7 USA STAMPLESS 1828-1863, all better noting 1846 NY-&-PHIL-RR, 1841 DESOTO-MICH to TEXAS via NEW-ORLEANS Steamboat, 1863 Confederate soldiers letter to SIMPSONS-MILLS-SC ++, sleeved and priced to over $420, mostly F-VF ($85 US) (Image)

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4 USA STAMPLESS 1845-1868, all better noting 1845 UTICA to MONTREAL, 1849 CARTER'S-DESPATCH-PHILA 2¢ City delivery Valentine card, 1868 CUBA to CHARLESTON-SC 20¢ ship letter, and MEXICO to CHARLESTON 10¢ ship letter, retails over $325, mostly F-VF ($65 US) (Image)

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4 USA TRANS-ATLANTIC STAMPLESS 1849-1857, a nice range of PAID and UNPAID rates with good markings, includes 2 with original contents, sleeved and priced to over $350, mostly F-VF ($65 US) (Image)

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6 USA COVERS 1855-1860, all with 1¢ #24 frankings noting 3 covers with 4¢ rates (3¢ + 1¢) to pay the carrier delivery fee, one 2¢ drop letter (1¢ + 1¢) to pay the carrier delivery fee, and 2 are ordinary 1¢ drop letter rates, retails over $500, mostly F-VF ($85 US) (Image)

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7 USA COVERS 1855-1860, includes a #11A franking on an illustrated adv cover from HARRISBURG-PA, a short paid 1860 4¢ carrier delivery cover, 3 covers with #26 frankings, 2 are Nesbitt stationery envelopes noting one ADVERTISED with 1¢ postage due, retails over $240, mostly F-VF ($65 US) (Image)

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12 USA COVERS 1861-1868, note 11 have #65 frankings including 4 illustrated covers for Hotels + Sewing Machines + Government Offices, one is an unused Civil War patriotic, retails over $520, mostly F-VF ($85 US) (Image)

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16 USA STATIONERY COVERS 1860-1925 (one card), all better noting postally used precancelled #U420a and #U19, also mint #W376 legal-size, #W81, Wells Fargo legal-size #U181 ++, includes rates to EGYPT + CHINA plus some nice illustrated adv for Carriages, Fire Engines, Wells Fargo (x4), retails over $750, mostly F-VF ($85 US) (Image)

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10 USA COVERS 1861-1868, note 7 with #65 frankings, 2 with 2¢ Black Jack issues, a 1¢ drop letter, illustrated adv for Valves and Hotels, 2 are 4¢ carrier delivery rates, retails over $400, mostly F-VF ($85 US) (Image)

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19 USA COVERS 1842-1869, note 2 with #11 frankings, 8 with #65 issues, an 1853 Blood's City Delivery cover at PHILADELPHIA, 4 covers 1862-1869 from France and Spain to USA with stamps removed, retails over $250, mostly F-VF ($65 US) (Image)

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19 USA ADVERTISING COVERS 1870-1990 (one postal card), all are illustrated Large Banknote issue covers noting Insurance, Carpet Seller, Pencils, Tea, Chair Makers, Bees, Sewing Machines, Wells Fargo, Pianos, Guns ++, good lot retailing over $930, mostly F-VF ($175 US) (Image)

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14 USA ADVERTISING COVERS 1870-1890, all are illustrated Large Banknote issue covers including Fur Dealers, Sewing Machines, Doll Mfg, Encyclopedias, Seeds, Cattle Breeders, Wells Fargo ++, retails over $900, mostly F-VF ($175 US) (Image)

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14 USA ADVERTISING COVERS 1870-1890, all are illustrated Large Banknote issue covers including Farm Machinery, Chair Mfg, Telephones, Publishers, Carriages, Boots & Shoes, Oyster Packers, Express Companies ++, retails over $820, mostly F-VF ($175 US) (Image)

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15 USA ADVERTISING COVERS 1870-1890, all are illustrated Large Banknote issue covers including Furniture Mfg, School Supplies, Publishers, Hotels, Brick Maker, Pen Nibs, Wagons, Farm Machinery ++, retails over $800, mostly F-VF ($175 US) (Image)

