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U.S. Cover Collections

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1395		U.S. Cover Collections, Dealer's Midrange Stock, approx 700 19th and early 20th Century, retail $15 to $600 in 4 binders, plus 3 binders of $15 retail and one modest binder with enclosures, noted #500 with 2009 APEX cert, dozens of stampless, Patriotics, advertising, Locals, etc., mixed condition. Ex Right Stamp Co. Estimate $3,500-4,000. View details	Realized $4,025
Lot 1396		U.S. Cover Collections, Retaliatory Rate Exhibit Collection, group of 22 fully documented on pages, sorted by up to 300 miles by various sailings, and then over 300 miles trans-Atlantics incl. Ireland, Gibraltar, etc., fine overall. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details and photo	Realized $1,725
Lot 1397		U.S. Cover Collections, Select Zeppelin Group, 16 incl. #C13, C18 usages, von Schiller signature, etc., very clean group, retail $2875, ready for resale, Fine to Very Fine usage. Estimate $1,200-1,400. View details and photo	Realized $1,150
Lot 1398		U.S. Cover Collections, Better Accumulation, accumulated over several decades, 19th to mid 20th Century group of over 100 mostly commercial, few better FD's, few Stationery usages, overseas, couple Hawaiian postcards, advertising, Bank Notes, 30¢ Columbian usage, Free Franks, C18 usage, Boyd's Express, #1, 1881 with Postage Dues, inspect, mixed condition. Estimate $1,200-1,500. View details and photo	Realized $2,070
Lot 1399		U.S. Cover Collections, 1851-1861 Issue Group of 31, better throughout incl. "U.S. Mail Natchez" (signed Cole), #10-11's, 15, etc., careful inspection recommended. Ex Charles Ward. Estimate $1,000-1,400. View details and photo	Realized $1,150
Lot 1400		U.S. Cover Collections, 19th & 20th Century Cover Holding, collection/accumulation of hundreds in seven various cover binders, a little bit of everything incl. classics, Bank Notes, Postal Stationery, Back-of-book, Wells Fargo, advertising, patriotic and some noteworthy Foreign incl. multi-franked catapult, lots of material to go through, careful inspection recommended as better items are to be found, condition varies. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $1,323
Lot 1401		U.S. Cover Collections, Small Group of Mostly Priced, incl. #72 on piece, #114 with "Fancy Knights" cross cancel (cert), #37, 10A (2), 9 strip of 3, and #2, few common also, mixed condition. Estimate $1,000-1,400. View details and photo	Realized $1,438
Lot 1402		U.S. Cover Collections, Civil War Correspondence, 25 letters on Union letterhead, 3 with covers, all based from various headquarters, incl. Camp California from Quartermaster Sergeant Elbert Corbin, written both in pencil and pen, easy to read with multiple pages, very interesting contents, all circa 1861-1862 time frame. Part of 1st New York Artillery, turned medic at Gettysburg. Copies of transcriptions available on request . Estimate $750-1,000. View details and photo	Realized $1,323
Lot 1403		U.S. Cover Collections, Registered, Auxiliary, and Certified Markings, 274 oversized, mostly between $10-$25 range featuring Prominent Americans, Liberty issues usages, also Airmails, certified, Special Delivery, few with Parcel Post adhesives, retail $6764, generally Fine to Very Fine. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $604
Lot 1404		U.S. Cover Collections, Lower Range Stock, approx. 3000, all sleeved, incl. about 400 19th Century, about 750 advertising and corner cards, about 400 flight and about 300 WWII, rest mostly first half of 20th Century incl. some FDC's, plus bit of Canal Zone, more smaller than larger sized, generally $1 to $5 box material, condition mixed on earlier. Ex Right Stamp Co. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $1,668
Lot 1405		U.S. Cover Collections, 16 Better Stampless, incl. Mobile, Free, 1827 Cincinnati, OH, missent, fancy "Paids", etc., most with enclosures or folded letters, fine overall. Estimate $600-750. View details	Unsold
Lot 1406		U.S. Cover Collections, 19th Century Accumulation, Over 150 incl. stampless, #10 on cover, advert. and interesting usages incl. #145 strip of 3 with Boulder Creek, CA Maltese strikes, Fine overall. Estimate $450-550. View details	Realized $978
Lot 1407		U.S. Cover Collections, 27 Large Bank Notes, incl. overseas usages, #207 with 3¢ Due (2), 134 single usage, corner advert., one to Turkey, mixed condition. Estimate $500-700. View details and photo	Realized $575
Lot 1408		U.S. Cover Collections, 20th Century Commercial, few thousand in 3 full banker boxes, culled from unprocessed stock, priced, some sleeved, mostly early to mid 20th Century period, incl. some overseas usages, Stationery, smaller towns, corner cards, advertising, postcards with "better" cancels, "Local Post", Lincoln related, few with Dues, etc., mixed condition and unpicked. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $661
