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The Betty “Dusty” Miller Auction

To be held at 6:15 pm on Friday, June 18, 2004
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Part I - Covers /Postal History from Territorial Alaska
This accumulation is remarkable in the high proportion of non-philatelic covers.
Some markings from small Alaskan communities are very rare commercially used.

(* indicates non-philatelic cover)       Click any cover to enlarge it)

Alaska Lot 1 - 12 handstamped CDSs Estimate $40. Sold $20
  • Kake, 1958*
  • Kotzebue, 1955*
  • Lake Minchumina, 1959*
  • Metlakatla (DPO 1904-?), 1957*
  • Moose Pass, 1938*
  • Noatak, 1958*
  • Nondalton, 1950's* [year date not legible-
                3c Liberty stamp on charity return envelope]
  • Nulato, 1955* [cc Mission of Our Lady of the Snows]
  • Ouzinkie, 1957*
  • Palmer, 1941
  • Unalakleet, 1958*
  • Yakutat, 1945*

    • Alaska Lot 1 - Kake, 1958


    Alaska Lot 1 - Moose Pass, 1938

    Alaska Lot 2 - Six commercial covers addressed to Alaska Sportsman. Estimate $15. Sold $7

  • Fairbanks, 1944* [return cover]
  • Kodiak, 1949*
  • Klawock, 1947* [return cover]
  • Moose Pass, 1946* [return cover]
  • Sitka, 1945* [corner card of Alaska Drug and Jewelry Co.]
  • Wrangell, 1949* [illustrated return cover with Eskimo waving]

    Alaska Lot 2 - Wrangell, 1949

    Alaska Lot 3 - Five picture post cards mailed from Ketchikan . Estimate $30. Sold $15

  • 1909* [Stedman Hotel, Ketchikan]
  • 1913* [Cascade Falls on Unalaska Island]
  • 1935* [real photo of ship - labeled in pencil “S/S Yukon/Tahu Glaciar”]
  • 1939* [Totem poles and residences of Haida Indians]
  • 1948* [real photo card of Thomas Basin, Ketchikan]

    Alaska Lot 4 - Scarce picture post card from Porcupine. Estimate $100. Sold $110

  • Porcupine (DPO 1900-1918), 1912* [ Porcupine Creek Placer Camp] (Helbock lists the
       postmark alone at $100-$200!)

    Alaska Lot 4 - Porcupine (card)

    Alaska Lot 4 - Porcupine (message side)

    Alaska Lot 5 - 17 mounted covers from Candle to Fortuna Ledge in binder. Estimate $70. Sold $30

  • Candle (DPO 1902-1966), 1941
  • Central, 1953*
  • Chandalar (DPO 1908-1944), 1940
  • Chugiak, 1947 [post office opening], 1956
  • College (DPO 1926-1966), 1948*
  • Crooked Creek, 1936 [postmaster autograph]
  • Curry (DPO 1926-1959), 1944* [free frank] Helbock Type 4. Used 14 months before earliest
       date listed by Helbock.
  • Dillingham, 1949*, 1955*
  • East Anchorage (DPO 1941-1949), 1945*
  • Fairbanks, 1940*, 1942*, 1944*, 1949
  • False Pass, 1935
  • Fort Yukon, 1930,1945
  • Fortuna Ledge (DPO 1915-?), 1941*

    Alaska Lot 6 - Twelve different small town handstamps Estimate $50. Sold $25

  • Galena, 1949* [Alaska film Company illustrated return envelope with man & dog]
  • Gambell, 1944*
  • Girdwood, 1953*
  • Hyder, 1947*
  • Nenana, 1918* [front]
  • Ouzinkie, 1957*
  • Saint Mary’s, 1957* [stamp damaged by opening tear]
  • Saint Paul Island, 1957*
  • Sand Point, 1945*
  • Sleetnute, 1930, changed with pen to 1935 [stamp is 1932 Olympic stamp, so 1930 is impossible]
  • Wales, 1948*
  • Yakutat, 1955*

    Alaska Lot 7 - 12 mounted covers from Akiak to Berry. Estimate $55. Sold $25

  • Akiak, 1944
  • Aleknagik, 1942 [emergency mail service, censored]
  • Allankaket, 1942 [emergency flight]
  • Anchorage, 1934*, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958 [last four are stamp show covers from APEX
  • Annette 1958*
  • Baranof (DPO 1929-1973), 1947
  • Barrow 1945* (homemade envelope)
  • Berry (DPO 1906-1965), 1932

    Alaska Lot 8 - Three Military Mail, 1943-44 Estimate $20. Sold $12

  • APO 947, 1944* [Fort Spencer, Nome - censored - air mail stationery]
  • Naval Operating Base, Dutch Harbor. U.S. Navy blind cancel, 1943* [free, censored, printed cc
       from Dutch Harbor]
  • 21st Seabee Battalion, 1943* with blind U.S. Navy cancel. Dutch Harbor. [free, censored]

    Alaska Lot 9 - Eight Dog Team Mail covers Estimate $100. Sold $77.50

  • Candle (DPO 1902-1966), 1947. Black cachet by M. Fay Muridge.
  • Circle Springs (DPO 1929-1966), 1942 to Circle. Red cachet by M. Fay Muridge.with purple
       Circle Springs cancel (Feb 16) and green Circle backstamp (Mar 2)
  • Haycock (DPO 1916-1957), 1951. Cacheted post card.
  • Hooper Bay, 1944. Backstamped Mountain Village. Red and black cachet. Circular censor
       markings.
  • Hot Springs (DPO 1907-1957), 1949. Backstamped Rampart (DPO 1898-1974) with postmaster
       autograph. “DWK” dark blue cachet.
  • Savoonga to Gambell, 1957, with signatures of both postmasters. Cachet with dog team drawing
       and poem The Malamute” by Pat O’Cotter.
  • "Via Dogteam Shishmaref to Nome", 1945. Green Cancel. Map rubberstamped green cachet plus
       patriotic
       [anti-Japan] black rubberstamp.
  • Windham (DPO 1903-1956) 1945. Brown patriotic unsigned dog team cachet

    Alaska Lot 9 - "Via Dogteam Shishmaref to Nome"

    Alaska Lot 10 - Four censored covers, three commercial to US, one philatelic to Cuba. Est $15. Sold $17

  • Goodnews Bay, 1944 to Cuba [Prince of Peace cachet - round censor handstamp]
  • Fairbanks, 1942* [Hardware cc - to bank in Seattle, censor paper tape]
  • Kodiak, 1943* [airmail to New York - censor cellophane tape]
  • Wrangell, 1942* [bank in Wrangell to bank in Seattle. Paper censor tape]

    Alaska Lot 10 - Goodnews Bay, 1944

    Alaska Lot 10 - Kodiak, 1943

    Alaska Lot 11 - Five picture post cards mailed from Wrangell Estimate $20. Sold $11

  • 1910* [picture shows Juneau harbor]
  • 1912* [salmon catch in boat]
  • 1927* [Totem Pole of Thinget Chief Kian in Ketchikan]
  • 1929* [Totem and residence of Chief Johnson, Ketchikan]
  • 1941* [bird’s eye view of Wrangell]

    Alaska Lot 12 - Ten Philatelic Covers. Estimate $35. Sold $18

  • Anchorage, 1948 [ruuberstamp cachet for 25 years of Alaska Railroad]
  • Anchorage, 1957 [ALL AMERICA CITY slogan on postal card]
  • Barrow, 1938 [cachet for Will Rogers/Wiley Post Memorial Expedition, Alaska Territorial
       stamps used]
  • Big Lake (DPO 1950-1955), 1951
  • Chichaogof (DPO 1910-1957), 1947
  • Cobol (DPO 1947-54), 1947
  • Eek, 1950 [Touring Alaska with Postmarks cachet]
  • Flat, 1934
  • Fort Richardson (DPO 1941-1942 & 1948-1955), 1941 [rubberstamp cachet for first day of post
       office]
  • Hawk Inlet (DPO 1913-1966), 1947

    Alaska Lot 13 - Ten Philatelic Covers. Estimate $35. Sold $19

  • Holy Cross, 1930
  • Igiugig (DPO 1934-1954), 1953 [postal card]
  • Nome, 1938 [post office opening; cinderella from G. Melikov; postmaster autograph]
  • Nome, 1949 [gold rush machine slogan cancel on gold star mothers stamp]
  • Juneau, 1934 [stain - cachet for 50 years of civil government in Alaska]
  • Palmer, 1936 [cachet from Michigan Farmer for New Deal Colony in Matanuska Valley]
  • Red Devil, 1957 [first day of post office]
  • Shishmaref, 1932 [blue ink]
  • Sitka, 1954
  • Unalaska, 1938
  • Wainwright, 1948 [postage due 1c manuscript marking]

    Alaska Lot 13 - Nome, 1938 [post office opening; cinderella from G. Melikov; postmaster autograph]

    Alaska Lot 14 - Six cacheted covers, including two Crosby’s. Estimate $40. Sold $27

  • Wacker (DPO 1920-1951), 1945. Unaddressed Crosby cachet with photo of airplane and dog
       team. “Here’s a Letter From ALASKA!”
  • Fairbanks, 1941. Addressed Crosby cacheted cover commemorating inauguration of airmail
       service from Alaska to the U.S. Photo of airplane and dog team [different from photo on
       previous cover].
  • Savoonga, 1936. Cachet by Rev. T.A. Moyer. Franked with 778a [single of charter oak from
       Farley” souvenir sheet with selvedge] Addressed.
  • Nome, 1943. Cachet [signed H. M. Xavier] of Eskimo woman with baby in on back carrying gun
       and dead bird: “A MESSAGE FROM/ ‘A. SOURDOUGH’/ NOME, ALASKA.’. [cellophane
       censor tape]. Addressed.
  • Sitka, 1954. Cachet and machine cancel honoring Alaska Day Festival.Unaddressed.
  • Sitka, 1956. Cachet and machine cancel honoring Alaska Day Festival. Addressed.

