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U.S. Postal History Collections

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1462		U.S. Cover Collections, About 197 Better Spanish-American War Covers, incl. better cancels, Patriotics (about 20 incl. Livingston postcards), adhesives incl. Cuba and Philippines overprints, soldier's mail, few Canadian usages, advertising, Dues, etc., few with condition issues, but overall an excellent selection of different usages, needs inspection. Estimate $8,000-10,000. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1463		U.S. Cover Collections, 19th & 20th Century Better Grouping, 470 sleeved, identified in 4 Supersafe cover albums, many better items to be found, great retail or internet material, incl. Airs, destinations, flights, Inauguration, Dues, Zepps, censored, hand painted FDC's, large and small Bank Notes, stampless, Prexies, etc, well worth a close inspection, Fine to Very Fine. Ex Steve Henderson. Estimate $4,500-5,500. View details	Realized $5,463
Lot 1464		U.S. Cover Collections, Fancy Cancels Stock, 500+, 1860s to 1930s, sleeved and priced from $5 to $100, plus some better, identified by Enos numbers, incl shields, cog wheels, patterns and shapes, etc., careful inspection will produce some good results, Fine to Very Fine. Ex Steve Henderson. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details	Realized $2,645
Lot 1465		U.S. Cover Collections, Bulk Stock, 2100+, 1860s to modern, incl WWI, WWII, autographs, Airmails advertising, space, hand painted, Marine Corps, censored, Foreign destinations, FDC's, postcards, etc., sleeved and priced from $1 to $40 with several better, well worth checking out, Fine to Very Fine. Ex Steve Henderson. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Realized $2,070
Lot 1466		U.S. Cover Collections, Better Military and Naval Lot, 716 sleeved in 4 Supersafe cover albums, Civil War thru VIetnam and Gulf War, better items throughout both commercial and philatelic incl. AEF, submarines, carriers, Marine Corps, censored, Patriotics, picture postcards, A-Bomb, autographs, etc, worth a close inspection, Fine to Very Fine. Ex Steve Henderson. Estimate $2,000-3,000. View details	Realized $2,185
Lot 1467		U.S. Cover Collections, 2 Full Boxes of Commercial, many hundreds loose, stamp dealer's covers bought, in many cases, decades ago, never processed and incl. stampless to 1950's period, some earlier Postal Stationery usages, occasional cachet cover (no junk), corner cards, advertising, etc., somewhat better scattered throughout, it needs close inspection as nothing was pulled out, usual condition. Culled from an Estate of a couple hundred boxes. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $5,175
Lot 1468		U.S. Cover Collections, Better Stampless Group, in small box, over 50 with many fancy cancels circa 1800 and later oldtime lot on pages with some annotation, incl. Huntsville Al. OCT 14 blue circular datestamp, matching perfect strike of "10" in circle of stars fancy rate handstamp on 1847 folded letter to New Orleans; negative "5" star; Camden, SC negative 10 in red, various early Boston, "Whitehall", NY with ms "17", etc., Fine lot. Estimate $1,000-1,400. View details and photo	Realized $1,208
Lot 1469		U.S. Cover Collections, Unpicked Advertising Group, approx. 105 with corner and all-over advertising, incl. tire related, mostly early 20th Century period, mint gun covers, few early Expos, Masonic related, "collar", few better Canada, typical condition. Estimate $800-1,000. View details and photo	Realized $1,553
Lot 1470		U.S. Cover Collections, A.P.O. and Related Airborne Division, over 300 plus nice selection of patches in two big and 3 small binders from 11th, 13th, 17th, 82nd, and 101st Airborne division from APO's 333, 452, 472, 468, and 469 plus stateside, all identified, comprehensive history of these parachute infantry units, generally Fine. Ex Cosentini. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $575
Lot 1471		U.S. Cover Collections, Mostly Commercial Accumulation, thousands loose or sleeved in 7 banker boxes, mostly early to mid 20th Century (see 19th Century companion lot), incl. APO's, flights, stationery, some postcard usages, few dedication or FD's, advertising, etc., occasional better scattered throughout, Fine to Very Fine overall. Culled from retired collector's 300+ boxes. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $2,875
Lot 1472		U.S. Cover Collections, Mostly 19th Century Accumulation, in full banker box loose or sleeved, incl. advert., stationery usages, few early 20th Century, early 3¢ usages (no stampless), etc., real hodge-podge, inspect, mixed condition. Culled from retired collector's 300+ boxes. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $2,875
Lot 1473		U.S. Cover Collections, 1901 Pan-American Cover and Postcard Collection, consists of 8 covers and 7 Expo cards, incl. 8¢ and 10¢ usages to India, 10¢ with machine Expo cancel, complete set usage to Germany, couple Official covers, one cover with labels, etc., postcards incl. 2 with Canadian usages, also 13 label singles and 3 blocks, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details and photo	Realized $863
