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APS AmeriStamp Expo/TEXPEX 2009

U.S. Collections - Cover Groupings

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1978		U.S. Postal History Collections, Interesting Group From Estate, 50+ covers and cards, noted RPO's, DPO's, 6 Western Territorials from 1880's (U.S. Army related #10 envelopes), Columbian Expo card used, 1910 card from the U.S.S. Dixie, etc., have a look, mixed condition. Estimate $200-300. View details	Unsold
Lot 1979		U.S. Postal History Collections, Small Group of Better Items, consists of 2 covers to Colombia with mixed U.S. and 30c SCADTA frankings, 1929 zeppelin round the world flight, Wells Fargo usages from Napa and "33 Messenger", Blood's and Boyd's City Express on cover, Confederate #7 pair on cover, nice group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $196
Lot 1980		U.S. Postal History Collections, W.W.I Naval Group, 13 different, many rare cancels, U.S.S. Prometheus, U.S.S. Eagle, U.S.S. Vermont, U.S.S. Leonidas, etc., all with appropriate censor marks, inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $196
Lot 1981		U.S. Postal History Collections, Government Flights, group of 16 different flights, 2 with #C4 and 2 with C6, owners retail $630, inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Unsold
Lot 1982		U.S. Postal History Collections, Flight Accumulation, 270+ mostly #10 size envelopes, various 1930's to 1940's (few later and some foreign), C.A.M.'s, F.A.M.'s, commemorative items, incl. 150+ from Eastern Airlines in the late 1930's, interesting 1948 commemorative cover with Disney characters, Pan-Am flights, few other airlines, some minor faults, worth inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Unsold
Lot 1983		U.S. Postal History Collections, 1920's to 1930's Definitives to Foreign Destinations, 11 covers or cards, noted Palestine, Germany, Turkey, Czechoslovakia, Ecuador, India, France redirected to Switzerland, Germany, and Norway, few faults, interesting group, generally Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Unsold
Lot 1984		U.S. Postal History Collections, Columbians to Foreign Destinations, 10 to Switzerland from same correspondence and 1 card to India, various denominations, few faults, interesting group, generally Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Unsold
Lot 1985		U.S. Postal History Collections, 1920's Meter Mail Used to Europe, consists of "Specimen" imprints of the 3 types of meters approved at the 1920 conference in Madrid on large sheet, four 1922 to 1923 covers to France, Germany and Switzerland, unusual group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1986		U.S. Postal History Collections, Union Patriotics, consists of 12 used and 6 unused, noted flags, nice all over design with Due 3, also H.Q. 76th Regiment N.Y.S.V. with free frank, some faults, otherwise Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $334
Lot 1987		U.S. Postal History Collections, Group of 39 Stampless, written up on homemade pages, 1806 to 1853, all internal U.S. mail, nice variety of "PAID" markings, also colors, noted 2 "STEAMBOAT" covers, several items ex. Henry Meyer, inspect, generally Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $265
Lot 1988		U.S. Postal History Collections, U.S. Marines, 54, 1930's to 1950's, mostly W.W.II, locations identified, marked retail $570, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-180. View details	Realized $127
Lot 1989		U.S. Postal History Collections, Oversized Group, 25+ items, noted Russia Imperial money order forms (4 unused, 2 used), Senegal 1c and 2c 1920's issues single frankings on Journal Officiel publications (3), also Korea #C2 (with error C2a) full sheet of 50, unusual group, inspect for value, generally Fine. Estimate $150-250. View details	Realized $115
Lot 1990		U.S. Postal History Collections, Group of 19th Century, 45 covers and 1 card, mostly Western, in particular San Francisco with various advertising (duplication), few Territorials, noted Tucson 1881 to Nevada (roughly opened), few small towns and fancy cancels, worth a look, mixed condition. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $184
Lot 1991		U.S. Postal History Collections, Commercial Accumulation, Few hundred mostly 20th Century, incl. APO group of around 180, additional covers with correspondence, etc., generally Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Unsold
Lot 1992		U.S. Postal History Collections, Six Zeppelin Covers, 1928-29 Round The World or 1936 Lakehurst flights, all with regular Air Mail issue adhesives (4 tied with #C10), all to same correspondence in Berlin, Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $184
