Sale 344

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U.S. Cover Collections
 
 
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Lot 5165
 
Supreme Court Justices and Attornies General, large, comprehensive collection of autographs, documents and photographs from the late 18th century to the last half of the 20th; signatures of Chief Justices include John Jay (free frank), Oliver Ellsworth, Morrison Waite (2), Melville Fuller (3), Harlan Stone, Fred Vinson and Earl Warren; signed covers include nearly 150 signed letters, covers and cards plus assorted related photos and engravings and letters; also includes a 3¢ Justice (O27) cover and John Tyler free frank. A lifetime's accomplishment and a magnificent lot for anyone in the legal profession.
Estimate $5,000 - 7,500
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Lot 5166
 
Cincinnati Postal History Collection, collector accumulation of many hundreds of covers and cards housed in a cover box with strong Cincinnati but also includes some Louisville Ky. and other Ohio towns, strength in illustrated and advertising covers with a wide range of designs ranging from simple corner cards to all-over and colored, runs from stampless through 1860s and Bank Notes to 20th Century, FDC's and much more, normal mixed and varied condition, most fine-very fine; a substantial holding which should be viewed for its broad appeal., a Fine group.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 5167

1870s-1900s Arizona Territory, group of 6 comprising 1879 Aribaca, 1875 Florence, 1883 Globe, 1897 Jerome, 1893 Navajo and 1902 Skull Valley; some mixed condition, Fine group.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 5168

Vermont Advertising, group of 100 corner card covers, 1860s-1900s, including a few illustrated, a wide range of topics, better includes illustrated Organ and Piano design, group of five different E.H. Allen photographic artist corner card, banks, groceries and merchandise, publishers, illustrated Fall Mountain Brewery ad (reduced), insurance, etc., a F.-V.F. group.
Estimate $400 - 500
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Lot 5169

Vermont Advertising Covers, group of 10 better covers including "Agents Wanted, for Lee's Surrender, Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation", Chubb's Fishing Rods, Reels, Merchant Taylor with illegal use of 2¢ stationery cutout, Brown's Bronchials, Cole & Sagin patent sap protector illustrated with trea, Stiles' Honey Balm from Black River with #65 and ms. postmark, etc.; F.-V.F. and interesting group.
Estimate $500 - 750
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Lot 5170

Vermont: Animals, group of 12 different ad and corner card covers, 1884-1920s, illustrated designs including farm and dairy related showing Roosters, Cows, Sheep, etc. plus one for a Dog Pound; faults, a Fine group.
Estimate $150 - 200
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Lot 5171

Vermont: Associations and Societies, group of 23 1860s-1900s ad and corner card covers including patriotic from Norwich with #65, unusued Vermont Old Home Week private mailing card with used part cover with label, Berlin Temple of Honor Literary Assoc., Patrons of Husbandry, Quonekticut Tribe with Indian illust. (faulty opening), etc., some faults, a F.-V.F. group.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 5172

Vermont: Bakery Related, group of 14 mostly different ad and corner card covers, 1960s-1910s, illustrated designs showing various bakery goods and creamery related, some interesting include Butter Working Churn with #63, multicolors of Red Turkey Wheat Flour and Hankel's Bread Flour; some faults, a Fine group.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 5173

Vermont: Building Materials, group of 7 ad and corner card covers, 1880-90s, including Allbee & Babbitt illustrated corner card showing a vanity, H.T. Cushman Mfg. with illustrated factory corner card, and three stove dealer covers, a F.-V.F. group.
Estimate $150 - 200
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Lot 5174

Vermont: Carriages and a Bicycle, group of 10 different 1870-90s ad and corner card covers including A.A. Clark depicting large carriage design in yellow, H.P. Warren illustrated carriage corner card, and 1895 J.D. Culver illustrated "The Spalding Bicycle" corner card in blue; a Very Fine group.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 5175

Vermont: Clothing, group of 10 1860s-90s ad and corner card covers including Hinesburgh fancy framed postmark on Woolen Mill corner card cover, Joslyn & Collins all-over ad, illustrated O.E. Noyes "Merchant Tailor" ad, etc., F.-V.F.
Estimate $150 - 200
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Lot 5176

Vermont: Coffins and Headstones, group of four comprising two Bristol Mfg. Co. of Coffins and Caskets, and dealers in Undertakers' Supplies all-over designs in pink bearing #210s, one tied by fancy "10" in circle cancel, both with original enclosures of pricelist and statements, C.A. Calderwood corner card for dealer in Coffins and Caskets, and #147 on cover with fancy "B.C. Ingalis, Dealer in Headstones, Monuments, & Co." corner card h.s. in purple; some faults, Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200
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Lot 5177

