Lot
2856 
Classic Postal History Balance, 1800s-1900s, better collection of over 295 covers and cards from old-time estate including #1 from New York; #9 strip of three use, #10A from Boston, #11A from Rusk Texas, #11A strip and single to France, two #15 San Francisco cover to N.Y. and Conn., #20 local cover, #22 on printed circular, two #23 covers, #23 & #26 on Philadelphia carrier cover, #24 strip of three use, #24 (2) New York carrier use, two #26 uses in CSA, #33 Boston to San Francisco, #63 strip of three on cover; #63 on U33 entire prepaying carrier fee, #68 to Mexico and Austria, #71 to France, #75 to Halifax, #77 to Germany and France, #78 to France, #149 to England, #185 to Burma, #189 to Cape of Good Hope, some territorials, registered mail, railroads including "Morris & Essex R.R.", fancy cancels, two 1828 New Orleans "Mail Route" covers to Northeast, U.S. Naval Lyceum forwarded use to U.S.S. Mississippi Mediterranean Squadron; airmails including. C18 covers, etc.; wonderful collection worth close evaluation. Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
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Realized: $6,250