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| 1401 |  | LINCOLN CENT HIGH GRADE SLABBED RETAIL DEALER'S STOCK, 1909-2005. A wonderful holding of 190 virtually all mint state coins packed in three double-row boxes, the vast majority being in high mint state grades, most graded by NGC, but also some ANACS and other services, some highlights include 1930-S MS66RD and the following coins all in MS67RD: 1930, 1935-D, 1937-S, 1940-S (4), 1942 (2), 1943-D, 1945-S (2), 1946-S (2), 1953-S, 1954-D, 1954-S (2), 1956, 1956-D, 1958-D (2), 1967, 1970-S large date and many more, the stock ends with five error coins including one broad struck with obverse brockage in MS66RD; a desirable holding of high grade Lincolns; marked retail prices total $39,042. | Est. $10000-15000 | |
| 1402 | | COIN DEALER'S RETAIL STOCK. Thousands of U.S. coins from half cents through dollars, plus some tokens, foreign and paper money, all identified, graded and priced on 2x2s on pages housed in 16 binders, generally coins priced at under $100 dollars, but also some higher and better, includes binders for key dates with 1909-S Linclon cents (5) and many other good and higher grade Lincolns priced to $750, 1959-D/S Washington quarters Unc. (7), a binder of mostly 19th century Type coins with 1921 Alabama 50c, a binder of Flying Eagle and Indian Head cents, three binders of Lincoln cents with a beautiful Unc. 1931-S, then separate binders for Buffalo nickels, Jefferson nickels, Mercury dimes with 1921-D, Roosevelt dimes, Washington quarters, Walking Liberty and Franklin halves, Kennedy halves, Ike-Sacagawea dollars, currency with notes to $50 and ending with a bider of foreign coins, condition varies, generally Fair to BU; well worth a careful inspection. | Est. $7500-10000 | |
| 1403 | | LINCOLN CENT DIE VARIETIES HIGH GRADE SLABBED DEALER'S STOCK. A very desirable holding of 109 mostly all high grade mint state die varieties in two double-row boxes, mostly items priced in the $50 to $500 range, but also a few up to almost $2,000, with the vast majority being ANACS graded, some of the better coins noted include MS66RD 1938-D/D RPM-6, MS67RD 1938-S/S FS-016.51 RPM-1 (2), MS66RD 1938-S/S/S FS-016.5 RPM-2, MS66RD 1939-D/D RPM-1, MS66RD 1940-S/S/S RPM-7, MS66RD 1941-S Double die reverse Class VI, MS66RD 1942-D/D RPM-9, MS66RD 1942-S/S, AU55 1944-D/S FS-020 OMM-1, MS67RD 1945-S Double die obverse Die 1, MS66RD 1947-S/S RPM-3, MS65RD 1947-S/S FS-021.31 RPM-4, MS65RD 1948-S/S RPM-1, MS64RD 1951-D Double die obverse FS-021.4 Die 1, MS66RD 1951-D/S FS-021.52 OMM-2, MS64Rd 1954-D/D/D RPM-2, MS65RD 1954-S/S RPM-2, PF66Rd 1955 Double die reverse, MS64RD 1955-D Double die obverse FS-021.93 Die 1, MS64RD 1956-D/D/S WOMM-001, MS64RD 1960-D/D Large date/Small date, AU58 1971 Double die obverse FS-031 Die 1 and much more; a great holding of die varieties of this ever popular issue without too much duplication; marked prices total $26,577. | Est. $6000-8000 | |
| 1404 | | U.S. AND FOREIGN GOLD COINS. Lot of 26 items, eight are U.S. with $2 1/2 1900 (Unc.), 1907 and 1915, $20.00 1879-S (Unc.) and 1880-S, plus $1 and $2 1/2 Love Tokens and a $2 1/2 Indian jewlery piece, the eighteen foreign coins comprise issues from Austria, Columbia, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland and highlighted by Japan 1874 1 Yen (Unc.) which catalogs $4,500, generally VF to Unc; well worth figuring carefully. | Est. $4000-5000 | |
| 1405 | | NICKELS THROUGH DOLLARS DEALER'S STOCK OF SLABBED COINS. Useful and varied retail stock of mostly higher graded mint state 20th century coins, with 1873 Indian Cent Open 3 AU scratched, 1908-S Indian Cent EF cleaned, Jefferson Nickels with 1957 MS66 and 1996 broad struck with obverse brockage, many Roosevelt Dimes including 1954-S MS-67 and 1955 MS67 (2), over 70 Washington Quarters, mostly from the 1950's generally grading MS65 with AU58 1943 Double die obverse, 1954 MS66, 1954-S MS65 (4), etc., Kennedy Halves, an 1889-S Morgan Dollar AU50 and even a few foreign; excellent for the retail dealer or Ebayer; marked prices total over $10,000, with some not priced. | Est. $2500-3500 | |
