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U.S. Postal History - Beazell Town Name & Event Cachets
 
 
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Lot 733

1931 Advance, Ark. and Battlefield, Mo., two different covers franked with 2¢ Sullivan (657) tied by 3/5 and 3/14 c.d.s. duplex cancellations respectively, matching typed addresses; Very Fine and attractive pair.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 734

1929 Santa Claus, Ind., with 2¢ Ohio River (681) tied by bold violet c.d.s. duplex cancellation on multicolor printed and hand colored cacheted cover; small fabric corner h.r., Very Fine and beautiful design.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 735

1932 Wilson, Maryland, cover with 17¢ Black Rotary (697) tied by 12/28 (birth date) c.d.s. duplex cancellation, typed address, Very Fine and beautiful design.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 736

1929-31 Geographic Place Names, twelve different covers of mostly geographic place names plus also Cement, Ok., Rising Sun, Ind. (paste-on photo with reverse mounting faults), and Snow, N.D., matching printed addresses, overall Very Fine group.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 737

1929-31 Fancy Town Names Balance Collection, lot of 25 different cacheted covers including three printed and hand inked playing card designs, interesting range of topics such as Accord(ian), Mass. (Foot)Ball, La., Bath, Ill. (Old) Gold, Pa., Holly, W.V., Mason(issue complete), Ohio, and Sergeant, Pa., many matching printed addresses; some mostly small edge stains and a few fabric h.r.'s, generally Fine to Very Fine for these desirable topical covers.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 738

1929-31 Birds and Animals, lot of 25 different animal cacheted covers including eighteen printed in brown and seven printed with hand coloring, wide range of designs such as anaconda, alligator, bison, grizzly bear, lion, otter, panther, tiger, whale, and zebra; some mostly edge stains or wear plus small fabric h.r.'s, generally Fine to Very Fine for this attractive lot of topical covers.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 739

1934 Comic Strip Characters, four different printed and water colored cacheted covers for Duke, Ala., Jump, Ky., Maidens, Va., and Yellow Jacket, Col., matching typed addresses; Very Fine and rare designs.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 740

1930-31 Hand Drawn Designs, lot of eleven different watercolor or printed pencil colored cacheted covers including Apple, Ky., Chalk, Tex., Dolly, W.V., Montana, Ark., and White House, Ohio, matching printed addresses; some toning, generally Fine group of these rare covers.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 741

1929-31 Hand Drawn Numerals and Geometrics, lot of eleven different black ink drawn cacheted covers including forty Four, Ark., Eighty Four, Pa., Three Point, Ky., and Nine Point, Pa., all with matching R. C. Beazell or Co-on piece Collectors Club printed addresses; some mostly small edge water staining, generally Fine group.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 742

1929-31 Presidents and Historical Figures, lot of nine different cacheted covers including Buchanan, Ia., Fillmore, Cal., Jefferson, Ia. and Ohio, Tyler, Mont., plus Ben Franklin, Tex., Fulton, Ky., Lee, Mass., and Pulaski, Wis. (printed and hand colored), some small flaws and bends, plus last two with fabric h.r.'s, generally Fine to Very Fine group.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 743

1929-31 Tools and Utensils, lot of fifteen different cacheted covers including ten printed in brown and five ink and watercolored, wide range of designs such as Big Forks, Ark., Glass, Tenn., and Watch, Ky.; some minor toning, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 744

1929-1934 Commemorative Issues Balance of Collection, fourteen different including #681-31F, 31H, 690-19h, 702-34i, 34j (block), 34m, 717-16b, 724-21b (blk), 726-11d, 729-69d, 69h, 69i, 736-3d and 737-40f, various city cancels of which some are typically a bit smudged while others are fairly clear, first and last with small reverse mounting thin areas, Fine-Very Fine, a great lot for collector and dealer alike.
Scott $4,850
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Lot 745

1932, Alexandria, Va. Masonic Temple Dedication, four different franked with 1½¢-3¢ Washington Bicentennials #706-708 and tied by slightly smudged 5/12 cancels, each with additional blue C. of C. handstamp cachet, all with typed Beazell addresses, bright white paper, Very Fine, rare designs for this popular topical.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 746

Cincinnati, Ohio Union Terminal dedication, four different franked with 3¢ Washington #720 and tied by 3/31 handstamp or smudged machine cancels, one of last with small surface abrasion left of stamp, Fine-Very Fine and scarce designs.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 747

1931-35 Special Event covers, ten different including naval ships, masonic, etc., plus a damaged Chicago World's Fair-Georgia Day card (ex F.D.R.) and two probably Beazell real photo post cards of the U.S.S. Evans (corner crease) and of a Pocahontas Air-Transport (Bluefield, W.V.) monoplane, Fine-Very Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 748

