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U.S. COVERS
1 - 42
U.S.
43 - 172
U.S. PRECANCELS
173 - 180
PLATE BLOCKS
181 - 184
U.S.-FACE
185 - 228
U.S. AIRMAIL
229 - 232
POSTAGE DUE
233 - 238
OFFICIALS
239 - 241
U.S. B.O.B.
242 - 243
U.S. LOCALS
244 - 245
U.S. CUT SQUARES
246 - 258
U.S. B.O.B.
259 - 263
U.S. REVENUE
264 - 277
DUCK STAMPS
278 - 285
U.S. MISC
286 - 289
CANAL ZONE
290 - 294
CONFEDERATE STATES
295
HAWAII
296
U.S. PHILIPPINES
297
U.S. TRUST TERRITORIES
298
U.S. POSSESSIONS
299
ANGOLA
300 - 301
ARGENTINA
302 - 304
AUSTRALIA
305 - 320
NEW SOUTH WALES
321 - 322
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
323 - 324
TASMANIA
325 - 326
VICTORIA
327
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
328 - 329
AUSTRIA
330 - 343
AUSTRIA LOMBARDY-VENETIA
344
BAHAMAS
345 - 346
BAHRAIN
347
BARBADOS
348 - 349
BELGIUM
350 - 355
BERMUDA
356 - 358
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
359
BRAZIL
360 - 364
BRITISH GUIANA
365 - 366
BULGARIA
367 - 368
CAMBODIA
369 - 370
NEWFOUNDLAND
371
CANADA
372 - 399
CANADA & PROVINCES
400 - 402
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
403 - 406
CAPE VERDE
407
CAYMAN ISLANDS
408
CENTRAL AFRICA
409
CEYLON
410 - 415
CHILE
417
CHINA
418 - 420
CILICIA
421
COLOMBIA
422
COOK ISLANDS
423
CUBA
424 - 427
CURACAO
428
CYPRUS
429
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
432 - 437
DANISH WEST INDIES
438
DENMARK
439 - 447
EGYPT
449 - 453
EL SALVADOR
454 - 455
FALKLAND ISLANDS
456 - 457
FIJI
458 - 459
FINLAND
460 - 466
FRANCE
467 - 487
FRENCH COLONIES
488 - 490
FRENCH MOROCCO
491
GAMBIA
492
GERMAN COLONIES
493 - 496
BAVARIA
497 - 498
HAMBURG
499
GERMAN STATES
500 - 509
GERMANY
510 - 551
BERLIN
552 - 556
DDR
557 - 566
GHANA
567
GIBRALTAR
568 - 570
GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS
571
GOLD COAST
572 - 573
GREAT BRITAIN
574 - 614
GREECE
615 - 628
GRENADA
629 - 631
GUADELOUPE
632
HELIGOLAND
633
HONG KONG
634 - 636
HUNGARY
637 - 642
ICELAND
643 - 647
INDIA
648 - 653
IRAN
656 - 660
IRELAND
661 - 668
ISLE OF MAN
669
ISRAEL
670 - 676
ITALIAN COLONIES
677 - 678
ROMAN STATES
679
ITALY-STATES
680 - 681
ITALY
682 - 695
IVORY COAST
696
JAMAICA
697 - 698
JAPAN
699 - 706
KENYA-UGANDA-TANGANYIKA
707 - 708
LAGOS
709
LAOS
710
LEBANON
711
LIBERIA
712 - 713
LIBYA
714
LIECHTENSTEIN
715 - 716
LUXEMBOURG
717 - 725
MALAYA
726 - 728
MALAYSIA
729
MALTA
730 - 732
MARSHALL ISLANDS
733
MAURITIUS
734 - 736
MEXICO
737 - 741
MICRONESIA
742 - 744
MONACO
745 - 748
MOZAMBIQUE
749 - 751
NATAL
752 - 753
NETHERLANDS INDIES
754
NETHERLANDS
755 - 766
NEW ZEALAND
767 - 779
NICARAGUA
781 - 783
NIGERIA
784 - 785
NIUE
786
NORTH BORNEO
787
NORWAY
788 - 798
PAKISTAN
799
PALAU
800 - 802
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
803 - 804
PERU
805
PHILIPPINES
807 - 809
POLAND
810 - 814
PORTUGAL
815 - 823
PORTUGUESE COLONIES
824 - 825
RHODESIA
826 - 827
ROMANIA
828 - 833
RUSSIA
834 - 845
RYUKYU ISLANDS
846 - 847
SAMOA
848
SAN MARINO
849 - 852
SAUDI ARABIA
853 - 856
SERBIA
857 - 858
SIERRA LEONE
859
SOLOMON ISLANDS
860
SOMALI COAST
861
SOMALIA
862
SOUTH AFRICA
863 - 870
SOUTH WEST AFRICA
871
SOUTHERN RHODESIA
872
SPAIN
873 - 882
ST. HELENA
883 - 884
ST. LUCIA
885
SURINAM
886
SWEDEN
887 - 892
SWITZERLAND
894 - 916
SYRIA
917
THAILAND
918 - 919
TONGA
920
TRANSVAAL
921
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
922
TURKEY
923 - 930
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
931
TUVALU
932 - 933
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
934
UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC
935
UNITED NATIONS
936 - 938
URUGUAY
939
VATICAN CITY
940 - 943
VENEZUELA
944 - 946
VIRGIN ISLANDS
947
YEMEN
948
YUGOSLAVIA
949 - 951
WORLDWIDE
952 - 1139
ARGENTINA
1140
ASIA
1141
AUSTRIA
1142
BELGIUM AND COLONIES
1143
BRITISH COLONIES
1144
BRITISH EUROPE
1145
DENMARK
1146
EASTERN EUROPE
1147
FINLAND
1148
