UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS & VARIOUS UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS & VARIOUS
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Lot No: 195
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UNITED STATES: POSTAL HISTORY: 20th Century Approximately 500 covers, including WWII war time correspondence, patriotic, airflights, picture postcards, virtually no first day covers, needs sorting and some research. (SG 10,12)
UNITED STATES: Postal History; 1870's Bank Note Issues used to Japan ;Group of 14 envelopes, from the Benjamin Lyman correspondence (no enclosures). From Northampton Mass to Yokohama or Yedo, 5 with 10c brown, 4 with 15c orange, 4 with 1c, 2c, 3c, combinations, 6 with Japanese transits or receivers, two forwarded. Condition varies but a rare group to a famous man.
Benjamin Smith Lyman was an American mining engineer, surveyor and amateur anthropologist. He was hired by the Japanese government to survey the coal and oil deposits. From 1873 to 1879 he was the chief geologist to the Meiji government. Sale and Lot Updates Suggested Bid $300-500 (Image)
CV. Suggested Bid $300-500
Opening US$ 750.00
Sold...US$ 750.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 14:26:02 EST
Sold For 750
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Lot No: 199
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UNITED STATES: POSTAL HISTORY: 1920's to 1849; A Famous NY Local Training Ship U.S.S. Briarcliff 1920's to 1940 history told in letters, newspaper clippings, and photos of this fondly remembered ship based in Staten Island New York City, as part of the 3rd Naval District 33 Division. One of the trainees was John Cody who became 2nd Engineer on board the Antartic Expedition. Includes a cute letter and radiogram from "Little America". Contained all in one fat ring binder, very nostalgic.
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Lot No: 202
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UNITED STATES: Philippines; 1899 to 1946 Extensive Collection of many hundred mounted on quadrille album pages, mostly o.g. but with numerous duplicates used, and many blocks with n.h. examples including lots of back of the book, some very good stamps cataloging into the hundreds. Careful inspection will be rewarded.
PHILIPPINES: Sheet Holding; 1935 to 1944 , 78,000 stamps comprising , #384 4c yellow green, 25,000 stamps,#037, 2c apple green 25,000 stamps, Japanese Occupation #N13 2c bright green 20,000 stamps, #N14 4c slate green 8,000 stamps (many stuck together) several bricks of sheets in original sheet wrappings, mixed condition (abbreviated descriptions available) . $19,000 to $20,000 catalog Sale and Lot Updates Click here to see video images of this lot Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)
