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U.S. Cover and First Day Groupings

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1737		U.S. Cover Lot U.S. Vintage First Airmail Flight Cover Lot, 1931-1945, approximately 350 FAM's incl. foreign, wonderful assortment, many of which are pilot signed, better flights incl. New Caledonia to U.S., Belgium Congo to U.S., 1935 San Francisco to Honolulu Survey Flight, 1941 Lagos Nigeria to Belem, Bathurst Gambia to San Juan, also, a number of Portugal flights, well worth inspection, generally Very Fine. Estimate $2,000-3,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 1738		U.S. Cover Lot Better Group of 20th Century, Couple hundred cacheted covers, some identified by Planty incl. #839-51-34, 718-62, 718-56, 717 unlisted F.D., 716-58, 716-26, 718-19-31 front and back used cover with USS Pennsylvania, some 1930's ships, Zepps incl. USS Los Angeles from Puerto Rico, Roessler USS Los Angeles Lakehurst to Puerto Rico, early flight postcard showing Atwood and passenger, few mint better stationery pieces, etc., worth a very close look, generally Fine to Very Fine Owners retail $9000. Estimate $1,800-2,000. View details	Realized $2,128
Lot 1739		U.S. Cover Lot 19th Century Group of Better Items, about 50 covers in sleeves, many better frankings and combinations, incl. some stampless (noted steamboat cancel), #7 pair on folded letter with cert., #78 to England, #17, 36 pairs to England, #36 (3) to Russia (cert.), large bank notes incl. #134 (cert.), very high retail, close inspection will be rewarded, generally Fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $2,530
Lot 1740		U.S. Cover Lot Group of 66 Mostly Flights, Incl. Zeppelins with #C18 (5), C1-6, also few better cachet FD's, catapult, Worden, #238 on corner advertising, overall Very Fine retail $4887. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,323
Lot 1741		U.S. Cover Lot 1928 To 1935 Byrd Collection, In an album, 48 different incl. 6 autographed by Byrd and 1 by Farley, incl. 1928 Experimental flights, Bay of Whales cachet, 1 of 2 covers addressed to W.G. Crosby, Byrd signature on SS City of New York addressed cover (1 of 10 carried), possibly unique Balchen (pilot) carried and signed by him and initialed by Byrd, few postcards, US Byrd souvenir sheet signed by Byrd, also FDC, 1930's commemorative covers, overall Very Fine Very unusual collection that needs inspection. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,898
Lot 1742		U.S. Cover Lot 1930's To 1980's, Naval Accumulation, 1000+ in 2 banker boxes, generally sorted by areas, noted large group of submersibles incl. Alvin, Turtle, Sea Cliff with dive notes, battleships, subs, commissioning, decommissioning, events, censored, auxiliary ships, research vessels, worth close inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $700-800. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 1743		U.S. Cover Lot Classic To Modern Accumulation, Approximately 5000 in 3 stuffed banker boxes, noted occasional 19th Century, large group of railroad cancels, California postmarks, naval, pictorial cancels, perfect for the $1 box, with a few better items, have a look, generally Fine. Estimate $700-1,000. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 1744		U.S. Cover Lot 1920 To 1940 Registered Group To Asian Business, accumulation of 300 registered from Chinese businesses in Western and Eastern U.S. cities, mostly all addressed to Bock Toa Hong Co. or Wing Tai Lung Co., both in San Francisco, we speculate that cash was being sent via this registered mail, many covers with Chinese markings and advertising corners, interesting holding, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $690
Lot 1745		U.S. Cover Lot Group of 31 Used Wells Fargo, Incl. variuos cities incl. San Jose, Nornitas, Columbia, Jenny Land, Mok Hill, couple with letters inclosed incl. Chinese letter 1882, 1874-76 with red Lottery ticket, few Mexico usages, mostly Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-700. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 1746		U.S. Cover Lot Over 40 Mostly Used Stationery Pieces, incl. Express envelopes, noted Wells Fargo, Pacific Union Express (Treasure City), Green Hood and Nembauer Northern Express (Weaverville, CA), also stationery with adhesives, overinks, albino, unsevered postal cards and more, interesting group, worth a close inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Unsold
