1890's American Expositions Covers, 14 including George W. Linn with beautiful image of the Columbian Expo Conservatory, ornate corner card of the "World's Fair Trust-Fund Transportation Co.", ornate corner card of the "office of the Director-General, World's Columbian Exposition", #231 on cover tied by atypical "World's Fair Station Chicago Sep. 23 1893" machine cancel, multicolor "Kentucky Comfort Old Times Gladstone Sour Mash Whiskey" advertising cover, illustrated corner card of the Illinois Woman's Exposition Board, and "Columbian Year at State Fair. Sacramento September 5 to 17, 92" all over design on back, also includes 2 picture postcards with St. Louis 1904 exposition cancels and images, and Nos. 232, 233 & E3 with Chicago World's Fair cancels -- the 3¢ a scarce oval and the others duplexes, Very Fine, see the others online. Shipping charges apply - weight 0.8 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Suggested Bid $600
Opening US$ 300.00
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Sale No: 5311
Lot No: 5388
Symbol: *
1890's American Expositions Entires, 8 used postal stationery entires including 4 Columbian expo related #U348 with undated "World's Fair Station 1893" American machine cancel to Germany, locally addressed #U351 canceled by "World's Fair Sta. Chicago Ill. Dec. 27, 1893 rec'd" last day circular datestamp, others from Western Washington, California World's Fair, Wisconsin and St. Louis, Very Fine, see the others online. (Image)
Suggested Bid $400
Opening US$ 200.00
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Sale No: 5311
Lot No: 5466
Symbol: *
Cat No: 1893 columbian postal car
1893, Group of Flawed Columbian Exposition Souvenir Postal Cards, over 30 postal cards; no complete sets; a mix of used and unused, with many being trimmed, stained, slightly torn, or in less favorable condition. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Suggested Bid $120
Opening US$ 60.00
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Sale No: 5311
Lot No: 5479
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Columbian Exposition Used Postal Cards, 21 including 17 Goldsmith (including 1 to England, 4 to Southern States, 4 to Texas; most mailed from Chicago including 2 with World's Fair machine cancels, 1 from Salt Lake City Utah Terr.), 4 different Koehler and one UX10 from Niagara Falls to Germany in 1893, Very Fine, fully imaged online. (Image)
Suggested Bid $400
Opening US$ 200.00
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Lot No: 5480
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Cat No: EX15-24, EX24WC
1893, Group of Columbian Exposition Official Postal Card Souvenir Set 2 & Wrapper complete (UPSS EX15-24, EX24WC), in very fine condition; wrapper in particular is a scarce and attractive piece. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Suggested Bid $160
Opening US$ 115.00
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Lot No: 5483
Symbol: *
Cat No: EX15-EX24
1893, Columbian Exposition Postal Cards, Goldsmith set #2 (USPCC EX15-EX24), complete set of 10, unused, Very Fine. USPCC $200. (Image)
Suggested Bid $160
Opening US$ 84.00
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Lot No: 5484
Symbol: *
Cat No: EX15-24
1893, Group of Columbian Exposition Official Souvenir Postal Card Set 2 (UPSS EX15-24), 35 postal cards in total, all unused; various attractive designs in good to very good condition. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Suggested Bid $160
Opening US$ 80.00
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Lot No: 5486
Symbol: *
Cat No: EX15a-24a
1893, Columbian Exposition Souvenir Postal Card Set 5 complete (UPSS EX15a-24a), all unused and in very fine condition. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Suggested Bid $160
Opening US$ 110.00
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Lot No: 5491
Symbol: *
Cat No: EX50-EX61
1893, Columbian Exposition Postal Cards, Goldsmith set #6 (USPCC EX50-EX61), complete set of 12, unused, Very Fine. USPCC $360. (Image)
Suggested Bid $160
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Fancy Cancels Pictorial Designs
Sale No: 5311
Lot No: 5507
Symbol: o
Cat No: 88
