Alaska Postal History. Couple hundred plus covers and cards mainly 1900-50's; includes some earlier corner card ad covers with 1905 Juneau Hotel and 1902 Arctic Hotel, 1900 illustrated letterhead of the Windham Bay Gold Mining Co., 1907 Eagle postcard of "Valdz Mail Leaving Eagle, Alaska", other interesting real-photo cards, some Yukon cards, etc.; worth a look.
Estimate; $400 - 600.
Auction # 73 - March Sale
By: Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc.
Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 73 - March Sale
Welcome to our March 21-24, 2017 General Sale with 2,184 lots. This auction features properties from over 100 consignors including United States and Worldwide stamps, postal history and collections. The sale features the Erwin Engert Collection of Colorado Postal History, Gun Advertising Covers, Part II of the Nicholas M. Kirke off-cover N.Y. Foreign Mail Cancels, Specialized Foreign and Transatlantic Mails, the Stephen Pacetti 1c 1861-68 Blue including fancy cancels, Errors Freaks and Oddities, and specialized Mexico. The sale ends with a great range of large lots and collections. Browse the entire sale at www.rumseyauctions.com. A limited number of printed catalogs are available.
Please note this sale takes place at the Schuyler Rumsey office at 47 Kearny St Suite 500, San Francisco CA on March 21-24, 2017 in four sessions.
Presale Viewing is scheduled in our offices March 17-20, 2017 (10am-5pm).
Sale Sessions:
Sale 72 Lots 1-500 : Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at 10:00AM
Sale 73 Lots 1001-1215 : Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at 3:00PM
Sale 73 Lots 1216-1958 : Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at 10:00AM
Sale 73 Lots 1959-2684 : Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 10:00AM
Sale 73 Lots 2685-3184: Friday, March 24, 2017 at 10:00AM
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Lot #2909 - united states postal history collections Postal History Arranged by State
Lot #2910 - united states postal history collections Postal History Arranged by State
Arizona Postal History Balance. Premium selection of 32 covers, cards and package receipts; townmarks include cover front with 1860 Fort Fillmore, type 2 cancel (full cover of this example in the Risvold sale went for $4700), Wells, Fargo & Co. usages, Fort Thomas, Florence, Tombstone, Yuma, Wendendale, receipts with Cordes, Richinbar, Stoddard and Curtiss type 2 in purple (used for only 3 months), and more; sleeved and described...
Lot #2911 - united states postal history collections Postal History Arranged by State
(California) Alameda County Town Postmarks. Of approximately 500 covers and cards, mostly 20th century; useful range of town postmarks, includes Oakland festival covers as well as other illustrated, quarantine cover from Berkeley to ship in N.Y., etc.; inspect.
Estimate; $150 - 200.
Lot #2912 - united states postal history collections Postal History Arranged by State
(California) Los Angeles County Town Postmarks. Of approximately 500 covers and cards, mostly 20th century; useful range of town postmarks, includes Los Angeles with some 19th century, Wells Fargo & Co., good showing of ad covers including multicolored, allover Flag patriotic, Avalon with Catalina Island covers, etc.; inspect.
Estimate; $200 - 300.
Lot #2913 - united states postal history collections Postal History Arranged by State
California Postal History Balance. Of a couple dozen covers and some ephemera items; includes 1868 Mission San Jose oversized cover franked with 3¢ F. grill block of seven, #11A strip of 3 + #9 from S.F. with green Noisy Carriers boxed handstamp on reverse, early Redwood City manuscript cancels, 10¢ Banknote pair on legal size cover S.F. to Mexico, other San Francisco usages from early stampless to later WF & Co. express, some...
Lot #2914 - united states postal history collections Postal History Arranged by State
California Postal History Balance. Mix of several thousand covers in large box, mostly 20th century; includes legal size usages, RPO's, some better including many carnival and festival ad covers, small group of post cards including better real photo, etc.; worth a look.
Estimate; $400 - 600.
Lot #2915 - united states postal history collections Postal History Arranged by State
California Postal History Balance. Of approximately 1,600 covers and cards mostly arranged by county; mostly 20th century with many counties and towns represented including Sacramento from early stampless and later including early 20th multicolored fair & carnival covers, many nice registered and illustrated usages, including Placerville with scarce Dupont gun cover, nice selection of Tahoe postmarks, postcards with some nice real...
