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Sale 118


Lot 1105



U.S. Postal History Groupings, Massive Accumulation Filling 9 Banker Boxes, more than 9,200 covers, postcards and related, incl. #611 Harding with block of four with pl. number on mourning cover, complete set of Nebraska overprints on individual covers, 701 block of four, same for C7, C11 pair, C13, C15; and two C23 and one CE2 each with full pl. block of four, 5¢ Ericsson, many 2¢ reds and other better from 1920s and 1930s forward with nice percentage cacheted and unaddressed, substantial commercial mail, much of it registered, plus first flights, Expos, special events like Jazz Festivals, Super Bowl, soldier and prisoner mail from World Wars I-II, first flights, President Inaugurations, DPOs, accumulation of special postal cancels, large number of postcards starting in 1890s, Navals from ports around the world, collection of Norman Rockwell, dozens of First Day ceremony programs, some have autographs of various designers, engravers, etc., substantial collection attempting to get cancels of all existing California post offices, military and other mail from Territory of Hawaii, Philippines and Canal Zone and a bit of Postal Stationery, inspect.
Estimate $1,500-2,000.

 
Realized $4,025



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