Lot 1747		U.S. Cover Lot U.S. Postal Cards & Stationery, 1873-1940, fascinating mint and used accumulation of over 570 items, an old timer accumulation, incl. early items as well as quantities in original mailing envelopes, anything could be here, condition mixed, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Unsold
Lot 1748		U.S. Cover Lot 1958 To 1965, "Space" Group, consists of 1958 Explorer and Vanguard satellite launches (Patrick Air Force Base), 1959 "Big Joe I" (Port Canaveral), 1961 Mercury (May 5, July 21 (2 diff.)), 1965 Gemini V (Aug 21), all cacheted, scarce group with retails to $500, Very Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details and photo	Realized $345
Lot 1749		U.S. Cover Lot California, New York Dealer's Group, Approximately 500 priced and in alpha order, mostly late 19th and early 20th Century, incl. postcards, nothing apparently above $10, old pricing, Fine lot, retail $3450. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $345
Lot 1750		U.S. Cover Lot Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territorial, About 60, circa 1880's to 1915 (few early statehood), incl. Checotah, Indian Terr. (1905), Crescent, Okla. (1896), Pondcreek, Okla. (1911), Vinita, Ind. Terr. (1907), Claremont, Indian Terr. (1907), Harrah, Okla. (1906), Wetumka, Indian. Terr. (1895), Bartlesville, Indian Terr. (1888), Al-lu-we, Indian Terr. (1897), Bacone, Indian Terr. (1906), Wealaka, Indian Terr. (1883), etc., many on postcards, nice group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $489
Lot 1751		U.S. Cover Lot Lindbergh Collection, Approximately 67 incl. F.D.C's, postcards, possibly unique usage of FAM#5 flight from Miami to Canal Zone and carried to Columbia with SCADTA receiving 20¢ value, also Roessler addressed covers to American Consul in Nicaragua and Costa Rica, Antigua 1929 to Virgin Islands, usages to Barbados, Guadelope, French Guiana, Trinidad, few commemorative, etc., overall Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $748
Lot 1752		U.S. Cover Lot Group of 20 Mostly Locals, Mostly with adhesives incl. Boyd (#15L14, 15L16 with #26, 20L10), also Blood, stampless Boyd City Express Post (2, one with handstamp "J.T.B." Government City Post, etc., generally Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $431
Lot 1753		U.S. Cover Lot 1940's, Japanese Internee Group of 4, first from Poston, AZ to Sante Fe Detention Station (with contents), m.s. "internee mail, postage free", second from Heart Mt. Dec 30 1943 to Santa Fe Detention Station (with contents), m.s. "internee of war, free mail", third from Santa Ana (Garden Grove Apr 4 1942 cancel) on 16¢ airmail special delivery, addressed to Fort Missoula, MT, Apr 5 receiving cancel on reverse, censored incl. the contents, fourth Sep 5 42 to Fort Sill, OK, redirected to Camp Livingston, censored (with contents), minor cover faults, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $1,898
Lot 1754		U.S. Cover Lot 1903-05, Accumulation of Scott #319, over 1500 commercial, most are to companies in Ohio, unchecked for dies, shades, flaws, cancels, etc., noted many interesting machine cancels and corner cards from existing companies and defunct businesses such as railroads, a money maker for sellers on Ebay, generally Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $230
Lot 1755		U.S. Cover Lot 1961, Early Space Related, 7 covers, all cancelled Patrick Air Force Base, May 5 (4) with "Redstone" cachet in black, Jul 20 Pershing, Jul 21 (2) project Mercury and Redstone, seldom seen, scarce items, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $230
Lot 1756		o/ U.S. Cover Lot Cute Wells Fargo Collection, On homemade pages, incl. few adhesives (all apparently fakes), 6 used covers, and 3 mint, incl. usage to Roseville, Oregon, and Gold Hill, Nevada, Fine overall. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $299
Lot 1757		U.S. Cover Lot Group of 54 Early Fam's, Cam's, Ship, Commemoration, Etc., Incl. Macao 1st flight, Dominica, Roessler, Dog Team, SS Manhattan, Lindbergh CAM #2-2, etc., few with signatures, mostly Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $311
