385th Auction

1799/1940, interesting group with approx. 100 covers and some cards with good frankings

1801/75, 21 letters from or (few) to the US, almost all transatlantic with several transit- and accountancy marks

1835/1900 (ca.), nice group of postal history with about 50 items, including "VIA VICARAGUA…", transatlantic mail, etc.

1838/1995 (ca.), group of covers, cards and postal stationeries, incl. Revenues, some better items with an early 15 cents franking tied by cork cancel to transatlantic mail from New York to Hanau with three-line “AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN FRANCO” and red cds. “NEW YORK BREMEN PAID” alongside, small group of stampless covers with Lancaster 1845 folded entire with 5 cents carrier rate struck in blue, also some early single frankings, Columbian Exposition illustrated postcards(7), First Flights covers, parcel cards, etc., mixed condition, in 9 albums

1850/1910, interesting group of more than 30 cards and covers, some better frankings, Wells Fargo Express Envelope to San Francisco, cover with red provisional octagon rate stamp “PHILA 5 Cts PAID” etc., mostly good condition

1880/2015 (ca.), large unused and used postal stationery collection with around 2500 items, some duplicates, strength after 1950s, together with a few foreign stationeries, mostly in very fine and fresh condition, neatly housed in 19 albums

1880/2014 (ca.), large accumulation of over 750 covers, incl. Official Mail and Canal Zone, together with a large group of over 900 FDC from 1937 to 1987, some occasional faults, mostly in fine and fresh condition, neatly housed in 17 albums

1880/1950 (ca.), balance of apprx. 400 covers, good percentage of used/unused stationery envelopes, also uprated, registered, censored and airmail, vignettes, etc., mixed condition from postal wear/faults to fine.

1880/2006 (ca), accumulation of covers, cards and postal stationeries, some better usages incl. airmails, combination frankings with some Colombus values, catapult mail via the Bremen, USS Akron 1932 training flight, several covers to Germany via Graf Zeppelin, etc., together with some litterature, mixed condition

1929/89 (ca), American First Flight collection with well over 3500 covers, strength before the 1970s, also “American Air Mail Catalogue” in five volumes, overall in very good condition, neatly housed in 36 albums

Western Mail & Express Companies consignment balance, with over thirty five nineteenth century covers, several express company printed franks, noting Pacific Union Express (including one on Matteson & Williamson full-front advertising entire), one Pacific Express “Volcano” blue oval handstamp, stagecoach illustrated Coast Overland Mail Company cover, Lamping & Co's Express, Langton, Adams & Co, Greenhood & Newbauer, and four Wells Fargo including blue oval “Ophir” handstamp on missent cover to Gold Hill, scarcer cancellations including Santa Clara and San Buenaventura manuscript cancels, Silver Mountain c.d.s. on 12c. rate transatlantic cover to London (faults), attractive El Paso de Robles Hot and Cold Sulphir Springs advertising cover, dual Union Pacific Railroad from North Platte and Wells, Fargo & Co Express from Stockton labels on redirected cover from Santa Cruz to San Jose (flaws), City Express / G & H PAID label on Wells, Fargo cover from San Francisco to Oregon, and unusual California usage of 1873 3c Official on cover from Grass Valley, condition varies significantly, but with several scarcer covers noted, worthy of close inspection.

2005/2009, interesting group of 8 souvenir sheets, most with artist and engravers signatures, including Scott# RW73b, RW74b and RW75b, 4 certificates PSE.

Also including 2 x the  $15.00 2005 Hunting Permit, souvenir sheet with the Atrist's signature in black (Scott RW72b, mint never hinged, each catalogue value 1.900,-) Extremely fine quality. 1.000 souvenir sheets were printed and sold for $ 20,- each, all are signed by the artist, approximately 750 in black, 150 in blue an 100 in gold.

1930/85 (ca.), assembly of over 70 airmail covers including many Zeppelin Flights, Catapult via the Bremen, etc., most departures from USA and Germany, some better items like USA Scott.-Nr. C13-14 on postcard and cover via Zeppelin LZ 127 to Germany (Sieger-Nr.64F-G), many interesting frankings and First Flight covers, mostly in excellent condition, in one album

1932, Los Angeles, fast 60 Briefe und Karten und einige Olympiamarken mit Vorausentwertungen, darunter Sonderstempel und Cachets, viele Schiffsstempel.

1900, United States cancels, 9 covers and cards with two types of machine cancels and scarce duplex cancel, including May 22 (fencing and sailing) and July 19 (athletics)