COVERS — United States and General Foreign |
| Lot | Condition | Description | Value/Bidding |
| 560 | | Two cacheted Graf Zeppelin Flight Century of Progress covers consisting of United States canceled on October 2 and Brazil Condor both backstamped Chicago on October 26. | Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00 Price Realized: $40.00 |
24 TOTAL IMAGES | 561 | | A huge hoard of mostly U.S., mostly First Day covers housed in 10 cartons full of binders, cover albums, and loose in smaller boxes - many thousands in all. To be sure, there are numerous plain black and white cachets. But, a large number with colorful artwork, including dozens and dozens of handpainted by popular cachet artists, are here as well. Also here are event covers, inauguration covers, mint postal stationery, and a bit of postal history. The photos show a mere sample of the scope of this lot, so an extensive review is recommended. An unparalleled opportunity. | Cat. Value: S.B. 2400.00 Price Realized: $3,000.00 |
46 TOTAL IMAGES | 562 | | Cover Hoard. Six-carton lot with thousands of items from the United States and abroad, nineteenth century to 2000. Includes personal and business correspondence, as well as philatelic creations. Many countries and regions represented, including United States, Germany, Great Britain, and Asia. Noticed post-WWII occupation covers, FDCs with artist-drawn cachets, covers with colorful commemoratives to satisfy a specific postage rate, military mail, special event covers, postal stationery, and a smattering of postcards. Mixed condition, but most items are clean, fresh, and collectable. Covers are loose, sleeved, or in cover albums. Photos provide an overview of this lot. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1000.00 Price Realized: $950.00 |
5 TOTAL IMAGES | 563 | FDC | United States and worldwide accumulation in eleven cartons. Thousands of FDCs, commercial covers, postal stationery, postcards, golden replicas, and subscription items. What a horde for the gambler in you. | Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00 Price Realized: $260.00 |
14 TOTAL IMAGES | 564 | FDC | United States and some worldwide assortment from the 1870s to the 1970s in two cartons. Approximately 750 commercial, Event covers, FDCs, used postal stationery, and postcards. A large part is either railroad or US ship cancelled having a variety of RPOs and ships. Checking out the postcards might also bring a smile to your face. An original holding. Good pickings throughout. | Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00 Price Realized: $650.00 |
18 TOTAL IMAGES | 565 | | General and Philatelic Worldwide Accumulation. One medium box filled with assorted postcards and postal stationery as well as personal, business and official correspondence, mainly post-WWI to 1960s. Hundreds of items. Mix of mailed and unmailed material, countries, rates, regular and commemorative stamps, cancels, auxiliary markings, etc. Probably no rarities, but lots of general covers to analyze and admire. Occasional flaws in condition exist, but all covers are worthy of study and appropriate for country-specific or topical collections. Offered at a favorable suggested bid. | Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00 Price Realized: $270.00 |
5 TOTAL IMAGES | 566 | | United States and worldwide accumulation from the 1880s to the 1990s in three cartons. Approximately 1,500 commercial, event covers, used, unused postal stationery and postcards. Spotted plenty of World War II censored covers including Great Britain and colonies. Terrific for internet sales. Good pickings. | Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00 Price Realized: $1,900.00 |
9 TOTAL IMAGES | 567 | FDC | United States and worldwide accumulation mostly from the 1930s to the 2000s in five cartons. Incorporates around 2,500 to 3,000 FDCs and commercial covers having the majority from the United States. Roughly 2/3 of a carton are worldwide and another carton contains the owner’s philatelic buttons and pins in two pizza size boxes from the USPS and stamps shows. A most useful selection worthy of your attention. | Cat. Value: S.B. 350.00 Price Realized: $325.00 |
17 TOTAL IMAGES | 568 | | United States and worldwide postal stationery selection from the late 19th Century to the early mid 1900s in one carton. Roughly 1,000 mint and used stationery mounted by heavy old-style hinges in hand made albums and ledger pages by a German collector having annotations in that language. Incorporates United States having many small town and fancy cancels, Great Britain, Western Europe, Turkey, Argentina etc. A thought-provoking offering. | Cat. Value: S.B. 350.00 Price Realized: $375.00 |
6 TOTAL IMAGES | 569 | | Six banker’s boxes of miscellaneous, diversified covers. Thousands of pieces of postal history, First Days, picture post cards and plain ol’ mail await you. Most are destined for the dollar table although some are better and some are worse. Keep what you need and recycle the rest. | Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00 Price Realized: $210.00 |