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The Bruce Roberts Collection of Arkansas & Indian Territory continued...

Post Civil War Usages continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
2081     92 imageSpringfield, Ark., Jan 4th, 1868. Manuscript postmark tying manuscript canceled 1867, 1¢ blue, F. grill, horizontal strip of three on cover to the House of Representatives in Washington D.C., with original enclosure regarding petition for back pay from the U.S. Government; left stamp with pre-use nick at upper left and cover reduced at right.
Scott No. 92; Estimate $150 - 200. (Image1)

Est. $150-200
Selling for...$0.00
Will close during Public Auction
2082     114 imageVan Buren, Ark., Feb 9. Cds on legal size cover to Bentonville, Ark., franked with 1869, 3¢ ultramarine, single + top margin single with part imprint + top margin horizontal pair canceled and tied by negative five point star handstamps; cover with strong reduction at left and second single stamp torn in half, Fine.
Scott No. 114; Estimate $150 - 200. (Image1)

Est. $150-200
Selling for...$0.00
Will close during Public Auction
19th Century Cover Groups
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
2083       imageArkansas Postal History Balance, 1851-70. Exhibit balance of over 50 covers with various franked ratings; includes scarce 1¢ (7) usage on 1857 circular from Little Rock, 3¢ O.B. usages from Little Rock and Pine Bluff, 1¢ strip of 3 (24) usages from Arkadelphia and Lake Village, 3¢ (26) usage from Fort Gibson (Cherokee Nation), 6¢ Nesbitt entire usages from Little Rock, Hamburg & Augusta, #26+36 combination from Little Rock (very faulty but only recorded 12¢ plate I usage from Arkansas), various 6¢ rates from Jackson, Eagle Town (manuscript) and Kingston, 1850's incoming Marysville, Cal. to Carrollton with 10¢ franking (35), selection of 1861 issue usages including 1¢ strip (63) from Princeton, 3¢ x5 usage from Madison, double 2¢ Blackjack usages from Carrollton and Russellville, 3¢ F. grill strip on oversized O.B. cover, 1869 Pictorial usages including scarce 1¢ from Little Rock, 1¢+2¢ combinations from Pine Bluff and Batesville, and an array of 3¢ usages from towns including Osceola, Helena, Camden, Boonsboro, Cummins, Sulphur Rock, etc., etc.; condition varies with many nice strikes and covers throughout.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.



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Est. $1,000-1,500
Selling for...$0.00
Will close during Public Auction
2084       imageArkansas Postal History Collection, 1870-90. Of 45 covers and a few cards written up on pages; nice showing of Banknote era usages including nice registered usages from Lockesburg and Swifton, 1882 Washington, Ark. to Germany, various ad covers with couple hotel illustrated, 1884 Grand Lake octagon date stamp with star in circle duplex on uprated registered entires, official issue usages, etc., later with Columbian issue registry frankings from Elmo and Decatur, few R.P.O.'s and some interesting later usages.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

Est. $300-400
Selling for...$0.00
Will close during Public Auction
2085       imageArkansas Stampless Postal History Balance, 1829-50. Exhibit balance of 33 covers; includes three scarce territorial covers including 1829 earliest reported cover from Washington (no postmark but with 12½ rate), bold Little Rock cds on 1832 folded letter sent "Free" to Acting Secretary of War, and "Hempstead C.H., Ar.T." cds on 1835 folded letter, early statehood usages including including similar Hempstead Territorial cds although in red on 1837 postmaster free frank cover, other usages with 1840 Washington cds, 1843 Plum Bayou manuscript, 1838 Columbus manuscript, interesting 1844 Washington cds on turned cover with Arkadelphia manuscript inside, multiple rates from Union Court House, Little Rock, Fayetteville & Batesville, 1841 usages from Little Rock (no origin postmarks), other later postmarks including 1846 Fort Towson (Choctaw Nation), ca. 1850 Fort Gibson (Cherokee Nation), 1846 El Dorado manuscript, 1853 Ultima Thule manuscript and postmaster free frank, various Little Rock cds's, etc.; condition varies with many nice strikes and covers throughout.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000.



