Lot
3444
United States Covers, three large boxes full of covers; classic to modern, part of the Stanley Piller's unprocessed material; inspection will be rewarded.Estimate $500 - 750.
Current Opening Bid: $1,050
Lot
3445
United States Covers, one large box of covers from the Stanley Piller material that was unprocessed; this is mostly earlier material that should be great to process.Estimate $500 - 750.
Current Opening Bid: $2,900
Lot
3446
19th & 20th Century RPO Covers & Cards, specialist group of approx. 170+ items, the majority being early 20th Century PPC's and postal cards w/a wide variety of RPO cancels illustrating just how vast a railway mail system once existed in the U.S., also approx. 50 interesting covers from 1880s-1960s including an unusual 1903 2¢ entire uprated w/1¢ and 2¢ stamps sent from Lansing, MI via New Orleans to Honduras, worth inspection, fine to very fine.Estimate $300 - 400.
Current Opening Bid: $240
Lot
3447
Cover Accumulation, several hundred in large binder and slips; with lots of Exposition related including multicolored Pan-American & Trans-Miss. covers, illustrated Spanish-Am. War patriotics, various Pan-Am & Trans-Miss usages including 5¢ used from U.S. Postal Agency in Shanghai, multicolored illustrated ad covers, FDC's with better cachets including L. Weigand, Crosby, some interesting Columbian issues usages, etc.; inspection recommended.Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
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Current Opening Bid: $3,250
Lot
3448
Cover Accumulation, couple hundred or so loose and in two binders; wide range from early stampless to mid-20th century, early stampless mostly common items with a few better, some classic material including Sc. #63+65 combination use, 1860's Valentine & to Canada, etc., lots of Washington-Franklin issue usages, couple C.S.A. and Hawaii 6¢ Banknote use to U.S., etc.; inspect.Estimate $400 - 600.
Current Opening Bid: $280
Lot
3449
Cover Group, mixed of several dozen covers including "Hartford Penny Post, 2 Cts" oval handstamp on cover posted in New Hartford, Admiral Benjamin Sherwood (Naval) correspondence and other naval related, train mail wreck cover, Civil War related including C.S.A. use, some California including illustrated fair covers, etc.; worth a look.Estimate $300 - 400.
Current Opening Bid: $300
Lot
3450
First Day Cover Accumulation, housed in three large boxes; couple thousand or so FDC's from the 1940-2000's including 1940 Famous American set in blocks, 1976 50 States issue with Medallion cachets and many other sets present, later mostly Art Craft and other commercial cachets, etc.Estimate $150 - 200.
Current Opening Bid: $80
Lot
3451
First Day Cover Collection, 1930-70's, large holding of a couple thousand or so housed in White Ace cover binders in four large boxes; mostly more common cachets including Art Craft but there are better early cachets including Crosby photo, early including Prexies and Famous Americans, back-of-the-book issues present including some interesting airmail usages, also a run of U.N. covers.Estimate $300 - 400.
Current Opening Bid: $140
Lot
3452
Interesting Postal History Accumulation, 20th Century, 81 covers which are mainly Military related at various locales including Nicaragua, Mexico, China and Midway. etc., many interesting and unusual items present, please inspect, please see our website for images.Estimate $400 - 600.
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Current Opening Bid: $525
Lot
3453
Misc. Cover group, small lots of 55 misc. covers with various frankings, couple with advertising, includes few flight covers and a few foreign covers, please inspect.Estimate $75 - 100.
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Current Opening Bid: $40