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U.S. Covers - 1861-62 Issue to 1947 Centenary Issue
 
 
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Lot 632

U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1861, 30¢ to France, #71, Immaculate copy tied by 1868 New Orleans APR 8 cogwheel with red New York Paid APR 14, arrival markings on reverse, opened at left and right, fresh and lovely cover, Fine to Very Fine. Notated Babcock sale lot 383 10-18-43 $15, Harmer 2-14-67 $35.
Scott $400.
Estimate $120-140.
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$150
Lot 633

U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1867, 15¢ E. Grill to France, #91, 15¢ fine to very fine, tied by cork "Brookline, MS NOV 10 with red Boston NOV 19 Paid and blue French transit to Paris, receiving marks on reverse, a Very Fine cover. Notated J-B 5-23-71.
Scott $925.
Estimate $300-400.
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Lot 634

U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1867, 2¢, 10¢, F. Grill on Advertising, #93, 96, Sound copies tied on "Mammoth Steam Bakery" corner advert. August 14 1868 by Detroit grid cancels to Kent, England, red PAID and transit and receiving cancels on reverse, flap damage, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott $350+.
Estimate $200-250.
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$173
Lot 635

U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1869, 3¢ With Green Cancel, #114, tied by target cancel, green FEB 25 Hebron, OH postmark at left, to Lexington. OH, "the cover with a small fault at upper right", still scarce, otherwise Fine to Very Fine, PF (2009) cert.
Scott $525.
Estimate $150-200.
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$518
Lot 636

U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1869, 10¢ to Germany, #116, Rich color, extremely fine copy, tied by Foreign mail cancel with red NY Paid Despatch Sep 23 with Bremen and receiver on reverse, a Very Fine usage.
Scott $425.
Estimate $200-250.
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$345
Lot 637

U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1870, 10¢ Brown, 12¢ Dull Violet to Peru, #150-151, Sound copies, tied by grid cancels of APR 26 Oakland, CAL to Lima paying the 22¢ rate, Lima May 25 receiving on reverse, slightly reduced at left, otherwise Fine.
Estimate $250-300.
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$345
Lot 638

U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1873, 30¢ to Tlacotalpam, Mexico, #165, Tied to folded letter by New York Mar 2 (1878) duplex cancel, addressed to Tlacotalpam (near Vera Cruz), "Texas" underneath, sent via City of New York (ship), agent marking in blue, h.s. 60c in black, Fine.
Scott $725.
Estimate $200-250.
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$184
Lot 639

U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1875, 5¢ Strip of 3 to France, #179, off-center, rich color, nicely struck by black New Orleans cancel and 24 JUN 4 PM to Bordeaux with transit and arrival on front and back, small soil spot, otherwise Fine. Notation 2-21-90 $100.
Estimate $100-150.
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$98
Lot 640
 
U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1883, 2¢ Red Brown Accumulation, #210, consists of 70 in binder canceled during the first 100 days of issue and 325+ in box organized by State, mostly New York and New England region, some faults, generally Fine.
Estimate $150-200.
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$138
Lot 641

U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1886 (?) Enfield, Conn Patriotic Flag, Patriotic flag, 2¢ envelope, tied by lovely basically complete strike with clear Enfield FEB 1 1886 (?) cds to Arlington Heights, Ill, few adherences top left, attractive cover, a Very Fine cancel.
Scott #284.
Estimate $400-600.
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Lot 642

U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1899 Louisiana Industrial Exposition Cover, #252, On reverse, front with 2¢ adhesive from New Orleans April 6 to Georgia, receiving marks on Expo size, slip flap and toning issue, scarce Expo cover, Fine.
Estimate $100-150.
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$109
Lot 643

U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1895, 1¢ on 1891 1¢ Grant Postal Card to Indochina, #264, To Indochina, Mar 8 1898 usage from New York, to Haiphong (now North Vietnam), San Francisco (Mar 23), Hong Kong (AP 30), Hon-Gay (6 Mai) and Tonkin (8 Mai) cancels on front or reverse, scarce usage, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $150-200.
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Lot 644

