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Dr. Lawrence Sherman &"Win the War" Postal History Exhibit

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 148		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Bomber Packet Mail, mail carried by bomber from Supreme Allied Headquarters in Europe back to the USA, rare, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-200. View details and photo	Realized $58
Lot 149		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Domestic Surface Mail-1st Class Civilian Usages, 14 on exhibit pages incl. two train wreck with post office markings, mail of foreign origin incl. cover sent by Mary Astor in G.B. and others, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250-500. View details and photo	Realized $173
Lot 150		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Domestic Surface Mail-1st Class Military Usages, 8 on exhibit pages incl. a unique illustrated V-mail, a wrapper with $1 Prexie from the 1st Marine Division in Russell Islands, and other APO's, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $184
Lot 151		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Domestic Surface Mail-Civilian Auxiliary Markings, 8 on exhibit pages incl. a censor's enclosure, "Owl Mail", "Detained Alien Enemy Mail" from an internee at Bismarck, ND., and other unusual markings, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-400. View details and photo	Realized $115
Lot 152		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Interrupted Mail to USS Wahoo, mailed to Ens. John S. Campbell on USS Wahoo day after Wahoo left Midway on her 7th war patrol, Ens. Campbell was lost with all hands in October when Wahoo was sunk by the Japanese, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $276
Lot 153		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Military Markings-Casualty Notations, 10 on exhibit pages with a variety of "Killed in Action", "Missing in Action", and other markings, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-400. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 154		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Second, Third and Fourth Class Usages, 11 on exhibit pages with a variety of interesting usages incl. third class use on a typewriter ribbon box, and a multiple class use on a POW bulletin, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $115
Lot 155		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Domestic Surface Mail-Registered, Special Delivery, Insured, lot of 22 on exhibit pages is full of great items, incl. uses on registry tags with high value Prexies, twice paid Special Delivery fee on re-directed mail, officially sealed registered covers, etc., must see, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-500. View details and photo	Realized $345
Lot 156		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Domestic Air Mail-Civilian Usages and Auxiliary Markings, 13 on exhibit pages incl. cover to APO 690 in India sealed with 16 seals to cover damage done by cancelling machine, cover from the top of a stack of 50 that was postage due with two $1 postage due stamps for the stack, censored mail to Moscow, and many others of interest, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $115
Lot 157		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Domestic Air Mail-Military Usages, 21 on exhibit pages, usages incl. air mail from Solomon Islands to Australia, WD Essential Official Air Mail, registered cover from USS Mustin, cover from USS Mercy during the Okinawa invasion, inter-island mail from Okinawa to Saipan, and many others, must see, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 158		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Domestic Air Mail-Auxiliary Markings For Casualty Notations, 8 on exhibit pages incl. deceased, missing in action, hospitalized, and one where a soldier in Tunisia was 1st declared missing and later identified as a prisoner of war, great lot, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-400. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 159		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, No Stamps Available on Guadacanal, October 1942 registered air mail cover from a Marine marked "no stamps available", stamps later added in San Francisco, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $350-500. View details and photo	Realized $403
Lot 160		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Domestic Air Mail Special Services, 13 on exhibit pages incl. a registered letter from Marine on Guadacanal, registered postage due from Egypt, Special Delivery from Canal Zone, etc., many interesting censor marks, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-400. View details and photo	Realized $299
Lot 161		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Foreign Destinations, Surface Mail Trans-Atlantic to Europe, Africa, and Middle East, 19 on exhibit pages with destinations incl. Ireland, Greece, Algiers, Syria, Palestine, Nigeria, Cameroon, etc., highlights incl. First Day sent to Czech Forces-in-Exile in England, also cover from the Apostolic Delegation in Washington DC to Algeria, outstanding lot, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-500. View details and photo	Realized $311
Lot 162		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Free French Soldiers Mail, cover on exhibit page using U.S. postage from officer in Gen. Leclerc's French Armored Division at Battle of the Bulge, rare, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-200. View details and photo	Realized $58
Lot 163		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Foreign Destinations, Surface Mail Trans-Pacific, 10 on exhibit pages incl. cover to the Office of Strategic Services in China, cover from Alaska to Iran which traveled around the world to get back to the sender, cover mailed from Western Samoa to USA with U.S. adhesives, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $230
Lot 164		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Foreign Destinations, Surface Mail Western Hemisphere, 20 on exhibit pages incl. several under or over franked due to rate confusion, mixed franking cover from Hawaii to Columbia forwarded to California, and a First Day to Greenland, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $219
Lot 165		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Foreign Destinations, Air Mail Trans-Atlantic, 13 on exhibit pages incl. post war forwarded to Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons Camp, also registered to Palm De Mallorca, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-250. View details	Realized $115
Lot 166		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Foreign Destinations, Air Mail Trans-Pacific, 3 on exhibit pages incl. one to Fukien, China, one to India, and one from Puerto Rico to New Zealand, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $58
Lot 167		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Foreign Destinations, Airmail Western Hemisphere, 24 on exhibit pages to most Central and South American countries, Canada, and many Islands, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $230
Lot 168		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Special Usages-German POW Camps, 6 on exhibit pages incl. mail to American POW's in Germany with German stamps added, plus mail returned by the Post Office due to illegal use of "Win The War" stamps to POW's, great lot, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 169		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, MS Gripsholm Reparation Mail, two on exhibit page document intended and actual internee exchange via MS Gripsholm in 1942 and 1943, one was returned by censor due to delay of exchange, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $345
Lot 170		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Japanese-American Relocation Center Mail, 9 on exhibit pages incl. covers from 7 different Relocation Centers, 4 are inter-camp, one Special Delivery air mail cover from Hunt, Idaho W. R. A. to Heart Mountain, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details and photo	Realized $978
Lot 171		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Manhattan Project-Los Alamos, 5 on exhibit pages to or from Los Alamos, New Mexico, Fine to Very Fine, scarce and difficult to spot due to the secrecy of the project . Estimate $300-500. View details and photo	Realized $604
Lot 172		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Special Usages-British or French Naval Units, 7 on exhibit pages incl. a most unusual marking from French Cruiser "Le Terrible", Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 173		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Various Usages, 43 on exhibit pages that did not make the exhibit, incl. domestic and military surface, and air mail, special usages, foreign destinations, etc., interesting items incl. postage due to South Africa, another from APO 212 (Yangkai, China) with U.S. and Chinese franking, many others, review recommended, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-500. View details	Realized $230
Lot 174		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, 1st Class Domestic Usages, 80 wartime with "Win The War" adhesive incl. bisect, serious misperf, turned cover, and a beautiful First Day with double Crosby cachet, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-300. View details	Realized $115
Lot 175		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Alaska Military Highway, exceptional cover mailed on 1st mail service overland via the Alaska Military Highway, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $127
Lot 176		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, 1st Class Military Usages, 39 mostly from APO's incl. scarce ones like APO798 (USSR), and 544 (Oslo Norway), also few Parcel Post usages, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-400. View details	Realized $173
Lot 177		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, 1st Class Naval Usages, 20 to or from U.S. or foreign naval units incl. Tokyo Bay from USS Idaho, cover from sailor in Dutch navy in exile, ships paper from USS Lavaca, and several Armed Guard, etc., Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-400. View details	Realized $173
Lot 178		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, 1st Class Civilian Auxiliary Markings, 20 with a wide variety of markings incl. train wreck, cover returned by censor because it contained postage stamps, many pointing hands, and others, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $173
Lot 179		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, 1st Class Military Auxiliary Markings, 17 with a wide variety of markings incl. cover sent to POW in Germany returned with Post Office label because "Win The War" adhesives were used, cover to USS Sea Devil returned for insufficient address, etc., good lot, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Unsold
Lot 180		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Special Usages-Domestic Surface Mail, 50 registered, Special Delivery, or Postage Due with a wide variety of markings and stamps incl. many Prexies, must see, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $350-500. View details	Unsold
Lot 181		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Domestic Air Mail Military and Civilian Usages, 70 incl. from submarine USS R-1, many APO's and one from Marine in a Naval Detention Center to actress with "con man" letter, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-500. View details	Unsold
Lot 182		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Foreign Destinations Surface Mail, 67 to many different locations in Europe, Asia, Africa, Western Hemisphere, etc., nice variety of censor and auxiliary markings, attractive lot, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details and photo	Realized $518
Lot 183		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Foreign Destinations Air Mail, 37 fly all over the place with "Win the War" adhesives, one post war from the American Legation in Cairo with mixed franking flown to Canada, nice lot, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-500. View details	Realized $230
Lot 184		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Military Auxiliary Markings-Casualty Notations, 9 returned to sender because soldiers were killed, missing in action, or reported to be a POW, one has three different notations indicating the soldier was deceased, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-500. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 185		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, MS Gripsholm Reparation Mail, 3 to American repatriates aboard MS Gripsholm in 1943, scarce, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $230
Lot 186		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Air Mail Special Services, 34 registered or Special Delivery, some interesting frankings incl. one with War Savings stamp, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 187		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Air Mail Auxiliary Markings, 13 with various auxiliary markings plus 7 others with various usages incl. post war and a "V-J" Day usage on Japanese occupation currency, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-250. View details	Unsold
Lot 188		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, 1943 to Pitcairn Island, mailed from Glendale, CA on Jul 13 1943, censor tape at left, Pitcairn 2 Nov 43 receiving cancel on front, scarce piece, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $196
Lot 189		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, "Unclaimed" Mail to SS Maiden Creek, postmarked March 1, 1944, SS Maiden Creek was torpedoed by U-371 on March 15 in route from Naples to Oran, Algiers, scarce piece, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-250. View details and photo	Realized $115
Lot 190		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Special Usages-Armed Guard Centers or Units, 6 incl. all three centers (Brooklyn, New Orleans, San Francisco) and three merchant ships, seldom seen, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $115
Lot 191		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Special Usages-Loose Ship Letter, Certificates of Mailing, letter mailed on board at sea, Australian censor tape and black "blot" censoring town of mailing, plus 2 certificates of mailing, unusual group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $115
Lot 192		U.S.: Military/War-Related Cover, Special Usages-Japanese POW Camps, 5 sent via China, San Francisco, Japan or Switzerland, 2 with most of "Win the War" adhesives removed by Japanese censors, but 3 that made it thru, plus cover to internee in Java, scarce group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details and photo	Realized $489

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