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POSTAL HISTORY LARGE LOTS

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

1221

Detroit steamboat markings specialized collection consisting of 26 covers in the 1819-1855 period, all with a steamboat handstamp marking, including straight line, circular date stamps and fancy scrolls, excellent variety of markings, with some additional interesting postmarks, all domestic usages except one to Canada, a couple nice illustrated covers included, mostly fine or better; a nice lot for the steamboat specialist.

Est. $1,000-1,500

SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction

1222

Cross Border mail via Detroit 1824-1880 exhibit collection, 42 covers neatly written up on exhibition pages, showing rates and usages of mail from the U.S. to Canada through Detroit, includes stampless, many with 1857 Issues, some later, excellent range of markings, including various auxiliary of both the U.S. and Canada, three Civil War patriotic covers, and more, largely fine or better; an interesting collection worth expanding.

Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $2,200.00
Will close during Public Auction

1223

19th century cover assortment, an interesting old time group of close to 200 all 19th century covers housed in two albums and loose, including better frankings such as #1, 7, 20 strip of three, 32, three 76 on cover to France, 76 and 68 on cover to France, 78, 112, 112 and pair 116 on reduced legal sized domestic cover, and 189 on Landfear correspondence cover to South Africa, also many franked with #10, 11, 26, 65, 73, 112, 113, 158, etc., many with fancy or better town cancels, plus some illustrated and advertising, including two with hand-drawn designs, some faults, majority fine-very fine.

Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $4,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

1224

19th century covers, small batch of stampless and stamped covers to about 1880, mostly from two correspondences to or from New Jersey, much is poor quality, but there are a few better to be found.

Est. $150-200

SOLD for $220.00
Will close during Public Auction

1225

19th Century cover balance of eight items, includes #14 and #15 on one cover (PF certificate), three 1857 Issue covers including a Civil War patriotic, #62B on cover from Maine to California, one 1861 cover, and two with 1869 Issue, one being a 6c to Canada and the other is a 3c with illustrated Grand Hotel, slightly mixed condition but most are fine-very fine.

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $625.00
Will close during Public Auction

1226

Civil War patriotic covers, twenty-eight covers, mostly franked by #65, with a nice variety of designs, including two with Lincoln portrait, one with Lincoln's face "blacked" (repaired), a George Washington design, State and regimental designs, McClellan, etc., some stamp and cover faults, many fine-very fine.

Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $1,150.00
Will close during Public Auction

1227

Mostly turn of the century cover lot of about 80 items with emphasis on foreign destinations from the late 19th and very early 20th Centuries, including Turks Islands, Korea, Cape of Good Hope, Cameroun, Siberia, Tasmania (#213 and 216), Southern Nigeria, three to Laos (late 1890s), a couple forwarded and with mixed country frankings including two #210 with Canada 6c Small Queen, some better inbound usages, two from Alaska, plus a few earlier domestic covers, a few postcards, a varied lot with many interesting and better usages, certainly worth taking a look.

Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $5,750.00
Will close during Public Auction

1228

Fairs and Expositions cover lot of over 40 items, most are illustrated covers from the late 19th Century advertising the various fairs and expos held around the country, includes some striking multicolored illustrations, several all over (front, back or both), a few postcards, most are domestic usages but there are a few overseas destinations, fine-very fine with an excellent variety.

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction

1229

Picture postcard interesting lot of 23 different, all but one are pre-1910, includes some ships such as Lusitania (three), Mauretania and Victoria Luise (1912), five are Coney Island including a beautiful multicolored mailed in 1905 to Tonga, other foreign destinations include Rhodesia, one 19th Century (Pike's Peak), one from Alaska, one from Honolulu to China and another Chinese card sent from the U.S. Postal Agency in Shanghai, also one from Samoa (1901), most are fine-very fine; a lovely group of better postcards.

Est. $300-400

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction

1230

20th Century cover lot of about 100 covers, most of the value in flight related covers, particularly Zeppelin flights, including one cover each with the $1.30 and $2.60 Graf Zeppelin stamps, also first day covers from the 1930s and 1940s, a few commercial covers and more, largely fine-very fine.

