Scarce hand-made woodcut cachet on VJ Day cover from the USS Missoula, which arrived in Tokyo Bay on the day of surrender, Sept 2, 1945; in magenta, oval "Original Landing / V-J. Day / Tokyo-Area / 9/2/45 / U.S.S. Missoula" & three stars; the letters "N" are reversed; franked w/ 6¢ airmail, generic U.S. Navy Sept 2 postmark, addr to Elks Club in Cristobal, Canal Zone; additional strong cachet strike on reverse; F-VF (Image)

Est. $150-200 LE

COAST GUARD abt (900) incl abt (750) cutters sorted alpha A-H w/ printed or hand stamped cachets (mostly commissioning), abt (150) stations & misc other incl few personal, mostly 1970s to early 2000s, sleeved & priced, (3) patches, gen F-VF (Image)

Est. $180-220 L

NAVAL & MARINES w/ some Coast Guard abt (1900), much WWII w/ bit of WWI & some later, mix of personal, official business & cacheted; ship, base & generic "Navy" cancels, some censored; usual varied cond (Image)

Est. $400-500 L

Accum abt (3000+), much subs, USS Lexington, USS Ranger & misc others, largely hand stamped or printed cachets incl abt (110) Beck, few personal, dup, some sleeved, few flts but gen F-VF (Image)

Est. $600-750 L (2)

SUBMARINES abt (6000) in (6) long cover boxes incl abt (5000) sorted by sub #594//611, 616-83, 702-35 & 750-75 (717-35 somewhat heavier dup), abt (1000) unsorted 600s-700s & abt (65) diff Beck B21//B646 (subs 594//658); printed or handstamped cachets, majority sleeved & priced, #6 size, some unsleeved slight edge foxing, otherwise gen F-VF (Image)

Est. $1,200-1,500 OVERSIZE (6)