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Sale 72

Worldwide Auction During APS Ameristamp Expo

U.S. Cover Groupings

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 3218		U.S., RPO Cover Group, stock of RPO cancellations from A to Z approximately 900 items covering the 1880's to 1940's, many obscure cancellation seen, retail $3500+, generally Fine. Estimate $700-900. View details	Unsold
Lot 3219		U.S., Norse-American Cover Accumulation, 130 covers (few cards) in binder and on pages, incl. commercial mail, auxiliary markings, destinations, first flights, scarcer town cancels, all franked with either or both of the 2¢ and 5¢ values, must been seen to appreciate, lovely group which would form the basis of a nice exhibit, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $1,380
Lot 3220		U.S., Collector's Oldtime Cover Group, Stampless through mostly 1940's, incl. stampless, 1869's with 12¢, 15¢ on covers, Zeppelin incl. Akron, Macon, Spanish-American War, #1 on cover, 3 Colonial Revenue pieces, W.W.I and W.W.II, mixed condition to very fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $719
Lot 3221		U.S., A True Potpourri of 8100 Covers, in five banker boxes, First Days, commercial, special events, meters, inaugural, ships, first flights, plus picture postcards, a bit of mint and used postal stationery and a few First Day Ceremony programs, ships, first flights, plus picture postcards, a bit of mint and used postal stationery and a few First Day ceremony programs, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $776
Lot 3222		U.S., Uncle Sam Related Covers, 180+ items themes with Uncle Sam, pieces span 1920's to modern with majority being during W.W.II, few postcard incl. with this group, owners retail $2200+, generally Fine. Estimate $450-500. View details	Unsold
Lot 3223		U.S., "Black Jack" Cover Group, 21 covers and 1 front, variety of usages and cancels, noted blue, PAID, one in combination with 1¢ 1861 issue, cork grid cancel on faint advertising cover, nice group, generally Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $719
Lot 3224		U.S., Group of 1869 3¢ Covers, 108, many relatively common, but noted nice group of advertising, fancy cancels, pair on cover, legal size with strip of 3 and 4, couple of colored cancels, worth a look, generally Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $863
Lot 3225		U.S., Banker Box of Better Cover Material, many hundreds in half full box, majority early 20th Century, noted nice group of military incl. Naval, advertising, censored, registered, few flights and better First Day's, interesting 19th Century, worth inspection, generally Fine. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $4,255
Lot 3226		U.S., Early Northern California Cover Accumulation, 100+, mostly 19th Century, emphasis on "Gold Country" counties, noted large group from Siskyou, also Sierra, Placer, Nevada, Stanislaus, noted manuscript cancels, DPO's, Sacramento paid "40", many items still on original auction sheets from the late 1960's to early 1970's from Siegel, Lewenthal and Spelman, close inspection will be rewarded, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $2,530
Lot 3227		U.S., W.W.II "Free" Mail Covers, 2 full banker boxes, mix of APO's and Naval, noted nice group of patriotic cachets, some #10 size, seldom offered in this quantity, generally Fine. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 3228		U.S., W.W. II Patriotic Covers, Fantastic lot incl. 2 cachet dies, correspondence between cachet makers, and 55+ covers, Fine to Very Fine 1 priced by Sherman at $500+. Estimate $500-700. View details and photo	Realized $460
Lot 3229		U.S., Group of 10 Locats With #11's Covers, 8 Bloods, one Hale (without #11), 1 Boyd, virtually all #11's plated and showing various shades, Fine to Very Fine overall. From the Orton Collection. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $489
Lot 3230		U.S., 1850's Vermont Cover Group, Consisting of 30 of #11's, 1 of #25, 1 of #25a, 1 of #26, excellent collector's group with many shades of #11, few with enclosures, and virtually all plated, cancels incl. red, blue green, ms., towns incl. Portland in red, Brandon, ms. West Salisbury, and Lyngsboro, Royalton in blue, Higate Court, Wilmington, Montpelier, Center Rutland, corner copy with Perkinsville, Rutland with 1858 c.d.s., Windsor cover with 2 3¢ on Trans-continental cover to Mokelumne Hill (mining town), Cal., Troy & Whitcham blue R.R. on repaired cover, balance almost all picked for quality of the 3¢ (many shades, some recuts, etc.) and/or quality of the cover, overall Very Fine. From the Orton collection. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $719
Lot 3231		U.S., Shuttle Related Covers, Many thousands from Shuttle design through launch through Columbia tragedy, also incl. Mission profile cards for various shuttle missions, hundreds of designs with various cancellations made over 30 years, heavy dupl., clean, Fine to Very Fine. Cachets produced by Eunice Radnofsky. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $633
Lot 3232		U.S., Postal Stationery Used Group, 35 different items, incl. Express, noted Greenhood & Neubauer from Weaverville, CA, Pacific Union from Treasure City, 6 of various Wells Fargo, also regular stationery incl. albino and overinked items, worth inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $460
