COVERS, UNITED STATES AND GENERAL FOREIGN — Collections and Accumulations |
| Lot | Condition | Description | Value/Bidding |
| 789 |  | Catapult covers, nice group of 85 almost all different from 1929 to 1935. Includes 52 “Bremen”, 31 “Europa”, and two “Ile de France” flown covers, all with appropriate handstamps and a wide variety of cancels and frankings. Each is identified and priced, and ready for sale. A valuable selection of this popular specialty. | Cat. Value: S.B 3,250.00 Price Realized: $2,400.00 |
| 790 |  | Accumulation of over 300 assorted covers rather randomly mounted in two bulging albums. Mostly early 20th century US flights and other air events, but over a third are 19th century commercial covers or foreign flights, etc. We noted various Zepps, catapults, Lindberghania, better frankings and markings, and a few first days of no consequence. Extended viewing could uncover more good covers behind the covers. | Cat. Value: S.B 750.00 Price Realized: $2,000.00 |
| 791 |  | A few thousand arranged in boxes and in books which are a real soup to nuts combination. They range from very interesting postal history to common contemporary commercial mail plus 1st days and subscription items. | Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00 Price Realized: $1,100.00 |
| 792 |  | A few thousand covers that’s fairly evenly split between US and Worldwide with most of the foreign commercial and most of the US 1st days. Good for dollar boxes. | Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00 Price Realized: $650.00 |
| 793 | FDC | Group of well over 200 sleeved covers ranging from Civil War era to space exploration, with maybe a third of them foreign. Includes first days, flights, events, advertising, and all sorts of cachets, frankings, and markings to make them interesting. Warrants a look-see. | Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00 Price Realized: $750.00 |
| 794 | FDC | Wildly assorted covers and picture postcards, with a couple hundred US and a couple hundred foreign from all eras. Includes first days, events, commercial, mint stationery, etc. and even Battleship revenues on checks. All are sleeved and priced, many have various shapes and sizes that require deliberate viewing to not miss anything, and overall condition is fairly rough. | Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00 Price Realized: $375.00 |
| 795 |  | Probably a couple thousand worldwide covers ranging from stampless to modern FDC’s. A few better are hidden among the dregs. | Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00 Price Realized: $425.00 |
| 796 |  | Few thousand cheap covers and picture postcards. Wide variety of subjects and markings. Good dollar table candidate. | Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00 Price Realized: $170.00 |
| 797 |  | Accumulation of over a thousand items. Both 19th and 20th century present. Mostly dollar table candidates, however, we did spot an occasional nugget. Condition very mixed. Look this one over carefully. | Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00 Price Realized: $475.00 |