9 PHILADELPHIA STAMPLESS 1820-1853, with a nice range of cancels, includes a 25mm “PHIL” cds on an 1816 cover to Carlisle-PA, 5 stampless with 24mm “PHIL” cds cancels 1820-1832, a large blue “PHILADELPHIA-PA” cds on an 1841 cover to Hagerstown-MD, and small blue “PHILADELPHIA-PA” cds on 2 covers 1842-1850, note a nice range of PAID and COLLECT rates including 10¢, 12½¢, 18½¢, and 18¾¢, also 2 unrated stampless noting a drop letter and an 1850 letter to Burlington-NJ, retails over $450, F-VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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38 EARLY USA COVERS 1853-1869, includes a #9 franked drop letter at DAYTON-OH, a #11A on an 1857 New York cover to LITCHFIELD-CONN, #24 (faults) on a drop lettter, 6 unchecked #26-26A franked covers, 23 Washington #64-65 covers noting 4 are pink and rose-pink shades, 5 unchecked 3¢ grilled stamps, 2 pictorial issue #114 covers, the usual minor faults to be expected, retails over $1500, F-VF est ($150+ US) (Image)

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10 USA RATES to HAWAII 1868-1891, all more or less faulty but very scarce 5¢. 10¢, 12¢, and 15¢ rates, all addressed to Reverend S. C. Bishop in either SAHAINALUNA or HONOLULU, covers originate from OAKLAND-CAL, MARTINEZ-CAL, and one from AMHERST-MASS, retails over $2000 AS-IS, VG-F est ($150+ US) (Image)

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900 USA COVERS 1862-1960's (a few later), note better 1943 WWII censored airmail to Mexico, 1940 censored to Denmark, 1908 Christmas Seal tied on postcard, lots of unchecked RPO cancels, registered rates, Exposition cancels, Great Americans covers with MNH encased stamp cachets, a $5 Moore #1295 FDC, many Liberty Issue registered money packet bank tags, multicolor illustrated adv noting Gulf Oil Auto Service and several different Montgomery-Ward covers, an 1863 NY Central Railroad invoice for delivery of liquor and pork from Albany to Amsterdam, a 3¢ rated parcel tag for radio parts with the original cloth parcel bag still attached, 750 US Government penalty envelopes 1950-1960's mostly from a wide range of Department of Agriculture offices, a stamp display case with 30 mtd 1862-1920 USA stamps including perfins, precancels, Wells-Fargo money order receipt, liquor and tobacco revenue stamps ++, retails over $2000, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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6 USA DOCUMENTS with WAR TAX 1865-1875, includes 4 Philadelphia 1865 delivery invoices from different transport agents with 2¢ revenue #R15c frankings, also 2 National Bank of Salem (SALEM-NY) checks with 1872 and 1875 revenue #R135,R151 frankings, VF est ($35+ US) (Image)

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14 USA CHECKS on REVENUE PAPER 1872-1901, an attractive group on check papers #RN-D1 (x2), F1, G1 (x3), J4, X6 (x3), and X7 (x4), note checks from the North Pennsylvania Railroad, Rhode Island Hospital, Grocers & Producers Bank ++, F-VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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42 USA CHECKS with REVENUES 1896-1906, includes 40 checks with USS Maine revenue frankings with rates from 2¢ to 27retails over $, F-VF est ($+ US), 2 are 1896 and 1906 Becker Brewing checks with no revenue frankings, F-VF est ($35+ US) (Image)

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135 USA COVERS & CARDS 1867-1990's, includes 54 covers and 67 postcards, the cards are particularly good noting 12 with early pre-1904 undivided backs, also 5 of the Seattle 1909 Alaska-Yukon Exhibition cards, 12 Railroad related cards, 3 QSL Amateur Radio cards, lots of good 1895-1920 machine cancels and slogans including Barr-Fyke + Barry + Doremus ++, WWII soldiers letters, postage dues, special delivery, event covers, a few cachet FDC's, $6.40 war tax on a 1918 parcel delivery card, redirected mail with good auxiliary markings ++, retails over $320, F-VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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4 BETTER USA COVERS 1867-1903, includes an 1867 Boston 10¢ rate cover to Quebec-City, plus 3 good illustrated adv covers 1887-1903 noting Agricultural Tools & Seeds, and two different Garland Kitchen Stove ads, retails over $375, F-VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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4 BETTER USA COVERS 1868-1960, includes 1868 Homer-NY fancy cork duplex cancel, 1920 UPU rate to Sierra-Leone, 1925 Airship "Los Angeles" first flight cover Puerto-Rico to New-York, 1960 Airmail to Denmark and returned UNKNOWN, retails over $300, F-VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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96 USA LARGE BANKNOTE COVERS 1870-1883 (a few later), note 91 are 3¢ Green #147, 158, 184, 207 frankings, note better cork cancels, 3 have 1¢ gray-blue #206 frankings, 2 are drop letters with 2¢ frankings #146, a few usual faults to be expected, a nice specialist study lot unchecked or re-entries and varieties, retails over $300, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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155 USA COVERS 1874-1990's, note a better 1886 Washington-DC No.6 duplex cancel, also good registered rates, postage dues, 4 baseball Mark McGuire home run cachet event covers 1998-1999, WWII patriotic labels, WWII soldiers letters noting a hoard of 107 V-Mails from a mother and addressed to her son at APO-635 over the 13 month period JUN-1944 to JUN-1945 (it's unusual that a soldier had the room to save such a large correspondence), also a few FDC's ++, 17 are legal size noting many multiple rates, retails over $350, F-VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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8 USA $25 LIQUOR DEALER LICENCES 1874-1885, all are from different series noting 1874-1876, 1879-1880, 1882-1883, and 1885, all are mint with punch cancels and coupons removed, the 1885 license is printed by the USA Bureau of Engraving & Printing, VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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23 USA ADVERTISING COVERS & CARDS 1875-1970's, all are illustrated noting better hotels, safety matches, liquor, Gulf Oil, Montgomery-Ward stores (multicolor), paint, Wells-Fargo C.O.D., wall paper, coin dealers ++, retails over $400, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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1650 USA MINT STATIONERY ITEMS 1875-1980, includes 350 postal cards and reply card entires #UX27/UX80 and #UY11/UY30, also 1175 stationery envelopes and airmail envelopes #U116a/U581 and #UC3/UC41, plus 14 Aerogrammes, a few wrappers, some Canal Zone and a few postally used items, 340 are legal size both regular and airmail envelopes, retails over $1400, VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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659 USA STATIONERY COVER ITEMS 1853-2002, mint and used mtd in a 1996 Harris Liberty Volume-3 Stationery Album, a total of 563 cut squares comprising #U1-U650, plus airmail #UC1/UC57 and Officials #UO2/UO84, includes better cut squares #U1, U2, U9, U41, U63, U74, U109, U218, U219, U221, U264, UO2, UO20, UO31, UO44, there are 93 unchecked envelope entires, there ar bound to be some sleepers in here, Scott minimum catalog value is $1500, mostly VF est ($150+ US) (Image)

