Sale 40: The Autumn Sale

Lot 2762    

Bisects used on printed matter envelopes, 1925. Approximately 300 covers, many of #U420 1¢ entires with additional bisected 1¢ values, including Hugenot-Walloons, Jamestown, a few Pan-Pacific and many regular issues, all used on what appear to be printed matter usages, mostly from Fresno, California, all dated in April, 1925; clean and attractive, unusual offering.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $725

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Lot 2763    

Cover Balance, 1861-1904. Small group of 15 better covers and card; with #62 strip on cover from Philadelphia, Pa. with Penny Post octagon on reverse, #64b, #69 on regular size bank return cover, 6¢ Pictorial to England, selection of Columbian issues on cover, Spanish-American War patriotics including one to Denmark, Louisiana Purchase Expo hold to light card, etc.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $375

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Lot 2764    

Cover Group. Approximately 60 covers; correspondences including illustrated allover shaded ad covers with #114 frankings and one with #11's tied by the unusual Northamherst, Mass. cds, etc.; condition mixed, inspect.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $350

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Lot 2765    

Cover Group. Of 17 covers; interesting usages including #65 tied by Chicago Supplementary Mail date stamp, #26 tied by "22" in circle rate handstamp, #10's on cover, Officials, #18 on cover, CSA including #1 and a four margin #2e on cover; worth inspection.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $450

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Lot 2766    

Cover Selection, 1869. Selection of covers all franked with 1869's (all but one 3¢ + one 10¢); nice blue Leominster Ms with matching circular geometric; cover with advert for "Peters' Musical Monthly"; Baltimore quartered cork, with straight line "Steamboat" and "Due 1" in circle; hotel cover from Council Bluffs, Iowa; blue "Chicago & Dun R.P.O."; 10¢ on cover to Germany; patent drug corner card; 1861 Providence, R.I. to Nova Scotia on 3¢ entire; etc., please inspect.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $260

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Lot 2767    

Earlier U.S. Covers, 1851-1902. Interesting group of 45 or so items, with 1860 San Francisco cds on 10¢ green, to Mass. "via Panama"; 1891 Forbestown, Cal. "kicking mule"; Blood's local Phila; some fancy cancels including New York "shield & crossed cannons"; few nice civil war patriotics; fancy blue octagonal West Sullivan, Me., with star in circle cancels on Bank Notes; blue 1866 Denver, Col., N. York & Phila. R.R.; various Black Jacks; and many more, please inspect.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $725

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Lot 2768    

First Day Covers, 1939-76. Box with several hundred FDC's, best being 3 nice cachets for 1939 Baseball Centennial, including 2 Crosby photo types unaddressed, and block of 4 on Farnum cachet; otherwise many uncacheted, cachet addressed, etc; please inspect.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $200

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Lot 2769    

First Day Covers, Classic Period 1923-1934. Lovely group of 25 FDC's with printed cachets, including 2¢ black Harding #610 on black bordered "Office of the Postmaster General" (Mellone 610-15F) and block of 4 with plate number, postmarked "Marion, Ohio, Sept 1, 1923" addressed to Hon. W.M. Mooney, Postmaster, Washington, D.C.; also C11 block of 4 on registered custom designed Air Mail cover with July 25, 1928 D.C. & N.Y. postmarks; 19 different cachets for #681 Ohio Canalization including 2 different Delf Norona cachets, many Nickels designs + some others; a few r/s cachets not counted; nice Yorktown cachet; Byrd S.S. on nice cachet; perhaps best of all is 1932 Winter Olympics with FD cancel on legal size "State of New York, Executive Chamber, Albany" corner card and autographed by Franklin D. Roosevelt; plus more covers, generally F-VF or better examples.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $650

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Lot 2770

Lincoln Memorabilia. 9 different items, mostly 19th century; includes 50¢ Fractional Currency (Fr. 1374), 1893 Columbian Expo ticket, early trade card, 10¢ Revenue Stamped Paper (cut down RN-N6), 3 different Republican Convention Tickets (1908 x2, 1956), 1883 vignette on check & circa 1920 gold & black embossed label (unfolded & suitable to frame), ex Ainsworth, overall Very Fine.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $100

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Lot 2771    

Miscellaneous Eastern Covers. Consignment balance of eight eclectic covers including a Daniel Webster free frank on stampless cover to Massachusetts (no postal markings), a New York stampless folded letter with content about the Great Brooklyn Fire of 1848, an Ohio cover with two 1853 letters concerning a relative missing in California, an 1860 3¢ Star Die entire used in Connecticut and four stampless covers from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, F.-V.F. group.
Estimate    $75 - 100.

Realized: $100

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