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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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exhibit collection in two binders containing approximately 135 covers and postcards arranged alphabetically, on pages with historical data about the various offices, primarily 20th Century but some earlier (including a few territorial), better items including Denver territorial with negative "M", earliest recorded Petersburgh, Sanatorium, and Villa Park, generally fine to very fine
exhibit collection of approximately 135 covers arranged alphabetically in two binders, mostly 20th Century but some earlier, includes notes on dates of use, postmaster, and other historical data, note a few better including early Arlington, earliest recorded Catlin, and Fort Lyon "wheel of fortune", overall fine to very fine
exhibit collection of approximately 75 covers arranged alphabetically in two binders, most mounted on pages with the years the post office was in operation, the dates of the postmark, and other information, includes short-lived offices such as Bethesda, Perry Park, Pine Grove, and Spring Valley, mostly fine to very fine, worth a close look
exhibit collection of approximately 145 covers and postcards in two binders, most of the 73 major varieties known from 38 towns in Colorado are represented, including several examples of cancellations with short lifespans and rare varieties, all fine to very fine
exhibit collection of approximately 190 covers in two binders, arranged by manufacturer including American, Barry, Columbia, Doremus, International, and Universal, wide variety of towns with an emphasis on the larger cities, some rare and short-lived varieties represented, overall a very fine and well-organized collection
approximately 64 covers and cards mostly written up on album pages, ranging from the territorial period through 20th Century fancy cancels, numerous highlights including 1898 Arkansas Valley Fair advertisement, 1888 Bee (only known postmark), 1898 Denver Mountain and Plain multicolored advertisement, 1898 Denver flag cancel, 1860s Fort Garland, 1860s Fort Sedgwick, 1920 Harbourdale, 1869 Julesburg, Las Animas possible territorial use, 1863 Mountain City, 1870 Pueblo, and 1860s Spanish Bar, mixed condition throughout but generally fine or better, worth a close look for the specialist
black oval rimless datestamp with manuscript date, "Paid 5" on 1850 folded letter to Summit, New York, very fine strike and cover, a rare marking (ASCC $1,250)
type 1 postmark on cover to Le Roy, Kansas, targets tie or cancel 1c Ultramarine, 5c Blue, and 10c Brown Banknotes, straightline registry handstamp, light wear and 1c stamp faults from placement, very fine and scarce
bold type 2 circular datestamp (missing last digit of year), matching negative "R" handstamps cancel pair of 2c and 10c Banknotes on registered legal-size cover to Moro, New Mexico, some edge wear and tears affecting stamps, very fine strike, an attractive cover, ex-Kriege
manuscript postmark with matching "10" rate on envelope to Mokelumne Hill, California, light wear and corner out, very fine marking, Washington Territory was established March 2, 1853 making this one of the earliest uses from Cowlitz
approximately 125 folded letters and covers all selected for interest or attractiveness, many better/interesting including 1814 Christiana DE, 1846 Philadelphia PA letter to Mormons in Nauvoo IL, 1847 Little Rock IL manuscript, 1909 Longlake IL datestamp, 1880 Victoria IL county/postmaster datestamp, 1856 Manti IA manuscript, 1859 Emporia KA territorial use, 1861 Henryville KA, 1861 Gloucester MA drop letter, 1861 Fair Haven MN manuscript, 1822 Cape Girardeau MO, etc., generally fine to very fine with a few faults throughout, viewing a requirement
group of 16 cards including 1883 Butte City, Montana; 1884 Aberdeen, Dakota Territory; 1891 Cordes, Arizona registered packet receipt; 1901 San Francisco to Pahala, Hawaii (Honolulu and Pahala backstamps); and 1902 Fort Worth to Apache, Oklahoma Territory (arrival backstamp), to name a few, generally fine to very fine, an interesting and useful group