September Internet Auction

Advertising Covers, 1869-1900s, better collection of approx. 108 covers with mostly illustrated ad designs including multicolor, range of frankings incl. 2¢ 1869 #113, 2¢ Columbians, 2¢ Pan-Ams, etc, note 1904 Winchester Repeating Rifles, California Midwinter Expo used in 1915, B.A. Steves Billiard Supplies, Knox Gelatine, Schroeder Paint & Glass Co., Rub-No-More Washing Powder, Reading's Sesqui-Centennial, Peninsular Funances Stoves, Kansas Moline Plow Co., The E.E. Dickinson Co. witch hazel showing red robbed warlock, Charles E. Brown & Co. Massasoit Brand Coffee, plus watches, seeds, few modern ads, etc.; clean group, generally Very Fine or better.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $750 - 1,000.

Stampless Postal History, better group of 38 with many better uses and ratings including railroads, locals, foreign mail, etc., better noted 1851 New York red "Philada. Rail Road" straightline, Walpole N.H. "3" with neg. "Paid", New York "U.S. Mail, City Delivery, 1" carrier use, Lowell Mich. fancy "Paid 3", Newport N.Y. fancy "Paid 3"; generally well struck markings and nice condition, fresh and Very Fine group.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $500 - 750.

1851, 3¢ orange brown - postal history, collection of 18 covers mostly plated including several July 1851 uses, mostly margins to touched or in, note #10A on July 4th 1851 Providence R.I. use, #10A pos. 7L1E on Jul. 12th 1851 use, #10A on Jul. 15th 1851 Providence R.I. use, 10#10 pos. 14R1E on Jul. 22nd 1851 Detroit Mich. letter, #10A pos. 49R1E canceled by blue 13-bar grid on Minden La. cover, couple small Boston "Paid" grid cancel covers, etc.; some small faults, F.-V.F. group.

Scott No. 10, 10A   ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  Estimate $500 - 750.

1851-57 Issue Postal History, better group of 19 covers with 3&cent (5), 10&cent (12) and 12&cent (2) frankings, note #11A (5) on New York Express Mail legal-size cover to Boston Mass.; #11A (2) on New Orleans La. "Registered" legal-size cover; #35 from Marysville with blue grid cancel, #35 Powhatan Point Oh. by "Overland Mail" to San Francisco Cal.; #35 San Francisco Cal. to No. Weymouth Mass., #35 on 1860 Oroville Cal. cover to Baltimore Md., #36 solo use on legal-size cover, #26, 36 on Utica N.Y. legal-size cover, F.-V.F. group.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $500 - 750.

1852-57 3¢ Cover Group - Ladies Covers, group of 8 ladies covers including 7 embossed designs, four are imperf and four perf, each canceled by town cds cancel plus one tied by "Paid 3" circular handstamp, couple strikes in blue, clean and beatiful, a Very Fine and attractive group.

Scott No. 11A, 26   ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  Estimate $150 - 200.

1852-57, 3¢ dull red - Postal History, better group of 27 covers with mostly single frankings including some fancy cancels, railroads, waterways, etc., note 11A used with Bloods #15L13 to Smyrna Del., "N.York & New Haven R.R." railroad use, "Atlantic & St. Lawrence R.R." railroad use, ms. "Quartzbury" use with #11A pair, Canton Miss. negative star, New Orleans "Way" uses, Bethlehem Pa. red grid use, Downieville Cal. grid cancel, Milford Ct. circle of wedges, etc., generally clean and Very Fine group.

Scott No. 11, 11A, 26   ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  Estimate $400 - 600.

1857, 1¢ blue - Postal History, group of 9 covers, 6 single usages, three showing no side scratches and plated: 6L8, 7L8 and 100R9, other (with side scratches and plated 28R9) plus 98L8 and unplated, vertical pair and single on faulty 3¢ rate use, #24, 26 New York cover with prepaid carrier fee, plus additional cover with single type II (20) from plate 12, better cancels include blue Burlington Vt, neat Meriden, N.H. cds, sharp Boston Mass., etc, plate 12 single showing small perf flaws across bottom, all extremely attractive Very Fine to Extremely Fine.

Scott No. 24   ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  Estimate $300 - 400.

1861 3¢ Shades, small group of 5 covers comprising #64 from Buffalo; 64b from Philadelphia; #64b from West Tisbury Ms.; 63, 65 var. "bright rose"; and #63, 65 on Boston Mass. carrier cover, 3¢ small tear (PFC); some docketing on a couple, F.-V.F. group.

Scott No. 64, 64b, 65   ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  Estimate $300 - 400.

1861, 3¢ Postal History - Shades, Cancels, Uses, group of 62 covers with some better shades and studies, fancy cancels, corners cards, Southern uses, etc. note #64 tied by target cancel, three #64b rose pinks including one from Lebanon N.H., #65 bright rose from Galena Ill., #65 from San Louis Obispo Cal. gem cds, four Civil War Southern uses including New Orleans La. and Port Royal S.C., embossed Patriotic use, Osceola Mills Pa. negative star,

some faults but general clean group, F.-V.F.

