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Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2619		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Express/Telegraph Lot, 44 items, incl. U.S. & Canada Express Co., Wells Fargo & Co. (17, several unused), Adams Express, Pacific Union, American Union Telegraph with enclosure, Western Union (several with enclosure), Buffalo Express with 1892 receipt, Boyds City Express Post red oval (1845), old retail prices $915, interesting lot, Fine or better. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $431
Lot 2620		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Stampless Foreign Destinations, 16, 13 from U.S. to Europe, destinations incl. France with 1858 San Francisco via Panama, England, Germany, Ireland, 3 foreign consisting of Colombia to England with Santa Mareha, Colombia JU 18 1842 split ring cancel and London 27 JY 1842 receiving cancels on reverse, 1844 Greece to U.S. (disinfected cover), 1862 from England to Malta, worth a look, Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $345
Lot 2621		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Oldtime Naval/Military Lot, Few hundred, mostly commercial WWII, incl. APOs, occasional postcard, nothing expensive but good lot to breakdown and repackage for retail, mixed condition. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $403
Lot 2622		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Postal Card Accumulation, 200+, majority used, noted #UX1 mint, UX3 mint, UX6 mint and used, UX8 mint, UX12 mint, UX13 used, UX15 mint, UX20 mint, UXC22, UXC24 and UXC28 all used, plus a few Hawaii incl. #UX5, UX6, mint, UX 8 used, UY3 (2 mint, folded), inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $242
Lot 2623		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Stampless Group, about 150 mostly sleeved and priced, retail $5 to $10 (some higher), good variety of towns and markings, inspect, generally Fine. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $604
Lot 2624		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Foreign Destination, Large box with nearly 2000 20th Century going to overseas destinations, majority are modern, but a reasonable showing of earlier material, Fine. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $173
Lot 2625		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Mostly Wells Fargo Express Group, 18 plus two not counted, few mint incl. Mexico stationery with indicia, S.F. paste-up, also receipt, Merchants Union Express 1869, Adams Express, Southern Express 1899, mixed condition as usual. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $276
Lot 2626		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Mostly Late 19th Century Cancel Group, Mostly 1870 to Columbians, few hundred, incl. colored, few better, Bank Notes to 30¢, dupl. Columbians to 15¢, some earlier incl. #65, blackjacks, 1869s to 12¢, foreign mail, few Officials, Fine overall. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $546
Lot 2627		U.S. Postal History Groupings, 9 Classic Cross Border, to Canada except 1 with 10¢, 12¢ Bank Notes to Lima, Peru, 1850s-60s period with 3 stampless, generally Fine. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $265
Lot 2628		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Foreign Destinations, 19th Century lot of 15 covers and cards to Germany, Switzerland, Ireland, South Africa, France, Bavaria, Baden, incl. 5¢ to Germany with forward label to Zurich, then returned to dead letter office, 3¢ strip of 3 to France, 5¢ to South Africa in 1897, useful group, Fine or better. Estimate $250-300. View details and photo	Realized $207
Lot 2629		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Small Accumulation From Collector, eclectic group on pages, incl. #10, 15, 65 on Union patriotic, couple fancy cancels, C13 on flight card, inspect, Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $173
Lot 2630		U.S. Postal History Groupings, 5 Ship Letters, 1799 Boston straightline on Ship 42 from Rotterdam to Philadelphia, via Boston, 1832 Baltimore Ship 20¾ from Valparaiso, Chile from sea captain reporting business conditions, 1834 London to St. Louis, MO with red New York Ship Sep 30 cancel in red, 27¢ rate, 1853 New York Ship 7 in black from Mexico to South Windham, CT and 1873 N.Y Steamship 10 from Cuba to Yarmouth, Maine, scarce group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $230
Lot 2631		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Railroad Lot, 52, 19th and early 20th Century, noted Boston SP'G & N.Y. RPO to Wardsboro, VT, Prov & Wor. R.R. in blue on 1850 stampless letter to Norton, Mass. and Bos. To Ess. Junc. R.R. to Chester, VT, good variety, inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $431
Lot 2632		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Fancy Cancels on Postal Cards, 19 diff. 19th Century cancels, noted Chicago blues (5), also Zanesville, O. pinwheel in purple, Hutchinson, Minn. in purple, nice lot, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $196
Lot 2633		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Stampless Group, 68 in album, early 1800s to 1850s, good variety of towns, rates incl. 3¢, 5¢, 10¢, 12½¢, 18¾¢, 25¢, 37½¢, 50¢, worth inspection, generally Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $518
Lot 2634		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Fancy Cancels, 16, 19th Century usages, noted 6 diff. wheel of fortune cancels on 1883-89 Bank Note issues, geometrics on #65, 6¢ with New York foreign mail to London, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Realized $161
Lot 2635		U.S. Postal History Groupings, 55 Stampless, mostly East Coast with few mid-west, incl. 1833 ms., blue and red cancels, Philadelphia Free, Utica 1847 with fleurons and "V", few oversized in mixed condition, Fine overall. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $345
Lot 2636		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Collector's Mostly 20th Century Group, ½ box full of commercial mostly early to mid 20th Century period, incl. APOs, some better Navals incl. handpainted, scattered Germany and U.K., etc., generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $242
Lot 2637		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Banker Box Lot, couple thousand in full box, late 19th to mid 20th Century, mostly commercial mail, variety of issues and cancels, great for the $1 boxes, generally Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $374
Lot 2638		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Mostly 20th Century Accumulation, hundreds in full banker box, some 19th Century, but majority WWII related incl. illustrated V-Mail, also noted county Postmaster collection of about 100 pieces, inspect, generally Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $1,265
Lot 2639		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Special Delivery Group, 24, 1889 to 1949, incl. #E1, E3, E5 on hotel illustrated, 2 on WWI war rated, good variety, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-250. View details and photo	Realized $230
Lot 2640		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Registered Group, 14 diff. 19th Century usages (1881 to 1898), noted frankings with Bank Notes, Columbians, Bureaus and Trans-Mississippi, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $150
Lot 2641		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Railroad Lot, 57 covers or cards, 1870s to 1940s, plus a couple tickets, nice variety, unchecked, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $161
Lot 2642		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Group of 10, Few better incl. #C18 Zepp.; OX10 (3 copies, 1 showing plate crack) 1905; Hawaii #UE1 mint; 2 plane crash 1955 Pensacola, etc., Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $138
Lot 2643		U.S. Postal History Groupings, 4 Stampless, consists of Philadelphia 1815 war rate, Wilmington, DE with ms. 5 rate in green 1848 "R" registered, 1850 Leroy, NY with paid 10 in orange, Oswego, NY with 10 mourning, nice group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $120-150. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 2644		U.S. Postal History Groupings, 3 Better Military, consists of 1914 postcard used from USS New York in the Philippines, 1914 postcard used from USS Missouri in Naples, Italy and 1941 censored from First Marine Brigade Provisional (Iceland), dated Oct 17, 1941, nice group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $86
Lot 2645		U.S. Postal History Groupings, 19th Century Group, 133 covers or postal cards in Supersafe album, starts with 1861 3¢ issue, noted official business, congressional postings, registered, cancels, better noted, some faults, generally Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $115
Lot 2646		U.S. Postal History Groupings, Mostly 1950s to 1960s Accumulation, 92 mostly airmail, majority addressed to Australia or New Zealand, noted numerous Prexie frankings, different rates, nice group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $403

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