1861-68 Issue Postal History. Group of 10 covers including #65 on Atlantic Fish Oil & Guano Works red cameo ad cover; #63, #65 (2) on Philadelphia cover at double 3¢ rate plus 1¢ carrier fee; two #63, #65(3) covers to Canada at 10¢ rate, #63 (2), 65 (3) New York cover to Canada at 10¢ rate plus 1¢ carrier fee, #65 "Steam Ship" cover with "Due 7" handstamp; #65, 68 (strip 3) San Francisco cover to Nevada City Cal.; and #65, 68 legal-size quintuple-rate Albany Ga. use; etc., some mixed condition, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $400 - 600.

Complete Images. Est. $400-600 (Image)

Est. $400-600

20th Century Auxiliary Markings Accumulation. Of approximately 200 covers from 1901 to modern; includes early covers and postcards with return to writer pointing hand, not in directory, missent, etc., later markings with service suspended and postal law directives, more modern includes mail sanitized and service temporary suspended; a useful group for the specialist.
Estimate; $150 - 200. Est. $150-200

Est. $150-200

Banknote Era Covers, 1870s-80s. Album of over 130 mostly Banknote issue usages with some useful earlier and later items; includes a good show of foreign usages including Austria, Italy and Germany, advertising with illustrated and shaded, auxiliary handstamps like "Due" and "Advertised", fancy cancels and duplexes including Pawnee City Neb. and Grand Tunnel Pa. stars, Boston and Portland negatives, few railroads, some stationary, etc.
Estimate; $500 - 750. Est. $500-750

Est. $500-750

Business Cover Accumulation. Accumulation of mostly business covers - both 6's and 10's - that have as a unifying theme USPS slogan cancels and/or philatelic show hand cancels, wide variety from around the U.S., mounted in Mylar sheet protectors.
Estimate; $100 - 150. Est. $100-150

Est. $100-150

Byrd Antarctic Expedition Group, 1934-35. Of 5 items; includes three real-photo post cards showing dog sledding, plane Floyd Bennett and "Antarctic Clothed" (probably of Byrd), each with cachet on address side, also two covers, one with enclosure with interesting content, Very Fine.
Estimate; $150 - 200. Est. $150-200 (Image)

Est. $150-200

Calvet M. Hahn Colonial Postal History Balance Collection, 1725-1783. Interesting balance of 49 Colonial covers and letters (pre-1783) from the Calvet M. Hahn estate, two groups, divided between private conveyance letters without postal markings (and letters only) and letters with markings which entered the mails, approximately 40 letters in the first group, we note dates as early as a 1725 letter, 1732 letter from Bristol, 1749 London to Newport "Forwarded by Your Friend Jn Gill", some interesting content abound; approximately 9 covers or letters sent through the mails in the second group, a number are ship letters including magenta ms. 1772 "Nfk Sh 4.16" faulty letter to York Town Va. plus 1765 red ms. "Phi. 7 dwt" re-rate to Newport R.I., 1772 New York to Hartford with "2 16" rating; 1773 ms. "Richmond" postmark and "6 dwts" rating to Newport R.I. (stain affects postmark); 1774 Baltimore Md. to Boston rated "4 16", 1781 London to New York with "1N" schilling packet rating; and one with black "23 SE" Franklin mark and "Sh 3.8" rating to Brunswick East New Jersey, States of America endorsed "p The New York"; etc.; mixed condition with the expected problems associated with 250+ year old covers but lots of interesting material, many with Mr. Hahn's descriptive labels, well worth careful review.
Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000.

Complete Images. Est. $1,500-2,000

Est. $1,500-2,000

Classic Postal History Balance, 1800s-1900s. Better collection of over 295 covers and cards from old-time estate including #1 from New York; #9 strip of three use, #10A from Boston, #11A from Rusk Texas, #11A strip and single to France, two #15 San Francisco cover to N.Y. and Conn., #20 local cover, #22 on printed circular, two #23 covers, #23 & #26 on Philadelphia carrier cover, #24 strip of three use, #24 (2) New York carrier use, two #26 uses in CSA, #33 Boston to San Francisco, #63 strip of three on cover; #63 on U33 entire prepaying carrier fee, #68 to Mexico and Austria, #71 to France, #75 to Halifax, #77 to Germany and France, #78 to France, #149 to England, #185 to Burma, #189 to Cape of Good Hope, some territorials, registered mail, railroads including "Morris & Essex R.R.", fancy cancels, two 1828 New Orleans "Mail Route" covers to Northeast, U.S. Naval Lyceum forwarded use to U.S.S. Mississippi Mediterranean Squadron; airmails including. C18 covers, etc.; wonderful collection worth close evaluation.
Estimate; $3,000 - 4,000. Est. $3,000-4,000

Est. $3,000-4,000

Collector's Cover Accumulation. Several hundred covers, the periphery of a serious lifetime collector's pursuits, but loaded with interesting items, mostly segregated into shoe/cigar boxes or binders, including hotel corner cards, military (mainly WWII foreign censored mail), machine flag cancels, weird third-class mail matter, 1940's-50's airmail, condition varies, patience and knowledge will reward the winning bidder.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500. Est. $1,000-1,500

Est. $1,000-1,500

Consignment Balance. Mix of stamps and covers in two large boxes, including some foreign; includes plate blocks including Famous American series, duplication stock of Hawaii, some China including treaty ports, covers including WWII correspondence, some tokens/medallions; inspect.
Estimate; $250 - 350. Est. $250-350

Est. $250-350

Cover & Ephemera Balance. Dozens of items in sleeves; covers including some 19th century with #11 on embossed ladies cover tied by green Macon, Ga. cds, 1880's Expo covers and some interesting later exposition items, Prexie usages, Civil War correspondence, special delivery issues on postal cards, etc., ephemera with gold rush documents relating to the Mok Hill Canal and Mining Co., handful of good California covers, etc.; inspect.
Estimate; $500 - 750. Est. $500-750