    Alaska Lot 14 - Wacker, 1945

    Alaska Lot 14 - Nome, 1943

    Alaska Lot 15 - Eleven #10 covers. Estimate $25. Sold $10

  • Cordova, 1935* [Post Office Department penalty cover]
  • Juneau, 1944* [bank corner card, sent to bank in California; postal stationery]
  • Kasilof, 1952* [corner card This-Side-of-Heaven Children’s Home to pastor in New Jersey;
       forwarded to Georgia]
  • Ketchikan, 1958* [illustrated ad cover with map from bank. Franked with meter, overcanceled
       with Ketchikan, Alaska/ All America City machine slogan cancel]
  • Naptowne (DPO 1949-1954), 1954* [air mail stationery]
  • Nondalton, 1953*
  • Saint Paul Island, 1958*
  • Seward, 1942* [Bank to bank mailing.]
  • Seward, 1952* [Bank return envelope.]
  • Soldatna, 1954*
  • White Mountain, 1939* [cc of Department of the Interior/Indian Field Service]

    Alaska Lot 16 - Woodchopper receipt. Estimate $15. Sold $8

  • Woodchopper (DPO 1919-1936) receipt for registered article, 1936*

    Alaska Lot 16 - Woodchopper

    Alaska Lot 17 - Three First Day Covers of Scott #800. All Juneau, 1937, addressed. Estimate $25. Sold $12

  • Linprint cachet, Planty 27, block of four, hand cancel.
  • Unknown cachet maker, Planty #30, machine cancel
  • Newman first cachet, Planty #58. Machine cancel. Interesting stuffer card.

    Alaska Lot 18 - Six picture post cards from Sitka. Estimate $30. Sold $16

  • 1909* [Sitka with harbor and mountains]
  • 1911* [Lovers’ Walk]
  • 1914* [Interior of Russian Cathedral]
  • 1914* [Russian cathedral] To Canada.
  • 1938* [Sitka with harbor and mountains]
  • 1938* [Eskimo boys carving ivory]

    Alaska Lot 19 - Three post card of dog teams. Estimate $23. Sold $10

  • Nome, 1908* Flag cancel. Card shows dog team transporting 30 cases of goods from S.S.
       Corwin, four miles from shore, June 3rd, 1907.
  • Valdez, 1909* Dog team, building, and mountain. Real photo card. Sent to Canada.
  • Anchorage, 1943* Linen. [Interesting message from someone who recently moved to Alaska,
       “...the people are about what they were in middle west 100 years ago...”] “Siberian Dog Team,
       Alaska.”

    Alaska Lot 20 - Four first flight covers. Estimate $12. Sold $13

  • 1938 Juneau-White Horse. Rubberstamp cachet [two Alaska territorial stamps used for 6c rate]
  • 1938 Juneau to Fairbanks. Rubberstamp cachet similar to above. Postal stationery.
  • 1940 Juneau to Seattle. 6c Garfield coil (Scott 723) FAM Route 20, large green
       rubberstamp cachet.
  • 1948 Cachet: boxed“Air Mail from the 49th to the [ms 12th] State”. (11 years before
       statehood actually happened!). cc of Alaska Development Board.

    Alaska Lot 21 - Three Alaska Steamship Company cc covers - Estimate $35. Sold $18

  • Seattle and Seward North RPO, 1934*
  • Juneau 1939* [reduced at left]
  • Seattle and Skagway RPO, 1940*

    Alaska Lot 21 - Seattle and Seward North RPO, 1934

    Alaska Lot 22 - Five advertising and corner card covers. Estimate $15. Sold $7

  • Douglas, 1946* - cc from decorator
  • Fairbanks, 1949* - illustrated United Nations airmail cover with cigar store rubber stamped cc
  • Juneau - 1944*, Ad cover with map from John Ahlers Company
  • Ketchikan, 1948* - ad cover from Northern Bus Company illustrated with Big Dipper
  • Ketchikan, 1949* - Alaska Sportsman multi-color ad cover

    Alaska Lot 23 - Five picture postcards mailed in Juneau. Estimate $20. Sold $22

  • 1909* [Old Chief Shake’s community house and Totems, Wrangell]
  • 1915* [view of Sitka across harbor- Merrill, photographer] Forwarded
  • 1929* [exaggerated halibut, fishing boats in Ketchikan] .
  • 1943* [Eskimo boys carving ivory] Green circular censor marking.
  • 1958* [real photo of Old Log Church at Bennett]

    Alaska Lot 24 - Nine picture postcards mailed in various Alaska locations. Estimate $60. Sold $30

  • Anchorage, 1923* [ real photo: sunset on Lynn Canal, Alaska]
  • APO 949, 1956* [Indians of Aniak in canoe on Kuskokwim River]
  • Barrow, 1957* [cache]
  • Cordova, 1935* [real photo of Juneau from above]
  • Chitina, 1937* [real photo of Liberty Falls, Richardson Highway]
  • Fairbanks, 1911* flag cancel [log bridge, Chena] from Fairbanks resident to post card exchanger.
  • Fort Richardson (DPO 1941-1942 & 1948-1955), 1941* [linen with map of Alaska]
  • Haines, 1909*. [Executive Mansion and U.S. Court House in Juneau]
  • Tok Junction (DPO 1947-1958), [Real photo of aerial view of University of Alaska]

    Alaska Lot 26 - Haines, 1909

    Alaska Lot 25 - Ten machine cancels - Estimate $30. Sold $15

  • Anchorage, 1957* [ALL AMERICA CITY slogan]
  • Fairbanks, 1955* [postal card]
  • Homer, 1953*
  • Juneau, 1940* [Hotel Baranof illustrated ad cover]
  • Ketchikan, 1935*
  • Ketchikan, 1940* [cachet of Noah in ark discovering Alaska
  • Kodiak, 1952*
  • Kodiak Naval Air Station, 1948 [Navy Day cachet]
  • Seward, 1943*
  • Wrangell, 1955*

    Alaska Lot 26 - Nine miscellaneous covers. Estimate $35. Sold $16

  • APO 731 (Fairbanks), 1948* Red sticker from Western Air Lines. Mailed to insurance agency in
       Seattle.
  • Fairbanks, 1934. Possible dog team mail but no cachet. Has 4-bar from Fairbanks Sept 6 and
       Tanana Sept 19. Pointing finger, “Returned to writer.” Philatelic.
  • Fairbanks, 1952* Machine.
  • Wrangell, 1932* Return envelope to company in Elmira, NY.
  • Kotzebue, 1948* Flap missing
  • Kotzebue, 1942 (Mar 2). Backstamped Wainwright Mar 18..Manuscript marking on back: “By
       Dog Sled from Kotzebue to Wainwright/By ship from Wainwright/Received in Melrose,
       Mass/June 2, 1942.” Censor tape. No cachet, but Alaska Territorial stamp (Scott 800) was used.
  • Noatak, 1952*
  • Wainwright, 1949. Purple “Wainwright Alaska/Via Air Plane” illustrated (airplane) rubberstamp
       cachet on air mail cover.
  • Wainwright, 1949. Same date as previous cover, but sent surface mail (address has been
       removed) and cachet shows boat instead of plane: “Wainwright Alaska/Via Mail Boat.”

    Alaska Lot 27 - Twelve DPO covers Estimate $75. Sold $32

  • Alaskindia (DPO 1938-1945), 1943* Cut down Business Reply post card.
  • Cohoe (DPO 1950-?) 1952*
  • College (DPO 1926-1966), 1947* [Interesting letter from student to his parents in Iowa]
  • Eklutna (DPO 1926-1945), 1942* Greeting card size, sent to relative at St. Mark’s Mission in
       Nenana. [Helbock lists marking at $10-$20]
  • Fort Richardson (DPO 1941-1942 & 1948-1955) , 1941*. Machine cancel.
  • Fox (DPO 1909-1947), 1932* Insurance company return envelope.
  • Livengood (DPO 1915-1957), 1932* Airmail to Juneau
  • Susitna (DPO 1906-1943), 1934* [Post Office Department penalty envelope]
  • Tanacross (DPO 1934-1964), 1957* Front only
  • Tetlin (DPO 1930-1966), 1945* Commercial use of illustrated cover from air base
  • Ugashik (DPO 1932-1937 & 1941-1972), 1947* [Envelope is illustrated front and back with
       Alaska themes, but the usage may be non-philatelic, as cover has Ugashik return address (or
       postmaster autograph??) And has been opened neatly at left.]

    Alaska Lot 27 - Livengood (DPO 1915-1957),
    1932* Airmail to Juneau

    Alaska Lot 27 - Ugashik (DPO
    1932-1937 & 1941-1972), 1947

    Alaska Lot 28 - Six picture postcards. Estimate $30. Sold $17

  • McKinley, 1940* [fireweed near Fairbanks]
  • Skagway, 1907* [Sawtooth Mountains, railroad track] crease
  • Skagway, 1908* to England. [village, harbor, & Mt. Dewey]
  • Skagway, 1927* [totem pole of Thlinglet Chief Kian, Ketchikan]
  • Skagway, 1938* [Taku Glacier]
  • Wasilla, 1949* [real photo of Matanuska Valley grain field]

    Alaska Lot 29 - Military covers from Alaska Estimate $80. Sold $40

  • U.S.S. WRIGHT, AUG 20, 1934, with SITKA/ALASKA in killer bars. To Auburn, Indiana.
       6c Garfield.
  • U.S.S. OMAHA, MAY 11, 1935. With KULUK BAY/ALEUTIAN IS in killer bars. To Kirkvlle,
       NY. Franked with 3c Washington stamp and assessed 3c postage due.
  • APO 729, Aleutian Islands, MAY 22, 1944, to Austin, Texas. 6c airmail postal stationery. Censor
       tape at left. To Austin, Minnesota
  • APO 729, JAN 1, 1944. Rubberstamped censor marking. 6c airmail postal stationery. To Austin,
       Minnesota
  • APO 729, JUN 23, 1943 6c transport. Rubberstamped censor mark. To Austin, Minnesota

    Alaska Lot 30 - Assorted covers. Estimate $65. Sold $32

  • Cacheted #10 cover from Arctic Research Laboratory, Point Barrow. Postmarked Barrow, 1954.
       To jeweler in Chicago. Philatelic??
  • First flight, Fairbanks to White Horse, 1938.
  • #10 covers with machines, Fairbanks and Juneau. 1944*. Not included in estimate.
  • Kenai, Type 8, 1947* To bank in Massachusetts.
  • Ketchikan, 1947* 1c prexy on drop letter from Fosse Plumbing Shop, illustrated corner card.
       Some opening damage at top.
  • Killisnoo* (DPO, 1882-1920) Post card [humor, clowns], 1913, Doane 3/2.
  • Matanuska (DPO, 1914-1941), 1930* From general store to Pontiac Motor Co, Michigan.
  • Petersburg, 1926* From land office to a Major in Washington, D.C.; forwarded to Fort Schuyler,
       NY.

