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Fall Postal History 2022
Our Fall 2022 Postal History sale includes the John D. Bowman Collection of Boyd's City Express Post, the William B. Robinson Collection of Wisconsin Postal History, material from the collections of Steven M. Roth and Graham Booth, FRPSL, and much more.
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tied by August 17, 1923 Washington, DC first day machine cancel to Worden-serviced cover, very fine (Scott $600)
tied by August 21, 1923 Washington, DC first day machine cancel to Worden-serviced cover, very fine (Scott $750)
tied by April 19, 1930 Washington, DC first day machine cancel to card to Pennsylvania, appropriate cachets, couple trivial creases, very fine (Scott $900)
tied by April 19, 1930 Washington, DC first day machine cancel to cover to California, appropriate cachets, very fine (Scott $1,000)
tied by April 24, 1930 Lakehurst, New Jersey machine cancel to cover to Brooklyn, appropriate cachets, very fine (Scott $575)

approximately 400 covers, mostly commemorations of various flights and memorials of the loss of both ships, huge variety of cachets, a wonderful assortment for the airship enthusiast or for individual resale
three-line purple handstamp on cover to Portland, Oregon, cover with some damage and wear, accompanied by correspondence with various collectors about the history of this cover, very fine
large part of a cover from the Georgia Public Service Commission which survived the crash, accompanied by a letter from the Post Office Department, very fine and scarce
four-line purple handstamp on legal-sized cover, very fine, AM 13 flight crashed into a mountain killing all seven aboard

approximately 1,500 covers, mostly first flights or airshow commemorative covers, appears to be some better early flights and pilot autographs, huge variety of different cachets and frankings, close inspection is bound to prove fruitful
used alongside 4c Chocolate, tied by Canton, Ohio February 12, 1909 first day flag cancel to cover to Midvale, Ohio, reduced at left and adhesive residue on reverse, very fine appearance (Scott $500)
two covers, first tied by May 1, 1923 Niles, Ohio first day machine cancel to cover to Youngstown, Ohio, second May 1, 1923 Washington, DC first day duplex to locally-addressed cover, very fine and scarce pair (Scott $460)