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Postal History Collections

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1157

Foreign Service Officer Collection, 1776-2000, stampless, postal stationary, and diplomatic mail from a State Department employee stationed in Kabul, Afghanistan; Feb 1776 to attorney without contents, several stampless folded letters 1843-1858, pair of British folded letters from 1856 carried on "Atlantic" and "Arabia"; binder containing about 100 mint and postally used entires (several from Columbas Exposition), 5 envelopes carried on the Hindenburg, prewar Clipper mail to Switzerland, a few dozen mint and postally used postal cards, envelope mailed from Byrd Expedition in 1934 from South Pole, lovely multicolor hand drawn pen and ink on 1911 postal card, pair of Scott # 113 on cover, pair of German States envelopes from 1858 and 1864, 1866 Paris to Lyon envelope, Registered 1893 Paris to New York, Netherlands folded letters from 1853 and 1867, commercial mail from Saudi Arabia to the US in 1960 with colorful frankings, business mail from Kuala Lumpur, wonderful diplomatic mail from Afghanistan, and much more, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 12.2 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Video for this lot) (Image)

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Estimate $750-1,000
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1158

Naval Cover Accumulation, many hundred covers, best include 14 Beazell covers with image of a different Navy ship addressed to Crosby from 1931 with the 2¢ Yorktown stamp (#703) being a First Day Cover, and a long box containing many 1930's-40's covers and a large handful of Deep Freeze covers, 2 binders of c. 1980 covers variety of ship cancels, Very Fine, see everything online. Shipping charges apply - weight 18.6 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Video2 for this lot) (Video3 for this lot) (Video4 for this lot) (Video5 for this lot) (Video6 for this lot) (Video7 for this lot) (Video8 for this lot) (Image)
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Estimate $750-1,000
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1159

One Firm's Mail, 1873-1900, 450+ envelopes with stamps or entires to an agricultural implement company in Alexandria VA; while much has been roughly opened there remains a substantial opportunity to take advantage of fancy cancels on Scott # 26, 65, 114, and other stamps; several interesting corner cards and a few Advertising noted; enjoy, Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 5 lbs. (Image)

Estimate $500-750
SOLD for $300.00
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1160

West Virginia Cover, Postcard and License Collection, hundreds, mostly 1900's-40's with a handful earlier and later, including many interesting items, postcards are a mix of cards chosen for the picture side of a scene in a West Virginia town and others for the cancel, a few college covers, a handful of coal-themed items, reduced legal sized cover with #69 with top selvage tied by "Kanawha C.H. Va. Oct. 16, 1861" double-circle datestamp to Ohio signed by Stanley Ashbrook, well organized in four boxes, a legal-sized cover with #73 (2) & 114, vast majority are towns A through G, well-organized in four shoeboxes, also includes over 100 licenses (no stamps) mostly from the 1940's and 1950's for a drug store in Charleston including vending machines, general licenses, licenses to operate a store, license to sell soft drinks, cigarettes and tobacco, health department licenses to operate an eating and drinking establishment (these were displayed in the store and show the usual corner faults and pinholes), plus an old short film "W.V. Postal History - Maps" and an 1869 statement sized partially printed receipt with Harnden Express letterhead, mixed condition, generally Fine to Very Fine, see some of the highlights online. Shipping charges apply - weight 24.6 lbs. (Image)

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Estimate $500-750
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1161

Making the Rounds Correspondence, ca. 1883-1916, thousands of covers (mostly bundled) with enclosures among various members of the Rounds family in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine and New York; various corner cards present (including family-related "State Normal School/Plymouth, NH/CC Rounds, Principal" and "Rounds, Hatch, Dillingham & Debevoise/62 Cedar Street/New York"), some postal cards, etc.; quick review show most with common frankings for the given period (Bank Notes, Second Bureaus, Washington-Franklins), but unchecked for better; in need of organizing, but a wealth of family history—and plenty of material for the resourceful dealer; condition varies as expected, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 28.6 lbs. (Image)

Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $425.00
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1162