Lot 1474		U.S. Cover Collections, 1939 30¢ Transportation Group of 31, all better commercial usages, to various countries incl. scarcer destinations, with Special Delivery, Prexie usages, all sleeved, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details and photo	Realized $690
Lot 1475		U.S. Cover Collections, Mostly 20th Century Commercial, mostly loose in full banker box, occasional better earlier scattered, some FDC's, nothing recent, mostly 1910 to 1950's period, fine overall. Estimate $500-650. View details	Realized $604
Lot 1476		U.S. Cover Collections, Naval Accumulation, over 1600, each mailed by sailor, not created by collector, excellent variety from 1920s to 1970s with most WWII era, all sleeved and identified, generally Fine. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $1,495
Lot 1477		U.S. Cover Collections, Postal Stationery Collection, over 200 19th to early 20th Century with considerable corner advertising, beginning with about #U26, incl. many exotic destinations, uses incl. registered and Special Delivery, advertising, a nice selection of UC1-4 entires, a few wrappers, large collection of postal stationery of all kinds, sure to please either the general collector or the specialist, Fine lot. Ex Markowitz. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $690
Lot 1478		U.S. Cover Collections, Somewhat Better Commercial, Couple hundred with few better postcards, mostly classics, with overseas usages, stampless, stationery usages, few 20th Century with Prexies, few WWII related, Spanish-American War with better itemized towns, early Air adhesives, inspect, generally Fine. Culled from various estates accumulated over the decades. Estimate $500-750. View details and photo	Realized $2,300
Lot 1479		U.S. Cover Collections, WWII Naval Land Base Stock, 1500+ from 1941 to 1945, all censored, identified, sleeved and priced incl. Pacific bases, Seabee Units, cigarette cards, Marine units, Midway, Wake, Australia, New Zealand, Iwo Jima, etc mostly priced $5, several better throughout, Fine to Very Fine. Ex Steve Henderson. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $518
Lot 1480		U.S. Cover Collections, Confederacy Small Cover Group, 17 incl. 12 franked with #1, 2 with #13 (one just a front), #6 pair, #11, and #8 on folded enclosure, #6 with various ms. cancels, mixed condition, most with faults but still an interesting group. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $920
Lot 1481		U.S. Cover Collections, Group of 6 Pan-Pacific Covers, all perf 12 usages incl. values to 10¢, one postcard, all internal usages except 5¢ strip of 5 on oversized cover to Norway, slight condition issues otherwise a nice select group. Estimate $350-450. View details and photo	Realized $288
Lot 1482		U.S. Cover Collections, 19th Century Group of 30, Bank Notes, Bureaus, few earlier, railroad, 2 reward postcards, currency, consular mail plus letters from 4 cabinet members, 1830s-1860, nice assortment, mixed condition. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $265
Lot 1483		U.S. Cover Collections, Wide Range of Items, a small group of mint and used Hawaii covers and postcards, early mint envelopes and wrappers, group of albinos, unusual "Postmaster's Provisionals" envelopes in Redwood City, CA in the period 1984-85, wide range of Columbian Exposition envelops, Wells Fargo covers, early Christmas seals tied to postcards/letters, variety of modern postcard sets (Lighthouses, Legends of the West, etc.); a few FDC sets such as 704-15, 859-93 matched cachet unaddressed with blocks of 4, bundle of Norman Rockwell illustrated and much more, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $518
Lot 1484		U.S. Cover Collections, Various Early Expo Usages, postcards and covers, incl. individually bought items out of auction incl. Trans-Miss., St. Louis and Jamestown usages, etc., generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $374
Lot 1485		U.S. Cover Collections, Dealer's Stock, About 90, 1860's to modern incl. couple Civil War Patriotics, Wells Fargo, and nice group of mint and used stationery incl. #U632b entire, Fine overall. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $460
Lot 1486		U.S. Cover Collections, Railroad Post Office Group, 970 with covers from 1880s thru modern with variety of cancels, most $1 thru $5 adhesives with a couple of better, nice internet material. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $403
Lot 1487		U.S. Cover Collections, Mostly Early to Mid 20th Century Commercial, hundreds mostly loose in 1½ boxes, ½ box mostly early used stationery, balance incl. some FD's but mostly commercial, unpicked. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $805
Lot 1488		U.S. Cover Collections, 365+ 19th & 20th Century, a few non-postal, with German POW at Camp Gruber, forwarded to Camp McCain 1943 from Germany, 1785 Boston receipt, etc., about ¼ 19th Century, ¾20th Century, mostly before 1930, generally Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $575
