Auction #32End Date/Time: Sunday, June 21, 2020 at 11:00 PMEastern U.S. Time (NYC)
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Auction Lot #184LiteratureSIMPSON'S U.S. POSTAL MARKINGS 1851-61. Second Edition (1979) by Thomas A. Alexander. Like new with dust jacket. 438 pages. Tom Alexander rewrote and updated the original 1959 edition. This is an important and comprehensive reference on markings during the ten-year period from 1851 until the Civil War. Est. new $75.MINIMUM BID: $30.00
Auction Lot #185LiteraturePRIVATE LOCAL POST OF THE U.S. VOL. I. By Donald Patton (1967). New with dust jacket. 350 pages. Patton comprehensively describes the stamps, reprints, and forgeries of local posts in New York City and State. Additional volumes were never published. No better reference on New York City local posts. Minor edge wear to dust jacket. Est. new $60.MINIMUM BID: $20.00
Auction Lot #186LiteratureBYWAYS OF PHILATELY PRIVARELY-OWNED POSTS AND EARLY LOCALS. Compiled and arranged by Elliott Perry (1966). Used. 271 pages. This is the principal reference source on Hussey's local post. It has fourteen additional essays on philatelic subjects including Floyd's Penny Post, Hinkley's Express, McIntyre's City Express, and Canadian genuine and bogus local posts. Est. $45.MINIMUM BID: $20.00
Auction Lot #187LiteratureSANITARY FAIR. A Philatelic and Historical Story of Civil War Benevolences. By Alvin Robert Kantor and Marjorie S. Kantor (1992). New in original plastic wrapper. 304 pages. This is the primary reference source on the sanitary fairs held after the Civil War, their stamps and covers, and the sanitary commissions. Est. Val. $55.MINIMUM BID: $25.00
Auction Lot #188LiteratureS. ALLAN TAYLOR SOCIETY JOURNAL. Published by the S. Allan Taylor Society, 1965-1980. This is a complete run of the scarce journal (est. 300 pages). Most issues are photocopies, but some are originals. Named after the "Prince of Forgers," this society was established in 1965 to conduct research and publish article on fantasies, locals, counterfeits, and Cinderella items. After a number of years, it fell dormant. In 1978, it was reorganized by Jim Czyl. Est. $100.MINIMUM BID: $40.00
Auction Lot #189LiteratureAUCTION CATALOGS 1940s TO 1980s. Eight scarce name sale catalogs from the 1940s to the 1980s offering important collections of carriers, local posts, independent letter mail companies and expresses: Knapp (H.R. Harmer, 1941, 677 lots): Eno (Harmer Rooke, 1951, 204 lots): Waterhouse Collection (H. R. Harmer, 1955, 186 lots): USA I Basel Sale (Robson Lowe, 1953, 526 lots): Caspary Sale 8 (H. R. Harmer, 1957, 1046 lots); Flintstone Sale (Robson Lowe, 1973, 1411 lots); dos Passos (Robbins, 1981, 412 lots); Frajola Auction #14 (1984, 79 lots). Est. $325.MINIMUM BID: $60.00
Auction Lot #190LiteratureAUCTION CATALOGS 1890's TO 2000's. Eight catalogs of important carrier, local post and independent mail company auctions after 1990. Middendorf (Frajola Net Price Sale #4, 1990, 787 lots); U.S. Carriers, Local Posts and Independent Mails (Siegel, 1996, 22 lots; Meyersburg (Siegel, 1997, 401 lots); Golden Part 1-Carriers (Siegel, 1999, 427 lots); Golden Part Two Local A-G (Siegel, 1999, 677 lots); Hall (Siegel, 2000, 913 lots); D.K. Collection (Siegel, 2003, 112 lots); and, New Amsterdam Collection of City Despatch Post (Siegel, 2011, 317 lots). Est. $225.MINIMUM BID: $60.00
Auction Lot #191LiteratureTHE PENNY POST. Journal of the Carriers and Locals Society. A complete run from No. 1 (January 1991) to No. 111 (April 2020). An exceptional journal in the class of The Chronicle but much scarcer, new condition Est. $750.00 Min bid $550 includes delivery to a US address.MINIMUM BID: $550.00
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