| 1406 | | BALANCE OF THE COIN DEALER'S STOCK. Thousands of U.S. coins from 1c to $1 identified, many graded and priced, in 2x2's in six long double-row boxes, this being essentially the back-up stock of more moderately priced coins in the $1 to $50 range, pretty much all 20th century with good showings of Linclon cents, Liberty to Jefferson nickels, three rows of Mercury dimes, useful Washington quarters with many Unc. 1940's and 50's issues, Liberty Walking 25c and 50c, plus an accumulation of foreign modern proof and unc. coins in government packaging from Canada, Bahamas, Barbados, Great Britain and ending with a small box of ancients. | Est. $2000-3000 |
••• UNITED STATES •••
COLLECTIONS
| 1407 |  / |  | NEARLY COMPLETE UNITED STATES IN SIX PLATINUM ALBUMS A tremendous U.S. collection, offered intact as received, each stamp selected by the owner for freshness and a pleasing appearance, the owner took extra time and had the patience to buy only select stamps with a handsome appearance, A PREMIUM U.S. COLLECTION, Well represented Classics, including a gorgeous appearing 9X1, lovely examples of #1 and 2, QUALITY examples of #'s 3 and 4, both with certificates, a striking used #12, and a scarce used #16, The 1857 issue is just about complete, including a nice used #18 (with PFC), 23, 27, 28A SCARCE Indian Red, with PFC, and an unused #39, and an unused #40, The 1861 issue is complete including the scarce #64 pink shade, and the incredibly rare #74 used SCARLET shade w/four stroke manuscript pen cancellation, the 1867 grilled issue is highlighted by a nice grilled all over #79, elusive Z grill #85C, complete E and F grills, (86-01, and 92-101), plus a nice unused #102, 1867 Pictorials are complete including a extra 119 (with double grill), 1875 Re-Issues well represented with #'s 123-124, 126, 130, and 131 (with PFC - light crease), Banknotes are complete, except for the rare #142, Columbians are complete in quality used condition, 1895-1898 Bureau issues are all complete in nice used condition, Trans-Mississippi's complete used/unused, 1902 Issue in complete - some unused, some used, Washington-Franklin's are well represented throughout including a nice selection of quality coil pairs and singles, including a nice 459 imperf coil pair, a nice 505 color error, along with wonderful examples of 523-524 and 547 top off this impressive section, A nice 573 highlights the 1922's, along with a nice 599A pair, then it's basically complete up to 1976 with nice Kansas-Nebraska's and Presidentials in mint condition, Airmail Issues are complete including a handsome set of Graf Zeppelins (C13-C15) unused, Back Of The Book Issues are particularly well represented with a complete set of Special Deliveries used/unused, a nice selection of mostly used Postage Dues including scarce J58, complete well centered K1-K16, A fantastic selection of Officials, complete Parcel Post, and a nice group of Newspaper stamps, Ducks are complete up to RW35 unused, and Confederate States well represented including the scarce "TEN" spelled out #9, A spectacular offering that would make any retail dealer drool, as the collection's quality is way above normal and includes sixteen certificates of authenticity, a few minor faults here and there, as would be expected on a collection of this size and depth, But we count many sound stamps that would bring a healthy retail price, A "must have" for the mail order dealer looking to expand his inventory, as the good numbers haven't been picked, even the rarities like the used #74 and unused #131 remain in this unpicked lot, Worthy of careful consideration, this collection should be carefully viewed, as there is an abundance of good quality saleable stamps present. | Est. $40000-50000 |