Lot 1489		U.S. Cover Collections, Mostly Civil War Cover Group, consists of 11 used and 2 mint Patriotics, one cover with contents, CSA stampless Richmond, VA 1861, two with Confederate 10¢ adhesives, and 10 mint and used Confederate singles, typical condition. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $863
Lot 1490		U.S. Cover Collections, George Rogers Clark Related Collection, mounted on pages, value in 9 stampless period covers with Brownsville, PA 1830, 1834 ms. Kaskaskia River, Illinois, also 1888 Praries Du Rocher with #210, also 25¢ Kentucky embossed Revenue used from Indiana, few 1930's FD's etc., usual condition, interesting lot. Estimate $250-350. View details and photo	Realized $546
Lot 1491		U.S. Cover Collections, Three 4th Bureau Clippers, first 1938 with 15c, 20c, $1 plus 16c CE2 to N.S.W., second 1937 with 10¢ (3), 20¢ (4), 30¢ (3), 50¢ (2) via Hawaiian Clipper to Manila Philippines, last 1941 registered with 30¢ (2) and $1 Prexies on 3¢ entire to N.S.W., scarce group of frankings, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250-300. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1492		U.S. Cover Collections, Aviation Signed Pilots/Postmasters, 300+ in 4 binders with some signed, incl. dedication, 1st and last flights, Army Emergency, etc., clean overall. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $311
Lot 1493		U.S. Cover Collections, Trans-Pacific Clipper Lot, 10 different FAM-14 survey flights from Apr. to Oct. 1935, mostly San Francisco-Hawaii, San Francisco-Guam, Hawaii-Guam and return, inspect, Fine to Very Fine. Ex Steve Henderson. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $196
Lot 1494		U.S. Cover Collections, Small Local Group, consists of fronts and covers incl. unusual American Letter Co. reprint sheets used on parcels (?) during 1934 APS Convention, #20L56 and 20L36 corner advert. on covers, mixed condition. Estimate $250-350. View details and photo	Realized $242
Lot 1495		U.S. Cover Collections, 1920 Three Offices in Shanghai Registered, Including two 15¢ rate to Denmark via U.S. as Siberia Railway route was suspended due to Russian Civil War, Fine overall. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $431
Lot 1496		U.S. Cover Collections, Railroad Group, 9 Early Usages, incl. straight line "Phila Railroad" on Blood's Despatch entire, other cds incl. "N. Hav & Bellows Falls R.R.", "Washington RailRd.", "Prov. & Wor. R.R.", "Washington Railroad, Long Island R.R." and "Atlantic & St. L. R.R." on cover to Montreal, Canada, also a couple "Route 7308" steamboat usages; condition varies. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Realized $431
Lot 1497		U.S. Cover Collections, Collector's Small Accumulation, commercial, around 50 incl. 19th Century with 19th & 20th Century correspondence to Stamford, Conn from the State Treasury office, etc., stationery usages, nothing recent, inspect, Fine overall. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $161
Lot 1498		U.S. Cover Collections, 1871 Two Offices in Shanghai Usages, both with 10c (#150) to Maryland and Iowa respectively, Fine overall. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $322
Lot 1499		U.S. Cover Collections, 1903, 5¢ on Foreign Registered Mail, #304, group of 10 with each having N.Y.C. registry exchange label affixed, destinations comprise England, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland, one with additional Chicago square label; some mixed condition, fine group. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $276
Lot 1500		U.S. Cover Collections, Meter Stock and Accumulation, 2 boxes; 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 $200-300. View details	Realized $431
Lot 1501		U.S. Cover Collections, Interesting Balance of Collection, Few hundred incl. 20th Century commercial, 1941 Midway Gooney Bird cover (missing stamp), AYP PPC's, few Third Reich, and some Columbian Expo tickets, etc., Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $374
Lot 1502		U.S. Cover Collections, 1893 Columbian Expo Postal Card Usages, 24 mostly used, few with Columbian adhesives, incl. Girsch & Roehsler 1893 usages, few used overseas, typical condition. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $253
Lot 1503		U.S. Cover Collections, California Group, accumulation of hundreds 1930s-1950s, most with California cancels, a general family correspondence, Fine overall. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $92
Lot 1504		U.S. Cover Collections, Group of 23, incl. some 1940's Naval related but value in earlier period incl. Taft inauguration on postcard, 1929 Zepp flight, 3¢ 1869 with red duplex, few early postcards, etc., Fine. Estimate $120-150. View details	Realized $150
Lot 1505		U.S. Cover Collections, California Correspondence 1884-1935, group of more than 100 covers (some with enclosures), mostly from Andrew Brady, an Irish railroad worker, many with California cancels incl. Expos, some Postal Stationery and advertising, interesting lot, condition mixed, generally fine. Estimate $100-200. View details	Realized $104
Lot 1506		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, nothing recent. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $138
Lot 1507		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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