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Public Auction #415

Click here for pre-auction bidding, ended February 22, 2013 at 7:00pm (New York time)
Bids updated February 22, 2013 at 6:26pm (New York time)

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COVERS — United States
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
669CV(20L0) 2¢ Black on green local on cover tied with a “PAID JTB”, also second “PAID JTB” at left and oval BOYD’S CITY EXPRESS POST cds. Cover shows its age, stamp cut in at top, Fine.Cat. Value: $200.00
Price Realized: $28.00
670CV(1) Two 5¢ Franklins lightly tied with a red grid cancel on a folded letter to Toronto C.W. Queenstown NOV 12, 1848 U.C. receiving mark. Cover has a small tear at bottom center and an internal tear just right of the right stamp. Also reverse flap faults. Right stamp covers part of the left stamp so impossible to determine if it has four full margin, very close at bottom. Right stamp close to cutting in at top bottom and right. Full left margin, Fine.Cat. Value: cat. 975.00
Price Realized: $500.00
671CV(C13) Two 65¢ values on a large envelope to Berlin. Cover has serious to very serious creases. Top stamp with a perf stain, bottom stamp with a couple creases. Both centered Fine.Cat. Value: $350.00
Price Realized: $130.00
672CV(C13) 65¢ on a one way A.C. Roessler private mailing card. Card has trivial corner bends. Stamp is centered Fine.Cat. Value: $175.00
Price Realized: $170.00
673CV(C14) $1.30 on round trip zeppelin cover. Cover has a paper clip crease and a few other minor faults. Stamp has a ccr and centered VF.Cat. Value: $400.00
Price Realized: $210.00
674CV(C14) $1.30 on Zeppelin flight cover. Cover has hrs on reverse, corner bends and a few tears at top. Stamp has a trivial corner perf crease. Centered F-VF.Cat. Value: cat. 400.00
Price Realized: $200.00
675CV(C14) $1.30 Zeppelin pair as an Ioor cacheted flight cover. Cover has a few trivial wrinkles and some mount glazing on reverse. Stamps are Fine centered.Cat. Value: $775.00
Price Realized: $300.00
676CV(C18) a group of eleven 50¢ Zeppelin flight covers. Condition is mixed and there is some duplication.Cat. Value: S.B. 220.00
Price Realized: $325.00
677CV(U10) 3¢ red on buff with a clear Aug 5 1858 strike of the LEAVENWORTH CITY K.T. cds, the first city to incorporate in the Kansas Territory, addressed to Maine.Cat. Value: S.B. 120.00
Price Realized: $40.00
678CV(U58) 3¢ pink with Pacific Union Express frank used by Wells Fargo in Stockton, Calif., after buying the company in 1869.Cat. Value: S.B. 90.00
Price Realized: $34.00
679CVConfederate States (5) 10¢ Rose tied to an advertising cover with a black JUN 20, 1862 Richard, Va cds. Cover has a repair in the lower left corner and the flap has been expertly rejoined. Also a small blemish on reverse. Stamp has four margins, VF centered.Cat. Value: $800.00
Price Realized: $550.00
680FDCDealer stock of probably 1,100 apparently all different usually unaddressed FDCs from 1960 to 2011, all sleeved and priced. Includes a wide variety of generally full color cachets, with some HD/HP, a number of combos on reused cacheted event covers from the 1930s to 1970s, and a few inaugurals. With matched sets of from 2 to 50, about 650 items are shown on the enclosed tapes. A very clean and attractive stock needing minimal straightening out to display for sale at a significant discount.Cat. Value: Retail 20,000.00+
Price Realized: $650.00
681CVCover accumulation in nine small cartons. Approximately 6500 first day, event and commercial covers from 1860s to 1990s with duplication. Spotted around 500 Fluegel cacheted from the 1950s and 1960s plus a few foreign covers that wouldn’t fit in any other lots. There could be some sleepers here as we did not have time to search. Great for eBay or dealer box lots. Readily resalable.Cat. Value: S.B. 900.00
Price Realized: $1,250.00
682CVFDCAccumulation of around 2,500 assorted covers generally from the first half of the 20th century filling three boxes. Includes mostly cacheted first days, flights, and other air events, plus a variety of other topics and some postal history. Appears unorganized, but with light duplication, so viewing of each box is recommended.Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $1,300.00
683CVFDCAccumulation of over 4,000 assorted covers generally from the 1920s to the 1950s filling five boxes. Includes cacheted and uncacheted first days, CAMs, other air events, postal history, etc. Mostly unorganized, but apparently with heavy duplication in places, each box merits a quick look.Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00
Price Realized: $1,050.00
684CVFDCOver 900 unorganized assorted 1940s to 2000s US covers, generally sleeved and priced. Includes mostly modern cacheted first days, plus some events, some earlier postal history, some uncacheted FDCs, and a few paquebot, HPO, and duplicate covers, etc. Fun variety for cover people to separate the wheat from the chaff.Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $270.00
685CV17 catapult covers from 1929. 13 covers and 4 Postalcards or postcards, all “Bremen”, interesting and varying franking usages. All but one mailed to Basel, Switzerland or various German cities. Ready for eBay resale.Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $325.00
686CVAccumulation of over 60 advertising covers in a small box. Going from 1880s to 1930s, varying condition from age and storage. Noted of interest, Henry Weinhard Bottled Beer Portland OR, Williamsport PA taxidermy, Horton’s Ice Cream, New York, Cooper Distilled Bourbon CO, Ky and Kentucky Derby 1939. Condition a little mixed. Internet saleable.Cat. Value: S.B. 425.00
Price Realized: $600.00
687FDCDealer box of about 300 mostly different first days from 1923 to 1940, sleeved and optimistically priced. Generally the typical distribution of uncachated 2¢ reds, familiar cachets with duplication, some sets (but neither prexy nor Famous American sets), and various condition. It does include scattered better cachets and a couple non FDCs to pique some interest.Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00
Price Realized: $240.00
688CVAccumulation of around 2000 covers and 1000 picture postcards. Cover are mostly FDC’s (few early multicolor Flugels), events, etc. the picture postcards are all over the board. Viewing could be fruitful.Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00
Price Realized: $700.00

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