Lot
2102 
Danish West Indies, 1908, 30b claret & slate, horizontal strip of three, used with 5b yellow green (51), tied by two strikes of "St. Thomas, 6/1, 1917" cds and matching "R" oval handstamp on orange registered cover to Copenhagen, Denmark, purple "St. Thomas, R" framed handstamp, reverse with "St. Thomas, KGL. Postkontor, D.V.I." official post office seal; bit of flap missing, Very Fine and choice registered use. Scott No. 48 Estimate $500 - 750.
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Lot
2103
Danish West Indies, Postage Due, 1902, 1¢ dark blue, uncancelled pair on Virgin Islands, ½d green postal card cancelled by "A91" barred oval, matching "Tortola, JU 5 '02" cds to St. Thomas, Jun. 12th arrival cds, bold "T" taxe handstamp and blue crayon "2" cents due rating, Very Fine and scarce postage due use. Scott No. J1 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $240
Lot
2104
Guam, San Luis D'Apra, Guam, Dec 9, 1899, type 1.6 straightline postmark with separate datestamp in blue ties Guam, 1¢ green, 2¢ red and 5¢ blue (1, 2, 5) on cover with preprinted address to San Francisco Cal., reverse with "Mil. Sta. No. 1 Manila, Philippine, Received, Dec 16 99" transit cds and San Francisco (1.20) machine, fresh and Extremely Fine. Scott No. 1, 2, 5 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $160
Lot
2105
Guam, San Luis D'Apra, Guam, Dec 13, 1899, type 1.6 straightline postmark with separate datestamp in dark blue ties Guam, 1¢ green, 2¢ red and 5¢ blue (1, 2, 5), along with matching blue "Bear Paw" cork cancels, reverse with "Mil. Sta. No. 1 Manila, Philippine, Received, Jan 6 1900" transit cds and Altoona (2.3) arrival machine, fresh and Extremely Fine, this is the earliest recorded usage of the "Bear Paw" cancel that was used for a short period between December 13, 1899 and February 24, 1900. Scott No. 1, 2, 5 Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot
2106
Guam, Guard Mail, Third and Fourth Issues, over 50 covers on pages with a fair amount of useful information, including Nos. M5-M6 Third Issue and M7-M11 Fourth Issue, nice range of towns, nearly all double-circle types but including 14 three-line Inarajan and Merizo, singles, blocks of four, three "set" covers of the Fourth Issue, First and Last days and couple Commercial uses, also First day of U.S. Mail (Jan. 1, 1931), First Air Mail Over Guam by Navy Amphibian airplane, Pan American Airways survey flights, 1939 cover from Guam to a Marine Sgt. in Shanghai with attractive cachets for Midway and Wake Islands which were refueling stops for the trip from Guam to Hawaii, Aug. 1, 1944 censored cover mailed from Guam from APO77 (first one used during re-capture of Guam) and mailed during heavy fighting with Japanese resistance (full American occupation was on Aug. 10, 1944), also APO's 953 and the short-lived and very scarce 1057, F.-V.F., a fabulous collection of this interesting and scarce material, certainly the largest and most comprehensive we have ever seen, ex-Whitpain. Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
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Realized: $1,400