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15 USA ADVERTISING COVERS 1870-1890, all are illustrated Large Banknote issue covers including Insurance, Stock Food, Gas Burners, Machinery Mfg, Overalls, Grocers, Flour Mills, Pianos ++, retails over $880, mostly F-VF ($175 US) (Image)

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20 USA ADVERTISING COVERS 1870-1890, all are better illustrated Large Banknote issue covers including Pianos, Stoves, Wallpaper, Hats, Medicine, Lumber, Varnish, Colleges, Hotels ++, retails over $900, mostly F-VF ($175 US) (Image)

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20 USA ADVERTISING COVERS 1870-1890, all are illustrated Large Banknote issue cover including Elevator Mfg, Hardware, Watches, Printers, Banks, Hotels, Typewriters, Pianos ++, retails over $900, mostly F-VF ($175 US) (Image)

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12 USA RATE COVERS 1870-1892 (2 cards), includes Large Banknote Issue rates to AUSTRALIA, SWITZERLAND, FRANCE, 40¢ rate to WURTTEMBURG, short-paid to GERMANY ++, retails over $390, mostly F-VF ($85 US) (Image)

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10 USA RATE COVERS 1876-1891 (2 cards), includes better large Banknote Issue rates to CHINA, SWITZERLAND, BAVARIA, FRANCE, ENGLAND ++, note 20¢ quadruple 2 ounce UPU rates (4 x 5¢ per « ounce) to both GERMANY and FRANCE, also an 1891 registered 12¢ rate to AUSTRALIA, retails over $460, mostly F-VF ($85 US) (Image)

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22 USA RATE COVERS 1885-1940's (5 cards), includes rates to BELGIUM, HOLLAND, AUSTRALIA, SOUTH-AFRICA, EGYPT, FRANCE, GERMANY ++, also incoming overseas mail noting short-paid from CAMEROON, a card from the USA Offices in SHANGHAI ++, 4 covers are legal-size, retails over $290, mostly F-VF ($65 US) (Image)

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37 USA BANKNOTE COVERS 1875-1890 (3 cards), includes adv covers, printed matter 1¢ rates, 2 adv Trade cards, 8 covers with #213 frankings, 7 covers with #210 frankings, 2 covers with #159 paying the 6¢ rate to CANADA, 14 better mint & used stationery envelopes + postal cards + letter sheets ++, retails over $300, mostly F-VF ($65 US) (Image)

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48 USA BANKNOTE COVERS 1870-1883, all are Large Banknote Issue 3¢ frankings #147, 158, 184, 207, the majority are pair frankings to pay the 6¢ rate to CANADA, lots of fancy cork cancels, blue ink cancels, some nice adv cc, a few RPO cancels ++, retails over $480, mostly F-VF ($85 US) (Image)

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27 USA COVERS 1890-1900, includes better Small Banknote Issue covers, printed matter 1¢ rates, early machine cancels, lots of good adv cc noting Inman Shipping Lines, Publishers, Coal Suppliers, Baldwin Locomotive Works ++, retails over $150, mostly F-VF ($45 US) (Image)

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12 USA ADVERTISING COVERS 1890-1899 (one card), all are illustrated including Oyster packers, Baking Powder multicolor, Saws, Paper Mfg, Hotels ++, some with mixed condition, retails over $220, mostly F-VF ($65 US) (Image)

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8 USA ADVERTISING COVERS 1890-1894, all are illustrated with Small Banknote frankings plus 2 stationery covers, includes Music Stores, Candy Mfg, Farm Machinery, Mining Drill Bits, G.A.R. Women's Relief Corps ++, retails over $350, mostly F-VF ($65 US) (Image)

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10 USA ADVERTISING COVERS 1890-1893, all are illustrated with Small Banknote Issue frankings, includes Hotels, Farm Machinery, Glassware, Seeds, Insurance, Talcum Powder ++, retails over $540, mostly F-VF ($85 US) (Image)

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