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United States and Confederate States Postal History continued...

Cover Group Lots
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
158   ImageThe Wonderland Postage-Stamp Case, Invented by Lewis Carroll, 1889. Outer case with multi-color illustrated design of Alice holding a crying baby, Cheshire cat on back with Emberlin & Son imprint, folder enclosure which opens to reveal spaces for 12 stamps from -1/2d to 1s, also with "Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing" booklet by Carroll and envelope in which these pieces originated (faulty), Very Fine and fascinating stamp ephemera group, accompanied by an article by Patricia Kaufmann detailing the history of these cases (Image)

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 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction
159 c Autograph Collection. Substantial collection in a single box, signatures are mostly on common first day covers from the 1930's-1960's, nearly all signed by a famous American, a detailed accounting accompanies listing more than 100 items including U.S. Presidents, First Ladies, Supreme Court Justices and cabinet members, we are not sure if every item on the list is present but we do note many of them and there are also a substantial number of people not on the list including generals, actors and actresses and other prominent people from the early to mid-20th Century, just a small sampling includes Woodrow Wilson, Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, George C. Marshall, Felix Frankfurter, Earl Warren, Hugo Black and many others, most have a portrait from a newspaper affixed to the cover and the old tape used has stained or toned many of them so condition is very mixed, still a fascinating group with good resale potential, also includes a second box with cheap U.N. first day covers and other inexpensive material

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction
160 c ImageFord Peace Expedition, 1915-16. 20 covers, 16 sent to or from members of the Henry Ford Peace Expedition, most are franked with stamps from Norway, Sweden and Denmark, one with 1c-2c Pan-American Issue, many are addressed to William Tucker, including from Lewis A. Maverick, also one to prominent member Louis Lochner, finally four covers with corner cards from the American Commission to Negotiate Peace (1919), mixed condition with opening faults on a few, Fine-Very Fine group, the Ford Peace Expedition was launched in 1915 in an effort to inspire an end to World War I, Ford chartered the ship Oscar II to sail to Scandinavia and invited prominent peace activists to join him, the "Peace Ship" was mocked in the press as the "Ship of Fools" (Image)

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 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $400.00
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161 c ImageStampless Covers, 1792-1840s. Neatly mounted collection with detailed annotations in a single album, 24 stampless covers, earliest is 1792 with "New-York May 6" straightline to Philadelphia, then traces the various rate changes to the 1840's including two War of 1812 50% surcharge covers, a number of circular datestamps in red, some with slight soiling, overall Fine (Image)

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 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
162 c ImageWarren Taylor, aka. "Count Le Diable" or "Quincy Quiverly", Plymouth Vt. Collection of approximately 80 covers from the 1880's to early 1900's to or from Vermont, most addressed to stamp collector Warren (or Reuben) Taylor, approximately eight addressed to Taylor's nom de plume "Count Le Diable" or "Quincy Quiverly", range of items with return envelopes, postal entires and postal cards, including 2c 1869 Pictorial (113) from Plymouth Union to Sherbourne Vt., 6c Bank Note from U.S. Treasury in New York, several entires with Taylor's name printed in return address and one unused 1c postal card with printed "Count Le Diable" return address, Very Fine and interesting group, according to Postal History of Vermont, Taylor was a prankster and stamp collector from Plymouth (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $575.00
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163 c 1851-57 Issue Cover Balance. Eleven, including strip of three of No. 7 and No. 9, one with No. 20 (perfs partly trimmed), pair of No. 10A, others single frankings of 1c 1851, mixed condition, few Fine

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 E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $350.00
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164 c 3c 1857-61 Issues on Cover (25, 26, 26A, 65). Almost 100 items, including No. 15L18 used on cover with No. 26 and illustrated tobacco ad on back, approximately 36 with No. 25, approximately similar number with No. 26A, range of different towns and cancels, mixed condition, few appear Fine, also with some enclosures from 1862 including one from New Harmony Ind., this lot has a tremendous catalogue value

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 E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $750.00
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165 c Classic Covers to England. Eleven, including pair of No. 17; pair of 36B from East Cleveland O.; No. 78 from New York to London; pair of No. 114 from Providence R.I. to London then hand carried to Paris; No. 117 to Devon; No. 117 to Leeds; two covers each with pair of 3c Bank Note; two covers each with 6c Bank Note (one with fancy NYFM cancel, other circle of wedges), overall fresh and Very Fine group

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 E. $ 600-800

SOLD for $900.00
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166 c U.S. Covers to Japan. 38 covers from 1870s to early 20th century, wide range of uses to various cities in Japan using Bank Notes, Columbians, Bureau Issues and more, few military ship destinations to the U.S.S. Monocacy, markings such as "Too Late" and rare partial Ty. Y1 Yokohama cancel with star in magenta, even a couple forwarded uses including 1904 St. Louis Exposition to Straits Settlements forwarded to Japan, some slightly mixed condition but mostly Fine-Very Fine

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 E. $ 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $900.00
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167 c 19th Century Covers. About 170, much is 3c 1851 and 3c 1861, with illustrated (including patriotics) and better cancels, range of other issues including a few stampless, mixed condition

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 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $1,000.00
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168 c Small Cover Balance. Approximately 20 covers, most are illustrated Patriotics from the Spanish-American War, also a couple Bank Note covers and two unused Lincoln Patriotics, mixed condition, some are Fine

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 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $375.00
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