10A, 3¢ Deep Org Brn,3 9/10 mgns just touches at LL cnr, tied to brown, homemade cvr w/circular grid ccl. Cover also w/"BALTIMORE/Md./AUG/14" cds ccl to MR. G.S. Groshan in Frederick, Md. The receiving note at L shows 1851 usage, so very early usage for this issue Cat($245) (Image)

$245

10A, 3¢ Deep Org Brn, Ty II, about three mgns, tied to blue folded letter w/blue circular "BALTIMORE MD./OCT/29" ccl. Filing note on cover shows 1851 usage. Cover addr to "Mr. George S. Groshen/Frederick/Md.", lgt tng at LR & w/one page business letter inside. Stamp position should be fairly easy to determine, since there is a dot below LR diamond Cat($190) (Image)

$150

10A, 3¢ Deep Org Brn, Pos. 67LSE, 2½ mgns in at btm and LR, tied to cover front w/"PAID" circular grid ccl. Cover also w/red "BOSTON/9/DEC/3cts" cds ccl to "Mr. James Thomas Jr/Richmond/Virginia" Cat($180) (Image)

$125

26, U10, 3¢ Dull Red, Ty III on 3¢ Red on Buff Postal Envelope, no. U10 w/"CHESTER C.H./S.C./FEB/25" cds ccl, the "FEB" is inverted. Cover addr to "Mrs. Isabella Woodruff/No. 92 King Street/Charleston/So. Ca." Address is marked out and forwarded to "Care John W. Lewis, Esq. Ashepoo Ferry" for which the additional postage, no. 26 clipped at L & T, was added w/"CHARLESTON/S.C./MAR/2/1860" cds ccl. Cover opened roughly at T, lgtly sgnd at UR, minor edge flts. Unusual ccl & unusual addition of stamp for forwarding (Image)

$40

559, 7¢ Black, Pair on 1928 Event Cover, Fine-Avg, pmk is cds "HOUSTON TEXAS/JUNE 26/1928" w/"AIRMAIL/SAVES TIME & BI-PLANE pictorial killer ccl, pair over pays postage rate, script addr in ink to "Aurora/ILL" (slightly smudged) and ink script "Via Air Mail" in c/c position. Also, has several (5) hand-stamped "Kicking Donkey" w/"HE'S IN HOUSTON" handstamp. June 26 was the date of the opening of the 1928 Democratic National Convention in Houston w/Al Smith nominated for President. Since Smith stayed in New York we believe "He's in Houston" refers to the appearance of Woodrow Wilson at the convention. Nice collateral item (Image)

$35

853, 3¢ New York World's Fair Issue on 1939 Royal Visit Event Cover, F-VF, neat typed addr, pmk "ROYAL TRAIN R.P.O./JUNE 81939/U.S.A." The Royal Train crossed the Canadian Border at Buffalo, NY the night of June 7th and proceeded directly to Washington, D.C. to arrive at 11AM on the 8th; the first ever visit of British Monarch (King George VI & Queen (Mother) Elizabeth) to the United States and WWII to begin in three months (Image)

$15

C7, 10¢ Map & Planes Issue Event Cover, F-VF, on "FIRST ANNIVERSARY FLIGHT/Western Air Express, Inc./April 17, 1927" postcard w/correspondence dated 4/15/27. Pmk is cds "LOS ANGELES, CALIF./APR17/1927/ARCADE STA.3". Western Air Express's first airmail flight was April 17, 1926 between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City with one stop at Las Vegas. Interesting historical & collateral item (Image)

$30

C24, 30¢ Airmail on First Flight Cover, Fine, NY - Maseilles, France flight (AAM #F18-1) w/blue hs flight cachet and w/Capt. Crosby photocachet w/green thermographic printing. HS & addr by/to Academy Award winner Howard C. Wilson. Very nice cover (Image)

$25

UC8c, 6¢ on 2¢ Car on U429h die 9 entire, "Military" Post WWII commercial cvr from Lt (JG) Gilliam to Mrs. Gilliam at the "Public Works Dept"/City of Houston". Envelope is Die 9 w/narrow oval C, O & G. Envelope opened neatly at L side, very minor edge and cnr wear (slight cr at UR and minor tone spots. Pmk is cds "U.S./SEP4/1945/NAVY". Sound and collectible item Cat($11)

$10