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LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
901 CVR/PC   imageAccumulation of Roughly 750 Switzerland Covers and Cards, 1900s-1990s, loose in a box, with material possible on ever side of this range, noting postal stationery, advertising covers, military mail (noting different cancellations and FPO numbers), first day covers (roughly 300, ranging from the 1960s-1990s), first flight covers, parcel receipts (roughly 40, ranging from the 1960s-1980s), Semi-Postals, and more. A nice opportunity for topical and thematic collectors, noting a wide variety of interesting subjects such as insects, flowers, and more. A few faults noted with a few of the early commercial covers, otherwise a very fine accumulation. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 200

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
902 CVR/PC   imageCollection of Roughly 350 Switzerland Covers and Cards in 4 Albums, 1920s-1990s, containing mostly first day, event, and first flight covers. Just some of the better material we encountered includes roughly 40 first day covers with souvenir sheet frankings with Scott #s 242 (x5), B89 (x5), B132 (x2), B143, B144 (x2), B178, and #300 80c PAX first day cover. The lot also includes roughly 20 first flights from the 1920s noting a few with tied vignettes. The balance of the lot contains first day and first flight covers from the 1950s to the 1990s, noting singles, sets and souvenir sheet frankings, along with a few semi-postal usages. A nice clean lot, with a few covers retailing from $20 to $30 and up. Online photos show a sampling. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 250

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
903 CVR   imageGroup of 65 Switzerland Covers with Booklet Pane and Stamp Frankings, 1926-1985, with roughly half the covers ranging from the 1930s, in 18 double sided 2-row Vario-style stock pages, in a Lighthouse album. This interesting lot contains mostly domestic registered covers, along with a few to North America, with booklet pane and booklet stamp frankings, including se-tenant and tète-bêche pairs and strips. Just a few of the better booklet panes include Scott #s 159a (x4, c.v. $150 total), 160a (x7, $700 total), 161a ($125), along with an interesting usage of a se-tenant strip of 4 with Scott #s 159, 168 alongside a punched gutter strip. A vividly colorful lot, with many interesting usages. Online photos show a small sample, overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 150

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
904 CVR/PC   imageGroup of Roughly 75 Switzerland Flight Covers and Cards Relating to the 1939 Exposition, in 19 double sided 2-row Vario-style stock pages in a Lighthouse album. The lot begins with roughly 18 first flight covers, including a few round trip flights to Latvia and Sweden, each receiving a Zurich Pavillion and Swiss Air postmark, noting various air mail stamp frankings. The balance of the lot contains Exposition post cards, franked with singles, sets, and partial sets of the National Exposition Stamps from 1939 (noting all three different languages), and a few balloon flight covers. A nice lot with several interesting frankings, overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 150

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
905 PC   imageCollection of 195 Different Pro Infirmis Postcards of Switzerland, with a mix of mint and used, all neatly displayed in three deluxe Lighthouse albums with slipcases. Each card is sleeved, with the owner's description of date, type, used or unused, etc, and we note several cards that are present in up to three copies (making the grand total well over 200). A rare and very fine offering which is accompanied by "Catalogue of Pro Infirmis Postcards of Switzerland 1934-2000" by Richard T. Hall C.Ph.H. (in full colour) and another work in progress of the same, which start out with "The Pro Infirmis Foundation first issued postcards as a fund raising activity in 1934. It sent a set of illustrated cards to all households in the Canton of Zurich asking for a donation. As this effort was successful it was repeated the same year in ten other Cantons." (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 200

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
United States
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
906 O   imageOld Time Collection of Used United States in an Album, 1847-1956, the album is in French and Dutch and starts off with a #1 (margins are clear to good), followed by #s 9, 11A (with New Orleans dated cancel), 12, 13, 24 (very fine, with "BALT. PAID" double circle cancel in blue), 26, 73, 65, 67, 68, 69 (straight edges), a good selection of 1870 and 1873 issues incl. a very fine #156 with DE 29 83 London UK receiver in red, and so on, noting #s 230-238, 285-291, 294-299 then probably 90% complete to the end for regular issues. Back of the book has lots of useful material, such as C1-C12, E1-E6, O83*, O85*, J1-J5, J22-J26, a group of 7 diff. Confederate issues, just to name a few. Saw a few straight edges and some stamps with light toning, unchecked by us for thins but some should be expected, overall fine to better. See our online photos for just some of the better pages. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (Scan 13) (Scan 14) (Scan 15) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 500

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
907 CVR   imageGroup of Roughly 260 United States Illustrated First Day Covers, 1930s-2000s, including many hand painted cachets, noting roughly 75 covers, all with solo frankings from the 1938 Presidential issue, with a hand drawn cachet of each state along with the correlating town postmark. The lot also includes illustrated cachets from designers Ace, Collins, Herak, Bakay, along with other hand painted and illustrated cachets from unknown makers. The majority of covers are sleeved and a few have retail prices ranging from $15 to $60 each. A truly colourful lot that should prove popular with first day cover collectors. Online photos show a sampling and overview. Very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 250

