Ballston Philatelics

United States
20th Century


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Item No. Item Description Price US $
X4172 UX8 used from Agana, Guam. 1901 (23 Jan), sent to Newton, Mass, via San Francisco. Rare usage during Navy Department operation. $200.00
X4171 UX7 used from Agana, Guam. 1901 (23 Jan), sent to Newton, Mass, via San Francisco. Rare usage during Navy Department operation. $200.00
X4261 Unrecorded Double Printing of 2c p.s. Envelope, Scott U412. Unused envelope, printed address with cc from Birmingham, Alabama. $300.00
X2115 1917 (13 Dec) - WWI A.E.F. cover from France, sent by a soldier attached to the Railway Engineers, used from the Scarce U.S. Army Post Office No. 8. Green AEF and Red Cross Censor markings. $125.00
X2124 1918 (21 Oct) - Scarce Passed by Censor dated handstamp of the USS KENTUCKY. Latest known usage of this marking. $100.00
X3149 1918 (31 Oct) Soldier's card from North Russia (probably at Archangel). U.S. ms. Censored + oval British Censor: PE / C 20. Sent to Monroe, Mich. Soldier probably member of 339th Infantry which consisted of men from Michigan and Wisconsin. $225.00
X0164 1926 - Very scarce U. S. Registered Return Receipt for letter mailed at Brooklyn, NY to Djedda, Nejd. These are rarely seen from this early period from Nejd. $140.00
X3154 Registered Package Env + OXF1 usage from Portland to Westport, Maine. $100.00
X3324 U.S.-New Zealand - Australia Mixed Franking Airmail Censored Combination. U.S. and New Zealand franking on censored cover to Australia, Sept 1940. $125.00
X5152 1941 (3 Dec) Service Suspended to Slovakia, 5c PREXIE Solo surface rate, Santa Barbara, CA; returned to sender by censor label, and enclosed Form OC-12. $125.00
X5102 1942 (28 Feb) Scarce Provisional Military Censor. Alaska - Fort Richardson, with A.D.C. Censor tape and Scarce Blue Negatiive Provisional Censor handstamp, and "Don't bother me, I'm fighting a war!" label on reverse. $150.00
X5101 1943 (29 April) Scarce Provisional Military Censor. Alaska - APO 938 (Ladd Field, Fairbanks, ALCAN Highway) highly unusual oval censor: CENSORED / J.F.M. / 1st LT. ORD. DEPT. $175.00
X5236 1948 C.N.C. / Gold Yuan Combination Airmail to U.S. Pair $1,000,000 Dah Tungs and six 5c/50c Central Trust issues (Scott 796,827) from U.S. Consul General, Peiping (2), sending an Absentee Voter Ballot to Newton, Kansas. $150.00
X4359 1950 USS VALLEY FORGE (CV-45) Korean War. 1950 (29 Dec) very early use from War Zone in Korean waters. It was the only aircraft carrier in the region when war broke out in late June 1950. $125.00
X4191 1950 1st Marine Division, Korean War. 1950 (29 Nov) U.S. NAVY 12867 / Unit 6 from Hq Battation in Korea, sent on the day China entered the war.Very early use cover with original letter. $150.00
X4262 UC20 / UPSS AM-67 Unlisted Inverted Surcharge Variety. Mint envelope, F-VF. $350.00
X5153 1953 (16 June) FPO 406 from British Legation in Pusan, Korea. Korean War cover to U.S. APO 201, located at Makonamai, Japan. $125.00