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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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by our rough approximation about 4,000 covers ranging from the early 1920s through World War II, sorted by issue with numerous event covers interspersed chronologically, highlights too numerous to mention but the early binders alone include 551 and 576 combination (7), 555 (4 Hodgenville, Scott $350 each), 557 (8 including 3 New York), 558 (2), 559 (7 including 2 Niles), 560 (3), 561 (4), 562 (4), 563, 564 (4 Washington, 4 Caldwell, 3 Boston), 565 (3 Washington, Scott $400 each, plus Muskogee with APEX certificate, Scott $1,250), 566 (Scott $575), 567 (Scott $600), 568 (Scott $650), 569 ($800), 570 (Scott $1,500), 606, 612 (4), 614-16 (19, various cities), 617-19 (17 including Washington, Cambridge, Concord, Lexington, Boston, and Lynn), 620-21 (20), 622 (13 including two North Bend, Scott $200 each), 623 (20), 692 (2), 693 (4), 694 (4), 695 (3), 696 (2), 698 (5, Scott $300 each), 699 (Scott $350), 700 (3, Scott $300 each), 701 (Scott $400), C4, C5, C6, C7 (8), C8 (4), C9 (15), E12 (Scott $500), E13 (2, Scott $400 each), E14 (2), E15 (5), E16 (2), QE1, QE2, QE3, and QE4, better later covers including Prexies complete to the $5, variety of different cachets for each issue (including hand-painted and first cachets), generally very fine with covers selected for their eye-appeal, an incredible holding which would take ages to duplicate, ideal for continuation or resale, difficult to do this lot justice in words but we are confident the buyer will not be disappointed
5,500+ covers in four large cartons dating from the early 1940s up to the early 2000s, a large variety of cachet designs throughout, including several signed by their designers, and at least a dozen Goldberg designs, commemoratives include many each of space exploration, presidential inauguration, and notable U.S. events, a selection of World War Two patriotic covers, some 1960s first flights and airmails, 20+ express mail high-value postage first-day covers, several with multiples, vast majority of items in very fine condition and well organized chronologically, an excellent opportunity for a dealer to replenish stock, a close inspection would definitely prove worthwhile
seventeen autographs from Presidents and their families, some on cards, some on commemorative covers, definitely some auto-pen signatures but many original, signatures include Gerald R. Ford, Lyndon B. Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, Richard Nixon, Pat Nixon, Julie Nixon, (as Julie Nixon on one and Julie Nixon Eisenhower on two) Tricia Nixon, David Eisenhower, Several signatures repeated, all very fine condition