| United States Covers and Postal History 1920-Onward |  Top |
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241323 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
U.S. Scott #620 right-margin 4-BLOCK [1925 2 cent NORSE-AMERICAN Centennial, the ship (sloop) "Restaurationen"] (F-VF) on 5 January 192[5,6,8] flown AIRMAIL cover from CLEVELAND, OHIO to New Jersey, with "AIRMAIL FIELD, CLEVELAND, OHIO 4-bar cancellation. Partial (no date showing) receiver on reverse. The sending postmark year date is defective and does not show the complete final year digit. While this cover is philatelic, blocks of the Norse-American issue are quite unusual on cover. Very nice NORWEGIANIA item. ACTUAL item. |
22.00 |
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238672 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
1932-1933 group of five different covers with ship cancels, four with pictorial cachets, VF. Two from U.S. Frigate Constitution cancelled at Bremerton and Anacortes, Washington. Also U.S.S. Texas with humorous July 4th cachet at Bremerton; S.S. Washington U.S. German Seapost First Voyage; and U.S.T.P. Sea Post of S.S. President Jackson. All sent to North Carolina. ACTUAL item. |
19.00 |
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243567 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #637 [1927 5c blue T. Roosevelt, Perf 11 x 10.5] (VF) solo use on November 19, 1935, cover from TUCSON, ARIZONA (with Red Cross pictorial slogan machine cancellation) to Germany. An important BOTANTICAL and ECOLOGICAL THEMATIC item from the "Carnegie Institution of Washington / Desert Laboratory / Tucson, Arizona. The following from Wikipedia: The Desert Laboratory is a historic biological research facility at 1675 West Anklam Road in Tucson, Arizona. It was founded by the Carnegie Institution in 1903 to study how plants survive and thrive in the heat and aridity of deserts, and was the first such privately funded effort in the nation. Beginning in 1906, numerous long term ecological observation areas were set up by Volney Spalding and Forrest Shreve on the 860 acres (3.5 km2) scientific domain of Tumamoc Hill. Nine of these are the worlds oldest permanent ecology study quadrats. The facility and staff were key contributors to what is now considered the science of ecology, including participating in the creation of the Ecological Society of America in 1915 and the Ecology journal. Led by Spalding and Shreve, they also contributed innovations in conservation. Part of it was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965. The rest was added in 1987. While the stamp use of this cover is normal for the era, the mailer is exceptionally important. ACTUAL item. |
30.00 |
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229796 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Finland #170, 172 [1-1/2m Red and 2m Violet M-30] (F-VF) on 8 December 1936 cover from LAPPEENRANTA (nice machine cancel) to CHICAGO, U.S. Forwarded with various Chicago carrier markings. ACTUAL item. |
13.00 |
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244923 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
APO 810 (Baldurshagi) 4-bar hand cancel "OCT / 29 [INVERTED!!] / 1941 / A.M." with the 810 around the circle on right . Facit 2022 number: APO 810 H-3-1-4. Blue rectangular racetrack #612 censor handstamp. Non-philatelic cover from Earl Runkel, a member of the 10th Infantry Band, to a 2nd Infantry Band member back in the States. Franked with 3c "For Defense" Liberty Torch stamp. Roughly opened back flap, but looks very nice on front. Inverted dates in Icelandic APO postmarks are quite unusual. So far, this postmark type is the only recorded 810 postmark type in this time period. Non-philatelic covers of this postmark type are unusual. ACTUAL item. |
39.00 |
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U.S. Merchant Marine Covers -- 150 Covers from a Mariners Life 1945-1955: The life of a Merchant Marine seaman (apparently a radio operator at least part of the time) shown through a group of over 150 covers. This is all from family correspondence, but without any letters. There are some "plain" domestic covers sent to his wife by other people, but the vast majority seem to be from him to his family. They start around April 1945 and run to the mid-1950s. The earliest covers are censored. Many are marked with his varying ship names in the return address. Some are completely domestic, presumably while in port in the U.S. or otherwise traveling in the U.S. But the majority appear to be from various overseas locations, some noted by the recipient as to where he was at the time. Many have U.S. military postmarks: U.S. Navy, Army APO, Army-Air Force APO, a few specific U.S. navel ship canceled, etc. Includes a few PAQUEBOT covers, a few Puerto Rico covers, one Virgin Islands cover. There are a few with foreign franking, but the vast majority are U.S. franked (none are stampless). While one could remove the "plain" covers, it would not change the value of the lot -- the value is based only on the interesting items. I thought it made the most sense to keep the lot completely intact. There are lots and lots of $1-2 covers, some $5 covers, and some $10 covers. A very interesting grouping directly from the family, intact as obtained. Shipping cost is additional for this item. |
