Postal Auction November 2023 - 339

Bids to be received by Monday 6th of November 2023 1:00 PM

Lots (2165)

Lot 1621
United States

1893 Columbus $2 brown-red neatly used example with REG NEW YORK double ring oval, heavily thinned but mainly fine appearance, good centring, Scott retail $525.

Estimate £ 85.00
Lot 1622
United States

1893 Columbus $2 brown-red sound used well centred example with oval registered cancels, sound, Scott 242.

Estimate £ 175.00
Lot 1623
United States

1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition $1 black Cattle in a Storm a well centred used example with oval barred cancel, thinning and blunt perfs along the bottom and top. Nice spacefiller, SG 298 Cat £750.

Estimate £ 75.00
Lot 1624
United States

1904 Postcard of six officials in San Francisco (Sept 6) each with varying comment bubbles Move On Mr Hoska / Those fellows must be / from Puyallup or Seattle. Chief you're a poor guesser, My what high buildings, we will have higher ones in Tacoma soon printed in violet, 1c card to Tacoma. Fine.

Estimate £ 15.00
Lot 1625
United States

1907 US GERMAN SEA P.O. cancel on 2c red tied to postcard to France of Hamburg Ameriska Line ship Amerika.

Estimate £ 15.00
Lot 1626
United States

1936 (11 May Airmail envelope typed addr to Holland bearing 40c combination with 67c tied LAKEHURST violet cachet First Hindenburg Flight typed By German Airship Hindenburg to Europe. Type III Machine mark on reverse Sieger 409F.

Estimate £ 36.00
Lot 1627
United States

1941 (23 Nov) Commercial cover from the USS ARIZONA sent 14 days before the ship was bombed and sunk by the Japanese with the loss of 1102 lives. Addressed to Mr & Mrs Walter Lier, Southern Calif. Gas Co. San Bernandino. Fine.

Estimate £ 150.00
Lot 1628
United States

1943-45 Chief of Staff to the commander in Chief, The White House - Wartime typed correspondence letters some with original envelopes typed FREE FREE for postage, includes Admiral D Leahy, U.S.N to Lt Julius Edelstein USS New Jersey, 'All I can see in the future that I have in mind....the next governor of Puerto Rican friends will almost certainly be a native so we can continue to be sorry for our friends on the Island,...1945 VIP Exchange letter, 1944 Two stripes promotion letter, 1943 to get the lowdown information on the activities of Agent No.1, etc, very interesting correspondence, 8 letters. William Leahy was an American naval officer who was the most senior US military officer on active duty during WW2. He held multiple titles and had considerable influence over foreign and military policy throughout the war.

Estimate £ 120.00
Lot 1629
United States

1950-2017 An extensive collection with huge amount of year runs, defins and commems in complete sets, miniature sheets, NVI, with the value in the modern material as a double collection of both mint and used for each sets or M/S in five binders laid out on leaves includes 1950-1976 (over 1800 stamps), 1990-2001 (STC £1300 useful face), 2002-2008 (STC £975+ good face values, self-adhesives etc), high face and cat values, many 100s.

Estimate £ 450.00
Lot 1630
United States

LITERATURE: 'A Postal History of Mississippi : Stampless Period 1799-1860 Vol 2', Bruce Oakley Jr. 1980 637pp H/B 1st Edition of 300 copies. V fine condition- no dust jacket as issued

Estimate £ 36.00
Lot 1631
United States

LITERATURE: The Ryohei Ishikawa Collection of United States Stamps and Covers 1847-1869, Christies Auction catalogue, 1993 363pp H/B complete with dust jacket in very fine condition complete with list of prices realised. Superb reference and a must for the USA collector.

Estimate £ 40.00
Lot 1632
United States

Local Post: W.D. McNish Nashville x 4 different labels imperf good four margin for 5c PAID incl unused 5c black on red, 5c grey, 5c rose and 5c black (with gum), all fine, 'as is'

Estimate £ 28.00

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