Vermont: Express Mail, group of four covers comprising two National Express cameo corner card in blue and red bearing #65 (one rounded corner), Cheney & Co.'s U.S. and Canada Express of Boston corner card on cover mailed from Randolph Vt. with #65, and 1896 use with American Express Co. money order corner card; a Very Fine group.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 5178

Vermont: Farms and Nurseries, group of 16 1860s-1900s ad and corner card covers related to farms including #114 on Thetford illustrated nurseryman corner card, fertilizer ad from Rutland with 2¢ small banknote tied by "Transf. Clk." c.d.s., Riford Farm illustrated corner card, farm equipment, seeds, etc., some flaws, a F.-V.F. group.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 5179

Vermont: General Merchandise, group of 34 ad and corner card covers, 1850s-1900s including furniture, stoves, dry goods, fishing rods, tea company, paints, etc., better includes #26 from W. Randolf with dry goods dealer fancy corner card, #65 on E & T Fairbank illustrated corner card showing scales, #158 from Pawlet with corner card showing illustrated school desk in orange; some faults, a F.-V.F. group.
Estimate $300 - 400
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Lot 5180

Vermont: Government, group of 13 different ad and corner card covers (one legal size), 1860s-1900s, includes E.C. Reddington Pension Agency (Rutland), U.S. Marshall (Burlington), Collector's Office (Montpelier) with illustrated freedom and unity fancy corner card, Senate Chamber and House of Representatives plus other offices like the Adjutant General's Office and Executive Dept. (Montpelier); some faults, F.-V.F.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 5181

Vermont: Grocers, group of 18 ad and corner card covers, 1860s-1890s, includes #26 cancelled by grid on cover with coffee dealer shield corner card from Glen Mills, #212 on cover with ornate corner card for Robbins & Marsh of Chester Vt., and Davenport & Mansur flour dealer corner card of Brattleboro Vt and P.H. Robbins hardware dealer of Chester stencil corner card; a F.-V.F. group.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 5182

Vermont: Horses, group of 10 ad and corner card covers depicting or related to horses including "Use Daniel's Medicine" all-over ad depicting horses, 1881 and 1906 Horse Powers all-over ads (Middltown Springs), 1913 Windsor County fair multi-color illus. design, Bartlett plow and cultivators mfg. illus. corner card (Bristol), plus equipment ads for rein supporters, calks, and harness, etc.; some faults, a F.-V.F. group.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 5183

Vermont: Hotels and Inns, group of 21 different ad and corner card covers including illustrated designs from Memphremagog House (Newport), Evarts House (Burlington), Towns' Hotel (Bellows Falls), Berwick Hotel (Rutland), Waterbury Hotwl (Waterbury), etc., a F.-V.F. group.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 5184

Vermont: Insects, group of four different comprising #65s on two different C.B. Biglow dealer in Italian Queen Bees, one illustrated, #231 on illustrated "The Old Bee Hive" design, and 1904 use with Butterfly corner card; some faults, Fine group.
Estimate $150 - 200
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Lot 5185

Vermont: Insurance, group of 14 different ad and corner card covers including #158 on Child's Life and Fire Insurance (Bennington), #206 on Hartford (Middlebury), #158 on illust. Charter Oak (Burlington), and stampless Vt. Mutual Fire Insurance Co. (Montpelier); some faults, F.-V.F.
Estimate $150 - 200
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Lot 5186

Vermont: Lawyers and other Professionals, group of 11 different ad and corner card covers, 1862-1890s, showing various corner cards for attorneys plus one surveyor and one carpenter, better includes couple all-over designs, one with Hinesburgh Vt. fancy frame postmark, couple stampless, etc.; some faults, Fine group.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 5187

Vermont: Machines, group of 20 ad and corner card designs, 1860s-1900s, including many illus. like #65 on D. Pomroy machine part (Saint Albans), #65 on Howe Scale Co. (Brandon), #210 on Water Wheel cover (Essex Junction). etc.; some faults, F.-V.F. group.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 5188

Vermont: Medicine, group of 7 ad and corner card covers including #231 with Merchant's Gargling Oil Liniment ad on reverse (Granby), #158 on Brown's Bronchials corner card cover (Burlington), #184 on all-over Green Mountain Asthma Cure ad depicting buck in green (Rupert), etc., some faults, a F.-V.F. and scarce group.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 5189

Vermont: Publishers, group of 19 different 1860s-90s ad and corner card covers for book and journals including Lyndonville Journal stamp collar, "Sweet Arabs" all-over design in blue, "Be-Ye Holy" all-over bible text cover, "Spirit of the Age" illustrated design depicting Negro delivery boy, and "A Successful Man" all-over design to Eureka and Union Copper Mining Co. in Bradford Vt.; some faults, a F.-V.F. group.
Estimate $300 - 400
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Lot 5190

