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U.S. Collections - Cover Groupings

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 641		U.S. Postal History Collections, Military accumulation in 3 bankers boxes. Few thousand, majority W.W.II and later incl. APO, Navals, censored etc, nice variety, Average to Fine. Estimate $750. View details	Realized $575
Lot 642		U.S. Postal History Collections, Balance of collector accumulation in 5 boxes. Over 10,000 mostly 20th century incl. events, FDC's, patriotics, flights, advertising, and postal stationery, Average to Fine. Estimate $600. View details	Realized $978
Lot 643		U.S. Postal History Collections, Interesting accumulation. Hundreds 19th & 20th century incl. postal cards and stationery, better items incl. #U218 entire, 1974 crash cover with letter from USPS, fancy cancels, Wells Fargo, advertising, etc., Fine. Estimate $500. View details	Realized $460
Lot 644		U.S. Postal History Collections, Accumulation in 3 bankers boxes. Few thousand mostly 20th century incl. commercial, events and few FDC's, nice variety, Fine. Estimate $450. View details	Unsold
Lot 645		U.S. Postal History Collections, Large advertising accumulation. About 750 from 1890 to 1920s, some with just corner cards, few better usages and subjects, Average to Fine. Estimate $400. View details	Realized $604
Lot 646		U.S. Postal History Collections, Interesting advertising accumulation. Over 400, 1870s to 1890s, some just corner cards and few fronts, nice variety of subjects, few with added markings, Average to Fine. Estimate $300. View details	Realized $489
Lot 647		U.S. Postal History Collections, First flight accumulation. About 1200 from 1926 to 1960s with some dupl., Average to Fine. Estimate $300. View details	Realized $575
Lot 648		U.S. Postal History Collections, W.W.I accumulation. About 600 incl. Naval, stateside, #700/900 APO's, service organizations, insurance cards, etc., worth a close look, Average to Fine. Estimate $300. View details	Realized $345
Lot 649		U.S. Postal History Collections, Accumulation of oceanographic and marine research ship. About 2700, 1960s to 1990s incl. some Navy and Coast Guard, many signed by crew or scientists, some dupl., Fine. Estimate $300. View details	Realized $460
Lot 650		U.S. Postal History Collections, Stampless accumulation. 250, mostly common towns some with letters, a couple m.s. cancels, Average to Fine. Estimate $250. View details	Realized $1,380
Lot 651		U.S. Postal History Collections, Accumulation of event and advertising. About 1500, 1930s to 1970s, mostly events with some advertising and corner cards, Average to Fine. Estimate $200. View details	Realized $173
Lot 652		U.S. Postal History Collections, Accumulation of advertising with enclosures. Over 200, 1860s to 1920s with few better subjects and billheads, Average to Fine. Estimate $200. View details	Realized $489
Lot 653		U.S. Postal History Collections, Interesting mostly 19th century accumulation. About 300, mostly territorial related (some incoming to the territory), incl. Arizona, Idaho, Montana and Utah, no scarce markings but still worth a look, Average to Fine. Estimate $200. View details	Realized $546
Lot 654		U.S. Postal History Collections, Accumulation of postage dues. About 200, 1860s to 1976, few early covers with due markings, balance franked with Postage Due stamps, lots of common but a few better early usages, Average to Fine. Estimate $200. View details	Realized $242
Lot 655		U.S. Postal History Collections, Small collection of Local Post. 11 from 1850s and 1860s, mostly D.O. Blood incl. #15L14 on cover tied with 26, 15L18, plus 3 stampless usages, Average to Fine. Estimate $200. View details	Realized $546
Lot 656		U.S. Postal History Collections, Remainder lot in 4 bankers boxes. Few thousand, events, FDC's (some uncacheted), and misc., Average to Fine. Estimate $200. View details	Realized $150
Lot 657		U.S. Postal History Collections, Unusual postal card and picture postcards. Group of 14 postal cards and postcards with Illustrated Advertising, #UX5 (2), UX7 (4), UX9 (6) and one each UX24, UX27; also 11 picture postcards (1907 to 1925) franked with 1¢ commemoratives (one a 1¢ Parcel Post), generally Fine. Estimate $200. View details	Realized $207
Lot 658		U.S. Postal History Collections, Advertising accumulation. 85 from 1860s to 1880s, some with just corner cards, few fronts and some with added markings, still an interesting group, Average to Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $334
Lot 659		U.S. Postal History Collections, 20th Century advertising. About 200, some with just corner cards, some dupl., few just fronts, Average to Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $92
Lot 660		U.S. Postal History Collections, Wells Fargo express accumulation. 100, mostly unreadable strikes or unused, few with common California cancels, Average to Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $489
Lot 661		U.S. Postal History Collections, Collector accumulation sorted by state. About 600, 1860s to 1960s majority postal stationery with scattering of better cancels and usages, Average to Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $115
Lot 662		U.S. Postal History Collections, 19th century hotel advertising. 62 with nice variety of advertising and few better usages, some with faults, Average to Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $334
Lot 663		U.S. Postal History Collections, Hotel advertising and corner card accumulation. About 600, majority 20th century with few better usages and scenes, Average to Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $299
