156, 158, 1¢ Ultramarine and 3¢ Green Strip of 4, on 1880 registered cover, 1¢ Avg, 3¢ Fine with right stamp having clipped perfs from scissor-cut opening. 1¢ pmk "SAN DIEGO/JUL/18/1880/TEX.", rest ms cancel; sender George E. Pond (later to become Brigadier General Pond) to his brother Ensign Charles Pond (to become Rear Admiral Pond) at the "USS Hassler" in San Francisco and then forwarded to "Smith Ranch". USS Hassler was actually CS (Coastal Survey) vessel, the Coastal Survey being the fore-runner to today's NOAA. Back stamp four-line "SAN FRANCISCO/CAL./JUL 28 1880/REGISTERED/: Condition is very good though scissors were used to open envelope and no contents. Nice! (Image)

$75

220, 2¢ Carmine on commercial cover (2) from Pike, Texas DPO, stamps faulty with scuffs and missing paper, 1st cover has cds "PIKE/APR/16/1894/TEX." Second cover has cds "PIKE/MAY/29/1894/TEX." Both back-stamped with cds "LEONARD/APR/16/1894/TEX." and LEONARD/../../../" (mostly indistinct). Pike Post Office was established in 1885 and discontinued in 1932. Condition is fair with some stains, ragged edges and tone spots (Image)

$30

581, 628, 1½c Harding (5) and 5¢ Ericsson (4) on U.S. to Canal Zone First Flight Cover, F-VF, addressed to La Ceiba, Honduras, an A.C. Roessler cover, flown by Charles Lindbergh, pmk "MIAMI,FLA/FEB4/5-AM/1929". Has F5a cachet, franked with 27½¢ which was ½¢ over required fee. Receiving pmk "CRISTOBAL/FEB6/4-30PM/1929/CANAL ZONE". (Image)

$45

854, 3¢ Washington Inauguration on Event cover, F-VF, neat typed address, "FIRST WORLD-WIDE PHILATELIC CONVENTION" in May 1939. Green and red cachet of "MISS MARY HART/STAMP QUEEN OF THE WORLD". Includes her signature. Convention poster label affixed "WILL ROGERS", brown and red on white, tied to cover by pmk cds "TULSA, OKLA/PM/MAY/20/1939/WORLD WIDE CONVENTION OF PHILATELISTS STA." Cover in very good condition with slight overall toning, some gum toning and corner crease lower right (Image)

$16

2841, 29¢ Moon Landing 25th Anniversary Special Event cover, VF, unaddressed, overall printed cachet by Keith Birdong with 2842 ($9.95) Express Mail issue flown on STS-68 Endeavor to celebrate 25th Anniversary of 1st Moon Landing. Postmark dated SEP/30/1994 which was launch date of STS-68

$60

C76, 10¢ Moon Landing Issue on space event covers (2), F-VF, (1) unaddressed and (2) addressed in pencil; first tied to cover by cds "CAPE CANAVERAL, FL/NOV19/AM/1969/32920", the date Apollo 12 landed on the moon, cachet attributed to NOVAK (Ray Novak?) and is one of a set of (3) executed for Apollo 12. Second tied to cover with cds "KENNEDY SPACE CENTER/JUL26/AM/1971" which is the launchdate for Apollo 15. Cachet by "BREVARD PRINTING CO." and appears to be scarce/rare. Includes correspondence about working on the GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETER experiment Apollo 15 would conduct. Very interesting and not frequently offered space covers (Image)

$40

U411, 2¢ Car, Die I, Advertising Cover, VF, w/cornercard advert from Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. of Richmond, VA Sept. 5, 1913 ccl. Reverse w/red all-over advertisement for the Virginia State Fair to be held in Richmond Oct. 6-11, 1913, inclg (2) fair scenes. Cover opened roughly at R w/tr at btm (Image)

$30

U631, 2904, 29¢ Football Stamped Envelope and 32¢ Flag over Porch on USPS postcard for SuperBowl XXX, souvenir items unaddressed with special pmk "JANUARY 28TH, 1996/Castua Logo/TEMPE, ARIZONA 85281/ with killer "SUPER BOWL/1X9X9X6/STATION". Both in excellent to pristine condition, pmk on U631 has inking flaw and "N" of "STATION" is missing (Image)

$26

Collection of Event/Comme, Covers for famous Entertainment & Sports personalities (7 sets), (6) are birthday commemorations for Terry Bradshaw, Phylis Diller, Virginia Graham, David Hartman, Terry Moore and Lawrence Welk; & (1) baseball event - the occasion of Nolan Ryan's 5th no-hitter on Sept 25, 1981 (celebrated on 9/26/81); each set consists of envelopes pmk'd on the day of birth at Post Offices w/the stars names; eg. Terry Moore set is pmk'd at "TERRY, WV"; "MOORE, TX"; and "LOS ANGELES" (birth city). The Lawrence Welk set incls a postcard from his office in Escondido, CA w/his sig inscribed thanking the sender. Very interesting items! (Image)

$100