    Alaska Lot 31 - Assorted covers. Estimate $55. Sold $28

  • Petersburg, 1933* From drug store to company in Seattle. Folded. 2c circular die stationery
       plus 1c Franklin.
  • Saint Terese (DPO 1938-1946), 1938 cacheted cover for opening of post office. Sitka, 1933*,
       printed return address of Sitka resident. Century of Progress stamp
  • Takotna, 1935*, to Oregon
  • Uyak (DPO, 1010-1914 & 1916-1937), 1937. To The Philatelic Gossip in Kansas. Last Day
       cover???
  • #10 from College (DPO), 1961* not figured in estimate.

    Cachets

    Cachet Lot 1 - Ten ACE (Art Cover Exchange) covers, including 4 First Days. Estimate $30. Sold $9

  • Valentine with pictorial cancel from Bliss, NY. (George Hill, ACE 339)
  • Billy Mitchell 1999 FDC (Hal Ansink, ACE94) Spray-on markings but no address
  • Santa Claus 2001 FDC. (Rick Kase, ACE 404). Addressed.
  • Happy Birthday 2002 FDC (George Hill) Unaddressed.
  • Audubon 2002 FDC (Lisa Doiron, ACE 369). Overcancel, addressed.
  • California Gold Rush FDC, (Lisa Doiron), unaddressed
  • ACE local post (Charles Beery, ACE 394) 2002
  • Great ACE Day 2002 (Jan Cramer, ACE 106)
  • Birthday rose, 2002 (Phil Edwards, ACE 353)
  • Great ACE Day 2002 with “Femailist” local post sticker. (Darlene Altshul, ACE 52)

    Cachet Lot 1 - Happy Birthday 2002 FDC (George Hill)

    Cachet Lot 2 - Faroe Islands 1978 First Day Cover. Estimate $6. Sold $3

  • Official cachet (sea cliffs) cover of three birds (gannet, puffin & murre). Cancel shows bird in
               flight about to land. 13.4.78

    Cachet Lot 2 - Faroe Islands 1978 First Day Cover

    Cachet Lot 3 - Twenty-nine bicycle related covers, mounted in binder. Estimate $85. Sold $62.50

  • FDCs of US U597 15c stamped envelope with bicycle: Fleetwood, Mike Weddle (signed, 8/20).
  • FDCs of US 1460 (6c Olympic bicycling) Artcraft, Fleetwood.
  • FDCs of US 1901 (5.9c bike transportation coil) Fleetwood, Artmaster, Colorano.
  • Artmaster FDC of US C110, (35c Olympic bicycling )
  • Fleetwood cachet of US 2126 (tricycle transportation coil)
  • FDCs of US 2266 (24.1c tandem bike transportation coil)
  • Cornelius Handcrafted cachet, Weight Lifter Cover
  • FDCs of 3119, Unsigned combo cover with 4 older cycling stamps, Unsigned addressed cacheted
               cover
  • FDC of bike handlebar coil of 1998 by Paul Gerwitz
  • Unaddressed uncacheted cover with Bike Race Pennyfarthing cancel from Redlands, CA, 1987.
  • Findlay, OH, 1991 Pennyfarthing cancel, Cachet by Port Findlay Stamp Club
  • Ten U. S. special cancels, addressed, no cachets. (Nine self addressed to Dusty, 2000)
  • British cacheted #10 cover for 75th Anniversary of Cyclists’ Touring Club - Derby District
               Association (1999)
  • Bicycle advertising cover, New York City, 1902
  • Bicycle advertising cover, Shelby, OH, 1938

    Cachet Cachet Lot 3-
    Bicycle advertising cover,
    New York City, 1902

    Cachet Cachet Lot 3-
    US U597 15c stamped
    envelope with bicycle

    Cachet Lot 3-
    FDCs of 3119, Unsigned combo
    cover with 4 older cycling stamps

    Cachet Lot 3-
    Findlay, OH, 1991
    Pennyfarthing cancel

    Cachet Lot 4 - Two illustrated bicycle advertising covers. Estimate $15. Sold $9

  • Return illustrated bicycle company cover, 5 3/4" x 5 7/8", 1970, Greenland to Denmark
  • Illustrated bicycle advertising cover, 1903, Buffalo, NY, to Canada. Opening cut slices stamp,
               but rarity of the advertising makes it still collectible.

    Cachet Lot 4 - Return illustrated
    bicycle company cover

    Cachet Lot 4 - 1903,
    Buffalo, NY, to Canada

    Cachet Lot 5 - Thirty-four more Bicycle related items, not mounted. Estimate $70. Sold $20

  • Cycle Races pictorial postmark, Isle of Man, 1968, on postcard to Aberdeen. Picture side shows
               Douglas Bay, Isle of Man
    US First Day Covers:
  • 6c Christmas toys, tricycle. Fleetwood, addressed
  • 5.9c bicycle coil (#1901), Artcraft
  • 6c Tricycle coil (#2126), Artcraft
  • 24.1c tandem bike coil, Artcraft, addressed
  • 50c Cycling stamp, hand-colored unsigned cachet (addressed)
  • 15c Postal Stationery, #10 cover
  • 37c “Old Glory” with Uncle Sam on bike, BGC cachet, unaddressed
    Others...
  • Uncacheted cover with “Old Glory” bike stamp, Seattle, 2003, to Dusty
  • Fundraising appeal cover with Lance Armstrong corner card, League of American Bicyclists
               return address on back. #10, addressed to Dusty.
  • Nine US special bicycle cancels on covers self-addressed to Dusty 2000-2003
  • Harrah, OK, Free Wheelers 2000, red cancel, unaddressed post card
  • New York City Peanuts Station Cancel on pair of handlebar coil stamps, 2001, on post card of
               double-decker NYC bus
  • Linns Stamp News ad cover franked with handlebar coil
  • Cover received from Rochester Bicycling Club, 1994
  • Cover from England, 2000, with small bike rubberstamped “Keep it up”
  • Stamp show cover from England, 2000, with bike Millennium stamp
  • Postcard from England, 2002, with bike stamp
    ACE [Art Cover Exchange] bike covers:
  • Viola Gianetti (ACE 359), greetings-size cover with hand-drawn bike, 2000
  • Phil Edwards (ACE 353), #10 cover with Schwinn bike, 1999
  • Phil Edwards cover with German bike ad, 2000
  • Phil Edwards cover with 1895 ad, 2003
  • Phil Edwards cover with ad for 1880 Pennyfarthing bike
  • Bernie Riff (ACE 316) British cover with Pennyfarthing bike silhouette, 1999
  • Bernie Riff British cover, cyclist silhouetted against sunset; bike stamp, 1999
  • Cover from England with bike Millennium stamp, date unclear

    Cachet Lot 6 - Women Aviators - FDC, ACE, and special events. Over 50 covers mounted in binder.
                          Estimate $125.     Sold $125

  • “The First Female Pilot” - ACE cachet of Halloween witch by Frank Horvath, ACE 164
    Amelia Earhart (C63) FDCs, July 24, 1963, Unaddressed Except as Noted:
  • Artcraft, Artmaster, Aristocrats, C. Stephen Anderson, Pontiac Press (addressed), Official
               99/ Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship Fund, Kolor Kover (addressed), Errick (addressed),
               Kingman, Fluegel, Sentherly
  • ? Folder with two other related stamps
    Other Amelia Earhart items, all with C63 except British cover:
  • Cachet “Amelia Earhart/ Revered Citizen of /North Hollywood, California” with picture of
               Earhard, Jul 22, 1938. Typed on back is “Compliments of Studio City Pharmacy, Studio City,
               Calif.” (addressed)
  • 20th Anniversary Powder Puff Derby, Seattle to Clearwater. Produced by All-Women
               Transcontinental Air Race, Inc. Earhart stamp canceled Clearwater, FL, July 7, 1966
  • GREAT BRITAIN: Silk cachet of Earhart and text, Canceled Londonderry, 21 May 77..
  • Cachet with photo of Earhart. Commemorative show cancel April 29, 1978, from Wiscopex,
               honoring Golden Anniversary of Earhart being the first woman to cross the Atlantic
               as a passenger
  • Cover honoring Linda Finch’s 1997 re-creation of Earhart’s 1937 world flight. TNT
               Cachet (Ted Tompkins)
  • Special cancel, Atchinson, Kansas for Earhart’s 100th birthday, TNT cachet.
  • GREAT BRITAIN: European size ACE cover from Bernie Riff (ACE 316), 1999
  • Phil Edwards (ACE 353) #10 ACE cover with picture of Earhart and Wiley Post, 1999.
  • Amelia Earhart Peak Station, Yosemite Park, 1997, Cachet by John Martin (ACE 343)
  • Blanche Stuart Scott (C99) FDCs, December 30, 1980, unaddressed except as noted:
  • Glenn Curtiss Museum cachet
  • Artcraft (addressed), Fleetwood, Artmaster
  • Uncacheted with block of four and FDOI handstamp. (addressed)
  • NOT A FIRST DAY - Ellis cachet, postmarked almost 2 years after issue. (addressed)
    Harriet Quinby (C128) FDCs, April 27, 1991 unaddressed except as noted:
  • Gerlings all-over cachet, signed.
  • Julian Pugh, hand-signed and 24/25 - plate block of four
  • Fleetwood, Aristocrat, Artmaster
  • Frank Horvath (ACE 164) add-on (addressed to Dusty Miller with added postage and Ohio
               Cover Fest postmark)
  • Hand-drawn cachet signed “PKY/ 1 of 6"
  • Other Harriet Quinby Covers
  • Two used with other postage to mail 6" x 8" certified cover from Irwin Siegel
  • First Flight Society Quinby cachet and 1999 postmark honoring Wright Brothers’flight.
  • Uncacheted cover with Dusty’s address sticker, 2000 “Harriet Qinby Dedication Station pictorial
               cancel in blue from Arcadia, MI, on American Samoa stamp.
    Bessie Coleman FDCs, April 27, 1995, unaddressed except as noted:
  • Aristocrat, Artmaster, Artcraft (addressed), House of Farnam, Dale Perry (signed)
  • NOT FDC - Buffalo Celebrates Black History Month cancel, January 9, 1997
  • Jacqueline Cochran FDCs, March 9, 1996, unaddressed
  • Heritage, Tbear
    Other covers:
  • First Flight Society cachet, “WASP Wings” December 17, 1999 Wright Memorial Station cancel
               on Cochran stamp
  • Borger Stamp Club cachet and cancel honoring WW II pilot Florene Miller Watson, autographed
               by honoree
  • Kevin Colton cachet and cancel honoring Eileen Marie Collins, first woman shuttle commander,
               and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, Houston Texas, JUL 22 1999
  • Metered unaddressed #10 envelope with corner card and meter imprint from 1966 Powder
               Puff Derby.
  • FDC from Brazil addressed (to Dusty) registered honoring three women pilots, 2000. Also
               included are a number of covers and postcards relating to the 2003 issuance of the Great Britain
               stamp honoring aviator Amy Johnson.

