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Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2104		Massive 21 Banker Box Lot, Tens of thousands, cover stock from store dealer, noted 19th Century Bank notes, very few First Day's, also stationery and postal cards (mint and used), aerogrammes, mostly 20th Century to modern, nice mix of commercial, some oversized, also U.N., flights, Inaugural, minor dupl., mixed condition, inspect. Estimate $3,000-3,500. View details	Realized $2,990
Lot 2105		33 Confederate Georgia, Incl. many #6, 7, 11, 12, few stampless, including usage to Florida, overall fine to very fine condition. Retail $5075. Estimate $1,800-2,000. View details	Realized $2,013
Lot 2106		37 Confederate Virginia, Incl. #1, attractive #2, also #6, 7, 11, 12, few stampless, overall fine to very fine condition. Retail $5325. Estimate $1,800-2,000. View details	Realized $2,013
Lot 2107		Intact Mostly Modern Navals, Approx. 8000 in folders in 8 banker boxes, mostly 1950's to 1990's, all sorted by classification, few 1930's-40's, handpainted, signatures, etc., clean, great lot to break down. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Realized $1,920
Lot 2108		Dealer Stock of a Few Thousand, Approximately 3650 covers and cards, mostly $2 to $5 retail, commercial, 19th Century, First Day's, events, flights, stationery, all periods, overall fine. Estimated retail $13,000. Estimate $1,800-2,200. View details	Realized $2,300
Lot 2109		Express Related Collection, Interesting accumulation of 200+ items in binder, first half Wells Fargo covers both mint and used, letters, plus business cards, receipts, Agents' stubs, labels and checks, other half ephemera and covers related to Pacific Express Co., National Express Co., "Express Hildalgo" from Mexico, National Express Co., etc., a most unusual group, worth close inspection, fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $1,783
Lot 2110		Small Bank Botes to Foreign Destinations, Nice group accumulated over several years by collector, many still on original auction lot sheets as purchased, several registered, redirected, few wrappers and advertising, countries including Trinidad, New Zealand, Argentina, Honduras, Japan, China, Jamaica, Philippines, Egypt, Singapore, India, Australia, Brazil, Germany, France, England, Switzerland, Hungary, Sweden, Italy, Russia, Guatemala and Turkey, wonderful group for collector or dealer, faulty to very fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $1,495
Lot 2111		9 Confederate South Carolina, Incl. 3 stampless, retail up to $225, #2 with letter, overall condition fine to very fine. Retail $1700. Estimate $650-700. View details	Realized $776
Lot 2112		Collector's W.W.II Patriotic Group, Consists of MacArthur, Nimitz, and Eisenhower, 140+ including few with Philippine, Canada usages, some handpainted, Crosbys, also few other Generals, few #10 size, few with tone strips but overall fine unpicked lot. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $863
Lot 2113		"Chicago" Collection in 4 Volumes, 187 covers, postal cards and entires mounted and annotated on homemade pages, 1860's to 1880's, many diff. cork or fancy cancels, many in blue, several with enclosures, noted advertising and illustrated corner cards, also Adams Express m.s. cover, dupl. of cancels and stations, mixed condition, worth inspection. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $805
Lot 2114		Classic Group of 33, 19th Century to early 20th Century including advertising, #9 single usage, and 3 singles (pen canc'd. on cover), #10 usage, #32 (2) on separate covers, 1869 usages, #64b, #15, Confederate #1, etc., McClellan used Union Patriotic, mixed condition, retail almost $3600. Estimate $600-700. View details	Realized $978
Lot 2115		Early Western Group Including Territorials, 1878-1935, Over 60 items including postal cards and stationery and picture postcards, features Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Dakota, Washington, Oregon, and Wyoming territorials, also Post Office Department Registered receipts including 1883 Isabel and 1893 Island City Oregon, condition varies, inspection recommended. Estimate $600-800. View details	Unsold
Lot 2116		9 Confederates From Three Different States, 3 each from Alabama, North Carolina, and Tennessee, with #11, 12, also stampless, condition fine to very fine. Retail $1400. Estimate $550-650. View details	Realized $633
Lot 2117		Collector's W.W. II Patriotic Special Day Group, V-E, V-J, D-day, Pearl Harbor group of around 150, including Overrun Countries complete on one cover, some with special labels, some unaddressed, some with tone strips, otherwise fine and unpicked. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $920