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
908 CVR   imageCollection / Accumulation of Roughly 1,250 United States First Day Covers, Including Hand Painted Cachets, filling a bankers box, containing a few hundred hand painted first day covers, including a collection of 25 different illustrated first day covers of Tatanka Yotake (Sitting Bull), from 1989, along a group of hand painted cachets from the 1940s to 2010 (including a few signed by the artist). The balance of the lot contains several hundreds of covers ranging from the 1950s to the 1970s, noting singles, blocks, and plate block frankings, with duplication up to 5 in some cases. A good lot for the collector or dealer looking for stock. A clean, very fine offering. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 250

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
909 CVR/PC   imageAccumulation of Roughly 950 United States Covers and Cards, 1900s-1990s, filling a bankers box, containing commercial and philatelic material, including first day covers (including many hand painted and illustrated cachets), first flights, postal stationery, post cards, postage dues, military mail, and more, paying domestic, airmail, registration, and special delivery rates. A few of the covers have been sleeved and priced for retail, generally ranging from $10 to $15 each. We estimate about 20% of the covers are #10 size envelopes. A few faults to be expected on a few of the covers, otherwise an interesting mix of material, overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 200

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
910 CVR   imageCollection of U.S. Civil War Postal History and Correspondence, including 39 covers, 28 of which are patriotic illustrated. 13 of the covers are unused with different illustrations, and the rest were all mailed during the Civil War, except for 4 which date from the turn of the century, but are related. An important attribute to this collection is all the correspondence, which includes 5 letters still in their covers, plus another 26 letters, most of which having interesting content, some of which with transcriptions. Last but not least is a collection of 56 Civil War stamps, about one quarter of which are genuine. The covers range from faulty to very fine, unchecked by us for better postmarks, etc. The entire lot is pictured online, so please have a close look to get a good idea. A fascinating lot for the Civil War enthusiast or historian. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (Scan 13) (Scan 14) (Scan 15) (Scan 16) (Scan 17) (Scan 18) (Scan 19) (Scan 20) (Scan 21) (Scan 22) (Scan 23) (Scan 24) (Scan 25) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 500

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
911 CVR   imageDealer Stock of Roughly 1,200 United States Space Related Covers, 1960s-1980s, filling a bankers box. The lot contains primarily commemorative and first day covers, celebrating United States achievements in space including Discovery, Atlantis, and Challenger space shuttle delivery and missions, including various deployments of communication satellites, and much more. We note a wide variety of cachets, along with postmarks from Cape Canaveral, Kennedy Space Center, Marshall Space Flight Ctr, just to name a few. Duplication generally ranges from 5 to 10 per cover, with the majority organized in glassines. A nice lot, ideal for astrophilatelists or for thematic collectors. Clean and very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 150

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
912 CVR   imageCirca 1865-66 San Francisco Letter Express Postmark on Cover, a horse and rider oval handstamp in blue, placed at upper right corner of a locally addressed envelope, very fine.

Estimate $ 200

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
913 PC   imageGroup of About 40 Postcards with Christmas Seals, 1908-1924, 21 of which are tied by the despatch postmark, we note a good variety of different years / issues, overall fine or better. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 200

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
914 CVR   imageExtensive Collection of Over 100 Better Covers of the 1941-1944 Transport Airmail Issues, consisting of 43 covers written-up on pages, plus another 60 sleeved covers (incl. a few cards and letter cards), representing all of the values to the 50c, and essentially all of the airmail rates (up to the 80c rate, with many single frankings, etc.). This is a strong holding with a good variety of material including postage dues, return to sender with foreign stamps, double, triple etc. weights, many censored (single, double, triple) with tapes and/or handstamps, saw some Special Delivery and registered airmail, saw a private perfin, various military usages, prisoner of War mail, many instructional handstamps such as "Service Suspended...", "Service Unavailable", "Via airmail from Coast Onward to Destination", and much more. Another strength of this group is all of the destinations, noting mail having been sent to or from Hawaii, Midway Island, Canada, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Venezuela, Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, Jamaica, Canal Zone, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Italy, Switzerland, Israel, Lebanon, New Zealand, China (Shanghai, Hong Kong, etc.), Gold Coast, New Guinea, India, Penrhyn Island, Cameroun, Germany, Palestine, Greece, Suriname, Fiji, Solomon Islands, British Guiana, American Samoa, United Kingdom, Upper Silesia, Dutch New Guinea, Singapore, Barbados, Java (Indonesia), Belgian Congo and domestic. Comes with a photocopy of a 5 frame exhibit on the subject. This lot has not seen the light of day since the early 1990s, when it was put away in a storage unit - a wonderful opportunity to acquire such a fantastic group, overall fine to very fine. See our many pictures online for a small glimpse. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (Scan 13) (Scan 14) (Scan 15) (Scan 16) (Scan 17) (Scan 18) (Scan 19) (Scan 20) (Scan 21) (Scan 22) (Scan 23) (Scan 24) (Scan 25) (Scan 26) (Scan 27) (Scan 28) (Scan 29) (Scan 30) (Scan 31) (Scan 32) (Scan 33) (Scan 34) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 2,500

