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United States Cover Balances

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 126		United States Huge 20th century accumulation. Over 10,000 incl. Events, Patriotics, APO, AEF, HPO, RPO, Navals, Arctic and Antarctic, flights, plus few earlier ad and lots of commercial mail, worth a close look, Average to Fine. Estimate $750. View details	Realized $2,300
Lot 127		United States Interesting 19th Century accumulation. Over 1000 stampless to 1890's incl. few advertising, RPO's, with a nice variety of adhesives and cancels, worth a close look, Average to Fine. Estimate $350. View details	Realized $2,243
Lot 128		United States Box of Naval. 1930's/1980's over 2000 about half with cachets incl. some Space Recovery Force, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300. View details	Realized $633
Lot 129		United States Better Naval accumulation. 1930's/1954 600+ mostly pre-WW II, many with Crosby and Crosby type cachets, Average to Fine. Estimate $300. View details	Realized $776
Lot 130		United States Interesting 20th century accumulation. 1900/1980's couple thousand incl. events, Naval's, HPO's, RPO's Arctic and Antarctic, and commercial plus small group of Rocket Mail, Average to Fine. Estimate $300. View details	Realized $805
Lot 131		United States Interesting family group. 1880's/1940's over 1000 (no letters) mostly addressed to one family in Massachusetts, New York and in the 1920's/1930's Austria, where he worked for the U.S. Embassy, lots of common covers, but a few ad covers, Registered and Special Delivery, plus some interesting usages, worth a look, Average to Fine. Estimate $250. View details	Realized $460
Lot 132		United States Interesting remainder lot. 1870's/1980's over 2000 incl. Navals, APO's events some 1870's postal history and few foreign, worth a look, generally Fine. Estimate $250. View details	Realized $633
Lot 133		United States Floor sweepings lot. Over 2000 incl. Naval's, events, topical, postal history, ephemera, few stamps and foreign covers, generally Fine. Estimate $250. View details	Realized $690
Lot 134		United States Large Naval accumulation. 1930's/1990's over 1000 majority with cachets, nicely organized by event or ship, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250. View details	Realized $604
Lot 135		United States Large remainder lot in 5 boxes. Incl. events cacheted and uncacheted FDC's, Stationery, Postage Due covers and commercial covers, Average to Fine. Estimate $200. View details	Realized $719
Lot 136		United States Fascinating 20th century accumulation. Couple thousand incl. WW II APO's and Patriotics, AEF, modern events, Flights, Navals incl. some Crosby type cachets, few Registered and Advertising, Average to Fine. Estimate $200. View details	Realized $834
Lot 137		United States Accumulation of mostly used stationery. 1860's/1970's couple thousand postal cards and envelopes, few better items and some interesting cancels, plus many with FD cancels (uncacheted), Average to Fine. Estimate $200. View details	Realized $311
Lot 138		United States Oklahoma and Texas postal history. 1880's/1920's accumulation of few hundred covers and cards incl. Indian Territory markings and few small towns, worth a look, Average to Fine. Estimate $200. View details	Realized $374
Lot 139		United States Collector accumulation in a large box. 1860's/ modern, 1500+ incl. some 19th century postal history, flights, events, few FDC's, stationery and modern commercial mail, Average to Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $403
Lot 140		United States Small collection in album. 1860's/1940's, 60 incl. couple Expo, ad, special delivery, airmail and Lindbergh, worth a look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $288
Lot 141		United States Beacon cover collection. 70 all franked with #C11, incl. one pair on FDC, CAM's, events, Navals and 2 Zeppelin covers, Average to Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $299
Lot 142		United States Accumulation of War items. 1939/2003 about 500 incl. WW II APO's, FPO's, base cancels also nice group of modern covers from Desert Storm, Somalia and Bosnia, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $161
Lot 143		United States Accumulation of Naval including postcards. 1930's/1980's over 600 majority with cachets, Average to Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $184
Lot 144		United States Remainder lot in 2 boxes. 1880's/1990's about 1300 incl. events, Navals, FDC's, some postal history, nice variety, Average to Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $288
Lot 145		United States Accumulation of #10 size. 1900/1970's over 4000 incl. some better stationery, flights, precancels and interesting usages, Average to Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $322