GERMANY
1149 - 1152
ICELAND
1153
ITALY
1154
MEXICO
1155
NETHERLANDS
1156
NEW ZEALAND
1157
NORWAY
1158
PORTUGAL
1159
SPAIN AND COLONIES
1160
SWEDEN
1161
SWITZERLAND
1162
WORLDWIDE COVERS
1163 - 1177
AFRICA
1178 - 1180
ASIA
1181 - 1185
BRITISH ASIA
1186
BRITISH COLONIES
1187 - 1229
BRITISH NORTH AMERICA
1231 - 1233
EASTERN EUROPE
1234 - 1237
EUROPE
1238 - 1242
FRENCH COLONIES
1243 - 1248
LATIN AMERICA
1249 - 1257
MIDDLE EAST
1258
SCANDINAVIA
1259 - 1268
SOUTH AMERICA
1269 - 1274
TOPICALS
1275 - 1292
WORLDWIDE-MISC.
1293
LITERATURE
1294


Lot #  Country Description Cat Value Photo
U.S. COVERS #10 ON COVER ACCUMULATION - group of 25 various singles on covers and folded letters, mostly to Eastern destinations with some Southern and Midwest addresses, overall condition is Fine-Very Fine with some scattered flaws, there are some very nice covers here and viewing is suggested 5,000.00
Realized: 700
U.S. COVERS PRE CIVIL WAR MISSISSIPPI DESTINATION COVER GROUP - 36 covers, all Scott #10 or #11 (nearly all the "orange brown" or "brownish carmine" shade) addressed to a Dr Walter Wade in Rodney, Mississippi; all but one are folded letters mostly from the early to mid 1850's; quite a few Natchez packet cancels "Route 7309" plus other Mississippi as well as out of state cancels, some manuscript, etc; many stamps have file folds, overall the covers are in Fine but expect the normal edge wear and creases and folds; needs to be viewed for cancels and types (ENV 1,000-1,250) -----
Realized: 500
U.S. COVERS U.S. 1851-1857 THREE CENT COVER ACCUMULATION - 59 total covers consisting of Scott #'s 10(2), 11(48) 25(5) and 26(3); the #10's are singles, the # 11's 42 singles and six pairs, the #25 three single, one attached pair and one unattached pair, the #26 are single frankings; most are North Eastern US cities but does include some Ohio, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, South Carolina, Virginia, Alabama and Georgia; some pen cancels but most are CDS; there are two #11's with "STEAM" cancels, one addressed to Baton Rouge, the other New Orleans and a "Knabe, Gaehle & Co." advertising cover with a #11; overall condition mixed but all are presentable; should be viewed 2,035.00
Realized: 425
U.S. COVERS MISSISSIPPI DOCTOR'S CORRESPONDENCE - 15 covers (12 folded letters, three envelopes) most addressed to a Dr Walter Wade in Rodney, Mississippi; franks include Scott #25 (three folded letters, one with a vertical pair) and 12 with a # 26; cancels include Natchez packet, manuscript, a few out of state and a neat "U.S. MAIL SATURDAY EVENING PACKET/ Str NATCHEZ/ ROUTE(?) 5135/ NOV 27" black CDS; condition is quite mixed and needs to be viewed (ENV 450-500) -----
Realized: 325
U.S. COVERS U.S. CIVIL WAR PATRIOTIC COVER SELECTION - 21 total covers with four franked with a Scott #26, scenes of Cannon and American Flag; the flag, a handshake and "The Constitution" and a politically incorrect scene with Fort Monroe; Washington on a horse with the flag and "Union" on the base of a pedestal; seven covers franked with a #65 with blue cross an "6th Corps, 2d Division"; "Hail Columbia"; General Burnside; General Hunter: Washington with "Beware of Traitors" and a soldier saying goodbye to his wife; the ten unused covers are full scenes on the addresss side with "Panorama of Providence"; "Advance of General McClellan on Richmond"; "Camp Scene"; Panorama of Nashville"; "Philadelphia Girard College"; Panorama of Boston" and a scene of union generals on horseback with McDowell, Sickles, Blenker, Burnside, Scott, Hunter, Sigel, Sprague, Prentiss, Mansfield, Tyler and McClellan; "Ninth A.C." in bronze with an american flag and shield; liberty an eagle and the flag at left; a flag, shield eagle and building in lilac; the used covers all have faults, the unused are intact but have back stains or remnants from mounting; attractive group (ENV 400-450) -----
