Sale 103: The APS Auction

Lot 4044    

20th Century Cover Accumulation, large box full of covers and postal stationery including FDCs, much commercial mail etc.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $180

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Lot 4045    

Clipper, Advertising & Railroad Covers, three collections, each in its own album, including Foreign Trans-Atlantic and Pacific flights, Zeppelin covers, interesting assortment of advertising including hotels, railroad related cards and covers, also some 19th Century definitive and commemorative covers, generally fine to very fine.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $525

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Lot 4046    

Coil Issue Postal History, collection of over 130 covers with many better including #413 line strip of four on legal-size cover; two #449 solo uses on legal-size covers (cat $1,500 each); #613 line pair on registered legal-size cover; #396 paste-up strip of four on large faulty cover, #454 strip/4 with 346 on registered cover to England; #490 cover to Sweden, #603 on post card to Indonesia; #495 (2) on cover to Prague, Slovakia; #447 on cover to Finland; #458 to Italy, etc., plenty of value, worth close review, overall F.-V.F.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

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Realized: $3,250

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Lot 4047    

Coil Issues Used on Advertising Covers, group of 29 illustrated advertising covers bearing coil stamps, note #412 pair on red and green Rub-No-More Washing Powder illustrated cover; #455 on multicolor Pluto Concentrated Spring Water illustrated ad showing devil; #393 on multicolor Planet Jr. cultivator illustrated ad; two different Gold Dust twins black Americana ads, #412 line pair on multipost illustrated ad cover showing woman with affixing machine.
Estimate    $600 - 800.

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Realized: $1,350

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Lot 4048    

Commemorative and Wash.-Franklin Imperf Issues on Cover, group of 34 including #343 pair as forwarding on incoming Canal Zone post card; #347 pair with #E11 on large special delivery envelope from Chicago Ill; #371 with tied WX5 on cover; #371 pair on 1¢ #U300 entire to Argentina; #373 from Vera Cruz, Mexico; #373 on multicolor illustrated ad from Hotel Gayoso, Memphis Tenn.; #535 block of 5 on registered cover to Latvia, nice lot.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

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Realized: $725

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Lot 4049    

Cover Accumulation, collection of 150 ranging from stampless, 1851 issues including #10 and #11 covers, #65 covers, some banknotes, etc. note a green Thorndike Mass. green cds use, Boston Mass. "Paid", some nice advertising including a few cameos, manuscript towns, etc; mixed condition but some nice things.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $650

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Lot 4050    

Cover Accumulation, group of over 140 in binder and loose, range of uses including classics, 1851-57 issues, Bank Notes, some airmail PH, etc. worth close inspection.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $600

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Lot 4051    

Cover Accumulation, 1840s-1900s, balance of collection including 1851-56 3¢ Imperf Issue stockbook with 63 covers and additional off-cover stamps, some #10's present, mounted pages of April 1925 California Bisects, Famous Americans FDCs complete, #357 on post card (PSE cert); few stampless uses including Madison Springs Ga. ms. postmark use, few airmail covers, three #24 covers, etc.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $600

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Lot 4052    

Cover Accumulation, 1850s-2000s, accumulation of about 750 from early 19th Century to 2000s, wide variety incl stampless, postal cards and stationery, advertising, corner cards, airmail flights (US & Canada), naval, events, FDCs, commercial use, PPC, some fancy cancels, even some foreign; condition varies widely, worn, roughly opened to VF.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $550

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Lot 4053    

Cover Business & Miscellaneous Accumulation, in three large boxes; includes accumulation of mostly business covers - both 6's and 10's - that have as a unifying theme USPS slogan cancels and/or philatelic show hand cancels, wide variety from around the U.S., mounted in Mylar sheet protectors, and two or three hodge-podges combined into one, several hundred postal slogan machine cancels and several thousand philatelic show and/or event illustrated hand cancels, mostly from the sixties and seventies, also a few Tennessee items, nothing super expensive but lots of good dollar box material.
Estimate    $10 - 15.

Realized: $50

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