Pumpkin Face, bold, complete strike on 3¢ grilled Washington (#88), the stamp with a small thin spot at bottom center and small corner creases at bottom corners, none of which affect the great eye appeal, Very Fine strike, with 2004 P.F. certificate. (Image)
Suggested Bid $160
Opening US$ 80.00
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First Day Covers Cacheted
Sale No: 5311
Lot No: 5375
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Cat No: 1068
Dan Lowry,Original Cachet Production Art (1068), 20" x 15" art board with unique pen and ink drawing used by The Aristocrats; very attractive oversized original illustration perfect for framing or as part of an exhibit of the New Hampshire 3¢ Issue released in 1955. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.2 lbs. (Image)
Suggested Bid $130
Opening US$ 68.00
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Sale No: 5311
Lot No: 5380
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Cat No: 1077
Dan Lowry,Original Cachet Production Art (1077), 20" x 15" art board with unique pen and ink drawing used by The Aristocrats; very attractive oversized original illustration perfect for framing or as part of an exhibit of the Wild Turkey Conservation 3¢ Issue released in 1956. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.4 lbs. (Image)
Suggested Bid $130
Opening US$ 68.00
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General Postal History by Year
Sale No: 5311
Lot No: 5501
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1907.1112
1907 (Nov. 12) Registered Cover from Colegrove, California to Tamba, Japan, an attractive piece sporting registry label FX-SF1b (only 29 recorded) with Scott #304 and 306 for the appropriate registered rate; sent from Colegrove, California (now Los Angeles); a very beautifully franked and registered cover with contents; includes a letter written in Japanese as well as an international money order receipt; a scarce and attractive piece. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Suggested Bid $320
Opening US$ 320.00
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Military-/War-Related Covers
Sale No: 5311
Lot No: 5493
Symbol:
Cat No: Vietnam
Soldier Mail From WWII to Vietnam, 1942-1974, two hundred envelopes and postcards on clear pages, in sleeves, and loose; British franking with US Navy cancel, MCCS Air Service Saigon postmark (Vietnam), soldier on PPC reports in Northern Ireland despite Army censor mark, EXAMINED BY THEATER CENSOR, 298th General Hospital APO 508 straightline postmark, Merry Christmas from Korea 13th Engineer Combat Battalion, 1969 Bronze Star receipient letter from Vietnam, well traveled letter in repeatedly forwarded envelope addressed to WWII KIA, Wanzer illustrated Red Cross postcard from Sicily, Enid Army Flying School stationery with envelope, soldier on leave in Havana with US censor, Korea KIA envelope with photocopy of letter to the family, 101st Airborne envelope fron Col in 1942, corner cards from army bases throughout the US, several PPC from The Great War, Alaska APOs between WWII and Korea, American Forces in Newfoundland 1941 postmark, revalued postal entire addressed to the American Consulate in Montreal, Minder Construction Corp mail from St Lucia with Prexies, Korea era Customs Service declaration card, Vietnam incoming mail to MGEN from Bolivia, World's YMCA Geneva corner card, unmicrofilmed V Mail, Vietnam 502nd Military Intelligence to family, 87th Chemical Co at Fort Rucker 1943, and much more; great for the military postal historian or the dealer with the right clientele, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 8 lbs. (Image)
Suggested Bid $400
Opening US$ 225.00
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Sale No: 5311
Lot No: 5494
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United States, Wartime scrapbooks and letters, Haunting oversized WWI scapbook filling with handsome as well as disturbing magazine images from the Great War; a child created companion scapbook from WWII shows a very different age; binder packed with WWI letters and envelopes, Liberty Bond ephemera, legal correspondance, stellar TLS on AEF Commander-In-Chief stationery to MGEN McGlachlin (1st Division AEF) from John Pershing (autograph is bold) concerning combat operations; several ration books, postcards related to military service and more; sobering. Shipping charges apply - weight 14.4 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Video2 for this lot) (Video3 for this lot) (Image)
