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Welcome to Nutmeg's Sale 170!


Tuesday, May 20, 2008

United States, British and Worldwide Stamps, Postal History and Aerophilately
Featuring United States from the "South Beach" Collection and the
"Steeltown" Express Advertising
Collection.

  • Stamp Boxes & Postal Scales
    US Postal History
    States
    Indian Territory
    Pennsylvania
    Civil War Letters
    Advertising
    Expo’s & Fairs
    Farming
    Issues
    20th Century
    Penalty Envelopes
    Wells Fargo Express
    Aerophilately
    US Governmentals
    Quality US Singles, Plate Blocks and Multiple
    Errors, Freaks & Oddities
    Newspapers
  • British
    Great Britain
    Canada & BNA
  • Worldwide
    Brazil
    Cuba
    Italy & Area
    Libya
    Somalia
    Uruguay


Sale 168 Table of Contents

Welcome To Our 168th Sale!

Welcome to our Sale #170, our Spring auction sale which contains Part 1 United States from the “South Beach” collection. This extensive and important collection of United States, British Commonwealth and Worldwide will be offered over the next several months by both Nutmeg and H.R. Harmer’s. The British Part 1 will be conducted by H.R. Harmer on June 5-6, 2008, with further selections each month through the Fall.

During the week of June 2nd-7th, H.R. Harmers will be conducting auctions all week as follows: June 2-4th American Banknote Archives; June 5th US & Worldwide, June 6th British Commonwealth, USA Large Lots & Collections, June 7th remaining Large Lots and Collections of the World. Do not miss these sales as they will contain many elusive and desireable items from every corner of the globe.

In our sale #170 you will find our usual array of Postal History from the United States, British and Worldwide, with strong offerings from around the world. We are pleased to offer many rare and difficult United States stamps with many of the major Scott numbers represented. The postal history features the “Steeltown” collection of Express Company advertising envelopes, plus several other astonishing holdings.

Also, do not miss our other May sales, which includes a joint venture with our Sister firm in Germany, Heinrich Koehler, where we will be simultaneously auctioning Gerhard Wolff’s extensive Zeppelin collection across the Atlantic, in both Wiesbaden, Germany and Bethel, CT. Please contact us for details on registering to participate in this event! On May 22nd, H.R. Harmer will be bringing to market a most Specialized Canada holding the “Mount Royal” collection, featuring varieties in printing. This includes many rare to unique items, many of which have never made the auction block previously. Nutmeg will have its Sale #169- Public Graded Auction on Saturday May 17th, which includes many highest grade items.

As always, we are dedicated to providing you the very best service and handling every detail to your complete satisfaction. Please let us know your needs so that we can properly fulfill and hopefully exceed your expectations.

We are still aggressively seeking individual stamps to collections of any size and content. I do not think that anyone sells more specialized and varied lots each month than Nutmeg does. If you are not familiar with these sales, please visit our website HYPERLINK "http://www.nutmegstamp.com" www.nutmegstamp.com and find out what you have been missing. Collectors and Dealers alike have told us that they have found some of their very best buys from these sales.

Thank you for your support and patronage, we look forward to servicing your philatelic needs. Please feel free to contact us toll-free at 800.522.1607 for queries or collections for outright purchase or auction consignment. When the time comes to sell, do not sell for less than market value, call us for a free market-value consultation and find out how to achieve the absolute best for your collection.

Sincerely,


David M. Coogle - President
Thomas N. Mills - Vice-President


Grading


Symbol Key

- NH (Never Hinged, Original Gum)
- OG (Original Gum)
() - Unused (without gum)
- Used FDC - First Day Cover
- Cover LIT - Literature
- Airmail PB - Plate Block
- Block P - Proof
BP - Booklet Pane or full booklet S - Specimen
- Collection S/S - Souvenir Sheet
E - Essay TC - Trial Color Proof
EPH - Ephemera (PH) - Photo


