Lot 1594 o
Fancy Cancels on Postal Cards Collection, 1870-80's, over 100 card most identified and written-up on display pages; nice array of fancy postmarks with better, including pictorials with 1886 Kicking Mule of Port Townsend, Wash., Horse Head of Ravena, O. and Northampton, Mass., Masks of Chillicothe, Mo. (in blue), Ludington, Mich. and Canton, O., Clover of Chicago, Ill. (in blue) and Pittsburgh, Pa., Swan of Northampton, Mass., Skull & Crossbones of Waverly, N.Y., Greenfield, Mass., Coleville, Pa. (in violet) and West Gardiner, Mass. (duplexed with shield postmark), Top Hat of Culpepper, Va. and Danbury, Ct. (two different), Bell of Concord, N.H. and Enfield Center, N.H. (both in blue), Heart of Mt. Pleasant, Ioa. and many others including stylized leafs, clovers, shields, star and crescent, pumpkin heads, Masonic including trowel, compass & keystone, etc.; a wonderful collection for both postal card and fancy cancel specialist.Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
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Realized: $1,000