Suggested Bid $300
Opening US$ 225.00
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World War I
Sale No: 5311
Lot No: 5497
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United States, World War I postcards 1918, 115 vintage postcards from "the war to end all wars"; large percentage are fresh and in sets, images seemed remarkably serene and pleasant, not at all what we would come to remember the conflict being; corners on these cards are mostly crisp; would make an extraordinary exhibit, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 2.8 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (PDF2 for this Lot) (Image)
Suggested Bid $320
Opening US$ 200.00
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Union Civil War Postal History Groups & Collections
Sale No: 5311
Lot No: 5340
Symbol: C
Soldier's Letter, Manassas Junction, Apr 17, 1862, an easily read, 4-page letter with excellent content, the writer describing the march from Washington through Centreville, details of their campsites and surrounding areas, the confidence of the troops (referring to the "Rebel Varmints" and "critters"), etc. and adding two notes to the end: "N.B I am going to bring a little Niger home with me. P.S. Little Nigs are cheap some of the men bought 2 or 3 for 25¢ each from their mothers." The 3¢ stamped envelope in which the letter was mailed to Tinker Run, Pa., is canceled Washington D.C., the month being illegible, Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $75
Opening US$ 380.00
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Patriotic Covers: Caricatures
Sale No: 5311
Lot No: 5341
Symbol: C
Cat No: C-D 6
Devil as Tree Roots (Weiss C-D 6), blue Upham design with "TREASON, Found in the ‘Sacred Soil' of Virginia;" franked with a 3¢ rose tied by a rosette cancel beside a clear Sep 3 Boston c.d.s.; reduced slightly at the top with a small sealed tear at the upper left, Fine to Very Fine. A scarce design; not in Walcott or Bischel.(Image)
Suggested Bid $100
Opening US$ 270.00
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Sale No: 5311
Lot No: 5342
Symbol: C
Cat No: C-P-J 66a
"Jeff. Davis Going to War…" (Weiss C-P-J 66a), all-over "surprise design" in gray franked with a 3¢ rose pink (64b) tied by a blue Philadelphia c.d.s., May 15, 1863, to St. Louis, Mo.; open at the right & bottom and partly at the top with a small repair in the lower right corner, otherwise Very Fine. Bischel 1778. (Image)
Suggested Bid $200
Opening US$ 150.00
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Patriotic Covers: Eagles
Sale No: 5311
Lot No: 5343
Symbol: C
Cat No: E-L 95
Eagle and "The Union Forever" (Weiss E-L 95), design in red, two covers: 1.) soldier's cover with blue "Cumberland, Md., Feb 3" c.d.s. and matching "Due/3" in circle; endorsed "J.S. Casement, Major 7th Ohio Infy., Sibley Co."; 2.)lady's envelope with a 3¢ rose from Louisville, Ky. to Republic, O.; each with a small tear at the top, Very Fine. Bischel 4494, 4495. (Image)
Suggested Bid $75
Opening US$ 40.00
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Patriotic Covers: Famous People
Sale No: 5311
Lot No: 5345
Symbol: C
Cat No: FP-GW 13
George Washington (Weiss FP-GW 13), red & blue wreathed portrait and "Sound the praises of heroes gone…" on a yellow cover with the franking signature of E(dward) H(enry) Rollins, congressman from New Hampshire; postmarked Washington D.C., Mar 31, 1861, tp Fitzwillam, N.H.; reduced a bit at the left, just into the design, otherwise Very Fine. Walcott 55. (Image)
Suggested Bid $75
Opening US$ 125.00
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Sale No: 5311
Lot No: 5346
Symbol: C
Cat No: PNM 51a
Stephen Douglas Campaign Cover (Weiss PNM 51a), portrait on an orange cover franked with a pen-canceled 3¢ rose tied by manuscript "Sligo O, July 24" cancel, to New Garden, Ind.; address a bit faded, otherwise Very Fine. Bischel 280. (Image)