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Est. $750-1,000
Selling for...$0.00
Will close during Public Auction
Confederate States & Union Occupation Cover Groups
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
2086       imageArkansas "Independent State" Cover Balance. Exhibit balance of 9 covers; with seven covers from various Arkansas towns to various seceded states, cover from Little Rock mailed four days before secession and cover from Confederate Montgomery, Ala. (U.S. #26 frank) to Independent Osceola, Ark.; condition varies.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)

Est. $150-200
Selling for...$0.00
Will close during Public Auction
2087       imageArkansas Stampless Postal History Balance. Exhibit balance of 12 covers; with postmarks from towns including Arkadelphia, Barkada manuscript, Camden, Fort Smith, Lake Village, Little Rock, Van Buren, Luda manuscript and Osceola, also some military carried including one to Brig. Genl. Stand White in Indian territory; condition varies.
Estimate; $300 - 400.



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Est. $300-400
Selling for...$0.00
Will close during Public Auction
2088       imageArkansas Confederate Postal History Balance. Exhibit balance of 10 franked covers; includes two 1862, 5¢ blue (4) usage with single from Fort Smith and pair tied by Des Arc cds on wallpaper cover (both faulty), 1862, 5¢ blue usages (6-7) with pair usages from Camden and Little Rock, later 10¢ usages with nice incoming from Shreveport, La. and pair on cover from Monticello, etc.; condition is mixed.
Estimate; $400 - 600.



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Est. $400-600
Selling for...$0.00
Will close during Public Auction
2089       imageArkansas Union Occupation Postal History Balance, 1862-65. Exhibit balance of 19 covers; with 5 covers posted in Memphis, Tenn. from soldiers in Arkansas carried to the Memphis office, with enclosures and endorsements from Batesville, Helena, Napoleon and Little Rock, few incoming usages including patriotic, and civilian restored service from Little Rock including U.S. Christian Commission corner card and due drop rate, other usages from Fort Smith including rare straight line postmark, Pine Bluff and Helena, also an Adams Express money package from Little Rock; condition varies with many nice strikes and covers throughout.
Estimate; $300 - 400.



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Est. $300-400
Selling for...$0.00
Will close during Public Auction
20th Century Cover Groups
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
2090       Arkansas Postal History Balance. Mix of well over 100 covers and cards mostly sleeved; includes legal sized items from early stampless to Postal Savings multiple franking, couple 1911 League Park Station, Fort Smith pioneer airmail flight cards and 1944 crash cover, turn-of-the-century illustrated ad covers and a selection of picture post cards, special delivery and parcel post, Spanish-American war patriotics, registered and auxiliary markings, little foreign including incoming from China and India, etc.; worth proper evaluation.
Estimate; $400 - 600.

Est. $400-600
Selling for...$0.00
Will close during Public Auction
2091       imageArkansas Fancy Cancel Exhibit Collection, 1929-35. Of 30 covers and card written up on exhibit pages, showing various pictorial & numeral cancellations used at 4th class post office during this time period; starting with seven strikes of fancy black fork cancels on 1933 registered entire from Black Fork, Ark. (less than 10 examples reported), four 1930-31 Bear, Ark. usages with rare early first type bear fancy (one of five examples known by exhibitor) and second type with one in greenish blue color, 1929-34 Fifty Six, Ark usages with different "56" numeral usages on six covers, other usages from Turkey, Figure Five, Forty Four, Hand, Star Bee, Tomato and Columbus, Ark., few pictorial not related to town name including two 1933 Pumpkin Pictorial cancels used from Columbus on Halloween (one day only postmark); a nice collection of these scarce to very rare 20th century fancy cancels.
Estimate; $500 - 750.



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Est. $500-750
Selling for...$0.00
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2092       imageArkansas WWII Postal History Group. Of over 65 covers and cards; includes an array of patriotic cacheted covers from towns including Arsenal, Battles & Flag, Ark., run of similar free frank covers from Camp Chaffee and Little Rock, Navy and War Department penalty covers and selection of German-American prisoner of war covers to and from Camp Joseph Robinson and others from Germany, few German-American relocation camp covers from Jerome Relocation Center in Denson, Ark. and Rohwer Rel. Center in McGehee.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

Est. $300-400
Selling for...$0.00
Will close during Public Auction

The Richard Murphy Collection of Confederate South Carolina

Independent State Usages
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
2093       imageConfederacy, Charleston S.C. Dec. 20, 1860 - The Day South Carolina Seceded. Double-circle datestamp clearly struck, grid cancel ties United States 3¢ Dull Red, Ty. III (26), natural straight edge at right where corners clipped, nicked at left, on yellow cover to Lenude's Ferry P.O. S.C., cover with expertly repaired tears and edges, lovely Very Fine appearance, ex-Calhoun & Walker.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.

