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Public Auction #436

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COVER ACCUMULATIONS — United States
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
477CVLarge carton filled with modern PNC covers. Lots of large sized commercial from the hey day of this genre. Between 800 and 1200 in all.Cat. Value: S.B. 110.00
Price Realized: $170.00
478CVFDCCover accumulation in five cartons. Includes mainly United States FDCs, commercial, and event covers roughly several thousand in nature from the 1830s to the 1970s. Entails around 120 folded letter covers from the 1830s to 1850s ranging in poor to A-OK condition unfolded in three binders. The FDCs are common but very clean from the 1940s to 1970s as well as two albums of space covers from around 1970. A few worldwide covers are included. A most intriguing lot.Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $425.00
479CVFDCUnited States nine bankers boxes filled with postal history from 19th century to contemporary, FDC’s, event covers and picture postcards. Easy profits at bourses in 50 cent to dollar boxes after a few better are culled out.Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $375.00
480CVUnited States mainly postal stationery accumulation as received from the Mountainside holding in seven cartons. The holding mostly consists of thousands of unused postal cards and the like from the most often encountered eras. Includes a small box of interesting airplane/aviation related postcards, another box of first flights from the1950s to 1960s as well as some common postal history. Also entails a carton of Australian postal stationery mainly from the 1980s. A beneficial selection.Cat. Value: S.B. 220.00
Price Realized: $130.00
481CVUnited States assortment as received from an estate in the Wolverine State in two cartons. While you will find several hundred common commercial covers and postal stationery mainly from the 1940s to the 1990s as well as there are about 75 “better” or interesting items running from 1840 to the 1930s in a small plastic box and two small binders and an exhibit of the "Postal Usage of the One Cent Blue First Bureau Issue of 1890" having over an additional 25 covers. Condition is a factor of many of the items which does not distract from the fascinating nature of this postal history. Viewing a must.Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $750.00
482CVUnited States selection as received from an estate in the Wolverine State in one carton. Comprises a Milcopex Vermeil winning exhibit for “Postal Rates under the Postal Act of April 9, 1816” of about 175 stampless covers from 1816 to 1845 nicely identified and annotated in seven binders. The exhibit was the pride and joy for the collector. Also includes a neat 1877 to 1899 Plimpton and Morgan Issue assortment in a Lindner binder and slipcase of over twenty used and unused issues. A delight to view.Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00
Price Realized: $750.00
483CVFDCUnited States bourse worn accumulation in two cartons. Comprises owner’s count of 1,700 mostly cacheted many unaddressed FDCs from the 1930s to 1980s and also owner’s count of 277 First Day programs and large FDCs from the 1960s to early 2000s all have duplication.Cat. Value: S.B. 140.00
Price Realized: $400.00
484CVMichigan bourse worn cover accumulation in one carton. Owner’s count of 1,384 covers and postal stationery having town cancels, DPO, Event covers mostly from the 20th Century. A Wolverine resident or collector will howl after seeing this holding.Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00
Price Realized: $190.00
485FDCWell organized stock of 1st days in thirty-one boxes, containing approximately 12,000 covers. Starts in the mid 700’s and runs to the early 3600’s plus the corresponding airmails and stationary. The first part is uncacheted, addressed turning to cacheted, unaddressed, to cacheted, unaddressed with the majority being the last mentioned. Useable duplication and over all very clean. Great for lists or eBay.Cat. Value: S.B. 900.00
Price Realized: $800.00
486CVUnited States cover accumulation from the 1890s to the 2000s in five cartons. Roughly 2,500 common covers, postal stationery and postcards mostly having Pennsylvania towns cancels. Excellent candidate for a quarter bourse table.Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00
Price Realized: $300.00
487CVFDCUnited States assortment in ten cartons from the Central Michigan holding. Hundreds and hundreds of mainly noncacheted FDCs from the 1960s to 2000s in albums, loose, some postal history, unused postal stationery, subscription items mostly worldwide plus miscellany. Pound for pound a good value if you do flea markets. Offered appropriately.Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $170.00
488CVFDCUnited States assortment in two of our largest cartons having an owner’s count of 2.850+ covers. Consists of 1,350+ US Navy Ships mostly from the 1960s having 780 submarines, 120 aircraft carriers and 430+ other ships. Approximately 1,000 are aviation covers from the 1930s to 2000s including Airport Dedications, Events, FDCs, Jet Age and Cam First Flight from the 1930s (about 400). Rounding out this selection are around 500 Arctic/Antarctica mainly from the 1960s. Most of this holding have been sleeved by the owner. Well worth your time to view.Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00
Price Realized: $450.00
489CVUnited States Space selection in one of our largest carton having an owner’s count of 1,950 covers. Approximately 25% are Manned Missions consisting of Apollo, ASTP, Shuttle FDCs, most Skylab and 75% are Unmanned comprising Satellites, Rockets, Missiles, Planets, FDCs. Includes roughly 50 Milestone of Flights (no #1) and 450 mostly Star Trek, Star Wars, UFO covers mainly from the 1970s to 1990s. Most are sleeved. Good resale potential.Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $290.00
490O*CVNebraska accumulation from the Cornhusker estate in two cartons. Around 200 covers and postal stationery nicely identified, annotated and mounted in four binders. Includes six territorial, several advertising, and array of interesting post history. Also includes other related Nebraska material including precancels, Trans-Mississippi cinderellas, and likewise ephemera. A holding you need to view.Cat. Value: S.B. 550.00
Price Realized: $375.00
491O*CVThirteen boxes filled with thousands of picture post cards, hundreds of FDC’s, event covers, postal history, postal stationary, ephemera and even some stamps. Much is sorted by topic. Nothing expensive just a lot of it. Great flea market fodder.Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $375.00
492CVThirteen Michigan stampless covers from the 1840s to 1850s. Towns cancels consist of five from Detroit, two from Kalamazoo, Ionia, and one each from, Jackson, Niles, Albion, and Monroe.Cat. Value: S.B. 75.00
Price Realized: $55.00