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $1,050.00
Will close during Public Auction

1231

San Francisco Earthquake postcards, lot of 40 postcards, all appear to be different, showing various damage caused by the earthquake, some are black & white, some are sepia and some are in color, two show San Francisco before/after rebuilding, all postally used and virtually all mailed in 1906, mostly from the San Francisco area to domestic addresses, but there are two to Italy and one used from Alaska, also of note is a postal card mail from Germany to San Francisco on April 20, 1906, where it received a pencil ms. note "Burned 101 JM", a San Francisco boxed "Advertised" handstamp and various dead letter and return markings, fine-very fine lot.

Est. $300-400

SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction

1232

Hudson-Fulton Celebration lot of about 50 covers or cards, with several impressive multicolored cards with a wide variety of themes and scenes, also covers with illustrations or corner cards, variety of usages including some foreign destinations, several used with the 2c Hudson-Fulton stamp, fine-very fine.

Est. $300-400

SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction

1233

FDC

620-21

#620-21, 2c and 5c Norse-Americans first day cover collection of about 80 covers, including covers with both stamps and sets of two covers with each stamp, value in the cacheted items, including the first Roessler cachet from six different cities, as well as the first Weschcke cachet, also there are fourteen handpainted (Henry?), and more, largely fine-very fine.

Est. $1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,150.00
Will close during Public Auction

1234

The Adams Nonstop Airmail Pickup System exhibition collection, eight-frame exhibit collection all neatly mounted and written up on the original exhibition pages, tracing the development of Dr. Lytle Adams' system of delivering and retrieving airmail without landing the plane, this is done mainly through first flight covers in the 1929-1949 period, several of which are signed by the pilots, there is also another binder of additional material not part of the exhibit, includes both flights of the Sept. 20, 1934 Experimental pick-up service (AAMC 3D19, 3D19a; only 22 and 12 covers flown, respectively), fine-very fine.

Est. $400-500

SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction

1235

U.S. used in Vera Cruz, Mexico, ten covers, one postcard, and three stamps tied to piece, all but two with U.S. stamps tied by postmarks of the U.S. Agency in Vera Cruz, mostly the flag or duplex cancels, one registered cover with boxed cancel and one with U.S.S. Minnesota/Vera Cruz duplex, the other two covers have a Mexican stamp tied by the Postal Agency duplex and a Mexican bisect with U.S. postage due tied on arrival, mostly fine-very fine.

Est. $150-200

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction

1236

First day and first flight cover accumulation, a few hundred first day covers mostly from the 1930's and 1940's including #803-34 on separate covers with matched cachets, C18 New York (2), one with a pair and QE4 with 551, also a few modern and a shoe box filled with first flight and other covers.

Est. $300-400

SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction

AUSTRALIA

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

1237

#13, 1913 10/- Pink and gray, gem mint single that is perfectly centered within lavish margins, lovely bright color, o.g., lightly hinged, extremely fine (S.G. #14; £650). (Image)

$1,000.00

SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

1238

#14, 1913 £1 Ultramarine and brown, handsome right margin interpanneau single, exceedingly well centered, marvelously bright and fresh, o.g., lightly hinged, very fine and choice (S.G. #15; £1,900). (Image)

$3,250.00

SOLD for $3,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

1239

#58, 1919 £2 Deep rose and black, exceptionally well centered and margined, strong fresh colors, o.g., lightly hinged, very fine; a highly desirable mint example of this scarce high value; 2002 Brandon certificate (S.G. #45; £3,500). (Image)

$5,000.00

SOLD for $6,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

1240

J37

#J37, 1909 10/- Dull green postage due, bright color, nicely centered for this difficult stamp, o.g., lightly hinged, overall a very fine example of this scarce postage due (S.G. #D61; £2,500). (Image)

$4,500.00

SOLD for $1,400.00
Will close during Public Auction

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