Lot 1993		U.S. Postal History Collections, 3 Bomber Pouches, 2 large brown paper envelopes (18 Feb and 16 Oct 1944), ex-London, addressed to The New York Times, unfranked and delivered outside of the mail, but marked "By O.W.I. Bomber Pouch" with boxed "Passed for Publication SHAT Field Press Censor", the other also addressed to the newspaper, same markings, plus one addressed to the Times from Paris (1945), but also delivered outside of the mail, probably by private carrier and censored "Press Censor ETO", all unusual, Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Unsold
Lot 1994		U.S. Postal History Collections, 1894 to 1950 Accumulation, group of approximately 300 covers and cards, mostly Walker family correspondence and mail from late 19th and earlier 20th Century nice array of cancellations incl. flags, military, interesting group, generally Fine. Estimate $150-250. View details	Realized $138
Lot 1995		U.S. Postal History Collections, Boston Mostly 19th Century Group, 23 covers or cards, incl. 12 advertising various local businesses in the late 19th Century, couple flag cancels, others with auxiliary markings, nice group, generally Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $184
Lot 1996		U.S. Postal History Collections, C.A.M.'s Group, few hundred in banker box, late 1920's to 1940's, good variety of routes, few commemorative, noted values to $50+, worth a look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-250. View details	Realized $184
Lot 1997		U.S. Postal History Collections, A.P.O. Group, 100+ in small box, mostly 1940's to early 1950's (couple earlier and later), good variety of units, noted censored, few Patriotics, inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Unsold
Lot 1998		U.S. Postal History Collections, Possessions and Territorial, 200+ covers and cards, incl. group of First Day's from 1930's U.S. issues for Virgin Islands, Alaska, Puerto Rico and Hawaii, 1930's usages from Alaska, Guam, Canton Island, also First Day's and usages from Canal Zone and Philippines, noted Clipper flights, inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $196
Lot 1999		U.S. Postal History Collections, Small Group of Censored, 9 from the 1940's, 5 to England, 2 to South Africa, 1 internal (not censored), 3 franked with Overrun Countries issues, nice group, generally Fine. Estimate $150-180. View details	Unsold
Lot 2000		U.S. Postal History Collections, Tokyo Bay Naval Group, 4 different; LST 648 30 Aug 45, U.S.S. Tabora 25 Sep 45, LCS Group 11, and U.S.S. Ancon 3 Oct 45, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $98
Lot 2001		U.S. Postal History Collections, Early Colorado Group, 40+ covers and cards, incl. 1868 territorial from Mountain City, balance mostly 1880's to 1910's, noted Evans, Silverton, Platteville, Arrow, Ouray, Delta, Leadville, etc., some advertising, worth a look, mixed condition. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $115
Lot 2002		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 2003		U.S. Postal History Collections, Rocket Mail Group, 24 different from late 1950's to early 1960's (couple later), various cachets, labels and autographs, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Unsold
Lot 2004		U.S. Postal History Collections, Christmas Seals, 1908 to 1969 selection of 30 covers and cards (mostly early period), all with seals tied by cancels, nice group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $127
Lot 2005		U.S. Postal History Collections, Family Correspondence To/From Waco Texas, 70 letters 1870's-80's addressed to/from Blacksburg, Virginia to/from a Dr. Beville, covers with 3¢ green values, most from Waco with stamps removed, Average to Fine. Dr. Beville was the 1st dentist in Waco. Estimate $80-100. View details	Realized $104
Lot 2006		U.S. Postal History Collections, Group of Dubious Items, 25 covers or stamps, most are reported to be "blue papers" on cover, but who knows, plus a few "unusual" imperfs, nice reference group, inspect, generally Fine. Estimate $100-200. View details	Realized $75
Lot 2007		U.S. Postal History Collections, "Bisect" Lot, 27 covers from the 1920's and 1930's, all with 1¢ adhesives cut in half, plus all franked with an additional 1¢ (stationery or adhesive), mostly unsealed letters, incl. 6 from Fresno, CA, appear to have been tolerated and went through the mails, interesting group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $50-100. View details	Realized $253

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