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U.S. Collections - First Day and Cachet Makers

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2270		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Cover Collections, Extensive Concorde Collection, 1969 to 1985 collector's lifetime accumulation of just under 2000 pieces, incl. rare routes, proving and testing covers by BA crews out of Filton, Bristol, signatures incl. Trubshaw (BAC's chief testing pilot) who had agreement with a Ford engineer to carry 5-10 covers, few French prototype and pre-production covers incl. signed Turcat, inventory consists of 611 souvenir cards, 98 FDC's, 43 postal stationery, approx. 50 pictures with some signed, 367 stamps or blocks, 62 cinderella, highlight incl. 1983 Concorde charter flight signed by golfers Watson, Palmer, and Nicklaus, XB-70 chase plane signed by Barry Goldwater, 001 and 002 prototype 1st flights, also correspondence from British and French pilots to a collector in Illinois, big group of Air France produced, and BA Stamp Club covers, excellent intact lot, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $6,000-8,000. View details	Realized $23,000
Lot 2271		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Cover Collections, Better Stock, 1400+ in 4 black file boxes, all sleeved and priced, $10 and up retail each, minor dupl., usually for diff. cachet maker, few Airs, clean stock, Fine to Very Fine. Planty $32,364 (Owner's). Estimate $3,000-3,500. View details	Realized $2,645
Lot 2272		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Cover Collections, 1929 to 2008 Stock, 2200+ in 6 file boxes, all sleeved and priced, $2.50 to $25+ retail each, minor dupl., usually for diff. cachet maker, few Airs, clean stock, Fine to Very Fine. Planty $21,154 (Owner's). Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Realized $1,783
Lot 2273		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Cover Collections, Collins Cachet Lot, 700+ diff., 1980's to 2001, all sleeved, great lot from very popular cachet maker, Very Fine. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Realized $2,415
Lot 2274		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Cover Collections, "Touch of Class" Better Retail Group, Few hundred priced from around $4 to few hundred, incl. better cachets incl. Staehle, Kapner, Roessler, some add-ons, F.D.'s incl. Luminescent issues, handpainted incl. Dunne, Shapiro, Olympics related, Civil War patriotics with modern adhesives, pnc's, QE1-3 F.D. set (also #727 62 with Newburgh F.D. with about ½ with add-on cachet, all addressed), APO's and WW II, 1909 Taft Inauguration postcard (Brookman $200) and Wilson 1st term, 834 pl. block F.D., 803-31 Fidelity EE, 704-15 #1a Roessler, #617-19 various FD's, 700, 701 Meisel cachets, few not priced, retail $11,500 (few unpriced), generally Fine to Very Fine, the last of the stock . Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $1,380
Lot 2275		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Cover Collections, 1965 to 1968 Luminescents, Group of about 250 diff. FDC's unaddressed, all postmarked Washington, incl. Airs and combinations (all different), most Scott cat. $30-50 range, some unusual combos incl. tagged and untagged, Liberty and Prominent Americans on same cover, many diff. combos, few with some fairly heavy dupl., etc., clean cachet group, very high cat., excellent lot for retailing over time, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $863
Lot 2276		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Cover Collections, Better Group, Approx. 140, incl. Crosby, March 1, 1971 Eisenhower pane with 1¢ Jefferson pane, souvenir sheets, Farleys, 1979 $5 Lantern, Ham handpainted, Luminescent, few signed, other handpainted, Duck Colorano, 1925 Harding imperf F.D., #610 Memorial F.D., clean overall, retail $4625, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $700-900. View details	Unsold
Lot 2277		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Cover Collections, Exhibition Cachet Collections, Hundreds, in binders per subject, with F.D., L.D., exhibit cancels, consists of 1947 Cipex; 1936 Tipex with 1st House of Farnam; 1956 Fipex; 1938 AAMS with #C23; 1934 APS with souvenir sheets; 1937 SPA incl. Wagner handdrawn (5 produced), unlisted Risko Art handpainted; 1933 Century of Progress incl. souvenir sheets, few handpainted incl. Wright, few unlisted cachets, various makers, also Transport issue Peterman handpainted, occasional dupl., mostly diff. cachets or different colors, occasional toning issue, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Planty $16,000+. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 2278		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Cover Collections, Better Group, Approx. 140, incl. souvenir sheets, Airs, Priority Mail, Luminescent #1213c with zip label (2), 1939 Baseball (14, mostly cachet and diff.), 1284c, Dietz 1-4 (5 diff.), 1053, Crosby, 1969 Baseball 6¢ signed Steve Carlton, another signed Jim and Gaylord Perry, Priority 1983 pane of 3 (cat. $175), 1985 pane of 3, Kribbs, clean overall, retail $4110, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $690
