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Sale 71

Portland Fall Auction

U.S. Cover Balances

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 377		United States, Valuable U.S.S. Constitution cruise collection. 525 different incl. a nice run of unofficial FDC's plus many scarce cachets incl. Schram, John Paul Jones Chapter, etc., with values to $75 each, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,500. View details	Realized $1,610
Lot 378		United States, Fascinating 20th century cover accumulation. 1900/1970's about 600 incl. #400, 400A on 2 covers, K2 on cover and PPC, Guam #M6 on 2 covers, first flights with some better airmail and commemoratives, advert., Washington-Franklins, Liberty issues, W.W. II APO's and censored, Alaska, Hawaii, and Utah cancels, plus few PPC's, worth a closed look, Average to Fine. Estimate $750. View details	Realized $6,325
Lot 379		United States, Powerful mostly 19th century cover collection. 1789/1915, 180 incl. 1789 single folded letter (hand carried) from White Creek NY, #68 and 76 on cover to France, 296 and 298 on registered cover, 325 strip of 3 on registered cover, 330 strip of 3 on registered cover, some interesting stampless, registered, ad covers and better cancels, worth a close look, Average to Fine. Estimate $750. View details	Realized $2,760
Lot 380		United States, Powerful collection of Inaugural covers. 1929/1945, 75 covers or PPC's incl. 1929 Hoover (3), 1933 Roosevelt (16), 1937 Roosevelt (2), 1941 Roosevelt (5), 1945 Roosevelt (2), minor duplication but mostly different cachets, few earlier related PPC's, worth a close look. Estimate $700. View details	Realized $604
Lot 381		United States, Powerful WW2 collection of covers and PPC's. About 600, majority PPC's and patriotics, incl. 7 hand-painted Gladys Adlers, few navals and APO's, worth a close look, Fine. Estimate $700. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 382		United States, Large Alaska cover and PPC collection. 1900/1960's over 400 covers and PPC's (mostly PPC's) incl. early covers from Amalga (1909), Sumdum (1902), and Thane (1914), plus over 70 real photo cards incl. some natives and street scenes, modern FDC's and flights, Fine. Estimate $650. View details	Realized $1,265
Lot 383		United States, Collection of space covers with Beck cachets. 1962/1975 208 different in 2 albums incl. #GT-8, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600. View details	Unsold
Lot 384		United States, Interesting cover collection in 4 albums. Stampless/1930's about 350, majority from 1890/1910 incl. #289 on registered cover, #329 on cover, other registered, a nice run of advertising, few PPC's and foreign, worth a close look, Average to Fine. Estimate $550. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 385		United States, Powerful Prexi cover accumulation. Over 400 with great variety of usages and destinations incl. #833 on 4 different covers, many censored, registered and insured, worth a close look. Estimate $500. View details	Realized $3,910
Lot 386		United States, Large collection of WW 2 Patriotic covers. Over 850 all different cachets, incl. some less common cachets, also few better cancels, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $450. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 387		United States, Oklahoma and Indian Territory cover collection. Over 300 PPC's and covers, majority PPC's incl. Indian Territory cancels from Collinsville, Hariborn, Oglogah (1893), and Sallisan, plus 30 real photo cards, and some Indian cards, worth a close look, Fine. Estimate $450. View details	Realized $748
Lot 388		United States, Dealers stock of advertising covers. 1880's/1920's, 150 all priced and sleaved, nice variety of products, few overall, and in color, Average to Fine. Estimate $400. View details	Realized $460
Lot 389		United States, Large collection of nuclear submarine covers. 837, all with different cachets, nice variety of subs, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400. View details	Realized $518
Lot 390		United States, Large 20th Century balance of dealers cover stock. Over 5000 incl. commercial mail, HPO's, RPO's, Flights, navals, Space, and few earlier advert. covers and registered, worth a close look. Estimate $350. View details	Realized $920