Scott No. 64, 64b, 65   ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  Estimate $400 - 600.

1861, 3¢ rose - Postal History, group of 35 covers with nice fancy cancels, shades, varieties etc, note New Haven Ct. negative star of david, Lee Mass. negative "3", Quincy Mass. masonic square & compass overstruck with Brooklyn Ct. sheel, Rutland Vt. blue geometric, Kensington N.H. "Paid 3" in Circle, #65 (10, faults) used on 1863 cover to Germany at 30¢ rate, etc.; some faults but general clean group, F.-V.F.

Scott No. 65   ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  Estimate $300 - 400.

1869, 3¢ ultramarine - Postal History, group of 27 covers including some fancy cancels, well centered stamps, note Hopkins Mich. bold geometric, Taunton Mass. ladies envelope use (ex-Gibson), some interesting corner cards, New York City uses, 1869 Dead Letter Office use, Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. ad, red Springfield Vt. use, etc; overall clean group, F.-V.F. or better.

Scott No. 114   ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  Estimate $200 - 300.

1869, 3¢ ultramarine - Postal History, nice group of 18 covers including some fancy cancels, color cancels, nicely centered, note Nashua N.H. negative Square & Compass, "Paid" in Circle,Hazleton Pa. honeycomb, Carlisle Pa. red cancel and "Advertised", Fort Wayne large three-ring target, Bloomington Ill. negative star of david, etc., overall clean and Very Fine group.

Scott No. 114   ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  Estimate $200 - 300.

1870-88 Bank Note Issue Postal History, group of approx. 90 covers with mostly 1¢-3¢ frankings plus a few 5¢ and 6¢, color cancels, fancies, ad covers including some scarce designs, note #206 on Atlantic-Pacific Railway Tunnel Co. ad cover, #206 on circular to Holland, #156 tied by Chicago circular grid on red Adams Blackmer and Lyon Publishing Co. ad cover, #206 on cover with red Electric Light Oil illustrated ad showing oil barrel, #206 on American Paper Pail & Box Co. ad cover showing ice cream pail, $158 with dark red Washington Ga. duplex, couple Washington D.C. violet uses, 1880s-90s Mexican National Railway Co. correspondence group of 30 cover from Texas to Germany (some mixed condition), etc., overall F.-V.F. with many better covers.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $600 - 800.

1938, 3¢ Prexie Postal History, group of 50 with many interesting and better items chosen for exhibiting including registered, special delivery, airmail, official seal use, domestic and international mail, uses from abroad, etc, note 3¢ coil strip/3 paquebot use from Sydney to Canada, 3¢ coils on legal-size cover to New Zealand, 1946 APO use to Canada, 1951 Ceylon registered combination use, etc; some faults, F.-V.F. or better, excellent group accumulated with an eye towards exhibiting.

Scott No. 807   ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  Estimate $400 - 600.

1938, 3¢ Prexie Postal History, group of 42 with many interesting and better items chosen for exhibiting including registered, airmail, official seals, overseas uses, uses from abroad, etc, note 4th Regiment US Marines Shanghai use, 1939 Samoa use, Bisect use, 1949 San Juan to Latvia, Canada-US mixed frankings including special delivery, Nov. 25, 1941 use to Philippines "Returned to Sender, Service Suspended" after Pearl Harbor; some faults, F.-V.F. or better, excellent group accumulated with an eye towards exhibiting.

Scott No. 807   ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  Estimate $400 - 600.

1911 Official Postal Savings Collection, small collection mounted on double-wide pages including printed Postal Saving System Information for Depositors, 1911 postmaster reply to "non-resident" as unable to accept deposit; O125, O126 on registered UO72 entire, O122, O126 on UO72 registered entire (O126 cat. $225 on cover); mint UO72 entire, mint UO72 with penalty clause and defaced indicia; UO72 strong reverse offset on piece, UO70 use entire sent unsealed, and O124 on UO71 entire (cat. $100), F.-V.F.

Scott No. O122//O126   ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  Estimate $300 - 400.

Postal History Consignment Balance, small box with mostly 1900s groups including some better FDCs, unusual cancels, machine cancels, airmail covers, RPOs and related, some rough stampless, note a weather forecast backstamp, postal card with "Murdered by a Footpad" printed message to a Sheriff, 832-834 $1-$5 Prexie FDCs, 1903-04 Barr-Fyke machine cancels, 1900 registered three-value franking to Germany, Cuero Texas running turkey machine cancel use, RFD cancels, C72c booklet pane FDC, etc, F.-V.F. and interesting lot.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $300 - 400.

1762-1873, Worldwide Covers, group of 5 comprising Great Britain 1840 Mulready use from Exeter, three nice 1762-1850 German stampless uses including 1850 Ratibor, 1873 Tacna, Peru with 1d red, Very Fine group.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $200 - 300.