February 9, 2015

Sold: Collection of a Large Group of Various USPS Issued First Day Covers, First Day of Issue of a Variety of Recent Forever Stamps, and Other Denominations circa 1975-2012 !

Item Id: Kramer01 G & H
Case Name: Kramer, Don R & Mary
Case Number: 14 11150
Trustee:
Starting Minimum Bid: $195

Description: A collector’s item of a large group of USPS issued commemorative FDC’s First Day of Issue of 8 different Forever stamps. There are two binders. The first binder is in excellent condition, appears almost new and the envelopes are encased and perfectly organized under plastic folder sheets.

The second binder is a collector’s item, and is a Mystic Stamp Company binder of a large group of USPS issued commemorative FDC’s First Day of Issues. The binder is in excellent condition, appears almost new and the envelopes are encased and perfectly organized under plastic folder sheets:

See below for complete list

Stamp List: The binder contains the following in USPS Stamps:

1 – One (1) – First Day Cover, (envelope) – 2 envelopes each of the following Forever stamps: Jazz, Celebrate (2011), Year of the Rabbit – 2011, Kate Smith, Scouting, Bicycling (3 envelopes), John H Johnson, Louisiana Statehood, Sunday Funnies (all 5 designs), Barbara Jordan, Cherry Blossoms, Civil War 1862 (4 designs), Ronald Reagan, Kansas Statehood, US Merchant Marines, Mail A Smile (all 5 designs) Year of the Dragon, USA Eagle Head (6 different colors), Negro Leagues Baseball (2 designs), Justice, Freedom, Equality, Liberty series

2 – One (1) – First Day Cover (envelope) – of the following stamps/denominations:
-$1 – ‘Special Airlift Stamp’ – 1968
-65c – Dogs at Work (Golden Retriever, Black Lab, and Spaniel) – 2012
-45c – Weather Vanes – 2012
-44c – Cowboys of the Silver Screen (all 4) 2011 -2 of each stamp ; Distinguished Sailors (all 4) 2011, Scouting (2), Bill Mauldin
-41c – The Settlement os Jamestown (triangle shape) 2010 (3 stamps)
-39c – American Motorcycles (4 stamps, 4 envelopes)
-37c – Roy Acuff
-33c – Daffy Duck, Super Bowl I-1967. US Navy Submarine Centennial
-32c – Rural Free Delivery, Kitty Hawk Flight, Bugs Bunny, Marilyn Monroe, The Great Train Robbery 1903, Snow White, Aloha Shirts (postcard)
-29c – Buffalo Soldiers (3 envelopes and 12 stamps), Honoring Those Who Serrve-1991, Bonds Savings, Christopher Columbus Landing in Puerto Rico (2 stamps and envelopes). Circus (Clown, Ringmaster, Elephant, and Trapeze Lady)
-25c – South Dakota Statehood 1989
-20c – Hawaii Statehood 1959-84 1984
-15c – George M Cohan (1978), Helen Keller/Annie Sullivan (1980), Organized Labor 1980m Indian Art (Coola and Tingit and Bella Bella)
-13c – Commercial Aviation (1976), Spirit of 76 (Knox, Greene, and Willard Painting)
-11c – Vanishing Species
-10c – Apollo/Soyuz (1975), Veterans of Foreign Wars (1974), Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1974), 200 Years of Postal Service, First Man on the Moon (1969)
-5c – US Savings Bonds, US Space Achievements – 1967, American Circus (clown-4 stamps on 1 envelope) – 1966
-4c – Trans-Mississippi Indian Hunting Buffalo – 1998, Project Mercury US Man in Space – 1971

There are a total of 150 FDC’s, in all.

The second binder contains the following in USPS Stamps:

1 – One (1) – First Day Cover, (envelope) – 2 envelopes each of the following Forever stamps: Indianapolis 500 (6), Mother Teresa, Helen Hayes (3), Gregory Peck (3), Anna Julia Cooper, (2), Mercury Project and Messenger Mission (5), Alan Shepard (4), Send a Hello (a 5 designs, Cars, Toy Story, Ratatouille, Wall-E, and Up. All 5 are on Toy Story envelopes), Mark Twain (2), Wedding Roses (white) (2) , The Civil War 1861 (First Bull Run – 2, Fort Sumter (2))

2 – One (1) – First Day Cover (envelope) – of the following stamps/denominations:
-$1 – ‘Salute to the Olympics’ – 1991, Trans-Mississippi Western Cattle in Storm – 1998
-84c – Oveta Culp Hobby – 2011 (2)
-80c – The Pan-American Inverts and Buffalos (5 different stamps on one envelope)
-64c – Wedding Cake – 2011
-44c – Oscar Micheaux (3), Ink Well and Quill, (2), Katharine Hepburn, Bob Hope(2)
-41c – The Settlement os Jamestown (triangle shape) 2010 (2 stamps); Star Wars Yoda(2)
-37c – Purple Heart, John Wayne
-33c – Celebrate the Century The Vietnam War 1955-75, The New Millennium and Influence of Technology 2000 (2), Celebrate the Century ‘Star Trek’ 1966-69 (1999)
-32c – Celebrate the Century Lindbergh flies the Atlantic, Celebrate the Century Kitty Hawk 1903, Space Discovery (5 stamps, 5 designs), Celebrate the Century US Enters World War I, Pacific 97 Stagecoach, Pacific 97 Clipper Ship (4 each)
-29c – To the Heroes of Desert Storm (1991), Mount Rushmore (1991), First Moon Landing (8) 1994
-10c – US Bicentennial 1975 Battles of Lexington and Concord, SkyLab (1974)
-8c – Trans-Mississippi Troops Guarding Train 1998
-4c – Trans-Mississippi Indian Hunting Buffalo – 1998, Project Mercury US Man in Space – 1971

Liens: We are not aware of any liens

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