Lot 2118		Better Stampless Group, 70 folded letters and envelopes, 1820's to 1850's, including nice group of "green" cancels, also red, blue, brown, noted paid, numerals including negative and fancy, free, steam, railroad, etc., many smaller towns, also includes a group of transatlantic usages from and to Great Britain, lovely lot, better than usually seen, overall fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $1,610
Lot 2119		Event Ship & F.D.C.'s, 1908-1970, Several hundred mostly early F.D.C.'s, flight, ship and various event covers, includes a variety of better cachets including Collins etc., features 1938 Presidential First Day Covers complete to $5, also a nice selection of W.W.II Patriotics with interesting and valuable cachets, careful inspection will prove rewarding. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $920
Lot 2120		119 19th Century Miscellaneous, Incl. Special Delivery, all domestic usages, couple Wells Fargo, stampless, clean. Retail $1625. Estimate $350-400. View details	Realized $403
Lot 2121		Collector's Accumulation of Over 300, 19th to early 20th Century, including group of over 50 of Columbian 2¢, also stampless, 4 Confederate, Hawaii #75 on Remember the Maine Patriotic front, #11, 65 usages, few stationery with mint, few foreign including early Canada stationery (tiny holes), mixed condition. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $575
Lot 2122		Small Group of Better Items, 23 covers including 1851's with 1¢ (3 singles) 10¢ San Francisco to Washington, DC, 12¢ pair to London (file fold through one stamp), 1861's including 3¢ on Union patriotic, 5¢ with 10¢ to France and 5¢ to France, 1869 12¢ single, #290 single usage on registered cover, 2 "gun" or "powder" covers, 3 early airmail usages, some with faults, overall fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $834
Lot 2123		1893 to 1940 Accumulation, Interesting group of over 200 from an oldtime stock, features flights, early First Day's, postal cards, and vintage postcards, including Byrd imperf. sheet First Day, pilot signed, New York to Marseilles and other worthwhile items, have a look, overall fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $518
Lot 2124		Mixed Lot of Hundreds, 1889-1970, Banker box filled with various, First Day and event covers, Postal Stationery and cards, commercial mail and picture postcards, also a cover album with a good selection of ship. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $546
Lot 2125		Two Filled Banker Boxes, Over 2300 covers, ranging from stampless to modern, decent showing of 19th Century, other including First Day's, flights, RPO's, censored, advertising, naval, events, and commercial, overall fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $575
Lot 2126		Small Bank Notes Domestic Usages, Nice group accumulated by collector over several years, many still on original auction lot sheets, noted advertising including 1901 Tacoma Elk's Carnival, 2¢ bisects, registered, fancy cancels, 1903 Flagstaff, A.T., early Hawaii (July 2, 1900) posting to U.S., worth a look, generally fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $518
Lot 2127		20th Century Navals, W.W.II Patriotics, etc., 86 all diff., clean. Retail $1158. Estimate $260-280. View details	Realized $265
Lot 2128		Group of Couple Hundred, Incl. stampless with Civil War period including letter from "Camp Corington, similar letter May 6th, 1864 from "Fort Williams" to a Mr. Black informing him of the death of his son written from Baton Rouge June 15th 1864, A.L.S. on House of Representative letterhead from Al Vestal, dated 1928, few early 20th Century, later FD's, mint early postal cards, few foreign, mixed condition, inspect. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $345
Lot 2129		17 Mostly Indistinct Confederate Usages, Incl. 5 with grid cancels, one turn, 3 Virginia, 1 adversity usage, condition mixed. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $265
Lot 2130		"Green" Cancel Group, 25+ covers (few not counted, look blue), 1850's to 1880's, nice variety of towns and markings, some cancels only town and date (not on stamp), faulty to fine, inspect for value. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $276
Lot 2131		Flight Group and Miscellaneous, 1928-1970, Approximately 150 various flight related covers, includes First Flights Pilot Signed, Macon related, Helicopter and other misc. items. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $299
Lot 2132		65 19th and Early 20th Century Advertising, All diff. and priced, clean. Retail $1040. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $518