Realized: 290
U.S. COVERS U.S. 19TH CENTURY COVER SELECTION - 30 commercial usage covers with a Scott # 11, Richmond Va, #24 vertical strip of three with manuscript cancel ? Wis, #24 and #26 Philadelphia Pa, #24 pair and single St Louis Mo, #63 vertical left sheet margin strip of three Champaign Ill, #63 horizontal pair and single Urbana Ill, #63 horizontal strip of three Bridgewater Ms, #63 horizontal pair and single unreadable CDS, #63 two singles untied unreadable CDS, #65 New York, #68 .....ville Cal, #68 two singles on a cover to Austria, #113 cover front only w/cork cancel, #114 untied unreadable CDS, #156 horizontal strip of three Cleveland O, #156 single w/cork cancel, #158 single Millville Pa, #158 single Canton Ohio, #158 single on Geo C Goodwin & Co Boston advertising cover, #158 single Bristol Pa, #158 single Good Hope O, #158 single Loudonville O, #158 singe unreadable CDS, #206 single on National Vaccine Establishment advertising cover Washington DC, #206 single Pittsburgh Pa, #210 single on Howard W Spurr & Co Boston advertising cover, #210 Hedcesville W Va, #210 Charlestown W Va, #250 on Moodey's Pharmacy Painesville Ohio advertising cover and lastly a #O74 single Machias Me; overall condition quite mixed with most having a problem or two (ENV 250-400) -----
Realized: 240
U.S. COVERS U.S. SCOTT #73 "BLACK JACK" COVER SELECTION - thirteen commercial usage covers, twelve with single franking, one with an added Scott #68; cancels are a pen cancel, CDS Frederick Md, CDS New Orleans La, CDS Marlborough Mass, CDS Athol Mass, CDS Meriden Conn, CDS Station Philadelphia, CDS Philada Pa Post Office, red CDS Boston Mass, CDS Cleveland O, CDS Mansfield O, #73 and #68 San Francisco Cal and lastly a suspect red cancel; overall VG-Fine but expect mostly minor problems 1,105.00
Realized: 170
U.S. COVERS U.S. 1892 COLUMBUS ISSUE COVER ACCUMULATION - 22 covers, all with 1892 Columbian Exposition stamps or entires including 10 with single frankings (a Scott # 230, 231, 237, U348 and U349(6)) multiple frankings are #230 and U348(2); #219 and U348; #231(2) and U349 to England; #232 and U349 to Germany; #233 and U348(3) to Germany(2) and France; #234 and U349 to Germany; three registered covers (without handstamp) each with #236 and another stamp/entire; overall condition mixed, but most of the problems are minor; includes five advertising covers (Photo Ex.) (ENV 175-200) ----- Photo
Realized: 160
U.S. COVERS U.S. STAMPLESS COVER SELECTION - 13 covers with seven folded letters and six envelopes, 1840's-1850's; the folded letters are Lancaster Pa with blue "PAID 3" in a circle handstamp; Providence RI with a red "5" handstamp; Coldwater, Mich with a manuscript "5"; Port Clinton, Ohio with a manuscript "10"; Ohio City, O with a "PAID" handstamp; Southbridge Mass with a red handstamp "5"; Brooklyn NY with a red handstamp "PAID 25"; the envelopes are Grand Rapids, Mich with a blue handstamp "PAID 3" in a circle; a Jefferson O with a "PAID" handstamp with a fancy scroll; Adrian Mich with a "10" handstamp; a Delaware O with a "PAID 3" handstamp; Bath Me with a "PAID 6" in a circle handstamp and a Jackson, Mich with a "10" handstamp in a circle; all covers have some problems but most are minor; (175-200) -----
Realized: 160
10  U.S. COVERS 19TH CENTURY EXPRESS COVERS - four covers with imprinted indicia consisting of "Bamber & Co's" on a U58, "Langton's Pioneer Express" on a U40, and two "Wells Fargo & Co", one on a U183, the other a U9; all intact but with faults (Photo Ex.) (ENV 200-250) ----- Photo
Realized: 130
