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Session II: Sunday, November 24, 2013 Estimate Estimate 2313X Session II: Sunday, November 24, 2013 2311 Estimate 1960s-80s FDC & EVENT COVER COLLECTION ..... $150-250 Estimate 2314 Collection of more than 600 FDCs & Event covers in 13 albums. Includes: ‘America’s Bicentennial Covers’ Collection of 91 unaddressed covers commemorating Revolutionary War milestones & dates, in 5 deluxe albums with detailed explanatory histories of each event; 2 Postal Commemorative Society cover albums with 174 covers, mostly USA FDCs for years 1962-75 (FDCs addressed before 1973) includes a few foreign; 3 Fleetwood Marquis II Cover Albums with slipcases containing 151 mixed unaddressed & addressed FDCs for years 1963-73, cachets by Fleetwood & Artcraft, some Event & foreign covers; cover album with broken slipcase with 79 mostly addressed FDCs for years 1960s-70s, includes a few foreign & 1993 ELVIS FDCs (x5 different Fleetwood cachets); 2 Fleetwood Marquis IV Cover Albums with large slipcase with 148 unaddressed FDCs including several Canada and some Events. Clean material, fine to very fine. 2312 1980-99 COLLINS HANDPAINTED COVER COLLECTION IN 7 ALBUMS .................................. $2000-3000 Over 800 beautiful handpainted covers (most FDCs) by renown cachet maker Fred Collins. All covers sleeved, in 7 cover albums and loose in cover stock pages. Includes commemoratives & definitives for years 1981-99 (mostly 1990s) with some useful duplication including issues with more than one cachet and a selection of Christmas FDCs (years 1980-98) with dual city cds. Some topical sets include: Civil War, Legends of the West, Classic Comics, WW II (with 50 different), Legends of Baseball, American Dolls, Classic Aircraft, Celebrate the Century (x52 different), Classic Movie Monsters, most of the America Music Series issues, Olympics, and many other topical sets. Also a few event covers including 9/27/1998 Mark McGwire ‘sets Home Run Record!’ (x6). Scott First Day Cover catalog values Collins’ covers at 10-20 times regular FDCs. An exceptional opportunity to acquire these truly artistic covers. Very fine. 2313 Selection of 7 FDCs (years 2005-11) and 9 ‘Artist Commemorative Issue’ Souvenir cards (years 2003-11) including 2008 75th Anniversary Souvenir Card, each in a sealed USPS pack, plus year 1988 ‘In Appreciation...’ print (in envelope) for RW55 with MNH stamp included and a First Day of Sale Ceremony Program for 2005-06 Federal Duck Stamp & Junior Duck Stamp with an issue of each tied to card with FD pictorial cancel (original cost $25). All FDCs are cacheted & unaddressed with original total USPS cost of $180. Each Souvenir Card (with limited production amounts of 750-1000 each) has a current & a 3 year old Federal Duck Stamp tied to card by FD pictorial cancel, plus pencil signatures of the artists, with original USPS cost of $50 each (75th Anniversary cost $75). Attractive & popular material, fine to very fine. – USA & CANADA – 2315 – USA & UNITED NATIONS – 2316 Selection of 22 attractive handpainted FDCs by renown cachet maker F ?Y??[??[??Y\? Y[?H???N??Y\?[?X?????  ?K??KM? ?[?XY\?]?H??PH  ?K????M?? [?Y\?[X?????? ?XX? N?ZX?Y?[???]HX?????YX\?? NNLKNM ?M?LNJN?Y?[??Z[?][??\??Y\?[??Y[?? K?MH[??[?[??? ? ?JK ??[[??\??X?H?]H?M   K L ??H[?X]???X?B??]H?M H ?JK ?X\????\???M?  ? LXX? K? ???X?H?]H???H  H ? LK??HY??X?X???]B????? ? K?Y[?H\??Y??H L ^ ?][\Y\?????[????\???X[? ?[?]?YX[H?Y]?Y ?[?H??\?H?[?K??\?[X]Y?] ???T?KP??T??L ˜Y??NM??L? ????S??8?&?S??&H?????? ????????? ? M ???????\??[X][H K T?H[?Y?\??Y?????YX\??NM??N ?[?]???[??8?&?[??&H?X?]???[??Y?]??[??\??K][?[?????? ??[X?Y????][?\??X?H?[??B??\??Y\??]X[?H\X?]Y?X?[?]?[??Y[??]\??Y\?YX??[?X[??\?K\??T??]^?[??\???S???????\??[X][H ? ?X?]Y[?Y?\??Y?[?\???S?QH???[??H??YX\?? NN ?L? ?[??Y[??[?\?Y ???X?\?H??[?\??[? NM?HS???[?YH^H[?H? L? ???? ?JH[??Y?[?[[??[?B? ? H ??]?????[????YX[?H?????Z[[??][B??\?Y\??Y]?? ?^X?\X?][?????T?H ??[?YB?????X[?]?X?]?HX]\?X[ ?\?[?[?H??\?H?[?K???NNL?L? ??S??S? TRS?QP?? ???T?Q?S??RS?US???? ????????????????? M? ???X?Y??^ ? L??? ?LLH?QT?SP????? ???U?S?T???T?? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ? M ??NM??N ???P??SUSUS? ?????????????????????????? L? LM? ??[?H[? ? [?]Y?][?????[??Y[????YHZ[? ??\?Y??[?][?\?HS?X??] K ? T?H???\??\??^?Y L????X?[?[??X[?Y??  LJH ??X?[?[??X[????]? ?]?KT?[??\? ?]??]?\??^H?[??[??????[??Y?]?[??\?????? ?[???\[???????]?\X?][??[??[?????H[?\?]H?X]?H???]?\?[\??Y\??H?]?Y?Y??[??YN?S?UQ?US????????Y?[??[??????? ? ?[??]?\??\?H???  L XX? K?\?[?\?S??Y??\?Y\?[??]? ??[??\?  ? ?K?[?]?H?[??[? L ?KX[?H?Y[??H?[??[??\???T?H???[??YB?Z\?XZ[??KNL  ?J?XX? H ???[?][?\?H?]??]\????p??V ?H  L ?K?]H??Y?Y?H Lp?? \? L K??\???????\??H?]??]Y??[???\?[?[?H?\?H?[?K????[\? ???[\??B??NM??Y?H NM??L ?? L? ? ?B??