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Public Auction #443

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COVER ACCUMULATIONS — United States
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
122CVAssortment of sixty-five Michigan mostly commercial covers from the 1850s to 1948. Some cancels are Marshall, Kalamazoo, Tecumseh, Aurelius, Holland, Ferry, Paw Paw, Chesaning, Ann Arbor etc. Condition varies so inspection recommended.Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $190.00
123CVApollo 16 Space assortment of owner’s count of approximately 10,000 mainly unaddressed covers in two large cartons. Lots of varieties including dates, cancel cities, #1435-35 Space Achievement Decade. Heavy duplication particularly Moon Landing and Splashdown. Many are sleeved.Cat. Value: S.B. 1500.00
Price Realized: $750.00
124CVApollo 11 C76 FDC holding having owner’s count of approximately 3,700 unaddressed in four cartons. Contains Sarzin one hundred FDCs having ten varieties of mission milestones, Apollo 8 oversized postcards with C76 roughly eighty with faint to missing cancels. Also, Sarzin oversized metallic facsimile of around 150 for the Moon Landing, Schoen around 250, a few anniversaries, and 700 Space City Cover Society three varieties C76 Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins. Roughly 2,400 are NASA Manned Spacecraft Stamp Club having some anniversaries. Likewise includes an additional 2,600 unissued envelopes having about 1,100 from the NASA Manned Club, 550 Apollo from the Lunar Post Office Swanson, 500 Apollo Schoen/Space City Cover Society and 500 miscellaneous.Cat. Value: S.B. 1500.00
Price Realized: $500.00
125CVAn amazing postal history accumulation from the Gator Estate. Around 200 diverse examples of stampless, registered, trans-Atlantic, rates, auxiliary marks, etc. Condition is mixed. A worthy group that must be seen to be appreciated.Cat. Value: S.B. 1400.00
Price Realized: $2,700.00
126CVExpert cancel collector's hoard of US covers and cards in 39 binders on heavy plastic pages filling eight heavy cartons. The previous owner had a variety of interests and everything that made it to these albums was saved for a reason. Almost everything in this group is post 1895. Somewhere near 4.000 pieces that include picture postcards, postal stationery and covers. Topics include: Modern postal history embracing rates, destinations, and usages. If you look close a number of scarce and valuable pieces are included. Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada postal history with obscure towns, territorial markings, and destinations. AMF and RPO usages. Commercial mail to and from Canal Zone, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. Postal card and postal stationery in period usages. And odd and unusual definitive issue usages. All the knowledge necessary to amass such a holding should not be lost so offered intact as received. A bargain at the suggested bid.Cat. Value: S.B. 1300.00
Price Realized: $1,800.00
127CVApollo 17 Space selection of owner's count of approximately 5,600 mostly unaddressed covers in two large cartons. Contains all cachets roughly 95% Manned Spaceflight covers having lots of dates with #1434-35 Space Achievement Decade, cancel cities with heavy duplication on Launch, Moon Landing, Splashdown. About 1% are miscellaneous Mission cachets, 1% Tracking Stations, 3% Sarzin Metallic Dates (over 160) in nine issues. Many are sleeved.Cat. Value: S.B. 1000.00
Price Realized: $500.00
128CVAssortment from the 1860s to the 1930s in two large cartons. Owner’s count of 2,472 commercial covers, postcards, and postal stationery. Includes 826 Doanes mainly postcards from Kentucky (306), Tennessee (120), Indiana (308), and South Carolina (92) involving several DPOs, 347 town cancels mainly pre-1920 four bars having some Doanes, around 300 flag cancels majority on cover etc. Good variety. Needs to find the right Ebayer to market.Cat. Value: S.B. 850.00
Price Realized: $950.00
129CVAccumulation of United States roughly from the 1830s to the 1950s in one large carton. Between 800 to 1,000 items approximately evenly divided between commercial and airmail covers as well as some postal stationery and postcards. Spotted an interesting grouping of stampless. Condition varies. A soup to nuts offering.Cat. Value: S.B. 850.00