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
915 PC 536 image1919 1c Green Washington First Day of Issue, a picture postcard datelined AUG.15.1919, franked with a 1c grey green Washington perforated 12½, tied by a Washington D.C. wavy line machine dated AUG.15.1919 (the first day of issue), predating the AUG.18.1919 "earliest documented use" noted in Scott Specialized. The stamp has light toning on its perfs, still a rare single usage and even rarer first day usage. Scott Specialized catalogue value for the stamp used alone on a postcard is $225. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 150

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
Worldwide
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
916 O   imageLarge Collection / Accumulation of Worldwide Town Postmarks, 1890s-1970s, with a few thousand stamps in 7 stockbooks and roughly 40 quadrille or Vario-style stock pages. A cursory check indicated better representation from European countries including Austria, Germany, Italy, Norway, just to name a few, along with British Commonwealth (notably Trinidad), and smaller representations of Asia and South American countries. Just a few of the postmarks encountered include various c.d.s. types, numerals, bridge types, and more, with many being socked on the nose, and should be a popular lot for worldwide postmark collectors. Our photos show a small sampling of the lot. A few faults to be expected, overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (Scan 13) (Scan 14) (Scan 15) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 400

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
917 CVR   imageAccumulation of Roughly 1,200 Worldwide First Day Covers, 1950s-1980s, filling a bankers box, with material possible on either side of the range. We note better representation from Japan, Liechtenstein, Thailand, just to name a few, with singles, sets, and souvenir sheet frankings. A nice lot for the online dealer, or for "dollar cover" boxes which prove popular at shows. A clean lot, and very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 200

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
918 CVR/PC   imageAccumulation of Roughly 1,300 Worldwide Covers and Cards, Stampless to the 1970s, filling a bankers box, containing a wide variety of material including a few stampless covers (noting Switzerland and France), postal stationery (including a few unused), post cards, military mail (from WWI and WWII, noting various censor tapes and markings), parcel receipts, first day covers, first flight covers, postage dues, and more. Better representation appears to be European and British Commonwealth countries, paying domestic, airmail, registration, and other various rates. A few covers have been sleeved, with retail prices ranging from $10 to $15 each. A nice lot for collectors and dealers alike. Online photos show an overview. A few faults with a few of the covers, overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 400

Currently...C$110.00
Will close during Public Auction
919 CVR   imageCollection of Great White Fleet / United Fruit Co. Steamship Service Covers, 1926-1952, a wonderful collection assembled over many decades and put away in 1993, all displayed in black Vario-style stock pages. We counted a total of 70 covers or cards that were mailed by the various United Fruit Co. steamships, as well as 26 picture postcards (some real photo) depicting various steamship from the line. Also included are two books on the subject "United Fruit Company / The History, Ships & Cancellations of the Great White Fleet" by Phillip Cockrill, and "Cruising the Caribbean in the Wake of Pirates", as well as 9 pamphlets, onboard menus, a bag tag, etc. Most of the covers were mailed on board, to or from the United States and Central / South America, noting mail to or from Colombia, Jamaica, Cuba, Guatemala, British Honduras, Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, Canal Zone, etc. Includes owner's list of the ships owned by the company, with highlighted ones that are in the collection. A mostly very fine collection which is rarely seen, if not offered. See online pictures for just a sampling. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (Scan 13) (Scan 14) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 500

Currently...C$110.00
Will close during Public Auction
920 CVR   imageEclectic Group of Interesting Worldwide Covers, with a wide variety of useful material, including 9x Tonga tin can mail covers, 19x French Colonies covers (1930s-1960s), 7x Mexico covers (1850s-1880s, including two bisect usages), 1845 folded letter from Rhode Island to Boston, 1831 folded letter Camden NJ to Burlington, 1847 London UK folded letter to New Bedford, Mass, 5x GB cover fronts with 1830s Crowned FREE handstamps, 1857 folded letter Temesvar, Austria to Vienna, 6x airmail covers from Colombia (with Scadta stamps), 6x various South American covers mailed in the 1920s-1930s, 5x covers from Palestine (1930s-1940s), 11x covers from Israel early interim period (1947-1948), a 1943 US Christmas airgraph, a US Civil War turned cover (patriotic ill. inside), a 1922 registered cover from Liechtenstein, with label on back reading "Opened due to...", an 1875 cover franked with Hungary Scott #11, a 1934 airmail cover franked with Italian Colonies #C20-26 (c.v. $254 as used stamps), a 1930 registered cover Italy to Fernie BC, etc. An overall useful lot for the postal history dealer, quality is generally fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (Scan 13) (Scan 14) (All Scans)

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Scott U$ 250

Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction

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