Lot 3233		U.S., F.D.C & Misc. Massive Accumulation, 1950-2000, 6 banker boxes filled with thousands of items, incl. unaddressed and addressed FDC's as well as souvenir pages, event covers, large size covers with full sheets, mint and used postal cards and stationery, new issue ceremony folders, you name it! good value in better cachets and souvenir items, worth careful inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 3234		U.S., 1873 to 1986 Postal Card Collection, Mint or used and mostly complete in Scott album, starts at #UX1 used and incl. UX6 used to Japan, UX8 shades incl. dark chocolate, UX13, UX21 mint, Paid Reply all mint and mostly complete, few preprinted, Very Fine overall. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $403
Lot 3235		U.S., Embossed Covers, small group of better embossed covers, some better items with values up to $300, generally Fine. Estimate $375-450. View details	Realized $374
Lot 3236		U.S., 19th Century Cover Group, group of 100+ items from the 19th Century, a group of Black Jacks and a group of Columbians, condition is mixed but better pieces seen in both groups, generally Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $489
Lot 3237		U.S., Unusual Cover Accumulation, group in small box, noted #O20 from Dakota Territory, advertising covers, #300b pairs from booklet pane on cover (3, 2 with certs.), few postcards, registry usages, some commemoratives, Parcel Post, etc., worth a look, generally Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $403
Lot 3238		U.S., Watch and Jewelry Advertising Cover Group, 70+ from 1850's to 1940's, good variety of companies, noted ad collar for Keystone Watch Club, plus a few postcards (incl. France mechanical) and trade cards, lovely group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $748
Lot 3239		U.S., Collector Accumulation of Naval Covers, couple thousand in 2 banker boxes, mostly 1940's, bit earlier and a few 1950's, noted VJ Day from USS Mt. Olympus with cachet and cork Sept 2 cancel in violet, good variety of vessels, events, etc., inspect, generally Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 3240		Confederacy, Collector's Group of 20 Covers, Also one unused Patriotic, two fronts, incl. stampless with Due 10, pairs, 2 Patriotics, wallpaper, turned, 2 preprinted Treasury Dept. mint, few with stamps missing, also $100 Confederacy Note (minor faults), mixed condition. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $604
Lot 3241		U.S., Interesting Mostly 20th Century Accumulation of Covers, several hundred in half full banker box, noted group of "Byrd" related covers addressed to him, from him or his wife or to expedition, group of mid 20th Century railroad related covers, some with lovely train cachets, small group of stampless to late 19th Century, 200+ hotel advertising covers from the 1930's, inspect, generally Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $489
Lot 3242		U.S., 19th Century Group of Over 40 Covers, Incl. #1, Union patriotic, advertising, stampless, few foreign, mixed condition. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $546
Lot 3243		U.S., W.W.II Patriotic Cover Group, 190+, many different cachet makers incl. Crosby, Staehle, Fluegel, wide variety of patriotic subjects, noted 3 Alfred E. Newman, Mickey Mouse in cachet, etc., wonderful group, inspect for value, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $690
Lot 3244		U.S., Interesting Cover Group in Small Box, noted early expo slogan cancels on cards, mostly California, group of W.W.II military cancels, 1895 New York early machine cancel (Groth-Constantine T-3), free frank from Mrs. Woodrow Wilson in 1942, Wells Fargo express from Stockton, Cal., couple better catapult covers, etc., worth a look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $230
Lot 3245		U.S., Modern Cover Group, several thousand in 3 banker boxes, gold foils, postal commemorative society, First Day's, etc., Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Unsold
Lot 3246		U.S., 1940's to 1950's FAM Lot, approximately 300, majority U.S., some duplication (cachets, etc.), good variety of flights, all sleeved and priced, retail up to $100, inspect, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $299
Lot 3247		U.S., Classic Collector's Better Cover Group, 10 covers and 2 early Christmas seal postcards, incl. 2¢ Black Jack on Harvard University env, 2 1869's 2¢ covers (both with NY receiving postmarks), 1837 Auditor's report with preprinted "Auditor's Office Post Office Department", several stampless incl. attractive Easton, Pa 1814 ornate cancel in red, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250-300. View details	Unsold
Lot 3248		/o U.S., Mint and Used Postal Card Collection and Accumulation, Hundreds mostly sorted in album, 2 black boxes, also loose to 1976, obvious dupl. mostly mint in later period, worth inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $322
Lot 3249		U.S., 1800's to 1850's Stampless Group, 36 folded letters primarily from Eastern and Southern States, good variety of markings, rates and cancels, noted Louisville, Kentucky oval cancel from 1812 (cat. $200), Baltimore, MD 1805 in red, worth inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $345