Price Realized: $2,200.00
130CVAccumulation in eight cartons. Roughly 5,000 United States mostly cacheted FDCs and Event covers from the 1930s to the early 2000s. Includes souvenir pages from the 1970s to 1980s as well as about 10% are Civil War Event covers from the 1960s. Searching will reveal some interesting items that might be especially for you.Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $650.00
131CVSatellite and Rocket assortment having the owner’s count of approximately 5,500 Space cacheted covers from the 1960s to 1990s having a concentration in the 1960s-1970s in three cartons. Contains several different programs including Echo I (400 FDCs, #1173 FIRST cachet from Aerojet Stamps & Coin), Poker Flats Alaska, Big Bird, Aurora, Big shot, Bio, Bomarc, Aerobee, Atlas, ATS, Landsat, Nike, GPS, Hubble, IMP, Comsat, ERTS, ESSA, Inmarsat, Intelsat, OSS, Explorer, ITOS, Skyspy, Telstar, THOR, TIROS, Pogp, Quicklock, SAMOS, Secret, Tita, Tomahawk, Trident, Vela, and Westar. Duplication exists. Resale potential.Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $500.00
132CVPlanets and Mission assortment having the owner’s count of approximately 6,400 Space mainly unaddressed cacheted covers and FDCs from the 1960s to the 1990s in four cartons. Most are Mission covers including Mars (Mariner, Viking, Observer, Pathfinder, Polar Lander, PAET), Jupiter (Pioneer), Venus (Express, Pioneer), Sun (HEOS, Ulysses), Moon (Clementine), Lunar Explorer, Lunar Orbiter, Lunar Prospector, and Ranger (Surveyor, Cassini, Pioneer). Remaining are FDCs from Space City Cover Society having heavy duplication, #1556 Pioneer Jupiter (roughly 250, eight varieties), #1557 Marnier 10 Mercury (roughly 1,750, some blocks fourteen varieties), #1759 Mars Viking (around 500, some blocks, thirteen varieties), #2568-77 Space Exploration, (around 900, our planets including Moon and Pluto). Needs to find a new home.Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $650.00
133CVAn inspiring assembly of well over 90 advertising covers from the Gator Estate. Mainly 1880’s to 1920’s. Contains a wide variety of themes and subject of the time, including a few multi-color types. Condition is mixed. Good way to wet your whistle while trying to find a direction to your liking.Cat. Value: S.B. 700.00
Price Realized: $1,350.00
134CVCollection/assortment roughly from the 1850s to the 1950s in two cartons. Contains hundreds and hundreds of United States mainly RPO commercial covers, postal stationery, and postcards organized and identified in eight binders. Has several interesting cancels to view. Spotted a wide range of railroads. All aboard!Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $600.00
135CVArkansas collection from the 1870s to the 1990s in three cartons. Hundreds and hundreds of commercial, Event covers, FDCs, postal stationery, and postcards in sixteen binders. Comprises RPO, doane, flag cancels, US Ships, First Flights, 100th Anniversary Statehood 1936 selection that would make any Arkansan native or specialist smile.Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00
Price Realized: $375.00
136CVForever Ohio! Important opportunity for lovers of Ohio postal history, late nineteenth century through 1990’s. Six binders of roughly organized commercial and philatelic covers, postcards, postal cards, etc., each featuring a clear postmark from a town or city in Ohio. Some covers celebrate Ohio’s statehood; others focus on the state’s great counties (e.g., Seneca); several highlight the state’s noteworthy municipalities (e.g., Tiffin); and many commemorate special events in the state’s history. The lot needs a loving, knowledgeable hand to cull and reorganize the mass of material. Contains the foundation of an Ohio-focused exhibit.Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $700.00
137CVAn incredible horde of almost entirely First day Covers in 12 bulbous cartons. Nested mainly in neatly presented uniquely manufactured binders. Mainly acquired from an overpriced subscription promoter. Combination of addressed and unaddressed, very clean. Also includes a dealer’s stock sorted by Scott number thrown in for a bonus. Great way to fill up your selves for a fraction of the original cost. Shipping weight approx. 260lbs, call or email for a rate quote.Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $325.00
