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Sale 86

ASDA Summer Sale

U.S. Collections - Cover Groupings

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 914		1894 California Midwinter Fair, 9 used cards (all different from set of 12), all mailed from San Francisco with 1¢ Columbian franking, 3 to Paris, France, beautiful color production from the late 19th Century, quite scarce used, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 915		Illustrated and Foreign Destination Wrappers, Circa late 19th to early 20th Century usages, consisting of 31 illustrated (1 additional mint) incl. Life Insurance, Shot Gun, Bicycle, "Spirit of 86", Fireworks, "Compound Vapor Bath" (several); 28 overseas (or U.S. Possessions to U.S.) incl. U.S. Consulate Port au Prince, India, Australia, Brazil, South Africa, Costa Rica, Austria, Hungary, Bolivia, Tokyo, Russia, Possessions incl. Philippines, Porto Rico, also one U.S. internal advert. usage (Brown Shoe Co.), 1899 Arizona Territorial quadruple printed matter rate, one unused advert. entire, few with additional adhesives, generally Fine. Estimate $1,600-2,000. View details and photo	Realized $2,070
Lot 916		U.S. Postal History Collections, Locals and Carriers Collection, 40 covers in binder, noted #5L1, 3 singles on cover to New York, various Blood's covers incl. 15L14 and 15L16 with #11 (4), 136L9, 136L14 with 3¢, interesting group, mixed condition. Estimate $600-800. View details and photo	Realized $4,715
Lot 917		Dealer Stock, many hundreds in full banker box, sleeved and priced, retail ranges from $1 to about $60, stampless to about 1930's, good variety of frankings and issues, noted 1869's, large Bank Notes, stationery, book of Canal Zone, etc., inspect, mixed condition. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $1,610
Lot 918		First Flight Stock, couple thousand in 2 banker boxes, sleeved and priced, retail $1 and up, 1920's to modern, good variety with modest duplication, clean stock, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 919		U.S. Postal History Collections, Century of Progress Collection, wonderful array of over 120 items housed in a Scott binder incl. FD's (incl. #730-31), event covers and postcards, featuring Farley signed cover to Claude A. Swanson Secretary of the Navy, others signed by Expo officials, pilot signed covers from American Air Races and more, also Century of Progress brochure, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $345
Lot 920		U.S. Postal History Collections, Union Patriotic Group, 10 used covers, incl. Walcott #W90, L755 and L2354, 4 with contents, nice group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $575
Lot 921		Oldtime Dealer's Accumulation, Hundreds unsorted in ¾ full banker box, culled from stock formed in 1950's, nothing modern with some corner advert., incl. 1st flights, used stationery, occasional stampless, all commercial, Fine overall. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $776
Lot 922		U.S. Postal History Collections, Interesting Lot, couple hundred 19th and 20th Century, regular issues, commemoratives, Bank Notes, early FD's, advertising postal cards, flights, postcards, better cancels incl. expo's, California, railroad, also a small group circa 1884 to Senator Bayard, mixed condition. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $403
Lot 923		Wrappers to Foreign Destinations, 24 different late 19th and early 20th Century usages incl. Germany, Brazil, France, Canada, some with additional adhesives, also group of 8 unused with albino or Specimens, and 2 additional used within U.S.(i showing overinking), Fine overall. Estimate $300-400. View details	Unsold
Lot 924		U.S. Postal History Collections, 19th and 20th Century Group, banker box filled with varied assortment of commercial mail, First Day's and a small box containing approximately two hundred 20th Century incl. railway mail, Expo and small town cancels, registered package receipts with R.P.O.s, postal cards and stationery, etc., generally Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $460
Lot 925		U.S. Postal History Collections, Civil War Group, Small collection of 2 Confederate, 17 Union, plus 24 unused patriotic envelopes, used in mixed condition, unused consist of nice quality with better cachets incl. Magnus, etc., Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $575
Lot 926		U.S. Postal History Collections, 19th Century Lot, 130 from stampless to about 1870, few better stamps, DPO's, advertising corner cards, etc., generally Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $546
Lot 927		Rocket Mail Collection, 76 plus some adhesives and commemorative cards in binder, 1960 to 1968 with dupl., noted EZ #33C1d, 33C1e (2), 41C2, 41C2a (2), 52C2b, 52C2c (4), Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $311
Lot 928		Eclectic Accumulation, few hundred in binders filling 2 banker boxes, noted 1818 stampless to early 20th Century, 3 binders with 20th Century town cancels from Texas, covers with towns named "Washington" and covers commemorating Washington, collection of Lindbergh related, modern military related, some First Day's, late 19th and early 20th Century California town cancels, group of diplomatic and free frank mail, few autographs, fun lot, have a look, mixed condition. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $690
Lot 929		Blood's Local Group, 11, variety of frankings and usages, inspect, generally Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $242
Lot 930		U.S. Postal History Collections, Accumulation from Collector, few hundred, about ½ postcards and ½ covers, noted couple catapult items, few space related, cover book with earlier First Day's, couple mint Hawaii stationery pieces, early airplane postcards, also group from Brockton, Mass., interesting group of stampless, etc., worth a look, generally Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $690
Lot 931		U.S. Postal History Collections, Flight Collection, Collection of 331 different in 2 albums, 1920's to 1970's, mostly CAM's, few FAM's, air tours, races, etc., generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $173
Lot 932		"Poultry" Advertising Group, 19 covers, 1 postal card and 5 postcards, plus 2 inserts, 1880's to 1930's, noted a couple bi-color adverts, few faults, but still nice group, generally Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $207
Lot 933		Boyd's Local Group, 7 and one small piece, variety of usages, inspect, generally Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $173
Lot 934		U.S. Postal History Collections, Small Interesting Lot, about 80 in small box, noted a couple Blood's locals, advertising, "free" frankings, censored, registered, few early flights, 19th Century, virtually all commercial, nice group, generally Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $776
Lot 935		United Fruit Company, 50+ (couple cards) from 1930's (2 later), excellent variety of ships with minor dupl., fun group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $374
Lot 936		Fancy Cancels From "Bear" Arkansas, 3 from 1929-30, all with large black bear cancels, one registered, scarce group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $81
Lot 937		Small Group from Estate, about 100 in binder, noted later large Bank Notes on several advertising, also 3 iron cross cancels from Cape May Point (1886), 3 leather postcards, some stationery and modern, inspect, mixed condition. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $184
Lot 938		U.S. Postal History Collections, Estate Balance, clean assortment. mostly 20th Century covers, postcards and misc. items, nice produce merchant ad cover and billhead, some better FD's, postcards and various war ration books, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $173
Lot 939		U.S. Postal History Collections, Accumulation from Stamp Dealer, 2 banker boxes filled with more than 1,000 ranging from stampless and First Days to Exposition postcards and Presidential Medals covers, generally Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $345
Lot 940		U.S. Postal History Collections, Accumulation From Local Collector, several hundred in half full banker box, mostly early to mid 20th Century commercial mail, noted registered and other auxiliary markings, commemoratives, foreign destinations, many selected for something interesting about the cover, worth a look, generally Fine. Estimate $100-200. View details	Realized $230

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