100.00 |
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240315 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #834, 1042, 1050a, 1052 x2 [1938 $5.00 President Coolidge PREXIE; 1958 8c redrawn, 1958 40c dry printing, and 1955 $1 wet printing LIBERTY SERIES] (VF; one of the $1 stamps had a tear prior to being affixed) on April 1959 PARCEL POST complete tag from "U.S. NAVY 14006 Br. / Unit 2" with black undated (because of parcel post) 4-bar cancel and magenta 2-ring April 17 NY 14009 BR. cancel. Return address of a U.S. Marine sergeant at "VMF (AW) 115, MAG-11", FPO San Francisco; Marine Fighter Attack Squadron, the "Silver Eagles". The 1959 use of the $5 Coolidge Prexie is after the issuance of the Liberty $5.00 Hamilton, however, many post offices were still using up the $5 Prexies, thus it is still within a reasonable range. The Scott Catalog shows a low value for the $5 Coolidge on a registered bank tag, but even though that is the most accessible use, it is still not common (and the Scott value is too low). However, registered bank tags are almost impossible to correctly rate because neither the weight or indemnity is known. Parcel post tags such as this, for which a rate can be established a much, much scarcer (but not as scarce as a use on an envelope). Because this was from a military FPO address, the rate is based on Zone 8: 1st pound $0.32 (32c) and further pounds $0.1805 (18.05c). Franking of $7.48 minus 32c for the first pound leaves $7.16. Dividing 7.16 by .1805 is 39.67, close to 40 pounds additional. With a rate like .1805, it is very unusual to get an exact rate. (Thank you to Jim Forte of PostalHistory.com for his advice and information about this item. If you collect covers, Jim is one of the best postal history dealers around. I highly recommend him.) By way of provenance, I purchased this directly from a family member of the addressee. An very attractive example of an extremely scarce and desirable $5.00 Prexie use. ACTUAL item. |
250.00 |
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248631 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
1782 [1979 15 cent Architecture: Philadelphia Exchange] (Fine) used on December 26, 1979 cover, from "MAJURO, MARSHALL ISLANDS / 96960" with both that black 4-bar cancellation and a magenta 2-ring cancellation (USPO, without zip code), to the U.S. From a small (three covers) correspondence. The envelope paper is aged, but covers from the MARSHALL ISLANDS (Pacific islands location of atomic bomb testing) are rarely seen. Previously a U.S. Trust Territory, in 1979 the U.S. recognized the Marshall Islands government and constitution. These two cancellations bear the new Marshall Islands name (instead of Trust Territory). ACTUAL item. |
10.00 |
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248632 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
1780 [1979 15 cent Architecture: Baltimore Cathedral] (F-VF) used on January 14, 1980 cover from "EBEYE, TT / 96970" with black 4-bar cancellation, to the U.S. From a small (three covers) correspondence. TT is postal abbreviation for Trust Territory. The island of Ebeye is part of the MARSHALL ISLANDS (Pacific islands location of atomic bomb testing); covers are rarely seen. Previously a U.S. Trust Territory, in 1979 the U.S. recognized the Marshall Islands government and constitution. This is the old style Trust Territory cancellation still in use; replacement Marshall Islands postmark devices may not yet have arrived in Ebeye. ACTUAL item. |
15.00 |
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248633 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
1781 [1979 15 cent Architecture: Boston State House] (F-VF) used on January 14, 1980 cover from "EBEYE, TT / 96970" with black 4-bar cancellation, to the U.S. From a small (three covers) correspondence. TT is postal abbreviation for Trust Territory. The island of Ebeye is part of the MARSHALL ISLANDS (Pacific islands location of atomic bomb testing); covers are rarely seen. Previously a U.S. Trust Territory, in 1979 the U.S. recognized the Marshall Islands government and constitution. This is the old style Trust Territory cancellation still in use; replacement Marshall Islands postmark devices may not yet have arrived in Ebeye. ACTUAL item. |
15.00 |
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