| 1408 |  |  | ROOSEVELT PROOF PRESENTATION ALBUM Small die proofs complete through Scott 313 in leatherbound Roosevelt Presentation Album, Imprinted in gold lettering on front cover "Julius C. Burrows", and on the spine of the book "United States Postage Stamps 1847-1902. Proofs"; One of the few remaining intact Roosevelt albums, as most of these albums have been broken up for specific sets for collectors; 24 gray album pages - with gold edges contains small die proofs arranged in geometric patterns as sets, including two each of #3-4 (one set labeled 1847, the other labeled 1876), First and last 1861, Various Bank Note, Columbians, 1894 Bureau, Trans-Mississippi, Pan-Americans, and 1902-03 Series, then the collection includes Special Deliveries, Postage Dues, Officials, Newspaper Stamps, and 6 from 1899 Cuba set, Then there are seven blank pages at the end intended for future issues, Finding a complete Roosevelt album in such a remarkable state of preservation is indeed rare, as this album is free of the numerous defects that tend to plague many of the remaining albums, such as warped pages, dented edges, and broken spines; The only obvious wear on this album are the few pages of interleaving that show signs of wear, which in no way affects the spectacular quality of the small die proofs they were intended to protect, A minimal amount of oxidation affects a few of the orange stamps throughout the album, such as #38P2, #71P2, 178P2, 229P2, and 310P2, this oxidation is much lighter than normally encountered, and can easily be fixed through restoration with a small amount of hydrogen peroxide, The current Scott catalog value of these small die proofs is $63,365.00 - without any premium for the stamps being offered in an intact Roosevelt album, OF THE 85 ROOSEVELT PRESENTATION ALBUMS THAT WERE PREPARED IN 1903, ESTIMATES ARE THAT NO MORE THAN 20 INTACT ALBUMS REMAIN. This album was part of the Frederick Mitchell collection, It was contained in his collection and estate trust for over 50 years before reaching the marketplace. | Est. $40000-50000 |
| 1409 | / |  | SPECTACULAR UNITED STATES IN Seven VOLMUES Magnificent offering in seven White Ace albums, comprehensive U.S. collection offered intact as received, Classics include a handsome 1847 10c Washington w/red grid cancel, nice group of 1851 imperfs, including a nice #12 on piece, 1857's include lovely examples of the 1c types I and IV (18 and 23), plus a nice 5c red brown and a pleasing 30A unused, 1861 and 1867 grilled issues well represented including a choice #100 30c F grill, 1869 Pictorials complete used/unused, some nice Banknotes including an unused 218 (reperfed), 1890 Small Banknote Issue complete, Columbians complete to the 10c value, 1901 Pan-Americans complete, 1902 Regular Issue complete used/unused, outstanding selection of Washington Franklins, including #'s 422, 423 (reperfed), and 519 (with cert), two 573's in different shades, complete Airmails including a nice ununsed set of Zeppelins (C13-C15), Outstanding Back Of The Book, including a wonderful group of Officials, complete Shanghai Overprints, complete Parcel Posts, and complete Ducks up to about 1972, small faults throughout but overall much better than normal, a most intriging collection containing tons of worthwile material that is easily saleable, Careful examination will yield many sound stamps throughout this extensive seven volume collection. | Est. $25000-30000 |
