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United States

Postal History Collections
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
2204   image19th Century Covers between the US and Latin America, mostly to and from Cuba but other countries are present, 84 comprising 67 stampless including folded letter datelined Havana 26 Sept. 1801 (no postal markings), then groups of "Ship" and "Steamship" covers - both straightline and integrated into the datestamp, a matched pair of covers with red or black "Forwarded by C. Edmonston & Co. Charleston S.C." large hexagonal handstamps on the reverse, one with blue "Charleston S.C. Havana 10 Sep. 12" circular datesetamp datelined Matanzas to NYC (Lanman correspondence), group of covers with "NA" and "NA1" cancels, 13 franked with US 10c Greens (Scott #14/15, #32/33, #35 (including one with captured imprint at right), and #68), and 3 franked with single or two overlapping singles of 10c Bank Note Issues (#150, #161), and one franked with a Cuban stamp, most with brief descriptions on post-it notes, few faults to be expected but the vast majority are sound, Very Fine, a beautiful and exceptional fresh to the market collection featuring many outstanding covers and folded letters, all of which can be seen online., ex-Lippman. Shipping charges apply - weight 5.8 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Image)

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Estimate $5,000-7,500
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2205   imageLippman Cover Consignment Balance, consisting of many thousands of covers with strength in Registered, Consular Mail, Special Delivery, Postage Due, Texas, Territorials including Indian, Tin Can Mail, Advertising, Fancy Cancels, Railroad & R.P.O., Canal Zone, Antarctica, and of course First Day Covers, noteworthy individual items include 3 stunning hand drawn legal sized covers from Kansas City to New Orleans including one with Popeye, Olive Oyl and Wimpy, a letter from a wife to her Civil War 93rd CT soldier, a 1934 Tournament of Roses legal sized cover with Mickey Mouse, large "United States Penitentiary Dept. of Justice Atlanta Ga." parcel post tag with Scott #518 plus 3c & 6c Washington, small Parcel Post tag with #832x (3) & 8c Prexy, 6c Nesbitt (#U14) canceled by New York Ship arrival circular datestamp with "Via Nicaragua Ahead of the Mails" handstamp to Churchill NY, also includes an accumulation of mostly unused postal stationery with some EFO and a group of 1907 legal sized covers with contents regarding The Double Eagle Gold Mining Co., covers in mixed condition, ex Lippman. Shipping charges apply - weight 58.2 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Video2 for this lot) (Video3 for this lot) (Video4 for this lot) (Image)

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Estimate $3,000-4,000
SOLD for $6,750.00
Will close during Public Auction
2206   imageRich Trove of Postal History, 1806-1956, about 1,500 envelopes with great frankings and wonderful stories; 1806 Canadian SFL to New York, Scott # 115 tied to cross border cover to Canada, 1833 letter from Boston trying to raise funds to build a church in Pensacola (contains very early hand drawn map), Singapore cover addressed to John Barrymore at Warner Brothers Studios on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood, several stampless business letters from NY and CT, U379 uprated to Registered with a strip of three 325, US Government pioneer flight (Jun 3, 1918) from NY to Boston with C3 on business envelope from Aerial League of America, Postal Note stamp tied to Postal Note card with coupon, 1913 Postal Savings Card complete with the 10 stamps, Express Air Mail Canal Zone to Brooklyn with 5 color franking, several 1892 Columbus entires uprated (with 1¢, 3¢, 4¢, or 6¢ Columbus stamps) for Registration, unused Hawaii U11 postal stationery with Provisional Government 1898 overprint, Northwestern Bell Telephone cover paid with 2¢ and 4¢ Nebraska overprints (and with 2¢ Postage Due), 1869 steamship SFL from Havana to Boston, 7¢ Banknote to Germany tied with fancy cancel, a number of attractive Advertising covers including sole US agent for "Celebrated Prototype Band Instruments", 4¢ Parcel Post nicely tied to merchandise box, C6 pays Airmail rate from Oakland to New York, 1848 French stampless cover to Poughkeepsie, 1861 cross border cover from CT to Nova Scotia, 1¢ Franklin Circular rate from DC to OH, pair of 36 to cover overseas rate from St Louis to London, and much more; check out our website images, or better yet, come pay us a visit, Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 22.8 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

Estimate $3,000-4,000
SOLD for $2,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
2207   image19th Century Postal History Compilation, well in excess of 250 covers and stationery items, ranging from stampless to Trans-Mississippi frankings, offering a wealth of material to the dealer; note nice advertising/illustrated covers, a soldier's letter posted from the Philippines, "Philippines"-overprinted stationery, items from Puerto Rico, Trolley and "U.S.D.L.O." postmarks, Registered and "Advertised" covers, a stampless "SHIP" cover, two Blood's and a Hussey's, and plenty of postmarks and auxiliary markings, not to mention single, multiple and mixed frankings; most domestically used, but did see Great Britain, Prussia and Canada West among the foreign destinations; condition varies as expected, but an enjoyable lot with plenty of surprises, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 5.4 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

Estimate $2,000-3,000
SOLD for $1,400.00
Will close during Public Auction
2208   imagePonderous 20th Century Postal History Compilation, hundreds upon hundreds of covers, post cards and stationery items, offering a tremendous range of frankings and uses, with an attractive mix of advertising and illustrated covers, Registered and Airmail uses, postage due covers, a good offering of meters, several Territorial items, an array of cancels including "U.S. Sea Post", early Flags, even some 20th Century Fancies; note a couple albino entires (mint and used) in the holding; much individually sleeved and ready for your next bourse or upload to eBay, Fine to Very Fine or better, inspection invited. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

