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Ableauctions -- First Official War Commands for U.S. Army to Be Auctioned at Early American History Auctions, Inc.


RANCHO SANTA FE Santa Fe, city, Argentina
Santa Fe, city (1991 pop. 341,000), capital of Santa Fe prov., NE Argentina, a river port near the Paraná, with which it is connected by canal.
, Calif. -- Ableauctions.com (AMEX AMEX

See: American Stock Exchange
:AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) An audio compression technology that is part of the MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 standards. AAC, especially MPEG-4 AAC, provides greater compression and better sound quality than MP3, which also came out of the MPEG standard. ) announced today that it will host Early American History Auctions, Inc. five day August "Mail Bid & Internet" auction on August 24th, 26th, and September 8, 2007, on eBay Live Auctions through its subsidiary iCollector.com. This event will feature autographs, coins, currency, encased en·case  
tr.v. en·cased, en·cas·ing, en·cas·es
To enclose in or as if in a case.



en·casement n.
 postage, Civil War material, prints and other historic Americana items.

The auction house will showcase the highly anticipated first official commands for the United States Army United States Army

Major branch of the U.S. military forces, charged with preserving peace and security and defending the nation. The first regular U.S. fighting force, the Continental Army, was organized by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1775, to supplement local
. This original American military document dated June 14th to June 16th, 1775, represents the direct orders of the Commanding General of the American Forces, General Artemas Ward Artemas Ward (November 26, 1727 – October 28, 1800) was an American Major General in the American Revolutionary War and a Congressman from Massachusetts. President Adams described him as "...universally esteemed, beloved and confided in by his army and his country. , Commander of the American Continental and Patriot Militias at Cambridge, on the three days immediately prior to the Battle of Bunker Hill Bunker Hill

“Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their eyes”; American Revolutionary battle (1775). [Am. Hist.: Worth, 22]

See : Battle
. These orders are dated June 14th, 1775, the official founding date of the United States Army by the Continental Congress. That date has since been known and celebrated across America as "Flag Day."

Also noteworthy is a Johann Gottlieb Johann Gottlieb (February 15, 1815 in Brünn, Austria (now Brno, Czech Republic– March 4, 1875 in Graz, Austria) was an Austrian chemist who first synthesized Propionic acid. From 1846 he was Professor at the University of Graz.  Rall signed military order as directed from British General Howe. Rall was the Hessian commander killed at the 1776 battle of Trenton on December 26, 1776. This document is a pass which was signed less than two weeks prior to his death.

Highlights of the auction include a 1792 struck in silver half dime HALF DIME, money. A silver coin of the United States, of the value of one- twentieth part of a dollar, or five cents. It weighs twenty grains and five- eighths of a grain. Of one thousand parts, nine hundred are of pure silver, and one hundred are of alloy. Act of January 18, 1837, s. , nine "John W. Norris" 5 cent pieces, which are the finest of only two that the have been offered in three decades, and a 1783 official American Revolutionary War "payment & loan" act of Congress.

Other items of interest are an elusive key merchant type 5 cent "Drink Sands' Ale," and a "Hunt & Nash, Irving House" ribbed frame 12 cent piece. Also available will be a 1694 Proprietors with "O over E" type Carolina elephant token, and a 1787 New Jersey copper outline shield maris.

Early American History Auctions, Inc. has been in business since 1983. The auction house specializes in historic Americana items, colonial coins, and encased postage stamps This is a list of postage stamps that are especially notable in some way.

The best-known stamps:
  • Treskilling Yellow (Sweden)
  • Penny Black (Britain)
  • Blue Penny (Mauritius)
  • Inverted Jenny (U.S.
. They offer four printed and four Internet-only auctions per quarter and have been successful in generating millions of dollars in revenue since the conception of Early American History Auctions, Inc. They pride themselves in being highly reliable and responsible in every auction that they undertake.

For more information on this auction please visit http://www.icollector.com/catalog.aspx?sid=12764.

About iCollector.com

iCollector.com is the pre-eminent pre·em·i·nent or pre-em·i·nent  
adj.
Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding. See Synonyms at dominant, noted.



[Middle English, from Latin prae
 supplier of live online auction technology and services to some of the world's most prestigious galleries and industrial auction houses and operates one of the largest eBay Live Auction sales and support centers in the world. It is the only auction technology company to be endorsed by the National Auctioneers Association The National Auctioneers Association (NAA) is a group of auctioneers, auction businesses and related companies that seeks to promote the auction method of marketing and the practice of auctioneering in the United States The NAA is an interest group..  (NAA NAA

Nomina Anatomica Avium.
) and has partnered with eBay Live Auctions in streamlining the process of broadcasting auctions real-time on the Internet. iCollector's technology enables auction houses to open their establishments to the world by allowing online bidders to participate in real-time on the auction floor.

Visit www.icollector.com or (www.icollector.com/ourTechnology.aspx).

About Ableauctions.com

Ableauctions.com Inc. (AMEX:AAC) is a high-tech liquidator Liquidator

Person appointed by an unsecured creditor in the United Kingdom to oversee the sale of an insolvent firm's assets and the repayment of its debts.
 and on-line auction facilitator that operates the domains iCollector.com, Naalive.com and Unlimited Closeouts.com.

As an on-line auction facilitator, the Company, with the experience of over 3,000 auctions, has developed state-of-the-art technology to broadcast auctions over the Internet (www.ableauctions.com/technology) and currently provides the technology and related services to auction houses, enabling them to broadcast auctions over the Internet. The Company broadcasts business and industrial auctions over the Internet for auctioneers and members of the National Auctioneers Association (NAA) and art, antique and collectible auctions for numerous galleries and auction houses around the world through eBay Live Auctions.

As a liquidator, the Company, through Unlimited Closeouts, purchases overstocks, order cancellations and discontinued products from major manufacturers and importers, then sells the merchandise to major retail chains, other resellers or the public.

For a comprehensive Corporate Update and prior releases, visit www.ableauctions.com. For more information, contact Investor Relations Investor relations

The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors.
 at investorrelations@ableauctions.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
, particularly as related to, among other things, the business plans of the Company, statements relating to relating to relate prepconcernant

relating to relate prepbezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc 
 goals, plans and projections regarding the Company's financial position and the Company's business strategy. The words or phrases "would be," "will allow," "intends to," "may result," "are expected to," "will continue," "anticipates," "expects," "estimate," "project," "indicate," "could," "potentially," "should," "believe," "considers" or similar expressions are intended to identify "forward-looking statements." Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, involve known and unknown risks, a reliance on third parties for information, transactions or orders that may be cancelled, and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or developments in our industry, to differ materially from the anticipated results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from anticipated results include risks and uncertainties related to the performance of our staff, loss of management personnel, an inability to obtain financing as and when we need it, competition from other on-line auction businesses, our ability to implement or manage our expansion strategy, general economic conditions, our ability to license our software to other auction houses, our ability to acquire profitable companies and integrate them into our business successfully and other factors that are detailed in our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB and on documents we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Statements made herein are as of the date of this press release and should not be relied upon as of any subsequent date. The Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance on such statements. The Company does not undertake, and the Company specifically disclaims any obligation, to update any forward-looking statements to reflect occurrences, developments, unanticipated events or circumstances after the date of such statement. E.&O.E.
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