    Cachet Lot 6- “Amelia Earhart/
    Revered Citizen of /North
    Hollywood, California”

    Cachet Lot 6- Harriet Quinby
    C128) Girling FDC,
    April 27, 1991

    Cachet Lot 6- Kevin Colton
    cachet and cancel honoring
    Eileen Marie Collins

    Cachet Lot 7 - Ten ACE covers from 2002-2003 Estimate $25. Sold $10

  • John Martin (ACE 343) cover with photo and stamp honoring Amelia Earhart
  • Phil Edwards (ACE 353) cover with photo and stamp honoring Amelia Earhart
  • St. Patrick’s Day covers from Lisa Doiron (ACE 369), Claudia Reinke (ACE 418), and Jan
               Cramer (ACE 106)
  • Greetings from California (Lisa Doiron)
  • Local post cover (Charles Beery - ACE 394)
  • Spirit of St. Louis (Richard Schark) Postal nick on bottom
  • Balloons (Claudia Reinke)
  • Happy Holidays (Jan Cramer) 3-D elements

    Cachet Lot 7 - John Martin (ACE 343) cover with photo and stamp honoring Amelia Earhart

    Cachet Lot 8 - Ten U.S. covers, eight with cachets, the other two with pictorial cancels. Est. $30. Sold $9

  • Two Rochester Philatelic Association covers for 1991 Memorial Day flag stamp. One is combo
               with 3c Women in Our Armed Services stamp, the other a combo with 3c Gold Star Mothers
               stamp
  • Show cover from 1997 Philadelphia National Stamp Exhibition honoring Von Steuben
               and Germany Philatelic Society convention. Franked with 2c Von Steuben, 20c German
               Immigration, and 10c crossed flag stamps.
  • ROPEX 2002 teddy bear cancel in brown on ACE cachet by Joe Doles [teddy bear waving flag]
  • Rubber stamp train by Albert Haller. 2001 - Mailer’s Postmark Permit from Farmingdale, NY.
  • Uncacheted addressed cover with bicycle cancel, Arlington, MA, 2000
  • Uncacheted unaddressed postal stationery with fish cancel, Fairview, PA, 1997
  • Kelly Armstrong cachet, pictorial cancel from Fulton, NY, Memorial Day 1989
  • Show cover from ROPEX ‘87, honoring aviation. Concorde on cachet
  • 1983 cachet and cancel from Cactus show, Phoenix, AZ - cactus stamp used

    Cachet Lot 9 - FDCs from several countries plus British Cricket event covers Est. $45. Sold $8

  • Two different addressed FDCs from Australia of 1965 stamp honoring WW I Australian general,
               Sir John Monash
  • Canadian FDC, Christmas 2000, Kober cachet
  • Christmas Island FDC, Christmas 2000, same Kober cachet
  • Australian FDC from 1997 honoring then-living cricketer Sir Donald Bradman.
  • Two maxi cards and addressed FDC honoring Australian cricketer Sir Donald Bradman, after
               his death in 2001
  • Three #10 Cricket covers from England, 1996: Second Cornhill Test Match, England vs India;
               and Second Cornhill Test Match, England vs Pakistan, have commemorative cancels. Third
               Texaco Match, England vs. Pakistan has “Famous Cricketers: Wally Hammond Glos” paid
               indicia from Brighton. Each cover shows team captains and logos.

    Cachet Lot 10 - Three different FDCs of U.S. 1997 Women in the Military stamp - Est. $15. Sold $8

  • Heritage full-color cachet of two servicewomen
  • Graebner Chapter cachet
  • “leb” combo with “Be A Marine” and seven additional related stamps

    Cachet Lot 10 - “leb” combo with “Be A Marine” and seven additional related stamps

    Cachet Lot 11 - Five ACE (Art Cover Exchange) covers size 5 3/4" x 4 3/8" (greeting card size) Est. $15. Sold $8

  • Cachet by Viola Gianneti (ACE 359) w/cloth lighthouse applique and matching used stamp, 2002
  • Hand-drawn Gianetti lighthouse cachet, 2002
  • Hand-drawn Gianetti love cachet, 2002
  • Hand-drawn Gianetti barn with pumpkins, 2002, with ACE cancel
  • Hand-drawn birthday cachet with texturing, by Marge Schleining (ACE 419)

    Cachet Lot 11 - Hand-drawn Gianetti lighthouse cachet, 2002

    Cachet Lot 12 - Eleven misc. U.S. First Day Covers Estimate $20. Sold $6

  • Four 2003 Mary Cassatt booklet FDCs. One has booklet cover as cachet, the other three are
               by Rick Kase. One of these has "Stampshow" pallette cancel and combo with 5c Mary Cassatt            stamp. Another has FDOI cancel and combo with both 5c and 23c Cassatt stamps.
  • Four Fleetwood covers, each with two stamps from 18c animals booklet
  • "Wheels of Freedom" FDC, 1960. Unsigned cachet )some wrinkling)
  • MacArthur 1971 FDC, unsigned cachet (fold)
  • Memorial Day, 1991 flag. Combo FDC with three other stamps honoring veterans. Rochester Philatelic Association cachet.

    Cachet Lot 13 - 21 Legal size (mostly cacheted) covers. Estimate $40. Sold $7

  • Nancy Clark APS campaign cachet on Nurturing Love postal stationery FDC, 2003
  • FDC of California Gold Rush stamp, 1999, gold ink
  • ACE Newsletter cover with FDOI of 2002 antique toys stamp
  • BORPEX airplane cancel 2002 on 37c Audubon stamp. Has been folded to use as SASE.
  • 12 ACE covers 2001-2003 - must see to appreciate! Covers by Dave Curtis, Rudy Viol, Phil
       Edwards, Charlie Delgado, and others. Most were used to mail ACE newsletter.
  • Pictorial corner card from Curtiss Museum, 1999
  • Best of British Restaurant, Bakery & Imports, Philadelphia. Folded
  • Three cacheted covers with Mailer’s Postmark Permit cancels, 2002

    Cachet Lot 14 - Manhattan Brass Company ad cover, New York City, 1898. Est $20. Sold $6

  • "‘Star’ Oil Heaters./’Yale’ Oil Stoves./High Grade Bicycle Lamps." Illustration of ‘Yale’
               Mammoth oil lamp.

    Manhattan Brass Company ad cover

    Cachet Lot 15 - Two Amelia Earhart Covers Estimate $20. Sold $6

  • Earhart cover from Canada Feb 4,1933 cover, Vancouver BC to Webster NY with red
               rubberstamped cachet" WELCOME/ AMELIA EARHART PUTMAN/ (FIRTS WOMAN
               TO SOLO THE ATLANTIC)/ TO/ VANCOUVER BC/ FEBRUARY 4, 1933. On reverse is
               an optimistic rubber-stamped message in green and purple with airplane images and dollar signs:
               "BACK TO PROSPERITY YEAR" and CACHET SPONSORED BY/AERO CLUB/OF
               BRITISH COLUMBIA.
  • First Day Cover of Earhart stamp. Unlisted cachet of Round About Stamp Club, Burlington,
               Washington.

    Cachet Lot 15- Earhart cover
    from Canada Feb 4,1933 (front)

    Cachet Lot 15- Earhart cover
    from Canada Feb 4,1933 (reverse)

    Cachet Lot 15- Round About
    Stamp Club First Day Cachet

    Post Offices and Matching Post Offices, Postmarks, Postcards

    Post Mark Lot 1 - Eleven New York post office photographs and covers. (Unmounted) Estimate $25. Sold $7

  • Andes (Delaware County), SEP 5, 2002
  • East Rochester, NY, ACE cover dated APR 17, 2000 [photo of Dusty at PO]
  • Fishs Eddy (Delaware County), JUL 5, 2000 [Dusty is in front of PO in photo]
  • Gasport, SEP 17, 2002
  • Hancock (Delaware County), JAN 29, 2001
  • Lake Pleasant, SEP 13, 2002
  • Lisle, SEP 25, 2002
  • Locke, SEP 21, 2002
  • Lockport (Niagara County), May 13, 2001 [Mother’s Day Canal Walk special cancel]
  • Penfield (Monroe Cty). MAR 2, 2001
  • Walton (Delaware County), AUG 19, 2000 [County Fair special cancel with Ferris Wheel]

    Post Mark Lot 2 - Eleven New York post office post card images and covers. (Unmounted) Sold $11
                               [Some of these post offices may have been replaced before the covers were canceled]
                                Estimate $40.

  • Albany, linen card and cover dated December 32, 2002, First Night special cancel
  • Amsterdam, card from ca. 1915 and cover dated June 7, 2001
  • Auburn, with undivided-back card (ca. 1906) with Auburn RFD cancel, year date not legible.
               Also cover dated APR30, 2001.
  • Elmira (Chemung County): 1930s post card and cover dated APR 12, 2001.
  • Gloversville. Ca. 1915 card and cover dated APR 21, 2001
  • Herkimer, linen card and cover dated JAN 02, 2001
  • Malone, card mailed 1912 in Malone, cover dated MAR 4, 2001 with partially inverted date.
  • Dale NY, modern chrome card and cover dated DEC 22, 1999
  • Plattsburg, linen card and cover with Rockwell Kent special cancel 4/21/2001
  • Schenectady, ca. 1915 card and cover dated May 26, 2001 with special cancel for Alco plant.
  • Watertown, linen card with American Cancer Society postmark dated June 15, 2001.