U.S.S. Akron, three different covers including #C12 tied by 1/1 Sunnyvale, Cal cancel on freak cover with additional black and red Air Base aerial photo cachet on back; #C11 tied by 5/6 Lakehurst, N.J. cancel with overlapping purple handstamp flight cachet and C.E. Rosendahl autograph at bottom, and #C16 tied by 5/12 San Francisco, Cal cancel with overlapping blue C. of C. handstamp cachet; first is unsealed at left to show second cachet.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 749

U.S.S. Barry, 1935, beautiful hand tinted photo cachet on cover with 2¢ Yorktown #703 tied by purple 7/9 handstamp cancel, appears unaddressed, Very Fine and rare cover.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 750

U.S. Frigate Constitution, 1934, large cachet on cover with 3¢ Byrd #735a tied by bold 4/23 St. Petersburg, Fla. handstamp cancel, back with additional red handstamp cachet which has very slightly offset onto front, folded but opened at sides, Very Fine, a beautiful and very scarce cover.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 751

U.S. Frigate Constitution, 1934, Goodyear Airship Resolute meeting with the Constitution at sea cachet with 4/23 St. Petersburg, Fla. handstamp cancel tying 3¢ Maryland #736, appears unaddressed, bright white paper, folded but opened at sides, Extremely Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 752

U.S. Frigate Constitution, 1934, Goodyear Airship Resolute meeting with the Constitution at sea cachet with 4/23 St. Petersburg, Fla. handstamp cancel tying 3¢ Maryland #736, additional red handstamp cachet on back plus autographed by Verner L. Smith- pilot, of the Resolute, folded but opened at sides, Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 753

U.S. Frigate Constitution, 1931-34, ten different (as to dates or various frankings) including five different photo cachets, mostly with W.G. Crosby typed address, fresh and Very Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 754

U.S.S. Nautilus, 1934, beautiful photo and hand painted flower cachet with bold XMAS DAY San Diego handstamp cancel on card franked with 1¢ Lexington-Concord #617, bright white paper, Extremely Fine and rare design.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 755

U.S. S. Pennsylvania, 1931, two different "Mascot" Armistice Day ship covers with blue 11/11 handstamp cancels tying 2¢ Red Cross #702, cachets are with and without printing at bottom, Very Fine and scarce pair.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 756

U.S.S. Rail, 1936, gorgeous hand tinted photo cachet on cover with 2¢ Pulaski #690 tied by magenta 2/22 Washington's Birthday handstamp cancel, appears unaddressed, a Very Fine and rare cover.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 757

U.S.S. Sirius, eight different ship covers with bold violet 10/27 handstamp cancels tying 2¢ Yorktown #703, matched addresses, all bright and fresh, Very Fine-Extremely Fine.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 758

1931, Beazell-Crosby U.S. Naval ships, attractive lot of 34 covers representing seventeen of eighteen ships (less U.S.S. Chicago) including the 2¢ Yorktown (Planty-Mellone #703-34m, $300) FDC U.S.S. Arkansas. All different as to color/date and frankings as well as two different photo cachets of the U.S.S. Saratoga plus, possibly the key cover, a U.S.S. Oklahoma with 3¢-5¢ Olympics #718-19 tied by a 7/30/32 Los Angeles handstamp cancel (scratched typed address)with pencil notation "Only 5 sent"; a very fresh and rare grouping with the highest Stroebel catalogue rarity factor "J" ($100+) just for the basic covers.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000
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Lot 759

1931, Beazell-Crosby U.S. Naval ships, complete set of eighteen ships covers (sixteen battleships plus the U.S.S. Chicago and Saratoga) including a 2¢ Yorktown (Planty Mellone #703-34m/$300) FDC of the U.S.S. Arkansas; also an original advertising flyer offering the entire set for $3.50, all selected for freshness and clarity of cancel, Fine-Very and quite rare with the highest Stroebel catalogue rarity factor "J" ($100) for each cover.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
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Lot 760
 
1931, Beazell-Crosby U.S. Naval ships, wholesale lot of 125 covers representing sixteen of eighteen ships (no U.S.S. Chicago or Pennsylvania) including five U.S.S. Arkansas which are FDcs for the 2¢ Yorktown; also some varieties of cancel dates/colors plus two different photo cachets of the U.S.S. Saratoga, a very fresh grouping of these popular covers which have the highest Stroebel rarity of "J" ($100+), for the basic covers only.
Estimate 10,000 - 15,000
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