Auction Detail

United States Postal Card Group 1873/1960,includes UX1 mint (3, one light toning, one inverted watermark), UX4 used (4, one reversed watermark), UX11 mint picture hangar variety, UX13 mint, UX27D used, UXC3 mint variety with left border lozenges over-printed, and UXC3 used variety with thinned dividing line at top, a very fine and useful group, ex-Parks (UPSS $3,730)

Postal Card Group 1879/1908,three cards including UX6 sent from Rochester, New Hampshire to Cairo, Egypt, with hand-drawn design of a letter carrier with an overstuffed mailbag on the reverse; UX9 with Canada 1c Small Queen placed over the indicia, message side dated December 4, 1895, handwritten explanatory note at left reads: "We are not allowed to send a U.S. P. Card even if covered by a Can. stamp", probably mailed back to US enclosed in an envelope (ex-Arfken); and UX20 from Larvik to Aberdeen, North Dakota, watercolor painting on message side of shoreline with a lighthouse and sailboat; all very fine and interesting  

UX17, 1902 1c Black on buff, "Full Face" McKinley,to "Messrs. Booth, Dailey & Ivins" as usual with filled garbage form on reverse, "New Yory, NY Sta. B" Sep 29 1902" wavy line cancel, light diagonal crease, very fine and choice example of this popular card (USPCC $3,750; Scott $3,750)

United States Modern Postal Card Collection 1962/2000,large carton filled with binders comprising an extensive collection of modern postal cards, included for most issues are mint cards, FDCs, and postally-used, also a binder of complete postal card booklets, mint Postal Buddy sheets, etc., less any huge rarities but note some better including UX49 used to West Germany, generally very fine throughout, ex-Parks