Sale 25: The Autumn Sale

Lot 3053    

Hawaii related wartime covers, 1942-47. Approximately 300 covers; including approximately 100 return cover to motion picture company in Honolulu, much A.P.O., censored mails, also a 1942 correspondence to Detention Camp at Sand Island, Honolulu and Internee at Camp McCoy in Wisconsin.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $900

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Lot 3054    

Illegal usages - postal stationery cut-outs, 1893-1990's. 23 covers bearing indicia from envelopes and postal cards; includes 3 19th century cut-out usages including multiple 1¢ Plimpton indicias, later usages including 10 Pacific 97' stamp replicas on postcards; interesting group.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $210

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Lot 3055    

Illegal usages - revenue issues on cover, 1898-1970's. 28 covers; including accepted usages of 1st issue revenues on 19th century covers, 1¢ & 2¢ I.R. overprint issues, one on 1898 cover, others mostly 1920-60's including various documentaries, 5¢ Newspaper on 1890's front, potato issues, telegram, postal and war savings, few state revenues; interesting group.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $475

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Lot 3056    

Illegal usages on cover, 1910-80's. 50 covers; includes foreign stamps used as postage, various labels including 1910's "Half Your Letter Postage is Tax" label usage, "Time to Reorder", etc., stamp issue replicas, revenue, section of underfranked and unfranked mail, zip selvage, test coil, etc.; interesting group.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $240

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Lot 3057    

Illegal usages on cover, 1910-90's. 48 covers; mostly a variety of holiday label used as postage including Christmas and Easter seals, Boy's Town, etc., 1932 Hawaiian Phil Soc. label used in Honolulu, saving stamps, miniature covers including Tiny Town, CSA facsimile, etc.; a unusual group.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $180

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Lot 3058    

Naval markings. One album full cover covers & fragments from the 1930's-50's used with various different Naval cancel & postmarks, a wonderful lot for the specialist, worth inspection.
Estimate    $250 - 350.

Realized: $160

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Lot 3059    

Packetboat cover collection, 1900-80's. Well over 100 covers and postal cards in 2 albums, nice range of country frankings and postmarks, including New Zealand Marine P.O. usages, Australia and early States usages, Asia with 1930's China, Hong Kong and Macao frankings, loose letter usages, Samoa, Philippines, etc., also a section of 1964 covers posted aboard the S.S. Northern Star with frankings from Mexico, Canal Zone including usages of N.Z., Cook Islands and other country stamps, a 1930's correspondence from San Francisco to Hawaii with I.J. and U.S. Seapost cancels, etc.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $1,400

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Lot 3060    

Pennsylvania covers, 1850-90's. Old-time group of over 60 covers in plastic sleeves, mostly smaller towns with several better DPO's (Chillisquaque c1870, Centre Road Station 1889, Vanwert 1881, Zollarsville 1875 manuscript, etc.), numerous corner cards, some faulty but majority F-VF.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $250

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Lot 3061 /o   

Picture postcard accumulation, 1900-70's. Approximately 2,000 mint and used cards, mostly scenic and town views including some real-photo, California, etc.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $500

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Lot 3062    

Picture postcards - California. Over 300 different; most early cards, some linen, many desirable scenes, buildings, etc., condition mixed.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $100

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