Lot #2916 - united states postal history collections Postal History Arranged by State
California Resorts Cover Collection, 1880-1940's. 200+ covers with a nice array of illustrated corner cards; with resorts and areas including Yosemite including a nice showing of various Camp Curry covers, Mount Shasta, Shasta Springs & Feather River areas, Big Trees, Wawona Hotel, Camp Rincon, Tahoe area including 1937 emergency cancel (due to fire), Coronado Tent City, 1888 El Capitan Hotel, Santa Catalina Island including...
Lot #2917 - united states postal history collections Postal History Arranged by State
(California) San Francisco 19th Century Advertising Cover Collection. Of approximately 200 covers; includes a few early stampless illustrated building covers including Tehama House, nice array of 1860's usages including allover illustrated Russ House as well as other shaded ads including Meussdoffer & Bro. in different colors, strength in Banknote Era usages with many shade ad design including A.L. Bancroft & Co. (books &...
Lot #2918 - united states postal history collections Postal History Arranged by State
(California) San Francisco Advertising Covers, 1916-80's. Large holding of approximately 1,600 covers arranged by year; diverse range of ads with very little duplication, includes a nice showing of illustrated covers, some multicolored with companies including Be-No, Crown Shirts, Fairbank Gold Dust Washing Powder, Schmidt Lithograph Co., Hotel Ramona, several California Diamond Jubilee ads, etc., few gun related covers including...
Lot #2919 - united states postal history collections Postal History Arranged by State
(California) San Francisco Postal History Balance, 1880-1930's. Mix of approximately 700 covers and cards, with many cancellations identified by Williams numbers; includes nice showing of illustrated advertising and some airmails usages including catapult, nice section of station cancels, P.P.I.E. registered cover, oversized items, etc.; nice group for the S.F. specialist.
Estimate; $400 - 600.
Lot #2920 - united states postal history collections Postal History Arranged by State
(California) San Francisco Postal History Collection. Of approximately 200 items; starting with a nice range of early 1850's "40" and "12½" rate usages, good 1851 issue usages including #9 strip of four uprating on 6¢ Nesbitt, #11 block of four, etc., 1857 issue including #30A+35 combination to France, good showing of 1861-67 issues including #63 x6, #68 x2+76 usage to Switzerland, enclosure regarding A. Lincoln mourning in S.F., #77...
Lot #2921 - united states postal history collections Postal History Arranged by State
(California) San Francisco Registered Cover Collection. Extensive assembly of over 200 items; starting with a 1857 registry receipt signed by postmaster C. Weller, 1860's double rate usage, Banknote era usages including official business, 1872 to Netherlands, nice array of domestic usage frankings, station cancel, return receipt, etc., similar later usages including a comprehensive array of registered postmarks, ad covers including...
Lot #2922 - united states postal history collections Postal History Arranged by State
(California) San Francisco Western Express Advertising Covers. 15 entires, two with Pacific Union Express Co. franks and balance Wells, Fargo & Co.; includes 10 allover shaded ads, one with Mayhew & Wenzel Druggist illustrated showing Lion with Mortar & Pestle (Pacific Union frank), others various merchants and a Masonic IOOF lodge usage, generally F.-V.F. or better.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000.
Lot #2923 - united states postal history collections Postal History Arranged by State
(California) San Francisco Western Express Covers. Group of 15 items; 10 Wells, Fargo & Co. usages including 10¢ Nesbitt entire from N.Y., 1860 3¢ + 6¢ paste-up usages, albino indicia, Bamber with S.F. cds in red and blue, one in conjunction with WF& Co., Freeman and Truman & Co. Express usages, also a Carnes' City Letter Express adhesive on locally addressed cover to first governor of California W. Burnett (cover faulty...
Lot #2924 - united states postal history collections Postal History Arranged by State
Colorado Picture Post Card Collection. Collection/accumulation of approximately 2,000 cards; a wonderful array of town and nature view and scenes, railroad, Indians, good showing of real-photo cards including parades, early street scenes and town views, runs of views of the 1902 Telluride avalanche, etc., good range of used with an array of townmarks including some scarce items no doubt; careful evaluation highly recommended, ...
