Abraham Lincoln Collection. Wide assortment of Lincoln related collateral including numerous photographs and illustrations, unused patriotic covers and songsheets, carte-de-visite, campaign cover, Lincoln stamp issues on cover and a host of a couple hundreds related covers and cards.
Estimate; $500 - 750. Est. $500-750

Est. $500-750

(Advertising) Cameo Corner Card Group. Of six covers; three blue merchant cards from New York, Cincinnati and Indianapolis each franked with 1851, 3¢ dull red (11/11A), one in red on backflap advertising whalebone (backflap tear, N.Y.), one in green from New York and an oversized illustrated steam engine and boiler boxed cameo from Pittsburgh, Pa. (edge nick) each bearing 1857, 3¢ dull red, generally F.-V.F. or better.
Estimate; $250 - 350. Est. $250-350 (Image)

Est. $250-350

Advertising/Illustrated Cover Accumulation. Of approximately 230 covers and cards, mostly 1880-1920's with some earlier and later usages; nice array including New England Stamp Co. G.B. £5 stamp facsimile corner card registered wit 5¢ Trans-Miss pair, Panama Rail Road Co., 1893 World's Columbian Expo allover ad, Flexible Flyer sled multicolored ad, Merchant's Gargling Oil including early 1863 corner card (one of the earliest for this M&M revenue issue company), early 1893 Kodak camera label (started in 1892), four colored carnival covers from various states, also a rum of colored illustrated ad designs on 1920's postal cards, etc.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000. Est. $750-1,000

Est. $750-1,000

California Postal History Group. Little over 100 California town covers with many ghost towns, 9 express usages (many Nevada) and a mix of other covers including a few other western states; includes a few early with 1850's Mokulumne Hill, most 1870-80's usages with Bodie, Fiddletown, Borden oval, Lundy (Bennett correspondence), Corralitos, Hayden Hilll, Wrights, Howe, Forest City (unusual triple strike) and New Jerusalem just to name a few, express mostly W., F. & Co.; condition mixed, inspect.
Estimate; $400 - 600. Est. $400-600

Est. $400-600

California Postal History Group. Of 19 good to better items; includes group of 5 Placerville from early stampless to 1899 R.P.O., 1850's "Culloma" & "Coloma", 1857 Yreka, early privately carried mail to San Francisco, unusual 1850 S.F. to London usage, 1851 red Sacramento City cds and "40" rate, other foreign and transcontinental usages, few later items, etc.
Estimate; $500 - 750. Est. $500-750

Est. $500-750

Colorado Picture Post Cards, 1900-40s. Collection of 400 sleeved cards comprising 271 mint and 129 used cards, topics include downtown Denver: Thayer publishing cards circa 1909 (7), buildings and street scenes 1900-1920 (37), railroad union station, capitol etc (48), city park scenes 1907-20 (13), Colorado Springs Garden of Gods mountain scenery (54), Colorado Springs Pikes Peak 1905-20 (33), Colorado Railroads (11), Red Rocks (13), Royal Gorge (22), Col. Eastern Mountain Scenery (47) incl. Central City (13), Col. Western Scenery (72), etc., various town views and scenes, panoramic views and street scenes, no real photos, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $300 - 400. Est. $300-400 (Image)

Est. $300-400

Cover Accumulation. Of approximately 380 covers and cards mostly housed in albums; wide array of material including early stampless including steamboat and transatlantic, San Juan Puerto Rico crown circle on incoming to Boston, Banknote usages including foreign destinations (15¢ registered to Germany) and fancy town duplexes, small 1858 cover to France with 10¢ two singles, Wells, Fargo & Co. Express, Civil War related including */o patriotics and some mixed CSA, locals mostly Blood's and Boyd's usages with a Union Square 1¢ green tied on cover front, perfins and private perfs, some ephemera and literature including Winter's transatlantic and early auction catalogs including the 1946 F.D.R. sale and Knapp part 2; condition varied, worth careful evaluation.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500. Est. $1,000-1,500

