2013 CHICAGOPEX Stamp Show November 2013 | Page 176
Session II: Sunday, November 24, 2013
Estimate
Estimate
USA STAMPLESS & STATE POSTAL HISTORY
– ARIZONA –
– ILLINOIS –
2178
2175
1881 EARLY ST. JOSEPH FANCY TERRITORIAL ..... PH
– FLORIDA –
2176
1870s-1980s EXTENSIVE A-Z TOWN CANCEL
COLLECTION .......................................................... $2500-3500
Impressive, organized collection of Florida town postmarks on
approximately 2,000 covers & picture postcards. Huge range
of towns from ABBOTT to ZOLFO SPRINGS, with most
sleeved & identified by town, county & dates of operation,
many towns with multiple cancel examples. Many DEAD Post
Offices & name changes, along with large varieties of cancel
types including registered & airmails, frankings including
WWII ‘Free,’ auxiliary markings, advertising and more.
Majority of covers range between the 1890s-1940s and have
approximate retail value of $10 and up with many better.
Accompanying literature includes: 1997 ‘FLORIDA POSTAL
HISTORY’ by John S. Gallagher, 1993 reprint of 1962 ‘A
CHRONOLOGY OF FLORIDA POST OFFICES’ by Bradbury
& Hallock and collector’s detailed inventory/notes in binder.
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