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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.
- The John D. Bowman Collection of Boyd's City Express Post (218) Apply The John D. Bowman Collection of Boyd's City Express Post filter
- The William B. Robinson Collection of Wisconsin Postal History (216) Apply The William B. Robinson Collection of Wisconsin Postal History filter
- Main catalogue (179) Apply Main catalogue filter
- Postal History from the Steven M. Roth Collection (169) Apply Postal History from the Steven M. Roth Collection filter
- Selections from the Graham Booth Collection of Transatlantic Mail (99) Apply Selections from the Graham Booth Collection of Transatlantic Mail filter
- Advertising Covers Lots and Collections (1) Apply Advertising Covers Lots and Collections filter
- Advertising and Illustrated Covers by Topic (4) Apply Advertising and Illustrated Covers by Topic filter
- Civil War Covers - Union Patriotic Covers (8) Apply Civil War Covers - Union Patriotic Covers filter
- Convention and Inauguration Covers (3) Apply Convention and Inauguration Covers filter
- Postcards and Trade Cards (1) Apply Postcards and Trade Cards filter
- TOPICAL COLLECTIONS (1) Apply TOPICAL COLLECTIONS filter
- U.S. "Crash" Covers (3) Apply U.S. "Crash" Covers filter
- U.S. Airmail and Flight Covers Lots and Collections (3) Apply U.S. Airmail and Flight Covers Lots and Collections filter
- U.S. Zeppelin Flights (1) Apply U.S. Zeppelin Flights filter
- UNITED STATES PICTURE POSTCARDS (1) Apply UNITED STATES PICTURE POSTCARDS filter
- UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS (2) Apply UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS filter
- United States of America (651) Apply United States of America filter
- Washington-Franklin Issues (1) Apply Washington-Franklin Issues filter
- Not Used (211) Apply Not Used filter
large carton with thousands of cards, better sections including Zieher cards, leather post cards, RPPCs, and more, primarily US but a bit of worldwide, generally fine to very fine, a wonderful group that could prove rewarding with a little bit of work
approximately 800 picture postcards, mix of used and mint, majority mid-20th Century but some earlier, all fine to very fine
large carton filled with binders of covers, including but not limited to RFDs, machine cancels, RPOs, illegal postal stationery cutouts, aerograms, auxiliary markings, advertising, fancy cancels including Boston numerals, and more, even note a few Confederate covers/letters, mixed condition to be anticipated but many fine to very fine or better, an extremely useful group which essentially serves as a ready-made dealer stock (or could provide many hours of entertainment for an intrepid collector)
three cover, including Scott 26 pair tied to 1860 folded legal deposition by green West Point, Kentucky datestamp, 68 on cover to the US Consul in Panama, and 70 on cover to Reading, England, all fine to very fine
approximately 18 items, better include Scott 35 on cover from Portland, Maine to Montreal with "U.States." in arc; 65 and 69 on cover from New Brunswick, NJ to Frankfurt; 87 on cover to New York City; and 96 on cover from Chicago to Berlin; also a few first issue postage due covers and other miscellany, mixed condition throughout, better covers generally fine to very fine
12 covers incoming from Wishaw or Edinburgh, mix of stampless and adhesives, all with original contents, variety of different markings, generally fine and interesting
13 covers including cornercards/perfins from Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Credit Clearing House of New York, Fairbanks-Morse, etc., some small faults, generally fine
box of about 1,200 mixed US covers, first approximately 700 ship and naval covers (including special events, Arctic expeditions, paquetbot, etc.), followed by about 500 assorted covers primarily from the 1880s to 1920s, including advertising, official mail, stationery entires, mourning covers from the Banknote era, and much more, generally fine to very fine, should prove interesting and worthwhile with a closer look
approximately 60 covers and postcards, stampless covers including 1835 Philadelphia to New York, 1840 York PA, 1841 Lancaster PA, 1840, 1851 New Orleans, and Mobile AL "Way 11"; a few postcards and stationery entires including some 1990s used official stationery, a varied and interesting group with most items fine to very fine
box of over 1,000 covers total, including approximately 350 airmail covers including first flights and events, about 100 computer vended stamps on cover, and over 700 20th Century commercial covers including transportation coil plate number singles, all fine to very fine
approximately 44 items, mostly modern, we note (in no particular order): officials including O139 on cover, 1906 mailer's permit, 1888 Smithsonian penalty envelope, "Return to sender, Delivery forbidden by judicial sentence" auxiliary marking, and several modern APO covers, mostly very fine, an eclectic mix worth a look
approximately 1,000 covers, including first day covers of WWII-related issues (Overrun Countries, etc.), soldier's mail, patriotic covers, and much more, generally very fine, ideal for resale or for further continuation, difficult to amass in this quantity