Est. $1,000-1,500

Cover Balance. Few hundred mostly 20th century covers and cards; includes some early stampless, interesting auxiliary marks including "Fraudulent" and "Cannot Locate Without Vessel's Name", some Possessions, also a run of Am. Airlines first flights and a charred crash cover; inspect.
Estimate; $150 - 200. Est. $150-200

Est. $150-200

Cover Group including Illinois, 1861-1900s. Group of 31 covers including 20th century fancy cancels, registered, etc. strong Illinois, better includes #284, 290 Blue Island Ill. registered to Holland, #213, E1 1889 use with red "Hennepin Ill." cds, Chicago Ridge Ill 1930 yellow pumpkin fancy cancel, Lanesville Ill. 1931 registered with fancy lion cancels, many are ex-Paige.
Estimate; $300 - 400. Est. $300-400 (Image)

Est. $300-400

Ephemera Group. Of 43 items; mostly early sewing machine advertising cards, early 18th century book print, 1920-30 magazine prints, ad booklets, etc.; inspect.
Estimate; $100 - 150. Est. $100-150

Est. $100-150

Fancy Cancels Reference Collection, 1860's. Of approximately 350 covers mostly bearing Scott #65 frankings; an array of cancel types including mostly geometrics, letters including initials, "OK", pictorials including crescent moon, straight line postmarks including Fort Smith, Ark, some dubious cancels, etc.; condition mixed but virtually all different, inspection a must.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500. Est. $1,000-1,500

Est. $1,000-1,500

Machine Cancel Group, 1890s-1900s. Small group of 22 covers including Hamden, American, Barry, and Evans, some scarcer types, worthwhile group.
Estimate; $200 - 300. Est. $200-300

Est. $200-300

Magnus Unused Patriotic Covers. Balance of 70 covers; nice array of designs including bronze states, Ellsworth, map designs, allover views, rare allover eagle design in gold, many multicolored handpainted (most numbered in pen in corner); condition varied with some minor duplication.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000. Est. $750-1,000

Est. $750-1,000

Masonic Cover Collection. Lifetime collection of over 175 items on stock pages in a binder, including covers, postcards and misc. ephemera, features corner cards, stamps and covers with/fancy cancels, revenue match stamps, early Canada, printed matter etc., well worth inspection, generally fine to very fine.
Estimate; $500 - 750. Est. $500-750

Est. $500-750

Massachusetts Hand-Carried Covers, 1816-22. Stampless folded letters addressed to Elizabeth Edwards mostly in Boston and Marlborough, mostly nice condition for these.
Estimate; $150 - 200. Est. $150-200

Est. $150-200

Panama Pacific Exposition Balance, 1915. Of mostly ephemera items and includes postcards, covers and some mint stamps; ephemera including a 1904 letter from the White House to the Secretary of the Treasury to make payment on the secured Panama territory under the New Panama Canal Co. and signed Theodore Roosevelt, exposition letter to Exhibitors, post Exposition permit (pass), wood post card, various monographs, etc.; a useful group for the specialist.
Estimate; $300 - 400. Est. $300-400

Est. $300-400

Patriotic Cover Balance. Of 20 covers plus a few other related items; includes two with matching letterhead enclosures and two others with original enclosures, nice array of design, few dubious usages not counted; condition mixed, please inspect.
Estimate; $500 - 750. Est. $500-750

Est. $500-750

Patriotic Lettersheet Collection. Of 15 used and 16 unused lettersheets; most better items-colored illustrated designs, mint sheets mostly accompanied by a matching patriotic cover, including Generals (three from matching series), eagle, flags, cannon, etc, used including one with original cover, couple rare Howell poem sheets, perhaps the best the "Game Cock of Uncle Sam" design, some interesting content in letters; condition a bit varied, generally F.-V.F. or better.
Estimate; $500 - 750. Est. $500-750 (Image)