U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1918, U.S. POW Card to New Jersey, from Sgt. A. Kaufmann, a member of the U.S. Army 77th Div., held at Ukrainerlager, Rastatt, Germany, censor h.s. on front, bit soiled and piece removed, still rare W.W.I item, Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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Lot 645

U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1923, 20¢ F.D.C., #567, San Francisco May 1, 1923 machine cancel, light soiling at left, scarce item, Fine.
Scott $2,000.
Estimate $500-750.
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Realized
$518
Lot 646
 
U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1926, 2¢ Sesquicentennial First Day's, #627, 63, mostly Philadelphia, incl. few with add-on rubber stamp or hand painted cachets, also YMCA cachets, one with Nickles cachet, some unaddressed with few uncacheted, some with 1926 Sesqui-Centennial labels, in addition few later combo F.D.'s, one on Philadelphia Expo card, 3 on 1st flight souvenir cards July 1st (2 damaged), overall clean, Fine.
Scott $945+.
Estimate $120-140.
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$92
Lot 647
 
U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1928, Civil Aeronautics First Days, #649-650, Group of 36 uncacheted and add-on cachets, addressed, few different of non F.D. (Dec 17 Kitty-Hawk cds) incl. Roe printed on CAM #26, black F.D. cancel, unusual, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $80-100.
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$58
Lot 648
 
U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1929, 2¢ George Rogers Clark First Day's, #651, 27 mostly better incl. Shockley with #1, Vogel, few hand painted, couple uncacheted, blocks of 4, 4 later stationery combos, etc., clean group, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $80-100.
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$115
Lot 649
 
U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1931, 2¢ Yorktown Group, #703, About 50+, incl. handpainted, reg cover with 9 copies and handpainted, mostly F.D.'s with few later add-ons, one hand cancelled, dual, several with "inverted centers", better cachets incl. HD Egolf, etc., interesting clean group, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $100-150.
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$109
Lot 650
 
U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1934-35, National Parks First Day Accumulation, #740//765, Around 280 in a banker box, good variety of cachet makers, some complete series, noted Ioor, Rice, Kapner, plus a few add-on cachets, scattered uncacheted, also some souvenir sheet, few imperforate issues, addressed, some uncacheted, few non-F.D., duplication, great for retail stock, worth inspection, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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$253
Lot 651
 
U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1936-37, Army-Navy Set, Breker Cachets, #785-794, May 26, 1937 cancels with complete Breker cachets on Army and Navy issues on each cover (30 sets), bit of glue browning, Fine.
Mellone $3,500.
Estimate $400-500.
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Lot 652
 
U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1936-37, Army-Navy Set First Day's, #785-794, Around 300 all cachets with handpainted, add-ons, few non-F.D.'s dated later with the 2 series, cachets incl. Ioor, only a few non-cacheted, incl. blocks, complete sets, some listed in Planty to $30+ cat., overall clean, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $200-300.
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$196
Lot 653
 
U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1938, ½¢-$5 Presidential Set on First Day's, #803-834, 839 -851, Group of about 350 unsorted, with duplication ($5 two), various cachet makers incl. Electric Eye, House of Farnam, incl. some later "add-on" cachets, also hand painted, coils and booklet panes, mostly addressed, Fine to Very Fine. Same owner sold a lot in 3 boxes in our February auction for $1667.
Estimate $400-600.
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$403
Lot 654

U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1939, 3¢ Baseball First Day's, #855, 6 with 4 different cachets incl. House of Farnam, clean, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $80-100.
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$58
Lot 655
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Lot 656
 
U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1943-44, Overrun Countries First Day Group, #909-921, approx. 140, incl. set of plate blocks, various cachet makers, also group of 11 on V.E. day covers, majority unaddressed, few handpainted, generally Fine.
Estimate $100-150.
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$161
Lot 657

U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1947, 5¢ & 10¢ Centenary International Souvenir Cards, #948, Souvenir cards, aprrox. 130+, all with President Polk and #947, some showing full souvenir sheet on oversized F.D. with dual F.D. cancel of 1997 with #3139-40, few with slightly different combinations, clean, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $100-150.
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Realized
$115








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