18 USA COVERS & CARDS 1859–1954, includes coal merchant embossed adv cc on #26 franked cover, a few covers with original contents, 1899 PORTOAND-OREG music store adv, 1899 fraternal postcard, 1928 first flight BIRMINGHAM-ALA to CHICAGO ++, lot includes 12 US stamps noting #63, 68, 73, and F-Grill #94, F-VF ($35 US) (Image)

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77 USA COVERS 1857–1894, includes covers with #11 and #11A frankings, 13 are #65 franked covers, also 1869 Pictorial Issue 1¢, 2¢, 3¢ franked covers (cat $462 alone), 59 Large Banknote Issue covers noting fancy cork cancels and registered rates, also 3 covers with 2¢ Columbia Issue frankings, retails over $800, a few faults and mostly F-VF ($75 US) (Image)

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15 USA ADVERTISING COVERS 1887–1941, all are better illustrated noting hotels, Remington typewriters, paint dealers, jewelers & watches, life insurance, a Saint-Louis World’s Fair cover posted at the Exposition Station ++, retails over $400, a few faults but mostly F-VF ($75 US) (Image)

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26 USA RATES to GERMANY 1891–1925, includes printed matter, newspaper rates, 12 postcard rates, reply cards, a 1908 HAWAII card to Germany, multiple rates ++, retails over $320, a few faults but mostly F-VF ($50 US) (Image)

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105 USA COVERS 1882–1964, includes an 1853 SFL with a Blood’s Local Post, 1842 BOSTON to PROVIDENCE-RI stampless, 3 covers with #11 frankings, 7 with #65 frankings, 50 are Large Banknote covers with a wide range of cork cancels, better foreign rates noting 1885 to FRANCE, 1919 short paid to SWITZERLAND, 1902 to BELGIUM, 1916 censored to HOLLAND, 1903 to AUSTRALIA, 1941 and 1943 to SOUTH-AFRICA, 1943 to EGYPT, 1906 US post office in SHANGHAI, 11 registered money packets with up to $15.60 frankings ++, a few 1860s covers with stamps removed not counted, retails over $1200, mostly F-VF ($100 US) (Image)

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162 USA MINT & USED STATIONERY ITEMS 1876–1950s, note 77 are postally used including 15 covers and 5 cut squares for 1876–1971 issues #U108/U562, 12 postal cards 1952–1973 issues #UX39a/UX66, 40 airmail covers and 7 letter sheets 1928–1974 issues #UC1/UC48, 12 airmail postal cards 1949–1974 issues #UXC1/UXC14, some cachet and noncachet FDCs, rates to Canada, WWII soldiers letters, some with illustrated adv, lot includes 85 mint items noting 22 covers #U555/U615, 20 postal cards #UX51/UX93 and #UY4r/UY39, 15 airmail covers and 4 air letters #UC16/UC41, 28 airmail postal cards #UXC1/UXC19 with some duplication, retails over $350, mostly VF ($50 US) (Image)

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1450 USA MINT & USED STATIONERY ITEMS 1863–1990s, about 250 covers, 60 postal cards #UX5/UX177 plus 240 duplicate #UX38 cards, also 900 cut squares in envelopes and mtd on 8 Scott album pages and 7 stock sheets, note better used cut squares #U46, U50, U52, U54, W57 ++, also better mint cut squares #U60, U63, U204 ++, retails over $800, mostly F-VF ($75 US) (Image)

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170 USA COVERS & CARDS 1886–1950s, includes better early 1892–1912 rates to NEW-ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA (registered), EAST-JAVA, MEXICO, FRANCE, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, SPAIN, BOHEMIA, EGYPT, BELGIUM ++, also note postage dues, certified mail (×6), registered, airmail, early machine cancels, a few FDCs, “STATUE OF LIBERTY” topical covers special delivery, newspaper rates, 2 early 1886–1889 Express covers, 14 covers with original contents 1888–1935 ++, lot includes a #1618 coil strip of 4 with a major perf shift, great lot retailing over $700, a few faults but mostly F-VF ($100 US) (Image)

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6 USA CHRISTMAS SEALS on CARDS 1908–1914, all early seal issues noting #WX3a, WX5-WX7, WX13, WX15 for the years 1908–1911 and 1913–1914, stamps alone cat $135 and the early issues are scarce on cards, a few faults but mostly F-VF ($75 US) (Image)

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10 USA ADVERTISING COVERS 1909–1942 (one earlier), all are illustrated noting 8 hotels, plus an 1892 tin mill, and a 1942 Coca-Cola blotter (worth the estimate alone), retails over $220, mostly F-VF ($50 US) (Image)

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197 USA METERS 1925–1950s (a few later), on 132 covers and 65 cut squares, includes early Pitney-Bowes type-1, also 35 scarce meter PROOF impressions, over 80 WWII meters with patriotic slogans, lots of better commercial advertising slogans, many covers are illustrated ++, the majority are on legal size covers, retails over $600, mostly VF ($50 US) (Image)