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265 USA STATIONERY COVERS & CARDS 1854-1890's, includes 165 postal cards #UX3-UX14 and 100 envelopes #UX10-UX323 with a nice range of envelope colors and sizes, unchecked for varieties, lots of early cork cancels + numeral cancels + duplex cancels, note an 1857 Nesbitt #U10 from NEWMARKET-ILL (1857-1871 RF-6) and addressed to NEW-GOLDEN-NC, retails over $700, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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111 USA BANKNOTE COVERS 1883-1894, note 34 covers with 2¢ brown #210 frankings, 21 with 2¢ green #213 frankings noting a cover front to France, 2 are 1¢ ultramarine #212 frankings, 27 are Small Banknote 1¢-2¢ frankings, 11 are Columbus 1¢-2¢ stationery covers, note lots of nice numeral duplex cancels, a few corks, a nice study lot unchecked for re-entries and varieties, retails over $220, F-VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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610 USA USED STATIONERY ITEMS 1883-1990's (a few mint), includes a wide range of early unchecked machine cancels noting lots of International types and early slogans, also over 240 postal and reply cards with many good advertising and duplex cancels, over 120 letter size envelopes, about 250 legal size envelopes, and a few wrappers, lots of Canada rates, unchecked for dies and varieties, retails at least $520, F-VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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7 USA ADVERTISING COVERS 1883-1917, all are illustrated noting 1883 Cincinatti Industrial Exposition, 1888 electrotype mfg, 1890 saws and files, 1911 axel grease, 1915 farm harrows, 1916 meat packers, 1917 soap, retails over $550, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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59 USA EARLY MACHINE CANCELS 1885-1899, on 33 covers and 26 postal cards, note American Machine cancels, Barry machines, a few early flag receiver cancels ++, retails over $200, F-VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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54 USA ADVERTISDING COVERS & CARDS 1889-1980's, all are illustrated noting 43 covers plus 10 cards and 1 check, includes better hotels, axes, drugs, fruit growers, auto parts, insurance, farm equipment, nurseries, paper makers, laundry, publishers, newspapers, MGM Movies, stamp dealers, florists, Harley Davidson Motorcycles ++, retails over $300, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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6 USA RATES to GERMANY 1890-1906, includes EAST-WEYMOUTH-MASS #216 franking on a 5¢UPU rate 1890 cover to CASSEL, 1903 Boston 10¢ double rate to LICHTENFELS-BAVARIA, 1900 Chicago 5¢ newspaper wrapper rate to FURTH-BAVARIA, 1905 New York registered 13¢ rate to ALSFELD via "SS LA-SAVOIE", 1901 New York 2¢ UPU reply postcard to BREMEN via "SS MAJESTIC", 1906 New York 5¢ UPU rate to NACLO, retails over $320, F-VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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150 USA COVERS & CARDS 1893-1980's, includes better illustrated adv, registered money packets 1958-1974, 6 different Montgomery-Ward multicolor advertising covers, business reply permits 1933-1942, precancel frankings, unchecked RPO's, 1893 registered "AR" card, good rates to Denmark (1940), Canada registered (1926), Samoa to USA (1941), Mexico (1943), WWII censored, 1897 Roosevelt Spanish-American War patriotic, about 100 US Government Official covers (75 are legal size) noting many Congressman signed, C.O.D. covers, postage dues, 1980's Medicare check envelopes with a wide range of envelope formats, 25 Great Americans 1981 event covers with MNH encased commemorative stamps, about 100 unchecked USA town and WWII military cancels on cut squares not counted, retails over $1000, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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790 USA COVER & BANK EPHEMERA ITEMS 1867-1950's, includes 450 covers better special delivery, lots of unchecked stationery covers, 3 hand painted Overun Country FDC's #911, 916, 920 (cat over $100, an 1867 Cumberland-MD 18¢ rate to Annapolis-MD with #65,67 franking (worth the estimate alone), also 340 Banking ephemera items 1895-1912 noting 3 bank books, 10 check books, 170 used and unused checks, 50 receipts and invoices, 70 tax return receipts, and 35 roughly opened covers with banking contents, about 100 are legal size covers, F-VF est ($100+ US) (Image)

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