Auction Detail

large carton with several hundred covers both loose and in cover albums, ranging from the late 19th Century through about the early 2000s, bit of mint stationery included as well, many covers to Europe, generally fine to very fine, an interesting group

couple hundred mint and used envelopes, many uprated and used to foreign destinations, arranged in old-time cover folders, some toning and faults to be expected, mostly fine

binder with several hundred covers and cards, primarily US and dating from the late 19th and early 20th Century, wide variety of designs parodying then-current United States stamps and stationery (many of questionable legality), some foreign material towards the back of the binder, generally fine to very fine, an extremely interesting question with some pieces certainly being unique or very rare, an excellent opportunity for the specialist in postal arcana 

mostly 1940s/60s, approaching two hundred covers and cards from Artic and Antarctic missions and scientific explorations, noting Operation Deep Freeze, Operation Deep Freeze II, Operation Highjump, U.S. Army Research teams, Naval Artic operations, 1950s Antarctic Expeditions, wide range of ship markings, as well as a variety of exploration and naval cachets, several signed covers, the odd fault but a chiefly attractive and fresh collection

like German Empire with 9 cards and covers bearing SAF Flight Zeppelin stamps and four covers bearing Chicagofahrt Zeppelin stamps, furthermore US Zeppelin 50c. green total of 32 cards and covers, mostly single franking but also some multiple franking, each single franking of 1.30$ and 2.60$ and also Brazil frankings, Soviet Union Polar flight with 35k. and 2r. imperf etc., mostly good condition