    Post Mark Lot 3 - Miscellaneous U.S. Post Offices (12). Estimate $17. Sold $4

  • Hydaburg, AK: Clipping from PMCC Bulletin plus cover dated OCT 2002.
  • Rohwer, AR: clipping from PMCC Bulletin plus cover dated Jan 16 2001
  • Yosemite National Park, CA: Picture post card of post office plus cover dated Nov 15 1999.
  • Sheridan Lake CO: clipping from PMCC Bulletin plus cover dated Jan 18 2001
  • Micanopy, FL: clipping from PMCC Bulletin plus cover dated Apr 5 2002, Ochopee, FL:
               Two picture post cards and clipping plus cover with pictorial cancel “Smallest Post Office/
               in the U.S.A.” Nov 21, 2000
  • Kalaupapa, HI: clipping from PMCC Bulletin plus cover dated JUL 24 2001
  • Rayne, LA: Multiple photographic views of post office plus cover dated May 19 2002
  • Crocheron, MD: clipping from PMCC Bulletin plus cover dated Mar 10 2001
  • Loveville, MD,clipping from PMCC Bulletin plus cover dated Feb 14, 2002, with Valentine
               cancel in red.
  • Saint James, MN: Real photo picture post card of p.o. used 1942 from Saint James plus cover
               dated Jan 3 2001
  • Grenada, MS, Unused linen (1930's vintage) post card showing p.o. plus cover dated
               Jan 03 2001
  • Selinsgrove, PA: Picture post card of p.o. mailed in Selinsgrove Oct 28 1947 plus cover mailed
               Oct 4 1934.

    Post Mark Lot 4 - Post Office Photos with Matching postmarks from British Isles (41) plus five from
                               other countries, mounted in reused binder. Estimate $100.     Sold $40

    ENGLAND:
  • Cambridgeshire: Great Wilbraham, 2001 (photo of p.o. plus picture post card with local scenes
               mailed there)
  • Dorset: West Coker, 2000 (magazine clipping of old post office plus cover)
  • Northhamptonshire: Clipping of post card image of p.o. in Middleton Cheney, plus card from
               post master, plus multi-view modern post card (with message from postmaster) showing p.o. as
               one of four scenes, plus cover dated o5 AU 99
  • Oxfordshire: Great Tew - modern post card (unused) of post office plus cover dated 14 MAR 00.
    Yorkshire:
  • Low Mills, Fardale: Calendar clipping of post office plus same picture on cacheted cover dated
               10 JU 99.
    West Yorkshire:
  • Bretton, Wakefield, photo plus cover dated 6 DE 96.
  • Horbury Bridge, Wakefield: photo plus cover dated 19 MR 97 plus 2002 newspaper clipping
               about attempt to save post office from closing.
  • Hemsworth Ponefract: newspaper clipping plus cover dated 20 AP 99
  • Netherton: photo plus cover dated 23 DE 98
  • Notton Wakefield: photo plus cover dated 26 OC 96 plus photo of “Jean Thompson - Post Lady,
               Notton” with bicycle plus photocopy of newpaper clipping from 2002 about “Last- plus another
               clipping
               from 2002 about post office being saved. Minute Reprieve for PO”
  • Saviletown, Dewsbury: photo plus cover dated 18 MR 98
    South Yorkshire:
  • Cawthorne, Barnsley: photo plus cover dated 5 AU 96
  • Kexbrough, Darton, Barnsley: photo plus cover dated 9 SE 96
  • Darton, Barnsley, photo plus post card dated 5 AU 96
  • Haigh, Barnsley, old b/w photo plus cover dated 25 FE 77, also clipping of newspaper story
    North Yorkshire:
  • Draughton, color magazine picture of p.o. plus cover dated 8OC 98
    SCOTLAND:
  • Balchrick, Laiig: Picture post card (large) postally used from Lairg plus cover from Balchrick,br.            25 FE 99
  • Kylesku Lairg: Unused post card showing p.o. plus cover dated 19 JY 99.
    Scottish Islands:
  • Whiting Bay, Brodick, Isle of Arran: Unused post card plus cover dated 14 JA 98.
  • Bragar, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. Post card dated 12 AU 24 plus photocopy of post card picture
               side.
  • Gigha: Note card with drawing of post office plus cover dated 5 AP 86.
  • Iona: Photo dated July 1995 plus cover dated 25 JA 99.
  • Mull, Craignure. Photo dated July 1995 plus cover dated 18 JA 82
  • Mull, Tobermory: Photo dated July 1995 plus cover dated 13 AP 82
  • Orkney, Graemsay; Unused post card plus cover dated 11 MR 81
  • Skye, Borreraig: Used post card of p.o. plus cover dated 14 JA 81
  • Skye, Kyleakin: Photo dated Aug 1998 plus cover mailed 3 MR 98.
    Shetland:
  • Bressay: large commercial cover dated 26 OC 84 plus photo
  • Eshaness: Post card mailed 1991 (not from Eshaness) plus cover mailed 31 DE 80, which
               arrived in US with 22c postage due.
  • Bigton: P.O. photo dated 1984 plus cover dated 18 FE 1981
  • Fair Isle: Copy of old photo (about 1950) plus cover dated 21 NO 83 plus unused post card of
               posting box.
  • Levenwich: 1984 photo plus cover dated 19 DE 80.
  • Sandess: 1986 photo plus cover dated 24 FE 81
  • Galloway: 1986 photo plus cover dated 17 AP 81.
  • Haroldswick: unused picture post card plus cover dated 1 JUL 1972 with slogan “Britain’s
               Northermost Post Office.” Notation that p.o. closed Nov 29, 1999.
  • Gutcher Yell: Unused picture post card plus commercial cover dated 1 AU 87
  • Hamnavoe: Photo by R. Pointer with cover dated 3 AU 84 addressed to R. Pointer.
  • Symbister: Photo and cover dated 24 DE 83 addressed to R. Pointer.
  • Plus Uist (not counted): Unused post card of post box. No cover.
    WALES
  • Beddgelert, Caernarfon. First Day of stamp featuring post office, 12 AU 97.
  • Crosskeys, Newport Gwent: Newspaper clipping September 1999 about theft at p.o. with picture
               of opening of P.O. November 1998. Cover dated 18 OC 99.
  • Newport Road Risca, Gwent: Unused post card plus cover dated 10 JA 00.
    AUSTRALIA
  • Coober Park, South Australia: Opal fields postmark dated 16 Feb 2001 plus picture from PMCC
               Bulletin, Feb 2001.
    CANADA
  • Kildonan B.C.: Photpcopy of p.o. picture plus cover dated JUL 31 2001.
  • Placentia, Newfoundland: : Photo plus cover dated 2003-02-05
    CAYMAN ISLANDS
  • Hell: Photo of Dusty on post office porch plus post card dated 27.11.97
    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
  • Fujeria: clipping from American Philatelist, April 2001, showing p.o., plus cover dated
               25.07.2001.

    Post Mark Lot 5 - Post Office Photos. Estimate $30. Sold $9

  • Identified photographs of 29 different New York State post offices. Second views of three, so
               32 pictures in all.

    Post Mark Lot 5 - Post Office Photo

    Post Mark Lot 6 - Postcards of 12 New York post offices. Estimate $35. Sold $9

  • Angelica, 1998, unused
  • Auburn, mailed 1923 from Auburn
  • Binghamton, mailed 1936 from Binghamton
  • Buffalo, ca. 1912, unused
  • Cortland, mailed 1954 in Cortland
  • Ellenville, linen, unused
  • Canandaiugua, 1950s, unused
  • Little Falls, mailed with flag cancel, year date not legible
  • Poughkeepsie, linen, mailed there 1946; message mentions that p.o. is pretty inside.
  • Rome, linen, mailed there 1940.
  • Springville, unused chrome card ca. 1960
  • White Plains, unused linen.

    Post Mark Lot 6 - Buffalo, ca. 1912, unused

    Post Mark Lot 7 - 74 Post Office Photos (no covers). Estimate $55. Sold $12

  • North Dakota 10
  • Iowa 11
  • Nebraska 28
  • Illinois 4
  • Minnesota 1
  • Wisconsin 1
  • Kentucky 2
  • Pennsylvania 6
  • West Virginia 7
  • Ohio 4

    Post Mark Lot 8 - 42 Photos of Post Offices (no covers). Estimate $35. Sold $8

  • South Dakota 35
  • Illinois 10
  • Wisconsin 1
  • Indiana 4
  • Iowa 1
  • Missouri 1

    Post Mark Lot 9 - 20 Unused linen post cards of U.S. post offices, some 1930s cars. Est. $45. Sold $11

  • PA: Honesdale, Coudersport, Shamokin
  • MA: Middleboro, Wareham
  • OH: Columbus
  • NC: Forest City
  • MO: Notch (with postmaster “Uncle Ike” in picture), St. Louis
  • MI: Mackinac Island
  • KY: Elizabethtown
  • IA: Cedar Rapids
  • GA: Atlanta
  • VA: Martinsville (2 views)
  • FL: Panama City, Daytona Beach
  • WV: Charleston
  • MD: Baltimore
  • NJ: Cape May

    Post Mark Lot 10 - 25 post cards plus 18 identified photographs. Est. $45. Sold $10

  • All of British post offices (One card is used with a commemorative cancel, one written but not
               mailed, the rest unused).

    Post Mark Lot 11 - Eighteen U.S. post cards showing post offices. Estimate $40. Sold $10

    (* means card was mailed at post office shown.)
  • Carrollton, MO, 1936*, stamp removed.
  • Wilkesbarre, PA, 1911*
  • Forrest City, AR, 1956*
  • Madison, CT, mint , pre-linen
  • Port Charlotte, FL, mint, chrome, ca. 1960 from cars shown
  • Belleville, IL, white border era, ca. 1920s, mint
  • Lebanon, OH, mint white border
  • Napoleon, OH, mint, white border
  • Toledo, OH, 1917*
  • Palmyra, PA, mint white border
  • Sag Harbor, Ny, 1956*
  • Conneaut, OH, 1938*
  • Lansing, MI, 1949*
  • North Pole, CO, mint chrome (1967 copyright)
  • Nantucket, MA, 1947*
  • Indianapolis, IN, used from Brazil, IN 1945
  • Ochopee, FL, mint modern chrome
  • Waldoboro, ME. Mint b/w card plus 2001 cover addressed to Dusty.

