Lot 265
Collectors Club of Chicago, United States Mail and Post Office Assistant. 1975 Reprint Edition, Oct 1860-Sept 1872 issues, hardbound, 2 volumes, 577pgs oversize, in slipcase. General information for PMs; Procedural changes; Charts & tables, regulation changes Foreign mail charts. The standard reference manual for PMs of the time period, forerunner to the postal guides.Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $75
Lot 266
Cornell, Lee H., The Tale of the Kicking Mule. 1949, 60pgs., soft bound, autographed with tipped in material, normal wear.Estimate $75 - 100.
Realized: $35
Lot 267
Cushing, M., The Story of our Post Office. 1893, hardbound leather, 1034pp gilt-edge, 450 illustrations, 37 chapters give a narrative history of the Post Office. Not just tables & data but interesting stories of operations and incidents. Some spine and edge wear.Estimate $50 - 75.
Realized: $55
Lot 268
Division of Mines, The Mother Lode Country (Centennial Edition). 1948, Geologic Guidebook along Highway 49 - Sierran Gold Belt, Bulletin 141, hardbound, 164pp, extensively illustrated, with maps, many photos of period buildings, mines and vistas, normal use.Estimate $50 - 75.
Realized: $55
Lot 269
Finlay, H., The Hugh Finlay Journal: Colonial Postal History 1773-1774. U.S. Philatelic Society reprint, 1975, hardbound, 94pgs, cover bit soiled; plus Sampson, E.N. American Colonial Postmark Catalogue, 1953, loose 3-ring in binder, 31pgs.Estimate $50 - 75.
Realized: $65
Lot 270
Frajola, R. et al, The Pony Express, A Postal History. 2005, hardbound, 165pgs, illus., like new.Estimate $20 - 30.
Realized: $60
Lot 271
Gutman, M., Hale & Co. Independent Mail Company 1843-1845. 2005, hardbound, 345pgs, illus.; new.Estimate $20 - 30.
Realized: $45
Lot 272
Herst, H. and Sampson, E.N., Fancy Cancellations of the 19th Century US Postage Stamps. 3rd revised edition, 1963, hardbound, 288pgs, light wear, autographed with tipped in material.Estimate $50 - 75.
Realized: $110
Lot 273
Horowicz, K. and Lowe, R, The Colonial Posts in the United States of America 1606-1783. 1967, soft bound, 52pgs; plus Wooley, Mary E. The Early History of the Colonial Post Offices, Philatelic Literature Review, 1969, softbound, 33pgs; plus additional reprint. From paper delivered at Historical Seminary of Brown University.Estimate $30 - 40.
Realized: $70
Lot 274
Johl, M., U.S. Commemorative Stamps of the Twentieth Century. 1947, 2 volumes, hardbound, 738pgs, dustjackets, plus 1932 volume 1 revised signed by author, minor use.Estimate $50 - 75.
Realized: $125