Auction # 71 - The Sescal Sale

Arizona Postal History Balance. Selection of 115 covers, cards and package receipts; townmarks include Buckeye, Big Bug, Camp Verde, Dewey, Dome, Flagstaff, Jerome, Miami, Mineral Park, Patagonia, Phoenix (at least 14 different), Tuscon, Wells, Fargo & Co. usage, 8 RPOs, many receipts signed by PM. Very nice and clean selection, sleeved and owner retail $1850.
Estimate; $350 - 500.

Arizona Postal History Balance. Selection of more than 75 covers with Reservation postmarks and or Trading Post corners, townmarks include Ajo, Cameron, Chinle, scarce Chrysotile (rough opening) Ganado, Houck, Kayenta, Quijota, Sacaton, Sells, Teec, Topawa, Tuba City, White River and more, difficult to duplicate, all identified in glassines, owner retail $1350.
Estimate; $250 - 350.

Arizona Postal History Balance. Better selection of 15 covers and 1 package receipt; townmarks include, Blalack, Quartzite, Continental, Estrella Hill, earlier than listed Mescal type 1 May, 1929, Salome type 3 Dec, 1927, scarce marks Lewis Springs and Verde type 1, Indian reservations Keams Canon and Oldberg, nice selection owner retail $900.
Estimate; $100 - 150.

Arizona Postal History Balance. Selection of 18 photo cards, mostly color, all Native American related, Apache, Pima, Navaho, Hopi, handful mint, used with a variety of townmarks, nice selection, owner retail $300.
Estimate; $50 - 75.

(California) Marin County Balance. Group of over 600 covers and cards primarily from the 1870-1920's, varied assortment of usage and cancellations from San Rafael, Ross, San Anselmo, San Quentin - nice 1884 Prison Corner sent to Governor Stoneman, Sausalito, Tamalpais, Tiburon, Belvedere, Inverness, Corte Madera, and Kentfield and a lot more, a few harder to find (some DPOs) such as Black Point, Camp Taylor, Fort Barry, Laverne,...

(Pennsylvania) Chester County Pa, CDVs - Carte'-De-Vistes, 1864-1866. Exhibit collection of 24 CDVs (one post 1866) bearing Revenues R10, 11, 13, 15, or 18 from West Chester, PA, primarily from photographers T.W. Taylor, E. Woodward and 3 others, includes one mailing cover T.W. Taylor franked by 113 tied by fancy cancel with West Chester pmk (damaged);interesting collection nicely written-up, please inspect, F.-V.F.
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(Pennsylvania) Chester County, Pa, #65 on Cover, 1860's. Selection of 45 Chester County covers all bearing Scott 65 with almost even match of manuscript and town cancels; includes manuscripts 1863 Pickering to Oxford, 1864 Schuykill to Pottstown, 1864 Embreeville to Washington D.C. addressed to Capt. Wellington H. Ent, nice Setzlers Store (Parker Ford P.O.) double circle to Shannonville, few fancy cancels, corners etc; some with...

(Pennsylvania) Chester County, Pa, Doane Cancels. Collection of more than 85 cards/covers, various franking, identified and grouped by Doane type and number; includes Type 1 cancels from Collamer, Embreeville, Lenover, Russelville,Wawaset; very nice material, please inspect, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $150 - 200.

(Pennsylvania) Chester County, Pa, Postal Stationery, 1861-1900's. Nice holding of 40 Chester County stationery with manuscript, town cancels and some officials, includes 1861 Frazer, PA to Orange, N.J., 1876 Leopard manuscript signed by P.M., 1864c Fremont manuscript to Iowa, Thorndale Iron Works with pen cancel to Lancaster, town cancels such as Roberts, Fricks Lock, Lewisville, Pawling; Nantheal Village; nice grouping all in...

(Pennsylvania) Chester County, Pa, Postal History, 1880-1940's. Very nice collection of more 60 covers with diverse usage and town cancels; Advertising, corners, mourning, Bureau, Columbian 1¢ & 2¢ usages, some very nice ovals, etc; all in holders, please inspect, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $150 - 200.

(Pennsylvania) Chester County, West Whiteland Township, 1826-1905. Postal History collection of 29 covers and cards, mounted on exhibit pages, majority West Whiteland manuscript, handstamped cancels, with a few Whitford and Belvidere; includes EKU 1826 manuscript 10¢ rate addressed to "Secretary of the Commonwealth" Harrisburg, 1837 12½¢ manuscript to Baltimore, earliest recorded manuscript 1847 Belvidere 5¢ rate to West Chester, 1870...

(Pennsylvania) Westtown Local Cover Group. 17 covers bearing Westtown Locals 145L1 & L2, 7 on front, 10 on reverse, most sleeved with descriptions, earlier franked by Scott 11, 26 tied by West Chester PA postmarks and balance with Street Road PA, also included 1845 stampless and cover bearing Scott 26 addressed to West Town B. School, 6 covers/card with Street Road cancels, with literature, letter transcriptions and a mint 145L2...