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Portland Spring Auction

Oregon-Thatcher to Vancycle

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 431		U.S. States Postal History, Thatcher, Oregon. April 27, 1897 Whittlesey type 1 on postal card, mounted on Ed Payne exhibit sheet, Very Good. 7 year office. Whittlesey rarity 7, earliest known cover . Estimate $200. View details and photo	Realized $161
Lot 432		U.S. States Postal History, Thelake, Oregon. June 17, 1917 type B 4-bar on postal card, beautiful strike and very clean with only paper glue remnants on back, mounted on Ed Payne sheet, Very Fine, Whittlesey rarity 6 . Estimate $100. View details and photo	Realized $173
Lot 433		U.S. States Postal History, Tigardville, Oregon. March 29, 1893 Whittlesey type 3 on 2¢ green stamped envelope with C.F. Tigard, Tigardville return address, Turner type 5 on reverse, minor staining at bottom, math notations and glue spots on reverse, Fine, Whittlesey rarity 6 . Estimate $100. View details and photo	Realized $63
Lot 434		U.S. States Postal History, Tillamook City, Oregon. Collection of approximately 42 covers and cards incl. 4 Whittlesey/Helbock rarity 5 and 2 rarity 4 such as Tillamook types 1, 2, and 3, some nice letters and 28 postcards (20 are real photos), many of street scenes, mounted in Ed Payne album, generally Fine. Estimate $200. View details	Realized $265
Lot 435		U.S. States Postal History, Tillamook County, Oregon collection. Approximately 187 incl. Oretown Whittlesey type 2 (rarity 7), 10 rarity 5, and 20 rarity 4, mounted on Ed Payne exhibit pages with additional clippings and photos, Very Good to Fine. Estimate $500. View details	Realized $575
Lot 436		U.S. States Postal History, Timon, Oregon. July 4, 1902 cds backstamp from Bandon, mounted on Ed Payne exhibit sheet, Very Good to Fine. Only open from 1/22/1902 to 10/9/1902. Helbock rarity 7 . Estimate $100. View details and photo	Realized $150
Lot 437		U.S. States Postal History, Tipton, Oregon. December 31, 1904 Doane type 2/1 as receiving strike, dings all around with small corner piece missing lower left; trimmed left side, Very Good and scarce. First cover personally seen with Tipton cancel in over 30 years of collecting Baker County. Helbock rarity 7 . Estimate $100. View details and photo	Realized $109
Lot 438		U.S. States Postal History, Tolo, Oregon. June 2, 1894 Whittlesey type 2.5 on 2¢ green stamped envelope, trimmed at right and black paper glue remnants on back, Fine. Settlemeier correspondence. Whittlesey rarity 6 . Estimate $100. View details and photo	Realized $109
Lot 439		U.S. States Postal History, Tolo, Jackson Co., Oregon. October 18, 1891 Whittlesey type 2 with 2¢ red small Bank Note, part trimmed at right and black paper glue remnants on back, Fine. Settlemeier correspondence. Whittlesey rarity 6 . Estimate $100. View details and photo	Realized $196
Lot 440		U.S. States Postal History, Trask, Oregon. May 21, 1890 Whittlesey type 2, beautiful purple strike tying #219D, attached to Ed Payne exhibit sheet, Fine to Very Fine, Whittlesey rarity 6, only known type 2 cancel . Estimate $100. View details and photo	Realized $184
Lot 441		U.S. States Postal History, Tucker, Oregon. December 8, 1897 Whittlesey type 1 with target killer tying 10¢ small Bank Note, few pulled perfs, abused both right side corners, missing tiny piece and 7mm tear in lower left corner, glue remnants on back, Very Good to Fine, Whittlesey rarity 7 . Estimate $150. View details and photo	Realized $115
Lot 442		U.S. States Postal History, Tule Lake, Oregon. January 7, 1882 Whittlesey type 1 on 3¢ green stamped envelope, Linkville type 5 receiver on back, stain at upper left corner, Very Good to Fine, Whittlesey rarity 7 . Estimate $200. View details and photo	Realized $127
Lot 443		U.S. States Postal History, Tule Lake, Oregon. April 3, 1889 Whittlesey type 2 with target killers tying two #212, minor ink spots, Fine to Very Fine, Whittlesey rarity 7 . Estimate $200. View details and photo	Realized $207