138CVApollo 8 Space assortment of owner’s count of approximately 2,500 mostly unaddressed FDCs in two large cartons. Includes around 400 Sarzin having nine varieties showing mission milestones. Roughly 650 duplicates involving Artcraft Artmaster, Fleetwood, Space Cover Society Approximately 1,450 are Premier and Premier varieties. Heavy duplication.Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $250.00
139CVApollo 12 Space selection of owner’s count of approximately 2,000 unaddressed Mission covers in two cartons. Entails roughly 300 having Sarzin, Folio Print, Nichol, Orbit, Space City Cover Society, and Recovery Vessels. The Manned Spaceflight Cover society encompasses around 450 Mission dates and a variety of Mission dated postcards having duplication both heavier on the Moon Landing.Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $250.00
140CVThe kitchen sink cover accumulation over 60 items from the Gator Estate. Includes Possessions, Xmas seals, navals, Inaugurations (the biggest group), stampless, etc. Condition is mixed. An appropriate group for the general accumulator.Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $750.00
141CVA five part medley sorted by cancel types consisting of RPO’s (about 300), pre 1870 (<75), Upper Midwest (<200), Northeast (about 400) and Western (about 300). Includes these on picture postcards, commercial as well as philatelic. Nothing scarce just a good bread and butter group with eBay potential.Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $425.00
142CVAssortment from the 1960s to the 1980s in six cartons. Roughly 3,000 FDCs, Space, and Event covers organized nicely in White Ace binders. Coming along for the ride is a selection of postage needing to be counted.Cat. Value: S.B. 350.00
Price Realized: $450.00
143CVA virgin holding of an estimated 1500 covers. Exhaustively commercial in nature with almost half business #10’s. wide range of town cancels, frankings and corner advertising. Large percentage of airmail usages adds to the desirability. ebayers take note.Cat. Value: S.B. 350.00
Price Realized: $250.00
144CVAround 200 United States assortment of commercial covers, postal stationery, and postcards from the 1850s to the 1960s. Spotted some interesting postal history but condition is mixed and needs examination to come up with a comfortable number. Recommended inspection.Cat. Value: S.B. 350.00
Price Realized: $750.00
145CVAccumulation in five cartons roughly from the late 19th Century to the 1940s. Over 3,500 commercial covers, postal stationery, and postcards. Spotted a concentration of covers with their original letters mainly from Kentucky and Texas from the early 1900s and1905-1915 correspondence. Quite a mix condition; so examination required to come up to a comfortable number.Cat. Value: S.B. 350.00
Price Realized: $375.00
146CVA likable aviation related cover accumulation of over 30 items from the Gator Estate. Includes Zepp flights, early Government flights, early first flights, a couple crash covers, etc. Condition is mixed. Great lot if this kind of stuff floats your boat.Cat. Value: S.B. 325.00
Price Realized: $475.00
147CVWisconsin Flag Cancels. Consignment as received consisting of hundreds of postcards and covers in two boxes, late nineteenth century to 1930's. The owner focused his attention on the address side of all material and organized his items alphabetically by the city or town named in the flag cancel. Well-known Wisconsin cities such as Milwaukee or Superior, as well as lesser-known communities like Bayfield or Seymour, are represented proudly in this assemblage. Cancels are clear; the condition of everything is generally strong. Seasoned with plenty of lovely postcards to delight your eyes and filled with useful auxiliary markings of many types. This holding needs a new owner to turn it from a promising stock of postal history into an appropriately displayed collection worthy of admiration.Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00
Price Realized: $160.00
148CVU.S. Postcard and Postal Card Lot. Intriguing accumulation of over 350 cards. Includes large selection of advertising postcards and postal cards. Most addressed and canceled. Mainly twentieth century. Features a wide variety of businesses and commercial establishments and many styles of printing and design. Also contains assorted run-of-the-mill picture postcards depicting buildings, landscapes, and military scenes. Mixed condition. Worth the few minutes needed for viewing.Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00
