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Public Auction #406

Click here for pre-auction bidding, ended November 19, 2010 at 7:00pm (New York time)
Bids updated November 19, 2010 at 6:09pm (New York time)

COVERS — United States
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
726CVWash n City, Dec 20 (1810) cds, Free Frank of Alber Gallatin (Sec of Treasure 1810-1814?). Tear through “Treasury” and a bit of “L” in Albert otherwise fresh, F-VF.Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $20.00
727CV(1) 5¢ Red Brown horizontal pair tied with a red grid cancel and Calais, ME red cds. Cover has a vertical fold. Stamps have margins at top, left and right, in at bottom and the left stamp has some minor damage due to the fold, Fine.Cat. Value: $1,400.00
Price Realized: $350.00
728CV(1) 5¢ Franklin tied to a red grid cancel, light red New York cds to right. Cover has a minor vertical fold at left. Stamp has four complete margins, F-VF.Cat. Value: $625.00
Price Realized: $270.00
729CV(161) 10¢ Continental Banknote to Frana tied with a Chicago Blue cds and red New York Paid ALL, fresh, VF.Cat. Value: S.B. 40.00
Price Realized: $34.00
730CVLifetime collection of over a thousand US postal cards, reply postal cards, airpost postal cards, etc. Includes an essentially complete run of mint and first day canceled cards up to the 2000’s, plus various commercial usages and UPSS catalog listed varieties, all mounted in Scott postal card albums. Annotations enhance much of the main material, plus some related specialties. Unusual for its scope and coverage.Cat. Value: S.B. 4,250.00
Price Realized: $3,250.00
731CVBox of over 1,000 covers and cards from stampless to the 1940’s. Includes a wide range of cancels, advertising topics, multi-colored registry frankings, etc. With a few air and naval events, PPCs and overseas destinations, there must be something here to interest nearly everyone.Cat. Value: S.B. 2,600.00
Price Realized: $2,600.00
732CVAround 2,900 covers which are primarily Space, Naval and 1st flights. Wide variety and clean.Cat. Value: S.B. 550.00
Price Realized: $1,200.00
733CVAn eclectic cover holding from an estate of about 3,000 items. 1,800 are common FDC, 400 inaugural the remainder is an array of interesting lower value airmails, postal history, a very few stampless and a myriad of other subjects. Better dig deep to find the diamonds in the rough.Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $550.00
734CVAccumulation of around 2,100 assorted naval covers from the 1930’s to the 1990’s in three cover trays. Generally includes ship hand cancels and cachets for everything from launches to decommissioning, with the events and ports of call in between. Quite a variety, but we did notice many uncachated and some duplicates. Worth a browse through.Cat. Value: S.B. 375.00
Price Realized: $700.00
735CVAn accumulation of several thousand WWII military related covers from an estate, which contain Army, Naval, etc. Loads of specialized pieces to be mined from these three cartons.Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00
Price Realized: $1,900.00
736CVGroup of 50 air-related covers and cards from the first 3rd of the 20th century. Half are different Akron/Macon covers, along with Zeppelins, first flights, balloons, catapults, expeditions, etc. Includes both familiar and seldom-seen cachets for all sorts of events that make for interesting reading.Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $650.00
737CVGroup of 18 colorful covers, mostly with banknote frankings. Includes various rates, cancels, and markings. Condition varies yet all are interesting to study for different reasons.Cat. Value: S.B. 240.00
Price Realized: $425.00
738CVOriginal stash of maybe 12,000 APO and FPO covers, both incoming and outgoing during the 1940’s to 1970’s. The majority is business reply mail, with no redeeming features other than the APO/FPO reference and postmark, but this could be raw material for research.Cat. Value: S.B. 180.00
Price Realized: $170.00
739CVAccumulation of around 600 covers and 100 picture postcards. Covers include some FDC’s and we spotted a $5.00 Prexy with a Rice cachet. Also in the group is a group of postal history with Chicago and Michigan origins. The picture postcards are Church and Religion orientation. Worth a quick look.Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00
Price Realized: $600.00
740FDCSouvenir page collection of over 350 different, all sleeved and inventoried, in pristine condition in three matching binders. Apparently complete from 1991 to 1999.Cat. Value: 2008 cat. 2,750.00
Price Realized: $160.00
741CVSmall accumulation of close to 400 semi modern, early airmail and a few 19th century and a bit of Puerto Rico entires. Duplication very heavy on just a few different.Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $55.00
742CVDealer’s bottom of the closet cleaning lot of a couple thousand cheap covers, some postal stationery and a few Fleetwood Duck prints. Should be good for something, maybe eBay.Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $270.00
743CVAn accumulation of a few thousand pieces of mail. We did spot a few pieces of 19th century and postage. Maybe good for someone who likes this kind of stuff.Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $240.00
744CVSix heavy cartons loaded with a few hundred US and UN FDC in subscription packing.Cat. Value: S.B. 75.00
Price Realized: $270.00