Lot
2431 
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Postal Card, 1885, 1¢ Jefferson Issue Balance, of approximately 180 cards; includes 10 trial color items, study of shades mostly mint from chocolate to red orange, four uprated foreign destinations usages to Europe, a nice section of fancy postmarks and cancels including the possible Bennington, Vt. "Provisional" precancel, nice section of printed advertising cards including unused with red border on face and matching border on reverse in brown with corner card, the multicolored Sherwin-Williams Co. chameleon card, etc. Scott Nos. UX8 Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $800
Lot
2432
Fancy Cancels on 1873 1¢ Postal Cards, group of 54 cards with a nice array of markings; includes Arrow of Adams Center, N.Y. in blue, Indian Head of Upper Sandusky, O., Pumpkin Faces from Peoria, Ill. and Oswego, N.Y., Negative Top Hat of Danbury, Ct., Negative Anchors from New York, N.Y. and Bay City, Mich., Apple of Pittsfield, Mass., various Shields from Columbus, Ind. and St. Louis, Mo. (4 different), "OK" of Americus, Ga., negative "OK" of Beloit, Wis., negative Pointing Hand of Pittsburgh, Pa. in blue, and numerous other geometrics with Stars including NYFM, Crosses, Radials, Square & Compass, etc., nearly all Very Fine or better strikes. Scott Nos. UX3 Estimate $750 - 1,000.
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Realized: $800
Lot
2433
Fancy Chicago Blue Cancels on 1¢ Postal Cards, group of 39 cards, four UX5 usages and the balance UX3; many Berg identified cancels including #AF-13, BOW-2, CL-1, CB-35, DW-13, DW-12, GEO-7, GEO-28, GO-35, LR-7, NA-05, NA3-15, NAO-16, NSP-14, OV-39, SHT-3, SDL-32, SPR-5, SPR-25, SR7-12, STR-8, STR-17, W1, with many unlisted cancels including fancy box, rosette, cross in star and various grids, nearly all Very Fine or better strikes. Scott Nos. UX3, UX5 Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $525
Lot
2434
Fancy Letter Cancels on 1¢ Postal Cards, group of 50 cards; includes two different "C"'s of Cohoes, N.Y., "E" in Wreath of Ellensville, N.Y. (T&C postmark), negative "E C" Monogram of Delaware, O., two "H" strikes on uprated UX5 Wilmington, N.C. to Germany, two different negative "H R" Monograms of Pittsburgh, Pa., negative "M" in Box of Denver, Colo., blue "O K" in Circle of Jacksonville, Ill., negative "U S"'s of Syracuse, N.Y. and Mattapoisett, Mass., negative "U S M" of Harpers Ferry, W.Va., etc., nearly all Very Fine or better strikes. Scott Nos. UX3//UX14 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $240
Lot
2435
Foreign Destinations on 1873-1902 1¢-2¢ Postal Cards, of over 240 postal cards with many additional dozens of later cards usages; includes six uprated #UX3 usages to Nova Scotia, Canada, Germany, Hungary and two to Switzerland, UX1 usage from Canada to Albany, N.Y. without any Canadian postage, other 1¢ card usages including four UX5 uprated usages to Europe and better later destination including Trinidad, Russia, Egypt, Java, Uruguay, Antigua, Haiti, nice selection of printed view cards, numerous 2¢ postal card usages with some of the better destinations including British Burma, Gold Coast, Nicaragua, Nigeria (unsevered paid reply), North Borneo, Persia, used from Philippines, Romania, Russia, Samoa, etc.; a wonderful holding for the postal card specialist. Scott Nos. UX3//UX18 Estimate $500 - 750.
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Realized: $1,300
Lot
2436
Hand Drawn Illustrations on 1873-1914 1¢ Postal Cards, group of 24 cards mostly used; includes four UX3 cards with pen or pencil caricatures mostly humorous, UX14 with watercolor watermelons, eight UX18's mostly hand colored/watercolor designs, some humorous caricatures, with later in similar fashion, F.-V.F. or better. Scott Nos. UX3//UX27 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $950
Lot
2437
Multiple Advertising 1¢ Postal Card Collection, of 102 mostly used including rare types and varieties; includes Ma-1, Ma-3, Ma-5-b and Ma-5-c, new finds of Hudson River Ma-5-c var. 1 and 2 (two) as written up in UPSS article, Ma-6-a (two), Ma-6-b, Ma-6-c vars. 1 & 2, Ma-6-d vars. 1 & 2, Ma-6-e vars. 1, 2, 3 & 4, Ma-6-F vars. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5, Ma-6-g, Ma-6-h vars. 1, 2 & 3, Ma-6-i vars. 1, 2 & 3, Ma-6-j vars. 1, 2 & 3, Ma-7, Ma-8, Ma-9-a vars. 1 & 3, Ma-9-b vars. 1, 3 & 4, Ma-9-c vars. 1 & 2, Ma-10, Ma-11, Ma-12, Ma-15-a, Ma-15-b, Ma-18, Ma-26-b, Ma-28, Ma-33, Ma-61-b vars. 1 & 2, Ma-61-d vars. 1, 2 & 4, Ma-76-a, b & c, includes many additions to this listing and many collateral items including ad covers, other postal cards, non-postal litho ad cards, etc., F.-V.F. or better. Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
A WONDERFUL SPECIALIZED COLLECTION OF THESE RARE MULTIPLE ADVERTISING POSTAL CARDS.
Realized: $3,750
Lot
2438
Preprinted Advertisements on 1873 1¢ Postal Cards, group of 35 mint and used cards with the far majority illustrated; better items including transportation with People's Line Steamer showing large St. John Steamboat, The Prat's Steamer with Steamboat, Vermont Central Steamers with similar in red, Bayou Sara, La. Steamboat Agent card with "Vick & N.O." railroad agent cds, others with a couple wagon/buggy illustrations, several horse related including interesting Sleigh Bell ad, horse drawn mower, etc., other illustrations including dog muzzle (mint & used), wood working machine, pump, furnace, tobacco knife, etc. Scott Nos. UX3 Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $425
Lot
2439
Waterbury, Ct. Fancy Cancels on 1¢ Postal Cards, group of 27 cards with five UX3 and rest on UX5, includes Rohloff L-13 leaf, P-11, 12, 19 & 26 rosettes, C-2, 6, & 7 crossroads, B-18 arrowheads, F-7 five petal flower, J-7 four hearts, L-5 leaf, L-8, 10 & 12 maple leaves, L-35 & 37 stylized leaf and two unlisted, Q-6 & 7 shields, etc; some faults, Very Fine strikes overall. Scott Nos. UX3, UX5 Estimate $400 - 600.
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Realized: $2,100
Lot
2440
Paid Reply Postal Card, 1893, 2¢ blue on grayish white, reply card only, from Christiania, Norway to New York City, franked with Norway 5ö green, two singles (50) tied by 1908 Christiania cds's handstamps; creasing at left edge, F.-V.F. Scott Nos. UY2r Estimate $200 - 300.