Very Interesting Consignment Balance, 34 items total with the value in the following -- a box from a portrait photographer c. 1870's containing 8 cards but we do not guarantee they belong to the box, a beautiful 11 x 17 in. ornate 1850 5 year homeowners insurance policy with a blue "10" cancel at bottom of facing page, 6 Adams Express Co. partially printed forms (5 different), two Sanitary Fair coves including one with original letter from a soldier stuck in a DC hospital on July 30 1865 after his company has been discharged, #64b on cover with a faint blue "Chattanooga Tenn" straightline, #73 with "Headquarters, Superintendent Volunteer Recruiting Service, Concord N.H." printed corner card, and two 1870's covers from Greece including mourning cover with letter discussing how the Greeks reject the Treaty of Berlin and informs the recipient about the death of the sender's brother; some faults as always, overall Fine to Very Fine, see everything online. Shipping charges apply - weight 0.8 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Video2 for this lot) (Image)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $275.00
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1163

Reload Your Dollar Box, 1905-2016, thousands of 20th century covers that show-goers love; includes First Day Covers, worldwide commercial including Airmail and Registered, mint and used postal cards (many of these modern used cards are really good), postal entires, some soldier's mail and censor tapes; fun for collectors, Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 47 lbs. (Image)

Estimate $250-350
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1164

Interesting Correspondence, mostly from Cincinnati, 1861-1870, 91 including 77 with #65 including 6 with hotel advertisements and one with Paducah Kentucky "billboard" advertisement and one with "Toledo & Quincy R.P.O." cancel, 9 with #114 and 5 with #147 including one from a bookseller with original letter on company letterhead, a good mix of black and blue cancels, all addressed to Everett Walker of Shrewsbury Mass.; mixed condition, Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 1 lbs. (Image)

Estimate $250-350
SOLD for $190.00
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1165

United States, WWII Family Correspondence, 1943-1946, 2 banker's boxes packed with hundreds of letters from a serviceman from his time while in training in the United States through postwar service in Germany; operational security translated into minimal job or situation content so much is relegated to familial topics, although the envelope postal history remains rich in APOs, censor markings, rates (numerous Postage Dues noted), and routes; condition is mixed as much has been opened roughly and some of the correspondence has been exposed to pests and mildew; also included are hundreds of First Day envelopes and worldwide covers, making this an enjoyable lot to paw through, Very Good to Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 35.6 lbs. (Image)

Estimate $250-350
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1166

Enormous Pile of Covers, 1880-2021, thousands of US (and a few hundred foreign) in two large boxes; a brief dip reveals First Day Covers (cacheted and uncacheted, addressed and unaddressed), commercial mail, a little military mail, and obviously much more; enjoy, Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 56 lbs. (Image)

Estimate $200-300
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1167

Polar Postal History, 1929-60, a dozen covers from Antarctic operations; envelope addressed to Wellington NZ from Bark SS City of New York during Admiral Byrd's first expedition, postcard with same 1929 date autographed by crewmember Konter, pair of US Mount Olympus covers from Operation HIGHJUMP, RADM George Dufek autograph on Operation DEEP FREEZE I envelope to VADM Royar in Washington from the South Pole, USCG Cutter Northwind covers on NAF McMurdo envelopes for ODF II, 1960 DEEP FREEZE V cover canceled Pole Station Antarctic, pair of National Geographic Society ODF envelopes from Byrd Station Antarctic, and more; early Byrd catches the worms (whatever that means), Fine to Very Fine. (Image)

Estimate $100-150
SOLD for $80.00
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1168

War Mail to Loved Ones Back Home, 1942-1967, perhaps 150 envelopes (and some correspondence) mostly from WWII but did note dates from Korea and a few from Vietnam; mostly censored with numerous interesting auxilliary markings, many carry domestic Airmail rate or are free as Soldier's Mail; many opened with abandon as these were intended as work products and not philatelic creations; time spent with a reference on APO/FPOs will yield much enjoyment and perhaps unmask valuable covers, Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 3 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

Estimate $100-150
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1169

Famous American Cover Collection, 1982-83, Postal Commemorative Society album of 1940 Famous American Series stamps encased as cachets with 20¢ Flag stamps canceled in the 1982-83 timeframe; an elegant volume to grace your shelf, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 3.6 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Image)

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Estimate $40-60
SOLD for $50.00
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