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352 USA METERS with SLOGANS 1938–1947, all are Pitney-Bowes meters on cut squares with 314 pasted into 22 display pages plus 38 on 2 stock sheets, almost all are better illustrated slogans with about half with WWII patriotic messages, a few nonslogan meter strips not counted, a great specialist lot and mostly VF ($50 US) (Image)

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226 USA SLOGAN CANCELS 1899–1949, all different cut squares mtd on quad pages, note 163 are good pre-1929 slogans including 55 better exhibition slogans, also WWI and WWII patriotic slogans, a total of 193 different slogans plus 33 distinct die varieties, retails over $400, a great specialist lot and mostly VF ($50 US) (Image)

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1294 USA SLOGAN CANCELS 1950–1959, all different cut squares mtd on quad pages in a large ledger book, note 1198 different slogans plus 159 distinct die varieties, a well organized starter, lot includes a copy of the 1975 Luff US Postal Slogan Catalog, retails over $500 and VF ($75 US) (Image)

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900 USA COVERS 1895–1980s (a few later), mostly domestic rates including Certified mail, postage dues, special delivery, priority mail, good airmails ++, about 400 are legal size and larger with multiple rates, a fun lot for the unusual rate student, mostly VF ($75 US) (Image)

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500 USA COVERS 1936–2000s, includes 150 cachet FDCs noting lots of better cachet makers Anderson, Wright, HF, Tri-Color, Colorano Silk ++, also full stamp sheet FDCs for the 1976 State Flag issue and the 1982 State Bird issue, a set of 1992 Columbus Day FDCs with Chicago Stamp Expo cancels, a John F. Kennedy memorial stamp album with 30 first day diecut plates 1978–1979, lot also includes about 200 event cachet covers with the majority Boy Scout related from Lawrence Clay correspondences, also about 150 commercial 2000s covers, retails over $800, VF ($75 US) (Image)

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179 USA COVERS 1933–2000s, includes 180 covers all rated to CANADA noting over 130 are stationery covers (unchecked), note a few registered, a 1933 German Sea Post, many good directional markings with RETURNED FOR POSTAGE and MISSENT, an unusual NOT IN DIRECTORY cover returned back with “LOOK AGAIN”, 3 postal chess game cards ++, mostly VF ($35 US) (Image)

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1150 USA COVERS 1894–1990s, the majority are rates to CANADA with a few others to ENGLAND and GERMANY, includes better special delivery, registered, lots of mint and used stationery cover and cards, illustrated adv, printed matter, customs markings, 14 WWII war ballot cover for the 1944 election, slogan cancels ++, a fun lot of mostly letter size covers and about 250 legal size, mostly VF ($75 US) (Image)

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41 USA RATE COVERS to AUSTRALIA 1995–2006, mostly legal size covers and larger up to 12" × 16" all with meter frankings, rates from 60¢ up to $35.00 noting lots of customs labels, return receipt requests, 9 are registered, 18 are Express covers with a wide range of envelope types, 5 Global Priority ++, a great lot for the modern rate student, VF ($35 US) (Image)

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50 USA RATES to JAPAN 2007–2010, from all over the USA to a common address in MIYAWAKA, note 4 letter size cover rates 84¢–98¢, 41 legal size covers rated 84¢–$2.46, 5 larger covers with 84¢–$13.58 rates, good group for the rate specialist, VF ($35 US) (Image)

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60 USA RATES to JAPAN 2007–2010, from all over the USA to a common address in MIYAWAKA, similar to lot 1428, note 17 letter size cover rates 80¢–98¢, 24 legal size covers rated 80¢–$1.80, 19 larger covers with 84¢–$2.28 rates, good group for the rate specialist, VF ($35 US) (Image)

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24 US PRESIDENT INAUGURATION COVERS 1933–1985, all are cachet covers for ROOSEVELT, EISENHOWER, KENNEDY, JOHNSON, NIXON, REGAN, CARTER, plus a few Vice President covers, retails over $420, VF ($50 US) (Image)

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125 US EVENT COVERS 1935–1990s, all are cachet covers including space events, WWII date anniversary covers, ship commission covers, airmail flights, stamp exhibitions, US Bicentennial event dates plus 20 worldwide covers with stamps commemorating the Bicentennial, 31 Famous American Issue 1983 anniversary covers with MNH stamp cachets ++, retails over $300, VF ($50 US) (Image)

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210 USA EVENT COVERS 1932–1980s (a few later), all are cachet covers for stamp shows, space events, fairs and exhibitions, post office dedications, airmail first flights, town anniversaries ++, 22 are pre-1950 events, lot includes 75 US cachet FDCs not counted noting 19 have Boll cachets worth the estimate alone, retails over $500, VF ($50 US) (Image)

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320 USA EVENT COVERS 1949–2007, all with fancy illustrated cancel cachets from special event post offices plus some with both cachets and cancels, note many stamp shows, exhibitions and fairs ++, better topics include automobiles and trains, also some local post stamps, retails over $500, VF ($50 US) (Image)

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