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Sale 36: The Winter Sale

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The C. Walske Philatelic Literature Collection: United States - Balance Lots

Lots 303-312 Lots 313-322 Lot 323

Lot 313

Literature Balance. Babcock, W.L. Supplemental Mail Markings; Chambers, R. Straight Line Town Postmarks 1756-1856 Reprint; Thompson, H.K. U.S. County and Postmaster Postmarks Billigs Handbook. .
Estimate    $75 - 100.

Realized: $55

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Lot 314

Literature Balance. Including Bertalanffy, L V. The History of the Letter From the Late Middle Ages; Hahn, C. Postal History Primer; Hahn, C., For Juniors with Love; all soft bound; and Jewell, C. Combination Covers, hardbound.
Estimate    $50 - 75.

Realized: $70

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Lot 315

Literature Balance. Interesting group of titles, including Bradley The Story of the Pony Express; Bill The Beleaguered City: Richmond, 1861-1865; Drinkwater Abraham Lincoln, A Play; Mitchell Gone With The Wind, 1953 translation into German; and Tyler Philatelic Forgers, Their Lives and Works .
Estimate    $50 - 75.

Realized: $25

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Lot 316

Post Card & Trade Card Literature Balance. Approximately 30 publications and trade card journal run; handbooks including Berhard Picture Post Card Catalogue, Staff The Picture Postcard and its Origins, Burdick Pioneer Postcards, Barry The Advertising Trade Card, Bagnall Collecting Cigarette Cards, many priced catalogs including Picton's, etc.
Estimate    $75 - 100.

Realized: $105

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Lot 317

South Carolina Civil War Literature. Interesting group of titles, some focusing on Charleston, including Rosen Confederate Charleston; Whitelaw & Levkoff Charleston: Come Hell or High Water; Rogers Charleston in the Age of the Pinkneys; Burton The Siege of Charleston; Swanberg First Blood: The Story of Fort Sumter (2 copies); Wise Gate of Hell; Brennan Secessionville: Assault on Charleston; Johnson & Roark No Chariot Let Down; Rosen A Short History of Charleston; also Wadsworth, et al The South Carolina Regimental-Roster Set (4 volumes); Confederate State Roster - South Carolina (2 volumes); and finally 10 volumes published by the National Historical Society from the mammoth War of the Rebellion - Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, all with extensive references to South Carolina;.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $220

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Lot 318

U.S. Local and Carrier Literature Balance. 5 hardbound publications, various monographs, auction sales and a 1966-71 run of the S. Allan Taylor Society Journal; handbooks including Patton Private Local Posts - New York, Cooper Fresno and San Francisco Bicycle Mail of 1894, 1877 Coster United States Locals, Gutman Hale & Co., Perry Pats Paragraphs, auction sales including Golden and Hall.
Estimate    $50 - 75.

Realized: $260

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Lot 319

United Postal Stationery Society, Various Publications. Including 2000 United States Postal Card Catalog, 2001 Catalog of the 19th Century Stamped Envelopes and Wrappers of the United States; also 1990 UPSS 20th Century Catalog of Stamped Envelopes and Wrappers; 1981 Precancelled Envelopes of the United States; 1999 Cutting Knives of the 19th & 20th Century Envelopes and Wrappers of the United States of America; several dozen issues of the UPSS Journal; and Thorp-Bartels 6th Edition catalog; indispensable reference material for the stationery collector.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $85

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Lot 320

United States Literature Balance. 12 hardbound publications and various softbound, monographs, etc.; including 1887 Tiffany The History of the Postage Stamps of the United States, 1947 Brookman 19th Century Postage Stamps of the U.S., Vol. I-II, Baker Bakers' U.S. Classics, Skinner/Eno U.S. Cancellations 1845-1869, ter Braake The Posted Letter in America 1628-1790, Piller N.Y. Postmaster's Provisional, Schmid The Expert's Book, Kantor Sanitary Fairs, Frajola-Mayer U.S. Five Cent Stamp of 1856, etc., some early name sale catalogs.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $230

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Lot 321

Western Postal History Balance. Fascinating group of titles, including Winter Nebraska Territory Postal History; Nathan Franks of Western Expresses; Risvold The Minnesota Territory in Postmarks, Letters and History; Nathan & Boggs The Pony Express; Wierenga The Gold Rush Mail Agents to California and their Postal Markings 1849-1852; Coburn Letters of Gold; Root & Connelly The Overland Stage to California - The Pony Express; Kutz Gold Fever; Bloss Pony Express - The Great Gamble; Leutzinger The Handstamps of Wells, Fargo & Co. 1852 to 1895; Spring The Cheyenne and Black Hills Stage and Express Routes; overall condition excellent.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $425

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Lot 322

Western Postal History Balance. Interesting group of titles, including Ormsby The Butterfield Overland Mail; Lang The First Overland Mail - Butterfield Trail; Hill The Oregon Trail; Jackson Wells Fargo & Co. in Idaho Territory; Jackson Wells Fargo Stagecoaching in Montana Territory; Gamett Nevada Express: Wells Fargo & Co. and Other Letter Expresses 1857-1895; Nathan & Boggs The Pony Express; Leutzinger The Handstamps of Wells, Fargo & Co. - 1852 to 1895; Gamett & Paher Nevada Post Offices: An Illustrated History; Nathan Franks of Western Expresses; Wierenga The Gold Rush Mail Agents to California and their Postal Markings 1849-1852; Sampson United States Territorial Postmark Catalog; plus some other titles including Thorp-Bartels Catalogue of United States Stamped Envelopes, Century Edition; Simpson United States Postal Markings and Related Mail Services 1851 to 1861; etc., condition generally excellent.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $575

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