Lot
972 
Mohave County Territorial Balance, approximately 110 covers and cards, scarce to rare townmarks including unique items; with town postmarks including earliest from Acme, Basin (one of four known), Campbell type 2, Cedar, Cerbat manuscript and unique type 3A, Cloride, Golconda (2 known), Hackberry, Kingman with 1889 registered, scarce Littlefield (all three types, 2-3 known), Mineral Park, Mohave City including 1869 manuscript and unique type 3A, Owens type 1 & 3 (3 known of each), Signal with unique type 2, Stockton, Yucca with unique type 2 and many others, post cards with Indian related; some duplication, condition varies with many nice strikes throughout, F.-V.F. overall. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Realized: $1,300
Lot
973
Moore Correspondence Letters and Covers, mix of correspondence from mostly Arizona and California around the turn of century into the 1930's, includes some interesting Arizona territory letterhead items; condition mixed, please inspect for evaluation (no photo). Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $130
Lot
974
Phoenix Territorial Covers (Maricopa), study of approximately 90 covers and cards in two cover albums; starting with usages in 1876 with type 1 postmark (four recorded) and type 2 (6 recorded) in 1878, later comprehensive with most types represented including the 1880's single and double line boxed date stamps, type 9 postmark in violet and blue, scarce 1888 M.O.B. postmark (type 10, 4 recorded), later with corner card and registry usages, etc.; some duplication, condition varies with many nice strikes throughout, F.-V.F. overall. Estimate $500 - 750.
Lot
975
Pima County Territorial Balance, approximately 300 covers and cards, scarce to rare townmarks including unique items; with town postmarks including complete American Flag postmark types, Apache Pass type 3 (3 known), strong Benson including some interesting usages, Bisbee with unique type 10A, Buenos Ayres type 1 (3 known), the unique Camp Huachuca type 2 postmark, complete Camp Thomas types, Dos Cabezos, Esperanza type 2 on receipt card (two known), strong Florence, nearly all Fort Grant postmark types, Grant type 1 (5 known), scarce Greaterville, 1886 Harshaw registered, Helvetia type 2 (2 known), Maricopa Wells type 3 (5 known, rarity 7), strong Nogales including incoming from Mexico and scarce registry postmark, Ochaville skull & crossbones fancy postmark, Pima, strong Safford, Sasabe (4 known, rarity 6), Washington type 1 (3 known), and many others; some duplication, condition varies with many nice strikes throughout, F.-V.F. overall. Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
Realized: $1,800
Lot
976
Pinal County Territorial Balance, approximately 175 covers and cards, scarce to rare townmarks including unique items; with town postmarks including nice showing of Casa Grande, Dudleyville with type 1 oval (2 known), comprehensive section of Globe postmarks, complete Kelvin types (type 4 unique), Mammoth, Maricopa with rare type 1 (3 known), Pinal with unique M.O.B. postmark, Price, Ray with a couple unique types, scarce Riverside types 1-2 (4 known of each), San Carlos, complete Sasco types, scarce Silver King types, and many others; some duplication, condition varies with many nice strikes throughout, F.-V.F. overall. Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
Realized: $1,250
Lot
977
Prescott Territorial Covers (Yavapai), study of over 60 covers and cards in cover album; starting with late 1860 - early 1870's usages of the type 6 postmark, fine example of the type 7 postmark (3 recorded), comprehensive selection thereon with most types present including type 14A (2 recorded) on railroad corner card cover (Arizona Central), 1885 incoming to Whipple Barracks, superb strikes of type 19 M.O.B. postmarks (4 recorded), scarce turn-of-the-century straight line and boxed postmarks, later with some scarce machine cancels, registry usages including incoming from France, etc.; some duplication, condition varies with many nice strikes throughout, F.-V.F. overall. Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $425
Lot
978
Tombstone Territorial Covers (Pima/Cochise), study of approximately 55 covers and cards in cover album; starting with usages in 1880 with type 4 postmarks, including one to England, 1881 registered package with red boxed date stamp (type 6), strong range of later postmarks with most types represented, later including 1905 registered (type 25A, 2 recorded), etc.; some duplication, condition varies with many nice strikes throughout, F.-V.F. overall. Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $500
Lot
979
Yavapai County Territorial Balance, approximately 450 covers and cards, scarce to rare townmarks including unique items; with town postmarks including Antelope Valley manuscript (3 know), Bellemont including incoming from Sweden, manuscript 1882 Bumble Bee on cover, nice showing of Camp Verde including 1883 registered and type 2 postmark (2 known), complete Chino types (type 2 is unique), Clifton starting with 1876 manuscript (type 1, 3 known), complete Cornville types, Cottonwood manuscripts postmarks from the 1880-90's, Craig (2 known), complete Dewey types including manuscript (2 known), strong Fairbank & Flagstaff, Hecula (5 known), comprehensive Jerome, Junction with unique type 1A postmark, McCabe, MacDonald (3 known), complete Martinez & Poland types, unique Rutherford type A, Sayers (3 known), scarce Seligman types, Skull Valley type 2 (4 known), Storm (2 known), Strawberry, Tip Top, Tuba City types (2 known of each), Turkey including manuscript on receipt, Walnut Grove including registered, Whipple with unique M.O.B. (type 4A), Williams manuscript (3 known), and many others; some duplication, condition varies with many nice strikes throughout, F.-V.F. overall. Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.
Realized: $2,600
Lot
980
Yuma County Territorial Balance, approximately 105 covers and cards, scarce to rare townmarks including unique items; with town postmarks including Arizona City (both types), Blaisdell (2 of the 4 known), Castle Dome Landing type 1 (three known), Cibola registered, unique type 4 Dome, Ehrenberg including unique type 6, Fortuna with unlisted 1898 postmark, Harqua Hala, Kofa (all four types), Laguna (one of two known), Parker, Quartz King (one of two known), Yuma with a nice range of postmark types and foreign usages, and many others; some duplication, condition varies with many nice strikes throughout, F.-V.F. overall. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Realized: $1,900