A SCARCE AND DESIRABLE "KEY DATE" CONFEDERATE COVER - USED ON THE DAY SOUTH CAROLINA VOTED TO SECEDE FROM THE UNION. (Image1)

Est. $1,000-1,500
Selling for...$0.00
Will close during Public Auction
2094       imageConfederacy, Charleston, S.C. Dec. 28, 1860. Double circle postmark on cover to Allendale, S.C., franked with United States 1857, 3¢ dull red Dull Red (26, perf. flaws at top) with central struck grid cancel, blind embossed corner card for Charleston merchant on backflap, Very Fine, attractive independent State usage.
Estimate; $150 - 200.

South Carolina seceded on December 20, 1860 and entered the Confederate States of America on February 4, 1861. (Image1)

Est. $150-200
Selling for...$0.00
Will close during Public Auction
2095       imageConfederacy, Charleston S.C., Jan. 10, 1861. Clear strike of circular datestamp and grid cancel on United States 3¢ Red on Buff Nesbitt entire (U10) to Savannah Ga., fresh & Very Fine Independent State use.
Estimate; $100 - 150. (Image1)

Est. $100-150
Selling for...$0.00
Will close during Public Auction
2096       imageConfederacy, Charleston S.C., Jan. 14, 1861. Well-struck double-circle datestamp on buff cover to Greenville S.C. with colorless embossed company shield-style corner card at upper left, franked with three United States 1¢ Blue, Ty. V (24) tied by grid cancels, incorrectly docketed 1860 at left, Very Fine and rare Independent State usage, ex-Calhoun.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

Est. $300-400
Selling for...$0.00
Will close during Public Auction
2097       imageConfederacy, Charleston, S.C., Independent States Group. Group of four covers; includes folded letter with "Jan 8, 1861" cds and matching "Paid" (no rate) to Statesburg, S.C., a "Jan 31, 1861" cds with matching grid handstamp tying U.S. 1857, 3¢ dull red (U.S. 26) on cover to William Ellison in Statesburg (a freed slave who owned 63 slaves), a "Jan 10, 1861" cds with matching grid canceling on U.S. 1860, 3¢ Star Die entire to New York (some soiling), and defective privately carried "Surgeon General's Department, State of South Carolina" imprint cover to Morris Island, with illustrated letterhead enclosure datelined "Jan 4, 1861"; some flaws, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $300 - 400.



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Est. $300-400
Selling for...$0.00
Will close during Public Auction
2098       imageConfederacy, Georgetown, S.C., Feb 1, 1861. Clear strike of cds and bearing U.S. 3¢ dull red (26) canceled by matching sharp circular grid on yellow cover to Georgetown S.C. and forwarded to Charleston; small edge tear at top, otherwise Very Fine, an attractive Independent State usage, ex-Teal.
Estimate; $100 - 150. (Image1)

Est. $100-150
Selling for...$0.00
Will close during Public Auction
2099       imageConfederacy, Spartanburg, S.C. Jan 18, 1861. Double circle postmark on darling small cover Echaw P.O., S.C. with totally intact blue edged back flaps and monogram seal, franked with United States 1857, 3¢ dull red Dull Red (tiny perf. tear) tied by grid cancel, Extremely Fine Independent State Use.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)

Est. $150-200
Selling for...$0.00
Will close during Public Auction
2100       imageConfederacy, Yorkville, S.C. Jan 26 (1861). Bold cds with manuscript "Pd 3cts/ Charge (box) 111" on cover to "Col. A B. Springs, Fort Mills, York District, So. Ca.", Very Fine and attractive.
Estimate; $150 - 200.

Andrew Baxter Springs was a wealthy planter, with interests in railroads and banks. He was a signer of the Ordinance of Succession, and joined the military after the signing on Dec. 20, 1860. His rank, and the 3 cents rate, defines the date of this cover to be Jan. 26, 1861. (Image1)

Est. $150-200
Selling for...$0.00
Will close during Public Auction

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