Auction Detail
March United States Postal History
Featuring The Leonard Piszkiewicz Collection of Chicago Postal History, The Van Koppersmith Collection of Philadelphia Postal History and The Tony Dewey Collection of Hartford Postal History
- The Van Koppersmith Collection of Philadelphia Postal History (486) Apply The Van Koppersmith Collection of Philadelphia Postal History filter
- The Leonard Piszkiewicz Collection of Chicago Postal History (192) Apply The Leonard Piszkiewicz Collection of Chicago Postal History filter
- Main catalogue (155) Apply Main catalogue filter
- The Tony Dewey Collection of Hartford Postal History (150) Apply The Tony Dewey Collection of Hartford Postal History filter
- United States Postal History (110) Apply United States Postal History filter
expansive collection documenting the postal history of Operation Crossroads, which consisted of a pair of nuclear weapon tests conducted in mid-1946, replete with better items including Joint Task Force 1 cachets, hand-drawn cartoon by Grant Powers (official artist for Operation Crossroads), earliest and latest recorded dates of Branch Number 13746, several covers from Kwajalein Base, November 1946 cover with typed "Joint Crossroads Committee" return address, one of 30 covers flown on the F-13 with Major George Birdsong on Test Baker Day, official card of participation and dog tag from a member of Landing Craft Infantry USS LCI 1067, inbound cover to doctor on the U.S.S. Panamint, April 1946 cover celebrating the broadcast of Jack Benny's Radio Show from the U.S.S. Saratoga, Japanese Battleship Nagato covers, cover carried on B-29 "Dave's Dream" the day of the Able test and signed by nine of the 14 people on board, and much more, plus ancillary material including newspapers detailing the bomb tests, nearly all mounted on exhibit pages with detailed descriptions, very fine, an extraordinary collection for the World War II-era postal historian which could easily be reworked into another exhibit or incorporated into an existing collection, careful viewing a necessity
small group of 12 covers including 1 on large piece with blue "Eastern R.R." datestamp, 1LB9 tied to 3c entire (faults), 15L18 untied on cover with 26, 15c Orange Bank Note on 5c entire with New York Supplementary Mail cancels, 8c and 15c Columbians on registered cover to Prague, Spanish American War patriotic to England, and more, some faults but generally fine or better
group of about 25 covers including three 1901 Pan American advertising covers (one with label tied), five covers with First Bureau plate number strips, C18 on flight cover, and more, plus a small group of 2c Battleship revenues on checks, mixed condition but mostly fine or better, an eclectic group that requires a close look
approximately 70 covers in two binders, a wonderfully eclectic mix of material including (in no particular order) four sets of C13-15 cards/covers including April 19 first day cover of each, CSA 2 Stone Y on cover (APEX certificate), 1c Huguenot-Walloon bisect, early rocket flights, 1869 1c on drop letter, JQ3 on incoming cover from Noway, and selection of 1893 Columbian Exposition tickets, and much more few small faults but generally fine to very fine and interesting
one of the most wide-ranging and interesting binders we have ever handled, includes early airmail covers from Belgium, France, and Switzerland, 1937 Tannu Tuva cover, Somali Coast 25 on cover, 1936 Tin Can mail cover, Denmark booklet panes on cover with advertising labels, Russia 1919 Army of the North set on cover, Germany 1923 Halle local post labels on registered cover, German Kiautschou 10pf on postal card with Chinese Imperial Post issues, Germany Offices in China ½d on 3m on registered cover, France 1937 PEXIP sheet (stamps only) on postal card (plus mint sheet), Iceland 1931 Zeppelin set mint and on cover, several Germany Rhein-Main flight cards, Germany Zeppelin flight covers including 1m-4m, Polar Flight 1m-4m, South America Flight 2m-4m, and Chicago Flight 2m-4m, German Offices in Morocco and China on cover, and more, generally fine to very fine, this binder represents covers which Bill Robinson found interesting over the course of his life and would be very nearly impossible to duplicate, a close inspection is necessary as nearly every item here is worthwhile
two strikes of red numeral "5", four full margins except clear at bottom right, fine and attractive, 2012 Weiss certificate (Scott $350)
red grid and traces of blue cancel, few small thins and corner crease at lower left, four full and margins with portion of adjacent stamp at bottom, very fine, 2011 Weiss certificate (Scott $350)
red cancel, margin large to clear including sheet margin at right, fine and attractive, 2012 Weiss certificate (Scott $450)
red grid cancel, large balanced margins, worn impression, 2009 PSE certificate graded 85 (SMQ $950)
red grid cancel, margins full to clear, fine, 2011 Weiss certificate (Scott $675)
used with blue grid cancel, four full to ample margins with portion of neighboring stamp at top, very fine and fresh, 2014 Weiss certificate (Scott $800)
red grid cancels, full margins except just clear at bottom right, portions of adjoining stamps at top and bottom, very fine, 2013 Weiss certificate (Scott $775)