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Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
2491		Cover Balance. 20 covers, wide range of usages incl. No. 26 with well-struck "Normal College N.C. Dec. 18" circular datestamp, some stampless incl. one with red Wilmington & Raleigh Railroad, few North Carolina stampless, 3c Bank Note on Fort Wallace Kans. territorial cover, also 3c Pink entire with Wells, Fargo printed frank from Virginia City to San Francisco, some faults, some appear Fine-Very Fine, an eclectic group	E. 400-500 SOLD for $325.00 Will close during Public Auction
2492		Covers. Many 100's of covers in a carton, mostly non-philatelic correspondence but with some First Days, mostly U.S. but some foreign, many cacheted, incl a quantity of unused Postal Stationery, Parcel Post tags with tax payment (over 40) and advertising covers, also incl. three albums with approximately 175 covers, mostly U.S. from the 1930's, mostly cacheted, first flights, commemorative events, First Days and so on, Fine-Very Fine lot	E. 300-400 SOLD for $750.00 Will close during Public Auction
2493		Cover Balance. Three covers, incl. No. 26 with double row of vertical perfs at left on red and blue waving flag patriotic, No. 73 on cover with Gold Company corner card, last is No. 114 on all-over advertising cover for clothing establishment, few flaws, appear Fine-Very Fine (Image)	E. 200-300 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
2494		Small Cover Lot. Six items, incl. No. 9 strip of three used from Keokuk Ia., four 1857 1c Ty. V covers incl. plated strips of three from Plates 8-10 (one ms. "X" cancels) and a single New York Carrier usage, lastly a registered use with 15c Ty. II 1869 Pictorial used with two 3c Green Bank Notes (cover tears, 15c Fine) from Mobile Ala., generally Fine lot (Image)	E. 300-400 SOLD for $190.00 Will close during Public Auction
2495		Cover Balance. Approximately 100 covers in flip-file and sleeves, wide range of 19th and 20th Century, all worth collecting but nothing very valuable, incl. foreign destinations, 1c & 3c 1861 carrier combinations, advertising etc., condition varies, can be viewed in less than three minutes and worth a bid above estimate	E. 100-150 SOLD for $400.00 Will close during Public Auction
2496		First Day Cover Accumulation. Approximately 1,500-2,000 cacheted covers, virtually all from late 1930's to 1948, duplication, addressed and unaddressed, incl. nice group of Famous Americans in singles and blocks of four, several different cachets, many others both singles and blocks of four, some cover edge toning, otherwise virtually all Fine-Very Fine	E. 300-400 SOLD for $400.00 Will close during Public Auction
2497		First Day Covers, 1940's-70's. Accumulation of over 1,000 plus a small amount of Mint N.H. plate blocks of the same period, Fine-Very Fine	E. 200-300 SOLD for $150.00 Will close during Public Auction
2498		Modern "Postal History". Two thick binders, one devoted to 2c 1954 Liberty Issue bisect covers that were created at the time of the rate change from 4c to 5c, there are over 160 covers from small towns in Louisiana, some are signed by postmasters or postmistresses, there is an official letter from one post office claiming that there was an extreme shortage of 1c stamps and the post office had no other choice than to offer half 2c stamps to meet the needs of postal customers in the area so they could be in compliance with the increased rate, there is one P.F. and one A.P.S. certificate both stating "genuine" but of unauthorized nature, also correspondence relating to these covers, the other binder contains pre-First Day covers, perhaps 40 to 50 from 1962 and 1963, the first is 4c Higher Education No. 1206, there are eleven covers cancelled either Nov. 6 or 7, 1962 (First Day was Nov. 14), these are all cancelled in New Orleans and the surrounding area, these covers were briefly confiscated by a Postal Inspector and returned to the owner shortly thereafter, other pre-First Days incl. Nos. 1231, 1233, 1234, 1237, 1239, 1246, 1247, C68 and others, all of these seem to be cancelled at Duplessis La., Fine-Very Fine, an interesting lot that may have a future	E. 400-500 SOLD for $250.00 Will close during Public Auction
2499		Postcards and Souvenir Cards. Several hundred arranged by category and state, includes some very scarce souvenir cards incl.1876 Centennial set in original envelope, lots of picture postcards, some covers mixed in, generally Very Fine, some of the sets now trade for $300-400 and many cards are eBay $20 specials, worth careful examination	E. 1,000-1,500 SOLD for $900.00 Will close during Public Auction
2500		Covers, Late 19th to Early 20th Century. Twelve items, incl. Nos. 230, 320, 323-324, 328-329 and 345 making up the 2c plus 10c Special Delivery Rate and tied on cover by Brooklyn N.Y. Feb. 12 1909 grid duplex circular datestamps, EDU for the 3c Imperforate 345 and signed by Ed Siskin, four E3 with additional franking, one is a Registered Special Delivery use with 4c 1890 and 8c Columbian, s.e. 400 on 2c entire, 344V single and pair on two covers, also unused Puerto Rico entire U3, slightly mixed condition, generally Fine lot	E. 750-1,000 SOLD for $800.00 Will close during Public Auction