1856-1858, two covers one franked with 1857-61 Washington 10c type II in strip of three (two defective) and one franked with 1851-57 1c type II and 10c type II in pair with postage due of 8 cts, those two covers from the same correspondence to Nantes in France, fine items. (Image)

1859, cover franked with 5cts red brick (SG n° 27) in strip of three (6'000 USD off cover !), perforation partially cut off, from New Orleans to Nantes in France with fine cancellations June 1859, very rare item. (Image)

5c Indian Red (Scott 28A). Vertical strip of three, beautiful colour in the unmistakable deep Indian Red shade, tied by "New Orleans La. Jan. 10, 1859" circular date stamp and red "New York Paid 12 19 Jan." credit date stamp on cover to Nantes, France. Natural straight edge a right, the upper stamp has one short perf, the stamp in the middle of the strip is in sound condition and the bottom stamp has at left some blunted perfs, otherwise a rare and nice cover from a newly discovered small correspondence to Nantes. Scott for an off cover strip of three: 13'000 USD Note: the majority of the Indian Red covers originate from New Orleans and several bear postmarks of December 1858 to January 1859. (Image)

1860-71, group of 11 covers from a correspondence (plus 3 covers with stamp(s) missing) from New Orleans to Bordeaux in France, incl. 1866 cover with 12c pair and 3c pair, thre rest mostly 15c frankings of either 12c + 3c or 10c + 5c, one 1866 cover with 10c strip of three, 1870 cover with 10c, and two 1871 covers with 2c pair with Anglo-French 40c accountancy hs. (Image)

1864 (Mar 28) Envelope to Scotland with 1861-62 12c vertical pair cancelled by magenta pen marks with ms despatch alongside, sent underpaid with "Short Paid" and "10" hs, reverse with Boston and Edinburgh arrival, some minor faults to reverse, fine. (Image)

1868 folded printed monthly business report to Rotterdam, Holland bearing the rare 8c rate made up of 3c rose and 5c brown tied fine and clear cork cancel, straight-line PAID ALL additionally tying 3c and a triangular-framed 1 1/2c/ Rotterdam handstamp additionally tying 5c., red arrival backstamp, small fault at left side not detracting from this rare item (Image)

1875 (17 Apr) envelope to Barcelona franked pair 50c. blue green Coat of Arms and additionally franked United States 1869 2c Post rider and 1873 Continental Bank Note co 10c. (5) fine N.York Steamship datestamps (AP 22), red PD tying one 10c, red manuscript "10" and German Wfr handstamp below this over one 10c, arrival backstamp. A rare and colourful combination cover from the Quadriga correspondence including the 2c Pictorial which has travelled via USA and Germany (Image)

1878 Entire from Boston to Peru with 1873 2c and 15c tied by cork cancels, endorsed "via Panama", franked on arrival with Peru 10c (divided from being placed over the opening) as Peru was not a member of the UPU yet, a scarce mixed franking; cert. PSE (1992). (Image)

1887 30c orange-brown mint n.h. corner marginal block of four, the lower stamps jumbo size due to shifted perforation, a beautiful block of four. (Image)

1901, registered letter franked with SG n° 298 and Puerto-Rico 1ct green x 5 for Lille (France), scarce mixed franking with nice cancellations on the back, address name erased otherwise very fine. (Image)

1901 Pan American Exposition set of 8 unused official cards fine unused, envelope unused (2), cards and covers used and a souvenir programme.

1917 5c rose error, two examples within a block of twelve 2c fine mint never hinged, ex. Weinman-Lays. (Image)

1926-34 McKinley 7c black vertical pair imperf between showing MOBILE/ ALA precancel, fresh hinged at top with lower stamp, slight horizontal crease, ex. Weinman-Lays. (Image)

1929, Zeppelin cover Lakehurst to Innsbruck (Austria) August 1929 "US Air Mail first round-the world flight" franked with three stamps (1,05d.), nice item. (Image)

1933, Zeppelin n° C18 cancelled 26/10/1933 on an illustrated Graf Zeppelin flight for New-York via Friedrichshafen in Germany, very fine. (Image)

1988, group of 18 test booklets incl. Jack London 1-9, 11, 12 and a group of 7 Daffodil.