Lot 444		U.S. States Postal History, Turner, Oregon. March 30, 1894 Whittlesey type 6, unusual two line straightline cancel on postal card, Very Good to Fine, Whittlesey rarity 6 . Estimate $100. View details and photo	Realized $63
Lot 445		U.S. States Postal History, Tygh Valley, Oregon. March 30, 1885 Whittlesey type 2 ms. with 2¢ brown Bank Note, trimmed at right and repaired on back and black paper glue remnants on back, Very Good to Fine, Whittlesey rarity 6 . Estimate $100. View details and photo	Realized $75
Lot 446		U.S. States Postal History, Umatilla, Oregon. February ? (1864) Whittlesey type 1 with #65, minor corner dings and black paper glue remnants on back, Very Good to Fine. Cancel was once thought to be bottom part of Well Fargo cancel but is now believed to be part of newspaper cancel. Whittlesey rarity 7 . Estimate $150. View details and photo	Realized $86
Lot 447		U.S. States Postal History, Umatilla County, Oregon. Collection of approximately 140 covers and cards incl. 14 Whittlesey/Helbock rarity 6, 20 rarity 5 and 23 rarity 4 such as Adams type 1 on front, Centerville types 1 & 2, Gibbon type 1, Helix type 1, Milton type 1, Vancycle type 2 and Weston type 5, many maps, clippings and other ephemera, mounted in Ed Payne album, generally Fine. Estimate $1,000. View details	Realized $1,783
Lot 448		U.S. States Postal History, Umpqua City, Oregon. September 17, 1860's Whittlesey type 5 with #26, minor soiling and edge wear, Very Fine, Whittlesey rarity 6 . Estimate $100. View details and photo	Realized $460
Lot 449		U.S. States Postal History, Umpqua Ferry, Oregon. December 1, 1877 new type Whittlesey type 0.5 ms. on postal card, staining on front with glue marks on back, Fine. Settlemeier correspondence. Whittlesey provisional rarity 7 . Estimate $150. View details and photo	Realized $196
Lot 450		U.S. States Postal History, Umpqua Ferry, Oregon. January 26, 1880 Whittlesey type 1 on orange cover with three 1¢ Franklins, with enclosure, some staining on front and minor corner repair upper left corner, Fine. Settlemeier correspondence. Whittlesey rarity 7 . Estimate $150. View details and photo	Realized $115
Lot 451		U.S. States Postal History, Umpqua Ferry, Oregon. Two, both Whittlesey type 1.5 on 3¢ green stamped envelopes, each has two 5¢ blue Bank Notes added for registry rate, dated March 7, 1881 and May 9, 1881, both handstamped corner card of Geo. H. Shambrook, Umpqua Ferry, type 1.5 has misspelling of "ORGE.", glue spots on back of both, Very Good to Fine, Whittlesey rarity 6 . Estimate $150. View details and photo	Realized $265
Lot 452		U.S. States Postal History, Union County, Oregon. Collection of approximately 113 incl. 3 Whittlesey rarity 6, 22 rarity 5, and 8 rarity 4, many clippings, maps, photos and other ephemera, in Ed Payne created album, generally Fine. Estimate $400. View details	Realized $575
Lot 453		U.S. States Postal History, Uniontown, Oregon. February 6, 1888 Whittlesey type 2 tying 2¢ green Bank Note, creased in center and minor thin brown stain running width of cover, Fine, Whittlesey rarity 7 . Estimate $200. View details and photo	Realized $403
Lot 454		U.S. States Postal History, Utopia, Oregon. March 6, 1906 Doane type 2/1 on Jonathan Bourne postal card with minor corner dings, glue marks on back, Fine to Very Fine, Helbock rarity 6 . Estimate $100. View details and photo	Realized $86
Lot 455		U.S. States Postal History, Vale, Oregon. May 9, 1885 Whittlesey type 1 ms. on 2¢ brown stamped envelope, mounted on Ed Payne exhibit sheet, Fine, Whittlesey rarity 6 . Estimate $100. View details and photo	Realized $86
Lot 456		U.S. States Postal History, Vancycle, Oregon. May 10, 1895 Whittlesey type 2 on registered 2¢ green legal sized stamped envelope with 5¢ and 10¢ small Bank Notes added, manuscript cancel ties stamps to cover, crease in center and heavy crease at left where folded, couple of small stains at bottom and black paper glue remnants on back, otherwise Fine, Whittlesey rarity 6 . Estimate $100. View details and photo	Realized $86

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