Auction Detail

small group of covers, postcards, and other ephemera mostly related to Clara Adams (but some other zeppelin/DO-X material as well), several covers addressed to Adams and even one of her 1928 Graf Zeppelin baggage labels, generally very fine and interesting

24 covers including 1930 catapult flight, 1932 Akron flight, and 22 first flight covers (including one Mexico and four Canada), generally very fine and attractive

mostly mint collection in a Scott National album, regular issues mostly used to 1882, then mint with much never hinged thereafter, better used including 1 (red cancel), 9, 14, 70, 71, 76, 78, 115, 149 (blue and red cancels), 163, and 165, mint/unused including 35, 63, 65, 73, 182, 209, 238-39, 240, 255, 274, 290-91, 300-09, 323-30, 341-42, 397-404, never hinged including 158, 184, 189, 207, 210, 212-16, 220-26, 233-36, 247 plate number single, 253, 271, 273, 288-89, 298, and 340, nice range of Washington-Franklins with many never hinged, also White Plains sheet, Kansas-Nebraska set, etc, some certificates, fine to very fine or better, a well-assembled collection and worth inspection, owner's Scott catalogue value $32,000+

general collection in a Liberty album, 19th and early 20th Century mostly used with some better mint items throughout, we note White Plains sheet, Kansas-Nebraska mint complete, Prexies to $5, Liberty to $5, better airmail and back of book including C13-15 mint, also special delivery, some nice postage due and officials, condition varies but generally fine to very fine, surprising collection with significant value throughout

extraordinary group of items on auction house/dealer cards, better items throughout including (all mint): 248 plate block of 6, 251 plate number single, 253, 258 block of 4, 300-13, 323 block of 12, 325 plate block of 4, 371 center line block and plate block of 6, 372 plate block 6, 373 block of 4, 537 plate block of 6, 571-73 blocks of 4 ($1 and $5 plate numbers), Prexie plate blocks complete to the $5, few miscellaneous items including RW2, RW43 complete sheet, small group of Confederate stamps, even a Pony Express stamp and a 1907 $10 gold certificate, couple small faults but generally fine to very fine, a wonderful group with significant retail potential, close viewing could pay of handsomely