Est. $500-750

Patriotic Song Sheet Collection. 100 sheets virtually all different in binder; includes 21 Magnus sheets (4 are lettersheets) mostly multicolored, other publishers including Magee and Marsan, some popular songs including "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "Boston Tea Party"; condition mixed with Magnus designs mostly in nice condition; worth review.
Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000. Est. $2,000-3,000 (Image)

Est. $2,000-3,000

Patriotic Unused Cover Balance. Of over 180 covers virtually all different; wide array of designs with many scarce items throughout; with scarce multicolored designs, uncommon caricatures from publishers including D. Murphy's Son, Gates and the ever popular Berlin & Jones designs, other scarce publishers including Kimmel, Magnus "like" designs (no imprint but likely Magnus), interesting small format covers, allover including scarce "Art Ward Jr's Speech at Camp Dennison"; condition varies, worth careful evaluation.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500. Est. $1,000-1,500

Est. $1,000-1,500

Picture Post Card Accumulation. Of approximately 300-400 cards mostly used; includes section of exposition related including S.F. Pan-Pacific including souvenir folder and many multicolored cards, Exposition cancels from 1904 St. Louis and 1909 Seattle, Wash., 1¢ Parcel Post usages (1st and 2nd month usages), section of Christmas Seals usages, etc.; worth evaluation.
Estimate; $300 - 400. Est. $300-400

Est. $300-400

Post Cards including Alaska and Expos. Collection of over 340 post cards including Alaska, holidays of Christmas, Easter, etc., Expos include Alaska-Yukon (55), Jamestown (10), Pan-Pacific (10) and 5 Pilgrims, etc.
Estimate; $300 - 400. Est. $300-400

Est. $300-400

Spencerian Script Cover Balance. 25 covers and cards bearing fancy script addresses, including early 1860's items to the turn of the century, few illustrated bird incorporations into address, etc.; condition varies, an interesting and useful group.
Estimate; $200 - 300. Est. $200-300

Est. $200-300

Steamboat and Ship Mail, 1810-1853. Group of 13 covers including 1810 Savannah Ga. fancy scroll "Ship" handstamp cover, manuscript markings of "Steam 12½", "S B 37½", "SB 12½", "Steam 25" etc., some content, mixed condition.
Estimate; $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)

Est. $200-300

U.S. Mail Agency in Vera Cruz, Mexico Collection, 1914. Extensive collection of hundreds of covers and cards, much mounted and written-up on pages; includes a "U.S.S. Dolphin, Apr 7, 1914" postmark on postcard from Tampico two days before the paymaster and a detachment of marines where arrested by Mexican Federals officers starting the U.S.-Mexico conflict, letter datelined "U.S.S. San Francisco, Hdqts, Custom House Vera Cruz, Mex., Apr. 26, 1914" on Mexican official letterhead from marine/sailor detailing the gruesome takeover of Custom House in the April 21st, early postal history including a April 20 registered letter to Sweden mailed a day before the takeover with next postmark being a U.S. Seapost registration handstamp of May 31 due to U.S. Postal Agency not starting operation until May 4th, with additional May 4th and May 5th First and Second Day of operation usage of U.S. Mail Agency (using provisionally the Mexican postmarks), May 10th First Day usage of the "U.S. Vera Cruz Mexico" flag cancellation (first U.S. postmark used) as well as latest known on Nov 10th, May 19th local usage with U.S. 1¢ stamp, later usages showing proper/improper usages of U.S. and Mexico postage, unusual postmark and philatelic usages, comprehensive section of Naval postmarks used during the occupation including mail room slips, well over 100 rare unused real-photo postcards and much more, generally F.-V.F. or better.
Estimate; $7,500 - 10,000.

A WONDERFUL ASSEMBLY OF MATERIAL SPANNING THE 1914 UNITED STATES OCCUPATION OF VERA CRUZ. Est. $7,500-10,000 (Image)

Est. $7,500-10,000