Vermont: Seminaries and Schools, group of 14 ad and corner card covers including illustrated designs for Vermont Episcopal Institute on 3c entire (Burlington), #65 with Ripley Female College from Poultney, #26 on Troy Conferrence Academy from Poultney (plus addtl. front), and #65 on Glenwood Ladies' Sminary (West Brattleboro), etc.; some faults, a F.-V.F. group.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 5191

Vermont: Stone and Marble, group of 15 ad and corner card covers, 1860s-1900s, including illustrated designs #210 on J.W. Goodell & Co. marble and granite works (Burlington), #65 on Ballard mfg. of stoneware (Burlington), #207 and later #210 on differrent Ryegate Granite Works ads depicting monument, Eureka Granite Quarry Co. (East Montpelier), and 1918 2¢ entire use from Granite Mfg. Assoc. in Barre with Liberty label and 1¢ added for war tax rate, a F.-V.F. group.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 5192

Vermont: Tanners, Hides and Taxidemy, group of 7 ad and corner card covers including illustrated designs of C.W. Graham's Museum of Taxidrmy (St. Johnsbury), Elbert S. Stevens trapper and hunter of all kinds of fur bearing animals (Bridgewater Corner), Chas. O. Tract taxidermist and naturalist (Taftsville), etc., Fine group.
Estimate $150 - 200
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Lot 5193

Vermont: Tools and Hardware, group of 13 ad and corner card covers, 1860s-1900s, including illustrated designs of plows, hardware dealers, axe and saw designs, pitchfolk in green, etc.; some faulty, F.-V.F.
Estimate $150 - 200
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Lot 5194

Vermont Fancy Cancels, group of six covers comprising #65 tied by Brattleboro "A.J." cancel in blue, #65 tied by Brattleboro large circle of rosettes, three from Montpelier including blue floral design on #65 and #206 with cross, and #88 cancelled by Rutland shield; some mixed condition, Fine group.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 5195
 
1847-1894 Cover Balance, small group of 12 covers including #1 from Boston, couple steamship covers, #10, #25 pair one with gash, and #189 registered use; few small faults, couple small flaws, a F.-V.F. group.
Estimate $300 - 400
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Lot 5196
 
1870-1879 3¢ Green Plate Varieties on Cover, interesting group of 18 covers with mostly solo frankings, each with a printing or plate variety including dry/partial print, underinked, plate scratch, plate damage, dropped transfer, double transfers, etc., some mixed condition; Fine and interesting group.
Estimate $300 - 400
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Lot 5197
 
1873-1889 6¢ Bank Note Postal History, group of 12 covers including #148 used with #138 on registered court house cover, #158-159 at 9¢ treaty rate to France, #159, 163 tied by blue Newport N.H. duplex on registered cover, #158, 159, 163 on registrerd cover from Clinton Mo., #159 strip of five on registered cover, #158, 159 on cover from Denver tied by Masonic compass cancels, #158 & 159 (2) on cover from San Francisco to France; #208 on Singer ad cover from Atlanta Ga., #208 pair on registered 2¢ entire from Topeka Ill.; some faults, Fine and interesting group, Ex-Landau.
Estimate $400 - 500
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Lot 5198

1890 Bank Note Postal History, group of four covers comprising #219 used on pretty illustrated ink well ad collar cover, #219D with double transfer, #222 strip of three on Seven Sutherland Sisters registered ad cover, and #223 used from U.S. Postal Agency in China to Chicago; small faults, F.-V.F. and interesting group.
Estimate $300 - 400
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Lot 5199
 
1890-98 4¢ Lincoln Postal History - Domestic Mail, group of 56 covers with a wide variety of frankings including registered mail, solo frankings, some advertising; some faults, a Fine group that would form an excellent basis for further expansion.
Estimate $400 - 500
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Lot 5200
 
1890-98 4¢ Lincoln Postal History - Domestic Registered Mail, group of 30 covers with a wide variety of frankings and origins prepaying the registry fee, better include Polo, Ark. to NYC with stamps cancelled by NYC station arrival, Seligman, Ariz. Terr. (R-3) to New London, N.H., Manila S.C. "Remit by Registered Letter" ad cover to Alexandria Va.; and a P.O.Dept. Stamp Division use with 6¢ Columbian (creased) mixed franking; some faults, Fine group.
Estimate $300 - 400
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Lot 5201
 
1890-98 4¢ Lincoln Postal History - Foreign Registered Mail, small group of 7 covers, each with New York registry exchange label, destinations include Finland, Switzerland, England, and Germany, one is all-over ad cover; couple faults, F.-V.F. group.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 5202
 
