Postal History Advertising/Illustrated Covers Gun Covers
Sale No: 753
Lot No:4012
Symbol:Cat No:319
[Guns & Powder] Du Pont Smokeless Powder, spectacular multicolor front & back illustrated advertising cover featuring a Rifle-shooting Cowboy on a Galloping Horse, the back pictures the multicolor Heads of three Game Birds & a Moose; franked with a 2¢ Shield (319) canceled Trenton, N.J., Nov 17, 1905, Very Fine. Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $750-1,000
Opening US$ 850.00
Sold...US$ 850.00
Closed..Mar-02-2021, 10:18:45 EST
Sold For 850
Sale No: 753
Lot No:4013
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[Guns & Powder] Du Pont Blasting Powder, multicolor advertising cover featuring a Miner with a Headlamp with a 2¢ Shield tied by a 1906 Birmingham, Ala. machine cancel, the back pictures the multicolor Heads of three Game Birds & a Moose; some mounting damage on the back affecting the Moose Head, otherwise Very Fine. Suggested Bid $350-500 (Image)
Suggested Bid $350-500
Opening US$ 475.00
Sold...US$ 475.00
Closed..Mar-02-2021, 10:19:33 EST
Sold For 475
Sale No: 753
Lot No:4014
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[Guns & Powder] Shoot Du Pont Powders, a marvelous and unusual multicolor advertising cover featuring a Hunter observing a Moose close-up from behind an overturned canoe with a 2¢ Washington tied by a 1918 Harrisburg, Pa. machine cancel, Very Fine. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
Suggested Bid $250-350
Opening US$ 225.00
Sold...US$ 225.00
Closed..Mar-02-2021, 10:20:20 EST
Sold For 225
Sale No: 753
Lot No:4015
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[Guns & Powder] Old Reliable Smokeless Powders, beautiful multicolor illustration on a neat and attractive 1900 cover, Very Fine. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
Suggested Bid $250-350
Opening US$ 275.00
Sold...US$ 275.00
Closed..Mar-02-2021, 10:20:52 EST
Sold For 275
Sale No: 753
Lot No:4016
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[Guns & Powder] Winchester, "Para Toda Clase de Armas", on a 1941 cover from Panama to Ohio; minor cover edge wear, Fine to Very Fine, an interesting and attractive usage from an unlikely location. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 475.00
Sold...US$ 475.00
Closed..Mar-02-2021, 10:21:28 EST
Sold For 475
Sale No: 753
Lot No:4017
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[Guns & Powder] Winchester, "Para Toda Clase de Armas", on a 1941 cover from Puerto Rico to Michigan, Very Fine, an interesting and very attractive late usage from an unlikely location. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 450.00
Sold...US$ 450.00
Closed..Mar-02-2021, 10:21:48 EST
Sold For 450
Sale No: 753
Lot No:4018
Symbol:Cat No:295
[Guns & Powder] E.C. & Schultz Smokeless Powders, an exceptional multicolor illustrated advertising cover featuring two hunters with their dogs franked with a 2¢ Pan-American (295) canceled Rochester, N.Y., Oct 17, 1901, Very Fine. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
Suggested Bid $250-350
Opening US$ 275.00
Sold...US$ 275.00
Closed..Mar-02-2021, 10:22:18 EST
Sold For 275
Sale No: 753
Lot No:4019
Symbol:Cat No:489
[Guns & Powder] Hunter Arms Co., Fulton, N.Y., marvelous multicolor illustrated advertising cover featuring a retriever with a quail in its mouth, franked with a 3¢ coil (489) canceled Kemberna, Mass., Jul 20, 1945; flap unsealed, Very Fine. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 225.00
Sold...US$ 225.00
Closed..Mar-02-2021, 10:22:38 EST
Sold For 225