| 1410 | / |  | COMPREHENSIVE UNITED STATES COLLECTION IN TWO VOLUMES. Handsome collection offered intact, as received, consisting of attractive stamps in slightly mixed condition, extremely comprehensive featuring complete Columbians (230-245), TWO sets of Trans-Mississippi's (285-293), and Zeppelins (C13-C15), The collection starts out with nearly all used stamps, with four #1's, two of which are the scarcer orange brown shades, two #2's, one with a blue "PAID" cancel, nice selection of 1851's including #12, 13, and 17, The 1857 issue is well represented by nice examples of the 5c Jefferson brick red shade, #27, and the red brown shade, #28, also an attractive unused #39 caps off this page, Classics include nice examples of 62B, complete 1861 issue, and a nice group of grills, including a complete set of the 1867 F grill, #92-101 in used condition, the 1869 Pictorials are complete, and a nice 90c grilled Banknote (144) is present, From 1890 on the majority of the collection is unused, with a few used on the higher value stamps, Columbians are complete unused except the $3 value which is a neatly cancelled used example, plus blocks of four from the 1c to the 15c, 1895 to 1897 Bureau Issue are well represented with nice examples of #261 (OG), and 278 (used), two complete sets of Trans-Mississippis are complete, all unused except the two high values, also includes blocks of #285-287, and 289, nice used #313 highlights the 1903 issue, and a scarce unused #467 5c carmine error highlight the extensive Washington Franklins, along with a nice used #523, and an unused #547, Airmails are of course highlighted by an attractive unused set of Zeppelins (C15 with small thin), and the Postage Dues are extensively represented, including a lovely #J28, there are numerous scarce Newspaper stamps, and a lovely selection of cut squares in the Back Of The Book, which also includ many nice Official stamps and a nice group of Ducks, all in all a very pleasing collection to the eye, mixed condition throughout with many minor flaws, nice opportunity for the Ebay dealer to obtain a great collection which hasn't been "picked over', that includes almost all the "key" stamps one would expect from a comprehensive collection, Scott catalog in excess of $180,000.00, viewing is highly recommended, as this vast collection warrants careful inspection. | Est. $20000-25000 |
| 1411 | / |  | UNITED STATES HANDSOME 20TH CENTURY COLLECTION thousands of mint stamps mounted on White Ace pages and housed in fifteen deluxe binders, actually the collection begins with a handful of late 19th century issues such as the group of mint Columbians to the 15c value as well as the first eight Special Delivery issues, however, the collection really begins with the complete set of 1922 Flat Plate issues to the $5 value followed by the Kansas-Nebraska overprint set as well as the 1931 Rotary Press set and continuing with both the Prexies &: Liberty sets, value is concentrated in the Airmail volume which is virtually complete including the Zeppelin set and the 50c Baby Zeppelin, the remaining twelve volumes are filled with the commemorative issues form the 1930s all the way to yesterday with the 41c Star Wars sheets and virtually everything else in between, truly a beautiful presentation. | Est. $6000-8000 |
| 1412 | / | UNITED STATES ROBUST COLLECTION 1847-1940 many hundreds of mostly used stamps mounted in two Mystic Albums, created by a collector on a limited budget with the goal of filling the spaces and for the most part he succeeded in his goal since there are literally dozens of valuable stamps with either APS or PSE certificates, for example we noted better used such as #1-2, 9-10, 14-15, 17, 29, 30A, 32, 71, 77, 91, 94 (double grill with cert), 112-20, 155, 191, 218, 229, 261-61A, 277-78, and 313, also includes a few better mint such as #72P, 297, 299, 326, 327, 369 and C1-6, although condition is somewhat mixed, this collection represents excellent profit potential for the eBay seller. | Est. $5000-7000 | |
| 1413 | / | UNITED STATES EXTENSIVE COLLECTION 1847-1980 housed in two well-filled Lighthouse albums, generally used up to about 1915 and mint from there to the end, the collector focused his energies on filling the spaces and he was quite successful in reaching his goal, though condition is somewhat mixed on the better items, better used include #1, 15, 36-38, 76a, 72b, 100, 121, 145-55 and 156-66, better mint start with Columbians to the 50c value, lots of Washington-Franklins, White Plains S/S, Kansas overprints, virtually every possible Farley combination, Prexies, first Airmail issues, the Zeppelin set, and Parcel Post issue, overall, the catalog value is very high | Est. $5000-7500 | |
