Public Auction
4115 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA
Lot | Cover Accumulations | Estimate | |
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51 | Accum abt (900-1000) incl abt (13) stampless, comml, flights, naval, RPOs, FDCs, abt (500) 1940s controlled mail from small towns; controlled unsleeved, rest mostly sleeved, some priced, some typical wear, gen F-VF | $130 | |
52 | Accum abt (300) 19th Cent to 1940s w/ most 1880s-1910s, mix of comml, adv, personal, many in rough cond (Proceeds benefit APS) | 11 | $150 |
53 | Accum abt (370) 19th/early 20th Cent covers incl comml, personal, airmail, SD, postal cards & more, (5) stampless; also a few Bicentennial era FDC; few flts to F-VF | 12 | $150 |
54 | Accum over (1000) incl couple (100) w/ dup sporting events from the 2000s incl 2007 World Series 2004-05 AFC Championships, 2002 & 2005 Super Bowl & others also a Challenger flight cvr, dozens of POW cvrs from camps for German POWs to Red Cross in Washington, FDC incl #1611-12, 2196 (3) & other interesting material, gen F-VF | $150 | |
55 | (7) Albums, four of which are 1979-86 PCS cacheted & addr FDC; others mostly early to mid-20th Cent incl vintage mailed PPC w/ 2nd Bureau, commems or Wash/Frank, machine slogan cancels, adv, registered, due, unused postal cards, a few FDC or event, (3) sets of 1986 Presidents FDC w/ matching cachets from HF, Gill & ArtCraft; topical covers, early commems, more; overall F-VF | $180 | |
56 | Collection abt (500) from Harman Jewelers in Cleveland, Ohio that were sent out by Certified mail but returned for no forwarding, unclaimed, most have a legal notice inside for pawned items that will be sold if not picked up, & abt (57) FDC addr, Postal Commemorative Society stamp on cover issues of 1988-89 & (16) Postal Commemorative Society w/ gold foil stamps on covers 1990, few flts but mainly VF | 5 | $200 |
57 | Eclectic Accum many (100s) incl 19th Cent stampless & Banknotes, lots of FDC incl #803-31, many oversize incl sheets from the 1990s, a Challenger flight cvr & other 1930s flight, WWII patriotics, various Inaugurations, postal stationery, early private perfs circa 1912 & more, mixed cond flts to F-VF | $200 | |
58 | Accum (100s) post cards, (100s) postal stationery, some FDC, (100s) air mail covers, (6) albums of mainly US covers, some FDC, few flts but mainly F-VF | 2 | $200 |
59 | Wide variety of material to the early 2000s mainly pre-1980 incl 19th Cent Banknotes, Wash/Frank issues, cacheted FDC incl #740-49 (2), C25-31, C46 etc, also Naval cvrs, HPO, Airmail incl Flights, postal stationery, PPC, adv & more, mixed cond flts to F-VF | $250 | |
60 | Excellent Accum (100s) US covers, regular, business & other sizes, PPC, FDC, WWII military, censor, special delivery, airmail, personal, comml & souv covers, airmail, corner card, special cancels, postage due (domestic & foreign), used stationery, foreign destinations, Brownsville, TN stampless, Naval, handpainted submarine, many Expo & Fair & amusement park related cancels & PPC, Texas related, meter, Liberty FDC for single & Blk, Baseball FDC, first flights, some Classics but mostly first half of 20th Cent, many sleeved, gen F-VF | 13 | $400 |
Lot | Postal Stationery | Estimate | |
61 | Accum abt (4000) 19/20th Cent, incl #10A (deep org brown) Putnam OH, #281 to Bermuda, several 634A, WWII & Korean War, few adv, couple stampless, postmark interest, no FDC but some Naval & Space, abt ½ stationery incl common modern, bit of literature, cond varies w/ some rough openings, stains & wear mixed in | 11 | $425 |
