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Lot 3196 |
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Commemorative Franked Mail, group of 64 covers with a wide variety of frankings starting with the 1893 Columbians through the 1930s, better includes frankings of 1¢ Trans-Miss. plate and imprint pairs, Columbians and Trans-Miss. up to the 10¢ 621 plate block with two plate numbers and arrow, 614 plate block of 10, etc., some faults, Fine lot.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3197 |
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Airmail Covers, group of 40 covers including four Zeppelin flights, various first flights, frankings include two C1-C6 sets on cover, C18 covers, RF overprint (CM1) on 1944 philatelic cover from Algiers to Worcester (A.P.S. cert), etc., Fine group.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3198 |
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Zeppelin Covers, group of 22 covers including various frankings with ten with C18, couple with C4, also includes two incoming German franked and an outgoing 1929.2.8 "Katapultflug vom D., Bremen" cover, Fine group.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 3199 |
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Flight Covers, group of 15 comprising AAMC #11B, 12, 18, 33 (two postmarked in purple and black), 40, 87B, two Wilkins Expedition covers to Alaska with one handstamped "Detroit News - Wilkins Expedition", and first flight covers comprising one C1, four C2 and a C7, Fine group.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3200 |
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Postage Due Mail, group of 32 covers, several with postage due, marked due, held for postage, etc., includes 1915 British Feldpost with 4¢ postages dues affixed upon arrival, 1889 to France with French 15c. due, 1883 to Switzerland with Swiss 10c. and 20c. dues, 1888 use with U.S. stamps used from Great Britain, 1930 incoming from Denmark marked due 50c. paid by 10¢ Nebr. pair, 1879 ship letter from Haiti with 5¢ Postage Due affixed, 1910 from U.S. with French and Swiss dues, etc.; Fine and interesting lot.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3201 |
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Registered Postal History, 1890-99, group of 21 covers with a range of frankings, some faults, Fine group.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 3202 |
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Registered Mail, 1890s-1900s, group of 68 covers with regular issue frankings, some interesting include blocks on cover, 1898 with 8¢ 10¢ Bureaus from Idaho to France, 1909 with square registry label, 1890 to France with 209 mixed issue franking with 219-220, etc., few faults, Fine group.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 3203 |
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Registered Commemorative Franked Mail, group of 31 including frankings of the 1893 Columbian issue, 1898 Trans-Miss., 1901 Pan-Am, etc., better include 299 solo franking, 328 block of ten, 548-550, 611 franking including plate block of six, 614-616, 617-619, etc.; few faults, a Fine to Very Fine group.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 3204 |
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10¢ Registration Stamp (F1), group of 50 registered covers from a variety of origins, some used abroad including to Germany, Canada, Italy, France, Sweden, Guatemala and Suriname, four usages on penalty envelopes paying the registry fee including one from Alaska Terr.; some faults, a Fine and useful group.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 3205 |
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Official Mail, group of 24 covers including a few semi-official, some interesting including penalty mail with registry fee paid by F1 (two from Alaska Terr.) and 1920 use with ms. penalty clause, 1935 Dept of State to Uruguay Consul, two uses including free frank from Subsistence Dept, and diplomatic mail; Fine and eclectic group.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 3206 |
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Departmental Official Usages, group of 7 comprising 3¢ Treasury, 2¢ War use on O.R.R. envelope, 3¢ War pair from New Mexico with star cancellation, 3¢ Interior soft paper with manuscript postmark, three 3¢ P.O. uses including one with almost a full capture of plate "40"; Fine group.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 3207 |
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Officially Sealed Mail, group of five covers and one postal card with official seals affixed including 1902 to England forwarded to Amsterdam with 25c. postage due affixed before return to U.S. where seal affixed, 1905 post card with seals affixed to repair damage by canceling machine; some faults, Fine group.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 3208 |
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Dead Letter Office, group of 31 covers starting with 1853 free frank use from Dept of the Interior, 1858 use, several 1860s-80s including 1865 advertised, 1884 to Java (stamp damaged), 1885 green illustrated cover registered to Europe and returned, some penalty return envelopes, 1899 to South Africa, etc.; a wonderful lot.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 3209 |
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Forwarded Mail, 1870-1900s, group of over 60 covers forwarded within the U.S. or abroad plus several misc. auxiliary, some interesting include 297 from N.Y.C. to England forwarded to France, Germany, Austria and back to N.Y.C., 1903 to woman aboard ship with five ship handstamps and not in Arabia and Calendonia, 1929 to Madagascar returned, 1930 to New Zealand returned, etc., some faults, a Fine lot.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 3210 |
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February 29th Leap Year Postal History, group of nine covers postmarked on Feb. 29th including six 1851 3¢ covers including from New York (2), Philadelphia, Geneseo Ill., Baltimore Md. and two 1857 3¢ covers comprising from Utica N.Y. and Camden S.C., and one 1867 3¢ cover from New York, also includes one 1851 3¢ issue cover from Dexter, Mich. used on Christmas Day, Dec. 25; some faults, Fine and very scarce group.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 3211 |