| 1414 | PB/ |  | COMPREHENSIVE UNITED STATES PLATE BLOCK COLLECTION IN 4 HUGE CARTONS Outstanding U.S. plate block collection of many thousands, nearly all NH, with just a few LH on the earlier issues, starting with the 1917 Washington Franklin Issue, the collection is virtually COMPLETE from 1929 to 2006, and is well represented from 1917 to 1929, starting with the 1917 imperforates, #'s 481-484, including the 482 error plate that made 485, 498-499, 508-509, Offset issues include 525, 527, 528 (2), with and w/o monogram, 528B, 531, 534, 535, 537 Victory Issue, 538-541 coil waste plates, 548-550, then continues with the 1922 Flat Plate issue with #'s 551-554, 557-559, 562-565, and 568 plates, nice full tops of the 575-57 imperforate issues, the scarce perf 10 Regular issue is nearly complete, missing only the 3c, 8c and 10c values, 610 and 611 are present, along with a nice group of 1920's Commemoratve issues including 614-15, 617-18, 622-23, 627-629, a gorgeous White Plains souvenir sheet/25 #630, 632-642 Regular issue complete except 634A, Nice group of scarce Kansas-Nebraska plates, including 658-664, 667, 669-673, and 675, 1931 Regular issue 692-701 is complete, along with a nice set of Washington Bicentennials, 704-715, National Parks are complete perfed and imperf, Presidentials are complete, Back of the Book is well represented with C7-C12 plates present, including four C11 plates, including the scarce no "Top" plate block/10, C16-C17, C19-C23, C25 on up complete, Also includes two sets of Special Handling plates, QE1-QE3, along with Official plates O127-O133, Postal Savings issues include PS6 and PS11-14, Savings stamps include S1-S4 and Sb to S3a, War Savings Issues include WS7-WS10, overall a remarkable group of plate blocks, these issues alone, not counting the enormous amount of "postage" from 1937 onward catalogs over $15,000.00, this doesn't include over 34 albums, three metal file drawers, and four overstuffed mint sheet files (including the scarce Recalled Legends sheet) containing what is easily thousands of dollars in face value alone, A collection that will certainly be profitable to the dealer or collector who can spend the time to add up the enormous amount of face value in all 5 cartons, viewing will certainly prove to be a worthwile investment, as this volumous collection will yield many great finds, expect spirited bidding and fierce competition for this magnificent nearly complete plate block collection. | Est. $5000-7500 |
| 1415 | / |  | UNITED STATES COLLECTION ON SCOTT NATIONAL ALBUM PAGES Tremendous U.S. collection great eye appeal from #1 // #550, surprising number of nice quality sound stamps abound in this collection, including nice examples of 400A, and some quality Washington-Franklins, the collection begins with a nice four margin #1 with a light red cancellation, and includes examples of #'s 7, 9, 12, 14, 15, and 17, Classics include #37, 38, 72, 85, 100, and 117 (unused w/thin spot w/APS certificate), Pictorials are complete except the high value - #122, Nice group of Banknote issues including 182-191, 212-218, and 219-229 complete, Columbians are complete to the $2.00 (all unused), 1895 Regular issues complete up to #261, nice selection of Washington Franklins Issues, including 358 2c Blue paper, 395 and 396 coil pairs, and 414-419 in nice unused condition, the collection ends with a nice 524, and some Offset Printings of the Washington-Franklin Issues, tremendous amount of Scott catalog value well in excess of $60,000.00, a wonderful opportunity to acquire a wonderful U.S. collection which contains many saleable stamps for the dealer or collector alike. | Est. $5000-7500 |
