's represented, retail at least $5 each depending on location, also mint forms and used envelopes incl. and not in count, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $230
Lot 2579		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Interesting Accumulation From Collector, about 120 covers, stationery and documents, noted early First Flights, 19th Century used entires incl. Nesbitt 3¢ values, 1930s RPOs, few 19th and early 20th Century advertising, some better First Days incl. $2 Prexie, few stock certificates with Revenues attached, interesting group, Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $633
Lot 2580		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Civil War Lot, incl. Patriotics both mint and used, letters, Valentines, numerous military related contemporary covers, most of material has been researched thoroughly with historical info on individual soldiers and regiments, nice lot, worth inspection, Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $546
Lot 2581		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Confederacy Stampless Group, 11, noted Norfolk, VA, Aberden, Miss., Goldsborough, NC, Vicksburg, Miss., Fayette, Miss., all with various paid markings, cancels in black, blue and red, inspect, generally Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $431
Lot 2582		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Group of 8, consists of #65, one with green cancel on mourning, three on advertising, 2¢ Black Jack on three (2 with blue cancels), and a 1851 Covington, LA stampless with red boxed ADV. 1 and black 5 hs., nice group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $265
Lot 2583		U.S. Postal History Groupings, 19th Century Used Postal Stationery, lot with 9 items, 6 with EDU and certs., #U4, U16a, U9, U17a, U16a, U10, also noted U5, all priced and identified, worth a look, mixed condition. Estimate $150-250. View details	Realized $431
Lot 2584		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Collector Accumulation, about 400 a box with a few better noted, Boyds City Express, some Columbian Expo mint cards, and stampless to France, must inspect, generally Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $460
Lot 2585		U.S. Postal History Groupings, 1917 to 1919 Soldiers Correspondence, 49 letters and corresponding covers, from various soldiers in U.S. Army training camps located in U.S., all addressed to Ms. Goldie Owens of Carrolton, IL, virtually all new recruits discussing mess halls, marching, target practice, adapting to military life, interesting historical snapshot, mixed condition. Estimate $100-200. View details	Realized $58
Lot 2586		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Spanish-American War Correspondence, 17 letters and 10 postal cards from Edward Ryals, Jun 19 to Sep 14, 1898, several letters were written by Ryals when he was initially on board the Massachusetts Naval Militia training ship USS Minnesota, before he transferred to active U.S. Navy ship USS Catskill, an old Civil War monitor which was recommissioned for patrol duty in New England waters, many have interesting content on ship board life, duties, target practice and the like, mixed condition. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $161
Lot 2587		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Bargain Box Material, thousands, consists of 6 banker boxes of late 1800s to 2010 mostly commercial mail (very unsorted), noted WWII Patriotics, 2 banker boxes of cacheted mostly First Flights with some HPOs and Naval, finally 1 banker box of U.N. First Days, great for the $1 boxes, Fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $776
Lot 2588		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Material For Bargain Boxes, consists of 1 banker box mostly commercial mail and 5 boxes of First Days (incl. ½ box of Navals), 1930s to 2000s, noted quite a few Colorano cachets, great for $1 boxes, Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $920

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