130 USA BANKNOTE COVERS 1870-1895, includes a nice range of 100 Large Banknote covers 1870-1889 plus 24 Small Banknote covers 1890-1893, and 6 Columbia Issue covers 1893-1894, note lots of good cork cancels, good UPU rates to BELGIUM, FRANCE, ITALY, GERMANY, IRELAND, ENGLAND ++, many covers with the original letter enclosures, some mixed condition, retails over $700 US ($950 CDN), mostly F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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12 USA UPU RATE COVERS 1881-1960, all better including 5¢ rates to IRELAND 1881, SWEDEN 1951 and 1907 overpaid 1¢, 1930 ENGLAND short paid 1¢, BRITISH HONDURAS 1942, and COLOMBIA 1945, also 3¢ preferred 1942 WWII rates to ARGENTINA and MEXICO, 1960 URUGUAY 8¢ UPU, 1939 LATVIA 3¢ postcard ++, retails over $330 US ($450 CDN), F-VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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11 USA UPU RATE COVERS 1893-1957, all better including 5¢ rates to BELGIUM 1893, CHINA 1935, CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1938, ARGENTINA 1943, GERMANY 1931, and DENMARK 1940, also a 1938 NORWAY 3¢ printed matter rate, 1957 URUGUAY 8¢ rate, 1935 GERMANY 13¢ airmail, 1929 CANADA 17¢ registered, and a 1907 COSTA RICA 2¢ postcard, retails over $360 US ($500 CDN), F-VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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30 USA STATIONERY RATES 1893-1924, all better including an 1894 wrapper #W301 to GERMANY, an 1888 unsealed printed matter cover #U294 to SWITZERLAND with forwarding postage due, a scarce 1880 unsealed printed matter #U108 cover to BELGIUM, a 1911 printed matter #U400 cover to GERMANY forwarded to LONDON + SIDMOUTH + STOCKBRIDGE with no additional charges, also 5 UPU 5¢ rates to BELGIUM 1913, HOLLAND 1912, BOHEMIA 1909, INDIA 1921 ITALY 1920, also a 1911 registered rate to SWITZERLAND, a 1902 cover to Russian Occupied FINLAND, a 1918 GERMAN cover held by the British Army, and 8 UPU postal card rates to JAPAN 1915, GERMANY 1893-1910, MEXICO 1910, ENGLAND 1909-1913 ++, great lot with up to $175 items and a total retail value over $1300 US ($1700 CDN), F-VF est ($150+ US) (Image)

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18 USA BUREAU ISSUE RATES 1902-1922, all better including 5¢ UPU letter rates to JAMAICA 1916, INDIA 1913, TURKEY 1920, ARGENTINA 1910, HUNGARY 1902, SWITZERLAND 1922, ITALY 1918, FRANCE 1906, POLAND 1922, also a 1902 unsealed printed matter rate to AUSTRIA and forwarded with no additional charge, a 1908 MEXICO 2¢ preferred rate, WWI USA soldiers letter to FRANCE, lot also includes UPU postcard rates to SOUTH-AFRICA 1913, Russian Occupied FINLAND 1911, BOHEMIA 1912, COSTA-RICA 1911 ++, 13 items with unchecked Washington-Franklin frankings, good lot retailing over $800 US ($1100 CDN), F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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12, includes 9 letter rates including 15¢ rates to NEW-ZEALAND 1967. FINLAND 1961, CANAL-ZONE 1944, AUSTRIA 1956, and ITALY 1948, also 30¢ rates to GERMANY 1940 and ENGLAND 1943, plus 10¢ to CUBA 1938, 20¢ to HAWAII 1941++, lot includes 3 postcard rates noting 11¢ to THAILAND in 1966 and a great 36¢ THAILAND rate addressed to King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the Chitralada Palace asking him to release 7 political prisoners and 30,000 other prisoners, retails over $310 US ($400 CDN), F-VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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38 USA RATE COVERS & CARDS 1951-2000 (a few earlier), all better $10-$75 items during the 1950-2000 postal inflation period, includes 1952 registered airmail 35¢ and 60¢ rates to COLOMBIA, 1955 JORDAN $1.05 registered airmail, 1983 VIETNAM 11¢ airmail, 1951-1961 Aerogramme 10¢ rates to NORWAY, SPAIN, and ENGLAND, 1969 AUSTRIA 21¢ airmail, 1987 short-paid rate to TRISTAN-DA-CUNHA (rare), a 1967 FRENCH ARCTIC TERRITORIES 13¢ rate via REUNION (scarce), a fabulous range of airmail rates to LEBANON, ISRAEL, JAPAN, GREECE, SWITZERLAND, BELGIUM, SWEDEN, NORWAY, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, GERMANY ++, 10 covers are legal size and larger with good multiple rates, retails over $770 US ($1000 CDN), F-VF est ($100+ US) (Image)