Lot 2133		5 Better 1¢ Washington-Franklin Usages, #357 (PF 1992 cert.) on 1909 postcard from Baltimore to Philadelphia, #374 on 1911 "disinfected" postcard from Mount Alto, PA to Stelleton, PA, h.s. in black on stamp (Sandrik type 3B), #405 on 1914 "disinfected" postcard from Cresson, PA to Johnstown, PA, h.s. in violet (Sandrik type 1), #412 guide line pair (PF 1998 cert.) on 1912 cover from Vera Cruz, Mexico to Texas City, TX, #498 strip of 3 on 1918 censored cover from Shanghai to Manila, Philippine Islands, civil censor label, type C.9 and military censor h.s. 1802 in violet, overall fresh, fine, nice select group. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $276
Lot 2134		Around 200 Pan-American, Mostly earlier period U.S. with Transport, Overrun adhesives, also Portuguese Colonies, few 1960's period, minor dupl., occasional tone strips but overall fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Unsold
Lot 2135		Lover's Correspondence, 1892-1905, A fascinating correspondence between Sadie Tudhope of Menomonie, Wisconsin and J.H. Howel an official of the Assessor Office in Kansas City Missouri, over 140 covers ranging from 1904-1905 each with a letter containing great content, covers mostly franked with Scott #301 or #319 (stamps unfortunately damaged from opening). Also another non-related group from 1892 era including covers and postal cards all addressed to Miss Sarah E. Ellis of Ansonia, Conn., condition mixed. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $460
Lot 2136		Interesting Military Lot, 1943-1966, Includes political and military cachets, Real photo postcards and RPO's. Also W.W.II and Vietnam war Correspondence including Vietnam war letters in free franked envelopes. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $489
Lot 2137		1940's Military Lot, Few hundred in box, noted APO's, FPO's, Patriotics, base cancels, few foreign, mixed condition, have a look. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $196
Lot 2138		Few Hundred C.A.M.'s, F.A.M.'s, 1920's to 1930's, minor dupl., including Worden, some slight aging, fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $184
Lot 2139		Group of 18 Mostly Classics, Incl. Parcel Post (4), 1914 commercial combination of Columbians, Trans-Miss., Louisiana Purchase, few early FD's, 1897 U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai with 5¢ and Hong Kong 10¢ (not tied), U.S. Navy Fleet Post Office Bikini Atoll, etc., inspect. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $230
Lot 2140		1850's to early 20th Century Railroad Usages, 31 covers and cards, mostly Eastern routes, few on advertising covers, good variety of railways, inspect for value, overall fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $168
Lot 2141		Two Expos and One Fair, 2 California Midwinter International Expo envs. (one with bird's eye view - slight tear), 1 Stockton Fair used cover with cachet, fine, retail $450. Estimate $100-120. View details	Realized $161
Lot 2142		Western States Lot, 100+ covers and cards, mostly early to mid 20th Century, majority California, but did note Alaska, Montana, Nevada, etc., good variety of towns, faulty to fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $161
Lot 2143		Stationery Accumulation, Few hundred mostly used U.S. in box, late 19th to mid 20th Century, good variety, some foreign and a few unused, mixed condition. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $127
Lot 2144		California Mostly Early 20th Century Group, Few hundred including few postcards, #10's, stationery, mixed condition. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $288
Lot 2145		Few Hundred Mostly Commercial, Mostly Early to Mid 20th Century, including Prexies, stationery, Airs, few postcards, mostly common. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $161
Lot 2146		20th Century Group to 1930's, Couple hundred including flight, commemorative, early FD's, few #10 size, aerogrammes, some commercial, mixed condition. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $196
Lot 2147		6 Stuffed Banker Boxes, Many thousands of mainly commercial covers, strength in early to mid 20th Century, mostly franked with definitive issues, some First Day's and mint stationery, unchecked, as received before producing the catalog, overall fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $489
Lot 2148		Banker Box of Mostly Modern, Many hundreds in full box, mostly common, but a few interesting usage's and some foreign, mixed condition. Estimate $50-100. View details	Realized $12

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