62 | Accum abt (3600) covers & FDC mostly 20th Cent incl abt (800) event covers, abt (80) ship covers, abt (90) space covers, abt (100) first flight covers, abt (1600) comml & personal covers, abt (400) uncacheted & addr FDCs 1920s-40s, abt (380) mostly addr & cacheted FDCs 1940s, abt (100) postal stationery, abt (450) PPC & (10) empty cover albums, few flts but gen F-VF | $500 | |
63 | Apx (1200) covers, majority are sleeved, unsorted, none IDed, large number are from the Northeast (PA, NY, New England) but noted an Indian Territory, Montana RPO & some Maryland, plus a couple foreign; Quality accum w/ many small towns & DPOs, variety of cancellation styles from simple cds, duplex, double ring, fancy, Doane; a few stampless, comml w/ corner card, postal stationery, stamped 1860s-1930s, more; also stack of postal cards w/ nice strikes of various town cancels from pmk collector, group of business size covers from 1890s-1910s, PPC w/ Doanes & more; some flts, gen F-VF | 8 | $700 |
64 | Accum abt (600+) US & WW covers, US incl Bicentennial collection, abt (60) Golden Replicas, abt (350) 1940s-70s cacheted & mostly addr FDC, abt (150) UN covers & stationery; abt (100) WW covers incl Italy C2; few flts to F+ | $150 | |
65 | Accum abt (1600+) covers, cacheted & mostly addr FDC loose & in (12) cover albums incl PCS 1979-89, Norman Rockwell Classics, Westport Bicentennial Collection & 1976 Flag set, postmasters of America FDCs & more, loose incl US postal cards, PPC, FDC, Channel Is & UN, a few flts but gen F-VF | 3 | $160 |
66 | Accum abt (3500+) mix of comml & FDC incl abt (1750) Canada w/ abt (1000) 1950s-60s FDC (most addr), abt (750) 1950s comml & few first flights; abt (800) other foreign incl abt (50) GB FDC; abt (1100) US; & few (100) oversized not in count; largely dollar box material but incl (2) US C20 FDC, CZ used U2 & U8 entires; cond varies | 5 | $200 |
67 | Accum abt (950) w/ abt (500) US, mainly 1970s-80s AC FDC addr/UA & */O stationery; foreign incl abt (450) 20th Cent covers w/ wide variety of countries & cover types; mixed cond to F-VF | $200 | |
68 | Accum WW & US (1000s) incl FDC, some nice franking, adv, air comml, corresp, event etc, nice variety, few flts but mainly F-VF | 3 | $250 |
69 | Accum WW & US (1000s) nice variety incl adv, air, comml, event, FDC, fancy cancels, some nice franking covers, corresp, etc, few flts but mainly F-VF | 3 | $250 |
70 | One man's accum of both regular & interesting covers, ranging from mint & used US postal cards, 1950s Boll & Fluegel cacheted FDC, Australian comml mail & stationery, Auburn, NY stampless cover w/ hs "5"; large group WWI related cvrs, free franks, cards & PPC, American & European incl some good sets of German PPC, other US military mail & cards up to 1960s; some souv covers US & foreign; Bulk Mail stamps on cover, foreign registered w/ multi-frankings incl Mexico, US, Brazil, others; censored, modern used US entires, early QEII FDCs, more; gen F-VF+ | $250 | |
71 | Accum WW & US (5,000+) incl adv, air, comml, corresp, event, FDC, nice variety w/ a few flts but mostly F-VF | 4 | $300 |
72 | Dealer Stock US & WW abt (2500+) incl FDC, Air, comml corresp, then abt (250) US covers for the 1870s-1880s, nice variety, few flts like rough opening but mainly VF & useful | $300 | |
73 | Accum (1000s) upon (1000s) US & WW FDC & FDC programs, event covers, Readers Digest pgs, regular, business, oversize, adv, air, comml, corresp, fancy cancels, nice franking on some, Birds & Flowers FDC of 1982, Sonoran Desert FDC, postal stationery US & WW, postal cards & PPC cards, some event postal cards, FD programs, few flts but mainly VF | 2 | $400 |