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220 USA COVERS 1895-1920, all with early Bureau Issue frankings, includes lots of registered, good rates to SWITZERLAND, BOHEMIA, AUSTRIA, GERMANY, CANADA, a triple registered rate to HUNGARY (worth the estimate alone) ++, also better illustrated advertising for publishers, fraternal IOOF, insurance, pianos, gas stoves, art studios, mattresses, the ST-PAUL-MINN Police and Fire Commission ++, great lot with up to $150 single items and a total retail value over $2500 US ($3300 CDN), F-VF est ($150+ US) (Image)

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370 USA BUREAU ISSUE COVERS 1895-1908, mostly 1¢-2¢ frankings noting 220 covers with #246/279B first Bureau covers and 150 second Bureau covers with #300-301 and #319, the majority with duplex town cancels, a few corks, RPO's, machine cancels, flag cancels including a good study group of 80 flags from WESTCHESTER-PA, completely unchecked for printing varieties, re-entries, watermarks, also UPU rates to Sweden, illustrated advertising, postage dues, many with original letter enclosures, 18 are legal size covers, retails over $500 US ($650 CDN), F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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665 USA COVERS & STAMP ITEMS 1859-1980's, includes 365 covers & cards noting Congress signed FREE franks, special delivery, rates to Indonesia, an 1876 registered "AR" receipt, 2 used 1850's Nesbitt envelopes, many covers with original letter contents including a 1977 cover with 4 Irish Sweepstakes tickets, 274 are mint stationery covers and postal cards noting 2 sets of the "Legends of the West" cards ++, lot includes 300 mint 1935-1980 plate blocks #772/1794 plus some BOB, retails over $980 US ($1300 CDN), F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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700 USA COVERS 1922-1949, includes good rates to INDIA 1939, ARGENTINA 1932 registered, GERMANY noting a1928 early airmail rate, FRANCE, lots of CANADA rates including registered "AR" ++, also better domestic special delivery, registered, pre-1930 airmails, 1928 NIGHT airmail, business reply permits, perfins, illustrated advertising, used Postal Notes, Official Seals, postage dues ++ lot includes 55 Pacific Seismic Activity cards (form-481) all sent from WASHINGTON-DC to the VICTORIA-BC Meteorological Observatory 1927-1940 noting all have machine cancels with a wide range of nice slogans, 30 covers are legal size, retails over $1500 US ($2000 CDN), F-VF est ($100+ US) (Image)

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1190 USA STATIONERY COVERS & CARDS 1853-1990's, a fabulous hoard of 530 envelopes and about 660 postal cards plus a few letter sheets, wrappers, and reply cards, note a better 1¢ printed matter rates to CHINA, NORWAY, HUNGARY, GERMANY, also good UPU and airmail rates to SWEDEN, CHILE, ENGLAND, GERMANY ++, note early uses #U9, U19, U50, Wells Fargo advertising on #U34, U82, Travel Trunk advertising on U429, Brewer advertising on #U358, saw 2 albino impressions on #U436 legal size envelopes (one is a private printing window envelope) ++, a total of 80 covers are legal size, great lot with up to $100 items with total retail value over $1000 US ($1400 CDN), F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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