References

Catalog
Abbreviation
Rate
AFA (Denmark)
(AFA)
.18
American Air Mail Catalog (A.A.M.C) same
Afinsa (Portugal & Col) (AF) 1.40
Bale (Israel)
(Bale)
same
Barefoot & Hall UK
(BH)
2.00
Brusden White (Aust) (BW) 0.84
Bolaffi (Italy) (Bol) 1.40
C.E.I. (Italy) (CEI) 1.50
Ceres (France) (Ceres) 1.50
DAKA Denmark (DAKA) .18
Edifil (Spain) (Ed) 1.40
Facit (Sweden) (Fac) .147
Ferchenbauer (Austria) (Fer) .08
Higgins & Gage (H&G) same
Japanese Spec Catalog (JSCA) .009
Koeppel & Manners (KM) same
Korean Postage Catalog (KPC) .001
Meyer (Brazil) (RHM) same
Michel (DM) (Mi) .70
Michel (Euros) (Mi) 1.40
Muller (Germany) (Mu) N/A
Netherlands Spec (NVPH) 1.40
Officiel (Belgium) (Off) 1.40
Prixfix (Luxembourg) (Pri) 1.40
Sassone (Italy) (Sass) 1.40
Sieger (2001) (Sieg) 1.40
Stanley Gibbons (UK) (SG) 2.00
Unitrade Specialized (Canada) (Uni) .94
Van Dam (Canada) (VD) .94
Vlastos (Greece) (Vl) 1.40
Winkler (Swiss Stampless) (Wi) none
Yang (Hong Kong & Macau) (Yang) .13
Yvert & Tellier (YT) 1.40
Zumstein (Switzerland) (Zum) .84


Terms of Sale

  1. All bids are by lot numbers and by the proper bid increments. Current Scott and Foreign Catalogs are used for both price and reference when appropriate.
  2. All lots are awarded to the highest bidder at slightly over the second highest bid and may be based upon a reserve. Bid what you feel is necessary to secure the desired lot(s); your bid will be executed as competition allows. Limit bids are accepted if the bid total is more than you wish to spend. Give us your choice of lots in order and the dollar limit. Due to the work involved, limits of less than $150 are respectfully declined.
  3. A buyer’s premium of 15% will be added to all purchases.
  4. Successful bidders, who have established credit with us, will have lots and an invoice sent to them for payment. All other bidders must pay in advance upon receipt of invoice. Personal check, VISA or MasterCard (if supplied when bidding) may be used for your payment (if declined immediate payment is to be made); checks must clear before lots are sent. Title remains with Nutmeg until all invoices are Paid in Full. Risk of loss in transit shall be on the purchaser.
  5. All lots are genuine as described. In the event of a discrepancy, we must be notified within five days of receipt. An item with faults which is described as such, cannot be returned for any fault condition.
  6. No illustrated lots may be returned because of centering, margins, perforations or other factors shown in the illustrations.
  7. Covers, Postal History, Documents & Ephemera may include minor faults from postal transmission and/or reception. Minor file folds, aging, edge faults, light wrinkling or backflap damage are NOT grounds for return. Serious or unusual faults are described.
  8. Lots that contain more than 8 stamps/items may include small faults on a few of the lesser values. These are NOT noted in the descriptions and are therefore NOT reason for return.
  9. Stamps whose primary value is based upon the cancellation or postal marking may have small faults that will NOT be noted in the description and are NOT grounds for return.
  10. Successful bidders who wish to submit a lot for expertization must notify us in advance or within five days of receipt and the lot must be paid for. If a mutually acceptable expert finds a lot to be misdescribed, we will refund the full purchase price, plus the expert fee up to a maximum of $100. No lot or lots may be returned if altered. For all expertization Nutmeg will submit all lots to the appropriate authority. A certificate issued within the past 5 years is valid and returns will not be accepted upon re-submission of such item, nor any fees reimbursed.
  11. Connecticut residents will be subject to a 6% sales tax, unless resale number is on file.
  12. Insurance and postage will be added to the invoice.
  13. All 19th Century Unused stamps do not have Original Gum (OG) unless stated as such. All 20th century stamps have original gum unless otherwise stated.
  14. Telephone and FAX bids are accepted, but telephone bids must be followed by written confirmation.
  15. The placing of bids constitutes acceptance of the above terms.

Bidding Increments

  • Up to $30 increase by 1
  • $30 to $50 increase by 2
  • $50 to $150 increase by 5
  • $150 to $300 increase by 10
  • $300 to $750 increase by 25
  • $750 to $1500 increase by 50
  • $1500 to $3000 increase by 100
  • $3000 to $8000 increase by 250
  • $8000 to $20000 increase by 500
  • $20000 and up increase by 1000 or 5%

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Introduction, Symbols, Grading, References , Terms of Sale & Bidding Increments,
Printable (PDF) Text Only File Of All Lots