11  U.S. COVERS U.S. WELLS FARGO EXPRESS COLUMBIAN ISSUE COVERS - three Scott # U349 entires with the dark blue Wells Fargo indicia design for the 1892 Columbian Issue at the top center; one cover is unused, one has an 1899 machine cancel and the other has the Wells Fargo Expres handstamp; the unused is intact with paper remnants on the back, the hand stamped cover has tears at the top and is missing the top flap, the machine cancelled cover is intact with a minor corner crease; interesting (ENV 175-200) (Photo Ex.) ----- Photo
Realized: 80
12  U.S. COVERS 634A's ON COVER ACCUMULATION - interesting group of 46 covers all with 634A tied, most are various commercial use covers with corner copy, overall condition is quite mixed with some ratty and some Very Fine, scarce to see this many in one lot 966.00
Realized: 160
13  U.S. COVERS WELLS FARGO FRANK ENTIRES - 14 Wells Fargo imprinted covers (all are "Over our California and Coast Routes") plus one Pacific Union Exchange cover all on embossed envelopes from the 1860's-1970's; includes two advertising covers (Weil, Cahn & Co and Wolters & King); also included are six unused covers (Three with "Over our California........ and the other three with "Over our Lines in the United States"), all have problems, primarily wrinkles and creases (Photo Ex.) ----- Photo
Realized: 200
14  U.S. COVERS U.S. SPECIAL DELIVERY SELECTION - twelve special delivery usage covers with E1(2), E2, E3(3), E5(3), E8, E9 and an E9 or E10; overall condition fair with some tears and creases (Photo Ex.) 722.00 Photo
Realized: 125
15  U.S. COVERS MASSIVE FIRST DAY COVER ACCUMULATION - about 9,500 covers, unorganized and loose in two large boxes, 99% FDC's, 1940's-1990's (large majority are pre 1970), 98% cacheted (mostly Artcraft and Fleetwood plus about a dozen or so other's) over half unaddressed; the value will be in the pre 1960 covers with thousands in the $1.25 and up cat. val. range; typical minor edge wear on most due to age; some wrinkles and creases but should affect less than 5% of the total covers; duplication generally under 20 each (ENV 2,500-2,600) -----
Realized: 1,650
16  U.S. COVERS FIRST DAY COVER ACCUMULATION - abouyt 450 First Day Covers, late 1920's through late 1940's, all - or nearly so - cacheted, mixed addressed/unaddressed; Famous Americans, Overrun Countries, National Parks, commems from the early 1930's, this lot has excellent coverage in the time period; condition will be mixed with much edge wear and some extensive toning; useful duplication; inspection is strongly advised (ENV 2,250-2,300) -----
Realized: 1,600
17  U.S. COVERS LARGE U.S. FIRST DAY COVER ACCUMULATION - about 4,500 FDC's, 1940's-1980's, nearly all cacheted, about half unaddressed, mostly Fleetwood but noticed Artcraft, Artmaster and several others; expect duplication and some mixed condition but overall is F-VF; lots of covers (ENV 850-900) -----
Realized: 600
18  U.S. COVERS U.S. FIRST DAY COVER ACCUMULATION - 250 or so FDC's, all cacheted (various makers) and addressed; some highlights are Washington Bicentennial, 1933 commems (no #730-31), two sets of thje 1934 National Parks, Army-Navy, 1938 Prexy coils, 1939 commems including seven #855 Baseball, a few better air mail covers with Scott #'s C19 (July 1, 1934), C20 and C22 on single covers PLUS a C21-22 combo cover; expect light (to 10 each) duplication but most will be five or less; quite a few are in blocks of four and were cataloged as such; condition is mixed with toning (usually light) some wrinkles and creases, etc; but many are F-VF with only light edge wear; should be viewed; the listed cat. val. for the pre Scott # 772 covers is from the 2004 Brookman catalog (CV$1,572) the later from Scott (CV$1,913) 3,485.00
Realized: 525