Lot 3250		U.S., Few Hundred Mostly Commercial Covers, 19th and 20th Century in banker box, value in late 19th and early 20th Century period with stationery, few stampless, mostly 1920's-30's period, few flights, etc., Fine overall. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $242
Lot 3251		U.S., Military Postal History, 300+ covers, postcards and letters from U.S. Army and Navy servicemen, about half are from W.W.I and the remainder from W.W.II, most are from overseas APO's and military stations, generally Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $299
Lot 3252		U.S., Small Interesting Estate Cover Balance, incl. Boyd's City Dispatch, Swarts Express, Union Occupation of New Orleans, Ward, NV 1878, Tanana, AK (1909) on "bark" postcard, territorial incl. Phoenix, AZ 1882 and Roswell, NM 1890, etc., generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $633
Lot 3253		U.S., Small Mostly 19th Century Cover Group, 20 covers and 4 documents with first issue Revenues attached, noted #9 single franking, used Union patriotic, 10¢ entire with green cancel of York, PA, #113 single franking, few late 1880's to 1890's advertising, Bayard, N.M. 1905 and 1906 cancels on stationery, some ephemera items incl., generally Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $265
Lot 3254		U.S., F.D.C's and Postal Card Accumulation, 1932-1970, large mixture of FDC's, postal cards, stationery, air letters and more in 2 banker boxes, incl. better cachets, ship cancels, U.N. #38 FDC, and other interesting material, inspection required, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $219
Lot 3255		U.S., Banker Box of Stationery, couple thousand used, unchecked, appears to be late 19th to mid 20th Century, few scattered foreign, late entry into the sale, inspect, generally Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $403
Lot 3256		U.S., Miscellaneous Space and Rocket Test Related Covers, Couple thousand with space related but also many X series flights and the various pilots, good mix but some dupl., clean, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $431
Lot 3257		U.S., 1930's Ship Cancel Covers, Etc, Few hundred incl. some commems., clean overall, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $253
Lot 3258		U.S., 1830's to 1850's "Brinkerhoff" Correspondence, 29 stampless covers, showing various markings (free, paid, m.s. or h.s.) and rates incl. 5¢, 6¢, 10¢, 18¾¢, 25¢, addressed to General Henry Brinkerhoff or Peter Brinkerhoff, most with enclosures, lovely historical snap shot, Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $230
Lot 3259		U.S., 4 Early Valentines, 3 with ornate enclosures, consists of 2 franked with #279 on large envs. with gorgeous valentine cards, #65 on smaller env. tied with italics PAID from New Hampshire, last with #65 on large env. (slight soiling) from PA, overall Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $115
Lot 3260		U.S., Group of Naval 1930's to 1960's Covers, approx. 170 covers and cards, incl. a large group of Crosby covers, Navy Day, good variety of ships, couple censored, worth a look, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-250. View details	Realized $403
Lot 3261		U.S., Group of 1920's to 1940's Flights, approx. 180 covers or cards, incl. CAM's, FAM's, dedications, Lindbergh, few Zeppelin covers, couple modern incl. rocket, nice group, Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $253
Lot 3262		U.S., 31 Early San Francisco Covers and Postcards, Incl. 4 Marin postcards circa 1915, S.F. incl. late 19th and early 20th Century mostly corner advertising incl. Hotels, 3 early real photo cards of parade "Pacific Sightseeing" (2 different), gorgeous Cardinal-Vincent "Launching the Life Boat" real photo card (#606), S.F. "C. Deliv" cancel on postal card, all over advert. for "Bancroft & Co.", etc., Fine to Very Fine overall. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $253
Lot 3263		U.S., 3 Trans-Atlantic Folded Letters, All San Francisco to France (2 Bordeaux, 1 La Rochelle), Nov. 1862, Dec 1862, and Dec. 1873, all with S.F. carrier markings, N.Y. transit, usual file folds, otherwise Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Unsold
Lot 3264		U.S., Small 19th Century Cover Group, 16 covers and 2 mint entires, noted several fancy numeral and star cancels, also a few DPO's, have a look, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $81
Lot 3265		U.S., 3 Interesting Covers, #262 or 277 single franking (dubious), 356 coil (dubious) and J46 bisect on postcard (PF cert. no opinion), generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $81
Lot 3266		U.S., Small Group of #C4-6 Covers, 4 flight incl. Worden, 3 with Philadelphia Sept. 4 1926 cachet, Very Fine lot. Estimate $100-120. View details	Realized $86
Lot 3267		U.S., Small Offset Printing Cover Accumulation, 17 cards or covers, noted #10 size with pair of 2¢ used from Shanghai Agency, #536 on postcard, perfin on cover, 531 Schermack type III on cover, 3¢ used on soldiers postcard from France, nice group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $104

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