Lot 391		United States, Interesting collection of Civil War covers and documents. 80 items incl. 43 mostly franked with #65 incl. few with letters, 21 unused patriotics incl. 2 Lincoln Campaign (Wolcott #165, 167 both with faults), and 11 printed orders or letters, also Confederate #11 on cover, worth a close look, Average to Fine. Estimate $350. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 392		United States, Naval cover accumulation. 1934/2002 over 1500 majority cacheted, nice variety of ships and cachets, Fine. Estimate $300. View details	Realized $575
Lot 393		United States, Dealers stock of postal history. 1870's/1980 over 400 all in sleaves and priced incl.registered, Special Delivery, better postmarks incl. couple territory, and some postal stationery, Average to Fine. Estimate $300. View details	Realized $719
Lot 394		United States, Large collection of Inaugural covers. 1976/1993 over 600 incl. some PPC's and related covers great variety of cachets especially in Clinton covers incl. some hand-painted, also some related memorabilia, majority unaddressed worth a close look, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300. View details	Realized $253
Lot 395		United States, Interesting collection of #10 size covers. 1880's/1970's 250 incl. #211 (4) on cover, 327 on registered cover, 547 on Zeppelin cover, 704-715 FDC, 750 on cacheted FDC, 6 other Zeppelin covers, interesting Clipper incl. Macao frankings, first flights, few foreign, and large group of modern postal stationery, Average to Fine. Estimate $300. View details	Realized $403
Lot 396		United States, Collection of advertising covers. 1870/1920's over 150 with a nice variety of subjects incl. some colored, few 20th century foreign, Average to Fine. Estimate $300. View details	Realized $604
Lot 397		United States, Small group of parcel tags franked with high values. 1920/1961, 11 incl. #479 plus 480 strip of 3, #524, and 1053, nice variety, Average to Fine. Estimate $250. View details	Realized $460
Lot 398		United States, Small 19th century cover group. 1852/1899 50 incl. #68-69 on cover to Peru, #288 on cover to Switzerland with Swiss Postage Due, #289 on registered cover, couple advert., unused patriotics and stationery, Average to Fine. Estimate $250. View details	Realized $719
Lot 399		United States, Interesting cover accumulation. 1860's/1983 about 400 incl. some with better stamps, cancels, registered, interesting usages, advertising, about 30% are #10 size, worth a close look, Average to Fine. Estimate $250. View details	Realized $719
Lot 400		United States, Large cover accumulation in 6 boxes. 1920's/1996 over 6000 mostly commercial with lots of modern incl. few plate number coils, few PPC's and Canada, Average to Fine. Estimate $250. View details	Realized $299
Lot 401		United States, Small group of early airmail covers. 1924-1926, 13 with #C1 on cover, C4 on 5 covers incl. one block of 4, C5 on cover and C6 on 6 covers incl. one block of 4, mostly on AAMC #172 and 176 first flights. Estimate $250. View details	Realized $403
Lot 402		United States, Collection of Clipper airmail covers. 1935/1941 100 covers or PPC's incl. C21-22 on cacheted FDC's plus nice group of flights incl. Hong Kong and Macao franking, and some early W.W. II items, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250. View details	Realized $431
Lot 403		United States, Interesting cover remainder lot. 1860's/1940's over 400 incl. PPC's nice variety incl. better stamps, DPO's, RPO's, navals, Wisconsin cancels, and couple RFD's plus few better PPC's, worth a close look. Estimate $200. View details	Realized $311
Lot 404		United States, Huge accumulation of commercial mail. 1950's/modern, many thousands in 6 boxes, modern commercial mail plus lots of stamp dealers and auction house mail incl. certified, registered and insured, lots of high values plus some Canada, Average to Fine. Estimate $200. View details	Realized $242
Lot 405		United States, Accumulation of Famous American commercial covers. Over 100 with a great variety of usages, values and destinations, incl. censored, registered, etc., worth a close look, Average to Fine. Estimate $200. View details	Realized $1,553
Lot 406		United States, Small group of 19th century Utah covers. 9 incl. 1855 cover addressed to Great Salt Lake Utah Ter., 1112 on #10 size with Salt Lake City cancel, 1875 Gunnison Utah reg., 1888 Wellsville reg., and 1871 Wells Fargo Salt Lake City, Average to Fine. Estimate $200. View details	Realized $115
Lot 407		United States, 18 registered parcel tags. Incl. 12 franked with #834 in multiples, 2 with 1053 and one with 572, Fine. Estimate $200. View details	Realized $489
