The Rankin Forgeries Reference Collections continued...

**U.S. Cover Collections continued...**
LotNo.	Symbol	Lot Description
3542		Commemoratives On Cover 1893-1964, 150+ covers & cards, with ad covers, fancy cancels & better frankings, heavy in Columbian covers, better includes Japan Paquebot on Columbian 5¢ entire, 5¢ #234 to Hawaii, 2¢ Columbian entire with barb wire ad & #285 chopped into pieces, typical mixed condition, owners prices total 8,000.00, F.-V.F. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.	Est. $1,000-1,500 SOLD for $1,200.00 Will close during Public Auction
3543		20th Century Postal History Lot, 550+ covers, cards & ephemera, an intriguing lotwith many better items, includes Prexies, railroad & RPO, bisects, illegal usages, registered, Wbb hand drawn cachets, possessions, nice group of automobile ad covers, better sports covers such as 1934 Navy football schedule, 1952 Bowdoin College football schedule on card, 1933 Augusta National golf club cachet, 1937 Hockey Double header at Madison Square Garden & 1958 Giants & Dodgers move to California cachet, also 1941 Marines in Iceland cover, sure to please, set aside time to inspect, F.-V.F. Estimate $500 - 750. (Image)	Est. $500-750 SOLD for $700.00 Will close during Public Auction
3544		20th Century Postal History Lot, 150+ covers, includes advertising with nice group of automobiles, expo, auxiliary markings, excellent lot for a dealer or internet trader, F.-V.F. Estimate $300 - 400.	Est. $300-400 SOLD for $150.00 Will close during Public Auction
3545		US World War II Patriotic Covers, 98 patriotic covers, 95% in full color, includes 7 VE Days, 2 VJ Day 8/14/45 & 8 VJ Day 9/24/5, many Fluegel cachets, a few Fleetwoods, excellent lot, should be inspected, Very Fine. Estimate $200 - 300. (Image)	Est. $200-300 SOLD for $200.00 Will close during Public Auction
3546		Mostly Fdcs from 3¢ purples, includes Ppcs & Inaugurals, 1930s Onwards, to about the 1980s, housed in over 20 loose leaf volumes arranged chronologically, various cachets, addressed, unaddressed, should be well over 1000 covers, plus some aerlier postal history, postal cards and quite a few picture post cards. A closer look will prove pleasing and profitable as this is completely intact and includes baseball, better values, some artist or famous-persons signed, sales value would be great, excellent for retail or internet sales, generally F.-V.F. Estimate $300 - 400.	Est. $300-400 SOLD for $130.00 Will close during Public Auction
3547		Mostly First Day Covers, USA, Canada & UN, several thousand, owners estimates: USA about 1000, Canadian few hundreds, UN few thousand, not much else but intact and unpicked for premium topical or promotional numbers, clean and saleable, figure at least 2500 covers total, generally F.-V.F. Estimate $150 - 201.	Est. $150-201 SOLD for $250.00 Will close during Public Auction
3548		U.S. Cover Amalgamation, couple of thousand US covers, mostly 20th century but with some stampless & banknotes, includes first days, first flights, event covers, WWII patriotics, registered, and military ship covers with a nice selection of submarines, some foreign, needs serious attention to find those hidden gems, generally F.-V.F. Estimate $400 - 600.	Est. $400-600 SOLD for $375.00 Will close during Public Auction
3549		Santa Claus & Xmas Covers 1908-1990, lot of 200+ covers & cards, includes cacheted covers, some hand drawn, ship covers, 1st days, nice group of Xmas seals tied to card or cover, a few Santa PPCs, attractive group should be a excellent present for some collector, F.-V.F. Estimate $200 - 300.	Est. $200-300 SOLD for $250.00 Will close during Public Auction
3550		Better US First Day Covers 1923-1951, 500+ 1st day covers, many better frankings & cachets, in 6 cover albums, includes book of full color Cachet Craft covers, book of 1940 Pony Express 1st day covers, most of the balance of the covers are from the 1920s & 30s, includes 628 bisect tied, a great and varied accumulation worthy of close inspection, F.-V.F. Estimate $500 - 750.	Est. $500-750 SOLD for $550.00 Will close during Public Auction
3551		1926-1950 Better First Day Covers, 150+ covers, many better cachets, better franking include 614 plate block of 6, 615 plate block of 6, 619 block of 4, an opportunity to acquire seldom seen covers, needs inspection, F.-V.F. Estimate $500 - 750.	Est. $500-750 SOLD for $550.00 Will close during Public Auction
