COVER ACCUMULATIONS — United States |
| Lot | Condition | Description | Value/Bidding |
| 531 | FDC | Over a hundred somewhat better covers all priced and sleeved and housed in three 3-ring binders. Includes chiefly 19th century to mid 20th century. It’s a mix of postal history, philatelic and 1st days. Good lot for the general bourse dealer or ebayer. | Cat. Value: S.B. 2100.00 Price Realized: $1,700.00 |
| 532 | FDC | United States outstanding 1930s FDCs selection in one carton. Approximately 1,100 mostly cacheted covers organized nicely in order in two cover boxes. Includes #704-14 on one cover and #853 first Aircraft on an addressed FDC. A variety of cachets greet the viewer. Take some time to search this out of sight offering as it may be a money maker for you. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1500.00 Price Realized: $1,900.00 |
| 533 | | California postal history accumulation in one carton. Around 400 covers mainly from the 19th Century having a few stampless, interesting frankings, and some advertising. Includes some unusual towns cancels of Downieville, Long Bar, Mission San Jose, Johnsons Ranch, Empire Ranch, Gold Gulch, Telegraph City, Grayson, etc. Viewing a must to fully appreciate this holding. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1250.00 Price Realized: $3,500.00 |
| 534 | | Collection of mainly all different 55 Western Express covers in a pizza size box. Nicely arranged on black pages, this selection offers many unusual examples from this 19th Century Express Company. The scans only can show so much. You need take some time to careful view this offering as you will not seen another one again in decades. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1250.00 Price Realized: $1,350.00 |
| 535 | | Over 200 hand picked 19th and 20th century mainly US covers. The former owner paid a pretty penny for each of these to form the basis of a stock that he never got to share. Comprises better stamps, usages, Western States Territorials, early Oregon etc. Owner's replacement cost is listed at nearly $5,500.00. Take a look; real postal history value here. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1200.00 Price Realized: $2,800.00 |
| 536 | FDC | (1909, 2122, O133) all identical cacheted, unaddressed x10 F-VF | Cat. Value: Catalog 1125.00 Price Realized: $85.00 |
| 537 | | United States Space mainly cacheted and unaddressed assortment in two cartons. Owner’s count of approximately 2,900 covers and FDC's mostly sleeved from the 1970's to the 2000's with some duplication. in six small boxes. Approximately 80% are manned flights which encompass Apollo, Skylab, ASTP, and Shuttle. The unmanned flights include satellites, rockets, missiles etc. A wonderful lot for the outer space collector. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1100.00 Price Realized: $700.00 |
| 538 | | Wells Fargo selection in a pizza size box. Entails 47 covers mostly having California town cancels nicely displayed on black four pocket pages. Towns include Spanish Ranch, Susanville, Volcano, Strawberry, Winters, Dutch Flat, Camancha, Chinese Camp, Mortonville etc. plus one cancelled Salt Lake City, Utah Territory. Two covers are Well Fargo Mexico, one 1880 cover has a Well Fargo letterhead but not in a Wells Fargo envelope, and one is unused. A unusual offering of early Californian postal history. | Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00 Price Realized: $1,250.00 |
| 539 | FDC | United States hand painted FDCs assortment in one carton. Around 575 FDCs consisting of about 55% by Collins from 1984 to 2006 mostly from the 1990s, around 30% by Ham from 1978 to 2001 and the rest by Geerlings from 1987 to 1994. A nice clean lot from popular hand painted cachet makers. | Cat. Value: S.B. 700.00 Price Realized: $1,800.00 |
| 540 | FDC | United States topical cover collections from 1970 to 2015 in six cartons. Hundreds and hundreds of mainly FDCs, Event covers with various cachets and postcards. The collector had a passion for these topicals which can be reflected on the way that he identified, mounted them nicely on on pages in their binders. Includes eight binders of Minnesota themes from Fort Snelling in 1970 to Statehood in 2008. Also entails Chinese Lunar New Year, Halloween, Circus Bicycles, Music, and Baseball. Coming along for the ride are five binders of FDCs, souvenir pages, and mint stamps from 2012 to 2016 arranged by year. | Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00 Price Realized: $1,350.00 |