Lot 1409		U.S. Cover Collections, Small Interesting Accumulation, approx. 225+, one third 19th Century, two thirds 20th Century, mostly pre-1930, incl. 1860 Surveyor's cover with letter, 1840 illustrated, Massachusetts Stage Waybill, #C6 Stanford University cancel with good student's letter sent home, 3 to William H. Forbes (Pres. of Bell Telephone 1879-87), #1909 on large Express cover, various other useful items not noted, mostly Fine or better. Estimate $550-600. View details	Realized $345
Lot 1410		U.S. Cover Collections, Advertising Assortment, hundreds in ½ full banker box, culled from unprocessed stock, late 19th to mid 20th Century, most sleeved and priced, incl. corner and all-over advertising, ready for resale, usual condition. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $460
Lot 1411		U.S. Cover Collections, Naval Accumulation, Many hundreds loose in full banker box and few hundred mostly oversized priced in Pittsburgh box, sleeved, incl. early numbered subs, APO/censored, Naval in China, also later Coast Guard, few Canada. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $518
Lot 1412		U.S. Cover Collections, 19th Century Commercial, culled from unprocessed stock, priced, some sleeved, mostly later 19th Century period, incl. some overseas usages, Stationery, smaller towns, corner cards, few with Dues, etc., mixed condition and unpicked. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $460
Lot 1413		U.S. Cover Collections, Accumulation of Hundreds, 19th and early 20th Century accumulation of hundreds, incl. commems., definitives, Airmail, advertising, Back-of-Book, flights, ships and more, careful inspection recommended, condition varies. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $460
Lot 1414		U.S. Cover Collections, Diverse Group, interesting assortment of 19th & 20th Century, incl. small correspondence with 1861 and 1864 3¢ issues to Indiana, over 200 RPO's, flights, stampless, Postal Stationery and group of better incl. 65¢ Zepp on real photo Zepp postcard, #77 on cover to France, a few Hawaii items incl. Hawaiian girl 1904 picture postcard to Hankow, China rare and attractive usage and other worthwhile items, condition varies, generally fine or better, mostly Fine or better. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $748
Lot 1415		U.S. Cover Collections, Special Delivery Group, hundreds, many on pages with explanations, 1890 to about 1960, very nice variety with many desirable. Estimate $350-500. View details	Realized $604
Lot 1416		U.S. Cover Collections, Few Hundred 20th Century, several hundred highlighted by Prexies to $1, first flights and some modern, very little filler, many scarce uses and better flights. Estimate $350-500. View details	Realized $431
Lot 1417		U.S. Cover Collections, About 44 Better Stampless, mostly folded letters, incl. ship, steamboat, various Paid, DPO, Michigan, towns incl. ms. "Brewer Centre Maine", "Vermontville, Mich" 1846, Niles, Michigan, Peru, UT ms. 1834, colored, couple incoming, scarcer group than normally seen, typical condition. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $1,265
Lot 1418		U.S. Cover Collections, Howell Cobb Collection, 37 addressed to Cobb (Georgia statesman and Civil War General), mostly sent to his home or his office in GA or Washington, D.C. while he was Governor, Congressman, or Secretary of Treasury, plus one from his son to his uncle, all stampless (mostly endorsed "Free") except one with CSA #12a when he was a General in the Confederate Army, condition varies. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $265
Lot 1419		U.S. Cover Collections, Box of 20th Century, culled from various Estates over the years, commercial, FD's, commem., etc., many hundreds loose, incl. early Postal Card usages, Naval, nothing recent, inspect. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $489
Lot 1420		U.S. Cover Collections, Prexies Unpicked, Few hundred incl. few oversized, loose in box, incl. 5 (one with $1 value usages) from the "Panama Canal" in D.C. addressed to Superintendent of the Panama Canal in Balboa, few tags, overseas usages, group to "Commandant Sixth Naval District", few with ship cancels, Paquebot, etc., interesting group. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $311
Lot 1421		U.S. Cover Collections, Consular Mail Group, few hundred, culled from unprocessed stock, incl. Latin America, some #10 size, some from Foreign Embassy's in U.S., mostly priced, some sleeved, interesting assortment. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $242
Lot 1422		U.S. Cover Collections, APO Accumulation, Few hundred loose in ½ full banker box, culled from unprocessed stock, some priced/some not, some sleeved, mostly 1940's-60's period incl. Official envs., censored, few Patriotics, WWI, etc., usual condition. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $230
Lot 1423		U.S. Cover Collections, Meter Stock and Accumulation, hundreds in ½ full banker box, culled from unprocessed stock, priced, some sleeved, some with advertising; 2nd box oversized all in full Pittsburgh box, early to 1960's period, scattered Foreign incl., fine to very fine overall. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $300-400. View details	Unsold