19  U.S. COVERS U.S. FIRST DAY COVER ACCUMULATION - several hundred mostly FDC's from the 1930's-1990's, nearly all cacheted, most of the post 1970 are unaddressed (earlier are generally pencil addressed); many better noticed including 1976 flags and Bicentennial s/s, 1943 Overrun Countries, much 1945-1960 commems with many in blocks, 859-93 (cacheted/addressed), 23 hand painted FDC's by Clara Harold Walker from 1977-78; better addressed airmail FDC's with C10 (St Louis cancel with handstamped cachet), C17 (two covers, one with FDC cachet, the other with an event handstamp, C19 (July 1, 1934 with cachet), C23 block with St Petersburg cancel, cacheted, C24 with "First Day of Issue" cachet and C31 (Anderson cachet); some slightly mixed condition in some areas but most is clean (ENV 750-800) -----
Realized: 400
20  U.S. COVERS U.S. FIRST DAY COVER ACCUMULATION - over 1,750 mostly FDC's, 1930's-1990's, loose and in albums, most unaddressed, nearly all cacheted (Artcraft, Cachet Craft, Fleetwood, etc); condition a bit more mixed than normal but most will be clean or with minor edge wear; decent variety but expect duplication (ENV 500-600) -----
Realized: 250
21  U.S. COVERS U.S. FDC AND STATIONARY ACCUMULATION - about 2,500 various covers packed into a large carton, includes many different but there is some duplication, generally 1-3 of each, there are some early FDC's that start in the early 1930's, mixed addressed and unaddressed, virtually all are cacheted, usual mixed condition but for the most part a clean and well organized lot, we noticed several better covers scattered, there are also about 100 non-FDC's, there is some Airmail and a selection of Event covers, also there is about 100 UN FDC's, definitely a worthwhile lot and deserves inspection, (ENV 400-500) -----
Realized: 200
22  U.S. COVERS FIRST DAY COVER ACCUMULATION - over 600 FDC's which inlcudes regular issue, commemoratives, air mails, special delivery, postal stationary and postal cards; the 1938-1958 issues are unaddressed and overwhelmingly Artcraft cachet, some very minor duplication, and includes Scott # 834(2) and 1053; the 1967-68 group (about 350 covers) are uncacheted and addressed; quite a bit of duplication in this group; overall F-VF with some minor toning issues concerning the gum used on the back flaps shows a bit on the front (ENV 450-500) -----
Realized: 250
23  U.S. COVERS U.S. FIRST DAY COVER ACCUMULATION - about 1,250 mostly different FDC's, various cachets but mostly Fleetwood, most unaddressed, from 1940-1992 (not inclusive) housed in 17 various binders, most with slip cases; includes commems, regulars, airmail and some postal stationery; includes Scott #'s 1633-82 plus blocks of four of #'s 2541-42; overall clean but expect some edge wear on the earlier issues (ENV 400-450) -----
Realized: 200
24  U.S. COVERS U.S. FIRST DAY COVER ACCUMULATION - nearly 1,000 covers housed in seven Showgard cover albums, mostly 1970's and 1980's; about 95% FDC's with at least 70% cacheted and unaddressed; interesting group of cachet makers with Artmaster, Colorano, Aristocrat, Colonial Cachet, Tudor House, Gill Craft, etc; some minor duplication; overall clean but expect an occasional minor problem (ENV 400-450) -----
Realized: 240
25  U.S. COVERS FIRST DAY COVER COLLECTION - a couple hundred covers including six FDC's from 1932-33 (Scott #'s 724-29) all cacheted and addressed; set of 859-93 FDC's with Artcraft cachet and unaddressed; 90 FDC's from 1937-48 (includes airmail and special delivery), all cacheted, addressed except for a set of #909-21 which is Artcraft unaddressed; about 90 FDC's, uncacheted and addressed, 1930's-1940's, including Army-Navy and the 1939 Baseball issue and about 30 event covers with Helicopter Mail, RMS Queen Elizabeth maiden voyage, Operation Highjump, Klamath Falls, Oregon first flight (Aug 1, 1946), etc; all the event covers are addressed; condition will be a bit mixed but most only suffer from minor edge wear; nice grouping with lots of $2-$10 retail items -----
Realized: 240
