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**Postal History Group Lots continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
1628		World War II Patriotic Covers. Many hundreds (perhaps over 1,000) covers, most with different cachet designs and plenty of multicolored, some better noticed such as Crosby, nearly all being used incl. some first day covers, mostly Fine-Very Fine Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 750-1,000 SOLD for $1,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
1629		Picture Postcards, Souvenir Cards and Advertising Cards. A wonderful collection of several hundred in binders, much of it is classic Victorian Era "schmaltz" -- cherubic faces, flowers, frilly dresses -- but there are many humorous and a few truly offensive cards, also includes small group of Civil War era cartes-de-visite (portraits, no military) and about 200 postcards seemingly sent by friends travelling around the world in the 1950's and 60's but actually promoting Abbott's brand of sodium pentothal (!), generally Very Fine, now that a century separates us from many of these cards, the style and content are fascinating, and occasionally horrifying	E. $ 400-500 SOLD for $600.00 Will close during Public Auction
1630		Naval Ship Covers. Box with more than 150 covers, largely Navy ship cancels on early 1900's to 1940's covers or postcards, many with cachets and illustrated designs, also a few earlier covers incl. a stampless 1851 use from Manila to Vermont via England with New York "Ship" handstamp, Very Fine and interesting group Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 300-400 SOLD for $300.00 Will close during Public Auction
1631		Polar Exploration Covers. 28 cards or covers mounted on pages, includes a few early and more valuable cards/covers, two from Amundsen's Maud Expedition incl. one card with "Polhavet" datestamp and cover with label and U.S. 3c Washington (Nome Jul. 26, 1922), sheet of labels, 1925 Amunsen-Ellsworth card with mixed U.S.-Norway franking, Spitsbergen card, Wilkins (unsigned) and later, Very Fine and scarce group	E. $ 750-1,000 SOLD for $500.00 Will close during Public Auction
1632		1847-98, Cover Balance. More than 140 covers plus 13 unused Union Patriotics, wide range of issues from a single 5c 1847 tied by red grid and used from Buffalo N.Y. (margins cut in), 1857-60 Issues, 1861 and a few Confederates, 1869, Bank Notes, 1895-98 Bureaus, a couple Columbian and Trans-Mississippi covers, better items incl. 1c 1851 (either No. 7 or 9, obscured by surrounding stamps) demonetized use on 1894 cover with 59c other postage incl. 10c Columbians - served no postal duty but unusual nonetheless, two 24c 1861's on covers to England, No. 97 used with two 3c on courthouse cover, 30c F Grill used with single 6c 1869 and five 3c 1869's on cover front only to Baltimore (faults), two covers with pairs of No. 24 and 63 on circulars to Switzerland and Belgium respectively, No. 117 pair and 3c 1869 on large domestic cover, No. 118 on cover to France, No. 153 with 3c on courthouse cover, some other interesting incl. No. 205 on mourning cover to France with six French postage due stamps overlapping, No. 63 used as a Revenue on a bank check, others, very mixed condition with faults to be expected, mostly Fine appearance Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 1,500-2,000 SOLD for $2,400.00 Will close during Public Auction
1633		1840's-1960's, Cover Accumulation. Three large banker boxes stuffed with thousands of covers, more than 100 stampless incl. some transatlantic, smattering of classics from 1850's through 1890's, loads of Washington-Franklins, also a large number from 1930's and later with minimal value but these don't constitute more than one box or a box and a half total, many with moderate value in the $10.00 to $30.00 range, mixed condition with flaws to be expected, overall Fine appearance Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 400-500 SOLD for $1,300.00 Will close during Public Auction
1634		Collector's Cover Accumulation. Several hundred covers, the periphery of a serious lifetime collector's pursuits, but loaded with interesting items, mostly segregated into shoe/cigar boxes or binders, including general categories of 3c 1869's, 1890's transatlantics with 5c rates paid by 1890-98 Issues, Columbian World's Fair tickets, hotel corner cards, military (mainly WWII foreign censored mail), machine flag cancels, weird third-class mail matter, 1940's-50's airmail, condition varies, patience and knowledge will reward the winning bidder	E. $ 750-1,000 SOLD for $1,700.00 Will close during Public Auction
1635		Cover and First Day Cover Accumulation, 1860's-1940's. Mounted on album pages and in flip binders, accumulation of dozens of covers, some classics incl. No. 89 used to Hong Kong, a few low denomination 1869's, many first day covers incl. a few better such as Nos. 614-616 on one cover from Washington D.C. (Scott Retail $400.00), also a few stamps incl. 10c 1847 with lightened pen cancel and original gum 50c Trans-Mississippi (reperfed), Fine-Very Fine group Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 750-1,000 SOLD for $1,400.00 Will close during Public Auction
1636		Cover Accumulation. Filling a large box, mostly 20th Century commercial and philatelic, some 19th Century, also a large number of postcards, some off-cover stamps incl. a few forgeries, and various other things Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 150-200 SOLD for $300.00 Will close during Public Auction
1637		Cover Balance From a Large Estate. Thousands of covers, early to modern, incl. some 19th Century and a large number of early 20th Century, some postal stationery (incl. mint), also close to 1,000 postcards mainly from the 1920s, cursory look didn't show anything particularly valuable, but there are certainly plenty of worthwhile and collectable covers Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 500-750 SOLD for $500.00 Will close during Public Auction
1638		Cover Accumulation. Large group, upwards of 1,000 covers ranging from late 19th Century to 1930's with some earlier stampless, an eclectic mix of issues and cancels, RPO's, streetcars, ship, etc., lot also includes an off-cover collection of used Special Delivery and an additional box of inexpensive First Day covers not counted in the total, unpicked and Fine-Very Fine Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 400-500 SOLD for $900.00 Will close during Public Auction

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