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Postal History Collections

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Lot Description

1523

Worldwide, H-U Countries Postal History, 1816-1958, 750+ envelopes in three binders (one is "R" for Refugees); Hong Kong (several First Flight), Honduras, Haiti, Hungary, Ivory Coast, Ifni, Indochina, Ireland, Iceland (great postal cards), Israel (valuable 1-9 Coins on cover, many with tabs); Refugees include Indonesia, Suriname, Taiwan, UAR, Monaco, UN, Greece, Norway, Laos, Uruguay, Cameroun, and more; Switzerland (gorgeous meters, Airmail, military cards); leaving only the United Kingdom including several Crown Free mark fronts (1830s), several unfolded letters from 1816-1847, two 1841 Penny Black with black Maltese on cover ($1,500), #2 on cover from 1844 ($950), two covers with #5 ($2,000), much 19th century on cover, lots of postal cards, mint and postally used wrappers, aerogrammes, numerous First Flights (early 1930s), MEF, Morocco, handpainted Coronation of QEII, paquebot, postal entires, and Lundy; Wow, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 17.4 lbs. (Image)

Estimate $2,000-3,000
SOLD for $1,900.00
Will close during Public Auction

1524

Worldwide, Mostly Modern FDCs, 1920s-90s, Some stray mint sets, but mostly covers, the vast majority of them FDCs, and there are thousands with heavy emphasis on the United States, United Nations, Spain, Canada, Switzerland and Israel. Much in the way of postal stationery too, especially from the U.N. & U.S. Also many additional souvenir cards and folders from the U.N., as well as various binders, such as one with cacheted FDCs from the Spanish Colonies and another with the Europa issues from 1980, generally Fine to Very Fine, should be reviewed on-site. Shipping charges apply - weight 80 lbs. (Image)

Estimate $750-1,000
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1525

Worldwide, Mostly U.S. Postal History with Much 19th Century, 1862-2000s, Thousands of covers, from a binder on the Spanish-American War with over 40 envelopes, albeit roughly opened, and enclosed correspondence to dozens of modern-day postal card packs from the postal service, most sill shrink-wrapped. Many hundreds of picture postcards, as well as hundreds of FDCs including some better from the 1920s and plenty of other special event covers, like H.P.O. First Trips. Other items of interest include about 30 ship parcel post on cut squares mounted on envelopes and an album of stamps and over 100 beautifully cacheted covers on the Council of Europe, generally Fine to Very Fine. (Image)

Estimate $750-1,000
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1526

Worldwide, Select Zeppelin Group, 1924-36, 16 better lighter-than-air crafts including ZR-3, LZ-127, and LZ-129; compact lot with mail from Brazil (6), Germany (7), and the United States (3); Brazil 24 May 1930 Graf Zeppelin Rio-Lakehurst (card and cover) as well as Brazil to Germany, 23 Sep 1931 Rio to Friedrichshafen, 23 Mar 1932 Registered Rio de Janeiro to Locarno, and 25 Aug 1933 Brazil to Germany; United States include 10 Oct 1924 Roessler USS Los Angeles from Germany to the US, and two Hindenburg First Flights from America to Germany; and 6 of 7 Germany covers franked with 2DM or 4DM Zeppelin stamps, on flights to America between 1928 and 1930; frankings include Brazil #4CL1, 4CL3, 4CL8, and 4CL10; and Germany #C36 and C37; stamps alone catalog in excess of $1,500; well worth a look, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $750-1,000
SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction

1527

Worldwide, Classic Better Group of Polar Covers, 1924-67, 9 envelopes from the polar regions; two 1924 Trans Polar Expedition cards with US franking on one side and Norway postage on the reverse; Canal Zone stamps on SS City of New York cover autographed by R E Byrd; Registered card from London for 1931 Wilkins-Ellsworth Trans Arctic Submarine Expedition, New York to Spitsbergen leg Registered in Longyearbyen, oversized Registered Longyearbyen signed by Hurbert Wilkins, and New York to North Pole on US entire with GB mixed franking; AAMC TO 1429 First Polar Airmail carried by Capt Blair in a P-51 from Oslo to Fairbanks; and a stunning souvenir cover with 4 values tied to Scott Base cover autographed by Richard Black; very useful group, Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction

1528

Worldwide, Set of Seven Graf Zeppelin Flight Covers & Cards, 1930, five from Germany, one each Spain and Saar, with both South America and Baltic Flights represented; usual travel wear, Fine to Very Fine, all imaged online. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction

1529

Worldwide, Better Cover Collection, 1891-1945, 31 premium items with emphasis on early 20th century Canada; post war French Zone frankings with censor tape, 1944 Free France addressed to Nancy, Centenial Philatelic Exposition with commemorative stamp from 1949; pair of French Marine covers with mixed franking, 1891 Registered with 3 color frankings addressed to Philadelphia, Registered Soviet mail to Czechlovakia, 1890 front from Russia to Austria, 1898 Registered from with 5 values from Russia to Vienna, 1891 Registered with 4 stamps to Austria, three modern Soviet envelopes written in cyrillic, commercial Registered 1927 mail from Montreal to Toronto, 1952 Canadian Airmail (with great etiquette) to Australia, Scott # 163 and 174 on Registered cover from Union Gas of Canada, KEVII on varied business main (mostly Registered), 148 on Registered money letter, Canadian Express Co COD envelope to Toronto, Registered "Too Late" to London Ontario, uprated wrapper from Rosthern, and more; condition varies, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 0.6 lbs. (Image)

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Estimate $250-350
SOLD for $275.00
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1530

Worldwide, Saving Envelopes from Interesting Places, 1934-2022, 300+ worldwide envelopes, First Day Covers, and First Flights; includes USSR, Japan, Netherlands, Yugoslavia, United Nations, Ecuador, Italy, Togo, Brazil, Czech Republic, Trinidad, India, Nevis, St Kitts, France, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Vatican, RSA (Durban), Germany, Mexico, Philippines, Great Britain, New Caledonia, Ireland, Hong Kong, Belgium, Kenya, New Zealand, Cuba, Korea, Honduras, Canal Zone, Peru, Iraq, New Guinea, Burma, France, Cyprus, Ghana, China, Greece, Nigeria, South Africa, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Niger, Ghana, Micronesia, Indonesia, Austria, Marshall Islands, Costa Rica, Canada, Romania, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Nevis, Antigua, British Virgin Islands, Haiti, and the United States; about 100 "repurposed" cachets used in regular mail (pretty), Colorano "Silk" covers, First Flight covers from the eary 1960s (some autographed), a number of show cancels on cover, attractive 6 cover Official Commemorative Souvenir from the 1992 Winter Olympics, dozens of modern pictorial cancels; fun to explore, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 9.4 lbs. (Image)

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Estimate $150-200
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