Terms of SaleBid IncrementsGradingLinksContact

Sale 58: The Winter Sale

Previous ChapterTable of ContentsNext Chapter

Maritime & Naval Postal History

Lots 2771-2779

Lot 2771    

Deep Freeze & HPO Covers, 1941-55, selection of 49 covers, mostly Operation Deep Freeze, various cachets & postmarks; also some Highway Post Office covers, please inspect.
Estimate    $75 - 100.

email this lot to a friend

Lot 2772    

Inland Waterway Covers, 1870's-1880's, group of 10 items, all with "Agent" cancels, couple more scarce southern routes, please inspect.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $110

email this lot to a friend

Lot 2773    

Mail Line & Mail Boat Covers, 1870's-1880's, selection of 12 items, including several Vicksburg & New Orleans Mail Line, mixed condition with one missing the stamp, please inspect.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

email this lot to a friend

Lot 2774    

Naval Cover Accumulation, 1930-60's, approximately 750 covers in slips, with approximately 500 arranged by ship name; strength on 1930's usages with and array of cachets including Crosby cachet, Admission Day, first day commissioned & last day decommissioned, Flag Day, Fleet Week, etc., ships including submarine, destroyers, etc.; nice condition throughout, worth review.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

email this lot to a friend

Lot 2775    

Naval Cover Balance, 1930-60's, approximately 600 covers and cards, many in slips, strength on 1930's usages with and array of ships and cachets including unused Crosby cachet covers, Admission Day, first day commissioned & last day decommissioned, Flag Day, Fleet Week, etc., ships including submarine, destroyers, also a selection of mostly unused post cards showing various ships, etc.; interesting group, worth review.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

email this lot to a friend

Lot 2776    

Naval Cover Collection, 1935-1945, approximately 400 covers virtually all different, wide range of material including U.S.S. Pacific and Asiatic Fleet, submarine, gunboats, various cachets, etc., some better items retailing $20-30, 1931 seapost and related material, well worth inspection.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $400

email this lot to a friend

Lot 2777    

Ship Covers, 1799-1900s, group of 44 mostly 19th century with many interesting and better including 1799 Boston straightline with ms. ship from Demarara, 1864 Puerto Rico with Baltimore Ship Due 12, 1864 Hong Kong to San Francisco with "Ship 4" h.s. (faulty), 1863 Boston "Ship 4", 1853 San Francisco to Washington D.C. with "Via Nicaragua, Ahead of the Mails" framed h.s. (faulty), 1846 New Orleans small "Ship" handstamp, several New York ships incl. 1863 from Nassua, New Bedford "Ship 7" etc.; some mixed condition, F.-V.F., an intriguing group.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $1,400

email this lot to a friend

Lot 2778    

Ship Related, 1930-1940, 89 items, including 9 advertising blotters picturing ships, 34 photos of sailing ships, and 46 covers with different cancels, including 4 Crosby type photo cachets of USS Oklahoma (sunk at Pearl Harbor & sold for scrap), interesting & attractive group.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

email this lot to a friend

Lot 2779    

Ship's Mail, 1840-1859, group of 10 stampless covers from U.S. to Cadiz, Spain, all carried by ship's captain with no postal markings, excellent condition, quite scarce.
Estimate    $150 - 150.

Realized: $95

email this lot to a friend

Lots 2771-2779

Previous ChapterTable of ContentsNext Chapter