Free Franks and Autographs continued...
| Lot |
Sym. |
Lot Description |
Est/Cat |
Realized |
Prices realized...
| 2034 |
 |
Famous Americans. 38 cacheted covers with signatures, better
signatures incl. Hubert Humphrey (two), Henry Wallace (two), Robert Wagner
(six), Jonas Salk (three) and Al Smith, Extremely Fine |
E. 200-300 |
575.00 |
| 2035 |
|
Military. Collection of 135 cacheted covers with signatures, many
different of signatures incl. Omar Bradley (seventeen), R.E. Byrd (two),
Mark Clark (thirteen), William Halsey (three), Husband E. Kimmel (seven),
Douglas MacArthur, George Marshall (two), Chester Nimitz, Matthew Ridgeway
(five) and Carl Spaatz (five), mostly World War II Patriotic or first day
covers, in two albums, Extremely Fine, a beautiful collection |
E. 1,500-2,000 |
2,700.00 |
| 2036 |
|
Military Accumulation. Approximately 550 covers incl. about 500
signed with military return addresses incl. many lesser known officers,
variety of cancels incl. A.P.O., Air Force, Navals and ships, many on first
day or World War II Patriotic covers, and about 50 department heads or
officials, also incl. about 50 US and Worldwide first day covers incl. No.
1053, Very Fine |
E. 750-1,000 |
900.00 |
| 2037 |
|
 Poets. Five cacheted
first day covers with signatures incl. John Steinbeck (two), Edna Ferber
(two) and Robert Frost, Frost and one Steinbeck with same typed address,
others unaddressed, Extremely Fine (Image) |
E. 300-400 |
900.00 |
| 2038 |
|
Religion and Politics. 41 cacheted covers, 22 religion mostly
Cardinals incl. F. Cardinal Spellman (nine) and Richard Cardinal Cushing
(four), Politics incl. Earl Warren (four), Felix Frankfurter, William O.
Douglas, James Doolittle (three), Hugo Black, Douglas MacArthur, Omar
Bradley and Chester Nimitz, mostly unaddressed first day covers, Extremely
Fine |
E. 300-400 |
850.00 |
| 2039 |
|
Worldwide Politicians. Collection of 58 cacheted mostly unaddressed
first day covers with signatures, better signatures incl. Herbert Hoover,
J. Edgar Hoover (two), Wernher von Braun, Alex Deseversky (two), Trygve
Lie, Cordell Hull (two), Henry Wallace (two), also incl. Mamie Eisenhower
(thirteen), Extremely Fine |
E. 400-500 |
600.00 |
| 2040 |
|
Sports. Seventeen signed cacheted first day covers incl. ten No.
855, signatures incl. Jack Dempsey, Joe DiMaggio, Rogers Hornsby, Carl
Hubbell (three), Mickey Mantle, Jesse Owens (two), Casey Stengel, Bill
Terry (three) and Gene Tunney (two), also incl. Ted Williams rubber stamp
(not counted), Very Fine |
E. 300-400 |
800.00 |
| 2041 |
|
1964 World's Fair. Nine cacheted and unaddressed first day covers
with signatures incl. Robert Moses (four), Lady Bird Johnson, James Farley
(three), also incl. two Vatican City first day covers signed by Cardinal
Spellman, Extremely Fine |
E. 50-75 |
250.00 |
| 2042 |
|
Autograph Collection. 51 different signed cacheted covers, mostly
unaddressed first days, signatures incl. Irving Berlin (two), Leonard
Bernstein, Jacqueline Cochran (two), Chang Kai Shek (two), Bernard
Montgomery (three), Richard Rogers (two), Jonas Salk (five), Igor Sikorsky,
and Wernher von Braun, Extremely Fine |
E. 400-500 |
1,800.00 |