74 | Large Accum US & WW covers & FDC, incl unused US & foreign postal stationery, several UNICEF UN FDC binders, UN Flag FDC, souv cards, (1000+) US FDC, mostly common type cachets 1930s-80s incl some dollar values, light dup, some addr, some sleeved; (7) cover albums w/ WW topical FDCs w/ full sets (larger size covers), regular covers, maxi cards & more; gen F-VF | $400 | |
75 | Accum abt (5500) w/ abt (3000) US comml w/ some personal, all in Scott # order (#850-2800), nice group of adv cards & Valentines Turn of the Century, some real photo post cards, rest is WW airmail & foreign comml mail, cond varies Avg-VF | 15 | $500 |
76 | Apx (2000) 1¢ surcharge unused hoard, incl abt (60) favor Ovpt on U24, abt (400) UX32 & rest UX33, most IDed by city (NV) incl UX32 Jacksonville (2), Minneapolis (6), New Orleans abt (20), Oklahoma City (5), UX33 Butte abt (18), Manchester (6) etc, incl some UX33 misplaced Ovpt & few inverted Ovpt; some w/ pencil feature diagrams, otherwise gen F-VF | 2 | $40,000 |
77 | Accum abt (1000) mainly postal cards incl many sets (Apx 19 diff) w/ Monsters, Looney Tunes, Baseball, Olympics, Trains, Ballet, Clouds, Indians, Birds etc, some older reply cards & entires, about (500) FDC cacheted & addr 1950s-70s, gen F-VF | $100 | |
78 | (440+) Postally used postal cards, 1890s-1970s w/ majority being 1890s-1910s, large group are requests for catalog from one business so postmarks come from all over, incl duplex, target, machine, flag, cork; 1970s cards appear to be from pmk collector; gen F-VF | $100 | |
79 | CARDS & STATIONERY Accum (1000s) */O w/ dup mainly in shoe boxes & binders incl unused U436g, UX6, UX8, UX15-16, UY1-2,UY5 (pre-printed), UY9 & others also incl a collection of Xmas Seals 1907-70 incl some proofs, gen F-VF | $125 | |
80 | Unused Collection in (3) Scott albums featuring postal cards incl UX1, UX6, UX15, UX20, UX30, some entires & cut squares, abt (750) common covers, stationery gen F-VF, covers vary | $150 | |
Lot | First Day Covers | Estimate | |
81 | Dealer Stock abt (1500) unused postal cards UX1//646, in IDed glassines in (5) red, (2) black & (2) shoe boxes, also incl airmail cards UXC1//28 & reply cards UY14//49; also abt (140+) 1980s-2000s postal card packs, light dup; also abt (300) unused postal envs, gen F-VF (Proceeds benefit APS) | 3 | $150 |
82 | Accum Stationery (100s) mostly modern a few early, some Airmail covers, owner IDed, few flts but mainly F-VF | 3 | $250 |
83 | Unused Accum abt (4000) incl abt (2600) postal cards incl UX3 abt (14 preprinted), abt (1000) modern commem in packs, UY11 abt (400+ unfolded); abt (1400) entires incl UO72, abt (300) CZ incl U9; partly sorted, some wear or aging but gen F-VF | 3 | $300 |
84 | Assortment many (1000s) stationery issues all unused, mostly 1980s w/ love cards, postal cards, envs, air envs, air letter, sheets to 50¢ FV, outstanding group w/ dup, few flts but mostly VF | 2 | $300 |
85 | Large Accum (100s) postal stationary FDC in (27) binders or albums w/ some on W/A pgs, mostly UA for 1988-2013 & additional pieces 1977-99, nice variety of issues, well worth a good look, mostly VF | $300 | |
86 | Postal Card Used Accum abt (7250) incl abt (3250) comml & abt (4000) FDC, comml incl UX7 abt (350), UX8 abt (300), UX9 abt (1600, some plated), UX13, UY6 (3), duplex & machine cancels, diff towns, FDC 1950s-90s; much sorted, comml some wear, stains & creases, FDCs gen FVF | 6 | $400 |
