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United States and Confederate States Postal History continued...

Cover Group Lots

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

2426

1c-10c 1851-61 Issues, Imprints Balance. Six covers and one document, each with a stamp showing a captured imprint, four covers with 3c 1851 Issue (two show part of plate no.), one 5c 1861 Issue illegal revenue use on a document, finally two 10c 1861 Issue, some small flaws, Fine and interesting group (Image)

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E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction

2427

3c 1851 Issue Covers. Eight, including 136L9 used with No. 11A and tied by circular datestamp, No. 10A used from Chicago, No. 10A used from Pawtucket R.I., No. 11A with N.Y. Ocean Mail cancel, few small faults, overall Fine-Very Fine

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E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction

2428

3c 1851 Issue Advertising or Illustrated Covers. Five, including No. 11 on all-over "Map of the Routes of the American Express" illustrated design from N.Y. to Portsmouth R.I. (2001 P.F. certificate); No. 11A on Hopedale Community cover from Milford Mass. to Westminster Mass.; No. 11A on cover with Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. blue corner card design from Boston to St. Louis; No. 11 tied by New York circular datestamp on phonography cover to Otego N.Y.; last is No. 11 tied by Glenn's Falls N.Y. circular datestamp on Mutual Insurance Co. dividend to Unadilla N.Y., overall fresh and Fine-Very Fine

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E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction

2429

3c-10c 1851 Issue, Small Balance. Three covers, No. 10A, Positions 9-10L1E, horizontal pair, huge margins to full including right interpane corner margins, cancelled by unusual 7-bar segmented grid, "Sonora Cal. July 12" three-ring circular datestamp on buff cover to Albion N.Y., some slight overall wear and soiling, Very Fine, a scarce marking from Sonora, second No. 11 with large margins to just touched, tied by well-struck "Owatonna M.T. Aug. 15" Minnesota Territory circular datestamp on cover to Ohio, address slightly faded, Extremely Fine strike and an attractive Minnesota territorial use, ex Sampson and Dr. Chase, third is No. 14, large margins all around, tied by "Avon N.Y. Jul. 20" circular datestamp on "United States Hotel, Avon Springs, New York, W. Cushing, Proprietor" handstamped corner card cover to Toronto, Canada West, 1857 docketing, light strike of receiving backstamp, some slight wear, Very Fine, with 1987 P.F. certificate (Image)

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E. $ 750-1,000

CLOSED
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2430

1851-56 Issue Cover Balance. 34 covers or folded letters, starts with four 1c items including No. 9 used on printed circular from Buffalo N.Y. to St. Catherine's Canada; another also used on a printed circular to Canada; strip of three of No. 9 from Cincinnati to Mass.; single No. 9 with 1856 yeardated cancel; moving on to the 3c there is a nice representation of different uses including No. 10A used Aug. 1, 1851 labelled "Copper" shade; others are No. 11 or 11A including very pretty U.S. Express Mail use,; Blood's combination, railroad, two hotel markings such as Charleston Hotel handstamp, two registered, two forwarded, one used to Canada, folded letter to France with two 3c stamps, five Minnesota territorial uses, pair of No. 11A from Boston to San Francisco docketed to be sent via Nicaragua but instead sent via Panama; two No. 11 tied by New York Ocean Mail circular datestamp to San Francisco with "Due 4" handstamp (stamps accepted as partial payment); one with "Advertised" circular datestamp, few small faults to be expected, overall fresh and Fine-Very Fine, a wonderful representative sampling of different uses

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E. $ 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction

2431

Black Jack Advertising Covers. 43, including nice group of insurance-related from New York Life, Aetna, Charter Oak, Phenix Fire, Manhattan Life, few all-over designs such as Great American Tea Co. in blue, other topics including folding chair, water wheel, West Union Commercial College, croquet board, few with grilled issue such as No. 87 on illustrated Drug Warehouse cover (with 2013 P.F. certificate) and another on illustrated architectural publisher's cover, range of town markings, some faults to be expected, many are Fine-Very Fine, a fascinating group

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E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $2,600.00
Will close during Public Auction

2432

Black Jack Cover Balance. 75, including single used to Marseilles, France; single used with three 3c, and 10c on 3c entire to England; single used with 3c and 10c to France; single used with 3c and 10c to R.I. (5-times rate); strip of three used on forwarded cover which is marked due 3c; vertical pair used on 3c entire from Cal. to Va.; few grilled including No. 87 used on folded letter originating in Anvers and put into the mails in New York; some nice corner card covers for booksellers, insurance, Berlin & Jones Envelope Co., other themes, some edgewear and few with small faults, overall a Fine-Very Fine and attractive group, also including Black Jacks book by Cole

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E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $3,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

2433

Trans-Mississippi Intriguing Cover Selection. Fifteen covers, mostly military uses including five Spanish-American Patriotic covers, another four used abroad with two 2c in Vera Cruz, Mexico, 2c in Santiago, Cuba, 5c in Philippines, plus a 5c stamp with "Prince Rupert" (British Columbia) and 5c piece used in Puerto Rico, cover with "Klondyke Hotel, Dawson City, Y.T." (Yukon Territory) corner card, and others, Very Fine

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E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $750.00
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2434

1938 Presidential Series, Remarkable Postal History Collection Offered Intact as Received. Many thousands of covers neatly housed and organized in albums, tremendous array of material throughout which took decades to amass, items to note including numerous advertising covers (many with typical 3c uses), delayed covers including N.Y. Post Office label stating "Held in France during German Occupation.." sent in 1939 and returned 1945, international embassies in the U.S., official uses including from White House, WWII related with A.P.O., "Atomic Bomb Test, Bikini Beach" cover, three Santa Fe Manhattan Project covers (to/from Box 1663 and to Box 180), to/from famous individuals with a focus on Presidents, actors/actresses including Reagan as an actor, military including 1939 with "c/o Herr Hitler", even a letter signed by Farley to a collector with Postmaster Gen. corner card cover, foreign destinations including China, New Zealand, Russia, Philippines and even French Equatorial Africa, Dollar values including $1.00 and $5.00 (philatelic) plus parcel cards, single uses including 4-1/2c, 7c, 11c, 16c and coils such as 2c (vertical), 4c, 4-1/2c and 5c (latter three horizontal), plus numerous others, while many covers would easily retail $5-30 each, quite a few are in the hundreds of dollars range, mostly Very Fine, a collection rarely offered at this level of quantity for the popular Prexie series

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E. $ 4,000-5,000

SOLD for $3,750.00
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2435

3c Presidential (807) Postal History Group. 16 better covers, several WWII uses, one 1939 to Austria and returned due to the war with various French markings, one with Japanese watercolor drawing, unusual domestic and international rates, one cover with intact booklet pane and more, a very useful lot for the Prexie specialist

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E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction

2436

Postal History with Thomas Jefferson Stamps. A few dozen covers on auction lot cards with stamps having a Thomas Jefferson portrait, much of the value in the 1857 5c, with strips of three (including No. 28) and in combination with 10c stamps (including No. 27 and 32) to Europe, a few 5c 1861, better uses of the 10c Bank Note, one stampless from Jefferson, Indiana, a couple Confederate States, and more, mixed condition

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E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction