10A 3¢ Orange Brown, Ty II,

three large margins, just in at right on repaired blue cover with "NEW YORK/N.Y./FEB/13" cds ccl; a blue "RICHMOND/Va./FEB/20" cds ccl with blue "5" below it; and a blue "CHARLESTON/S.C./FEB/22" cds ccl. Mailed from NYC to "Mrs. Henry De Koven/Richmond 5/10/Post Office/Virginiee", then forwarded to Charleston, S.C., then forwarded to Savannah, Geo. Reverse with red wax seal, but few imprint details show, only 5-point crest and "JR" cv ($200)

25 3¢ Brownish Carmine, Ty I, on cover,

Avg, tied with DES MOINES/Iowa cds ccl, cover with rough edges, addressed to Joseph Howe/Methuan/Massachusetts, ccl date either MAR/23 or MAY/23 cv ($375)

25 3¢ Brownish Carmine, Ty I, (2) singles on cover,

Fine-Avg, tied to cover with (2) "NEW-YORK/MAY/24" cds ccls; addressed to "Revd. Henry de Koven/Tivoli/D.C./N.Y." (D.C.=Duchess County). Reverse with partial flap and with intact red wax seal with 5-point crest containing a fleur-de-lis crown over "JRLR" cv ($475)

26 3¢ Red, Ty II on advertising cover,

Avg, tied to amber thin long cover with "NEW-YORK/JUL/11/1860" cds ccl. Cover with vertical crease in center with tear at top. Advertising in upper left consists of "E.H. LUDLOW & CO./AUCTIONEERS/No. 3 PINE STREET/Near Broadway./Established 1836." in oval. Stamp and ccl below advertising, stamp is from bottom row of a sheet (10th row). Overall 2½" x 5½". The founder, Edward Hunter Ludlow, was the great grandfather of first Lady of the U.S., Eleanor Roosevelt cv ($11)

65 3¢ Rose Red on brown advertising cover,

Avg with SE at bottom, tied to cover with "NEW YORK/MAY/19/1863" dc ccl and 6-bar circular grid ccl. Dark brown advertising in upper left corner reads "FROM THE/MANHATTAN BANK/NEW-YORK." Cover mailed to Middletown, Conn., roughly opened at top

65 3¢ Rose on Advertising Cover,

Avg with light ccl and with mostly missing #63 1¢ Blue stamp. Cover also with 1863 New York dc ccls. All-over gray advertising with box at left showing urn, vase, glasses, etc.; below "J.W. Orr Manuf. N.Y." to right of this is "DAVIS COLLAMORE & Co./479 BROADWAYNEW YORK/Importers of China, Glass, and c & c"

65 3¢ Rose on Advertising Cover,

Fine-Avg with 1863 New York dc ccl and 8-slice pie wheel ccl to Middletown, CT. All-over advertising in gray brown with WASHINGTON [FIRE] INSURANCE COMPANY/Cash Capitol/$400,000./172 BROADWAY/NEW YORK" and bust of George Washington. Also, with "NESBITT & Co." imprint in cachet. Small tear at top center and at right

65 3¢ Rose, Horizontal Pair on Civil War Cover from Union Occupied Key West, FL,

F-VF, left stamp with three pulled perfs at bottom, right stamp natural straight edge at right, tied to cover with "KEY WEST/FLA/JAN/10" dc ccl to "Miss Annie Bailey/Box 729/Washington D.C.". Docketing on reverse "Rec'd Jan. 16th 1865", opened cleanly at top

147 3¢ Green,

F-VF, straight edge at right, on yellow cover with Masonic "Eye in the Pyramid" fancy ccl. Cover also with "BUFFALO/NY/DEC/12" cds ccl. Clean and fresh, circa 1870

Great Britain 61 3p Rose, Pl #12, Pos. P-E on cover to Colorado Territory,

XF, with large left margin and perfs clear of design, tied to cover with ccls: 1) "C C/LONDON/MR 10/74" cds ccl; "87" in oval grid ccl; and red "CHICAGO, ILL. AM PKT/PAID ALL/MAR/24" ship cds ccl. The Chicago ccl is listed as #F-6 in the Norona "Cyclopedia of U.S. Postmarks", the # denoting it as "foreign mail". Cover neatly opened at left, excellent condition and quite scarce with packet boat ccl and addressed to "Mrs. John W. Dothout in Denver, Colorado Territory cv ($195)

Great Britain 61 3p Rose, Pl #12, Pos. E-D, on Commercial Cover to Colorado Territory,

XF, with large right margin tied to cover by 3 ccls: 1) "LONDON. E-C/X/MR 24/74" cds ccl; 2) indistinct oval grid ccl; and 3) red "CHICAGO, ILL./APR/11/PAID ALL" (Norona #F-2) cds ccl. Cover with blue "BROWN, SHIPLEY & Co./24 MAR. 74/LONDON" double oval hs at upper left and addressed to "Mrs. John W. Oothout/Denver,/Colorado Territory/America". Extremely nice Territorial cover and stamp design clear of the perfs cv ($195)

