Sale 61: The Fall Sale

Lot 2583    

1870-88 Banknote Covers Including Some Fancy Cancels, group of 24 covers including #178 tied by New York Maltese cross on local bankruptcy notice, #184 tied by fancy geometric cancel, #156 tied by red cork cancel on 1874 orange cover to Vienna Va., #157 tied by partial Chicago blue shield, #158 tied by St. Louis "US" fancy cancel, #184 tied by Schuyler's Lake N.Y. "U.S." fancy cancel, #158 tied by unlisted Arrowhead from Ill., and #184 tied by "WK" fancy cancel from Sioux City Ioa., etc., F.-V.F.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $270

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Lot 2584    

1870-88 Banknote covers to Foreign Destinations, group of 20 covers including some better: #179 on cover to London with red B.F. Stevens oval forwarding handstamp, #179 (2) to Amsterdam, #214 on 2¢ entire to Germany, #182, 183 (2) and 187 on 1881 registered cover to London, #156 on UX1 to Germany, #157 (2), 158 to Germany, #210 on 2¢ entire to Costa Rica, #210 on 2¢ entire short paid to Denmark, #183 on circular to England, includes two 20th century covers, F.-V.F.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $300

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Lot 2585    

1878-1900s Better Machine Cancel Collection, four album collection of 225 covers and card with many better including American, Barnard, Barr-Fyke, Barry, Chesire, Columbia including repeaters, Constantine, Doremus, Evans, Geary, Hampden, Krag repeaters, Leavitt (Type AB-NY(31) die 2), Milam & Holmes, Palmer & Clark (Poughkeepsie), Perfection, Pneumatic, Potter & Vail, Time-Cummins, Universal, Whitehead including 5-Line Brooklyn, and several unknown types, includes some APO flags, involutes, street car RPOs, etc., some mixed condition, many rare types present and well worth viewing, F.-V.F.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

Realized: $3,250

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Lot 2586    

1890-99 Small Banknote and Bureau Issue Postal History, group of 29 covers with domestic and foreign mails, better includes 1899 to British Guiana, 1896 to Monte Carlo, 1899 Seattle Wash. registered to Germany with #268, 274 and NYC exchange label, 1896 Cleveland Oh. to London and forwarded and later returned to Newtown Conn. via Cherbourg with France 25c black on salmon, 1901 Milwaukee to Germany with purple Milwaukee B.P.O. Elks Carnival and Lodge Reunion illustrated ad cover, 1898 Acto Grain Scoops illustrated pioneer post card, 1896 New York Supplementary mail use to England with #270 pair, etc., F.-V.F., a useful group.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $375

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Lot 2587    

1898-1900 Spanish American War Covers, group of 48 covers including patriotics, soldiers letters, etc., some uses from Cuba and Philippines, better includes Camp Tracy, Cal. use, purple Mil. Sta. Dagupan wrapper use with 2¢ to Rome N.Y., etc.; mixed condition, Fine.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $625

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Lot 2588    

1900s Military Postal History including WWI and WWII, two cartons of covers, hundreds including APOs, US Ship postmarks, US Marine covers from Haiti, Illustrated Christmas V-mail, Aug. 15th 1945 official classified Naval dispatch announcing receipt Japanese Acceptance of Surrender Demands, etc.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $750

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Lot 2589    

1900s U.S. - China Postal History, group of 38 covers and cards relating to US-China mail, better include 1916 U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai China duplex on two 1¢ Franklin singles on "U.S.S. Palos, Chungking, China" corner card cover to US, 1901 San Francisco to Port Arthur 1¢ entire at printed matter rate, 1946 Shanghai registered to President Harry Truman at the White House, etc.; some mixed condition, F.-V.F.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $375

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Lot 2590    

1930-40's Naval Cacheted Covers, approximately 165 covers with the vast majority being in the 30's, good variety of ship types, events and commemorative dates; very fine overall please examine.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $180

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Lot 2591    

1930-40's Navy Ship Straight Line Cancels, approximately 125 covers, many smaller ships that did not have post offices and a nice variety of WWII ships that either did not have post offices or did not have name cancels after the war, not all cacheted, very fine group overall.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $160

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Lot 2592    

1930-80's First Day Covers, over 1,000 covers mostly housed in White Ace cover binders in two large boxes; early issues mixed cacheted and uncacheted, including 1932 Washington Bicentennial set, Parks, a complete regular issue Prexie Crosby cachet set, F.A.'s, etc., mostly later issues with sets; inspect.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $375

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