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APS AmeriStamp Expo

U.S. & Foreign Postcards

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2332		U.S. Postcards, Early Naval Collection, 314, mostly mint, incl. real photos, excellent variety of mostly early 20th Century vessels, noted battleships, submarines, cruisers, destroyers, etc., Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $863
Lot 2333		U.S. Postcards, Pan-Am "Clipper" Stock, 180+ mint real photo and linen cards mostly from 1930's, all in sleeves and priced, plus some photos, showing aircraft, terminals, crews, passengers on board, etc., minor duplication, nice group, Very Good to Excellent. Similar lot in our last sale brought $450 for 100 cards. Estimate $700-800. View details	Realized $690
Lot 2334		U.S. Postcards, 1909 Hudson-Fulton Collection, consists of 66 mint commemorative postcards (nearly a complete set), no duplication, plus 2 illustrated vols. produced by New York State with an account of the celebration activities, lovely group, Excellent. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $489
Lot 2335		U.S. Postcards, Early Army Real Photos, 270+ cards from W.W.I era, noted several 1916 Camp El Valle, Mexico, expeditionary forces in France, 1912 life on board the "Sheridan" to Alaska, various camp scenes, equipment, battlefield views, etc., some duplication, worth a look, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $633
Lot 2336		U.S. Postcards, Real Photo Actors and Actresses Group, Collection of over 400 mostly vintage cards, incl. Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Gary Cooper, Douglas Fairbanks, Clark Gable, Carry Grant, Al Jolson, Gregory Peck, Elvis, George Raft, Rudolf Valentino, Charlie Chaplin, Lucille Ball, Joan Crawford, Marion Davies, Bette Davies, Betty Grable, Edna May, Mary Pickford, and many more, valuable group, mostly Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $604
Lot 2337		U.S. Postcards, Naval and Ocean Liners, 500 cards in sleeves, 1900's to chrome, majority U.S., good variety, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $350-450. View details	Realized $299
Lot 2338		U.S. Postcards, WWII Era Group, 435 mostly used cards in binder, majority are "comic" subjects, also some real photos, APO's, etc., nice selection, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $350-450. View details	Realized $288
Lot 2339		U.S. Postcards, Vintage Albums, 2 oldtime postcard albums filled with approximately 175 cards, real photos, California (better cancels), Indian chiefs, San Francisco earthquake, pretty women, and more, worth inspection, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $489
Lot 2340		U.S. Postcards, Lot By Subjects, approx. 1500 mostly used cards sorted by State or subject, sleeved and priced, few covers sprinkled in, high retail, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $546
Lot 2341		U.S. Postcards, Classic "Fire" Related Group, 130 mint and used, 1900's to 1920's, minor dupl., mostly showing fire stations and their crews (with horses or vehicles), some fire scenes, all sleeved, nice group, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $518
Lot 2342		U.S. Postcards, Small Collection of Better Expo's, 42, 1893 to 1909 incl. 6 hold-to-light St. Louis Expo, some used cards with better expo and ad cancels, incl. Columbian, Lewis & Clark, St. Louis, Panama-Pacific, Good to Very Good. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $230
Lot 2343		U.S. Postcards, Esoteric Group, Interesting lot of over 150 vintage cards and ephemera items, incl. real photos, Africa-Americans, Alaska, San Francisco earthquake, greetings, etc., Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $431
Lot 2344		U.S. Postcards, Oakland, CA Collection, 670+ on pages and in binder, real photos to chromes, various street scenes, buildings, landmarks, events, Fairyland, etc., great historical group, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $230
Lot 2345		U.S. Postcards, Mixed Lot, many hundreds of mint and used in full banker box, linens to chromes, mostly common, but did note some Francis Brundage Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas, inspect, mostly Very Good. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $345
Lot 2346		U.S. Postcards, East Coast and Western States Scenic, about 2000 mint and used in full banker box, nice variety of views with a few real photos, inspect, mostly Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $300-500. View details	Realized $299
Lot 2347		U.S. Postcards, Early Karl Lewis Group, 7 cards with photographs by him, 6 postmarked U.S.S. Wilmington 1909, all diff. U.S. naval ships, scarce, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $242
Lot 2348		U.S. Postcards, Francis Brundage Halloween Group, 10 diff. unused cards, 5 from series #120 and 5 from series #121, lovely embossed cards, Excellent to Nearly Mint. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $403
