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Lot 112 |
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United States 1887 1¢ ultramarine (212), specialized collection of about 185 covers and more than 2,000 used stamps in a large stockbook; the covers include advertising, better cancels, a few combination usages to overseas destinations, postage dues, etc. The stamps include dated town cancels, fancies, numerals, etc. A fascinating lot, much of which is from the Charles G. Brown collection that was featured in a September 1955 article in Stamps Magazine. Your chance to get in on the ground floor of largely undiscovered specialty; the basis for a potential award-winner.
Estimate 6,000 - 8,000
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Lot 113 |
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United States 1902-03 issue, unmounted collection of about 65 covers and postcards, nearly all 1¢ and 2¢ (Scott #300, 301, 319) with lots of unusual usages, nice advertising, etc.; also about 80 precancels, five different 8 perf ins and some specialist material.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
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Lot 114 |
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United States 1936-37 Army-Navy Issue (785-794), fabulous unmounted collection of about 195 covers, all out-of-the-ordinary usages, includes lots of auxiliary markings, dues, returned mail, advertising, paquebots, Alaska emergency flights, exotic foreign destinations (Java, Tonga [Tin Can Mail], Bangkok, etc.) U.S. Marines in Leeward Islands, Shanghai, Peiping, "bisects", and much much more (the most interesting item may be an unused 1919 dance card from a U.S. Military Academy with a hand painted view of the academy on the cover); sure to be an award-winning collection once mounted and written up.
Estimate 4,000 - 6,000
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Lot 115 |
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United States 5¢ Grant entire postal history (u330//378), collection 44 used entires with a wonderful range of usages, many uprated with additional stamps and including such exotic destinations as Ceylon, Celebes, Cochin China, Colombia, Finland, Guatemala, Haiti, Hong Kong, Java, Luxembourg, Romania, Samoa (from Honolulu!), Turkey and more; also includes three die proofs, U.P.S.S. #E92Ah, j and k. A great lot and a ground-floor opportunity.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 116 |
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United States automobile advertising covers, an outstanding collection of about 150 covers, 1896-1957, in two 3-ring binders, all with auto dealers' or manufacturers' corner cards, mostly illustrated, either with a logo or an auto; also includes about 45 clipped vintage advertisements as well as a few picture postcards and several illustrated letterheads. Though haphazardly mounted and sparsely written-up, this is the makings of an award-winning collection once remounted. A marvelous showing of this popular topic. Also includes hundreds of automobile advertisements cut from magazines and newspapers of the early 1930's to 1940 and pasted into five large scrapbooks; more than half are in color.
Estimate 4,000 - 6,000
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