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APS AmeriStamp Expo/TEXPEX 2009

U.S. Covers - 1925 Norse-American Issue to 1996 Cycling Issue

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1008		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1925, Norse-American Set, First Herman Herst Cachet, Planty #620-21-6, both covers addressed, Washington May 18, 1925 machine cancels, fresh, Fine to Very Fine. Scott #620-621. Planty $250. Estimate $100-120. View details and photo	Realized $138
Lot 1009		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1926, 2¢, Type I, U.S.S. Rochester Last Day Cancel, #634, tied by Apr 29 1933 fancy cancel to cacheted cover, last day in commission, lovely item, Fine to Very Fine, Less than 25 known . Estimate $75-100. View details and photo	Realized $69
Lot 1010		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1928, Civil Aeronautics, Brosnan Cachet, #649-650, 5 copies, all cancelled in green Washington, D.C. Dec 12 1928 and addressed to D.A. Brosnan, fresh, Fine to Very Fine. Planty #649-50-1 $300. Estimate $100-120. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1011		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1928, Civil Aeronautics First Day's, #649-650, group of 69 uncacheted and add-on cachets, addressed, plus 14 non First Day's, unusual, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $161
Lot 1012		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1929, 2¢ Fallen Timbers, Bradie Buchanan Cachet, #680, 5 different cities (no Washington, D.C.), all with flag design and addressed to Buchanan in East Liverpool, OH, most unusual, unlisted in Planty's, Fine to Very Fine. Planty #unlisted. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $150
Lot 1013		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1931, 2¢ Yorktown First Day Group, #703, 110++ incl. Roessler (3), Wethersfield h.s. (8), Wethersfield printed (3), August (2), 1st Willard, Stoutzenberg (3), Egolf, Elliott, plus 82 with add-on cachets and 5 uncacheted, addressed, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $242
Lot 1014		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1932, Washington Bicentennial Set, Souren Cachet, #704-715, set of 12 with stamp like label at left (look like those on Carla Rose cachets), all addressed to Morris Rothblum, Beverly, NJ, unusual, Fine to Very Fine. Planty #unlisted. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $184
Lot 1015		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1932, 3¢-5¢ Summer Olympics, Crosby Cachets, both canceled U.S.S. Pennsylvania Jun 15 1932 in blue, commemorative cachets at right, slight aging, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Scott #718-719. Mellone #718-31, 719-31b $200. Estimate $100-120. View details and photo	Realized $150
Lot 1016		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1934-35, National Parks First Day Accumulation, #740//765, hundreds in banker box, good variety of cachet makers, noted Ioor, Farley, Dyer, plus a few add-on cachets, scattered uncacheted, also some souvenir sheet, few imperforate issues, addressed, duplication, great for retail stock, worth inspection, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $700-1,000. View details	Realized $633
Lot 1017		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1936-37, Army-Navy First Day Accumulation, #785-794, many hundreds in banker box, good variety of cachet makers, noted Beardsley, Farnam, Anderson, Ioor (cat. $100), Linprint, etc., plus few add-on cachets, scattered uncacheted, addressed, duplication, great for retail stock, worth inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Unsold
Lot 1018		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1938-39, ½¢-$5 Presidentials, Crosby Cachets, #803-834, 839//850, 71 addressed between #803 and 850 (missing 849), has booklet panes and coils, minor duplication usually for blocks, incl. $5 (2 singles), nice group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Planty $2,096. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $460
Lot 1019		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1938-39, ½¢-50¢ Presidentials, Ferryman-Reid Cards, #803-831, 839-851, 47 mostly franked with blocks, incl. coils and 2¢, 3¢ booklet panes, Fine to Very Fine. Planty $859+. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Realized $546
Lot 1020		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1938-39, ½¢-50¢ Presidentials, Clarence Reid Cards, #803-831, all signed by Clarence Reid, 31 in total (minor duplication on low values), unlisted in Planty, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $184
Lot 1021		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1938-39, ½¢-50¢ Presidentials, Postmaster Farley Autographs, #803-831, complete in blocks of 4, embossed corner card The Postmaster General/Washington/Official Business, some glue aging, very unusual First Day items, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $230
Lot 1022		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1938-39 ½¢-$5 Presidentials, First Day's, #803-834, 839-851, many hundreds in 2 banker boxes, with duplication, various cachet makers, incl. some later "add-on" cachets, also coils and booklet panes, mostly addressed, nice lot, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,668
Lot 1023		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1939, 3¢ New York World's Fair, First Day's, #853, group of 110+ with various cachet makers, mostly addressed, noted Grimsland, Anderson, Clifford, Farnam, Linprint, Cachet Craft, 1st Goldman, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $431
Lot 1024		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1942, W.W.II Cover from Solomon Islands, Guadacanal campaign, MC Unit #120 (3d Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Div., postmarked SEP 7, 1942, to Philadelphia, PA, censor mark in blue, couple folds, otherwise Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1025		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1943-44, Overrun Countries First Day Group, #909-921, 140+ incl. set of plate blocks, various cachet makers, also group on V.E. day covers, majority unaddressed, generally Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $109
Lot 1026		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1945, W.W. II Cover from Iwo Jima, from a Marine in the 28th Marines, postmarked Feb 27 1945 on a captured brown Japanese "rice paper" envelope, scarce as such, few wrinkles, Fine. 28th Regiment was there between 19 February and 16 March. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1027		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1976, 24¢ Bicentennial Souvenir Sheet, "USA 24¢" Omitted (d, e), #1688g, tied to First Day cover by Philadelphia May 29, 1976 cancels, very scarce item, Very Fine. Scott $450+. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1028		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1983, 20¢ Conservation Corps, Hand Painted First Days, #2037, 11, artists incl. Kribbs' Kover, Ellia, Maul, Fogt, Goldberg, Slyter, Charlton and Ham, lovely group, Very Fine. Estimate $180-200. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1029		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1996 Cycling, Combination First Day's, #3119, 181 multicolor large covers with singles and/or souvenir sheets cancelled New York Nov 1 1996 or Tour of China, Hong Kong, Nov 1, 1996, or both cancels on same cover, also 22 small covers with one single cancelled New York and the other single cancelled Hong Kong, Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Unsold

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