Suggested Bid $150
Opening US$ 150.00
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Patriotic Covers: Female Figures
Sale No: 5311
Lot No: 5347
Symbol: C
Cat No: F-SI 64
"The Girl I Left Behind Me" (Weiss F-SI 64), red & blue Magee design franked with a 3¢ rose tied by a Washington D.C. c.d.s. Mar 27, 1863; to York, Pa., Fine to Very Fine. Walcott 857. (Image)
Suggested Bid $75
Opening US$ 180.00
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Patriotic Covers: Male Desgins
Sale No: 5311
Lot No: 5349
Symbol: C
Cat No: M-L 95
"To Washington through Baltimore" (Weiss M-L 95), red & blue Zouave with Flag and "Jeff Davis boasts..." franked with a 3¢ brownish carmine (26) tied by a grid cancel alongside a neat Philadelphia octagonal datestamp, Jul 10, 186(?); Magee imprint on the reverse; to Ontario, N.Y.; exceptionally fresh, Very Fine. Bischel 3580. (Image)
Suggested Bid $100
Opening US$ 100.00
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Patriotic Covers: Misc. Subjects: Cannons
Sale No: 5311
Lot No: 5350
Symbol: C
Cat No: Unlisted
"Swamp Angel" Cannon (Weiss Unlisted), black on buff cover franked with a 3¢ rose with a quartered cork cancel beside an incomplete Washington D.C. c.d.s., to Morrisville, N.Y.; reduced, somewhat irregularly at the left, but a very rare design. Walcott 820. (Image)
Suggested Bid $75
Opening US$ 75.00
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Patriotic Covers: Scenes
Sale No: 5311
Lot No: 5351
Symbol: C
Soldier's Farewell, 3-color design featuring a soldier bidding farewell to his wife and daughter, neatly cut from another source and pasted onto the left side of the envelope; franked with a 3¢ rose tied by an Apr 4 St. Louis duplex and addressed to West Northfield, Mass., Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $200
Opening US$ 110.00
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Sale No: 5311
Lot No: 5352
Symbol: C
Cat No: SC-MB 52
"Remember Fort Sumpter!" (Weiss SC-MB 52), red & blue design franked with a 3¢ dull red (26) tied by a partial Hagerstown, Md. c.d.s. to Turbotville, Pa., Fine. Bischel 1314. (Image)
Suggested Bid $100
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Lot No: 5353
Symbol: C
Cat No: SC-MB 77
"Bayonet Charge at the Taking of Fort Donelson" (Weiss SC-MB 77), red and blue Wells design franked with a pen-canceled 3¢ rose with an manuscript "Binklys Bridge [Binkley's, Pa.], Jun 16" postmark, to Easton, Northampton Co., Pa. with penciled "Lehigh St"; opened a bit roughly at the right with a small tear at the bottom, Fine, A scarce design and a rare Pennsylvania town. Walcott 741. (Image)
Suggested Bid $100
Opening US$ 100.00
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Sale No: 5311
Lot No: 5354
Symbol: C
Cat No: SC-NB 97
"The Patriot Woman" (Weiss SC-NB 97), red & blue Gates design featuring a woman nursing a soldier, franked with a 3¢ rose tied by a blue target alongside a matching Toledo, O. c.d.s., to Sandusky City, O.; minor edge & flap tears with very light toning, Fine. A scarce design. Walcott 2223. (Image)
Suggested Bid $150
Opening US$ 150.00
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Sale No: 5311
Lot No: 5355
Symbol: C
Cat No: SC-NB 102
Soldier's Farewell, "The Girl I left Behind Me." (Weiss SC-NB 102), red & blue dseign with verse, franked with a 3¢ rose tied by a blue New Orleans c.d.s., Nov 26, 1862, to Bondville, Vt., Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $150
Opening US$ 86.00
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Patriotic Covers: States
Sale No: 5311
Lot No: 5356
Symbol: C
Cat No: 64b
Loyal to the Union, State of New York (Scott 64b), a pristine Ridenburgh design franked with a gorgeous 3¢ rose pink (64b) tied by a neat "New-York, Dec 2" target duplex; to Boston, Extremely Fine. Weiss ST 360. Walcott 1672 var. (Image)
Suggested Bid $200
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Sale No: 5311
Lot No: 5357
Symbol: C
Cat No: ST 233
"Vermont, Freedom and Unity" (Weiss ST 233), two-part Magnus design in blue-green franked with a 2¢ roseplaced over the design at the right and tied by a Washington D.C. c.d.s., Oct 5, 1861, to West Berkshire, Vt.; reduced a bit at the right, Fine. (Image)