Price Realized: $220.00
149CVUnited States selection in one carton. Owner’s count off approximately 1,400 cacheted FDCs consisting of Ellis Animated 1971-90 roughly 25%, Aristocrat 1970s-90 about 25%, Anderson 1955-61, addressed about 5%, and remaining 40% are mixed cachet makers from the 1970s to 1980s. Duplication exits.Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $325.00
150CVMedal of Honor recipients autographed/signed on 1982-86 FDCs in a pizza size box. Over sixty mostly different signatures making this a very desirable selection. For the patriot who wishes to honor these brave soldiers by viewing and biding on this lot. Difficult to replicate.Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $220.00
151CVSmall assembly of 19 patriotic covers from the Gator Estate. Includes Civil War to modern. Spanish American War holds the largest number. Condition is mixed.Cat. Value: S.B. 190.00
Price Realized: $550.00
152CVOver forty mounted correspondence from 1852 to 1869 in a binder. Nicely annotated having the possibility of some #10’s on cover. Take a look.Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00
Price Realized: $180.00
153CVAn enlightened small accumulation of around 1500 mainly 1950’s to 1970’s First day covers. Incorporates a wide variety of middle ground cachets with a bit of duplication. Combination of addressed and unaddressed. Condition is OK. Good value for the savvy EBay seller.Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00
Price Realized: $130.00
154CVShip Ahoy. Two cartons of covers, mainly 1920’s and later. Emphasis on the U.S. Navy--its ships, bases, and personnel. Diverse cancels, cachets, and stamps. Semi-organized and clean condition. Some items sleeved. Needs a knowledgeable hand to sort, research, and display. Some duplication present. Easy lot to view and determine a bid.Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00
Price Realized: $270.00
155CVUnited States and Possessions postal history selection from 1899 to the 1930s in a pizza size box. Consists of twenty covers, postal stationery, and postcards from Samoa, Occupation of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Postal Service in Shanghai ,China. A small offering having some fascinating items.Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $240.00
156CVStampless cover assortment of twenty-one from 1830s to the 1866. Includes nineteen cancelled in Michigan towns including, Jonesville, Niles, Eaton Rapids, Adrian, Seneca, Lyons, Grand Rapids, and Jackson. Also involves one “Due 6” to Michigan plus a US Express Mail New York. Not to be missed.Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $270.00
157CVSeveral thousand United States FDC collection from 1926 to 2000s in three cartons. Balance of assortment is mainly Fleetwood from 1985 to 200s in binders. Almost complete plate blocks for this time period. Includes better joint issues and more. Offering appropriately. Call for shipping quote.Cat. Value: S.B. 85.00
Price Realized: $475.00
158CVA small grouping of 19 pre 1847 to 1910 stampless covers or folded letters. Mostly from Eastern or Michigan cities. Some examples have been transcribed. Condition is very mixed. Interesting bunch worthy of further study.Cat. Value: S.B. 80.00
Price Realized: $180.00
159CVThis is a great introduction to machine cancels through the use of 25 covers and postal cards. Some of the companies represented are American Postal Supply Co., Barry, Doremus, Columbia, International and Time Postal Supply Co. There are some interesting corner cards and a few exposition cancels. A good lot to build upon.Cat. Value: S.B. 75.00
Price Realized: $48.00
160CVA few hundred space related topical covers. Mostly 1970’s shuttle types but a few other themes starting in the late 1960’s to early 1990’s.Cat. Value: S.B. 75.00
Price Realized: $65.00
161CVUnited States Proof Cards all in binders from the 1980s to the 2000s in six cartons. Virtually complete having high values and better. Probably close to 1,700 cards. Clean but very heavy. Extra surcharge may apply. Call for shipping quote.Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $325.00