87 | Unused Accum Apx (4000) w/ abt ½ entires & ½ postal cards, incl U61, U85 (2), U172 (2), U445 (10), U500, U530 (9), U531 (11), UC9, UO49 (5), UX5, UX6 (5), UX7 (2), UX15, UX21 (2), UX22 (15), UX24 (10), UX26 (12), UY2 (3 unfolded), UY5 preprinted, UY8 (2), few flts but gen FVF | 6 | $500 |
88 | 6 Davis 5¢ light blue, pair, pen cancels, on cover to wife of Major Alfred Rives at Richmond, a French railroad engineer for the CSA; upper left is Cobham VA C.R.R. black Jan 28 (1863) pmk ($750 in CSA Catalog); F-VF | $400 | |
89 | Selection of Covers, incl Oct 1861 Charleston stampless w/ PAID 5 in circle, #1 green tied by Arbor Hill, VA cds, #2 Richmond cds & pen cancel; #2b dark blue Jan 1862 Tennessee black cds, to Mobile; #4 Stone 3 pair (not tied) w/ Virginia cancel; #5 tied by large 1863 Norfolk cds, ms "in hast," (6) covers franked w/ pair #6 or 7, two are mourning; #11 (3) covers, couple shades; #12 June 17, 1863 Richmond Cobham VCRR; finally a stampless w/ black "Due 10," ms at UR indicates a soldier; (8) of the covers are addressed to Major Alfred Rives or his wife, at Richmond or Cobham Depot, Rives was a railroad engineer for the CSA, his daughter, born during the time of these #11 covers, was a writer whose godfather was Robert E Lee & Oscar Wilde later introduced her to her 2nd husband, a Russian prince; some notations by Rives about promotions on the face of a cover; overall interesting group but expect flts in stamps & envs, F+ | 3 | $500 |
90 | Unused Accum abt (375) postal cards & entires incl U9, U13, UC2, UXC2 (2), few used incl UC2, some sleeved, gen F-VF | $150 | |
91 | M1-M2 (2) Business size covers addr to same Marine at Agana, 4/8/30 FDCs for first Ovpts, 2¢ pair w/ Agana pmk, 4¢ single w/ Sumay pmk, both w/ same day Agana receivers on back; VF | 2 | |
92 | M2 Philatelic business size cover to a Marine at Agana, 4/16/30 Agat cds, used stamp cat $150, VF | $140 | |
93 | (2) Covers to same addressee in Pennsylvania, one franked w/ Guam #1, 2, 5, other w/ #3, 8; all tied by San Luis D'Apra dated 2/24/1900; proper receivers & transits, F-VF | $150 | |
94 | 647-648 This quirky cover has it all, an overpaid, illegal use, territorial FDC; Hawaii Ovpts 2¢ & 5¢ w/ 8/13/28 Honolulu duplex & machine cancel, affixed to U443 5¢ entire along w/ QE3 20¢ Special Handling stamp improperly used for Airmail Special Delivery service, transit & receiver pmks on back; QE3 is rare on cover regardless of legality! on annotated exhibit page, ex-Rufe | $200 | |
95 | E13, QE4 SCARCE joint FDC for 15¢ Special Delivery & 20¢ Special Handling, Washington, DC, 4/11/25 duplex cancels, SD receiver on back, VF ex-Rufe | $500 | |
96 | QE1-3 Attractive combo FDC for all (3) 1928 Special Handling issues, no cachet as usual, each stamp is a plate number single, affixed to U522 2¢ entire, Washington DC duplex cancels, mailed to Detroit, VF | ||
97 | QE1-3 1928 Special Handling FDCs, all (3) signed by Postmaster General New, each w/ matching franking 2¢ Valley Forge, slogan cancel, & addressee (letter carrier); 20¢ is plate number single; F-VF+ | 2 | $140 |
98 | QE1-3 1928 Special Handling FDCs w/ matching green Gorham cachets, Planty only lists QE1 as having a green cachet; APX $600 in Planty, VF ex-Rufe | $200 | |
99 | QE1-3 1928 Special Handling (3) matching FDCs w/ corner card for stamp dealer Roessler, each uses 2¢ Valley Forge for postage, gen VF ex-Rufe | $150 | |
100 | QE1-3 1928 Special Handling FDCs w/ matching decorative cachets, addr to stamp dealer Robinette, not listed in Planty, cachets not common for this issue; VF, ex-Rufe | $200 |