| COVERS — United States And General Foreign |
| Lot | Condition | Description | Value/Bidding |
| 706 |  | Rocket mail collection of over 400 cards and covers plus dozens of extra labels mounted in five albums. Includes mostly different cachets, labels, autographs, and auxiliary markings from the 1930s to the 1960s from numerous countries, with strength in US, Germany, Netherlands, etc. Nice group for stock or to integrate into your collection. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1,900.00
Price Realized: $4,250.00 |
| 707 | FDC | Pair of boxes with likely over 2,000 commercial or first day covers, often to the same Indiana guy in the 1950s, that vary in size and condition. You will note all sorts of frankings, cancels and cachets as you browse through. S.B. 1,900.00 | Cat. Value: S.B. 1,900.00
Price Realized: $1,700.00 |
| 708 | FDC | Accumulation stored since 1971 of what looks to be well over 4,000 assorted 1930s to 1970s first day and event covers in 12 cartons. Many are still in the original inventoried mailings from the cachetmakers, and others are in small unsorted bundles apparently as purchased and put away. We noted significant numbers of Fluegel patriotics, Pent Arts #10s, Cachetcraft sets, plus Fulton, Fidelity, Farnam, Crosby, Artmaster, Artcraft and others, most as pristine as received. Included are inaugurations, stamp shows, first flights, and other events, but also many uncacheted covers throughout. A couple of cartons worth of UN, Canada, Canal Zone, and other countries are also present. Better items include US 834, 855, C18, etc. Duplication throughout like six UN 38s is likely to be found as you triage these boxes and turn up surprises from this original hoard. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1,500.00
Price Realized: $3,500.00 |
| 709 | | Approximately 2,000 covers in three cartons. Covering from mid 19th century to later 20th century with strength from US, Germany and area, Egypt plus Switzerland. Condition varies so closer inspection recommended. Noted are some fronts of the US Civil War selection. Postalcards also included. Closer inspection recommended. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1,450.00
Price Realized: $4,000.00 |
| 710 | | Cover and postcard accumulation of around 3,500 from a veteran Central Illinois collector. Running from the 19th century to the 20th century this terrific selection has an interesting variety. Spotted was a small cover album with a 1912 2˘ College Postage from St. Johns VT, 1946 cacheted Atomic Bomb Bikini Atoll US Navy Fleet PO, US #20 plate 2 Utica, NY Lodge 1858, US #115 6˘ advertising Eureka Smut Machine Silver Creek, NY, 20 German East Africa postcards and postcards with stamps. Also includes a binder with French Indochina. Worth close inspection. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1,250.00
Price Realized: $1,050.00 |
| 711 | | Attractive group of 33 different cards and covers, with 19 flown Zeppelins, three DOX, and five catapult. Originating from at least 13 countries, and many with special Zeppelin frankings, they provide a good sampling of the early desirable flights. | Cat. Value: S.B. 950.00
Price Realized: $1,400.00 |
| 712 | | Box of about 180 19th and 20th century cards and covers. Best are small groups of flown Zeppelin/catapult, US local/express company, and early to/from colonial usages. Worst won’t even make someone’s dollar table, but many early US and Germany covers in between will be of interest to a range of collectors. Attentive browsing recommended. | Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $1,050.00 |
| 713 | | 77 better covers detached from an estate and placed in a small white box. Includes US C18, two Papal States 1869, five US stampless folded letters, one Confederate, four German Zeppelin, China, Germany, Prussia as highlights. Dates range from mid 19th century to the 1950s. Condition varies so closer inspection recommended. | Cat. Value: S.B. 550.00
Price Realized: $750.00 |
| 714 | | Worldwide covers (just over 1000) in a large carton. Best parts are the 400+ clean Polar related covers amassed by a collector in the 1970s. Noted Arctic, Antarctic, Ship covers, Operation Deep freeze, etc. along with several hundred commercial covers from odd places such as Korea, UAR, Somalia, etc. and over 60 Colorano Pope covers. Most would be good individual internet covers after research and write up. | Cat. Value: S.B. 550.00
Price Realized: $600.00 |
| 715 | | Over two dozen airmail covers from the 1920s and 1930s. Mostly Zeppelin flights and stronger overall in Germany along with several US. Wide variety with some better. | Cat. Value: S.B. 550.00
Price Realized: $800.00 |
| 716 | FDC | Accumulation of a couple thousand assorted covers and cards filling two cartons. One contains worldwide first days, events, postal history, etc., with a nice little stack of Vietnam. The other contains sections of US topics such as Zeppelin anniversaries, inaugurations, Civil War patriotics, Boy Scouts, picture postcards, and even a few revenues on documents. Diverse material to interest many collectors. | Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $600.00 |
| 717 | FDC | Accumulation of several hundred in albums and hundreds more loose. Ranges from stampless to modern, with cacheted and uncacheted first days, events including Zeppelin flights, commercial, stationery, foreign, etc. all intermixed so you don’t know what will turn up next. There are interesting and useful pieces throughout the albums and deep duplication in the loose box. | Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $850.00 |
| 718 | FDC | Collection on pages of about 200 mostly Germany and area commercial or commemorative covers and cards from all eras, including Saar and other areas. Also a small group of Iceland, a few US and elsewhere. We noted a variety of first day, event cancels, cachets, better frankings and markings in no order, so a quick look all the way through should be beneficial. | Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $600.00 |
| 719 | | Worldwide covers directly from the consignor in two cartons. Around a thousand covers with excessive amount of US first covers many in albums. Ranging from 1900 to 1990s with a decent selection of worldwide. Exploration necessary as final destination will be a dollar table. | Cat. Value: S.B. 350.00
Price Realized: $270.00 |
| 720 | | Remainder lot in a small carton here because its value is mainly covers. Highlights include approximately 500 covers with a German flavor mixed in with a few US and foreign commercial and FDCs. Along for the ride are some nebulous stamps (Israel and others) that got blended with the covers. | Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $350.00 |
| 721 | | Accumulation of several covers from a veteran Hoosier topical collector in a shoebox. Stretching from 1896 to 1990s most of these covers are a compliment to the collector’s “maps on stamps” collection. Includes 1933 US First Flight to Haiti autographed by J. Erroll Boyd the “Lindbergh of Canada” who was the first Canadian to fly across the Atlantic, Spanish Andorra postcard with #49 and, China/Formosa 1955 mulitfranking maps. If you are looking for that elusive map on stamp cover, do not miss out on this selection. | Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $200.00 |
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