Lot
2566 
R.P.O. Cancellation Collection, over 280 covers and cards arranged and identified on stock pages in three binders; arranged by town with extensive section of Baltimore including Arlington & So. Baltimore (BA-1-b-2) first day of use, 1897 usage of the Roland Park & St. Helena (BA-3-a-2, recorded EKU 1/23/98) on wrapper, and a BA-3-e duplex usage (used for about 5 months in 1899), Towson & Catonsville (BA-5m, Car 2, Die 1.5) an unrecorded die, good showing of Brooklyn and Boston types, 1913 Cincinnati "Brighton Car" flag (CI-1-b), New York types including unknown type "3rd Ave.N.Y. City/TR 49" cds, scarce "Pittsburg Street R.P.O." duplex (PI-2h, 7 recorded) and "Fifth & Penn Ave. Circuit" flag (PI-1-a), St. Louis with Centennial Parade oval (SL-831-E4, used one day only), San Francisco with many a few scarce types including Mission St. flag on entire (SF-2-B), etc.; condition well above the norm throughout. Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
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Realized: $1,200
Lot
2567
Stampless Covers, 1802-1860s, group of 56 cover in album, some interesting include 1802 from Russia privately carried, some ship including 1829 from Rio de Janeiro to Haiti, 1838 from St. Thomas DWI via New York "Ship", Galveston "Ship"; 1846 Apalachicola Fla. with "X" rating handstamp, etc., some mixed condition, interesting group. Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $675
Lot
2568
Wells Fargo & Co. Collection, useful exhibition collection well written-up on pages; stating with a mix of genuine and fake Pony Express stamps with genuine including #143L1-2, 7-9 and later newspaper issues, 20 covers mostly later usages including early Chinese Camp, Pacific Union Ex. usages, etc.; condition varies, inspect. Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $475
Lot
2569
Western Cover Balance, of three items; includes 1850 San Francisco 40 rate cover sent "Steamer California" to Charleston, S.C., a scarce Wells, Fargo & Co. 1894 provisional "S.A. Butler" frank unused (Railroad Strike) and a July 7, 1894 legal size cover from San Diego to San Francisco with provisional Wells, Fargo & Co. handstamp frank sent during the railroad strike. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $160
Lot
2570
Western Express Cover Group, 17 entires; mostly common Wells, Fargo & Co. usages including Arizona territory with green Tucson oval date stamp use, a Mexican frank, etc.; mixed condition. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $130
Lot
2571
WWII Patriotics, album of over 50 used WWII patriotic covers including some additional unused. Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $160
Lot
2572
1939, 30¢ Winged Globe Airmail FAM and Rate Uses, Exhibit of Stephen Suffet, 16-page one-frame exhibit that shows at least one use from every FAM where a rate of at least 30¢ existed, including FAM 18, FAM18 + FAM 14, FAM 14, Western Hemisphere FAMs, FAM 19, and FAM 22, also includes two extra pages and unmounted C24 used from Midway Marine Detachment at the FAM 14 unpublished 30¢ per ½ oz. rate between Midway Island and the U.S. mainland addressed to Canada (only recorded example), some additional better items: C24 via FAM18 to Jacob Israel Frank in Germany (Under Laws of Nazi Germany, all Jewish men had to adopt the name Israel) censored by the British and Germans and RTS in 1941, FAM18 to Nigeria, Iran, Finland, and the only recorded to Lebanon as semi-autonomous region of Syria under French mandate, 1940 to Syria via FAM 18 but route suspended while enroute and rerouted via Pacific FAM14 route, 1942 from APO 857 (British Guiana) to Cincinnati, uses from Hawaii, Cuba and Puerto Rico, uses from Hawaii to Philippines and vice-versa, FAM 14 to Cameroun, 1941 Canton Island to Berkeley Cal., and C24 pair via FAM 22 to Belgian. Scott No. C24 Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
A LARGE GOLD GRAND AWARD WINNING EXHIBIT OFFERED INTACT.
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Lot
2573
Airmail Covers including some Zeppelins, album of over 130 covers including 3 Zeppelins flights, some first flights, mint and use stationery, etc. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $220