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Session III: Sunday, January 19, 2014

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2913

USA Specialty Covers, cont.

– MILITARY –
2908

– RAILROADS –
2909

Four Olympic FDCs each with Beazell B&W photographic
cachet. Includes (by Mellone): ‘Skating Contest’ #716-25a;
‘Sleighing’ #716-25f; ‘Tobogganing’ #716-25f; ‘Sledding’
#716-25h. Three of the First Day cancels slightly smeared, the
other worse. Fine. (Mellone $1400)

1920s-90s HUGE HOLDING OF WORLDWIDE
MILITARY RELATED COVERS, MOSTLY 1990s ..... $2500-3500

Massive stock of more than 4,250 Military related covers,
mostly from the 1990s Military Missions, although there are
earlier covers as well. Each cover individually sleeved & retail
priced ready for sale. Housed in 11 sturdy cover boxes. Includes
dozens of U.S. ship covers from the 1920s. There are covers
from all over the World, representation from the Un ited States
is heaviest. Covers include APOs, FPOs, Field post offices,
hundreds of ship cancels and much more. Among those
missions specifically represented in quantity are Operations
Desert Storm, Provide Comfort, Southern Watch and others.
Also covers from missions in Subic Bay, ‘Zaire Rebellion’,
Cyprus, Golan Heights, Cuba, Haiti, Somalia and much, much
more. Vast majority of covers individually sleeved and priced,
with moderate duplication of many. Huge and valuable stock
for the military specialist or dealer. Very fine and deserving of
a much closer look.

2914

2915

2916

1910-92 USEFUL COLLECTION OF SHIP COVERS
WORLDWIDE ........................................................... $1000-1500

Interesting collection of more than 700 ship cancellation covers,
most neatly mounted on pages in binders. Vast majority feature
cachets, with clear strikes of ship cancels. Heaviest concentration from the 1930s-40s, although there are a few that date
back earlier, including both 1910 and 1911 covers from ‘USS
Independence’. Despite date range, very few after mid-1960s.
Noted ships from Hawaii, Alaska and from various cruises and
missions, many with special cancellations. Very useful and
tough group, with very little duplication.

USA FDC SINGLES
2911

(620-21) 1925 NORSE-AMERICAN 2¢ & 5¢ FDCs ... PH $200-300

Two addressed first day covers with Washington, DC, machine
cancels. Each with red & blue first Herman Herst add-on
cachets with flag & text. Very fine. (Planty #6 $250)
2912

(704-15) 1932 WASHINGTON BICENTENNIAL ½¢-10¢,
SET & SINGLES ........................................................ PH

$100

(718-19) 1932 OLYMPIC SUMMER GAMES FDCs
WITH CROSBY CACHETS .................................. PH $250-350

Four different 1932 Olympic FDCs, each with W.G. Crosby
cachets. Includes (by Mellone): U.S.S. Maryland cachet & cds
#718-30, U.S.S. Maryland as second cachet on back (front
cachet 1st Olympic Cover Co) #718-30a, U.S.S. Pennsylvania
cachet & cds #718-31, U.S.S Texas cachet & cds #718-66a.
Fine to very fine. (Mellone #30, 30a, 31, 66a $800)
(1004) 1952 BETSY ROSS 3¢ CARMINE ROSE,
DOROTHY KNAPP HANDPAINTED .......................... PH

$300

Colorful handpainted design covering about half the front of a
first day cover for the Betsy Ross commemorative of 1952.
Design shows church, houses, hills, flag and clouds, signed at
bottom D.W.Knapp/Rhinebeck, N.Y. Light penciled address
has been erased. Very fine and attractive.
2917 /

(1909a) 1983 EXPRESS MAIL $9.35 MULTI,
SINGLE & PANE ........................................................ PH

$150

Three Express Mail items: (1) First day cover for booklet pane
of 3 with Fleetwood cachet honoring 25th anniversary of
NASA; (2) First Day cover for single stamp with Aristocrat
cachet honoring Express Mail service; (3) Postally used booklet
pane of 3 with tab intact (plate #1111) and contemporaneous
purple postmarks. Very fine.
2918

(C6) 1923 BIPLANE 24¢ CARMINE .......................... PH

$350

Very fine single tied to Edward C. Worden first day cover by
Aug 21, 1923, Washington, DC, ‘REGISTER OR INSURE...’
machine cancel. Light toning at bottom, never sealed flap. Very
fine. (Brookman $600) Cat $750.