26  U.S. COVERS FLEETWOOD PROOF CARDS WITH FDC - about 450 different proof cards, all with the stamp and First Day cancel, housed in 12 padded binders (binders need some cleaning up) with each card in an heavy acetate sleeve, covering 1983-1991 with a couple back to the 1970's; includes regulars, commems, air mail and officials; noticed no high values and one express mail ($9.35) but there may be others; most of the se-tenant issues have the multiple on one card and single cards for each stamp of the unit; this includes booklet panes as well as se-tenant blocks; overall very clean and a great start to this FDC collecting area (ENV 350-400) -----
Realized: 210
27  U.S. COVERS 1940 FIRST DAY COVER ACCUMULATION - all covers are cacheted (House of Farnam) and unaddressed; consists of Scott #'s 859-93 in blocks of four, 895(2) blocks of four, 899(2) blocks of four, 900 block of four, 901(2) blocks of four and 902(43) all blocks of four; overall F-VF with minor edge wear 921.00
Realized: 110
28  U.S. COVERS U,S, COVER ACCUMULATION - over 1,000 covers with the majority uncacheted and addressed covers from the 1960's-1970's (600+ covers), about 100 FDC's from the mid to late 1980's, cacheted (Artcraft) and mostly unaddressed; about 200 commercial covers from the 1940's-1970's and 30 oversized covers mailed from the UN post office; condition is extremely mixed (ENV 125-150) -----
Realized: 80
29  U.S. COVERS FIRST FLIGHT COVER ACCUMULATION - over 2,000 various covers, mostly from the 1940-50 period, there is duplication but very nice variety, overall condition is quite nice with only some scattered flaws, most have cachets, we noticed some covers in the $10-25 range scattered, lots to look through here, (ENV 1,250-1,500) -----
Realized: 800
30  U.S. COVERS FIRST FLIGHT COVER ACCUMULATION - about 1200 covers in a medium box, good variety but expect duplication, strong in the 1940-50 period, most are cacheted, overall condition is mixed with some faults to be expected but generally a clean lot, (ENV 750-1,000) -----
Realized: 600
31  U.S. COVERS U.S. SHIP COVER ACCUMULATION - 196 covers covering ship themes including Paquebot, Submarine, larger war ships, Old Ironsides, Navy Day, picture postcards, etc; the majority will be pre 1960 with much in the 1930's; includes about 25 covers with foreign frankings (many Swedish Sea Post Office from the 1930's) plus 31 covers from the late 1930's-1950's with small sized photos in the cachet (most are Crosby); condition a bit mixed in places but overall decent; inspection advised (ENV 700-750) -----
Realized: 450
32  U.S. COVERS U.S. COVER ACCUMULATION - 4,000 or so US covers, mostly commercial (1930's-1990's) but includes a smattering of FDC's, postal cards, etc; really a mish-mash that should be viewed; condition will be quite mixed (ENV 550-600) -----
Realized: 300
33  U.S. COVERS U.S. COVER MIXTURE - several hundred various covers, includes some stationary, there are FDC's, commercial usages, high values, and who knows what else, all jammed packed into a large carton, lots to look through here, (ENV 400-500) -----
Realized: 300
34  U.S. COVERS ALASKA POSTAL HISTORY ACCUMULATION - about 400 covers, there is some duplication, most appear to be in the $1-5 range but we noticed some that would retail in the $10.00+ area, overall condition is mixed but for the most part quite clean, a most unusual lot from this always popular area, (ENV 400-500) -----
Realized: 220
35  U.S. COVERS U.S. COMISSION AND LAUNCHING SHIP COVERS ACCUMULATION - this lot consists of 226 mostly different covers with 41 addressed (39 cacheted) covers with "First Day Comission" or similar cancels, 1933-1945 period and 185 cacheted/addressed covers from the 1936-1942 period, some with ship cancels but most will be the city or port of launching; includes just about every class of ship from support to aircraft carriers; overall condition is Fine but most have generally mild toning spots on the corners due to the mounting corners used; otherwise nice with only the usual edge wear (ENV 450-500) -----
