| COVERS, UNITED STATES — Collections and Accumulations |
| Lot | Condition | Description | Value/Bidding |
| 618 | FDC | Remarkable collection of 2,337 different hand-painted Collins first day covers, mounted in 36 matching Lighthouse albums with slipcases. Running from 1978 to 2005, this subscriber collected from Series 100 to Series 4000 covers, including all of the ducks, expresses, inaugurations, etc. and a few varieties cataloging to $300.00. Having harder-to-find issues throughout, the first five albums alone have a total catalog value of $5,600.00. Also includes extra pages, eight empty similar Lighthouse albums, the hardbound book by Fred Collins, and the checklist we used to determine what was here. A magnificent, valuable collection of quality artwork for your viewing pleasure. | Cat. Value: S.B. 7,000.00
Price Realized: $7,000.00 |
| 619 | | Dealer group of over 1,000 assorted covers and cards ranging from stampless to the mid-20th century, with some foreign thrown in. Includes many banknote and multicolored frankings, many special cancels and DPOs, and many advertising and other items of interest. All sleeved, priced in the $5.00-$20.00 range, and sorted only by price point, they were prepared for sale, but never offered, so you get first pick. | Cat. Value: S.B. 3,000.00
Price Realized: $4,000.00 |
| 620 | FDC | Dealer stock of 150 individual covers or sets of covers, all sleeved and priced. Primarily first days including classic singles, early sets, and modern handpainted, plus a few events. Condition varies a little, but offered at a small fraction of the $14,400.00 total retail so profit opportunity is there. | Cat. Value: S.B. 2,200.00
Price Realized: $1,500.00 |
| 621 | | Dealer group of over 200 assorted covers and cards ranging from stampless through the 19th century, with a few later and some foreign SFLs thrown in. Includes many interesting markings and advertising subjects, both corner card and overall. Mostly sleeved and priced in the $25.00-$200.00 range, they were prepared for sale, but never offered, so you get first pick. | Cat. Value: S.B. 2,100.00
Price Realized: $3,000.00 |
| 622 | FDC | Album of about 140 better covers and cards, mounted and identified, with more than half from the 19th century and most of the rest by the 1920’s. Includes 9x1, 1, 2, 32, 33, 36B, 71, 85E, 115, 117, etc., but there are some questionable items. Many were collected for frankings, cancels, auxiliary markings, or historical connections. Some are first days or events, some have substantial catalog value or history, and all are interesting and merit a look. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1,900.00
Price Realized: $4,250.00 |
| 623 | | A varied group of approximately a thousand mostly 20th century pre 1950’s cover and cards. Strong in airmails, Prexies plus mint and used stationery. Most are medium grade retail items but occasionally a much better one shows up. Good ebay potential or great for the bourse dealer. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1,900.00
Price Realized: $1,400.00 |
| 624 | | Dealer stock of over 6,000 navy covers and over 1,100 submarine covers filling six long file drawers. They run from the 1930’s to the 2000’s, and nearly all are cacheted with many sleeved and identified. This would be a massive transfusion for your collection or stock. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1,300.00
Price Realized: $1,600.00 |
| 625 | | Dealer tub of maybe five hundred assorted covers and cards, primarily early 20th century with more before than after. Includes DPOs, advertising, flights, navals, APOs, events, a few first days, etc. All are sleeved and priced at a total retail of $8,750.00. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1,200.00
Price Realized: $950.00 |
| 626 | FDC | Approximately 8000 FDC’s. Mainly 1960’s through 1980’s. Variety of mostly common cachet makers. Both addressed and unaddressed, clean. | Cat. Value: S.B. 900.00
Price Realized: $750.00 |
| 627 | | Accumulation of maybe 1,400 US WWII patriotic covers. Some are sleeved and priced, and some are not in the best of shape, but we noted many interesting comic or action cachets among the more mundane ones. Many cachet makers and various duplication are included in these two cartons that are well worth looking through. | Cat. Value: S.B. 900.00
Price Realized: $1,600.00 |
| 628 | FDC | Diverse accumulation of several hundred covers from all eras organized into groups such as “19th Century”, “Airmail”, “First Day”, “Possessions”, etc. Condition varies, but many seldom-seen items make viewing interesting. | Cat. Value: S.B. 900.00
Price Realized: $700.00 |
| 629 | FDC | Dealer’s organized counter box of over 400 sleeved and priced first day covers from 1927 to 1947. Cachets are identified, but most are common and some have duplication, toning or are without a cachet. Marked retail of over $4,700.00 is being offered at a substantial discount. | Cat. Value: S.B. 800.00
Price Realized: $550.00 |
| 630 | | A collector’s accumulation of Liberty issues franked covers and parcel pieces. Includes well over 300 medium range retail items. Wide range of franking combos, rates, cancels and markings. Good eBay potential for this yet under appreciated issue. | Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $750.00 |
| 631 | | A collector’s accumulation of Washington/Franklin covers. Includes over 300 medium range retail items with a wide variety of franking combos, rates, cancels and markings. Condition mixed. Great eBay potential. | Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $500.00 |
| 632 | FDC | Extensive collection of over 3,800 different cacheted unaddressed first days from 1952 to 2002. Includes Artcraft 1952-1995, Farnam 1996-2002, Fleetwood 1971-1981, and Postal Arts 1981-1986. Apparently from an original subscription, there are singles, sets, se-tenants, booklet panes, coil line pairs, plate blocks, etc. in order in four cartons, mostly complete for the respective periods. Attractive modern products from the most popular makers at a small fraction of the original cost. | Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $700.00 |
