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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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small carton with several hundred covers, we note (in no particular order and by no means comprehensive): letters from the Hathaway correspondence, Hortonville straightline on 1851 3c, 1858 Fort Howard manuscript. 1864 Green Bay forwarded to Little Suamico, 1862 Big Suamico manuscript on patriotic cover, 1887 Frydenland manuscript, Lind rimless datestamp on 1857 3c, 1843 Green Bay red circular datestamp to Maryland, 1842 letter datelined Fort Crawford, 1835 Homer NY to Menomineeville, Bridgeport manuscript, 1845 Osborn’s Bridge NY to Green Bay, 1862 Kingston patriotic cover, and much more, mixed condition to be expected but generally fine or better, ideal for the Wisconsin postal history collector or dealer, a wonderful lot which needs to be viewed to be appreciated
16 binders organized by county, ranging from 1830s/1930s, a wonderful selection of markings and office, note better throughout including Evanswood, Lind, Manitowoc, and Rock Spring manuscripts, Uniontown datestamp (post office open 1884-86), earliest recorded Antigo (1885) three binders of Brown County, a binder of hunting and logging RPPCs, and much more, generally fine to very fine, ideal for the Wisconsin state postal historian as a collection such as this would be difficult to duplicate, viewing a necessity
approximately 55 folded letters and covers, very nearly all territorial uses, mostly red circular datestamps but note 1839 blackish purple, most with owner's note, contents generally of historical interest throughout, generally very fine or better, a wonderful foundation collection with many ex-Van Vlissingen, few ex-Risvold, etc
approximately 53 covers in a binder, mostly stampless but a few 1851/57 3c covers, better including (manuscript less otherwise noted) 1844 Fort Winnebago circular datestamp, 1845 Geneva Bay, 1849 Hustisford, 1848 Manitowoc Rapids, 1853 Marquette, 1851 Nelson’s Landing, 1859 Peatville, 1851 Plover boxed handstamp, 1850 Theresa, 1850 Union Grove, and 1862 Vienna, mixed condition but mostly fine or better, a scarce group overall
approximately 80 covers, mostly Banknote-era but some earlier, wide variety of markings with little duplication, marked retail values to about $75-100, mixed condition but strikes generally very fine, an attractive and desirable group
approximately 200 covers in three binders, ranging from manuscript cancels through about the 1920s, note better including Beloit negative “OK”, Cedarburg “HB” monogram in oval, Fall River “X” geometric on 1861 3c, Fort Howard “FH”, Ft. How. & Chic. RPO negative “S”, various Kenosha “K”s, Mauston “Paid” on 1861 3c, Monroe “AK”, Nashota “1871”, Oshkosh large-format fancy cancel on 1c Banknote, Pewaukee “Paid” on 1869 3c, Watertown “W” and shield, and West Eau Claire Shield on 1861 3c, plus several wheels of fortune and various 20th Century fancy cancels (including “Apple”-ton), mixed condition but most strikes fine to very fine or better, an interesting and attractive group
large carton with several hundred covers and postcards, dating from the 1820s through late 20th Century, a good number of manuscript cancels including Kenosha and Green Bay WI, Lime Spring and Unique IA, etc., advertising covers and postcards, some philatelic material from the 1960s/70s but the older material more than makes up for it, mixed condition but much fine to very fine, worth a close inspection
large carton filled with literature dedicated to Wisconsin postal history, including runs of the Badger Postal Historian, WPHS monographs, auction catalogues, newspaper clippings, and more, as well as some original notes and research from William B. Robinson, an ideal lot for students of the state, impossible to duplicate