U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
September 9-10, 2015

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1515
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES - Covers and Postal History Naval and Maritime Mail
1853-1945 collection of 3,000+ covers, generally written up on pages, arranged in binders and housed in 14 cartons, United States Naval history represented by the many covers, also U.S.S. Shenandoah, Los Angeles and Hindenburg commemorative covers, 1932 Olympiad, special cachets (some priced up to $200), 1935 San Diego International Exposition with cached covers, FDCs and Exposition guides; few early covers from 1853, 1862, wreck covers, Classical Naval cards (usually picture postcards with ship cancels, used 1900-1920), Ship Cruises from 1909-1945 (mostly pre-WWII) including U.S.S. Chester, Birmingham, Salem, Hancock, Wilmington, Dayton, Brooks, Monocacy, Sacramento ("The galloping Ghost of the China Coast"), U.S.S. Hannibal and others, with stops at Egypt, India, Panama, Canal Zone, Guantanamo, Cienfuegos, Nicaragua (included is Nicaragua Campaign medal), Yangtze, Shanghai, all points Caribbean, Vera Cruz, Trinidad, Haiti, Philippines, Japan, Australia, other Central and South American destinations, Europea
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Price Realized
$5,000.00

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