Female Seminary Postal History. 11 covers ranging from 3c 1851 Issue to 3c Green Bank Notes, each with a female seminary corner card or design, four are illustrated and a couple others embossed, range of seminaries without duplication including Oneida N.Y., North Granville N.Y., Collegiate Va., Judson Ala., others, mixed condition with some edge flaws on several, overall Fine and interesting group

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Territorial Cover Lot. About 30 covers from 1830s-1900s, including uses from Alaska (Nome, Tyoonok and Skagway), Arizona, Colorado, Dakota, Indian, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Utah, condition slightly mixed but much is Fine or better

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Magnus Design Civil War Patriotics. 72 unused Magnus design covers, most are multicolored or gold including several of the better designs such as General portraits, monuments such as White House, city views, maps plus many "For the Union" and Rebel states designs, also including three used Magnus designs and two other printers (small faults), unused covers mostly Very Fine

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1869 Issue Postal History Balance. 12 covers, with seven No. 113 on illustrated advertising covers, two covers to Germany, one used with 1861 3c stamps, 12c used with 6c Banknote on 6-times franking, 3c used on uprated 3c stationery with 1861 12c and 3c used with 1867 15c on registered cover, additionally with fascinating unused Civil War "The Peculiar Instituion" patriotic, a couple ex Kuphal, mostly Very Fine

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Bank Note Issue Covers. Approximately 100, including significant number of registered covers with various 10c and 3c stamps, foreign destinations including Mexico, England, No. 205 to India and British Burma, some pre-U.P.U. foreign uses, mixed condition, some Fine-Very Fine

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Lynchburg Va., Stamped Cover Balance. More than 85 covers to or from Lynchburg Va., the only non-cover item is pair 5c Red Brown (1) pen cancelled on piece with Lynchburg circular datestamp, most of the rest from the 1850's-60's with a wide range of issues, best items include No. 11A with blue "Way 6" (James River & Kanawha Canal), a couple 3c 1851 Orange Browns, No. 15 to Havana, No. 17 solo use to Richmond, No. 367 first day cover, cover with 4c, 5c and 10c Parcel Post (purchased for $400 at auction in 1977), lots of others which are largely ordinary, mixed condition with faults to be expected on many, overall Fine group

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Lynchburg Va. Advertising Covers. Collection of 45 advertising covers from Lynchburg Va., including 16 from before 1870, 23 from the Bank Note period and 7 later, wide range of designs with corner cards, embossed cameos including Lynchburg & Abingdon Telegraph, lots of illustrated including No. 26 on a livery and stable cover with illustration of a trotting horse, colleges, many other interesting designs, mixed condition with some downright faulty and some Fine, this collector never met a Lynchburg cover he did not like, overall an interesting group worth review

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Advertising Collection Balance. Over 380 covers, mostly from 1860s-1940s, tremendous and diverse array of topics, all-over designs and multicolored including food (ice cream, oysters, etc.), sleds, guns, tobacco, musical instruments, medicinal including Seabury & Johnson all-over (faulty), stationery (such as pens) and much more, we notice a fair few that would retail in excess of $100.00 or more, some mixed condition but much is Fine or better, worthy of close inspection

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Cameo Advertising Cover Lot. Twelve covers, three 1851 3c, four 1857 3c, three 1861 3c, 2c Black Jack and 3c Bank Note, each with different advertisements and colored cameos including red, black, green, blue and even brown with advertisement for "Uterine Catholicon", couple minor edge nicks, mostly Very Fine

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Circus Postal History Collection. Large album with more than 80 circus-themed covers, earliest including three franked with 3c 1857 and thirteen franked with 3c 1861 (few with faults), range of other issues through Washington-Franklins and a few later including many with Bank Note issues, nearly all are illustrated, many elaborately and a few all-over designs, two most interesting groups are P. T. Barnum and Buffalo Bill, unused "Southern Menagerie is Coming" Civil War Patriotic design (see Siegel Sale 1048, lot 263 for used example), mixed condition with faults to be expected, overall Fine appearance, an outstanding circus-related group

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Exposition Cover Collection. Over 150 covers from 1898 Trans-Mississippi Expo thru 1915 Panama-Pacific Expo, wide range of uses including advertising covers, some with expo labels, foreign destination uses and many different expo cancels, even a rare 1901 Pan-American hand-out cover with facsimile imprinted stamp (Bomar B-01-13A, about seven recorded, with faults), some mixed condition but much is Fine or better

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Match and Medicine Corner Card Covers or Illustrations. Approximately 50 items, earliest is 1858 cover with No. 26 and James C. Ayer embossing on top flap, few other earlier including No. 26 with illustrated Dr. Hooker's Cough and Croup Syrup, nice group of Match including two covers with all-over Byam, Carlton & Co. advertising with No. 26, two covers with No. 114 and Match company corner cards, few with matching letterheads, some faults, most Fine-Very Fine, a fascinating group that would be difficult to assemble

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20th Century Fancy Cancel Postal History. Over 260 covers, mainly from 1930s with a few later, tremendous array of topics including holidays (Santa Claus for Christmas, Witch for Halloween, Turkey for Thanksgiving), animals (bird, bee, fox, cow, etc.), famous people (Lincoln and Washington) and those relating to postmarked city (such as Spider Ky. or Strawberry Ark.), fair number with George Rogers Clark handstamp, mostly Very Fine, a remarkable holding

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Cover Accumulation. Oversize binders and shoe boxes containing a range of covers, including few advertising, group of No. 65 including two with part imprint selvage, Bank Notes, nice group of 1890-93 and Columbian Issue with some fronts or part of commercial package labels, including few tags with No. 240, also some unused Patriotics, various others, mixed condition, some Fine-Very Fine

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Cover Collection Balance. Couple hundred covers from stampless period mostly to about 1930s, highlights noticed including Mauch Chunk Pa. and New Hope Pa. stampless, 1847 10c, couple Waterbury Conn. fancy cancels, Nos. 834 plate block first day with cachet, Air Posts including Nos. C1-C2 and C4-C6 plus Zeppelin and Catapult cover, Special Delivery including Nos. E1-E2, E4-E5 and E7, postal cards, few Alaska Dog team mail from 1940s and much more, mostly Fine or better, an interesting group

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Cover Balance. Small but interesting accumulation of mostly classic covers, including pair of No. 9 used with 3c on folded letter to France, No. 32 on mourning cover from Cal. to R.I. (cover faults), few single frankings with No. 9, few with No. 14, a No. 63 which looks like a Dark Blue to us, No. 11 on Old Dr. Heath's Japanese and East India Medicines illustrated cover, front only (two flaps) with "Saved from the Wreck of the Colombo" handstamp, nice group with express labels mostly related to Boston, few other interesting, mixed condition, few appear Fine-Very Fine

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