COVERS — United States |
| Lot | Condition | Description | Value/Bidding |
| 449 | | (1d) lightly tied by “5 ct” blue post mark and with an indistinct blue Philadelphia cds. alongside. stamp has rich color, four margins just touching at lower left. With PF cert. | Cat. Value: Cat. 1190.00 Price Realized: $240.00 |
| 450 | | (119) United States cover cancelled in 1869 in New York Mailed to Lockport, New York. Stamp near right edge appears fine. Old mount marks remain, damage reverse, small right corner gone and cover appears neatly reduced. Still interesting postal history. | Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00 Price Realized: $65.00 |
| 451 | FDC | (855) Babe Ruth autograph on a 1939 Baseball large hand drawn cachet FDC from the Circle City estate. Toning on right side from old newspaper clipping resting there for decades (clipping comes with lot). Acquired by the collector during this time and never been on the philatelic market. | Cat. Value: S.B. 4000.00 Price Realized: $2,000.00 |
| 452 | | Walt Disney autograph on a 1940 Famous American Gilbert Charles Stuart FDC from the Circle City estate. Obtained by the collector during this time and never been on the philatelic market. | Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00 Price Realized: $300.00 |
| 453 | | 1887 telegraph document from the Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Co. Sent from Philadelphia to Chicago having affixed 3T11, two booklet panes with salvage; 3T11, block of six; 3T12 block of five, and 3T20 single. Scarce and probably unique and would look snappy in your back of the book collection. | Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00 Price Realized: $160.00 |
| 454 | | Orville Wright autograph on a 1940 Famous American Cyrus Hall McCormick FDC from the Circle City estate. Obtained by the collector during this time and never been on the philatelic market. | Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00 Price Realized: $260.00 |
| 455 | | Eugene O’Neill, playwright, Nobel Prize for Literature in 1936 and Pulitzer Prize winner in 1920-1926 for Drama autograph on a 1940 Famous American Ralph Waldo Emerson FDC from the Circle City estate. Secured by the collector during this time. | Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00 Price Realized: $110.00 |
7 TOTAL IMAGES | 456 | | Unique United States cover in a small box. Consist of one of two cacheted covers cancelled on May 20,1939 and sent by the First Trans-Atlantic first flight and first to encircle the world by regular airmail service. It was address to Paul V McNutt, High Commissioner of the Philippines who added Filipino stamps. He redirected and registered the cover and sent it back to the addressee in Indianapolis while receiving several transit cancellations until arrival on June 20. The other similar cover was given to President Roosevelt for his collection. Enclosed is documentation of two covers and letters sent to FDR White House initially giving him the first flight cover as a birthday gift and reply thanking the sender for the cover. A period newspaper article is also included. Exceptional postal history. | Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00 Price Realized: $180.00 |
| 457 | | Two Eleanor Roosevelt autographs on a 1940 First Voyage SS America US Seapost to Puerto Rico cover plus a 1939 cover and letter from the White House from the Circle City estate. Obtained by the collector during this time. | Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00 Price Realized: $190.00 |
| 458 | | Willa Cather, Pulitzer Prize Winner, autograph on a 1940 Famous American Louisa May Alcott FDC from the Circle City estate. Attained by the collector during this time . | Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00 Price Realized: $150.00 |
| 459 | | Robinson Jeffers, Poet (who at this time was a hermit), autograph on a 1940 Famous American Henry Longfellow FDC from the Circle City estate. Gotten by the collector during this time and never been on the philatelic market. | Cat. Value: S.B. 75.00 Price Realized: $46.00 |
| 460 | | Franklin Roosevelt four cacheted covers consisting of two Third Inauguration January 20, 1941 having FDR and Henry Wallace and two Fourth Inauguration on January 20, 1945 from the Circle City estate. Covers are pristine and have been safely stored since issued. Obtained by the collector during this time. | Cat. Value: S.B. 75.00 Price Realized: $120.00 |
| 461 | | Charles Hughes (Supreme Court Justice and failed 1916 Republican Presidential candidate) autograph/signed 1939 letter, cover and 1916 postcard from the Circle City estate. Obtained by the collector during this time. | Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00 Price Realized: $70.00 |
| 462 | | Marian Anderson, famous African-America singer, who struggled for acceptance because of her race autographed 1940 cover from the Circle City estate. Has cool Marion and Anderson Indiana town cancels. Acquired by the collector during this time and has never been on the philatelic market. | Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00 Price Realized: $95.00 |
| 463 | | George Washington Carver autograph on a 1940 Famous American Booker T. Washington toned FDC from the Circle City estate. Obtained by the collector during this time . | Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00 Price Realized: $70.00 |
| 464 | | James Fairly, Postmaster General, autograph on a 1940 Pan American Union FDC from the Circle City estate. Acquired by the collector during this time. | Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00 Price Realized: $26.00 |
29 TOTAL IMAGES | 465 | | Totally awesome United States WW II Patriotic cover selection in four cartons. Over 3,000 covers in twenty binders or albums plus loose offering. A time capsule of American fortitude and resolve to defeat common enemies. A snapshot of true historical significance which cannot be erased from the annuals of time. Spotted many unusual and not often encountered covers Considerable interest for the WW II specialist. Do not let this one slip away. | Cat. Value: S.B. 3500.00 Price Realized: $3,500.00 |
11 TOTAL IMAGES | 466 | FDC | Outstandingly awesome, unique United States selection in a medium carton. Roughly 110 mostly autographed Famous Americans (#859-893) cacheted FDCs. Autographed by the people who had the same profession as the person commemorated on the stamps. Highlights include Walt Disney, Orville Wright, Willa Cather, Irving Berlin, Helen Keller, Cole Porter, Hoagy Carmichael, Serge Rachmaninoff, Robinson Jeffries, and Joseph Hoffman (these have been scanned). Includes Educators, Inventors, Artists, Scientists, Poets, Authors, and Composers. Appears to be a complete set having many beneficial extras. Addressed to the person who wrote to these people. A monumental task to achieve at that time. Never been on the philatelic market until now. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1500.00 Price Realized: $3,250.00 |
17 TOTAL IMAGES | 467 | | A nine-part lot that is strongest in the nineteenth century commercial mail. Stampless covers, first day covers, advertising covers, first flights, and a few patriotic covers will appeal to the postal history collector. Good variety of frankings and cancels throughout. | Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00 Price Realized: $1,000.00 |
7 TOTAL IMAGES | 468 | | United States accumulation mostly from the late 1940s to the late 1980s in one carton. Approximately 1,300 ship cancelled, naval related cacheted and uncacheted covers offering a variety of ships. The naval enthusiast has the opportunity to add to his collection or for the dealer to expand his internet presence. | Cat. Value: S.B. 550.00 Price Realized: $475.00 |