Great Britain 61 3p Rose, Pl #12, Pos. E-H, on Commercial Cover to Colorado Territory,

XF, with large right margin, tied to cover by 3 ccls: 1) "LONDON-E.C/X/MR 17/74"; 2) "72" in oval grid ccl; and 3) faint red "CHICAGO, ILL./APR/3/PAID ALL" (Norona #F-2) cds ccl. Cover with blue "BROWN, SHIPLEY & Co./17 MAR. 74/LONDON" double oval hs at top and addressed to "John W. Oothout Esq/Denver/Colorado Territory/United States of America". Cover opened roughly at right, stamp sound and design clear of perfs cv ($195)

182-3 1¢ Gray Blue and 2¢ Vermilion on Advertising Cover,

1¢ F-VF with upper right corner crease; 2¢ VF, tall stamp, both tied with Boston 4/17/82 duplex ccls. Upper left embossed "L.FRED'K RICE,/ARCHITECT/AND/CIVIL ENGINEER/9 PEMBERTON SQ./BOSTON". Cover opened roughly at right cv ($12)

247 1¢ Blue Pair on commercial cover,

Average, postmark circular date stamp "ABILENE/MAR/?/4PM/1898/TEX", addressed to "HAROLD EXCHANGE/9 E. 108th St./N.Y. CITY." Attractive multi-color corner card "RETURN TO/THE TEXAN PHILATELIST,/ABILENE, TEXAS". Walter C. Lowry published "The Texan Philatelist" from 1894 to 1899. Cover has back stamp circular date stamp "U/3-11-98/9-A/N.Y." opened neatly at top, but starting to lose paper upper right corner, also a small tear on right side and bottom left edge, envelope somewhat fragile

319 2¢ Carmine on Advertising Cover,

stamp F-VF faulty, tied to cover with "WEST BADEN/IND./1904/JUN/29/7AM" cds ccl. Large advertisement at left of a huge building with flag above each tower and dome. In box at right, "The Carlsbad of America,/WEST BADEN MINERAL SPRINGS,/WEST BADEN,/Orange County, Indiana." Opened roughly at right; reverse with same day receiving ccl from Louisville, KY

332 2¢ Carmine,

F-VF, tied to cover with Winfield, KS cds ccls. Addressed from C.E. Davis with small drawing of a car (a piece of top was torn off when opened). Reverse with Independence, KS receiving ccl for Nov. 17, 1909

462 1¢ Green, Pair on Texas Discontinued Post Offce (DPO) cover,

right stamp has torn lower right corner and left stamp has creased perf on lower left, tied to cover with cds postmark "CRETE/MARCH/19/P.M./1917/TEX." The post office was opened in 1902 and closed in 1928. In the early 1990's, Crete was abandoned and is considered a dispersed rural community. Letter addressed to a Mr. Henry Kennedy in Broaddus, Texas sent by Ms. Emma Kennedy of Pennington Texas. Condition is fair with some staining, roughly opened on the left and creased along the bottom. Still quite a nice piece of Texas postal history.

1909 $9.35 Bald Eagle and Moon on STS-8 Flight Cover,

XF, unaddressed, with multi-colored NASA/USPS cachet, flown aboard the "USS Challenger" space shuttle, which exploded 2½ years later, with original folio number 230482. COSMOS Cat #1800A

C14 $1.30 Graf Zeppelin on flown cover,

Sieger no. 64.G cv € 650. about $800, stamp VF, tied with May 30, 1930 Lakehurst, NJ machine ccl; Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen flight, with German and U.S. cachets (lightened) and all appropriate markings

U58 3¢ Pink, Postal Envelope,

VF, with 4-blade propellor type fancy ccl, addressed to "Mrs. Seletia Dowdle/Ft. Gates/Coryelle County/Texas". "Ft. Gates" and "Coryelle" are marked out and "St. Antonio" and "Bexar" are added. Then "St. Antonio" is marked out and "Bellmont" added. Cancels and markings including "CANTON/MISS(?)/NOV/13" cds ccl; "SAN ANTONIO/TEX/MAR/29" cds ccl; and "FORWARDED" with underline and overline hs. Late 1860's usage (probably 1866 or 67), very slow travel (4 months) and forwarded twice

Post Office Dedication Cover Lot (8),

Post Office First Day Covers from Mill Valley, CA; Torrance, CA; Bacliff, TX; Bedford, TX; Country Campus, TX; Diana, TX; Fullerton, TX; Gulf Camp, TX; and North Cowden, TX. All clean and nice, addressed, the CA covers with cachet of building