Sale 337

Harbour Auction


U.S. Cover Collections
 
 
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Lot 2068
 
United States Advertising Covers, over 500 covers in two file boxes, about evenly split between 19th & early 20th Century issues with a broad range of topics such as Banks, Farming, Hardware, Hotels, Manufacturing, Publishing, Railroads, etc., many are corner cards, but still spread throughout are many attractive illustrated covers, condition generally F-VF, some minor cover flaws.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 2069
 
Alaska Emergency Air and Dog Sled Covers, about 40 Alaska Emergency Air flights with 11 earlies from 1930-31, the balance for 1934-1940 flights with handstamped cachets on 15 covers, many others with typed Emergency Mail Service notices, finally 25 Alaska Dog Team Post covers from the 1940s and 5 covers posted on April 16, 1959 the last day of service, almost all the Dog Sled covers with pirinted cachets, generally F-VF.
Estimate $250 - 300
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Lot 2070
 
Ship Mail and Related Covers, 60 stampless covers, mostly incoming, including 1795 Trinidad to Mass. with straightline "N. York"; 1801 Havana to Newburyport with clear Portland Me. circle with boxed date; red oval American Packet Courier, 1854 Charleston S.C. Havana "10"; Civil War cover with letter written aboard Steamer Florida with descriptions of Key West, Ft. Jefferson, rebel prisoners, etc.; numerous New York markings including "12 ½" in circle and c.d.s. with integral "Paid 6" on California mail; Fine or better group.
Estimate $500 - 750
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Lot 2071
 
Civil War Patriotics, group of eight Indiana or Ohio usages with a nice variety of designs including a few better; condition is mixed but generally Fine; also includes a tattered front with an all-over design.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 2072
 
United States H.P.O. Covers, over 1,000 covers primarily for 1940s-1950s trips, most are First Trip covers with many signed by the Postmasters, also group of State Fair and Exhibitions usage, clean and F-VF.
Estimate $400 - 500
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Lot 2073
 
United States First Day Covers, many hundreds of cacheted First day Covers primarily form the 1960s-1980s with a varied group of cachet makers, including PentArts, Jackson, Marg, Fleetwood, Art Craft and several others, a useful group of 5¢ Overrun Nations with various PentArts cachets, a VF clean group mostly unaddressed.
Estimate $400 - 500
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Lot 2074
 
1901 Pan-American Exposition Issue on Cover, Group of 26 covers comprising 1¢ (6, including May 3-7 dates, two having illustrated advertising); 2¢ (10 including May 3-9); 4¢ (3 plus block of 4 on large piece), 5¢ (1), 8¢ & 10¢ (3 each); also includes a 2¢ #267 on a Pan-American advertising cover; several interesting combinations and usages, all clean and F-VF.
Estimate $400 - 600
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Lot 2075
 
United States WWII Patriotic Covers, 100 covers in a binder, an exciting mix of uncommon cachets that are seldom seen in most collections, identified cachet makers include Goff, Diana, Lawrence, JLL, JLH, JNL plus some unknown, clean F-VF group.
Estimate $300 - 400
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Lot 2076
 
First Flight Covers, large carton containing hundreds of mostly 1st Flights including some nice Linbergh covers, we note thirteen 2-20-28 and 2-21-28 flights to Chicago by Lindbergh from Springfield, Ill. and Peoria, Ill, ten Aug 15 1927 covers for Lindbergh flight from Springfield, each with flight cachet and boxed "Carried in Mail Plane Escort to Col. Lindbergh", Linbergh commemorative covers, couple foreign FDCs, C10 usages, etc. The balance includes some Airport Dedications, Expositions, National Air Mail week, etc., about half of which are from the 1950s, the earlier are 1920s-1930s with many franked with blocks of 4 or larger, clean and F-VF.
Estimate $750 - 1,000
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Lot 2077
 
Vending Machine Perfs on Cover, group of 12 covers and a cover front; 10 are Schermack type III, including #368 (front), 483, 534A & 575 (2 postalcards), other three are Mailometer type I #384 & 409 and U.S. Auto. type I #343 on postcard; also includes a Brinkerhoff #320a uncancelled on a printed Mekeel's return envelope; generally clean and F-VF.
Estimate $500 - 750
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