AFDCS Auctions
Auction 71 will open in October 2010.
The first day covers have been donated to the society by various members. Early classic first day covers to modern handdrawn and painted covers are available for your bid.
All proceeds go to the AFDCS General Fund and will be used to support First Days and other Society activities. Because the AFDCS has been recognized as a tax exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, all donations are tax deductble to the full extent allowed by the law. Your donation will be acknowledged with a letter that you may keep with your tax records.
Auction donations can be sent to the AFDCS Fund Raising Auction Chairman:
Michael Litvak
1866 Loma Vista
Pasadena, CA 91104
If you would like to learn more about donating to the AFDCS, you can contact the Auction Chairman or the AFDCS Central Office for more information.
TERMS OF SALE
1. Bids may be placed online. Bids may also be submitted by direct email or U.S. Mail. Send your bids to:
Dottie Graf
157 Mystic Lane
Jonesborough, TN 37659
Email: Dottie@HereAmI.com
Do not mail your bids to the central office. Please list in lot number order! Postcard size is not acceptable for bids on more than six lots.
2. In the absence of a stated minimum bid in the lot description, minimum bid is $2 or 25 percent of estimated value, whichever is higher.
3. All lots will be sold to the highest bidder. Bid the price you want to pay. All proceeds of this sale will go to the AFDCS General Fund, and help support many AFDCS functions. Covers with a stated minimum bid will not be sold for less than that minimum. Buy bids are not accepted. The AFDCS reserves the right to withdraw any lot at any time.
4. Successful bidders will be notified of lots purchased and MUST REMIT payment before lot(s) can be mailed. Successful bidders must pay a postage fee of $1.50 and the proper amount of insurance on any sale over $25. Successful bidders of bulk lots will pay actual parcel post shipping costs. International bidders are requested to repay actual postage used on package upon receipt of covers. Payment by Visa, MasterCard and American Express accepted. $10.00 minimum charge appreciated.
5. Each lot is sold as genuine. If, in the opinion of any competent authority acceptable to the AFDCS, a lot is declared otherwise, the purchase price will be refunded in full provided that such claim is received within 21 days from the date the covers are mailed to the bidder.
6. Any lot, the description of which is incorrect, is returnable within 21 days from the date the covers are mailed to the bidder.
7. Some toning of envelopes can be expected on covers before 1940. Where heavy toning or defects exist, they are mentioned in the lot descriptions.
8. All covers are franked with a single stamp unless otherwise described.
9. All unsold lots will be reoffered in future auctions or used for other AFDCS activities.
10. Lot descriptions are designed to help the prospective bidder, yet remain within a reasonable length to save space. FDCs are listed by issue date. Predates are clearly listed as such. (If you see a date that is not the correct FD date, it is probably not a predate. It is probably a typographical error.)
11. Photocopies (at 25¢ per cover-maximum 8 covers please) or information about specific covers are available for a SASE. Request them from Dottie Graf at above address.
12. Placing a bid shall constitute acceptance of these Terms of Sale. Non-AFDCS members can receive a copy of the auction listing for $4 from the AFDCS Central Office, P.O. Box 16277, Tucson, AZ 85732-6277.
| Abbreviations Used | |
| Cachetmakers: ARC-Artcraft, ARM-Artmaster, FLT-Fleetwood, HF-House of Farnam. Other initials are as signed on the cachet. | |
| addr | address |
| AUTO | autographed cover |
| bklt | booklet pane of stamps |
| B&W | black and white |
| B4 | block of 4 stamps |
| cach | cachet |
| cnx | cancel |
| comm | commemorative |
| cv | cover |
| DC | Washington, D.C. |
| dcp | digital color postmark |
| diff | different |
| env | envelope |
| FDOI | first day of issue postmark |
| HC | hand cancel |
| MC | machine cancel |
| ofcl | official |
| ovpt | overprint |
| PA/TA/IA/LA | pencil/typed/ink/label address |
| PAE | pencil address erased |
| Pict | pictorial postmark |
| PB4 | plate block of 4 |
| rev | reverse |
| RSA | rubber stamped address |
| RSC | rubber stamped cachet |
| set/2 | set of 2 |
| sgl(s) | single stamp(s) |
| SS | souvenir sheet |
| UA | unaddressed |
| unk | unknown |
| UO | unofficial |
| var | variety |
| w/ or w/o | with or without |