Estimate $2,000-3,000
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2209   imagePostal History Collection, 1850s-1930s, hundreds of covers in four massive cover albums, plus an ordinary size cover album, containing approximately 40 stampless covers / folded letters, including one with a patriotic letter sheet, 9 on printed circular, 26 on wholesale grocer's cameo cover with railroad map printed circular letter insert, 63 strip of 3 on large piece, 10 vintage photographs with various revenue stamps, 5 Union patriotic covers, one of which has patriotic letter sheet, 65 with cameo advertising, 114 (9 covers), 25+ pages of various banknote usages, including a few registered usages, a couple advertising, 15c on large War Department, a couple with postage dues, overseas usages, etcetera, 220 on State of Illinois Attorney General's Office / Springfield cover with matching letterhead, 223 on Post Office Department, first assistant Postmaster General, 10 attractive turn of the century advertising covers, 286 two postcards with the same picture as the stamp making an early type of Maxim card, 300 several leather post cards, a couple parcel post stamps used as post card rates, an interesting glittery North Pole Greetings card, an album of Washington Franklins with C1/537 and imperf 3c Washington registered cover, 399 pair and imperf 1c Washington on registered cover, 1c Washington on RPO postcard, an album with interesting odd and ends with post card groups of: Indians, Ships, WWI soldiers, early clipper airmail covers including some Crosby's, WWI to Vietnam war patriotic's and a section of YMCA soldiers letters, generally Fine to Very Fine, ex Csolkovits. Shipping charges apply - weight 33.8 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Video2 for this lot) (Video3 for this lot) (Video4 for this lot) (Video5 for this lot) (Video6 for this lot) (Image)

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Estimate $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $2,400.00
Will close during Public Auction
2210   imageFirst Day and Event Covers Stock Collection, many hundreds of covers, with duplication, offering First Days, ship cancels, First Flight Covers, airport dedications, Airmail Week, World's Fair, and other date-specific cancels (expect the occasional "plain old cover", given the original owner's various glassines and rubber-banded packs we went through); First Days begin around 1927 with most issues represented by multiple cities; note Crosby photo cachets, a group of Prexies, Overrun Countries in blocks of four (less Korea single), etc.; a handful of Alaska First Flight Covers, a FAM 19 Canton Island cover, a 1933 Crosby "Texas Admission Day" cover cancelled aboard the USS Texas, a slew of 1939 and 1940 World's Fair-related covers (some First Days, some not) along with Fair postcard folders and a letterhead, etc., etc., etc.; no screaming rarities noted, but attractive (and some quite different) material to stock your next show or five; also includes a number of old philatelic periodicals and a group of late 18th and 19th century engraved frontispieces, many for Shakespeare's plays, Fine to Very Fine with much better, a fun lot worth reviewing. Shipping charges apply - weight 13 lbs. (Image)

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Estimate $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction
2211   imageMostly 19th Century Cover Holding, 1830-1970s, Over 600 covers from stampless to the modern era, but predominantly 19th century, especially Bank Notes. Some early highlights include a few local carriers from Boston, New York & Philadelphia, such as #3LB1, 6LB11, 15LB15. Some First Day Covers, First Flight Covers, and other special event covers. A sampling of this lot can be viewed online but still should be evaluated in person, generally Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 20 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Image)

Estimate $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $1,900.00
Will close during Public Auction
2212   imageCover Lot with a Bit of Worldwide, 1865-1970s, At least 800 covers, the vast majority U.S. from the 19th & early 20th century; picture postcards, used & unused postal stationery, many FDCs including Prexies and Famous Americans, First Flights, etc. Various worldwide as well, including Mexican postal stationery, and other unusual items, like a collection of Last Day covers for discontinued post offices in Pennsylvania, Guam Guard Mail from the 1970s, and a pack of old advertising cards, overall Fine to Very Fine, additional images viewable online. Shipping charges apply - weight 19.8 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

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Estimate $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction
2213   imageOfficial Business Postal History Assortment, 75 covers or postal stationery items relating to government or court business; nice range of frankings and cancels, including two solo 20¢, and a 20¢ plus 12¢, Prexie covers from the Navy Department; seven Arizona Territory and two Indian Territory covers; a Postal Savings System corner card used locally in San Juan, Puerto Rico; a "National Mil. Home/O." postmark, War Department Fort covers, a privately used "U.S. Senate Chamber" envelope, a "House of Representatives U.S." corner card with "Wash. D.C./Congress" postmark, State covers, items to court clerks and judges, Registered and Airmail uses, even a 1919 "American Commission to Negotiate Peace" corner card sent from Paris "Passed by Base Censor", and more; some show more aging than others, but appealing items ready for retail or album, generally Fine to Very Fine, worth review. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.8 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Image)

Estimate $1,000-1,500
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2214 1/36 image1847-57 Issues on Cover Assortment (Scott 1/36), 20 comprising #1 on 1848 folded written invitation from NYC to Wilmington, #9 pair & #11A on 1852 folded letter to Bordeaux France (2009 William R. Weiss certificate), #7 on printed circular dated June 1 1852 (with 2009 Weiss opinion), #9 on reduced legal sized cover, #15 on cover (2009 Weiss certificate), #22 on 1859 FL New Orleans local use (Ashbrook ID below stamp), #24 on cover (seven including two also with #26) #33 vertical strip of three with center stamp split from being folded over side of 1858 folded letter to Paris, #35 on cover (five including one to Europe with second stamp cut out, one with 2009 Weiss certificate and two with 2009 Weiss opinions including one to Vera Cruz), and #36 & #26 on cover Louisville KY to France with four backstamps and 2009 Weiss opinion, usual faults, Fine to Very Fine appearing group, see all 20 online, ex-Lippman. Shipping charges apply - weight 0.6 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Image)

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Estimate $750-1,000
SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction

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