1842-45 glazed paper, black on blue green on folded wrapper to local address, cancelled by red octagon, fine strike of City Despatch Post 4 Oclock date stamp, the stamp with corner crease at top left and a vertical margin crease at left. The Philatelic Foundation Cert (2024) (Image)

1845-1960s, Comprehensive collection of USA, mostly single stamps used/mint, in large 32-page album, well-filled with many high value stamps, starting with very fine 1845 NY 5c, 1847 5c single and on cover, Scott# 12, 37, 38, 39 unused (short perf.), 72, 1869 with values up to 90c, presidents up to 90c, Columbus complete with high values and fine $5 used, $3 and $4 mint with minor thins, complete 1898 Trans-Mississippi, and many other high values, with all blocks up to 1960s, Zeppelin mint, postage dues with first issue used, officials up to 90c with some specimens, newspaper stamps, etc. The quality is mixed but very much in very fine condition (a few reprints, replicas or fakes). An enormous amount of material and a great opportunity for an advanced collector. (Image)

1845-1978, Scott printed album containing an extensive1845-1978 collection with 1847 5c fine used, 10c three margins lightly used and a three margined example on 1849 entire from New York (Philatelic Foundation Cert 1981), 1861-62 30c and 90c used, 1861-66 5c brown Jefferson fine hinged mint, 1869 to 30c used plus further 15c Columbus hinged mint, 1873 90c carmine N.Y. Supplementary Paid cds.1893 Columbian Exposition set hinged mint, 1898 Omaha $1 hinged mint, specialised Washington 1c and 2c with coils and imperfs mint hinged or never hinged, booklet panes, 1917 5c instead of 2c error within block of nine, 1920s definitive sets hinged plus coils including pairs unhinged, 1926 Battle of White Plains sheetlet plus second with dot over 'S' variety both never hinged, 1926 Harding 1.5c imperf cross gutter block of 64 never hinged, 1930s imperfs with gutters, 1938 Presidents with coils and booklets and issues to late 1970s, Airmails with 1927 Lindbergh exploded booklet, 1930 Zeppelin never hinged, Special Delivery, Postage Dues, Officials, Newspapers. Mostly good to fine, ex. Weinman-Lays. (Image)

1857-1960s collection on pages in album with a run through of mostly used issues, the earlier types in very mixed condition, but include reasonable examples of the 1861 5c, 12c, 24c and 30c, some Columbians, 1898 to 50c and extensive ranges of definitives (1902 to $5 etc). A few are also mint, there are 'back of book' Express, Officials, a nice group of seldom seen Newspaper Periodical stamps etc.

1860-1945, Revenues collection in Scott Speciality Album on printed pages with 1862-71 Washington Internal Revenues with values to $10, 1871 blue and black to $2.50, 1871-72 $5 pen cancel, 1890s Documentary with some pieces, Proprietary stamps with some blocks of four never hinged, Stock Transfer issues with values to $5, 1945 Postal Note set of 18 never hinged, Postal Savings 1941 $5 bottom marginal with plate number never hinged, a fine basis for expansion, ex. Weinman-Lays. (Image)

1860-1990, Accumulation in 14, mostly A4 stockbooks or albums, with much face value, noted also some other countries, mixed to mostly v.fine

1861-1975, Duplication in 2 A4 stockbooks, noted classics up to 90c, mint n.h./ mint hinged or/& used, mixed to v.fine.

1861-1980, in a big stockbook thousands of mint and used stamps all periods with interesting old period part (mixed condition) and many duplicated mint and used stamps after 1930, high CV. (Image)

1870-1950, Back-of-the-book accumulation with 1870s Officials unused and used with values to 90c, Revenues either loose or on document including Wines, Documentary, Postal Note, Playing Cards, Hunting Permit stamps from 1934 $1 unused to 2000 with many never hinged, two further albums with more general duplicated stamps, ex. Weinman-Lays.