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First Day and Cachet Makers

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2483		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 2484		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, Old Time Flight Collection, assemblage of hundreds of various flights mounted on pages in three large binders ranging from 1930s to 1950s, features first flights, CAMs, pilot signed, event flights, better usages, rare and attractive cachets, Akron items, dedications, catapult, crash, Alaska, Rocket mail and more, incl. 1931 Wilkins-Ellsworth Trans-Arctic Submarine Expedition (signed Wilkins) and many other fascinating items, condition mostly decent overall, review recommended, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,000-3,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 2485		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, Lindbergh 1926 to 1933 Collection, Oldtime collection of 185+, along with a few adhesives, ephemera, on handmade pages, showing various flight, air tours, some signed by other pilots incl. Love, some Roesslers, some with Foreign originations incl. Haiti, Dominican Republic, Panama, few addressed to Lindbergh, some scarcer cachets, Sloniger letter saying he will "fly with slim", etc., rarely seen this extensive, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details and photo	Realized $863
Lot 2486		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, Rocket Mail and Flight Collection, extensive modern era collection mounted on pages in three large binders ranging from 1940s to 1970s, one vol. contains WWII era flights and some FDCs many with better cachets, two additional vols. dedicated mostly to Rocket Mail with many addressed to Perham C. Nahl (American Air Mail Society Hall of Fame author of the American Air Mail Catalog), many annotated incl. two #81W85 (which are 2 of 3 pieces flown) each priced at $500, also Scientific Balloon Launch covers and other interesting items, inspection will prove rewarding, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $575
Lot 2487		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, 1927 to 2009 First Flight Collection, approximately 600, contains mainly U.S., but also some foreign flights, many typical $5-$10 retail but some better and unusual such as Macon airship with Crosby cachet on business reply envelope, comical patriotics (2), a few FDCs with Rice and Anderson cachets (2), YMCA corner advertising, and usual groups of CAMs and FAMs, clean overall, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $661
Lot 2488		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, Wentworth Cachet Naval Group, 162 in album, hand crafted, many mermaids (quite risque!), clean lot, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $719
Lot 2489		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, WWII Patriotic Stock, 1500+ in 2 stuffed Pittsburgh boxes, arranged alphabetically by cachet subject (eg. "V" would have victory in the cachet), excellent variety of cachets and cachet makers, some dupl., great lot for retail, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $2,185
Lot 2490		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, WWII Patriotics, 104, Sherman cat. to $150 each, incl. Crosby, Teixeira, couple Schaffer, handpainted, etc., Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $776
Lot 2491		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, 1929 to 1947 First Day Collection, in two binders with better found throughout, most cacheted with better incl. two Harris Hunt cachets (#682), a few Staehles (#907-908), mixed set of Army-Navy (#785-794, Dietz, Ioor, etc.) and Leatherstocking baseball (#855), over 150 present, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250-300. View details	Unsold
Lot 2492		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, 1923 to 1942 Collection, 300 on homemade pages, begins with #610-611, excellent variety, many with different city cancels, majority uncacheted, but did note some early cachet makers, incl. #647-648 with C.W. Beck cachet, 681 with Hanson C. Miller cachet, 690 with Klotzbach cachet, 717 with Crawford cachet, Famous American set with Ioor cachets, virtually all addressed, clean lot, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $431
Lot 2493		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, 1920s to 1930s Byrd and FAM Flight Group, about 200, mostly U.S. but incl. Latin America, Jamaica, many overseas usages, few Canal Zone usages, clean, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $374
Lot 2494		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, 1950s to 1960s Space Lot, couple hundred incl. recovery ships, prime recovery ships, important manned and unmanned flights, huge Lollini/Cosmos cat. value ($10,000+), perfect starter lot for a serious collection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-500. View details	Realized $431
Lot 2495		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, Naval Group, 240 cacheted in album, majority 1930s to 1940s incl. 90 submarines, clean lot, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $431
Lot 2496		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, Akron-Macon Collection, 2 albums with over 100 flights and events, a few better with retail prices noted to $75, Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $575
Lot 2497		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, Flight Accumulation, several hundred in sleeves and large cover binder in banker box, 1920s to 1940s, first flights, events, dedications, few foreign, cacheted, with some literature, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $575
Lot 2498		U.S. Cachet and F.D. Collections, Weigand Cachets, 4 FDs, consists of #926, 929, 977 and E18, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $150

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