    Post Mark Lot 12 - Mounted New York State postmark/post office photo combos. Est. $20. Sold $19

  • Single page with four p.o. photos printed on a sheet of photo-quality computer paper with
       postmarks applied directly to the paper. Postmarks are from the following New York
       communities: East Pembroke, Crittenden, Darien Center, and Alden. All postmarks May 30,
       2002 on Heroes semi-postal.
  • Angelica - Modern post card photo of p.o. addressed to Dusty, postmarked Angelica but over-
       canceled with Buffalo machine. Paired with cover dated MAR 18, 2002.
  • Angelica - Photo of post office and commemorative cancel [rail car] on cacheted cover. June 7,
       1998. Also Angel postmark, Dec 6, 2002.
  • Apalachin - photo of p.o. plus cover postmarked SEP 9, 2002.
  • Aurora - photo of p.o. plus cover postmarked SEP 9, 2002.
  • King Ferry - photo of p.o. plus cover postmarked SEP 12, 2002.
  • Montezuma -photo of p.o. plus cover with “Century of Conservation” cancel, MAR 15, 2003
  • Hancock - photo of p.o. with Dusty in photo, back to camera, plus cover postmarked SEP 11,
       2002.
  • Lakeville - photo of p.o. plus ACE decorated birthday cover postmarked NOV 16, 2001
  • Conesus - photo of p.o. plus cover postmarked SEP 9, 2002.
  • Middleport - photo of p.o. plus life insurance company return cover postmarked AUG 16, 1934.

    Transport Airmail Covers

    Transport Lot 1 - C25 - C25a - C26 covers, mounted, in reused binder. Estimate $45. Sold $23
    C25-25a:

  • 1942 illustrated hotel cover, Amarillo, Texas. Military return address.
  • 1943 - Camp McCain, Miss. Duplex. Marked “free,” 6c was added for airmail to Ohio
  • 1943 - Camp McCain, Miss. Machine cancel.
  • 1943 - Juneau, Alaska. Duplex. Censor tape on left.
  • 1943 First Day Cover, C25a, booklet pane of 3 6c carmine. Mar 18, 1943. Addressed,
       uncacheted
  • 1944 - legal-size cover with 6c transport plus 2c Nations United For Victory. Anchorage, Alaska
       machine.
  • 1949 Newark, N.J. - late usage
  • 1949 Anchorage, Alaska - late usage.
  • 1944 APO 33 (Hawaii) - rubberstamp censor marking.
  • 1943 APO 709 (number in return address) (Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands). Manuscript censor
       marking
  • 1943 C25a APO 709 (Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands). Sender (officer) has signed in lieu of
       censor mark.
  • 1954 Oklahoma City machine on picture post card [map of Oklahoma] C26 covers
  • C26 (8c olive green) First Day Cover, March 21, 1944. Addressed, Grimsland cachet 1944,
       San Francisco machine. Legal-sized envelope.
  • 1944, San Pedro, Calif, machine
  • 1944, Los Angeles machine. USO “Season’s Greetings” sticker. Cc from B’nai Brith
       Servicemen’s Dormitory in Hollywood.. Enclosure - letter from serviceman to his parents. Tells
       of seeing movie stars. He was about to go see a rehearsal of “Magnificent Obsession” with
       Claudette Colbert and Don Ameche.
  • 1944, Craig, Alaska, with pictorial cachet from the Sourdough Roadhouse. Sent to Alaska
       Sportsman in Ketchikan.
  • 1945, Wainwright Alaska, four-bar, on cover with Harvey patriotic cachet and rubberstamped
       pictorial “via dog team” cachet added.
  • 1946, Fairbanks, Alaska machine on Alaska Sportsman return envelope.

    Transport Lot 2 - Three Honolulu C29 covers: Estimate $40. Sold $20

  • 1942, Honolulu machine with "Buy Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps" slogan. To San
       Francisco. Typed "Clipper" notation.
  • 1944, Honolulu duplex on legal sized envelope from General Electric office in Honolulu
       to another GE office in San Francisco. Two copies of 20c stamp to pay the rate for a letter
       between ½ and 1 oz. Cellophane censor tape.
  • 1943 Honolulu duplex with "OAHU" in the killer. Air Mail special delivery to New York City.
       10c Special delivery stamp and "Fee Claimed by Office /Of First Address" handstamp.
       Cellophane censor tape. Mailed July 6, backstamped July 14.

    Transport Lot 3 - First Day Covers. Estimate $30. Sold $15

  • C25 (6c carmine), Aristocrat cachet, addressed
  • C25, addressed, no cachet
  • C26 (8c olive green), addressed, uncacheted
  • C26, block of four, Artcraft, addressed
  • C28 (15 c brown carmine), Jacques Minkus multi-colored patriotic cachet, APS
       Convention Station.
  • C29 (20c bright green), House of Farnum cachet in green, pencil addressed, block of four.
       SPS Convention cancel.
  • C29, addressed in pencil, Linprint cachet Envelope glue toning.
  • C30 (30c blue) Kansas City, Mo, machine cancel with slogan for Trans Mississippi Philatelic
       Society Convention. Addressed, uncacheted.

    Transport Lot 4 - Eight Covers with great contents. Estimate $22. Sold $10

  • Five of the letters are to, from, and about Bernard Bailey of Hamburg, NY, while he was in
       military service 1943-46. Very interesting accounts of military life, plus cheer-up messages from
       the folks at home (“Keep out from under the birds and keep your trousers on.”) One letter speaks
       of Italian POWs who have sworn allegiance to the U.S. and are about to fight for our side
       (“...about all the English they know is ‘[f-expletive deleted] the Nazis.’”) And he teasingly tells his
       wife when he’s on his way home that ‘I’ll eat Limburger cheese and drink beer” if she keeps on
       calling him a cat. Also a long chatty letter from a worker at a base in Oklahoma to an officer
       formerly scheduled there, written in January 1946 as the military was winding up most
       operations. Fairly ordinary covers with 6c and 8c transports, but the letters are both historically
       interesting and delightful.

    Transport Lot 5 - 20 philatelic covers. Estimate $60. Sold $28

  • Mostly first flights, but also Columbus Day 1942, Operation Highjump, Experimental
       Helicopter Service, one Crosby Navy cachet (1943), and New England Air Mail Week. Includes
       FAM 24 (New York to Amsterdam), FAM 24 (New York to Berlin), & FAM 27(New York to
       Zurich).

    Transport Lot 6 - Four covers from APOs in Germany Estimate $75. Sold $32

  • APO 227 May 6, 1946 (machine)-Germany
  • APO 742 Jan 4, 1951 (machine)-Germany
  • APO 751 Jun 2, 1946 (4-bar) Rough opening tear on right - stamp damaged but all there.
       HQ, Bremen Port Command
  • APO 755 Sep 9, 1946 (machine)

    Transport Lot 6 - APO 227 May 6, 1946 (machine)-Germany

    Transport Lot 7 - Twelve APOs in Europe. Estimate $55. Sold $<22/B>

  • APO 111 Nov 27, 1945# (machine)-France
  • APO 125 Jan 2, 1951# -France
  • APO 451 Dec 18, 1944 (machine)-France
  • APO 520 Oct 28, 1944 ms censor-Italy
  • APO 520 Nov 15, 1944 ms censor (machine)-Italy
  • APO 520 Dec 13, 1944 ms censor (machine) (postage due paid by 2x3c due stamps)-Italy
  • APO 520 Dec 19, 1944 ms censor-Italy
  • APO 540 Mar 4, 1944 ms censor-Italy
  • APO 540 Mar 4, 1945-Italy
  • APO 567 Jan 21, 1945 ms censor-Italy
  • APO 588 Mar 4, 1945-Belgium
  • APO 781 Mar 4, 1944

    Transport Lot 8 - Twelve Miscellaneous APO covers Estimate $70. Sold $30

  • APO 33 Jan 30, 1944-Hawaii
  • APO 38 Aug 21, 1944-? Hawaii
  • APO 96 Aug 16, 1945-Hawaii
  • APO 235 Nov 17, no year date "Idle Gossip Sinks Ships" (machine)-? Philippines
  • APO 246 May 17, 1946 (machine)-Guam
  • APO 698 Aug 27, 1943 (machine)-Algeria
  • APO 726 Dec 6, 1943-Camp Erle,Attu,Aleutian Islands
  • APO 783 Feb 5, 1944-Khurramabad-Iran
  • APO 807 Oct 24, 1945-(machine)-Atkinson Field-British Guiana
  • APO 923 FEB 15, 1945-(duplex) - Brisbane, Australia
  • APO 924 Jan 11, 1944-Melbourne Australia
  • APO 956 Jun 12, 1943-Fort Ruger, Honolulu APO 958 Oct 10, 1944 (machine) Ms censor.
       Number 10, reduced 1/4" right but stamp uncut-Fort Shaffer,Oahu Hawaii

    Transport Lot 8 - APO 807 Oct 24, 1945-(machine)-Atkinson Field-British Guiana

    Transport Lot 9 - Five Red Cross covers. Estimate $30. Sold $11

  • Five number 10s from Red Cross Field Directors to American Red Cross Home Service
       Secretary in Poughkeepsie 1944-45: APOs 72 (Leyte, Phillippines), 606 (Gold Coast), 795 (Iran),
       959 (Hawaii), and one with no number in cancel but 957 (Schofield Barracks, Hawaii) in corner
       card. All have 6c transports and censor rubberstamps and cellophane tape. All but 606 and the
       957 are handstamps. Four are stamped "Official Red Cross Communications" and/or "Certified
       Red Cross Mail"

    Transport Lot 10 - Cover sent to CAMEROON Estimate $20. Sold $8

  • Postmarked Chautauqua, Ill, Jul 27, 1947 2x 30c transport. Censored.

    Transport Lot 10 - front

    Transport Lot 10 - reverse

    Transport Lot 11 - Six Covers to Germany and France - Estimate $45. Sold $21

  • To Germany, Bavaria, U.S. Zone - Garden City, Kansas, Aug 6, 1947. 15c transport, Censor
       tape and rubberstamp.
  • To Germany - Miami, Fl, Dec 8, 1947.15c transport. Greeting card size envelope
  • To Germany - Miami, Fl, Sept 24, 1947.15c transport
  • To Germany (Russ, Zone) - Berkeley, CA , May 1, 1947.15c transport
  • To France - Flushing, NY, Oct 21, 1941. 30c transport. Censor tape, received markings, and a
       faint WK3 marking in a pointed oval.
  • To France - New York, N Y, Church Street Sta, Sep 11, 1946. 3x 8c transport + 2 x 3c Prexy.
       (front only)

    Transport Lot 11 - To France - Flushing, NY, Oct 21, 1941. 30c transport.