Lot 2279		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Cover Collections, Large Modern Accumulation, filling 9 banker boxes, 1950's to 1980's First Day's, dupl., all cacheted, consists of 8400 unaddressed, 4000 addressed, plus 1400 U.N. unaddressed and addressed, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,323
Lot 2280		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Cover Collections, Full Box of Better, Many hundreds mostly loose, incl. better cachets, Scott numbers, 1930's to recent period, many retail $10 and up, clean, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $604
Lot 2281		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Cover Collections, Large CAM and FAM Accumulation, several thousand filling 6 banker boxes, 1920's to 1950's, good variety of events and routes with dupl., some better, just a lot of stuff, generally Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $978
Lot 2282		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Cover Collections, FAM 14 "China Clipper" With Beazell Cachets, 4, all diff photo cachets, U.S. to Hong Kong (2) and U.S. to Macao (2), seldom seen, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $575
Lot 2283		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Cover Collections, 6 Boxes of Mostly Common, Full and mostly loose, thousands, 1930's to fairly recent, addressed, unaddressed, also mostly modern Navals, commemoration, clean, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $334
Lot 2284		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Cover Collections, 1930's Accumulation, about 500 mostly cacheted and addressed (few late 1920's and early 1940's), good variety of cachet makers, noted #853 (47 diff. cachets), 858 (28 diff cachets), worth inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $403
Lot 2285		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Cover Collections, 1930's to 1960's Stock, between 1800 and 2000 in full banker box, some sleeved, all addressed and cacheted, few later, good variety of cachet makers, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $242
Lot 2286		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Cover Collections, 1923 to Modern Accumulation, few thousand in 2 full banker boxes, noted collection from 1923 to 1940's on pages, plus large group of modern cacheted and unaddressed, noted 3 Challenger covers, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $299
Lot 2287		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Cover Collections, 1930's to 1960's Lot, several hundred cacheted (about ½ addressed) loose and in 5 cover books, noted 1938 Baseball, set of Famous Americans, Fleugel's incl. 46 WW II patriotics, good variety with some dupl., generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $253
Lot 2288		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Cover Collections, Airmail Group, 178, 1926 to 1949 collection on pages, noted #C8-9, C11, C20-22, Transport set, coils, booklet panes, CE1-2, dupl. for diff. cachet makers, mostly addressed, nice group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $219
Lot 2289		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Cover Collections, CAM's, FAM's, Etc., Loose in full banker box, hundreds, also dedication, clean group overall, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $207
Lot 2290		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Cover Collections, 1965 to 1968 Luminescents, Group of 17 diff. FDC's unaddressed, all postmarked Washington, incl. Airs and combinations (all different), most Scott cat. $30-50 range, some unusual combos incl. tagged and untagged, Liberty and Prominent Americans on same cover, etc., clean cachet group, Fine to Very Fine. Scott approximately $575. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $75
Lot 2291		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Cover Collections, 1930's to 1940's Group, 400+ in filled small box, good variety of cachets and issues, addressed, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $196
Lot 2292		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Cover Collections, WW II Patriotics, 2000+, wide range of makers incl. better (e.g. Knapp, Staehle), noted event cachets (a few Fluegel, approx. 50 Fidelity), D-Day, VE-Day, VJ-Day cachets/postmarks, a few APO usages, and 25 handpainted cachets (A. Long), relatively few Minkus, but incl. about 500 Poppenger, superior lot for this type of material, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details and photo	Realized $2,760
Lot 2293		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Cover Collections, Mostly 1931 to 1940 Collection, about 1000 cacheted and addressed First Day's on pages, some extra thru 1946, dupl. for numerous cachet makers on each issue, great lot for retail, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $489
Lot 2294		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Cover Collections, Lintos Cachet Group, approx. 300, post WW II (to 1948), unaddressed, good variety with some dupl., seldom offered in quantity, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $1,208
Lot 2295		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Cover Collections, F.D.'s and Mint Stationery, Hundreds in 2 banker boxes, mostly recent, addressed, unaddressed, clean, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $50-100. View details	Realized $98

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