3552		1926-1997 First Day & Event Covers, 2500+ covers in two boxes, includes Prexies, complete runs of Famous Americans & Overrun Countries, better includes 834 & 1053, also a few better event covers, needs inspection, F.-V.F. Estimate $400 - 600.	Est. $400-600 SOLD for $300.00 Will close during Public Auction
3553		First Day Cover Selection 1926-40, approx 140 cacheted addressed incl 622 Indianapolis Worden, 2c Reds mostly uncacheted, 724 Adam Bert, 740-49 WSE/Dyer (park cancels), 756-65 Ioor, 785-94 Ioor, 803-34 Ioor ($1 faulty), 859-93 Grimsland, some light soiling or small tone spots, generally F.-V.F. Estimate $300 - 400.	Est. $300-400 SOLD for $110.00 Will close during Public Auction
3554		Massive & Valuable First Day Cover Accumulation, a sizeable stock of 3000+ first day covers in six cover boxes, 1925-2000, includes Canal Zone 1st days, a quick look shows cachets by Fluegel, Roessler, Calcraft, Cachetcraft & Crosby, includes nice group of baseball #855 & New York World's Fair #853, also includes great lot of 617-19, 832, C24, C31, 658-669 combo, 669, 671, 647-48, E13, most of the strength is in the 1920's to 40's, condition ranges from mixed to very fine, F.-V.F. Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.	Est. $1,500-2,000 SOLD for $1,800.00 Will close during Public Auction
3555		USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) Cover Collection, 500+ covers loose plus 150+ in three books, with many unusual and interesting cachets and frankings, includes a 1933 14" by 10" cover with a copy of Stuarts painting of the frigate, a wealth of material for the serious collector of this subject, F.-V.F. Estimate $250 - 350.	Est. $250-350 SOLD for $600.00 Will close during Public Auction
3556		Admiral Byrd Covers, collection of covers either related to Byrd's arctic exploration or with Byrd stamp, over 100 covers, includes print of Byrd in uniform, interesting group, well worth our estimate, F.-V.F. Estimate $200 - 300.	Est. $200-300 SOLD for $325.00 Will close during Public Auction
3557		Crosby Cacheted First Day & Event Covers, 200+ covers, mostly US 1st days, but includes Canal Zone 1st Days, ships & Canada, includes Famous Americans & Overrun Countries complete, E17 & C25-31, condition varies from mixed to very fine, excellent group of this cachet maker, F.-V.F. Estimate $400 - 600.	Est. $400-600 SOLD for $350.00 Will close during Public Auction
3558		Remarkable Naval Ship Cover Accumulation, 1400+ covers plus a book of 100+ submarine covers, many better ships including Arizona (x2), Indianapolis (x3), Oklahoma (x2), Lexington, West Virginia (x2), Yorktown (x2) & Saratoga, 300+ are photo cachets by Crosby, a wonderful & historical lot, sure to please, F.-V.F. Estimate $500 - 750.	Est. $500-750 SOLD for $950.00 Will close during Public Auction
3559		1939 Centennial Of Baseball First Day Collection, 88 covers, most with different cachets, although there is duplication with different color cachets, includes 10 different Crosby including Ruth, a Bernet cachet on a card, one cover with Mickey Mantle autograph, incredible collection of this popular subject, should be worth many multiples of our modest estimate, needs inspection, Very Fine. Estimate $500 - 750. (Image)	Est. $500-750 SOLD for $2,300.00 Will close during Public Auction
3560		Balloon Mail Covers 1891-1932, 36 covers, all balloon carried in races, includes 2 from the Gordon Bennett Balloon race, one autographed by the crew members, others carried by City Of Cleveland, The Belgica, Goodyear The 7th, Detroit Times among other, also includes 1891 cover & ad sheet for the Breadys "The Most Popular & Accomplished Aeronauts of the Age, values up to 200.00, a lot that would be impossible to duplicate, F.-V.F. Estimate $750 - 1,000. (Image)	Est. $750-1,000 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
3561		Zeppelin & Balloon Covers & Cards, 77 covers and cards, some flown, includes 7 balloon PCs, 16 Macon covers, 8 Akron covers, 11 covers with C18s, & 5 flown with German Zepps, exciting group of this popular subject, owners prices total 4000.00+, F.-V.F. Estimate $750 - 1,000.	Est. $750-1,000 SOLD for $1,400.00 Will close during Public Auction

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