    Transport Lot 12 - Six Covers to Miscellaneous Foreign Destinations. Estimate $50. Sold $25

  • Argentina - New York, N Y, Church Street Sta, Apr 17, 1946. 5x 8c transport. Front, reduced.
  • Brazil - Postmarked Saint Louis, Mich Nov 15, 1941, 2x 20c transport. Censored. #10
  • Brazil - Minotola, NJ, Mar 27, 1945. 10c + 30c transports. Censor tape, backstamps, Canadian
    Pacific Hotel airmail envelope.
  • Egypt - Harmon-on-Hudson, Apr 2, 1947 15c transport. Front
  • Algeria - Philadelphia, PA, JUL 5, 1946. 30c transport + 3c Al Smith. PHILATELIC. Addressed
       to sender's name in Algiers, returned 'INCONNU." Union of South Africa - Berkeley, Calif,
       Feb 28, 1944. 2x 30c transport. Cellophane censor tape.

    Transport Lot 12 - Brazil - Minotola, NJ, Mar 27, 1945. 10c + 30c transports.

    Transport Lot 13 - Four foreign first flights Estimate $20. Sold $11

  • FAM 14 & 18, San Francisco to New York via Calcutta, India (50c transport)
  • FAM 24, New York to Copenhagen (30c transport)
  • FAM 24, Chicago to London (30c transport)
  • New York to Newfoundland (15c transport) Rubberstamp on back says in part “...this cover was
       carried on the first commercial flight from New York City (LaGuardia Field)...to Gander
       (Newfoundland Airport)- This mail did not enter International mail channels due to rate
       problems...”

    Transport Lot 13 - FAM 14 & 18, San Francisco to
    New York via Calcutta, India (50c transport)

    Transport Lot 13 - insert

    Transport Lot 14 - Ten covers with Caribbean origins and destinations: Estimate $50. Sold $25

  • NY to PR, pictorial cc Universal Instutute.. Returned with boxed marking, "unknown" checked.
       10 c transport.
  • San Juan, PR to Albany, NY, 1942, 10c transport. Wide censor tape and multiple censor
       rubber stamps. Slightly rough opening on bottom
  • San Juan, PR, to Salem, Ohio, 1944.
  • San Juan, P.R. to San Diego, 1943, 10c transport. Corner card (in Spanish) of Seventh Day
       Adventist Mission in Santurce, PR.
  • San German, PR to NY, 1943, 10c transport, cc Polytechic Institure of PR, sent to pastor of
       Central Presbyterian Church in Rochester.
  • Ponce, PR, to Chicago, 1919. 6c transport,
  • Mountain View, Calif, to Canal Zone - Mar 13, 1945. 15c transport. Censor tape- cellophane.
  • Cuba - Two covers:1946 & 1947, each with 8c transport.
  • Somerville, Mass - Puerto Rico - Somerville, Mass, Nov 16, 1942. 10c transport. Paper censor
       tape. on both ends, as it sent to Puerto Rico, then was forwarded to the man's home address in
       Somerville (it was sent by his wife) and censored both directions. It has a stamplike religious label
       "S.A.G." (St. Anthony's Guild) on the back, which received a San Juan handstamp.

    Transport Lot 14 - Somerville, Mass - Puerto Rico -
    Somerville, Mass, Nov 16, 1942. 10c transport.

    Transport Lot 14 - St. Anthony's
    Guild label (reverse)

    Transport Lot 15 - Two covers to servicemen returned “deceased.” Estimate $30. Sold $19

  • Richmond, Va., SEP 23,1944, to APO 81. Sent on to hospital, then marked with boxed “Return
       to Sender/Verified/B.P.O 15" and ms. “Deceased” with officer’s signature.
  • New York City to APO 263, April 2, 1945. Ms “Deceased with signature and date on reverse”
       plus faint pointing hand return-to-sender marking. Letter still inside.

    Transport Lot 16 - Twelve covers - Military bases and other war-related postmarks Est $33. Sold $14

  • Pensacola, FLA, U.S.N. AIR STA duplex, October 1945, to California. 8c transport..
  • Camp Howze, Texas, machine, November 1944 to Rochester, NY. 8c transport..
  • Fort Smith, Arkansas, Jan, 1943, machine, to Boston. Commercial return envelope. 6c transport.
       Red rubber stamped patriotic “V for Victory” on back.
  • Camp Bowie, Texas, SEP 1943, machine. To. Kentucky. Red corner card from headquarters
       Battery, 68th Armored F.A. Bn. 6c transport.
  • Camp Bowie, Texas, May 1943, machine. To. Kentucky.
  • Drew Field, Fla, machine, Jul 1945, to Cleveland. 8c transport.
  • Fort Benning, GA, SEP 1943, to Iowa. 6c transport.
  • Hamilton Field, CA, machine, Dec 1942, to West Virginia. “United States Army Air Force” and
       logo in upper left. 6c transport.
  • Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, machine, JUL 1943, to Missouri, forwarded. 6c transport.
  • U.S.S. Hyades (AF 28), 1949 6c transport.
  • Advanced Base Aviation Training Unit, Norfolk, AUG 1942, to Kansas. 6c transport. (philatelic),
       dial removed, censored cover with return address from APO 957. Commercial to Detroit.
       6c transport.

    Transport Lot 17 - Three RPO/RMS covers plus three “U.S. Navy” covers. Estimate $23. Sold $10

  • K.C. & Port Arthur [Texas] RPO duplex, 1942, Envelope (green, preaddressed to “Treasurer of
       the United Sates” used to purchase savings bonds by monthly subscription. 6c transport.
  • Ogden, Utah Term, RPO duplex, 1949. 6c transport, to Albany, Oregon
  • Indianapolis, Ind, Trans. Clk RMS machine with crossed-out Officers’ Club corner card, to
       Newton, Mass, July 1945. 8c transport.
  • “U.S. Navy” cover with red censor mark and unusual air mail sticker, 1943. 6c transport.
  • “U.S. Navy” cancel in peacock blue, with black censor mark, 1944. 6c transport.
  • “U.S. Navy” 1945 cancel on air mail cover printed with “V ..._” and “Serve in Silence.”
       6c transport. Censored.

    Transport Lot 18 - Five covers with special services. Estimate $25. Sold $12

  • 1941 cover Beaumont, Texas to Kansas City, Air Mail, Special Delivery, Registered on hotel
       cover, Hotel Beaumont. Franked with 6c transport, 10c prexy & 15c prexy. Seam toning on
       back.
  • 1945 Sioux Falls, SD to Virginia, 6c transport, straight line stamped marking “Postage due
       2 Cents.”
  • 1946 air mail special delivery from New Mexico to Senator Bilbo in Washington, D.C.
       8c transport plus 13c special delivery stamp.
  • 1944 from Wisconsin to Washington state. Franked with 6c transport, assessed 2 cents postage
       due, paid by affixing a 2c Nations United for Victory stamp, which was then canceled by
       double-ring M.O.D.(? - last letter unclear) dater.
  • 1949 air mail special delivery Colorado Springs to New York City. 6c transport plus 15c
       special delivery on #10 cover.

    Transport Lot 19 - Five first flight and experimental helicopter covers with rubberstamp cachets.

                        Estimate $20. Sold $8
  • FAM 14, San Francisco to Shanghai, First Flight, 1947. 10c & 15c transports,
  • Experimental Helicopter Service, Newark, NJ Air Mail Field. Stamped on back "PERMANENT
       REGISTRATION/ SERIES NO. AP26/ SET NO,52/ COVER NO.78/ COLLECTOR’S
       SUPLUS/KANSAS CITY, MO.” Franked with 5c airmail (not transport).
  • Pecos Tex AM 82 to Fort Stockton, TX. Nice map cachet, 1950, C25a 6c booklet transport.
  • AM 87 Myrtle Beach, S.C. to Wilmington, NC, 1950. 6c transport.
  • AM 105, Reno to Phoenix, 1949, 6c transport.

    Transport Lot 20 - Eight (plus three damaged) Hawaii to mainland plus one mainland to Hawaii.

                        Estimate $40. Sold $20
  • Honolulu to Kansas, May 1945, censored. 15c transport
  • Honolulu to NH, 1944, censored. 20c transport
  • Pearl Harbor, Jan 8, 1942. (not philatelic) to Springfield, Mass, censored. 20c transport. Sealable
       opening tear well to left of the stamp.
  • Honolulu to NY, 1944, 20c transport + 10c special delivery
  • Honolulu to Omaha, 1942. 20c transport. Sealed with plain cellophane tape and rubberstamped
       "RELEASED/ BY I.C.B./ 150" Greeting card size. Ms “Via Clipper” on back.
  • Honolulu to New Bedford, Mass, 1949. 6c transport.
  • Three 1944 special delivery #10 covers in poor condition. (Not counted in estimated price)
  • 1945 Honolulu to NH, 15c transport
  • #10 from Honolulu Business College to NH deputy secretary of state, 1949. 6c transport.
  • 1943 cover TO Honolulu from Dublin, PA, 3c circular die stationery plus 2c Army and Navy
       stamp plus two 6c transports.

