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Public Auction #442

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COVERS — United States
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
1383CV(15L8) 2˘ Blood local. Unused on cover. 1975 APS certificate (22066) states, “Scott No. 15L8, uncancelled on cover, genuine in all respects.”Cat. Value: Cat. 500.00
Price Realized: $130.00
1384CV(319) tied with a Teddy Roosevelt reelection label on a commercial cover (October 7, 1904). Roughly handled, missing backflap, and somewhat soiled. See the webphotos.Cat. Value: S.B. 40.00
Price Realized: $38.00
1385CV(C12) tied on a 1930 yacht race cover posted on board and sent via airmail from Rhode Island to New Jersey with backstampCat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $26.00
1386CV(C13-C15) Pretty matched set of 1930 Zeppelin covers. All have minor corner wrinkles and a bit of toning at the edges. The stamps are centered F-VF with the C15 with a trivial toned perf at the lower right.Cat. Value: Cat. 1110.00
Price Realized: $425.00
1387CV(C13-C15) Matched set of 1930 Zeppelin flights. Couple minor corner wrinkles, bright, centered VF.Cat. Value: Cat. 1100.00
Price Realized: $600.00
1388CV(C13) 65˘ 1930 Zeppelin tied on a postcard. Minor corner wrinkles and a couple corners are creases. Bit of edge issues and a trivial smudge at lower right. The stamp is centered F-VF.Cat. Value: Cat. 165.00
Price Realized: $100.00
1389CVTwo Rossler US rocket flight of 1935 covers that happened in 1936. These two mini covers (45 x 73mm) use a 6 cent winged globe for "postage" along with a green and red "rocket airmail" label. See the web photos.Cat. Value: S.B. 60.00
Price Realized: $55.00
1390CVTwo catapult covers (1929 and 1931) from US to Germany. Mixed condition with various small cover faults. See the webphotos.Cat. Value: S.B. 60.00
Price Realized: $60.00
1391CVAdvertising cover for the "Eagle Cotton Gins and Machinery" company in New Orleans. Sent on February 26, 1885 to Cincinnati during the "World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition. Both sides are shown in the webphotos.Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $55.00
1392CVCrash cover December 17, 1955 in Hollywood, South Carolina. The enclosed newspaper article indicates "over 90% of the mail is unsalvageable". This New York meter mail example is in near perfect condition with its clear "Damaged in plane crash" handstamp.Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $24.00
1393CVNew Bedford George L. Brownell Fine Hearses and Undertakers Wagons advertising cover cancelled there on March 2, 1894. Mailed and backstamped on March 3 in Sanbornton, NH.Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $42.00
1394CVTwo late 1920s first flight covers with interesting and unusual frankings using, on the first, a 3 cent Washington booklet pane and on the second, a coil strip of six of a 3 cent Washington. See the webphotos.Cat. Value: S.B. 40.00
Price Realized: $36.00
1395CVTwo airmail covers from the 5th Marines in Nicaragua both back to the USA (September 18, 1931) and (March 26, 1932). Roughly opened with plenty of faults from transport. Legible cancels.Cat. Value: S.B. 40.00
Price Realized: $30.00