17 USA WWII PATRIOTIC COVERS 1940-1945, all with different "Minkus" cachets, colorful group retailing over $200, VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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9 USA WWII "SHOPE" SIGNED ARTIST COVERS 1941-1945, all different cachets noting 4 are mailed at Victory-VT, quite scarce items retailing over $360, VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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51 USA WWII SOLDIERS COVERS & CARDS 1942-1945, all are from the Pacific theater, includes 29 covers, 22 training recognition photos of Japanese airplanes, patriotic covers noting a "Remember Pearl Harbor", anti-Japanese humor after the Midway victory, General MacAthur Philippines patriotic soldiers letters from the Philippines, Indonesia, Solomon Islands, and 1947 Japan occupation, also censored covers from Japanese civilians in Hawaii 1942-1943, a David Thatcher autograph (gunner on the Doolittle Tokyo air raid), 5 V-Mails from an Iwo-Jima soldier sent during ship transport, a SEABEES illustrated V-Mail letter, lot has 42 later military related photos 1970-1980 that are not counted, retails over $600, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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74 USA RATION BOOKS 1942-1943, all with remaining ration coupons enclosed, note 12 copies of 1942 Ration Book No.1, 18 of 1942 Book No.2, 30 of 1943 Book No.3, 14 of 1943 Book No.4, retails over $800, F-VF est ($100+ US) (Image)

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2200 USA WWII RATION COUPONS 1942-1945, includes Gasoline ration coupons noting 30 application & instruction cards for basic (city) auto drivers, highway auto drivers, and truck drivers, also Fuel Oil coupons, Sugar rations, Grocery rations, Coffee ++, retails over $600, F-VF est ($100+ US) (Image)

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38 USA WWII PATRIOTIC COVERS 1942-1945, all different cachet covers including better Crosby Marine Corps, War Bond promotion, Remember earl Harbor ++, only 2 are Minkus, retails over $420, VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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17 USA WWII PATRIOTIC COVERS 1942-1945 (4 postcards), all with different "V" for Victory cachets, retails over $350, VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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36 USA WWII PATRIOTIC COVERS 1942-1945, all different with either American Flag or American Shield cachets, 33 are multicolor cachets, retails over $450, VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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16 USA WWII PATRIOTIC COVERS 1942-1946, all with different anti-Hitler, anti-Mussolini, and anti-Hirohito cachets, scarce group retailing over $340, VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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6 USA WWII PATRIOTIC COVERS 1943-1945, all better with cachets showing USA and Allied Generals, includes General Marshall, General MacArthur (x2), Officers attending the D-Day training at Camp Pendelton, the APR-1945 Allied Leaders Conference, plus one showing dive bombers at the Coral Sea, retails over $240, VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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26 USA WWII PATRIOTIC COVERS 1943-1945, all with "Buy War Bonds" promotional cachets for the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th bond campaigns, note 10 are posted on the first day openings for the 5th and 7th bond issues, retails over $340, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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8 USA WWII IWO-JIMA PATRIOTIC COVERS 1945, all with different cachets, not counted is a 1993 cachet cover for the last day FPO on the USS Iwo-Jima, retails over $175, VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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780 USA MILITARY MAIL 1985-1988, all are from a wide range of different US Airforce Bases and addressed to HQ-ARPC-DROX/DROP/DRA in Denver-Colorada, all are official franked rates on legal size and larger covers with great multiple rates from the heavy contents, a great specialist lot for both rates and USAF Base cancels, retails over $2500, F-VF est ($150+ US) (Image)

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