Realized: 220
36  U.S. COVERS U.S. SHIP "BIRTHDAY GREETINGS" COVER ACCUMULATION - this lot has 304 addressed covers consisting of 99 different covers with a similar cachet "Greetings on her xxth Birthday", 1935-1936, all with ship cancels, from support ships to aircraft carriers; also 123 uncacheted covers with ship cancels at various ports of call, mostly from the mid 1930's and 82 cacheted covers, mostly 1943-1937, with various events; overall condition is Fine with some wrinkles and creases and the usual edge wear; should be viewed (ENV 500-550) -----
Realized: 230
37  U.S. COVERS U.S. COVER ACCUMULATION - a rather diverse offering with souvenir pages (CV $472) from the early 1970's including Scott #'s SP300 and SP303-06, very clean with only a few minor problems; 1633-82 FDC's, Washington cancels, Artcraft, unaddressed; US Official postal entires and cards starting in 1983 (face value $17.50) plus 27 FDC's (entires and cards) and 18 FDC's of the stamps, most uncacheted and addressed, from the same period; the 1998-2000 Celebrate the Century issue (10 sheetlets) in the post office issued binder (face value $48.90); 35 souvenir cards from the 1970's-1980's (CV $145) including SC43 and NSC13; three FDC cancelled Legends of the West sheets (Sc # 2869), three sets of the postal cards (UX178-97) with FDC cancel from the three cities - Tucson, Lawton and Laramie, plus a set of mint cards and a set of postally used cards; several dozen (many FDC) covers from various Arizona related items such as the USS Arizona (1941 WWW II 50th anniversary issue), Buffalo Soldiers and the $1 sea plane coil; also quite a bit of collateral material; about 70 event covers/cards mostly from stamp exhibitions from late 1980's-early 1990's; lastly a collection of about 125 stamps and 20 covers - all with microscopes on the stamp or cover; overall this is a clean lot with minimal off quality; inspection would prove rewarding (ENV 325-350) -----
Realized: 210
38  U.S. COVERS U.S. COVER ACCUMULATION - hundreds and hundreds (about 15 lbs worth) of covers including commercial, FDC (about half the lot), used postal cards starting with XU1, etc; covers are 20th Century generally 1940's-1960's with some to the mid 1990's; most of the FDC's are the generic "First Day Cover" emblem but includes established cachet makers; could be some sleepers and definately much in the $1.00-$3.00 cat. val. range (ENV 275-300) -----
Realized: 160
39  U.S. COVERS U.S. COVER LOT - 600+ commercial covers, 19th Century through the 1930's (maybe 10% later dates) with the large majority is 1920's and 1930's; includes quite a few hotel covers, imprinted business return address, a few minor advertising, some two cent red frankings, etc; condition is very mixed (ENV 250-300) -----
Realized: 210
40  U.S. COVERS OLD POSTCARD ACCUMULATION - about 150 various, mostly with stamps in the 1900-1920 period, there are some interesting subjects here, overall condition is mixed as is the norm, (ENV 175-200) -----
Realized: 190
41  U.S. COVERS COLORADO POSTAL HISTORY ACCUMULATION - over 1,000 covers, all with Colorado postmarks, mostly 1930-1960; about 75% are envelopes addressed to the "Colorado Hospital Service" and mostly franked with Scott # 1035; quite a few smaller towns; overall condition a bit mixed but generally fairly clean (ENV 200-225) -----
Realized: 110
42  U.S. COVERS U.S. AND WORLDWIDE ESTATE REMAINDER - includes a couple hundred mostly US covers with US and worldwide FDC's, event covers, 19th Century commercial, (saw a # 156 and 178 on cover and a pair of #157's on cover with the right stamp torn) 1949 Truman and 1953 Eisenhower Inaguration Covers, both cacheted, Truman unaddressed, etc, 19th Century to 1980's; the worldwide covers are mostly German and Great Britain from the 1960's; about 40 sheets or booklets of charity seals (mostly Christmas) from the 1930's-1960s'; some UN stamps (face $5.97 NY and 5.35 Swiss Francs); overall condition is decent but expect mixed on most of the covers; should be inspected as there are some better value covers (ENV 200-250) -----