Lot 664		U.S. Postal History Collections, Interesting balance of collection. About 1400, 1880s to 1950s incl. stationery, advertising and corner cards, events, and few better usages, Average to Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $242
Lot 665		U.S. Postal History Collections, Accumulation of paid reply postal cards. Over 300 from 1892 to 1976 with lots of dupl., better items incl. #UY3 (8 preprinted), UY8 (2 used), UY15 (2 used), and used UY16, few with faults, plus UY7 (200 unused), mostly Fine or better. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $184
Lot 666		U.S. Postal History Collections, Used postal card accumulation. About 2000, 1870s to 1970s with lots of dupl., a scattering of interesting cancels and usages, Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $230
Lot 667		U.S. Postal History Collections, Interesting balance of collection. Few hundred, 1880s to 1950s incl. Navals, military, flights, and commercial, with few better cancels and usages, Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $173
Lot 668		U.S. Postal History Collections, APO accumulation. Over 1000 mostly W.W.II, identified by location, Average to Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $150
Lot 669		U.S. Postal History Collections, Oregon accumulation. Over 1000, mostly common 20th century with some DPO's incl. album of Eugene cancels, Average to Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Unsold
Lot 670		U.S. Postal History Collections, Dealers stock of Naval. Over 300 all priced and in sleeves, mostly 1930s to 1950s cacheted, Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $207
Lot 671		U.S. Postal History Collections, Interesting balance of collection. Couple hundred mostly 20th century incl. #611 FDC (uncacheted), 803-834 FDC (Fidelity cachet addressed) plus some Inauguration and commercial with few 19th century, Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $173
Lot 672		U.S. Postal History Collections, Balance of collection in 2 bankers boxes. Couple thousand 19th century incl. commercial and events, plus mint postal stationery and some modern postcards, Average to Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $109
Lot 673		U.S. Postal History Collections, World War II Navy numbers. About 1200 mostly #10 size incl. Navy #12 (British Guiana), Trinidad, Navy #816, Gibraltar, Azores, Iceland, plus few USMC 12000 and 1400 branch numbers, Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $92
Lot 674		U.S. Postal History Collections, Remainder lot. About 1000 incl. FDC's (some uncacheted), events, first flights and some Navals, Fine. Estimate $120. View details	Realized $109
Lot 675		U.S. Postal History Collections, Small accumulation of mostly airmail. About 100, 1926 to 1970, majority first flights with some better franking, plus airmail FDC's, mostly cacheted addressed incl. #C20-1, Fine. Estimate $120. View details	Realized $138
Lot 676		U.S. Postal History Collections, Accumulation in 2 boxes. Few thousand majority modern incl. events, FDC's (mostly uncacheted), stationery and few foreign, Average to Fine. Estimate $120. View details	Realized $86
Lot 677		U.S. Postal History Collections, 3 better items. Nehalem OR. 1877 m.s. cancel on 3¢ entire, Rainier OR 1877 m.s. cancel on 3¢ Bank Note plus Remington Guns overall advertising cover circa 1903 roughly opened at right, Average to Fine. Estimate $100. View details	Realized $109
Lot 678		U.S. Postal History Collections, Accumulation of automobile related. About 200, 1920s to 1960s incl. cacheted FDC's, advertising and few postcards, Fine. Estimate $100. View details	Realized $75
Lot 679		U.S. Postal History Collections, Hotel advertising accumulation. 150 mostly 1920s to 1940s, with few earlier, some just with corner cards, nice variety with few better markings and usages, Average to Fine. Estimate $100. View details	Realized $138
Lot 680		U.S. Postal History Collections, Small accumulation. About 200 from 1900 to 1960s from Alaska, Hawaii, and few U.S. Possessions incl. commercial and some cacheted FDC's, Average to Fine. Estimate $100. View details	Realized $109
Lot 681		U.S. Postal History Collections, First flight accumulation. 475 from 1926 to 1960s with scattering of foreign usages, Fine. Estimate $100. View details	Realized $230
Lot 682		U.S. Postal History Collections, Interesting group of Prexie censored usages. #805 with NY precancel on 12 newspaper wrappers (2 are fronts) with "Returned to sender by censor" and "This communication returned …enemy occupied country… nearest Red Cross Office" labels, Average to Fine. Estimate $100. View details	Realized $109
Lot 683		U.S. Postal History Collections, Small group of precancels. About 100 from 1920s to 1960s, nice variety of stamps and towns, Fine. Estimate $100. View details	Realized $75
Lot 684		U.S. Postal History Collections, Small balance of estate. About 100 from 1860s to 1940s incl. APO's, 19th century incl. stationery and few better cancels and postage due usages, Average to Fine. Estimate $100. View details	Realized $265
Lot 685		U.S. Postal History Collections, Small 20th century accumulation. About 200 incl. few better flights, FDC's and couple better commemoratives, Fine. Estimate $100. View details	Realized $75
Lot 686		U.S. Postal History Collections, Collection of Oregon. About 350, 1905 to 1950s, majority 1940s era incl. some DPO's, Fine. Estimate $70. View details	Realized $46
Lot 687		U.S. Postal History Collections, Small express group. 3 from Bamber & Co. Express, one Pacific Union Express, one U.S. Express Co., and U.S. & Canada Express (unused), Average to Fine. Estimate $70. View details	Realized $115

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