184, 3¢ Grn, Fine, w/humongous mgns, on amber cover w/lgt violet "SANDBANK/N.Y./MAR9 1880" dc ccl & 5-pt solid star fancy ccl. Clean & nice! (Image)

$10

267a, 2¢ Pink, Ty III on DPO cover, F-VF, w/SE at btm, tied to cvr w/4-ring target ccl. Also, w/"CLIP/TEX./JUL/10/1898" cds ccl. Addr to "Mrs. Mavis Marberry/New Concord/Calloway Co./Ky." The cover is opened roughly at L w/some minor tng. Clip, TX Post Office was established March 8, 1898 & was discontinued July 15, 1898, which was only 3 months and one week. Clip, TX was about halfway between Goliad, TX & Berclair, TX. A very scarce "Dead Post Office" (DPO) ccl (Image)

$50

409var, 2¢ Car, Ty I, Schermack Ty III, Private Perfs, Paste-Up Coil Sgl, Miscut EFO, tied to cornercard advertising cover w/a blob killer ccl. Cover also w/Chicago, IL March 29, 1915 machine ccl. Commercially used from Great Northern Mfg. Co. in Chicago, IL. Stamp w/small scuff at LL; nice cover (Image)

$40

598var, 1½¢ Brn, Coil sgl miscut by coil machine, Fine, on Third Class Mail cover w/"BROOKLYN/N.Y." continuous pre-ccl. Cover also w/reddish "OR OTHER OCCUPANTS" straightline hs below addressee. Clean & fresh (Image)

$6

772, 3¢ Connecticut Tercentenary on First Flight Cover, F-VF, ink script addr, tied to cvr w/cds pmk "LIVENGOOD, ALASKA/JUL/2/1935" & 4 bar killer. Cachet is text "FIRST FLIGHT LIVENGOOD TO/FAIRBANK P.A.A./MONSON PILOT". Note P.A.A. is Pacific Alaska Airways and "MONSON" is actually "Al" Monsen, famous bush pilot. Reverse has (2) stamps,(1) cds "FAIRBANKS/JUL2/1935/11AM/ALASKA" from which a penciled arrow points to return addr on flap "ES.../HARVARD CLUB/BOSTON MASS" w/a blue "HARVARD CLUB OF BOSTON" time clock stamp which seems to indicate 1AM/1935/JUL/15. pencil note on back right (Image)

$30

807, E16, Airmail Special Delivery 1950 Commercial Cover, F-VF, w/(2) 807 paying airmail rate & 15¢ Special Delivery tied to cvr w/pmk "COLUMBUS/DEC15/730PM/1950/OHIO". Addr to Kankakee, Illinois. Inscribed "Spec. Delivery/Airmail" under the postage. Has (2) violet handstamps on front (1) "VIA AIRMAIL/SPECIAL DELIVERY" and (2) "RECEIVED UNSEALED AT/KANKAKEE, ILL." (This unsealed marking not found in the AUXILIARY MARKINGS RECORD" of the Auxiliary Markings Club). Back stamp duplex "KANKAKEE/DEC 16/130PM/1950/ILL." (Image)

$25

811var, 6¢ Red Org, R Vert ½ of Stamp on Cover to Pay the 3¢ Postage Rate, tied to pre-printed cover w/1941 Oxford, Mich. machine ccl to the Chesterman-Leland Co. in Philadelphia. No auxiliary markings (Image)

$12

842, 3¢ Lgt Violet, Coil sgl sliced vert into four pieces on cornercard advertising cover, 1952 Grand Rapid's, Mich. machine ccl. Advert shows a large woman in dress and apron w/the advertising on her apron "COLE'S LAUNDRY/and CLEANERS", their catchphrase "Grand Rapids"/Biggest Washwoman" and their address. The "puzzle stamp" may have been used as extra advertising enticement. Clean & nice (Image)

