Auction 42

Collector Series


Postal History Collections


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Lot 287

Postal history group, 1858-1911, 9 covers, including 2 drop covers with #24 from the same correspondence, plus 7 covers going to England, including some Columbian frankings, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $60 - 80.
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$130
Lot 288

Waterbury fancy cancels, 1876-80, group of postcards and covers, two covers and twelve postcards, mostly UX5 but a few UX7 all with lovely strikes of various Waterbury, CT cancels, many listed in Rohloff and rarity rated, a neat group for the specialist, Very Fine.
Estimate $350 - 500.
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Lot 289

Postal history miscellany, 1879-1939, 12 different covers, including a 3¢ Bank Note with major plate crack, couple ad covers from the 1890's, a 1924 incoming letter from Pago, Pago, Samoa, a 1926 registered airmail cover, #629 FDC, National Stamp Week 1935 with 14 different definitives, a goodwill Coronation Flight to London in 1937and a 1939 United Air Lines flight log. Quite a pot-pourri, generally Fine to Very Fine but not always.
Estimate $150 - 200.
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Lot 290

Railway Post office, 1886-1935, group of 11 covers and postcards, featuring a wide variety of cancels; a lovely little group, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200.
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Lot 291

Foreign Mail, 1894-1920, incoming and outgoing group, 11 covers and postcards mainly to interesting destinations from the U.S., with one incoming from Winnepeg Canada canceled by oval "Branch Dead Letter", other destinations include Cape of Good Hope, Denmark, England, India, Japan, New South Wales, Portugal, Russian Poland and Yugoslavia. Nice items retailing $50 to $300 each, around $1300 retail total, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $250 - 350.
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Lot 292

Texas post cards, 1908-40's, group of about 50, nearly all with multicolor views on the reverse, about half used half unused. The value is clearly in the nostalgic views of Texas in the early 20th century. A great lot for the picture postcard collector or the specialist in Texas postal history.
Estimate $100 - 150.
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Lot 293

First flight and other airmail covers, 1922-40, small group, includes 9 nice first flight covers from the 1920's-30's with neat cachets, plus some misc. including C.A.M. etc, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $120 - 150.
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Lot 294

Ships, 1930's-40's, 12 covers postmarked from various U.S.S. ships, featuring a cover postmarked on Pearl Harbor Day, December 7, 1941, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $100 - 150.
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Lot 295

First day cover horde, 1960's-2000's, hundreds and hundreds in a big box, apparently all (or mostly) clean, cacheted and unaddressed, colorful (if nothing else), Very Fine.
Estimate $40 - 60

There might be 300 or so FDC's in this lot. At 2 cents per cover, it would come to $60. This is probably dating us, but we can remember when you could get 5 cents per FDC
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