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**U.S. Cover Collections continued...**
LotNo.	Symbol	Lot Description
3522		Valentines & Love Letters, collection in two binders, includes 43 small valentines, many with original envelopes, 13 large valentines, most with original envelopes, 5 bronzed or silvered large, some with envelopes, 4 loves poems, even a 1957 ad to shoot your own private porn movie and two 19th century letters discussing the free love movement, many interesting and valuable items, needs an enterprising collector/dealer to sort them out, owners prices total 7,500.00+, F.-V.F. Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.	Est. $1,500-2,000 SOLD for $1,600.00 Will close during Public Auction
3523		19th Century Valentines, nice selection of early 36 valentines, a few with original envelope, a few heart shaped, includes 2 early 20th century, interesting lot for the specialist, F.-V.F. Estimate $200 - 300.	Est. $200-300 SOLD for $100.00 Will close during Public Auction
3524		Vinegar Valentines, 183 different valentines, these were produced around the turn of the 20th century, they were the antithesis of the lacy valentines popular at the time, they usually cost 1¢, they were racial & not PC, some of the titles "Jew Clothier", "New Coon in Town" & "Wife Beater", a excellent opportunity to obtain such a large collection at one time, F.-V.F. Estimate $250 - 350.	Est. $250-350 SOLD for $375.00 Will close during Public Auction
3525		Balance Of Ephemera, excellent array of ephemera, includes book of Circus material with 8 illustrated Barnum & Bailey letterhead, 3 season schedule; two books of military paper including couple of dozen covers & letters; two books of better miscellany including advertising & photos; small lot of disasters; book of aviaion & autombilia, & book of postal history, needs close inspection, owners price total 10,650.00, F.-V.F. Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.	Est. $1,500-2,000 SOLD for $1,600.00 Will close during Public Auction
3526		Autograph & Political Collection, 92 items, many political items & autographs, better includes Duff Green letter, Patrick Hamill letter, Reverdy Johnson free frank, White House McKinley mourning cover, George Bancroft letter, interesting & valuable collection, owners prices total 5,715.00, F.-V.F. Estimate $750 - 1,000.	Est. $750-1,000 SOLD for $750.00 Will close during Public Auction
3527		1869 Pictorials Selection, 38 covers, 113 (x9), balance 114s, better includes 114 & 1¢ large Banknote mixed franking, a 113 & grilled 3¢ 1867 mixed franking, 114 on hand illustrated cover, 114 on allover ad cover for Rocky Mountain News, 113 on illustrated ad cover, generally clean fresh lot, owners prices total 4,500.00+, a, F.-V.F. Estimate $750 - 1,000.	Est. $750-1,000 SOLD for $400.00 Will close during Public Auction
3528		19th but mostly 20th Century predominantly US Covers, many thousands filling many cartons, quite a few FDCs, events and the boring and less meaningful, but there are pockets of earlier and useful, a nice Space Topical section is included which could possibly even stand alone (several hundred items), and we would strongly suggest having a good look-- as this one is as virgin as they come and hasn't been seen out in the sun at all, accumualated over decades and one could only imagine what creeps within, viewing please. Estimate $500 - 750.	Est. $500-750 SOLD for $225.00 Will close during Public Auction
3529		Better First Day Covers & Sets, lot includes airmails, special delivery, ducks & plate # coils, better includes Roessler #718, Grimsland #785-794, Fleetwood #903, Fulton #947, & C.W. George #951; also includes 25 assorted U.S. covers, close inspection is strongly suggested, F.-V.F. Scott $2,817 Estimate $300 - 400.	Scott $2,817 Est. $300-400 SOLD for $150.00 Will close during Public Auction
3530		Arthur Beane Postal History Balance, fresh, clean lot of US postal history, includes registered, forts, better cancels, patriotic, manuscripts, machine cancel, special delivery on a UX18, local & express, a lot sure to please the collector or dealer, generally F.-V.F. Estimate $400 - 600.	Est. $400-600 SOLD for $3,250.00 Will close during Public Auction
3531		1851 Issues On Cover, 160+ covers, nice accumulation of issue, includes 1¢ (x10), 10¢ (x4) & 12¢ (x1), balance 3¢, better includes pair #17 to Ireland, 10¢ on 10¢ entire Cal to Philadelphia, 3¢ on temperance cover, 3¢ on insurance policy, 1¢ on wrapper, good selection of postmarks, auxilliary markings & usages, needs close inspection, owners prices exceeds 11,000.00, F.-V.F. Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.	Est. $1,500-2,000 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