$8

842var, 3¢ Lgt Violet, Coil sgl, 1/3 of stamp trimmed fof to pay 2¢ Postal Rate, F-VF, tied to cornercard advertising commercial mail w/Ypsilanti, Mich., March 8, 1943 machine ccl. Advert from Richardson Pharmacy in Ypsilanti. Unusual piece of postal history! (Image)

$6

905, 3¢ Win the War Issue on Mae Weigand Hand-painted D-Day Patriotic Cover, the cover painted in blue, red, yellow, dark blue & black depicts the flag of Colombia w/Statue of Liberty in background, plus hs's of "COLOMBIA" at T & "UNITED NATIONS" at btm. "LEGION/TEX./JUN 6/2 PM/1944" cds ccl. "Weigand" sgnd & addr to herself at LR. Clean, fresh & RARE! (Image)

$150

1475, 8¢ Love Issue, Valentine's Day 1978 Event Covers (4), F-VF, unaddr, w/Fleetwood cachets of romantic scenes and Elizabeth Barrett Browning quotes; all pmk cds on FEB/14/1978 from (4) different cities; (1) LOVEJOY, GA, (2) LOVEJOY, IL (3) LOVELAND, CO & (4) LOVELAND, OH. Great thematic lot

$10

C10, Northbound & Southbound "Lindbergh Again Flies The Air Mail" Flight covers (2), VF, neat ink script addr, Northbound (AAMC 2N10) cvr has stamp tied to cvr w/cds "SAINT LOUIS, MO. 16/FEB 20/3:30PM/1928" w/pictorial killer; has back stamp "CHICAGO/FEB20/9PM/1928/ILL" return flight (Southbound - AAMC 257) tied to cvr w/cds "CHICAGO, ILL/FEB21/4AM/1928/AIRMAIL" and pictorial killer, back stamp is "SAINT LOUIS, MO/FEB21/12-M/1928". Both covers are hotel envelopes, one is "Hotel Atlantic" in Chicago and two is "NEW HOTEL SHERMAN" in Chicago. Cachet is type 2d Horseshoe on both. Northbound cvr has personal correspondence directly related to this special Airmail event. Wonderful Lindberghiana material! (Image)

$75

C20, 25¢ China Clipper on event cover, F-VF, unaddr, tied to cvr w/4-bar killer, Fidelity Stamp Co. red & blue cachet, blue hand stamp "REGISTERED" w/no., typed inscription at btm "AIR REGISTERED-LAST DAY". Reverse has (2) dc pmk, one on each side of flap "WASHINGTON, D.C./DEC/31/1948/REG. DIV." Also, blue handstamped return address "FIDELITY STAMP CO./805G STREET, N.W./WASHINGTON 1, D.C./RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED". Has (2) stamp margin selvages over btm envelope seams. Interesting (Image)

$15

Cook Book label, used as stamp on cover, F-VF, tied to cover w/1959 Ravenna, Mich machine ccl & addr to Consumers Power Co. in Muskegon. The purple label depicts "The/Modern Family/Cook Book" w/label at btm "VALVE/$4.95/SN PUB. ORIG. ED.". Probably used to pay a power bill (Image)

$20

1890 USPOD Return Receip, form, Napa City, CA ccl & Hillsboro, TX receiving ccl, plus a purple straightline receiving ccl. Couple fuzzy cnrs, o/w exceptionally nice piece of postal history (Image)

$75

FAM-14 1941 First Flight, Extension Covers (8), each on Pan American Airways System cornercard advertising airmail covers, AAMC #F14-20 to F14-24 & F14-24a-c for the new flight from San Francisco to Singapore & back. Only 4,000 sets/8 created. Nice, clean complete set Cat($40) (Image)

$40

Canada 329, 5¢ Ultra, U.S. Domestic Mail Usage on Cover, VF, tied to cover w/1954 Livonia, Mich. machine ccl to Grand Haven, Mich. w/no auxiliary markings. Unusual usage (Image)

$20