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APS AmeriStamp Expo/TEXPEX 2009

U.S. and Foreign Ephemera

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2070		U.S. Ephemera, Political Memorabilia, few hundred stamp labels, pamphlets, national convention admission tickets incl. 1892 Republican, 1912 Republican, 1936 Democrat, 1900 Republican and Democrat, memorial cards for Garfield & Wilson, 1901 Inaugural souvenir cards, 1885 card for Washington monument completion, wonderful snapshot of our political process, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $900-1,000. View details	Realized $1,208
Lot 2071		U.S. Ephemera, 20th Century Political Group, consists of 1908 Republican National Convention brochure, 1953 Inaugural Festival, 1901 (2) and 1909 Inaugural Souvenir folders, 1953 and 1957 Inaugural programs, and 1933 Inaugural program, fascinating group, worth inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Unsold
Lot 2072		U.S. Ephemera, 1885 Presidential Inauguration Ball, Approximately. 9½" by 7", Grover Cleveland & J.A. Hendricks March 4th on Commemorative card, copyright 1885 Fischer, Washington, DC, Very Fine and attractive. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $345
Lot 2073		U.S. Ephemera, 1913 Wilson Inauguration Group, 2 cards showing Wilson & Marshall, plus Inauguration Ceremonies program and the invitation to the inauguration, lovely historical group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $322
Lot 2074		U.S. Ephemera, 1909 Taft Inaugural Souvenir Folder, loose in Official folder, incl. engravings of Taft, Sherman and the White House, biographies of both men and the Inaugural Committee, great historical items, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 2075		U.S. Ephemera, Mostly 19th Century Presidential Engravings, 100+ in small box, various black & white renderings of Presidents, historical scenes and items, several B.E.P. forerunners, also work from National and American Bank Note Co., plus a few foreign sprinkled throughout, worth inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Unsold
Lot 2076		U.S. Ephemera, Waitt Consolidated Gold and Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate, dated November 15, 1863, scarce early California item, small piece of edge at right detached, otherwise Fine. Estimate $250-350. View details and photo	Realized $173
Lot 2077		U.S. Ephemera, Interesting Lincoln Group, consists of nice c.d.v., print from book, print on card, 2 pins, first by Ehrman for 100th anniversary of his birth, other by Bastian Bros. showing portrait of Lincoln in color, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $173
Lot 2078		U.S. Ephemera, Goodman Gold & Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificates, No. 113 and 114 for 50 and 100 shares, both issued to W.D.C. Gibson on April 4, 1874, couple small stains, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $230
Lot 2079		U.S. Ephemera, 1868 Presidential Election Photos, both mounted on cdv size card, one of General Grant, the other of Seymour/Blair with campaign slogans, no indication of photographers, unusual items, Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Realized $173
Lot 2080		U.S. Ephemera, 1901 McKinley Inauguration Cards, 2 diff., one with images of McKinley & Roosevelt (light wrinkle at right), other list of Inaugural Committee, nice items, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 2081		U.S. Ephemera, Letter Regarding President McKinley's Death, letter written on Pan-American exposition stationery, original dateline Sept 12, 1901, added 2 days later "I will write another paragraph to tell you the president died this morning just a short distance from here and the Pan-American grounds are closed for two days", mailed on Sept 14th from Buffalo in tattered expo envelope, interesting historical piece, Fine. Estimate $150-250. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 2082		U.S. Ephemera, 1866 Lincoln Memorial Address Book, 4 copies, titled "Memorial Address on the Life and Character of Abraham Lincoln", delivered at the request of both houses of Congress on the 12th of February 1866, 69 pages, with engraving of Lincoln, speech delivered by historian and former Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft, brown embossed with gilt stamping, 2 with spine wear (mostly missing on one), very interesting historical items, Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $219
Lot 2083		U.S. Ephemera, Presidential Campaign Buttons, under 100, noted Dewey, Truman, 1940 Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt, Kennedy, Alfred Smith, Eisenhower, Johnson, McGovern, Humphrey, etc., also group of reproductions and a few local campaign buttons, nice lot, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $161
