Sale 31: The Autumn Sale

Lot 3484    

2¢ Blackjack, Balance Lot. An interesting lot of 61 covers used domestically with a wide variety of cancels & usages, included are Fancy Geometric Cancels, Color Cancels, a few Ads, etc., most used with single 2¢ Blackjack, few grilled issue present (noted is a 15¢ grill on 3¢ entire), mixed condition, please inspect.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $1,700

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Lot 3485    

1861-67 Issue, Foreign Destinations. An interesting lot of 36 covers & one front all to various Destinations with a wide variety of frankings & cancels, destinations include France, Switzerland, England, Germany, India, Panama, Bahamas, Italy, Austria, Mexico, Cuba, some franking with the Grilled Issues, mixed condition, a valuable lot worth inspection.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

Realized: $2,200

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Lot 3486    

1867 3¢ Grilled Issue, Balance Lot. A small group of 22 covers used domestically with a variety of cancels & usages, included are Fancy Cancels, Color Cancels, Advertising Covers, etc., all franked with single 3¢ E. or F. Grill, many nice stamps & cancels are present, mixed condition, please inspect.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $325

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Lot 3487    

1869 Issue, Balance Lot. An interesting lot of 164 covers with a wide variety of cancels & usages, included are Fancy Cancels, Color Cancels, Advertising Covers, etc., all cover are franked with 1¢-3¢ values (however included is three 6¢ covers, one 15¢ cover & four 12¢ covers), most used with single 3¢, mixed condition, please inspect.
Estimate    $4,000 - 6,000.

Realized: $4,250

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Lot 3488 /o/   

1883 2¢ Red Brown Issue Collection. Specialized award winning collection on exhibit pages and stockpages in 20 binder volumes; off-cover issue study highlights comprised of the various proofs, steamer press essay, scarce experimental papers with ribbed & honeycomb watermark paper blocks and wavy line watermark pair, Special Printing issues including n.h. single and o.g. imprint pair and the rare horizontal pair imperf between (all with certs), sample overprints, an array of mint steamer press issues including plate block, perf and plate variations, etc., fancy cancels with several hundred off-cover with many scarce and choice strikes, several dozen nice on cover examples including the Port Townsend kicking mule, extensive on cover section with well over 900 covers covering virtually every aspect of the period, including a strong section of illustrated/advertising covers spanning the range of designs including 2 volumes of hotels, allover designs, some multicolored, etc., usages including sections of foreign destinations, forwarded mail, postage due, registered, fancy town postmarks, R.P.O.'s, special delivery, carrier, express, valentines, wrapper and newspaper usages, patent cancel, foreign & domestic mixed frankings, private letter return labels (National, Chicago, Ill.), pioneer post card, etc.; collection also accompanied by many articles, some regarding covers in collection, as well as the 2-volume book by Willard, a truly wonderful assembly of the 1883 2¢ red brown issue and an ideal collection for continuation.
Scott No. 210    Estimate $25,000 - 35,000.

Realized: $35,000

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Lot 3489    

1890 Issue, Foreign Destinations. A small group of 19 covers & entires all with Small Bank Note frankings to various Destinations, a variety of frankings & cancels are present, destinations include Japan, New Zealand, Germany, Natal, Brazil, Spain, Portugal, Finland, Denmark, Tonga, Bahamas, Bulgaria, South Africa, Sweden, etc., mixed condition, a valuable lot worth inspection.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $625

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Lot 3490    

1902 Regular Issue, Foreign Destinations. A nice group of 65 covers & entires all with 1902 Regular Issue frankings to various Destinations, a variety of frankings & cancels are present, destinations include Greece, Germany, Holland, Japan, Austria, China, Canada, Hungary, Bahamas, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Turkey, Bermuda, Danish West Indies, Bermuda, Jamaica, India, Philippines, Java, Russia, etc., mixed condition, a valuable lot worth inspection.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $1,250

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Lot 3491    

Louisiana Purchase Issues on Cover. 34 including ten 1¢ postcards, several with Exposition cancels, better include #327 registered usages, four including one to Dresden, Germany, #326(10), nine to foreign destinations, there are some cover faults, mostly fine to very fine lot.
Scott No. 323-327    Estimate $500 - 750.

Realized: $625

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Lot 3492    

United States Cover Collection, 1908-10. 37 Washington-Franklin covers, mounted on pages, franked with 1st series #331//40, many nice combinations including a 1¢ & 15¢ on registered, some interesting corner cards, generally F-VF lot worth inspection.
Scott No. 331//340    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $210

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Lot 3493    

1922-1931 Issue covers. 24 covers including two Zepp covers, one with 697 block of 4, one with 570 combination franking, and additional 570 flight cover, many have multiple frankings, few cover flaws.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $170

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