Realized: 130
43  U.S. U.S. HIGH CATALOG VALUE COLLECTION - virtually all used mounted on Scott album pages, runs to about 1932 and includes strong B.O.B. like Airmails, Special Delivery, Dues, Parcel Post complete, Shanghai; the overall condition of this collection is very mixed with faults on many of the early and higher value stamps, there are some sound and some Very Fine scattered, some of the high values include: 1-2, 7, 9, 12-15, 17, 20, 25, 32-33, 36, 38, 39(with a cancel that looks o.k. but we figured it as unused), 67, 69, 71, 76-78, 78b(2), 86, 87(2), 88-98, 100-101, 112-22, 134, 138, 145-62, 165-66, 190-91, 208, 209b, 217-18, 229-42, 276-76A, 285-93, 342, 369*, 423, 460, 523, 546, 579, 658-79, C1-6, E1, 7, J27-28, 50, Q1-12, K7, 10; there are loads of good stamps here, viewing is suggest 34,851.00
Realized: 6,000
44  U.S. U.S. COLLECTION IN SCOTT NATIONAL ALBUM - mixed mint and used, runs to about 1934, nice showing of B.O.B. material including Revenues, overall condition is mixed but for the most part much cleaner than normal, there are many better items in this collection: 20, 26*, 29, 36, 70-71, 73, 76, 112-16, 152, 155, 160, 162, 165, 206*, 212*, 214, 215*, 216*, 217, 219D*, 229, 233*, 236*, 238-40, 274*, 282*, 289-90*, 291, 294-99*, 301-04*, 311-12, 325*, 327*, 330*, 399-400*, 517*, 548-71*, 658-79*, C1-6*, 13-15(Zepps), 18*, E1, 7, J4-5, 20, O3*, 15*, 22*, 23*, 75*, 78*, 93*, 100-01*, Q1-12*, R86c, Guam 10*; there are many Very Fine stamps here, a very nice collection and worth careful inspection 16,531.00
Realized: 4,500
45  U.S. U.S. COLLECTION - mixed mint and used, mounted in a Scott National album, very mixed condition with faults in many of the early issues although there are some nice stamps scattered, some of the higher catalog values include: 1, 2, 26*, 64(on piece), 68*, 71*, 72, 73, 76*, 78, 94*, 119*, 155, 189*, 208*, 229*, 230-34*, 236-37*, 259*, 287-88*, 296-98*, there is some B.O.B. included, the catalog value listed is an estimate and probably low, viewing is suggested due to the overall condition 20,000.00
Realized: 2,600
46  U.S. U.S. USED ACCUMULATION - all singles, cataloged and organized on 102 cards, starts with #10 and runs through 679, there is duplication with some heavy, overall mixed condition with faults to be expected but for the most part a fairly clean lot with some Fine-Very Fine stamps included, some of the value present here is: 10(11), 11(25), 17(2), 24(5), 25(17), 38, 63(6), 64b(3), 68(6), 73(12), 87, 88(10), 88a, 90, 93(6), 94(23), 114(17), 135, 136(3), 148(6), 154, 159(9), 161(9), 179(3), 185(9), 186(6), 187(6), 188(8), 189(9), 190(4), 208(3), 211(15), 214(6), 215(21), 227(8), 229(2), 240, 260(2), 289(3), 290(3), 341(3), 399(11), 403(7), 524(2), 550(4), there are also several Kansas-Nebraska singles, lots of value here and worth careful consideration for the show or internet dealer 19,500.00
Realized: 2,100
47  U.S. U.S. COLLECTION - mixed mint and used, hinged and mounted, mostly hinged in a Harris Liberty album, runs to about 1986 and includes some B.O.B. sections, overall condition is very mixed with faults to be expected especially in the early issues, any badly damaged items were not figured in the total catalog value listed, there is about $233.00 in face value from 1940 to 1986 which is not figured in the catalog totals either, some of the higher catalog value stamps include: 25, 32, 35-36, 68-69, 72, 76-77, 78b, 86, 90, 95-96, 98, 112-17, 119, 121, 134-35, 149, 152(2), 153, 155, 162, 165(2), 190, 214, 217-18, 229, 238-40, 276, 291, 298, 311, 394