3532		19th Century Postal History Accumulation, 800+ covers, cards & ephemera, a massive & valuable lot, includes Hawaii (x12), 11's (x85), 1851 1¢ perf (x8), ad covers, registered to better destinations, postal stationary & cards, Bank Notes & stampless, includes a New Orleans "Way" SL on 3¢ entire, couple of 113 on drop covers, & some interesting documents and checks, this lot really needs close inspection, generally F.-V.F. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. (Image)	Est. $1,000-1,500 SOLD for $1,400.00 Will close during Public Auction
3533		1857 Issues On Cover, 160+ covers, nice lot with 1¢ (x35), 5¢ (x1), 10¢ (x8), & 12¢ (x2), better includes 1¢ on wrapper, strip of 3 1¢ on turned cover, Chicoppee green 6 pointed star on 3¢, "Advd' 1 Ct" on 3¢, bootlegged cover from Rotterdam with 3¢, nice selection of usages, auxiliary markings, owners prices exceed 10,000.00, F.-V.F. Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.	Est. $1,500-2,000 SOLD for $2,100.00 Will close during Public Auction
3534		Civil War Postal History & Ephemera, unusual collection of covers & ephemera, includes 59 covers with 6 used patriotics, 6 Sanitary Commission or printed regimental covers, 25 mint patriotics including 12 Magnus, 9 of them full color, 5 CSA stamped covers, 3 mint CSA patriotics & 4 Magnus portraits of CSA generals, great lot of dealer or collector, needs close inspection, F.-V.F. Estimate $500 - 750.	Est. $500-750 SOLD for $1,100.00 Will close during Public Auction
3535		Exciting Civil War Postal History Lot, impressive accumulation of covers & ephemera, in binders and loose, lot includes 94 mint patriotics, 69 used including serveral Magnus & Magee, 113 military addressed with several scarce destinations, and 92 items of ephemera including 5 soldiers' photos, a few POW & several autographs, a couple of demoniterized covers, owners prices total 19,500.00+, typical mixed condition, worth several times our estimate, F.-V.F. Estimate $5,000 - 7,500.	Est. $5,000-7,500 SOLD for $4,750.00 Will close during Public Auction
3536		Balance Of Cover Collection, 800+ covers & cards, not really a balance, includes small Bureaus, postage dues, officials, special delivery, Prexies, Washington Franklins & private perfs, with ad covers, fancy cancels, better frankings, better destinations, typical mixed condition, owners prices total 29,114.00, F.-V.F. Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.	Est. $4,000-6,000 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
3537		1861-67 Covers, 150+ covers & cards, with ad covers, wonderful range of fancy cancels, & better frankings including 5¢ (x1), 10¢ (x5), 12¢ (x4), 15¢ (x2) & 30¢ (x3), better includes 3¢ block of 4 plus single, 15¢ with 3¢ Banknote mixed franking, 2 12¢ with Great Britain one pence, typical mixed condition, owners prices total 12,500.00+, F.-V.F. Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.	Est. $2,000-3,000 SOLD for $2,400.00 Will close during Public Auction
3538		1863-67, 2¢ Black Jack collection (Scott 73 etc.), small group of 38 covers, but with some very interesting items, better includes used on cover with manuscript note from PO that the cover was opened because it was thought to be a business letter, on 15¢ rate to Germany, on 12¢ rate to London via Cuba, on 29¢ overpaid to Germany, 2 singles used as 10¢ rate to Nova Scotia, pair on homemade mourning cover, on Coin Auction circular, on forwarded drop rate, & on embossed lady's cover, attractive lot, owners prices exceed $3,000, F.-V.F. Estimate $500 - 750.	Est. $500-750 SOLD for $900.00 Will close during Public Auction
3539		19th Century Postal History Lot, 150+ covers & cards, includes advertising, expo, auxiliary markings, better frankings, a transatlantic, interesting lot, F.-V.F. Estimate $300 - 400.	Est. $300-400 SOLD for $550.00 Will close during Public Auction
3540		Banknotes On Cover, 200+ covers & cards, with ad covers, fancy cancels, stampless & better frankings, better includes pair 3¢ with 1861 12¢ mixed franking, Northampton MA 4 leaf clover on 2¢ & pair 15¢ on cover to Germany, typical mixed condition, owners prices total 13,000.00+, F.-V.F. Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.	Est. $2,000-3,000 SOLD for $2,200.00 Will close during Public Auction
3541		Postal History Balance, several hundred covers & cards, a little bit of everything: ad covers, postmarks, frankings, tied labels, ect., needs close inspection, owners price total 2, 200.00+, F.-V.F. Estimate $300 - 400.	Est. $300-400 SOLD for $325.00 Will close during Public Auction

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