Lot 1758		U.S. Cover Lot 3 Letters From New York S.M. Regiment, #65, Tied by #65's to a woman N.Y., letter from Headquarters, 9th Regiment; 1st from Muddy (?) Branch Office, 4 page letter discussing crossing a river and a fire in the encampment, talking about General Dix; 2nd from Darnestown, MD Aug 30th talking about Edward's Ferry (slightly soiled cover); 3rd from Warrentown, Virginia dated July 23rd, 1862 talking about marching orders, Colonel Stiles, depression and the draft, Fine to Very Fine cover group. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $311
Lot 1759		U.S. Cover Lot Mostly Western Express Group of 12, Incl. Bamber, Pacific Union, River Express, Wheeler's Express, Freeman & Co., Pacific Union, also Adams & Co. Express New York, and cover from Iola City, Cal 1859 to Davenport, Iowa with ms. Overland Mail, interesting group, mostly Fine or better. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $546
Lot 1760		U.S. Cover Lot 19th To Early 20th Century Group, contains stampless, Civil War patriotics, prison cover, items with dues, noted 1925 Amundsen-Ellsworth North Pole mail, condition varies, generally Fine. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $431
Lot 1761		U.S. Cover Lot Group of 6 Valentines, 5 with both Valentine and envelope, 1 just env. with 2¢ Blackjack, the 5 covers incl. #210, #65, two stampless, and stampless with Boyd's City Express, #65 Valentine slightly frayed and cover with minor faults, others, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $219
Lot 1762		U.S. Cover Lot Small 19th Century Group, incl. #71 to France, Spanish American war soldier's envelope, Swart's City dispatch (rebacked), W.M. Gwin free frank, #112 and 113 on same cover, Boyd's dispatch (not tied), interesting lot, generally Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $288
Lot 1763		U.S. Cover Lot Exposition Cards and Cancels, incl. folder with cards for San Francisco Pan-Pacific exposition (very fine condition), 20 unused mailing cards for Columbian exposition (minor duplication), Buffalo 1901 card used, few other covers and cards from St. Louis, Jamestown, and other expositions, worth a look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $374
Lot 1764		U.S. Cover Lot F.D's, Mint and Used Stationery, Hundreds in 2 banker boxes, incl. mostly modern mint stationery, some earlier used Postal cards, various First Day's and few souvenir pages, overall Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Unsold
Lot 1765		U.S. Cover Lot Military Related Group, about 100 covers, incl. 29 from U.S. Navy Adriatic fleet in 1920's, mostly from U.S.S. Pittsburgh and Memphis, couple Army APO's in Italy, 30 from Philippines (Army and Navy) 1940's to 1950's, 34 (mostly fronts) official envelopes from U.S.S. Maryland, etc., worth inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $173
Lot 1766		U.S. Cover Lot 1928 To 1980's, "Flight" Lot, several hundred in banker box, generally sorted by topic, noted CAM's, few FAM's, commercial airliner covers, space related, some duplication, inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $242
Lot 1767		U.S. Cover Lot 19th Century Collector Accumulation, 22, stampless to bank notes, noted 1855 stampless trans-atlantic to Scotland, advertising, Express (unused envelope), fancy cancels on bank notes, one envelope with I.O.O.F. enclosure, Patten's Mill, NY DPO, worth a look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $196
Lot 1768		U.S. Cover Lot 67 Different Mauck Flights, CAM's and rate change group, all different, overall Very Fine retail $894. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $138
Lot 1769		U.S. Cover Lot Group of 33 Vending, Incl. some window envs., corner advertising incl. Farwell, American Tobacco, Schirmer's allover advertising, 2 postcards, etc., generally Fine Retail $940. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $403
Lot 1770		U.S. Cover Lot Group of 4 Confederate, consists of #4 stone 2, 2b (2), and 11d, all on small envelopes, attractive group, Fine to Very Fine appearance. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $403
Lot 1771		U.S. Cover Lot Group of 9 Wells Fargo Mexico Usages, 1880's to 1890's, 3 not sent through the mail incl. #U259, others on Mexican stationery, incl. several with messenger numbers, all internal except one to San Francisco, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $604
