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Postal History Collections
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
1317   imageForeign Service Officer Collection, 1776-2000, stampless, postal stationary, and diplomatic mail from a State Department employee stationed in Kabul, Afghanistan; Feb 1776 to attorney without contents, several stampless folded letters 1843-1858, pair of British folded letters from 1856 carried on "Atlantic" and "Arabia"; binder containing about 100 mint and postally used entires (several from Columbas Exposition), 5 envelopes carried on the Hindenburg, prewar Clipper mail to Switzerland, a few dozen mint and postally used postal cards, envelope mailed from Byrd Expedition in 1934 from South Pole, lovely multicolor hand drawn pen and ink on 1911 postal card, pair of Scott # 113 on cover, pair of German States envelopes from 1858 and 1864, 1866 Paris to Lyon envelope, Registered 1893 Paris to New York, Netherlands folded letters from 1853 and 1867, commercial mail from Saudi Arabia to the US in 1960 with colorful frankings, business mail from Kuala Lumpur, wonderful diplomatic mail from Afghanistan, and much more, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 12.2 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Video for this lot) (Image)

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Estimate $1,500-2,000
CLOSED
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1318   imageBusload of Postal History, 1838-2012, several thousand covers in numerous trays; 19th century postal stationary with interesting town cancels, RPO and HPO (at least 100), Presidential related (inaguration, birthday, memorial), WWII official mail, National Air Mail Week, first flights, Foreign Air Mail, Contract Air Mail, Virgin Islands commercial mail, Ryukyu FDCs and metal stamp folders; Philippines, Marshall Islands, and Guam mail; about 500 first or last day of post office; about 30 UN Forces mail, considerable WWII soldier mail, polar operations, about a dozen stampless folded letters, advertising and mourning covers, exposition pictorial cancels; 50 postmaster receipt cards from WWI era NV; about 200 modern mint entires; much, much, more, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 86.4 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

Estimate $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction
1319   imageOne Firm's Mail, 1873-1900, 450+ envelopes with stamps or entires to an agricultural implement company in Alexandria VA; while much has been roughly opened there remains a substantial opportunity to take advantage of fancy cancels on Scott # 26, 65, 114, and other stamps; several interesting corner cards and a few Advertising noted; enjoy, Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 5 lbs. (Image)

Estimate $750-1,000
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
1320   imageMostly U.S. First Day Covers, 1940s-80s, Although there are six counter books of mint & used worldwide stamps along with a shoebox of mostly used British Commonwealth in glassines and another box with mint & used Mexico, the vast majority of this lot consists of First Day Covers, nearly 9,000 of them. And the better cachet makers too, like five cover albums with around 600 from Fluegel, a set of Colorano silk cachets of the 1982 State Birds & Flowers, and hundreds more from Artcraft, Artmaster, Fleetwood, and others. Also, 65 souvenir cards and a homemade collection on quadrille pages with virtually every FDC imaginable on the 1984 Olympic Games. And although mostly U.S., you'll also find 1000's of FDCs from the U.N., about 500 Canada, about 250 Europa issues, and more, generally Fine to Very Fine, personal inspection highly recommended. Shipping charges apply - weight 228 lbs. (Image)

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Estimate $750-1,000
SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction
1321   imageSmall But Intriguing 19th Century Cover Lot, 1845-96, Four stampless covers, one a congressional free frank sent from Allentown, PA by Congressman Henry Clay Longnecker, and another mailed from Bremen to Boston with a British paquebot marking from 1858. Others include Boyd's City Express (20L4), four covers with #11 including two plate varieties, and an 1863 cover with a scarce masonic cancel on #65. Fifteen covers in all, fully viewable online. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

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Estimate $600-800
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
1322 cover   imageU.S., Very Well-Organized Collection of Postal History, 1838-1991, About 1,700 covers covering many aspects of postal history and very neatly arranged. From stampless covers to first flights, inauguration covers, registered mail, advertising covers, official mail, FDCs organized by decade, covers organized by series, such as Washington/Franklins, Prexies, etc., stamp show covers, and much modern postal history. Also, a box of miscellanea, like a copy of The Courier, a London newspaper from October 3, 1813, wooden nickels from Monticello's Sesquicentennial in 1954, various stock certificates, and more, generally Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 51 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