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Correspondence To McPherson and Stearns, group of 52 items from 1860s addressed to Lewis F. Stearns, an autograph seeker, or Edward McPherson, Clerk of the House of Representatives, many are ALS with original free franked envelopes (faulty) from members of Congress, includes Schuyler Colfax, William Jay, Charles Sumner, John Sherman, etc., Fine group.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 3212 |
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1890s-1900s Foreign Mails, group of about 55 covers, better destinations include Finland, Cuba, India, Japan, Estonia, Denmark, Chile, Brazil, Turkey, and Canal Zone, some interesting frankings; few faults, Fine to Very Fine group.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3213 |
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Incoming Transatlantic Mail From France, 1839-1876 plus two covers from 1900s, group of 83 covers with 7 stampless and 76 stamped with French adhesives, variety of rates including one printed matter wrapper, exchange offices mostly New York but also includes Philadelphia, Boston, and one Portland Me.; some faults, a Fine and interesting collection.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 3214 |
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Incoming Ship Letters, 1880-97, five covers plus one front with postage dues including 1880 from Demarara, British Guiana charged 18¢ as triple rate letter doubled for ship fee, 1881 with 3¢ pair tied by red crosses, 1881 incoming from U.S.S. Alaska with 5¢ tied by magenta donut cancellation for the steamship rate, and three at 4¢ rate from Belize, Liverpool and an unknown, Fine group with some faults, Ex-Arfken.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 3215 |
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Territorial Mail, group of 11 covers including two 1920s Alaska, 1880s Wyoming registered with 1¢ and 3¢ (3) on 3¢ entire, 1886 Fort Laramie, Wyo., 1893 Wyoming, three 1900s Ariz., 1870s Montana, 1894 Utah, and 1¢ 1869 issue used from Salt Lake City, Utah; Fine group.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 3216 |
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Advertising Covers, group of 125 advertising covers with a range of topics, many interesting including Alaska Steamship Line mailed from Alaska, Niagara White Grape Co., Bengal Mills with all-over design depicting a tiger, 1894 all-over green ad for Powell Bros. horse farm depicting horse, Wilcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine Co., Jersey Shore timber scene, J. Stevens rifle ad, F.W. Wagener whiskey ad in red and light blue, etc., a wonderful assemblage.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 3217 |
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Building and Hotel Advertising Covers, group of 18 covers, almost all with picture of building for hotel or manufacturing company, some with all-over designs, includes Sanford Whip Co. in Westfield, Mass.,The Rich Shoe Co. in Milwaukee, The Fenton in Mt. Clemens, Mich., Mensing & Stecher Lithographer with illustrated enclosure, Ford's Hotel in Richmond, Va., etc., some faults, a Fine group.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 3218 |
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Hardware and Machinery Related Advertising Covers, group of 40 mostly different, few better including some all-over front or back designs, Richardson Bros. Saws, Wire Works, Stove Works, Hardware Stores, some Household machines, Etc., some mixed condition, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 3219 |
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Medicine Related Advertising Covers, group of about 100 covers including Doctors, Pharmacies, Medicines, etc., some all-over designs in yellow, rose, etc., better includes 1860s two designs on reverse (one in English and one in German), gold and red J. Ellwood Lee Co. 1895 all-over design, Pa. State Board of Health all-over design in yellow, Syringes in blue, several Gargling Oil ads on reverse, some faults, Fine group.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 3220 |
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Valentines Collection, 17 Valentine covers including many better stampless with a large Hartford Ct., 1851 3¢ and Banknote issues including two 2¢ Vermilion usages, most with accompanying valentine enclosure, plus 24 additional valentine cards, a Fine to Very and beautiful collection.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 3221 |
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Civil War Postal History, group of eight items including five patriotic covers, better include red, white and blue flag design from Foxboro, Mass. bearing 1851 3¢ 1862 red, white and blue Penn. Union design from Chambersburg Pa. with "Advertised" handstamp; mixed condition, Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 3222 |
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Spanish-American War Patriotics, group of six including Admiral William T. Sampson red white and blue flag design, Churchill Drug Co. with waving flag design, etc., two reduced into stamp, still a Fine group.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 3223 |
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Soldiers and War Related Mail, group of 26 covers including interrupted mail service (return to sender service suspended), A.E.F. mail, mail to and from A.P.O.s, Army post office branches, Soldier's Home, etc., some faults, Fine group.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 3224 |
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Vending Machine Coils on Cover, group of 18 covers: Schermack type III #368, 384 (2), 482 (2) 409 (9) and 533;; Mail-O-Meter type III #409 (3); F-VF with some nice commercial corner cards.
Scott $915
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Lot 3225 |
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Christmas Seals on Cover, group of eight covers with tied Christmas seals, includes WX5 (3), WX6, WX10, WX15, some post cards with Christmas theme on reverse, some faults, Fine group.
Estimate 200 - 300
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