Postal History Airmail Postal History Zeppelin Covers: Hindenburg Flights
Sale No: 5297
Lot No: 8931
Symbol: C
Cat No: 409 D
1936 (May 9), First North America Flight Cover, TIPEX-franked (Sieger 409 D), Registered cover bearing two TIPEX souvenir sheets plus #C20 and CE2 addressed to Milton Sabin in New York City; stamps all cancelled by Expo cancel with violet flight cachet, reverse with all proper backstamps including Frankfurt receiver Type 1; damp staining at bottom, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $42
Opening US$ 21.00
Sold...US$ 21.00
Closed..Nov-16-2025, 21:00:00 EST
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Fancy Cancels Geometrics
Sale No: 5297
Lot No: 8935
Symbol: C
Cat No: cvr geom GE-C 113, 115
Circular Geometrics of New York, N.Y. (Skinner-Eno GE-C 113, 115), two Hotel advertising covers, each with an excellent strike tying a 3¢ rose (65) next to a New York c.d.s. (Image)
Suggested Bid $80
Opening US$ 40.00
Sold...US$ 40.00
Closed..Nov-16-2025, 21:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 5297
Lot No: 8936
Symbol: C
Cat No: cvr geom Unlisted
Elaborate Radial Geometric of Phelps, N.Y. (Skinner-Eno Unlisted), excellent strike ties a 3¢ rose (65) on an advertising cover to Lewiston, N.Y, with a Jul 30 Phelps c.d.s.; attractive blue cameo-style ad for local Bankers & Exchange Brokers. (Image)
Suggested Bid $80
Opening US$ 45.00
Sold...US$ 45.00
Closed..Nov-16-2025, 21:00:00 EST
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Patriotic Designs
Sale No: 5297
Lot No: 8950
Symbol: o
Cat No: PA-B 23
Eagle of Cambridge, Mass. (Skinner-Eno PA-B 23), marvelous, nearly complete strike on a 3¢ rose (65), with a 2010 P.F. certificate. (Image)
Suggested Bid $130
Opening US$ 66.00
Sold...US$ 66.00
Closed..Nov-16-2025, 21:00:00 EST
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General Postal History by Year
Sale No: 5297
Lot No: 8934
Symbol:
Postal History Holding, mainly First Day Covers, 1883-1939, approximately 70 items in total, the earliest a cover franked by 3¢ green Bank Note and running to the end of the classic period; 19 First Day Covers from the 1936-39 period (Texas Centennial to New York World's Fair, with Army complete); 37 Prexie First Day Covers 1¢-50¢, including coils; and 18 items of general postal history interest including corner cards, Airmail events, a couple Naval covers, and a group of mint entires; First Days all addressed, a mix of uncacheted and cacheted; worth a gander, generally Fine to Very Fine, fully imaged online. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Suggested Bid $80
Opening US$ 40.00
Sold...US$ 40.00
Closed..Nov-16-2025, 21:00:00 EST
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State/Territorial Postal History Oregon
Sale No: 5297
Lot No: 8981
Symbol:
Calling All Oregonians, 1908-86, 350 envelopes and postcards with town, DPO, and Branch cancels; the key is most come with photographs of the post office; bonus folder with perhaps 100 more photographs ready to be matched; enjoyable time guaranteed, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 5.8 lbs. (Image)
Suggested Bid $90
Opening US$ 50.00
Sold...US$ 50.00
Closed..Nov-16-2025, 21:00:00 EST
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Union Civil War Postal History Groups & Collections
Sale No: 5297
Lot No: 8919
Symbol: C
Cat No: corps 3 union.
"Third Corps Union.", corner card on a yellow cover franked with a target-canceled 3¢ rose (65) tied by a partial May 9 Pennington, N.J. c.d.s., to nejj, Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $40
Opening US$ 32.00
Sold...US$ 32.00
Closed..Nov-16-2025, 21:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 5297
Lot No: 8920
Symbol: C
Cat No: hg sixth corps
Head-Quarters Sixth Corps", "Medical Directorate" Official Business corner card, franked with a 3¢ rose (65) tied by a target cancel next to a mostly complete Washington D.C. c.d.s., Jun 4, 1864; reduced just a tad at the right, slightly clipping the stamps on that side, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $60
Opening US$ 30.00
Sold...US$ 30.00
Closed..Nov-16-2025, 21:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 5297
Lot No: 8921
Symbol: C
Cat No: hq army of potomac head-q
Head-Quarters, Army of the Potomac", Official Business corner card, franked with a 3¢ rose (65) tied by a quartered cork cancel and a Jun 4 Washington D.C. c.d.s.; from James Cornell Biddle to his wife in Philadelphia; top flap missing, Fine to Very Fine.
Biddle, a 1st Lieutenant of Captain at this time, would eventually rise to the rank of (Brevet) Colonel.(Image)
Suggested Bid $60
Opening US$ 30.00
Sold...US$ 30.00
Closed..Nov-16-2025, 21:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 5297
Lot No: 8922
Symbol: C
Cat No: hq department of east
"Head Quarters, Department of the East", Official Business envelope franked with a pair of 2¢ black (73) tied by bold grids and incomplete Apr 21 New York c.d.s.s, to Washington D.C., Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $120
Opening US$ 70.00
Sold...US$ 70.00
Closed..Nov-16-2025, 21:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 5297
Lot No: 8923
Symbol: C
Cat No: hq military district of w
Headquarters, Military District of Washington", "Washington D.C.," corner card, franked with a 1¢ blue (63) strip of 3 tied by indistinct Washington D.C. c.d.s.s, to Dover, N.H.; minor soiling and couple tiny edge tears, Fine, Ex-Bischel. (Image)
Suggested Bid $60
Opening US$ 42.00
Sold...US$ 42.00
Closed..Nov-16-2025, 21:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 5297
Lot No: 8924
Symbol: C
Cat No: hq north western defences
"Headquarters, North Western Defences of Baltimore.", Official Business envelope with "Official Business" crossed out, franked with a 3¢ rose (65) tied by a bold blue Baltimore target duplex, Oct 24, 1863, to Franklin Mills, O.; includes the original letter on a Headquarters letterhead from a soldier to his mother., Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $80
Opening US$ 50.00
Sold...US$ 50.00
Closed..Nov-16-2025, 21:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 5297
Lot No: 8925
Symbol: C
Cat No: pay department, u.s. army
"Pay Department, U.S. Army, St. Louis, Mo.", corner card with a neatly hand-drawn red & blue patriotic border, franked with a Very Fine 3¢ rose (65) tied by a bold Jun 26 St. Louis target duplex, Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $40
Opening US$ 32.00
Sold...US$ 32.00
Closed..Nov-16-2025, 21:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 5297
Lot No: 8926
Symbol: C
Cat No: u.s. armory, springfield
"U.S. Armory, Springfield", an exceptionally clean yellow Official Business envelope franked with a 3¢ rose (65) tied by a neat target cancel next to a mostly complete Jun 1 (1863) Springfield, Mass. c.d.s., to Pawtucket, R.I.; stamp with straight edge at the right, Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $80
Opening US$ 52.00
Sold...US$ 52.00
Closed..Nov-16-2025, 21:00:00 EST
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Patriotic Covers: Corps
Sale No: 5297
Lot No: 8928
Symbol: C
Cat No: CO-81
Unidentified Corps(?) design (Weiss CO-81), hand-colored in red & blue, franked with a target-canceled 3¢ rose (65) next to a New-York c.d.s., Oct 18, 1862, to Buffalo, N.Y.; flap tears, otherwise Very Fine. Walcott Unlisted. (Image)
