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First Day and Cachet Makers

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1073		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, Massive Collins Cachet Collection, 3060+ all different (cachet or adhesive), June 1978 to August 2012, all sleeved, incl. Ducks, Postal Cards and Inaugurations, clean lot, excellent for retail or a collector wanting to get a great start with this popular cachet maker, Very Fine. Estimate $6,000-7,000. View details	Realized $10,063
Lot 1074		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, Oldtime Collector Collection and Accumulation, thousands of First Days in binders, shoeboxes, loose, filling 20 banker boxes, 1920s to 2002, noted nice group of 2¢ reds, 3¢ Purples, Prexies to $5 (at least 4), Famous Americans, Overrun Countries, Airs, etc., with dupl., usually for diff. cachet makers, noted Doris Gold, Fleetwood, Ellis, Fleugel, HOC, Colorano, Crosby, Boll, Staehle and Kolor Kraft to name a few, cacheted, mix of addressed and unaddressed, formed over 50 years, great lot for the collector or dealer of this material, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $4,000-5,000. View details	Realized $4,715
Lot 1075		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, Disney WWII Victory Artwork, Group of few hundred WWII patriotics with Disney artwork on combat insignia labels, nice selection with little to no dupl., owners retail $10,449, Fine to Very Fine lot. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $1,898
Lot 1076		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, Patriotic Group, Box of 600 patriotically themed, incl. early flag cachets and postmarks, Navy, anti-Mussolini and Hitler, and a set of 26 cards of flags of the Allied nations, owners retail $8500+, generally fine, generally Fine. Estimate $1,300-1,600. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 1077		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, Oldtime FD Stock and Accumulation, several thousand First Days in cover binders, sleeves and loose filling 5 banker boxes, to 1990s with a nice group of 1920s to 1930s issues, cachet makers incl. Crosby, Farnam, Staehle, Boll, Linprint, Anderson, plus some modern handpainted, cacheted and a mix of addressed and unaddressed, also noted space, events, stamp shows, first flights and a few Naval, worth inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $1,380
Lot 1078		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, Massive Accumulation of 13,000+, About ½ are clean cacheted, unaddressed modern FDs, as well as other dating back into 1930s, remainder of lot incl. additional addressed FDs as well as hundreds of old postcards, a substantial number with western theme, especially California, also censored, first flights, advertising, special events, space, Inaugurations, RPOs, Naval (incl. several Tokyo Bay), wide range of private and commercial correspondence dating back to 1860s, a few first day ceremonies program, packaged modern postcards (Civil War, Tropical Birds, etc.) plus souvenir cards and a bit of postal stationery, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 1079		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, 1934 to 2008 FDs in 4 Boxes, 5000+ unsorted and sorted, addressed and unaddressed, mostly cachet (common), clean, retail $5000+, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $575
Lot 1080		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, 1930s Naval Lot, approx. 1500 cacheted (few commercial) from various U.S. vessels, addressed to Dorothy McClusky, some dupl., great variety, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $489
Lot 1081		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, Vintage FD and Flight Collection, hundreds in 6 old style cover binders, a wealth of material from 1930s, many better cachets, will prove rewarding, Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $460
Lot 1082		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, 1930s to 2000 FDs, in two ¾ full banker boxes, incl. Ioor #52b.2 baseball unaddressed plus 2 baseball addressed with diff. cachets, earliest seen #683, Prexies with $2, $5, numerous makers incl. Staehle, Cachet Craft, Anderson, addressed and unaddressed, also Golden Replicas, clean overall, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $345
Lot 1083		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, Milestones of Flight Collection, 101 cacheted, incl. #1 flown at supersonic speed by Chuck Yeager and both versions of #7, each flown by world champion stunt pilots, nice group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $276
Lot 1084		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, 4 Boxes Culled From Estate, mostly loose or on pages 1950s to 1980s, couple thousand plus cachet addressed and unaddressed incl. group of handpainted circa 1970s to 1990s by Northwest artist Pomeroy, clean, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $374
Lot 1085		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, PNC Coil Strips, Over 300 diff. with diff. pl. #s, over 100 handpainted incl. strong in Kribbs, also Tossman, Glen, also Artcraft, Colorano silk, etc., inventory incl. (not checked), clean, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $633
Lot 1086		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, Naval Group, collection of about 240 in bulging binder, all cacheted pre-1945 with a number of subs and many interesting cachets, Fine. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $299
Lot 1087		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, First Cachets Collection, 37 diff. between Scott #617 and 2117 (plus 2 unidentified), noted Guy Jackson (#617 only), Ernest Weschche (620-21), Adam Bert (645), Albert Parsons (733), Cachet Craft (795) and Artcraft (853), nice starter collection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $253
Lot 1088		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, Milford Cachets on State Ducks, 66 (64 diff.), incl. a couple Federal issues, 1995-1998 issues, clean lot, Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $431
Lot 1089		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, Colorano Dealers Stock, Over 100 incl. nice run of 1971-72 issues incl. #1427-30, plus 1909 and couple Duck stamps, unaddressed, fine to very fine, owners retail $1600, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $173
Lot 1090		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, 4 Boxes of FDs, culled from large collection, few thousand mostly loose, few in binders, 1940s to circa 2000 with minor dupl., cacheted addressed and unaddressed, few better 1920s period, mostly common cachets, clean, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $288
Lot 1091		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, Naval Collection, 250 in 2 large binders, mostly cacheted, all with ship cancels, 1930s to 2003, good variety, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $173
Lot 1092		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, 1930s to 1980s FD Accumulation, many hundreds in full banker box, cacheted and mostly unaddressed, mostly Artcraft or Artmaster, have a look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $150

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