Lot #2925 - united states postal history collections Postal History Arranged by State
Oregon Balance. Mix of material including 1866 Oregon Stage Co. waybill, 1860's W.F.&Co. checks signed by C.C. Beekman, W.F.&Co. collection envelope to Gold Hill, covers including a run of 1850-60's Oakland, and other early covers from McMinnville, Belpassi, Kerby, Rock Pt., etc., a number of postcards including real-photos, etc.
Estimate; $300 - 400.
Lot #2926 - united states postal history collections Postal History Arranged by State
Oregon Postal History Balance, 1880-1940's. Of several thousand + covers and cards in two large boxes; mostly 20th century with many counties and towns represented, many nice registered and illustrated usages, section of postcards with some nice real-photos, etc.; inspection a must.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.
Lot #2927 - united states postal history collections Postal History Arranged by State
(Pennsylvania) Chester County, Pa, Bank Notes on Cover, 1880's. Nice collection of approximately 220 covers with diverse town cancels; includes Scott 114 (15), 2¢ banknotes (52), 3¢ banknotes (69), 2¢ small banknotes (40), 1¢ Franklin-2¢ shields (26),various registered (17); nice variety including corners, advertising, mourning, cards, fancy cancels, many hard to find towns etc; all in holders and many described, must be viewed to...
Lot #2928 - united states postal history collections Postal History Arranged by State
(Pennsylvania) Chester County, Pa, Doane Cancels. Collection of more than 85 cards/covers, various franking, identified and grouped by Doane type and number; includes Type 1 cancels from Collamer, Embreeville, Lenover, Russelville,Wawaset; very nice material, please inspect, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $100 - 150.
Lot #2929 - united states postal history collections Postal History Arranged by State
(Pennsylvania) Chester County, Pa, Postal Cards 1870-1900's. Group of 44 Chester County post cards and reply cards with manuscript, town cancels some scarce, includes 1870s Schuykill manuscript to Camden, 1881 clean strike of Swan P.O. circle town to Philadelphia, 1895 UX6 Whitford, PA with forwarded to agent cachet to Paris, harder to find cancels, Nantmeal Village, Paoli, Wyebrooke, and Shenkel; all in holders, some with...
Lot #2930 - united states postal history collections Postal History Arranged by State
(Pennsylvania) Chester County, Pa, Postal History, 1880-1940's. Very nice collection of more 60 covers with diverse usage and town cancels; Advertising, corners, mourning, Bureau, Columbian 1¢ & 2¢ usages, some very nice ovals, etc; all in holders, please inspect, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $150 - 200.
Lot #2931 - united states postal history collections Postal History Arranged by State
(Pennsylvania) Chester County, Pa. Postal History, 1857-1945. Accumulation of 40+ Covers and cards, mostly stamped, few manuscripts, with interesting town cancels; 1858 strip of 24 with Russelville manuscript, 1884 Uwchland manuscript, Thorndale Iron Works, Black Horse, Wolfcreek, larger selection of Grove City with nice incoming from India; includes advertising, corners, mourning, 1c & 2c Columbian, later flights, patriotic etc;...
Lot #2932 - united states postal history collections Postal History Arranged by State
(Pennsylvania) Chester County, Pa., West Whiteland Township, 1826-1905. Postal History collection of 29 covers and cards, mounted on exhibit pages, majority West Whiteland manuscript, handstamped cancels, with a few Whitford and Belvidere; includes EKU 1826 manuscript 10¢ rate addressed to "Secretary of the Commonwealth" Harrisburg, 1837 12½¢ manuscript to Baltimore, earliest recorded manuscript 1847 Belvidere 5¢ rate to West Chester...
Lot #2933 - united states postal history collections Postal History Arranged by State
(Pennsylvania) Mercer County, Pa, Postal History, 1848-1903. Varied stampless, covers, documents, receipt cards, post cards, USPOD registered package envelopes, ephemera etc. all centered around North Liberty, Liberty Township; very interesting assortment, please inspect., F.-V.F.
Estimate; $100 - 150.
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