Lot 2084		U.S. Ephemera, Documents and Related, documents (some with Revenues), invoices, receipts, checks, small prints, invitations, price lists, few letters, Official program for the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles etc., 19th to early 20th Century, inspect, mixed condition. Estimate $150-250. View details	Realized $115
Lot 2085		U.S. Ephemera, War Savings Ephemera, 21 items, incl. Savings cards, booklets for various denominations, 2 small "School Savings Programs" posters, etc, clean group, generally Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Unsold
Lot 2086		U.S. Ephemera, 1901 McKinley Memorial Card, almost 11¾" by 11", die sunk in black on cream, showing all 3 assassinated Presidents, signed in pencil Charles B. Hall, few small stains and tear at top, otherwise Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $144
Lot 2087		U.S. Ephemera, Sgt. Richard Bissell WWII Photos, Over 300, starting with training in Hawaii showing "my gang", Pali lookout, natives, views, Waikiki, few mint postcards, "digging in", the "Bob Hope Show", "Chili Williams & Jack Carson Show", considerable number of fellow soldiers, "Good Japs" (dead), wrecked Japanese plane, sketch and few documents, generally Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Unsold
Lot 2088		U.S. Ephemera, 1948 International Printers Convention Book, spiral bound, 12" by 9", prepared by the American Bank Note Co. for the 56th annual convention held in Chicago, IL, for the International Plate Printers, Die Stampers and Engravers Union of North America, showing a few samples of their trade and advertising at the back, unusual item, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $127
Lot 2089		U.S. Ephemera, 1875 Lexington Centennial Invitation, for the final ball of the 100th anniversary on April 19th on the "Old Battle Ground", invitation, original (unused) envelope and engraved large card, seldom seen, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $75-100. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 2090		U.S. Ephemera, 1889 Centennial Souvenir Card, in black, gold stamped, showing George Washington & Benjamin Harrison, h.s. on reverse "Geo. De Lacy & Co., New York, gold & silver stamped show cards a specialty", interesting piece, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $75-100. View details and photo	Realized $109
Lot 2091		U.S. Ephemera, 1876 Centennial Exhibition Stock Certificate, 24" by 20", prepared for the international celebration to be held in Philadelphia, not used, #942, unusual item, suitable for framing, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $75-100. View details	Realized $184
Lot 2092		U.S. Ephemera, 1860's Mining Stock Certificate, prepared for (but not issued) the Rio Vista Gold & Silver Mining Co., Austrian Hill, Stanislaus River, Calaveras County, incorporated September 14, 1864, original receipt still attached at left, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $75-100. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 2093		U.S. Ephemera, W.W.II Combat Insignia Stamps, 750 "Disney" stamps in 5 albums, plus "Fighting Americans" booklet with 20 labels, also V-Mail (10 blanks) and booklets of V-Mail, finally 2 duplicate war insignia books, nice historical group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Unsold
Lot 2094		Foreign Ephemera, Worldwide Airmail Etiquette Stock, thousands in binders and on sales cards, U.S. and foreign airlines, noted complete booklets, multiples, labels, etc., a wonderful opportunity, would take years to duplicate this group, generally Fine to Very Fine owners retail $16,000+. Estimate $5,000-6,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 2095		Foreign Ephemera, 4 Albums of Cigarette Cards, Consists of "Die Eroberung Der Luft" vols. I-II, and "Die Welt In Bildern" vols. 1-2, some cover wear and slight edging on some pages, otherwise generally Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $115
Lot 2096		Foreign Ephemera, Foreign Bank Notes, Ephemera, Etc., In a banker box, incl. old programs, 100+ bank notes, few coins, etc., inspect, generally Fine. Estimate $100-200. View details	Realized $138
Lot 2097		Foreign Ephemera, "German Colonies" Cigarette Cards, multicolor cards mounted on brownish printed pages in original 1936 book, complete set of 270 from Bilderdienst in Dresden, showing scenes of the various lost Colonies, most unusual item, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $75-100. View details	Realized $63
Lot 2098		Foreign Ephemera, German 1924 Zeppelin Poster, large black & white print from Germany, done to commemorative the first trans-atlantic flight to Lakehurst of the future "Los Angeles" zeppelin, most unusual, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $75-100. View details	Realized $63
Lot 2099		Foreign Ephemera, Nazi Belt Buckles, Flag, etc., 12 items incl. 6 buckles, NSDAP clip, 3 ribbons incl. two 1939 West Wall medals with original envelope, etc., inspect, Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $184

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