Lot 1772		U.S. Cover Lot Stampless To Modern Lot, 800+ in banker box, good run of 19th century commercial, incl. First Day's (noted #610 Harding), censored, advertising, fancy cancels, flights, postcards and a bit of postal stationery, have a look, generally Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $510
Lot 1773		U.S. Cover Lot 1850's, 1¢ and 3¢ Small Group, 7 advertising covers with 3¢, 3 letters or circulars with 1¢, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $546
Lot 1774		U.S. Cover Lot Wells Fargo Group of 11, from California towns, noted Stockton, San Francisco, Pacheco, Sacramento, Murphys Camp, Napa Valley, plus 4 from Mexico (3 used), mixed condition, Very Good to Fine Owners retail $755. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $374
Lot 1775		U.S. Cover Lot 1930 To 1940's, Event Group, couple hundred in banker box, noted group of "Lincoln" cacheted covers, Fluegel WWII patriotics, first flights incl. Pacific routes, few Zeppelin flights, worth a look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $460
Lot 1776		U.S. Cover Lot 1950's To 1970's, California Accumulation, 1400+ commercial covers in banker box, good variety of small towns, inspect, generally Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $58
Lot 1777		U.S. Cover Lot 19th and Early 20th Century Western Group, 100+ covers, postal cards and registry receipts from a wide variety of mostly smaller towns, noted Alaska, HPO's, etc., worth a look, generally Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $104
Lot 1778		U.S. Cover Lot 2¢ Black Jack Group of 6, noted local usage from Salem, OR, "Adjutant General" corner card from Woodstock, VT, on legal size cover Provost-Marshall 4th District, PA, Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $109
Lot 1779		U.S. Cover Lot Mostly Early 20th Century California Group, 100+ covers, postal cards and a few checks, from a wide variety of mostly smaller towns, worth a look, generally Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $115
Lot 1780		U.S. Cover Lot Accumulation From Estate, couple thousand in 2 banker boxes, noted First Day's incl. some U.N., postal cards, few foreign covers and small group of postcards, nothing expensive, mostly 1940's and up, Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $173
Lot 1781		U.S. Cover Lot 1873 To 1997, Postal Card Collection, On Scott pages, plus binder of duplicates, noted #UX1 used, UX6 mint, UX10-11 mint, UX15 used, UX16 mint, UX21 used, UX25 used, UX32 used, modern issues, clean lot, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $50-100. View details	Realized $29
Lot 1782		U.S. F.D.C.s Roessler Select Group To 1941, 134 consisting of mostly better First Days incl. #620-21-1 (3), 623-1, 629-9, 647-48-20, 656-2, occasional dupl., overall very clean, overall Very Fine. Mellone $6,000+. Estimate $1,200-1,500. View details	Unsold
Lot 1783		U.S. F.D.C.s Better Early Group of 103, with few uncacheted, starts with #558, 565, 614 to 616, makers incl. Worden, Roessler, #954 Warren cover signed, #620-21-1, 629-9 (2), 652-2, 657-43, 704-15, overall Very Fine. Mellone $4,500. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 1784		U.S. F.D.C.s Dealer Show Stock, 4200+ sleeved and priced in 6 file boxes, 1929 to 1988, noted Prexies, Overrun Countries, Famous Americans, 2¢ reds, 3¢ purples incl. Baseball, modern incl. State Flags, Birds & Flowers, Airs starting with #C12, booklet panes, cachet makers on older incl. Boll, Staehle, Grimsland, Grandy, Rice, Crosby, Farnam, Fluegel and Ioor, modern mostly Artmaster, but does incl. Colorano and Fleetwood, mix of addressed and unaddressed, high owners retail, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Unsold
Lot 1785		U.S. F.D.C.s Many Hundreds 1930's and Later, also incl. U.N., few gold foil, excellent retail group, clean, Very Fine. Owners retail $10,000+. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Unsold
Lot 1786		U.S. F.D.C.s 37 Different, Mostly non First Day's or First Day's without cachets, incl. #683-15, 685-8 (3), 683-18 (3), 728-69a (trimmed at left - cat. $350), group of 8 playing cards, also dedication, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $900-1,000. View details	Unsold

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