    Transport Lot 21 - Covers to Great Britain and Ireland and from APOs in England - Estimate $70. Sold $35

  • C30 cover: New York machine with "Buy War Savings Bonds and Stamps" slogan. To England,
       where it was forwarded to addresses new location. Paper censor tape.
  • To England - Bronx Central Annex, New York, NY. DEC 30, 1941. 30c transport, partially
       covered by censor tape. Marked “Postage due__ cents.” Minor gouge at bottom and wrinkling at
       left. Addressee is Barclay’s Bank.
  • To England - Boston, Mass, Jul 25, 1946. "Returned for Postage" handstamp, then franked with
       30c.
  • To "Cardiff, Wales, England" [sic!] Haines..., NY, May 22, 1943. 30c transport. Censor tape.
  • To England - Boston, Mass, Jan 17, 1948. 15c transport
  • To Eire - Washington DC, Feb 4, 1950 5c air ps + 20c transport +6c Alexandria air mail stamp.
  • To Ireland First Flight of FAM 24. 30c transport. No cachet. Auxiliary markings for return to
       sender.
  • APO 118 Mar 29, 1945 (machine)- England (wrinkled)
  • APO 135 Apr 26, 1944 (4-bar) ms censor (business reply envelope from Book-of-the-Month
       Club with added 6c transport)-England
  • APO 557 Jan 24, 1944-England APO 563 Nov 2, 1945#(machine)-England
  • APO 564 Dec 6, 1944 (machine)-England (tear at top)
  • APO 579 Jun 19, 1944 (4-bar) -England (seam toning)APO 633 Aug 27, 1943 (machine)-
       England

    Transport Lot 21 - To "Cardiff, Wales, England" [sic!] Haines..., NY, May 22, 1943.

    Transport Lot 22 - Three mounted covers from Hawaii with 20c transports. Est. $40. Sold $20

  • 1943 Honolulu duplex with "OAHU" in the killer. Air Mail special delivery to New York City.
       10c Special delivery stamp and "Fee Claimed by Office /Of First Address" handstamp.
       Cellophane censor tape. Mailed July 6, backstamped July 14. 20c transport.
  • 1942, Honolulu machine with "Buy Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps" slogan. To
       San Francisco. Typed "Clipper" notation. 20c transport.
  • 1944, Honolulu duplex on legal sized envelope from General Electric office in Honolulu to
       another GE office in San Francisco. Two copies of 20c stamp to pay the rate for a letter between
       ½ and 1 oz. Cellophane censor tape.

    Transport Lot 23 - Four “Clipper” covers. Estimate $45. Sold $22

  • Censored cover with APO 954 (Oahu) return address. Machine cancel with "Buy U.S. Savings
       Bonds" slogan killer, dial removed, so no date. 6c transport. (Writer has put "No objectionable
       matter" at bottom left, and the censor tape covers the "no." Also has "Service Mail Clipper"
       written under stamp for "Clipper"
  • Special Delivery letter from bookstore in Honolulu to Ojai, California, November 21, 1942. Two
       strikes of rubberstamped “CLIPPER” 10c prexy plus 20c transport. Censor tape at left.
  • Honolulu to Boston, two covers from May 1946, same correspondence. Both have 15c
       transports. One has CLIPPER typed in red, the other in black.

    Great Britain

    Great Britain Lot 1 - Commemorative aerogrammes Estimate $20. Sold $21

  • 12 different pictorial aerogrammes from 1987 to 1999 - all used to Betty Miller: Santas, angels,
       birds, landscapes, etc. Some slogan cancels.

    Great Britain Lot 2 - Mixed aerogrammes. Estimate $20. Sold $16

  • Unused “Mystery at the Flannan Lighthouse” aerogramme.
  • Eight (seven different) commemorative aerogrammes, 1988-1999
  • Over 40 non-commemorative aerogrammes used 1982-2000

    Great Britain Lot 3 - Reused cover. Estimate $10. Sold $4

  • Envelope originally sent USA to GB November 13, 1985 by Betty Miller. Recipient added a large
       [paper-saving] Peace Pledge Union pictorial sticker [Don’t be a Closet Pacifist/ Join the PPU] on
       the back, along with Betty’s address and a GB “Halley’s Comet” commemorative, and remailed
       it 7 March (?) 1986, having written “From” over her address on what was originally the front
       of the envelope.

    Great Britain Lot 3 - reused cover (front)

    Great Britain Lot 3 - reused cover (back)

    Great Britain Lot 4 - Mounted collection of 23 Victory Bells - postmarks from May-September 1945
                           with victory bells. On non-philatelic cover unless noted. Estimate $65.     Sold $20

  • London D, 10 May on humorous picture post card about rationing. Rec’d Ministry of Pensions
       May 11.
  • London E.C./F, 1 June. Sent to Iceland, censor tape.
  • Bootle, Liverpool, 1 June (2 x 4)
  • Cricklewood N.W. 2, 25 May
  • Edinburgh, 12 May
  • Guildford, Surrey, 12 May
  • Manchester, 22 May
  • Manchester, 20 May, with redirected form pasted on.
  • Reading, Berks, 27 May
  • London SW 1, 1 September
  • Hampstead N.W. 3, 2 September
  • Bath, Somerset, 20 Aug. (2 x 4)
  • Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, 8 September
  • Brighton & Hove, Sussex, 29 August. (2 x 4)
  • Birmingham H, 21 August 1945. Bicycle company corner card and “The V sign of Victory”
       sticker. Sent to London Bicycle shop.
  • Gloucester A, 19 August. (2 x 4)
  • Ilfracombe, Devon, 6 September. Tourist post card with real photo of Ilfracombe.
  • Kings Lynn, Norfolk, 7 September. (2 x 4)
  • Leeds, B, 30 August
  • Loughborough, Leicestershire, 25 August
  • Tunbridge Wells, 14 September
  • Wellingborough N’Hants, I September. (2 x 4)
  • Whitstable, Kent, 30 August

    Great Britain Lot 4 - Manchester,
    20 May, with redirected form pasted on.

    Great Britain Lot 4 - Birmingham H, 21
    August 1945. Bicycle company corner card

    Great Britain Lot 5 - 29 Commemorative covers for Remembrance Day in binder Estimate $100. Sold $20

  • Large First Day Cover with silk cachet honoring D-Day landings - 5 stamps, 6-6-94.
       Commemorates the taking of Pegasus Bridge on D-Day.
  • “Lest We Forget” London, 11 Nov. 1968
  • “Poppy Day” Maidstone, Keny, 11 Nov. 1970
  • “British Forces 1182 Postal Service” 50th Anniversary, 25 Aug ‘71
  • “Royal British/ Poppy Factory/ 1922-1972" Richmond and Twickenham, 14 June 72.
  • “Festival of Remembrance,” 11 Nov, 1972, British Forces 1337 Postal Services
  • “Remembrance Festival 1973" 10 Nov 73, London SW7
  • “60th Anniversary of the Armistice/ lest we forget,” 11 November 1978, British Forces
       1622 Postal Service.
  • Remembrance Festival 10-11-1979, Royal Albert Hall, London SW7
  • Star cancel, 1916-1991, Belfast, 1st July 1991
  • Liverpool PALS, 1 July 1991, 31 July 1992, 28 VI 93, 11th November 1993, 1 July 1994
  • City of Manchester, 1st July 1994
  • Pictorial 80th Anniversary of the Armistice, Whitehall, London SW1, 11-11-98
  • “We Will Remember Them” British Forces 2567 Postal Services, 11 Nov 1998
  • Large mint post card of Rupert Brooke poem, graves, poppy
  • Three “Poppy Appeal/Cares/All Year Round” cancels from 1980: (Richmond, Surrey;
       Maidstone, Kent; London SW7.)
  • Festival of Remembrance ,London SW7, : 13 November 1982, 12 November 1983,
       10 November 1984, 9 November 1985, 8 November 1986, 7 November 1987, 12 November
       1988, 11 November 1989.
  • Remembrance Day, British Forces 1918 Postal Services, 11 Nov 85
  • Remembrance Day, British Forces 2147 Postal Services, 11 Nov 87

    Great Britain Lot 6 - Five Commemorative covers for armed forces Estimate $15. Sold $5

  • 35th Anniversary of D-Day, Artcraft cachet and pictorial cancel from Southampton, June 6,
       1979, Flower commemorative.
  • 1974 Commemorative machine cancel from London: “The RAF Benevolent Fund/Repays/The
       Debt We Owe” plus eagle (?) with wings outspread. No cachet, addressed.
  • Commemorative cancel, 30 July 1994, RAF Benevolent Fund and 75 Years of RAF, Fairford.
       Addressed, no cachet.
  • 1 May1972 cacheted cover for 30th Anniversary of RAF Sealand as Part of Maintenance
       Command. European size. Additional rubber stamps from RAF on back.
  • 6 June 1984, cacheted cover for 40th Anniversary of D-Day. Addressed to Betty V. Miller.
       Has Newhaven E. Sussex Paquebot cancel and “Posted on Board” rubber stamp from M.V.
       Senlac. European size.

    Great Britain Lot 7 - Miscellaneous covers. Estimate $15. Sold $5

  • 1971 Yorkshire Philatelic Convention cacheted cover with commemorative cancel. Cachet shows
       Chantry Chapel in Wakefield. European size.
  • Cacheted cover for STAMPEX 1961. Cachet shows mail carrier toting mailbag shaped like
       the globe. Cancel also shows globe.
  • Commercial decorated envelope with flowers - mole cricket commemorative stamp. 1998.
       European size.
  • Picture post card of deHaviland Mk IV bombers with commemorative cancel honoring 40th
       Anniversary of VJ Day - 15 Aug 85, London SW1. Sticker residue on left of address side.
  • 1972 commemorative cancel for Queen’s Own Highlanders Exhibition, Inverness, 7 Feb 1972.
       Bird stamps. Addressed brown envelope, no cachet.
  • Centenary Tribute to Grace Fields/Comic Heritage cancel on addressed uncacheted cover.
       24th October 1998.
  • Odd-shaped small envelope canceled Bransley, South Yorkshire DEC 1999, millennium stamp
       with small postal nicks in stamp and in bottom of cover. Addressed to Betty Miller.
  • European-size cover with House of Commons cancel, 18 NO 71. House of Commons logo
       on back flap. Addressed.
  • Buff cover with cancel from Holmsfirth [West Yorkshire] 19 May ‘86 “Land of the Summer
       Wine.” Self-addressed.

    Great Britain Lot 8 - Eight British Commonwealth Aerogrammes, postally used. Est. $15. Sold $5

  • Australia - Naumburg National Park, bird (white winged fairy wren) in indicia, 1998
  • Lesotho, scenery, added railway stamp, 1993
  • Six from Kenya with Christian Children’s Fund meters, 1989-1992

    Great Britain Lot 9 - About 45 First Day Covers, mounted in binder. Est. $75. Sold $12

  • These range from 1971 to 2002, and many have complete sets. Many have Royal Mail cachets,
               but there are also Colorano silks, maxi cards, and a few uncacheted. Lots of birds, flowers,
               royalty. Please inquire about individual issues.

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