1898 Camp Bushnell, Columbus O. Group of three different Remember the Maine red white and blue patriotic covers bearing 2¢ bureau frankings, first type with Camp Designation, second with "Our Boys 1898" slogan and third without, the types 1 and 3 are dated May 11th and type 2 May 13th; small flaws, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000.
These designs were the first Spanish American War patriotics for any Camp, and...
Auction # 56 - THE WESTPEX SALE
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Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 56 - THE WESTPEX SALE
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Lot #1110 - united states postal history spanish-american and world war i-ii covers
Lot #1111 - united states postal history spanish-american and world war i-ii covers
1898 (May 30) New York, N.Y. to Madrid, Spain. New York duplex ties 5¢ dark blue (281), faulty corner, on Spanish-American war patriotic cover, purple "W.J. Brennan., N.Y.P.O. Sta. 'J.' " sender's handstamp, purple "Return to Sender, Dispatch to Spain or Colonies Prohibited on Account of War, N.Y.P.O." five-line handstamp; light toning, F.-V.F., a scarce use.
Estimate; $200 - 300.
Lot #1112 - united states postal history spanish-american and world war i-ii covers
(WWI Prisoner of War) 1917 from San Francisco to Australia. Registered cover addressed to the 35th Co. 8th Mess, German Concentration Camp, Liverpool, N.S.W., with purple San Francisco Jan 17th 1917 backstamp bearing 5¢ Wash.-Frank. (missing 10¢) tied by registry oval, partial red "Passed by Censor" circular handstamp and U.S. censor tape at left, British and Australian censor handstamps on back, Sydney (2.28) arrival backstamps;...
Lot #1113 - united states postal history spanish-american and world war i-ii covers
(WWI Prisoner of War) 1917 Internment Camp Hot Springs N.C. Letter endorsed from H. Osterloh to J. Osterloh in the German Concentration Camp, Liverpool N.S.W., Australia, "Hot Springs, N.C., 1917 Aug 30" duplex, censor tape with purple "Opened by Censor", purple "Officially Censored, U.S. Department of Justice, Hot Springs, N.C." three-line handstamp.
Estimate; $200 - 300.
Lot #1114 - united states postal history spanish-american and world war i-ii covers
General Wainwright and the Battle of Corregidor. Two-page historical letter and mailing label sent from Gen. Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright from Fort Mills on Corregidor Island, smuggled out by U.S. Navy submarine just after the fall of Bataan and before the battle of Corregidor; the letter datelined "Fort Mills P.I., April 12 - 42" and sent to Maj. Gen. James A. Ulio, Adjutant General, War Department in Washington D.C. reads in part…Dear...
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