1890-98 4¢ Lincoln Postal History - Foreign Mails, group of 56 covers, wide range of frankings including some advertising, a patriotic label use, registered including a few with New York registry exchange labels, one with German official seals, better destinations include Madagascar, Nicaragua (Dept. of State Pkg. front) and Panama; few faults, a Fine group that would form an excellent basis for further expansion.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 5203
 
1890-98 4¢ Lincoln Postal History - Printed Matter, three covers comprising registered wrapper New York to Minneapolis with 4¢ 8¢ franking and "4th Class" endorsement, large seed mailing with 3¢ 4¢ from Philadelphia Pa. to Cleveland Oh.; and solo 4¢ on mailing card from Columbia Bicycles in Hartford Ct. to South Creek, N.C.; Very Fine trio.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 5204
 
1890-98 4¢ Lincoln Postal History - Stamp Dealers, group of 27 covers including domestic, foreign and registered mail, dealers include the greats of the past like Albrecht, Bartels, B. L. Drew, Calman, Frossard, Jenkins, Makins, Mekeel, Rothfuchs, Scott, includes Makins cover to Canada with S.F. registry label; F.-V.F. and interesting group.
Estimate $300 - 400
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Lot 5205
 
1893 Columbian Issue Postal History, group of 11 covers comprising 1¢-10¢ frankings with some ads and registered, including 1¢ on all-over ship illustrated ad cover for St. John's School Expedition to the Columbian Expo (faulty), #235 (2) on cover to Scotland, #236 on registered 4¢ entire, and #237 registered use; some faults, F.-V.F. group.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 5206
 
1898 Spanish American War Patriotics, group of six unused (one used in 1937) comprising General Shafter (mint and used), Fitzhugh Lee, Admiral William T. Sampson, Commodore W.S. Schley, and Commodore Watson, clean and Very Fine group.
Estimate $150 - 200
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Lot 5207
 
1908-11 Christmas Seals on Cover, group of nine post cards and one cover with Christmas seals attached, five are tied, one with additional 1915 Pan-Pacific Expo label tied by machine, F.-V.F.
Estimate $100 - 150
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Lot 5208
 
Spanish American War Used Patriotics, group of six used patriotics including #281 on all-over Flag design to France, Canada ½¢ (2) on all-over Canada Flag post card design to Ransonville, N.Y., 1898 #213 use with flag label, and #286 on Elizabeth Ross design cover; couple small faults, a Fine group.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 5209
 
1903 5¢ Lincoln - Domestic Mail (304), group of 44 covers including registered, advertising and printed matter, best includes #304, 303, 307 (2) used with 10¢ Special Delivery on parcel tag from Boston to Providence, #300, 304 on ad parcel tag, #304 pair paying special delivery fee, etc; mixed condition, Fine and wonderful basis for expansion.
Estimate $400 - 500
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Lot 5210
 
1903 5¢ Lincoln - Domestic Mail (304), group of 114 covers including registered with a few exchange labels, some advertising, three hand-drawn caricatures, better destinations include Chile with postage dues on reverse, China (Hangkow, Chefoo, Shanghai), Japan, Algeria, India, Burma, Bermuda, Argentina, Columbia, Sweden, Mexico, includes 10 exhibition pages; some faults, Fine-V.F., an excellent basis for an award-winning exhibit.
Estimate $400 - 500
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Lot 5211
 
1903 5¢ Lincoln - Foreign Registered Mail with NYC Exchange Labels (304), group of 10 covers including with each having a N.Y.C. registry exchange label affixed, destinations comprise England, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland, one with additional Chicago square label; some mixed condition, Fine group.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 5212
 
1903 5¢ Lincoln - Forwarded Foreign Mail (304), group of 32 covers to Europe, most to England and France and then handled by forwarding companies, some labels, also includes one to Denmark forwarded to Egypt, one to Argentina and returned, one to England forward to Denmark, one to Egypt forwarded to Athens, Greece, and one faulty with dues of three countries; Fine, an interesting group.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 5213
 
1903 5¢ Lincoln - Stamp Dealer Mail (304), group of 13 covers including New England Stamp Co., Scott Stamp & Coin, Bogert & Durbin, Southern Postage Stamp Co., best is a New England Stamp Co. with £5 illustrated c.c., many registered, some fault, Fine and attractive group.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 5214
 
Patriotic and Campaign Private Post Cards, group of 24 mint and used including 1908 Nation's Choice Bryan and Kern, used 1908 Taft & Sherman, 1909 Hudson Fulton, WWI patriotics, also includes a couple mint Span-American War patriotics; F.-V.F. group.
Estimate $200 - 300
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