United States Postal Stationery Cache 1900s/1930s, couple hundred mint and used envelopes, many uprated and used to foreign destinations, arranged in old-time cover folders, some toning and faults to be expected, mostly fine

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1883 Rogers Patent "Postal Note", forerunner to the Grant letter card, franked with 3c Green tied by "Aldenn Ioa. Mar 2" datestamp, addressed to Ames, Iowa, patent information inside and folding information on back flap (reattached with hinges), very fine, extremely scarce to find used, an exceptional postal stationery forerunner (Image)

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U169, 1874 2c Green on amber, Die 3, mint 37x38mm cut square, very fine (Scott $450)

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U200, 1874 15c Orange on cream, mint 37x37mm cut square, fine and scarce (Scott $550) (Image)

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U248, 1884 2c Red on amber, 29x35mm cut square, cork cancel, fine and rare either as a cut square or entire (Scott $750) (Image)

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United States Stationery Envelopes Specimen Collection, approximately 99 items in a binder, all with various "Specimen" or "Cancelled" overprints, ranging from about U58 to U390 with denominations to the 90c, plus a few official envelopes, dealers' prices to about $65 with many in the $10-20 range, some toning and faults to be expected but fine overall, an interesting specialized group (Image)

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United States Cut Square Collection 1853/1996, in Scott album, begins with small selection of Nesbitt issues, denominations to the 40c in the 1860s, also includes airpost envelopes, officials, and aerogrammes, no great rarities but a nice solid starter collection, generally fine to very fine (Image)

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