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First Day and Cachet Makers

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1200		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, Massive F.D. Hoard, 13 boxes with approx. 20,000 running from mostly 1960s to 1990s, about 80% are unaddressed and most are cacheted, also incl. some U.N., must inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Realized $2,875
Lot 1201		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, Collector's F.D. Hoard, over 25,000 FDs in over 75 boxes (plus binders of oversize) filling 20 banker boxes from a collector, runs from mid 1930s to 2010 incl. back of the book, Artcraft, Artmaster, Fleetwood and many other cachets mixed throughout, mixed addressed and unaddressed, some duplication incl. some U.N., must inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $2,300
Lot 1202		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, Navy Recovery Ship Collection, 85 covers, features cancels from USS Intrepid (2), 5-2-62 (1 Captain's cover), USS NOA 2-20-62 and USS Randolph (3), 2-20-62, plus first 3 Beck space cachets (#77-79) 1962, 44 have Beck cachets and 11 are autographed, incl. recovery ship covers from Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and Skylab missions, also incl. U.S. Space Cover Collecting Handbook (200 pages) autographed by Ray Cartier and 1976 Space ID wheel, worth inspection, Very Fine. Estimate $1,100-1,500. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1203		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, Bevil Handpainted Collection, about 450 from this popular artist running from 1997 to 2011, appear to be all different, noticed around 10 from different cachet makers, must inspect, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $900-1,000. View details	Realized $3,738
Lot 1204		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, Huge Accumulation, Accumulation in 7 banker boxes, thousands of mostly modern FDs from 1940 to 1990, cacheted, some unaddressed, plus events, space and occasional Foreign, good variety, great for $1 boxes, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $978
Lot 1205		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, 6 Banker Box Lot, huge accumulation of more than 8,000 FDCs, starts with the 2¢ Reds and follow through the Famous Americans, Overrun countries and forward to the early self-adhesives, these are a mix of cacheted unaddressed and addressed, in addition there are a few stampless, classic covers and general commercial covers from the 1880s onward to modern, groupings of inaugural, HPO and RPO covers, postal and postcards and an almost complete set of the Smithsonian?s "Milestones of Flight" incl. the very scarce No. 1, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $604
Lot 1206		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, Naval Accumulation, 2 banker boxes filled with many hundreds, needs to be gone thru for finds, noticed some Crosbys, great for dollar table or internet sales, must inspect, mixed condition. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $575
Lot 1207		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, F.D. Hoard, 4 banker boxes filled with thousands, many different cachet makers, addressed and unaddressed, cacheted and uncacheted, noticed some U.N. in the lot, must inspect, mixed condition. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $460
Lot 1208		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, Wilkin-Ellsworth Trans-Artic Submarine Expedition, 2 unique handdrawn covers featuring New York-Longyearbyen and New York-Bergen, plus 3 real photo postcards showing USS 0-12 (the Navy submarine converted to Nautilus in 1930), plus article from the APS magazine in 2005, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $180-250. View details and photo	Realized $161
Lot 1209		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, Better F.D. Group, select group incl. #704-715, Famous Americans, 2 baseball, Prexies to $5, 803-830 electric eye set, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $184
Lot 1210		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, Gold Foil Collection, 1780 mostly FDs running from 1980s to 2003, mixed addressed and unaddressed, appear to be all different, must inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $230
Lot 1211		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, Farleys F.D. Group, incl. #77a, 769a (cat. $250 each), also 1934 Parks FD's, blocks of 4, cross gutters, 766-767, etc., some with wrinkles, Fine to Very Fine lot. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $196

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