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Estimate $600-800
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
1323   imageSubscription FDC Collections, 1860-1990, several hundred First Day Covers in albums along with some stamps; 5 vol US First Day Portraits 1974-1984 (Harris), 4 vol American Heiroom Collection with some mint and used stamps (Mystic), 3 vol The Standard World Stamp Album with light population (Harris), World of Stamps is mint and complete (Postal Commemorative Society), 2 vol New Worldwide Postage Stamp Album with few stamps (Minkus), 2 vol Great Americans Historic Stamp Collection (are actually covers), 4 vol Philatelic History of the United States (Westport Collectors Society), American Revolution Bicentennial FDC Collection (Franklin Philatelic Society), First Day Covers (Mystic),2 vol First Day Covers (PCS), State of the Union (WCS), Bicentennial of the American Flag (Flag Foundation), Kings & Queens of England, 2 vol Postmasters of America, 3 vol Mint Stamps of the World (PCS), and 3 vol American Bicentennial Covers; also includes a few stockbooks with hundreds of stamps and another thousand used in need of soaking; at least $100 worth of precut Mystic black mounts in a variety of sizes; unfortunately this collection is showing its age; consistent foxing throughout, Very Good. Shipping charges apply - weight 230 lbs. (Image)

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Estimate $500-750
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction
1324   image1783/1854 Family Correspondence, Approximately 125 letters regarding the Sanburn family of Canandaigua NY, including one datelined "Mormon Island Feb. 15 1850" (Mormon Island was once a mining town, which had an abundance of Mormon immigrants seeking gold in the American River during the California Gold Rush. Its site is in present-day Sacramento County, California.), some with address leaves and a few of these have postal markings, majority datelined Canandaigua (NY), plus a small group of ephemera including Keokuk (Iowa) Medical College Lecture and Clinic Schedule for Session 1902-1903 (all four years), large c1898 multicolor map of Cuba, in two large ledger books both of which have the first 10-15 pages used and the rest blank, Fine-Very Fine lot, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 9.4 lbs. (Image)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction
1325 2216-2219 image1986, American Presidents FDC (Scott 2216-2219), 240+ printed color cachets including Collins, Pugh, Bell Cachets, Van and HF; condition is outstanding, Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 6.6 lbs. (Image)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction
1326   imageU.S., "Gold Rush" Gold Replica FDCs, 1980-85, Approximately 100 First Day Covers with 22kt gold replicas as issued by the Postal Commemorative Society; in addition, over 100 covers from the "Historic Stamps of America" series, also issued by PCS. As a bonus, an album of philatelic panels from the 1981 Royal Wedding, as well as various covers and mini-sheets of Princess Diana across the British Commonwealth, and a very unique 2-volume collection from 1977 consisting of 30 gold stamps of the Kings & Queens of England made of 23kt yellow gold with 12kt white gold overlays, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 35.8 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Video2 for this lot) (Image)

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Estimate $250-350
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1327   imageWar Mail to Loved Ones Back Home, 1942-1967, perhaps 150 envelopes (and some correspondence) mostly from WWII but did note dates from Korea and a few from Vietnam; mostly censored with numerous interesting auxilliary markings, many carry domestic Airmail rate or are free as Soldier's Mail; many opened with abandon as these were intended as work products and not philatelic creations; time spent with a reference on APO/FPOs will yield much enjoyment and perhaps unmask valuable covers, Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 3 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

Estimate $200-300
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1328   imagePolar Postal History, 1929-60, a dozen covers from Antarctic operations; envelope addressed to Wellington NZ from Bark SS City of New York during Admiral Byrd's first expedition, postcard with same 1929 date autographed by crewmember Konter, pair of US Mount Olympus covers from Operation HIGHJUMP, RADM George Dufek autograph on Operation DEEP FREEZE I envelope to VADM Royar in Washington from the South Pole, USCG Cutter Northwind covers on NAF McMurdo envelopes for ODF II, 1960 DEEP FREEZE V cover canceled Pole Station Antarctic, pair of National Geographic Society ODF envelopes from Byrd Station Antarctic, and more; early Byrd catches the worms (whatever that means), Fine to Very Fine. (Image)

Estimate $200-300
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

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