Lot 146		United States Postal Card collection and dealers stock. 1873/1980's over 600 with duplication majority used incl. used #UX1 (3), plus couple better unused cards, also few with interesting cancels, Average to Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $207
Lot 147		United States Mostly 19th century accumulation. About 1000 incl. stationery, Bank note era, 19th Century RPO's, some interesting cancels and corner cards, Average to Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $334
Lot 148		United States Balance of estate. 1880's/1970's about 500 mostly FDC's from the 1930's/1960's incl. some better cachets plus #C18 on flight cover and few foreign items, Average to Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $288
Lot 149		United States Mostly 19th century accumulation. 290 incl. some bank note ad covers, few interesting cancels, Average to Fine. Estimate $120. View details	Realized $299
Lot 150		United States Space accumulation. Over 600 mostly with Naval cancels incl. Gemini and Apollo, with nice group of recovery ships, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $120. View details	Realized $374
Lot 151		United States Small dealers stock. 1860's/1970's about 500 incl. some 19th Century, 20th Century events, APO's interesting usages, few ad covers, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $120. View details	Realized $219
Lot 152		United States Airmail cover accumulation. 150+ mostly 1930's/1940's CAM and FAM, nice variety, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100. View details	Realized $311
Lot 153		United States Accumulation of WW II APO's. Over 200 with a nice variety, about 25% are identified and priced, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100. View details	Realized $161
Lot 154		United States Accumulation of Deep Freeze. Over 500 with duplication plus few foreign Antarctic, Fine. Estimate $100. View details	Realized $184
Lot 155		United States Small mostly pre-1920's accumulation. About 400 incl. few ad covers, RPO's and interesting cancels, Average to Fine. Estimate $100. View details	Realized $207
Lot 156		United States Stampless covers with ship or steamboat markings. 18 covers 1824/1867 with a nice variety of markings, Average to Fine. Estimate $100. View details	Realized $299
Lot 157		United States First flight accumulation. 1929/1985 over 500 with a nice variety of flights and few better stamps, generally Fine. Estimate $100. View details	Realized $276
Lot 158		United States Balance of estate. Incl. mint stationery in 4 albums, FDC's (mostly uncacheted) and few events and foreign, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100. View details	Realized $58
Lot 159		United States Remainder lot of over 200. 1950's/1960's incl. Navals, some with Crosby type cachets, events, slogan cancels, mint stationery, and few Inaugurals, lots of duplication, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100. View details	Realized $138
Lot 160		United States Small Accumulation of WWII APO's. 150+ with a nice variety of locations, all sleeved and priced, Fine. Estimate $75. View details	Realized $69
Lot 161		United States Small 19th century group. Stampless/1890's, 36 incl. 1894 Paul's Valley Ind T, couple East Coast ms. cancels, etc., Average to Fine. Estimate $70. View details	Realized $161
Lot 162		United States Small 20th century accumulation. 1900/1950's, couple hundred incl. ad covers, Special Delivery,and interesting Prexie usages, Average to Fine. Estimate $70. View details	Realized $184
Lot 163		United States International usage Postal Cards. UX6 (10), UX16 (10), all used, mostly to Denmark, Fine cat. $420. Estimate $70. View details	Realized $115
Lot 164		United States Accumulation of #10 size. 1920's/1970's over 1000 mostly commercial incl. group of WW II War Ballots, some precancels, postal stationery, Average to Fine. Estimate $70. View details	Realized $81
Lot 165		United States Collection of Oklahoma and Indian Territory. About 50 postcards incl. a couple real photos and 50 postal cards or covers with Indian Territory cancels (many just backstamps), Average to Fine. Estimate $70. View details	Realized $322
Lot 166		United States Small Spanish-American War correspondence. 9 covers, 8 with correspondence, addressed to Zach Tetlow in Ohio, writer was stationed in Puerto Rico so the covers have various military postmarks, envelopes are faulty, 4 are missing stamps but the correspondence is quite interesting, Average to Fine. Estimate $50. View details	Realized $173
Lot 167		United States Small Arkansas postal history group. 10, 19th Century incl. McKinney MS cancel 1897, La Grange MS cancels on 4 1870's era, Average to Fine. Estimate $50. View details	Realized $92
Lot 168		United States 3 better Western States items. Sehome Wash (Territory), Oct. 22, 1888 (1873-1892) opened roughly at right, Butte City Montana on 1884 postal card, and Dundee Oregon 1905 on Registered cover with #303, 307, Fine. Estimate $30. View details	Realized $58

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