Sale 88: The Sescal Sale

Lot 1901    

Tennessee - 19th Century Accumulation, several hundred items, heavy on the usual big four of Nashville, Knoxville, Memphis and Chattanooga, but many small town also including 1848 manuscript Panther Springs, earliest items from the 1820's through Civil War era into the nineties, better items such as U.S. #65+69 on domestic cover, 6¢ Banknote pair use, #65 x8 on 1863 cover Nashville to England, most items in the $5-$10 range, but a very few values to $50 or so.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $650

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Lot 1902    

Tennessee - 20th Century Balance, several thousand cards and covers dating from the early 20th Century through modern times, expect most anything, with Washington-Franklins, real photo cards, commercial, airmail, personal, philatelic, etc., etc. Values here run all the way from dollar box material to $10 dollars or so max, expect fine to very fine, a bargain at estimate.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $625

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Lot 1903    

Tennessee - Advertising Cards and Covers, several hundred with corner cards, same illustrated, 19th century, 20th century, rare, common, attractive, ugly, large towns, small towns, stamped, common cancels, fancy cancels, and a wide diversity of advertising subjects; most are sleeved and many are priced, values from "use them as packaging stiffeners" to $35 or so.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $675

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Lot 1904    

Tennessee - Decherd, our consignor's home town - hundred or so items, beginning with the Civil War era, up into the twenties and modern era, to include meter, permit and machine cancels and a bit of family correspondence and history, most individual items of a fairly minimal value, but interesting as a group.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

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Lot 1905    

Tennessee - Incoming Mail, about 50 items where the address is within the state of Tennessee, from common U.S. origins, to better foreign items such as 1892 registered Switzerland, WWII censored from Great Britain, India, Belgian Congo, Egypt; deserves a quick dig-through.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $220

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Lot 1906    

Tennessee - Machine Cancel to Modern Collection, 1890-1990's, massive holding of thousands on pages filling 10 large boxes; includes machine cancels from the 1890's on with the major cities (Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis and Nashville) having sections of the various machine cancel types, majority of material identified by the collector as to the dial and killer types, modern material includes some handstamp duplex marks, special event cancels, etc.; a truly extensive holding and an excellent study for further development.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

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Lot 1907    

Tennessee - Manuscript Cancels, about 60 that have been chosen for obscurity or rarity; better examples are Laurel Gap, Miller's Cove, Brick Church, Enon Church, Jeremiah, Slide, Mill Wood, Gibbs, Kinnards Store, and more; some mixed condition.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $600

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Lot 1908    

Tennessee - Military and Related, hundred or so covers relating to military and military service, beginning with several nice Civil War and Spanish-American patriotics, WWI and II Free mail, APO's and censored, nice illustrated and/or cachets, and a small group of modern officials, values running from a dollar or two up to about $25.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $180

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Lot 1909    

Tennessee - Postal History Balance, several hundred cards and covers, all which the collector purchased in recent years from one dealer - and then did not transfer to his main collection, everything is sleeved, carded and priced, wide range of covers running from the stampless and/or manuscript era up through cards and covers of the 1940's, general price range from not very much up about $45 or so, better manuscripts includes 1851 New Market, 1854 Morgan Creek, 1826 Campbell Station, 1850's Mouth of Sandy in ladies cover, 1850's Leniors P.M. free frank, 1847 White Hall, etc., town strikes including 1881 Summertown straight line with star killer; retail paid was $8,300, generally fine to very fine with very minimal mixed condition.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

Realized: $1,500

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Lot 1910    

Tennessee - Postal History Balance, of several hundred items from early stampless to the 1940's; nice range of town marks and a few interesting usages, stampless with ca. 1825 Knoxville arch, 1837 Franklin cds, 1832 Shellyville manuscript on folded letter to Ireland, some Civil War era material including patriotic covers, post-war with Southern Express label use from Memphis, also the correspondences including 1840's with usages from Nashville, 1830-40's Lawrenceburg correspondence of over 95 folded letters.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $800

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