– SHIPS –
2910

(718-19) 1932 SUMMER OLYMPICS BEAZELL
FDCs (x3) .............................................................. PH $300-400

Three Olympic FDCs each with Beazell B&W photographic
cachet. Includes (by Mellone) #718-17a ‘Broad Jump’, 719-17c
‘Over The Top’, and 718-17d ‘Stadium./Los Angeles, Calif.’
with block of 4. First Day cancels slightly smeared. Fine to
very fine. (Mellone #17a, c, d $1050)

1848-1990 RAILROAD ‘RPO’ COVERS, DOCUMENTS,
PASSES & OTHER EPHEMERA ............................ $2500-3500

An estimated 2,000 Railroad related items, all individually
sleeved & retail priced ranging from $2 to $20 each. Literally
ready for retail sale. Housed in six sturdy cover boxes. Includes:
COVERS with a wide range of types including stampless,
advertising, illustrated, FDCs, Special Events, stationery
including postal cards, etc. Most with RPO cancels and
DOCUMENTS including shipping bills, many registered
package receipts (more than 100 from Dakota Territory),
tickets, stock coupons, advertising booklets and more. Noted
a Quaker Oats illustrated cover, a couple covers with 1939
‘ROYAL TRAIN’ cds, several letters of correspondence to a
Miss Virgina Hughes from ‘Tom’ for years 1912-16, most with
‘HOUSTON & BROWNSV. R.P.O.’ cds and other interesting
material. From old American dealer stock. Expect some usual
cover flaws, overall fine to very fine.

(716) 1932 WINTER OLYMPICS FDCs WITH
BEAZELL CACHETS ........................................... PH $350-500

2919

(C10) 1927 LINDBERGH 10¢ BLUE FDC,
GORHAM PHOTO CACHET ..................................... PH

$250

June 18, 1927 Washington DC cancel, tying stamp, photo of
Lindbergh in blue imprinted on envelope at bottom left. Planty
#C10-3, rare, fine to very fine.
2920

(C15) 1930 ZEPPELIN $2.60 BLUE, FLOWN FDC .. PH $1000

Attractive FDC, blue-green envelope franked with very fine
single $2.60 blue Zeppelin (C15) tied with 4/19/30 Washington,
DC machine cancel, red & lilac flight cachets; Lakehurst
receiver on back. Very fine. Cat $1200.
2921

(U608a) 1986 BISON 22¢ BROWN, PRECANCELED,
EARLIEST KNOWN USE ............... View photo online

$150

Attractive precanceled envelope with 22¢ Flag coil (Scott 2115)
affixed to ‘make it legal’. Cover bears Nov 4, 1986, Washington,
DC, machine cancel, the earliest known use of this major
variety. Cover prepared by and mailed to Charles Yeager, then
Linn’s Washington correspondent, who was able to prepare
true EKU covers for many modern U.S. varieties. Since he
prepared only a handful for each, all bearing his name are quite
scarce and sell for premium over similar covers. Very fine.
Ex-Cook. (1991 AFDCS Cert #967, verifying EKU status).

Two First Day Covers with entire set of 12, one marked Special
Delivery and Registered, other with Y. Souren co. corner card.
One complete set of 12 first day covers, two from Collecto rs
Club of St. Louis, one with Salisbury, MD hotel corner card.
Additional first day cover for 9¢ value with 2¢ Yorktown
commemorative pair added. Overall very fine. Cat $271.
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