Lot 1424		U.S. Cover Collections, Prexie Accumulation, few hundred loose in full small box, culled from unprocessed stock, some priced, incl. Stationery usages, few overseas usages, auxiliary markings, Official Seals, #10's, advertising, corner cards, couple of tags, nothing rare but excellent to work up for stock, unpicked, usual condition, inspect. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $460
Lot 1425		U.S. Cover Collections, Five 19th Century 1¢ Franklin Covers, two imperf incl. strip of 3, three perfed incl. strip of 3, mixed condition. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $230
Lot 1426		U.S. Cover Collections, Wells Fargo Group, 17 mostly with indicia, one front, 5 mint incl. Mexico, incl. usages to Nevada, Ogden, San Francisco RPO cancel, Santa Cruz Messenger with enclosure, Treasure City, Atchison Kansas, Silver City Utah, etc., mixed condition. Estimate $250-350. View details and photo	Realized $288
Lot 1427		U.S. Cover Collections, Military Postal History, about 2000 mostly WWI and WWII era military covers, A.P.O.'s, F.P.O.'s, ships and more, a few later, nice, useful group with several better locations. Estimate $250-400. View details	Realized $805
Lot 1428		U.S. Cover Collections, Culled Stampless Lot, 38 incl. couple trans-Atlantic to U.S., also mourning, few better cancels, fancy Paid Troy, couple m.s., etc., mixed condition. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $250-350. View details	Unsold
Lot 1429		U.S. Cover Collections, Group of 13 Spanish-American War, various designs, mixed condition. Estimate $250-350. View details and photo	Realized $196
Lot 1430		U.S. Cover Collections, Washington-Franklin Coil Group, a few dozen on covers or postcards, high cat., Fine overall. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $196
Lot 1431		U.S. Cover Collections, Seals Group of 95, mostly Christmas, postcards from 1909 to 1924 incl. couple of Foreign, many tied, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Realized $489
Lot 1432		U.S. Cover Collections, Southern Postal History, about 500, Tennessee, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia, great variety with DPO's, Doanes, picture postcard and small town markings, mainly 1900-1950, good group. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $299
Lot 1433		U.S. Cover Collections, Confederacy Group of 4 Covers and Single, incl. #13b cover with CSA cert (issues), 4b pair on cover, etc., mixed condition. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $196
Lot 1434		U.S. Cover Collections, Small Group of Better, 1838 Free frank on folded letter from Thomas Hart Benton Missouri Senator; Alfalfa, Oregon 1920 tied on cover to Dayton (Helbock rarity 5), real photo PPC with early float plane, and 2 1917 letters with 67th Aero Squadron corner cards, fine. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $150
Lot 1435		U.S. Cover Collections, Classic 3¢ Group, #11, 26, 98 pieces of mostly #26, culled from unprocessed stock, priced, some sleeved, not checked for better type vars., incl. mourning, mixed condition. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $230
Lot 1436		U.S. Cover Collections, Perfin Lot, over 100 culled from unprocessed lot, mostly U.S. with Prexie usages, etc., also G.B., Canada, etc., some oversized, usual condition. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $150-200. View details	Unsold
Lot 1437		U.S. Cover Collections, Somewhat Better Culled Group, small group of mostly 20th Century, incl. mixed U.S. overseas frankings, Express, territorial, few 19th Century, Washington-Franklin coils, advertising meters, Dues, oversized, Transport issue, couple better FD's, incoming 1871 from Haiti, etc., usual condition. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $138
Lot 1438		U.S. Cover Collections, Small Group of Better Airmails, mostly sleeved and priced group of around 35 plus small Western Airletter group incl. labels, strength in crash covers, inspect. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $230
Lot 1439		U.S. Cover Collections, Better Group, under 100, culled from unprocessed stock, some priced, mostly early to mid 20th Century, incl. Civil War Patriotics used out of time period, coils, few better FD's, fine overall. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $288
Lot 1440		U.S. Cover Collections, Interesting Accumulation, over 400, stampless to 1960's incl. events, few better cancels incl. Alaska and Oregon, 1930's FDC's and Inauguration, Fine or better. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $196
Lot 1441		U.S. Cover Collections, Used 1920's Stationery Correspondences, Type #U93, hundreds in 2 full banker boxes, all to Kansas Refinery companies using 2¢ Washington Dies, few window and #10's. Estimate $100-200. View details	Unsold

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