(Buildings) Fairchild & Shelton Soap. Attractive pair of allover illustrated return covers depicting the Fairchild & Shelton Soap Factory, Bridgeport, CT, franked with 1¢ banknotes tied by segmented cork and Bridgeport cds respectively, second cover with allover text advertising, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $100 - 150.

Complete Images. Est. $100-150 (Image)

Est. $100-150

(Buildings) Ford's Hotel. Attractive group of 4 illustrated Ford's Hotel, Richmond, Virginia covers and 1 allover on reverse, franked by banknotes (4) and 2¢ Columbian tied by Richmond VA and Charleston cds respectively, one with letter and another with illustrated sales card, minor faults, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $100 - 150.

Complete Images. Est. $100-150 (Image)

Est. $100-150

(Buildings) Palace Hotel. 4 attractive illustrated corners depicting the Palace Hotel in Santa Fe, NM and Omaha, NE, all franked with banknotes 1¢ pair (1) and 2¢ (3), 2 tied by Santa Fe N.M. cds, 1 with La Junta RPO and lastly with Los Angeles cds, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $100 - 150. Est. $100-150 (Image)

Est. $100-150

(Cameo) Philadelphia Publishers and Papers. Group of 4 blue cameos comprising stampless Fitzgerald's City Item Journal, Henry Carey Baird Publisher and Bookseller of Medical, Scientific and Misc. Books; J.B. Pippincott & Co. Publishers (FDC collection handstamp on face); and David McKinney Presbyterian Banner on flap (affected by tear); some flaws, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)

Est. $200-300

(Printing) Waters & Co. Pair of illustrated advertising covers depicting "Our Fireside Friend", Waters & Co., Publishers, franked by 1¢ and 2¢ banknotes tied by geometrics and 2¢ with Chicago cds, with one letterhead correspondence, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $100 - 150. Est. $100-150 (Image)

Est. $100-150

(Resorts) Cliff House, Colorado. Selection of 4 illustrated corners depicting "the "Cliff House", Manitou Springs, Colorado, 2 with allover on reverse, all franked by banknotes tied by Manitou Springs cds, one with letter on Cliff House stationery, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $100 - 150.

Complete Images. Est. $100-150 (Image)

Est. $100-150

(Stamp Dealers) Edward Cogan, Coins and Medals, Philadelphia Pa. Oval printed corner card on yellow cover with 3¢ rose (65) tied by "REGISTERED" straightline, matching "Philadelphia PA, Nov 29 1862" cds to Roxbury Mass., manuscript "2397" registry number, Very Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)

Est. $200-300

Argentina, Polar Postal History. Of 21 covers and cards mostly on pages with additional news articles, maps, enclosures and other ephemera; includes a number of 1940's Orcadas Del Sud covers and cards, 1951 registered airmail cover from Rio Grande (Tierra del Fuego), newspaper piece addressed to Rio Grande, 1953 Goss-King-Scott Expedition covers, etc.
Estimate; $150 - 200. Est. $150-200

Est. $150-200

Belgium, Dealer's Stock. Outstanding Dealer's stock in 4 stockbooks; strength not in classics but in 20th Century material in especially nice condition; lots of S/S's, complete sets, etc.; great condition.
Estimate; $500 - 600. Est. $500-600

Est. $500-600

Airmail, 1918, 24¢ carmine rose & blue, center inverted, Peter Winter engraved forgery. Block of 4, without gum, rich colors, F.-V.F., a very scarce forgery.
Scott No. C3a; Estimate $300 - 400.

Peter Winter of Bremen apparently began offering forgeries sometime in the early 1980's. By 1985 he had arranged to launch a major marketing scheme. A catalog was issued under the name ProPhilForum picturing and pricing forgeries of many classic stamps, about 185 different in total with an addition of 31 cover fronts. The forgeries themselves were produced by an art printer in Germany. Mostly they were photolithographs, but a few were engraved. Est. $300-400 (Image)

Est. $300-400

Airmail, 1918, 24¢ carmine rose & blue, center inverted, Peter Winter engraved forgery. Circular town cancel, rich colors, F.-V.F., one of only a handful of "used" examples created by Winter.
Scott No. C3a; Estimate $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)

Est. $200-300

Great Britain, Miscellaneous. Lot in a small box; includes high values (#O62 mint with Certificate, etc.), many later complete sets mint and used in stockbook and on cards; usual mixed condition; high value with Scott cat. alone nearly $40,000! Conservatively estimated.
Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000. Est. $1,500-2,000

Est. $1,500-2,000

Key-West, Florida, Dec 15. Remarkable bold strike and matching "Free" rating handstamp on clean 1832 folded letter to Major General Thos. Jesup, Quartermaster General, Washington D.C., endorsed "On Service" at top left, letter requesting supplies mentions that ships from New Orleans seldom stop at Key West while vessels from the North to the Gulf of Mexico pass close to the Key; small internal cover tear, Very Fine and attractive.
Estimate; $400 - 600. Est. $400-600 (Image)

Est. $400-600

(Maryland) (New Town Md., 1768) "New Town 2". Red manuscript postmark and 2dwt rating on folded cover to John Reynell in Philadelphia, manuscript "1/-" due in local currency (2dwt=6p x 1.67 inflation factor=10p plus 2p carrier fee, or 1 shilling), inside receipt docketing "From James Holliday, Received 3 mon 2nd 1768"; toned file fold, tear at top, otherwise Fine.
ASCC $2,000; Estimate $500 - 750. ASCC $2,000
Est. $500-750 (Image)

ASCC $2,000
Est. $500-750

(Massachusetts) Boston. Partial red strike with matching "16 IA" Franklin mark and manuscript "3/4" rating on 1775 folded letter from Loyalist Joseph Goldthwait (Barrack Master and veteran of Louisberg) to Capt. Samuel White at Marblehead Mass. requesting straw for troops' bedding, manuscript "1.8 -" local currency rating, Very Fine, ex-O'Connor, with 2016 P.F. certificate.
ASCC $500; Estimate $300 - 400. ASCC $500
Est. $300-400 (Image)

ASCC $500
Est. $300-400