Sale No: 753
Lot No:4020
Symbol:Cat No:279B
[Guns & Powder] J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co., Chicpee Falls, Mass., pretty multicolor illustrated advertising cover featuring a Stevens Rifle, franked with a 2¢ red (279B) canceled Chicopee Falls, Dec 1, 1902, Very Fine. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
Suggested Bid $250-350
Opening US$ 400.00
Sold...US$ 400.00
Closed..Mar-02-2021, 10:23:16 EST
Sold For 400
Airmail Postal History
Sale No: 753
Lot No:4250
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1925 Shenandoah Flight, an attractive flown cover with Lakehurst and U.S.S. Patoka postmarks, Very Fine. The lot also contains a real photo postcard of this US Navy airship, very scarce. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
Suggested Bid $500-750
Opening US$ 325.00
Sold...US$ 325.00
Closed..Mar-02-2021, 14:11:26 EST
Sold For 325
Sale No: 753
Lot No:4252
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1937, Hindenburg LZ 129, a cover that was intended for the doomed flight, but did not make it and was sent by other mail to Berlin, with numerous backstamps, Very Fine, very scarce. Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)
Suggested Bid $400-600
Opening US$ 350.00
Sold...US$ 350.00
Closed..Mar-02-2021, 14:13:02 EST
Sold For 350
Zeppelin Covers
Sale No: 753
Lot No:4249
Symbol:Cat No:353 Cb
1933 (Oct 26) Century of Progress Return Flight, Chicago - Akron (Michel 353 Cb), tied by an Oct 26 Century of Progress slogan cancel on a cacheted Zeppelin cover signed by Zeppelin Captain, Ernst A. Lehman<,/I> and backstamped at Akron the same day, Fine to Very Fine. Michel €180 ($200) Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Michel €180 ($200) Suggested Bid
Opening US$ 250.00
Sold...US$ 250.00
Closed..Mar-02-2021, 14:10:54 EST
Sold For 250
Zeppelin Covers: Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights
Sale No: 753
Lot No:4251
Symbol:Cat No:66 H c
1930 (May 18-31) Europe Pan-America Flight, Friedrichshafen - Lakehurst (Michel 66 H c), $2.60 Zeppelin (C15) on a small dual-cacheted cover with Lakehurst backstamp, Fine to Very Fine. Michel €550 ($620) Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
Michel €550 ($620) Suggested Bid
Opening US$ 225.00
Sold...US$ 225.00
Closed..Mar-02-2021, 14:12:05 EST
Sold For 225
Cacheted Covers Hand-Painted: Dorothy Knapp
Sale No: 753
Lot No:4200
Symbol:Cat No:909-921
1943-44, Overrun Countries complete (Scott 909-921), Handpainted Dorothy Knapp, complete matched set of Overrun Countries, very rare and desirable; an exceptionally well-done artistic achievement, Extremely Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 2 lbs. Suggested Bid $2,500-3,500 (Image)
Suggested Bid $2,500-3,500
Opening US$ 2,500.00
Sold...US$ 2,500.00
Closed..Mar-02-2021, 12:45:02 EST
Sold For 2500
Sale No: 753
Lot No:4201
Symbol:Cat No:E17
Special Delivery, 1944, 13¢ blue (Scott E17),Dorothy Knapp handpainted First Day Cover (Weisz C46-1) with 3¢ Steamship #923, pencil-addressed by Knapp to herself in Rhinebeck and actually mailed Special Delivery with a Nov 1 Rhinebeck backstamp; couple tiny spots of envelope glue bleed through at the left, Fine to Very Fine. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 300.00
Sold...US$ 300.00
Closed..Mar-02-2021, 12:45:37 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 753
Lot No:4202
Symbol:Cat No:C42-C44
Airmail, 1949, U.P.U. complete (Scott C42-C44), the set of three Dorothy Knapp handpainted First Day Covers (Weisz C42-1, C43-1, C44-1), pencil-addressed by Knapp to herself in Rhinebeck; envelope glue showing through very slightly, still Very Fine. Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $750-1,000