| 1416 | |  | OUTSTANDING REVENUE AND MATCH &: MEDICINE COLLECTION Thousands of Back Of The Book Issues neatly housed in a Scott National Album, Overflowing with a wonderful selection of Match &: Medicine Issues, The collection is strong in First Issue Revenues, including the "key" vale #R31 - the 6c Proprietary, Scott catalog $2,000.00, along with an outstanding R102c - the colorful $200.00 U.S. Internal Revenue Issue (catalog value $900.00), Also includes a nice group of imperforate First Issue Revenues, including nice examples of #R98a, and R101a, Second and Third Issue Revenues are well represented except for the rarities, Nice group of Documentary Issues, along with a substantial group of Wine stamps, Playing Cards, Cigarette and Tobacco stamps, and Consular Service Fee stamps are well represented, A nice set of Boating Tax stamps, (with tabs) is present, along with an interesting group of Telegraph stamps, The collection is topped off by a set of Rectification Tax stamps, Meticulously formed collection lovingly assembled over a great period of time, each page with clear interleaving added to protect the stamps, a collection worthy of careful examination as many hidden jewels may be found. | Est. $4000-5000 |
| 1417 | | SPECIALIZED "ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIGHORN" BOOKLET &: BOOKLET PANE COLLECTION. A highly specialized collection consisting predominantly of complete Rocky Mountain Bighorn issue booklets, plus some booklet panes, collected for the plate numbers and varieties. The collection includes examples of most listed plate numbers, and is strong in plate numbers 16 and 17, as well as including imperf vertically between varieties, major perf shifts, etc. Indisputably deemed the best collection of this most specialized area. Viewing is sure to prove to be awe inspiring. Owner's catalog value/retail exceeds $40,000. | Est. $4000-5000 | |
| 1418 | / | BALANCE OF CONSIGNMENT Interesting consignment balance in Scott National Album of a couple hundred attractive mid value stamps that would be perfect for the show dealer or Ebay merchant alike, many marketable stamps that were selected for centering and appearance, but that may have a hidden flaw, etc, Highlights include a nice used 17, 30A, 32, 38, 77, and 115 (cancel removed); Unused stamps include attractive examples of 11, 24, 86, 115, 165, 187, 290, 400A, 457 line pair, and 518; The collection is strong in classics, particularly the Banknote issues, with some unused appearing stamps that have had the cancellation removed, a nice group of Columbians, Bureau Issues, and 1902's are present, and a wonderful large selection of Washington-Franklins, including 498-518 complete w/o 505, 1922 flat plates are nearly complete, nice selection of Airmail and Back of the Book issues; Catalog value well in excess of $20,000.00, A collection that should be viewed as the early unused appearing stamps should be carefully examined | Est. $3000-4000 | |
| 1419 | / | UNITED STATES COLLECTION 1851-1972, housed in four White Ace albums starting with a worthwhile section of used classics including better items such as #7, 35-36, 71-72, 78, 112-15, 119, 191, 218, 229, 240-42, 261, 291 and C13-15, after about 1925 the collection is primarily mint and nearly complete for the period including such better items as mint 214, 630, 658-68, 669-79, 834 and C1-6, ending with a nearly complete run of mixed mint and used Ducks from 1934 to 1970, also includes a volume of plate blocks from the 1960s, condition is a litlle mixed on the early issues, generally Fine-VF wiath a wealth of useful material. | Est. $3000-5000 | |
| 1420 | / | DUCK AND GAME COLLECTIONS. The state duck collection is housed in three Scott Specialty Albums and features both regular issue and hunter-type stamps, states A to Z. There are singles, pairs, panes and licenses with catalog values to $40 and a total listed catalog value exceeding$15,000. There is also a wildlife conservation stamps collection on Fleetwood pages for the years 1990-1995, four in Fleetwood's "America's Game Bird Stamps Collection" binders, with a face value of just under $700. An interestibg and useful group of these sought after issues. | Est. $3000-4000 | |
