Lot 1068
Otsego County Postal History Collection, over 900 pre-1940 covers arranged by towns on pages in dozens of binders; with many early Postal entire-1940's manuscript postmarks including postmaster free franks, some highlights including Burlington from 1817 manuscript on, Cherry Valley including 1823 small arc postmark in red and 1827 & 1828 straight lines in red, patriotic cover, etc., Cooperstown with 1800 straight line, 1810 arc, 1817 town & county rimless cds, Exeter with 1850's fancy "Paid" and Reverse: rate on mourning cover to San Francisco, Cal., 1869 Hartwick fancy monogram cancel, 1831 Middlefield straight line, Richfield Springs with various EAH postmaster monogram cancels, Schuyler Lake from 1839 PM free frank on, 1850's Springfield box postmark (unlisted in ASCC), Unadilla including 1864 cover to "U.S.S. Unadilla", also a couple dozen R.P.O.'s, express company labels, misc ephemera and covers of Unadilla and Otsego postmarks from other states, generally F.-V.F. or better.Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
Realized: $3,500