Lot 408		United States, Remainder cover lot in 2 boxes. 1900/1990's over 1000 incl. PPC's, majority commercial mail with some events, and FDC's, also some interesting cancels and few military and advertising, Average to Fine. Estimate $200. View details	Realized $184
Lot 409		United States, Balance of dealers cover stock. 1930's/modern, few thousand incl. cacheted and uncacheted FDC's, modern commercial mail incl. priority and express mail and mint postal stationery, also few APO and navals, Average to Fine. Estimate $200. View details	Realized $127
Lot 410		United States, Interesting mostly 19th Century cover accumulation. Stampless/1920's over 300 incl. some interesting cancels, few registered, SD, and advertising, worth a close look, Average to Fine. Estimate $200. View details	Realized $518
Lot 411		United States, Collection of space covers. 1961/1972 about 500 incl. some recovery ships, Kennedy Space center official cachets, nice variety, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200. View details	Realized $299
Lot 412		United States, Interesting cover remainder lot. Couple thousand incl. events, FDC's, Patriotics, postal history, etc. Estimate $200. View details	Realized $403
Lot 413		United States, Asiatic Fleet naval cover collection. 1928/1941 92, majority cacheted with a nice variety of ships and cachets, Fine. Estimate $200. View details	Realized $489
Lot 414		United States, Inaugural and Presidential cover collection. 1945/1974, 75 covers or PPC's incl. 1945 Truman inaugural with Teixiera cachet, 4 1949 Truman covers and nice variety of later cachets and PPC's, Fine. Estimate $200. View details	Realized $184
Lot 415		United States, Lindbergh collection. 1926/1977 180 covers and PPC's incl. many flights, few real photo PPC's, and few modern FDC's, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200. View details	Realized $173
Lot 416		United States, Small group of 8 covers. Incl. #U40 entire used from New York, 1887 ad for bicycles, 1870's to France with 6¢, 15¢ (pair) Bank Notes, generally Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $109
Lot 417		United States, Interesting family correspondence. Over 50 letters some with envelopes from 1877/1892, mostly addressed to Fannie Smith in Louisiana or Missouri, envelopes are in poor shape some missing stamps but incl. few interesting cancels from North Dakota, interesting reading about Midwest farm life of this period, Average. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $184
Lot 418		United States, Lewis & Clark Exposition group. 8 advertising, 3 different designs and small group of PPC's, couple with expo cancels, Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $403
Lot 419		United States, Small collection of Wells Fargo Express covers. 10, one only a front, incl. Virginia City, San Francisco, Placerville and Messenger, Average to Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $276
Lot 420		United States, Three WW II Japan POW cards. All from the Philippines Military Prison Camp #1, from the same correspondence, 2 from 1943 one from 1945, addressed to Bonanza, Oregon, Average to Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $242
Lot 421		United States, Interesting cover accumulation. 1860's/1960's over 350 incl. flights, ad., some interesting postal history incl. cancels and usages plus few FDC's, Average to Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $276
Lot 422		United States, Interesting balance of cover collection. Over 700 incl. navals, flights, FDC's and events, nice variety, worth a close look, Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $276
Lot 423		United States, Pre WW2 naval cover collection. 1931/1940, 120 all different cachets with a nice variety of ships, Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $276
Lot 424		United States, Accumulation of mostly first flight covers. 1925/1977, over 350 incl. some with #C11, few airmail FDC's, Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $196
Lot 425		United States, Interesting RPO accumulation. Over 400 from 1880's/1950's on covers and PPC's, nice variety of cancels, Average to Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $173
Lot 426		United States, Accumulation of Washington state covers. 1882/1983 about 400 covers or PPC's incl. couple territory cancels (mostly backstamps) some DPO's and interesting cancels, Average to Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $196

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