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**Fancy Cancellations Featuring the Dr. Robertson Collection, Group Lots**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
1544		2c Red Brown (210). Five covers with Ann Arbor Mich. fancy cancels, includes Postmaster Harry Nichols' "H" in Star, "H" in in oval grid, "HN" between Bars, and his clerk Charles P. Bender's "B" in circle and Horseshoe, faults (otherwise these would be offered individually), nice strikes (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 200-300 SOLD for $375.00 Will close during Public Auction
1545		3c 1861 Issue Fancy Cancellations. Small off-cover balance from Dr. Robertson's collection, approximately 300 stamps arranged on album and stock pages, about half are standard grids, targets, "Paid" and town datestamps, also includes a nice array of cork killers including rosettes, stars and "LV", some colored, some on stamps that might be Rose Pink No. 64 and one that looks like a Pink No. 64, mixed centering and minor faults to be expected, otherwise Fine Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 200-300 SOLD for $1,300.00 Will close during Public Auction
1546		New York City Fancy Cancellations on 3c 1861 Covers. 82 covers mounted on pages showing wide variety of cork fancy cancels from the greatest city in the world, includes rosettes, huge circle of wedges and crossroads, stars, grids, a couple with 1c 1861 for carrier fee, about a half-dozen covers are in rough shape, the others are clean and attractive with great strikes, a wonderful group from this prolific post office Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 300-400 SOLD for $900.00 Will close during Public Auction
1547		1861-81 Issues, Fancy Cancels on Cover (65/208). Five covers, two 3c Rose (65), one with bold Macedon N.Y. initials in medallion, other with Topsham Vt. fancy shield in target, three 3c Bank Note covers incl. Fredericksburg Va. arrow head, Rye Beach N.H. fancy monogram in circle and Albany N.Y. with what looks like a swan but probably just a quartered cork, couple minor cover flaws, Very Fine strikes (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 750-1,000 SOLD for $500.00 Will close during Public Auction
1548		Bank Note Issue Covers with Waterbury Conn. "Semi-Fancy" Cancellations. 15 covers, 1c and 3c stamps, variety of more ordinary non-pictorial Waterbury cancellations including Crossroads, Circle of Arrowheads, Rosettes, Four Hearts and a couple of quartered cork and target cancels, some faults to be expected, choice strikes and overall Fine group Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 300-400 SOLD for $450.00 Will close during Public Auction
1549		Fancy Cancellations Off Cover. Two volumes with stock pages loaded with off-cover stamps with fancy cancels from Dr. Robertson's "working" collection, mostly Bank Note Issues (up to 30c) including a nice array of New York Foreign Mail cancels, also a few earlier issues and postal card cut squares, bidders expecting to find rare Waterburys left in a group lot will be disappointed, but collectors who want dozens of clear strikes and pretty stamps will be delighted with this group, lots of potential profit for eBay resellers	E. $ 300-400 SOLD for $1,600.00 Will close during Public Auction
1550		Fancy Cancellations on Cover. Balance of the Dr. Robertson collection, comprising a few hundred covers mounted on exhibit-style pages in seven binders, considering the importance of this collector's holding, this "balance" is far superior to most collections, includes such noteworthy cancellations as the Worcester Mass. Negative "North-South" Handshake (partly clear strike), Danbury Conn. Negative Hat in Circle, New York City Devil's Mask, Cambridge Mass. Skull, Knoxville Tenn. Horse's Head, Hornellsville N.Y. Jack O'Lantern, St. Louis Sunface, Pittsburgh Pointing Hand, Hay's City Kan. Negative "76", Duncannon Pa. "76", Concord N.H. "76" Liberty Bell, Augusta Ga. "U.S.", Albany N.Y. "U.S.", Princeton Ill. Negative "79", blue "Spring Flower" of Warren Pa., Pittsburgh Negative "HR" in Circle, Philadelphia "HENRY", Garland Pa. "OK", Mystic Bridge "MB", Blairstown N.J. "JDV", Richfield Springs N.Y. "EAH", colored cancels of South Deerfield Mass., standard types of killers including many Stars, Pinwheels and "U.S. Mail", a couple of better frankings incl. strip of No. 68 with Portland Conn. Outline Star to France, and 15c 1869 & 3c Bank Note registered cover with Egg Harbor N.J. grids, mostly clear strikes, minor faults in stamps or covers but selected for attractiveness, an outstanding group of this classic American art form, considering the current prices realized at auction and charged by dealers for fancy cancels, our estimate is extremely conservative -- it could take years and many thousands of dollars to assemble a comparable holding	E. $ 3,000-4,000 SOLD for $7,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
1551		Harrisburg Pa. Precancellations. Dr. Robertson's mounted exhibit collection of the Harrisburg Pa. Civil War and Reconstruction era precancels, all stamps have manuscript strokes or brush marks in blue or black applied to sheets before use, most of the covers have representatives' free franks and additional cancels applied upon mailing, a total of 15 covers -- 14 with 3c 1861-68 Issues, one faulty Black Jack on a wrapper and 10 off-cover Black Jack stamps -- 13 of the 3c covers are from the Chase correspondence, 12 of these plus one other have overall illustrated Pennsylvania House of Representatives designs in different colors, some faults in stamps and covers to be expected, nonetheless a valuable concentration of these scarce early precancels, several Fine or Very Fine and overall a most impressive group (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 750-1,000 SOLD for $1,300.00 Will close during Public Auction
1552		20th Century Fancy Cancellations. Two volumes, one contains approximately 100 registered covers with the fanciful cork designs used on registered mail between 1928 and 1934, including a July 29, 1929, cover with a combination of the rare Talcville N.Y. Running Chicken and Tree, marvelous array of others from post offices arranged alphabetically from A thru W, second volume contains 20th Century machine cancels and souvenir postmarks, Very Fine, the 100 registered fancy cancellation covers are worth $50 to $100 each (some of these have sold for much more)	E. $ 1,500-2,000 SOLD for $2,900.00 Will close during Public Auction

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