Est. $500-750

Cover & Stationery Balance. Large box filled with a general range of covers mostly 1880-1940's usages including some early stampless, FDC's including U.N. and a small hoard of mint stationery in quantities; worth a look.
Estimate; $200 - 300. Est. $200-300

Est. $200-300

Cover Accumulation. Two cartons containing a range of covers, including few advertising, group of No. 65, Bank Notes, nice group of 1890-93 and Columbian Issue, later issues, commercial correspondence, etc, mixed condition.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500. Est. $1,000-1,500

Est. $1,000-1,500

Cover Accumulation. Large group, upwards of 1,000 covers ranging from late 19th Century to 1930's with some earlier stampless, an eclectic mix of issues and cancels, RPO's, streetcars, ship, etc., lot also includes an off-cover collection of used Special Delivery and not counted in the total.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000. Est. $750-1,000

Est. $750-1,000

Cover Accumulation. Approximately 1,000 covers and cards; includes a substantial run of 1940-50's Legislative free frank legal size covers, other covers including California and Alaska, postal card hoards, etc.; useful group, inspect.
Estimate; $150 - 200. Est. $150-200

Est. $150-200

Cover Accumulation, 1860s-1900s. Carton with several hundred 19th Century to WWII era covers and stationery, noted large group of Large Bank Note 1870-88 usages, censored, military with APOs and Navy, Airs, some incoming mail, etc., Fine.
Estimate; $300 - 400. Est. $300-400

Est. $300-400

Cover Balance. Small consignment balance of 6 covers including a Stowe Vt. Civil War flag patriotic use, 11A use from Reading Mass., etc., F.-V.F.
Estimate; $50 - 75. Est. $50-75 (Image)

Est. $50-75

Cover Balance. Well over 150 covers including some foreign; includes patriotics with a few unused and Blood's local combination, early stampless, incoming to California including ad covers, few post cards including "Model Post Office" illustrated card used with S.F. "Model Post Office" slogan cancel, many covers with original enclosures; worth a look.
Estimate; $300 - 400. Est. $300-400

Est. $300-400

Cover Miscellaneous. Two or three hodge-podges combined into one, several hundred postal slogan machine cancels and several thousand philatelic show and/or event illustrated hand cancels, mostly from the sixties and seventies, also a few Tennessee items, nothing super expensive but lots of good dollar box material.
Estimate; $150 - 200. Est. $150-200

Est. $150-200

Disney Specialized FDC & Miscellaneous Collection, 1936-2008. Of approximately 150 FDC's with printed and hand painted cachets from Bevel, Collins, and others, includes the early 1968, 6¢ Walt Disney issue FDC's and some earlier Disney related cachets, other miscellany including 6¢ Disney ocher omitted stamp (1355a, cat $375), Walt Disney autograph with cert., early Disney labels, etc.
Estimate; $600 - 800. Est. $600-800

Est. $600-800

Eastern Express Cover & Ephemera. Mix of material including letterheads for Putney's Newburyport & Boston Express, over a dozen British & American Express Co. money package covers in several styles and other ephemera including billhead, cover and letters relating to the Grand Truck Railway, Adams Express package labels, etc.; interesting group.
Estimate; $600 - 800. Est. $600-800

Est. $600-800

Express Mail Collection, 1837-1839. Group of 11 Stampless Express Mail covers, written up on exhibit pages or with notes from 1836 to 1839, nice variety of towns and markings including. Mobile Alabama (2), Savannah GA, New York (3), New Orleans, Charleston SC (2) and Natchez MS, few noted including Natchez triple-rate to Philadelphia, Mobile Ala. quadruple-rate to New York City, New York City to unusual destination of Vicksburg Miss., and 1839 New York City late May use to New Orleans, F.-V.F. and interesting express mail collection.
Estimate; $500 - 750.

Complete Images. Est. $500-750

Est. $500-750

First Day Cover Balance. Of over 90 covers in two albums; includes 1933 souvenir sheets from the Chicago Convention, 1925 Lexington Concord complete set FDC, two FDCs of the 1924 Walloon Issue complete set on FDC, two Norse-American Covers 1934 and 1940, seventeen $5.00 Hamilton cover with various cachets, three $5 Hamilton on shipping tag, $1 Patrick Henry 19 FDC's, shipping tag with ten $1 Patrick Henry stamps, five FDC's of $5 John Moore.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500. Est. $1,000-1,500

Est. $1,000-1,500

First Day Cover Group, 1930's. Several hundred with best being a complete Prexie set to the $5, includes some airmail covers; worth a look.
Estimate; $150 - 200. Est. $150-200

Est. $150-200

First Day Covers 1923-1937. Group of 100 first day covers both with & without cachets, noted are #564, #584-91 (minus #588), #603-604, plus several covers from the 2¢ Red period with Milton Mauck cachets, worth inspection.
Estimate; $200 - 300. Est. $200-300

Est. $200-300

(First Day Covers) Cachet FDC Balance, 1936-2016. Of approximately 122 covers; includes House of Farnam 1936-95, one 1936 First Day#783 sent to China with postage due, Prexie Complete Set House of Farnam cachet including the $5, some with blocks of four and includes booklet panes and coils, and mixture of oversized modern FDC's with special FDCs #2228 the 4¢ Stage Coach EKU on Farnam cachet, also #2231 the 8.3¢ Ambulance cover EKU, #3138c Bugs Bunny Imperforate single FDC, etc.
Estimate; $400 - 600. Est. $400-600

Est. $400-600