Opening US$ 600.00
Sold...US$ 550.00
Closed..Mar-02-2021, 12:46:16 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 753
Lot No:4203
Symbol:Cat No:C46
Airmail, 1952, 80¢ Hawaii (Scott C46),Dorothy Knapp handpainted First Day Cover (Weisz C46-1), neat ink address, Very Fine. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
Suggested Bid $500-750
Opening US$ 2,300.00
Sold...US$ 2,300.00
Closed..Mar-02-2021, 12:47:05 EST
Sold For 2300
Sale No: 753
Lot No:4204
Symbol:Cat No:904
1942, 3¢ Kentucky Statehood (Scott 904),Dorothy Knapp handpainted First Day Cover (Weisz 904-1), unaddressed, Very Fine. This is Knapp's first cover painted for Louis & Mae Wigand and the Associated Naval Cover Collectors. It is signed "A.N.C.C." Suggested Bid $350-500 (Image)
Suggested Bid $350-500
Opening US$ 325.00
Sold...US$ 325.00
Closed..Mar-02-2021, 12:48:02 EST
Sold For 325
Sale No: 753
Lot No:4205
Symbol:Cat No:904
1942, 3¢ Kentucky Statehood (Scott 904),Dorothy Knapp handpainted First Day Cover (Weisz 904-2), unaddressed; minor flap tear, Very Fine. Same design as 904-1 but signed "D. Knapp". Suggested Bid $350-500 (Image)
Suggested Bid $350-500
Opening US$ 550.00
Sold...US$ 550.00
Closed..Mar-02-2021, 12:49:10 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 753
Lot No:4206
Symbol:Cat No:906
1942, 5¢ Chinese Resistance (Scott 906),Dorothy Knapp handpainted First Day Cover (Weisz 906-2), pencil address (erased and re-written); minor soiling at the lower right, otherwise Very Fine. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
Suggested Bid $500-750
Opening US$ 375.00
Sold...US$ 375.00
Closed..Mar-02-2021, 12:49:57 EST
Sold For 375
Sale No: 753
Lot No:4207
Symbol:Cat No:908
1943, 1¢ Four Freedoms (Scott 908),Dorothy Knapp handpainted First Day Cover (Weisz 908-7), unaddressed, Very Fine. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 275.00
Sold...US$ 250.00
Closed..Mar-02-2021, 12:50:39 EST
Sold For 250
Sale No: 753
Lot No:4208
Symbol:Cat No:930-933
1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt complete (Scott 930-933), set of four Dorothy Knapp handpainted First Day Covers (Weisz 930-4, 931-1, 932-3, 933-1), 1¢ unaddressed, others pencil-addressed to Knapp in Rhinebeck, Very Fine. Suggested Bid $1,200-1,800 (Image)
Suggested Bid $1,200-1,800
Opening US$ 950.00
Sold...US$ 950.00
Closed..Mar-02-2021, 12:51:19 EST
Sold For 950
Sale No: 753
Lot No:4209
Symbol:Cat No:974
1948, 3¢ Juliette Low (Scott 974),Dorothy Knapp handpainted First Day Cover (Weisz 974-3 var. - eagle in badge), unaddressed, Very Fine. Reportedly painted for Knapp's son, Wally. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
Suggested Bid $500-750
Opening US$ 550.00
Sold...US$ 550.00
Closed..Mar-02-2021, 12:52:12 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 753
Lot No:4210
Symbol:Cat No:974
1948, 3¢ Juliette Low - Girl Scouts (Scott 974),Dorothy Knapp handpainted First Day Cover (Weisz 974-3), pencil-addressed to Knapp in Rhinebeck, Fine to Very Fine. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
Suggested Bid $500-750
Opening US$ 550.00
Sold...US$ 550.00
Closed..Mar-02-2021, 12:53:07 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 753
Lot No:4211
Symbol:Cat No:974
1948, 3¢ Juliette Low (Scott 974),Dorothy Knapp handpainted First Day Cover (Weisz 974-3 var. - eagle in badge, flag), unaddressed, Very Fine. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)