U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
September 11-12, 2013
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
| Lot #1068 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES - Covers and Postal History 1799-1946 balance of a postal history collection, 55+ FLs and covers, some extensively written up on pages and loose, starting with a 1799 letter from Paramaribo to a John Hancock in Boston; 1820 letter written by J.C. Calhoun as Secretary of War, fascinating contents (dealing with the opening up of the West and sectionalism), War of 1812 and Mexican War letters, Civil War Patriotic cover with letters of contents (expertly transcribed), early ship letters (originating in Barbados, Horta, Punta Arenas, Funchal), plus others, few foreign covers, mixed condition, generally fine and interesting lot, with much historical significance  | Price Realized $2,600.00 | |
| Lot #1069 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES - Covers and Postal History 1840-1930 balance of a consignment, with stampless covers, album with used early 20th Century picture postcards (some apparently scarce), plus miscellaneous items | Price Realized $1,200.00 | |
| Lot #1070 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES - Covers and Postal History 1924-1945 balance of a consignment on pages and loose, with 1925 USS Los Angeles flight from Mayaguez to New York; 1933 Century of Progress 2x50c on Oct.4 NY to Miami cover (also special 1929 Graf Zeppelin medal), various WWII Clipper flights from APOs to Los Angeles, Honolulu, Valparaiso, Managua, Sydney, Montevideo etc.; cover flown from Philippines to USA, with high value (5peso) franking,; covers flown before attack from Pearl Harbor to Holland and Germany (each with military censor markings), Naval flights from Midway Island (1943) to El Paso; Dec.4, 1941 censored cover from Washington, D.C. to German Occupied Norway (returned with hand stamp "Service suspended"); also few scarce foreign covers incl. 1934 Rocket flight from Netherlands, 1924 and 1926 Amundsen Polar cards, 1924 Mount Everest Expedition card and few others | Price Realized $1,200.00 | |
| Lot #1071 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES - Covers and Postal History 1930s-80s Naval Covers, specialized collection of hundreds in albums and boxes, with particular emphasis on the Asiatic Fleet, with many postmarks of Chefoo, Shanghai, Pekin, U.S. Marine Detachment American Embassy, Tsingtao, Yangtze River patrol boats, special album with U.S.S. Chicago covers, also U.S.S. Pecos, Paul Jones, Perry and others. In addition, there is a small group of covers used in 1879, addressed to U.S.S. Ships "Dictator," "Omaha" and "Minnesota," mostly fine-v.f. | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
