SINGLE COVER LOTS — United States Miscellaneous |
| Lot | Condition | Description | Value/Bidding |
| 162 | | Two matched Balbo flight covers. The first is “Italian Air Cruise to Newfoundland” with the $1.70 rate tied by purple cachet and July 23, 1933 duplex cancel. The second “Italian Air Cruise to Rome” with the $3.60 rate tied by Chicago July 18, 1933 cancel. Both cachets on the face and both color receiving marks on the back. Both have appropriate cachets and are in crisp well cared for condition. | Cat. Value: S. B. 550.00 Price Realized: $1,800.00 |
| 163 | | Pair of clean South American Europe/Pan-America round trip flight covers. The first a true round trip cover is franked with both C14 and C15 margin copies. Both are tied by cachet and (Apr 26, 1930) circle date duplex cancellation and is properly backstamped. The second is a USA – Germany cover paying the rate with a pair of C13 tied by a Lakehurst (Jun 2, 1930) flag machine cancel and the extra Lakehurst N.J. straight line cancellation. A pretty pair on matching Roessler air mail envelopes. | Cat. Value: Catalog. 1,375.00 Price Realized: $600.00 |
| 164 | | Franklin Fire Insurance Co., corner card cover used locally in Philadelphia, 1c blue (#63) tied by “US Penny Mail Phila. Pa. Sep. 12” octagonal postmark indicating local use. Very pretty cover. | Cat. Value: S. B. 150.00 Price Realized: $80.00 |
| 165 | | Savage Hammerless Rifles & Ammunition advertising cover franked with a 1¢ Louisiana Purchase commemorative tied with a Sep 7 1904 cds. to St Louis Mo. Cover with a minor corner wrinkle, tiny tear at bottom center and some small hinge remnants on the reverse. | Cat. Value: S. B. 100.00 Price Realized: $425.00 |
| 166 | | Cleveland Ohio, July 17, 1912 Streetcar “Trip 2” in the Dial cancelation. Very Rare with only 5 of these usages reported. (Type BT-200) Described in 1990 as a “True Gem” and one of the “Great rarities of Machine Cancel Collecting”. The only one we have ever seen. | Cat. Value: S. B. 100.00 Price Realized: $60.00 |
| 167 | | Pair of FDCs from the Norse-American Issue of 1926. Features plate blocks of eight of both #620 and #621. Uncacheted, but addressed to C. E. Nickles. Uses Washington D, C. killer handstamps May 18, 1926 to tie them to the covers. A matched set in better than usually seen condition. Missing from most advanced FDC collections. | Cat. Value: S. B. 100.00 Price Realized: $240.00 |
| 168 | | Three FDCs from the Prexie Issue of 1938. Features arrow margin blocks of four of both #832 and #833 plus a top arrow plate number pair of #834. Cacheted, unaddressed. Uses appropriate date Washington D, C. handstamps to tie them to the covers. A set of high values in better than usually seen condition. Missing from most advanced FDC collections. | Cat. Value: S. B. 100.00 Price Realized: $140.00 |
| 169 | | Zeppelin cover using C18 x 4 in a plate number (21172) block of four. Canceled during the 1933 World’s Fair flight in Akron, Ohio, October 28, 1933. Backstamp shows a New York November 18, 1933 Transit marking. A little rough condition on the right from handling. Lightly soiled. | Cat. Value: S. B. 50.00 Price Realized: $48.00 |
| 170 | | J. Lindley (Judge) Green 1904 penalty cover from an Alaska pioneer. Green served as commissioner and was dispatched to towns that had fallen apart as gold seekers abandoned areas for the big strike. This cover is from Rampart, Alaska that had been virtually abandoned in 1903. Here is an attempt by Green to find a land owner using only hearsay from the local natives. Dispatched from Rampart. Alaska Oct 1, 1904 it arrived in Fairbanks Nov 19, 1904. Because W.G. Strong could not be located it was returned to Judge Green still in Rampart. Remailed Jan 28, 1905 received back in Rampart 100+ miles to the north Feb17, 1905. A little rough from its amazing journey this cover is a rare survivor. | Cat. Value: S. B. 50.00 Price Realized: $50.00 |
| 171 | | Outstanding colorful advertising cover from 1896. Paint is the category specifically the Longman & Martinez manufacturers and exporters paint company from New York. Both sides, multi colored presentation on a regular #6 business envelope neatly opened at right. Pure Paints emblem on the front with an East of the Mississippi River map on the reverse. Better than choice condition with full corners and margins. Great condition rare two sided color presentation. | Cat. Value: S. B. 50.00 Price Realized: $110.00 |
| 172 | | Registered cover from New York to Massachusetts mailed on December 16, 1893 using # 233 (SE) and #235 to pay the registered rate. Great Stamp Dealer (Albrecht, 90 Nassau Street) cover. Lightly soiled period cover. | Cat. Value: S. B. 40.00 Price Realized: $75.00 |
| 173 | | Bank to bank cover May 15, 1901, Philadelphia to Lewistown. Early proper use of #296. Suitable backstamp. One post office wrinkle. | Cat. Value: S. B. 30.00 Price Realized: $16.00 |