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Abraham Lincoln on Stamps continued...
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description Estimate or Cat Value
21   Lincoln Postal Stationery Collection/Accumulation, including 6¢ Plimptons, unused, Wells Fargo imprints and usages; 4¢ Plimptons, Hartford exotic destinations, plus a dozen essays including two wax. Excellent basis for expansion.
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
SOLD for $8,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
22 /o   Lincoln Stamp Stock, an accumulation of Lincoln stamps and multiples. Highlights include used 122 (2), 369 (a pair and a block of 4), mint includes 222 top plate # and imprint strip of 10, 315 pair, Kansas-Nebraska including wide spacings, sheets of 584 and Canal Zone 98, nice group of printing and perf varieties, and even an autograph of Lincoln's son Robert. Generally F-VF.
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
SOLD for $5,250.00
Will close during Public Auction
Franklin D. Roosevelt on Stamps
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description Estimate or Cat Value
23 /o/   FDR Exhibitors Working Stock, carton full of stamps, covers, photos, etc. including numerous cacheted covers (many better), WWII Patriotics, covers include unusual usages, errors, foreign include proofs, original photos, signed letters by J. Edger Hoover, Eleanor Roosevelt, etc. Plenty here to begin an exhibit.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
24   FDR Part 1— Letters and Memorabilia, group of signed letters, etc., including five typed letters, signed by Roosevelt: two as Secretary of the Navy (complaining how he has no time for anything but his job), one as Governor of NY, accepting support for his nomination, and two as President. Also, several items from his collection, including autographed Farley souvenir sheets and an autographed WWII Patriotic, additionally, there are several typed letters signed by Eleanor. Fine group.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
SOLD for $1,900.00
Will close during Public Auction
25 E   FDR Part 2— Essays, etc., small group including two sets of Sol Glass photo essays (early and late stages), vignette essays, post office announcement sheets, plate blocks autographed by designers, engravers, etc.
Estimate $300 - 400
SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
26   FDR Part 3— FDCs and Usages, over 200 covers of the memorial issue, mostly FDCs, including numerous sets by many of the best designers, plus a group of FDCs on WWII Patriotic covers, several covers signed by Eleanor and children, a VE day Patriotic signed by Truman, plus some unusual usages, including a Chinese newspaper (intact) mailed from San Francisco, rare destinations include Spanish Guinea and Gilbert and Ellice Is., etc. A stunning group that took decades to assemble.
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
SOLD for $4,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
The History of Registered Mail
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description Estimate or Cat Value
27   Registry Part 1— Forerunners, 17 covers including Canadian and U.S. money letters, "R" handstamps, "valuable" (steamers), early registered, a stolen envelope marked "Robbed". Scarce group.
Estimate $750 - 1,000
SOLD for $1,200.00
Will close during Public Auction
28   Registry Part 2— Domestic Usages, about 175 items, mostly 1850-1920 including documents to postmasters announcing the rate changes, excellent variety of frankings, markings, cancels, varieties of datestamps, a Seattle registry label. A wonderful assemblage with many scarce and attractive covers.
Estimate $4,000 - 5,000
SOLD for $6,750.00
Will close during Public Auction
29   Registry Part 3— Used Abroad, 25 covers, including military use from Cuba, Vera Cruz, and Nicaragua, also usages from Puerto Rico, Philippines, Canal Zone, Virgin Is., Hawaii, Samoa. Fine group.
Estimate $750 - 1,000
SOLD for $2,300.00
Will close during Public Auction
30   Registry Part 4— Labels, 23 covers, including captured handstamps for Vera Cruz and Philippines, labels for El Paso, Mobile, Shanghai, Tacoma, etc. Generally Fine, scarce lot.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
SOLD for $2,700.00
Will close during Public Auction
31   Registry Part 5— The Registry Stamp, including a rejoined plate block, the Shanghai local overprint, about 30 covers, including some unusual frankings, foreign usages, etc. Generally F-VF.
Estimate $750 - 1,000
SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
32   Registry Part 6— Seals and Forms, about 30 items, including 3 different proofs of OXF, several Registered Package envelopes with the seals, some forms, etc. Seldom seen group.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction
33   Registered Cover Balance, working stock from the exhibit of several hundred items, including money letters, handstamped "R" and other forerunners, registered label usages, registry forms, large envelope package stationery both used and unused, parts of older exhibits, couple sheets of unused NYC registered labels, exotic usages, etc. Many, many better items.
Estimate $5,000 - 7,500
SOLD for $8,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
Other Specialized Collections
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description Estimate or Cat Value
34 /o   The Alfred J. Lora Specialized Collection of the 1928 5¢ Beacon Airmail Stamp, includes mint: gem singles, numerous plate blocks including double "top" and no "top", complete sheets, several unfolded, vignette shifts, etc. Covers: comprised of approx. 700 covers, large number of First Day Covers (including cachets), first day of new rate, Flights,with over 75 Zeppelin flights (including C13-15 on 3 covers, each with 5¢ Beacon), FAMs, catapults, Lindbergh flown, spectacular frankings, fancy cancels of the period, advertising, Postage Due and Special Delivery usages, lots of destinations, etc., numerous PF Certs. An incredible assemblage, in all probability, the largest and finest formed and would surely garner awards if mounted and exhibited.
Estimate $7,500 - 10,000
SOLD for $10,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
35   Wine Topical Postal History Collection, over 150 covers, featuring mostly wines, some grapes, begins with two 18th Century items, letter to Madeira from U.S. ordering Madeira, and an embossed Rhode Island Revenue for tax on Sherry. Continues into 19th Century, with an 1813 letter advising shipment will be made when the Long Island Blockade is lifted, two Hanaford Express Post each with running pony cancellation, one a temperence letter (1847) and the other announcing the sale, by auction, of choice Madeira and Sherry belongng to Daniel Webster (1850); a great exhibition page. Numerous 19th Century ad covers, including a spectacular Speer's multicolor, overall ad cover, circa 1880, ex Gabriel (PF Cert), and then some more modern and foreign. Wonderful collection and an excellent basis for an exhibit.
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
SOLD for $3,250.00
Will close during Public Auction
36 /   Native American Stamps and Covers, few hundred covers, many modern, but some early advertising, Indian Territory usages, couple Documents, some stamp varieties, a complete mint sheet of #565. Good start on this popular topic.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
37   Undertakers, Monuments, Hearses, collection of 50+ covers, mostly illustrated, few corner cards, mostly 19th Century, couple 1850s cameos, some quite unusual. An exhibit of this subject should prove to be quite a monumental undertaking.
Estimate $400 - 500
SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction
38   Unused Civil War Patriotics, over 100, many flags, some scarcer, including a couple Magnus, some Bell, etc. Mostly Very Fine.
Estimate $500 - 750
SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction
39   Salesmen's Postal Cards, over 500, arranged by issue; UX 3//27, announcing a visit by a salesman, huge variety of topics, many illustrated, some elaborate. Fabulous collection assembled over a 30 year period.
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
SOLD for $3,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
Additional U.S. and Foreign Collections and Accumulations
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description Estimate or Cat Value
40   U.S. Postal History, knowledgeable collector's hoard in a carton with many hundreds of covers including stampless, 3¢ 1851s, Lincoln items, registered usages, few letters/autographs, etc. Loaded with $50-200 covers. This will reward a careful viewer.
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
SOLD for $10,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

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