Sale 118: The Fall Sale

Lot 1395    

1857 12¢ Issue Covers, Type I x 40 and Type II x 20, the remainder of the Stanley Piller retail stock; most plated by Mr. Piller; condition much nicer than normal; seldom offered in lots this nice.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.



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Realized: $800

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Lot 1396 o/   

Cover & Stamp Balance, mix of material in binders; includes binder of 1851-57 3¢ covers mostly #11's including couple Leominster, Ms "3", interesting #9/#11 turned cover, #9 drop rate covers, 1861, 1¢ usages, some Blackjack usages, Special Delivery stamps and six on cover usages, other covers including 6¢ Banknote on cover S.F. to Honolulu, 1899-1900 correspondence to France & Italy all bearing 1¢+4¢ Trans-Miss issues and many with American Express Co. handstamps on reverse, some good stampless, etc.; worth review.
Estimate    $500 - 750.



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Realized: $900

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Lot 1397    

First Day Cover Accumulation, housed in three large boxes; couple thousand or so FDC's from the 1940-2000's including 1940 Famous American set in blocks, 1976 50 States issue with Medallion cachets and many other sets present, later mostly Art Craft and other commercial cachets, etc.
Estimate    $250 - 350.

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Lot 1398    

First Day Cover Collection, large holding of thousands filling three large boxes; includes a run of issues from 1933 on including Parks, Prexies with dollar values x2 and booklet panes, Famous Americans, Airmails from C21 on, also a substantial section of printed and hand painted Art cachet covers from 1932 to modern mostly housed in Lighthouse cover stockbooks with cachets including Penner, Dewitt, K. Havden, B. Kraft, D. Bundy, Zammito, Collins, Colorado "Silk"Geerlings, D. Gold, Granlund, Bevil, Ham, M. Fox, Enroth, R. Hamilton, Milford (Duck stamps), Poll, Fisher, S&T, Pugh, Art Kober and many others, many signed and limited edition numbered, section of seven 1985 $10.75 Express Mail covers as well as other later express and high value issues, etc.; worth proper evaluation.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $1,800

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Lot 1399    

Postal History Consignment Balance, of well over 50 items including some ephemera items, with strength in western area states including Arizona including 1880 Arivaca A.T., Wyoming with postmarks from Fort Fred Steele & Fort Bridger, some N. Mexico, Kansas Territory including early Quindare, Daniphan, Atchison and Wabaunsee, Colorado including Thatcher Bros. corner card cover with red Pueblo, C. Ty. cds (original letterhead enclosure), 1881 Zapato with illustrated Bull corner card, etc., Montana including 185 straight line Forsyth M.T. postmark and a 1895 sheriff reward card from Glascow, California with many usages from San Diego county, some other illustrated covers including early Fremont campaign and a few guns covers (some unused), other items with revenues including 1865 mining certificate, iconic Jabez & Feary Mustang Express label (unlisted as a local in Scott catalog some time ago); worth proper review.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $850

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Lot 1400    

Postal History Consignment Balance, 1857-1929, group of 6 covers and card; 1857 Switzerland incoming stampless, #65 usage on 1862 docketed cover with "Yorktown, Va. just evacuated" notation (Siege of Yorktown), couple Columbian issue usages including 4-color registered franking with #E3 (gum toning) and a couple Zepp flights.
Estimate    $75 - 100.



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Realized: $90

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Lot 1401

Stocks and Bonds Group, includes 1866 Agricultural Branch RR, Boston, 1863 Newport and New York Steamboat Company, 1867 Buck Mountain Coal, 1874 Fitchburg & Worcester RR with most coupons, Fitchburg & Worcester RR without coupons, 1869 Mansfield and Framingham RR, 1899 Old Colony RR. All have revenue stamps except Buck Mountain and Old Colony. Mixed condition, and the oversized ones have been folded, but all are suitable for framing or other display.
Estimate    $150 - 200.



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Realized: $130

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Lot 1402    

United States Postal History, esoteric/unusual lot of about 350 postal history items with a great holding of earlier special delivery usages (E1-5 different, E3, E7), Scott F1 (7 usages-many nice ones), and many others, a specialized group of better Washington-Franklins with many multi-franked covers paying many different rates, many nice registered and foreign, several early due stamps on cover from international origins and domestic, several mixed country combination covers, a group of 26 McKinley plate proofs on card, mainly mint, but with many scarce and unusual ones, and a group of about 80 illegal usages, primarily in the 1930's, with the majority being postal stationery cutouts used on cover, as well as some non-stamp label usages, and all going through without any postage due; an interesting and diverse group.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,800

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Lot 1403    

United States Postal History Group, of better items, followed by lots of mostly inexpensive but interesting items. 1847 Boston stampless Paid 36; #10A folded letter (Crowe Cert.) good contents; #11 red Black Hawk Pa DPO; 1857 Sacramento City CA (Williams SAC-2560/3) on 10 Cent U16 to Virginia; 1861 Benicia (SOL-100/4) on 10 Cent U16 to Massachusetts; Georgetown (ELD-1400/4) on Scott #15 to New Hampshire; Auburn (partial) PAID 6 (PA-250/4) to Oakdale, Ohio; 1896 #232 NY flag cancel; 1875 #188 to Paris; #E2 second special D; 1926 C4 Philly to NYC; 1881 Harpersfield NY circled star; #314 imperf block of 4, followed by over 50 mostly inexpensive 19th century usages, and ending with over 50 better 20th century usages. Overall condition F-VF.
Estimate    $500 - 750.



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Realized: $1,500

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