| 633 | | Stock of over 300 WWII patriotics apparently all cancelled on significant patriotic dates, and nearly all with cachets related to the event. Most are sleeved and priced, and we noted some better dates and numerous makers, but condition varies somewhat and there is light duplication throughout. A high total retail offered at a major discount to allow for good profits. | Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00
Price Realized: $1,100.00 |
| 634 | | A collector’s accumulation of well over 300 RPO covers and cards. All are medium grade retail and might be all different. The majority are from the 1st half of the 20th century with some before and some after along with a few non RPO’s mixed in by mistake. A good start to a collection or helpful for a dealer. | Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00
Price Realized: $600.00 |
| 635 | FDC | Accumulation of maybe 3,000 covers. Many are cacheted or uncacheted first days from the 1930’s to the 1990’s. However, the bulk of the covers are special cancels/cachets for various 1960’s activities. We noted Olympics, Naval, NATO, Deep Freeze, Polar, Kennedy, etc. topics, mostly in bundles. Handfuls of airport dedications, official mail, early Canada first days, and recent hand-painted first day cachets will spice up your viewing. | Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00
Price Realized: $600.00 |
| 636 | | Eight cartons stuffed with thousands of mostly post war FDC’s, events and modern subscription folios. An excellent dollar table candidate. | Cat. Value: S.B. 550.00
Price Realized: $550.00 |
| 637 | FDC | A higher end accumulation of well over a thousand FDC’s. Included are cachets such as Grimsland, Crosby, Ioor, Colorano, Sarzin, Flugel, Aristrocrats, Ken Boll, Jackson and Pent Art. Good topics include Baseball and Scotts #834 and 1053. Great lot to start a collection or infuse into a working stock. | Cat. Value: S.B. 550.00
Price Realized: $1,600.00 |
| 638 | | Dealer stock of over 4,300 mixed postal history covers and cards in three long boxes. Includes RPO cancels on receipt cards, first day stationery, perfins, registered, commercial, merchant ships, and even foreign navy ships. Condition varies, and at least a quarter are legal size, but viewing should turn up some interesting items. | Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $500.00 |
| 639 | | Dealer stock of about 3,000 A.P.O. and other military covers in two long boxes. Mostly WWII, some are sleeved and identified, and some are battered, but all are historical and in no order. | Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $800.00 |
| 640 | | Dealer stock of about 3,700 event covers in three long boxes. Mostly cacheted modern events in depth including inauguration and mourning covers, stamp shows, and local celebrations, etc. Take a look. | Cat. Value: S.B. 375.00
Price Realized: $250.00 |
| 641 | FDC | Group of twelve 19th century annotated covers of historical interest, most with better frankings or stampless markings. Also three unusual and better annotated first day and provisional covers from the 1920’s & 1930’s. Very high catalog value, but condition varies. Viewing essential to properly evaluate. | Cat. Value: S.B. 325.00
Price Realized: $270.00 |
| 642 | | Group of nearly 300 WWII Linto patriotics All have his opinionated cachets in his various metallic colors. Even with assorted duplication, there is quite a variety of this unique cachet maker. | Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00
Price Realized: $475.00 |
| 643 | | First day cover accumulation with about 2000 covers. Over two thirds are cacheted and unaddressed. Spotted at least 75 from the 1930’s. Also a few inauguration covers, two with President Johnson’s signature. As a bonus, includes a few thousand baseball cards from the 1980’s through the 1990’s. Happy hunting. | Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00
Price Realized: $425.00 |
| 644 | | Dealer stock of over 1,900 covers and cards, all with Michigan postmarks. The majority are ordinary correspondence with town cancels, but there are a good number of cacheted events including stamp shows, and there are some 19th century corner cards and picture postcards that are sleeved and priced. | Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $260.00 |
| 645 | FDC | Shoebox full of about 500 Ross Foil cacheted first day and event covers from #1 to 1982, along with successor RW Cachets to 1985. A seldom-encountered series from an original subscriber. | Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $270.00 |
| 646 | FDC | Accumulation of well over 2,000 19th and 20th century covers of all types. Includes a widely diverse selection of commercial, first day, event, etc. covers, plus advertising corner cards, picture postcards, postalcards, etc. The groups of fancy cancels and Detroit corner cards may be of interest to look through. | Cat. Value: S.B. 220.00
Price Realized: $400.00 |
| 647 | FDC | First day cover collection of about 2,000 from the 1950’s-1980’s. Mostly cacheted and unaddressed. Along for the ride are 45 philatelic/numismatic souvenir cards. Clean fresh lot. | Cat. Value: S.B. 220.00
Price Realized: $260.00 |
| 648 | FDC | Small group of 23 better covers, each with significant catalog value or historical interest due either to franking or cachet. All early or mid 20th century, there are first days, inaugurations, and other annotated features to interest you. Well worth taking a look. | Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $325.00 |
| 649 | | Small group of 12 Black Jack covers, 11 x #73 and #93. Most are tied and of Eastern state origin. Condition is very mixed with some faults. | Cat. Value: cat. 1,065.00
Price Realized: $200.00 |
| 650 | FDC | Group of about 100 generally better mounted covers with interesting features annotated. Includes both 19th and 20th century covers, some with historical value greater than catalog value. We noted markings, frankings, cachets, and other features that make taking a look worthwhile. | Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $1,000.00 |
| 651 | FDC | Approximately 400 unaddressed 1970-1990’s FDC’s, House of Farnum, Colorano and Aristocrat cachets. Very clean group. | Cat. Value: S.B. 80.00
Price Realized: $80.00 |
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