Maritime & Naval Covers - Stamp Auctions

Lot 3239 - united states postal history collections Maritime & Naval Covers - Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 60 - The Westpex Sale

Naval WWII Era Non Philatelic Naval Covers. Approximately 525 covers; group of mostly OB non philatelic naval covers from 1941 to 1945, good variety of larger and smaller ship types noted, condition usual for this type of mail, worth careful examination.
Estimate; $500 - 750.

Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 60 - The Westpex Sale

united states postal history collections Maritime & Naval Covers

Lot 3234 - united states postal history collections Maritime & Naval Covers - Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 60 - The Westpex Sale

Naval Cover Accumulation, 1930-60's. Approximately 750 covers in slips, with approximately 500 arranged by ship name; strength on 1930's usages with and array of cachets including Crosby cachet, Admission Day, first day commissioned & last day decommissioned, Flag Day, Fleet Week, etc., ships including submarine, destroyers, etc.; nice condition throughout, worth review.
Estimate; $500 - 750.

Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 60 - The Westpex Sale

united states postal history collections Maritime & Naval Covers

Lot 3235 - united states postal history collections Maritime & Naval Covers - Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 60 - The Westpex Sale

Naval Cover Balance, 1930-60's. Approximately 600 covers and cards, many in slips, strength on 1930's usages with and array of ships and cachets including unused Crosby cachet covers, Admission Day, first day commissioned & last day decommissioned, Flag Day, Fleet Week, etc., ships including submarine, destroyers, also a selection of mostly unused post cards showing various ships, etc.; interesting group, worth review.
Estimate; $300 - 400.

Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 60 - The Westpex Sale

united states postal history collections Maritime & Naval Covers
Lot 3236 - united states postal history collections Maritime & Naval Covers -  Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 60 - The Westpex Sale

Lot 3236 - united states postal history collections Maritime & Naval Covers - Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 60 - The Westpex Sale

Naval Fancy and Provisional Cancel Covers. Approximately 1,175 fancy (T-F) & provisional (T-P) covers from the 1930-40's, vast array of interesting postmarks from all kinds of ships, split between cacheted and uncacheted with some duplication of cancels for different events, great nucleus for a specialized collection of navy fancy and provisional cancels, very fine overall, please examine.
Estimate; $500 - 750.

Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 60 - The Westpex Sale

united states postal history collections Maritime & Naval Covers
Lot 3237 - united states postal history collections Maritime & Naval Covers -  Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 60 - The Westpex Sale

Lot 3237 - united states postal history collections Maritime & Naval Covers - Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 60 - The Westpex Sale

Naval Port Location Covers. Approximately 250 naval covers with port locations in killer bars, mostly uncacheted collection of world wide port locations with the exception of Asia, Alaska, Canal Zone, North and South America, Caribbean, and Europe; condition conscious collector with most strikes and covers being better than VF, examine.
Estimate; $300 - 400.

Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 60 - The Westpex Sale

united states postal history collections Maritime & Naval Covers

Lot 3232 - united states postal history collections Maritime & Naval Covers - Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 60 - The Westpex Sale

Ship Related, 1870's-1955. Approximately 150 items, including 9 advertising blotters picturing ships, 34 photos of sailing ships, and 46 covers with different cancels, including 4 Crosby type photo cachets of USS Oklahoma (sunk at Pearl Harbor & sold for scrap), 12 Mail Line & Mail Boat Covers, 1870's-1880's and Operation Deep Freeze covers with some HPO's.
Estimate; $300 - 400.

Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 60 - The Westpex Sale

united states postal history collections Maritime & Naval Covers
Lot 3238 - united states postal history collections Maritime & Naval Covers -  Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 60 - The Westpex Sale

Lot 3238 - united states postal history collections Maritime & Naval Covers - Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 60 - The Westpex Sale

Naval Uncacheted Covers, 1939-1941. 500+ covers addressed to noted Seattle collector Howard Rohloff, Howard was a purist who disdained cachets and wanted to obtain the best strike of each ship postmark he could, consequently the condition of these covers are exceptionally fine with most being full bold strikes, great variety of ships and postmarks; please examine.
Estimate; $500 - 750.

Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 60 - The Westpex Sale

united states postal history collections Maritime & Naval Covers

Lot 3233 - united states postal history collections Maritime & Naval Covers - Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 60 - The Westpex Sale

Steamship Bills of Lading, 1838-1891. 146 items, bills of lading and receipts, almost all different, tremendous variety of lines and document styles, 62 with ship vignettes, over 30 with printed names of ships, dated 1838-46 (31), 1855-59 (19), 1861-69 (67), 1870-91 (29), mostly very fine and ex-Morton Dean Joyce; seldom seen in such variety.
Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000.

Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 60 - The Westpex Sale

united states postal history collections Maritime & Naval Covers