Lot 2349		U.S. Postcards, Group of Embossed, 36 unused cards, incl. 10 Thanksgiving and 13 Christmas by Francis Brundage, also a few Washington's and Lincoln birthday, nice clean group, Excellent to Nearly Mint. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $196
Lot 2350		U.S. Postcards, California Collection, Over 400 vintage cards, incl. Christmas, Pan-Pacific expo, DPO's, real photo cards (sorted by photographer), San Francisco, many better cards throughout, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $207
Lot 2351		U.S. Postcards, Miscellaneous Accumulation, Few hundred, mostly vintage cards, incl. greetings, views, real photos, artist signed, etc., Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $173
Lot 2352		U.S. Postcards, Older Group, Majority used, hundreds in ¾ full banker box, incl. group of Santa Claus, others unsorted with various topics, some real photos, few Foreign, few priced, condition mixed, needs review for better scattered throughout, mostly Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $460
Lot 2353		U.S. Postcards, Accumulation in Banker Box, several hundred mostly 1900's to 1920's, noted 2 albums with 190+ S.F. 1915 Pan-Pacific Exposition cards, few scattered Foreign, worth a look, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $431
Lot 2354		U.S. Postcards, Estate Accumulation, many hundreds in banker box, noted planes, trains, ships, leather (48), holidays, comic and scenic, few real photos, mostly linens and chromes, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $311
Lot 2355		U.S. Postcards, 2½ Boxes of Modern, Many hundreds of chromes and trains, some Foreign, mostly Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $115
Lot 2356		U.S. Postcards, African-American Group, Over 150 mostly better vintage cards (about 50 duplicates), wonderful assortment of black Americana subjects, artist signed, novelty, etc., Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $196
Lot 2357		U.S. Postcards, Presidential Group, Over 100 mostly better items (incl. Lincoln), noted artist signed and embossed, mostly Excellent. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $115
Lot 2358		U.S. Postcards, George Washington Group, Over 100 vintage cards, incl. artist signed, embossed, attractive group, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $120-150. View details	Realized $98
Lot 2359		U.S. Postcards, "Comic Series" Mint, 18 diff. packs of 30 (?) by Dexter Press of N.Y., designed by "Roy", clean overall, unusual, Excellent. Estimate $100-200. View details	Unsold
Lot 2360		U.S. Postcards, Early Tuck's, 338 cards in sleeves, sorted by subject or State, good variety, owners retail $1800, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $98
Lot 2361		Foreign Postcards, Accumulation From Collector, 12,000+ in 6 full banker boxes, about ½ U.S. ½ Foreign, mostly linens and chromes, but did note some real photos, great variety of subjects and themes, noted holidays, comic, people, street scenes, animals, views, buildings, transportation incl. airplanes, instant new stock for dealer, inspect, mostly Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $2,530
Lot 2362		Foreign Postcards, Nudes From Around the World, Attractive collection of over 60 vintage from Hawaii, Samoa, Africa, American Indian, Europe, and some pin-up photos, all in heavy plastic holders, inspection will prove satisfying, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $460
Lot 2363		Foreign Postcards, Austria and Hungary Group, About 100 cards in small box, mostly used with a wide range of themes, usages, etc., Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $150-200. View details	Unsold
Lot 2364		Foreign Postcards, Atlantic Liners Collection, Hundreds in sleeves, organized by numbers from Frederick Emmons 1972 book "The Atlantic Liners 1925-70", all vessels represented, some with duplication, noted scarce vessels incl. duplicated Empress of Ireland and Lusitania, plus 2 early Titanic reproduction cards, great lot, mostly Excellent. Estimate $200-400. View details	Realized $403
Lot 2365		Foreign Postcards, Hong Kong Early Group, 63 mostly early 20th Century cards, noted real photos, linens, various street and harbor scenes, 6 used incl. 2 with QV values to France and Austria, 1 with 1908 Paq. Fr. No. 6 cancel and 1 with 1904 German Marine Shiffspost N. 7 cancel, nice group, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $460
Lot 2366		Foreign Postcards, France Vintage Group, Over 200 mostly vintage cards incl. greetings from various cities, street scenes, advertising and more, attractive group, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $115
Lot 2367		Foreign Postcards, Stock Sorted By Country, 1500+ sleeved in 4 cover boxes, mostly early 20th Century, good variety, majority from France, Germany, Italy and United Kingdom, noted some real photos, mix of mint and used, owners retail $3900+, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $115

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