| 1421 | / | UNITED STATES REVENUES COLLECTION, 1862/1963 Several hundreds of different mint and used issues neatly mounted on Scott pages in a binder; opens with an example of 25¢ Fractional Currency, continuing with a generous selection of First Issues to $50 (imperfs to $5), incl. R3b, R33a, R80c, R82a, R98c, R101c; Second Issues to $10, incl. R116, R128; Third Issues to $5, incl. R135b; also R160, R335, R384, RB6, RB6P3 on India paper, RB13c, RB17c; plus assorted Future Deliveries, Stock Transfers, Cordials &: Wines, Playing Cards (incl. RFV3), Silver Tax, Cigarett Tubes, complete Tax Paid Potatoes and Tobacco Sales Tax, some Consular Service Fee, Customs Fee, Motor Vehicle Use, complete Boating stamps; also Postal Notes, and Postal War &: Savings, incl. WS3 NH; occasional minor fault, average through VF centering; an attractive, very useful collection of these ever-popular stamps; Viewing suggested for full appreciation. | Est. $2500-4000 | |
| 1422 | / | UNITED STATES DELIGHTFUL DUCK COLLECTION 1934-1980 the main collection starts with #RW2 and continues through RW50 with the vast majority being NH, also includes PBs of RW13 and RW16, and finally there are several pages of mint and used duplicates including mint extras of RW11(2), RW13 and RW26 plus many others and two used state duck stamps from Kentucky and Missouri, always popular material that will appeal to both the collector and dealer alike. | Est. $2500-3000 | |
| 1423 | / | UNITED STATES COLLECTION, 1851-1976 Hundreds of different mint OG and used Definitives, Commemoratives, Farley S/Ss, Airmails (to 1993), Postage Dues, Officials, Federal Duck Hunting stamps, etc. housed in 4 Scott Platinum hingeless albums, incl. mint 232, 233, 234, 235, 237, 238, 325, 328-30, 658-79 (666, 679 used), 692-701, 730-1, 750-1, C1-6 (NH except C3; C6 used), C10a, C13 no gum, C18 NH, E3, E5, E6 (x2), E7, E10, J15, J24, J25, J31, J32, J41, J52, PR114-25 (1¢, $10 no gum), Q1-6, JQ1-5 (JQ4 used), RW10, RW13, RW15, RW26; used 36, 63, 68, 69, 73, 76, 77, 78, 87, 113, 134, 149, 152, 190, 208, 239, 240, 260, 298, 404, E1, J1-7, J17, J20, J28, J34, Q7-12, RW1, RW4 SE, and others; mixed condition and centering on pre-1930 issues, with later issues being predominantly mint NH, Fine-VF; Plenty of good, useful material within a set of desirable albums; Viewing advised for full appreciation. | Est. $2500-3000 | |
| 1424 | / | U.S. COLLECTION IN NATIONAL ALBUM Decent collection of several hundred neatly mounted in National Album, Mostly used up to 1888, better classics include some nice 1861 issues and various Banknote issues, Columbians to the 50c mostly used, Trans to 50c, set of Jamestowns, nice group of Washinton Franklins highlighted by a nice OG #479, 551-572 complete LH/NH, 581-591 complete, a lovely 630 White Plains sheet/25 NH w/ minor gum creases, set of Nebraska overprints, set of 692-701, and 803-834 Presidentials, Virtually complete Commemorative Issues from here on to about 1975 Airmails are complete mint/used except for the Zeppelins, Special Deliveries are complete mostly used, A diverse collection with some choice stamps, inspection recommended. | Est. $2400-2800 | |
| 1425 | | UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS GROUP (1851-2005), WITH MINT FACE Many hundreds of different stamps comprising Definiives, Commemoratives, Airmails, and other B-O-B arranged in 4 hingeless Lighthouse and 2 Schaubek albums; predominantly used, with several good 19th Century issues, incl. 1861-1866 Definitives to 90¢, 1867 1¢ Grill, 1869 15¢ Pictorial, several 1870-1888 Banknotes to 90¢, 1894 Columbians to 30¢, 1902-1903 Regulars to $1, 1904 Trans-Mississippi to 10¢, 1913-1915 Panama-Pacific to 10¢, and many others; mixed mint NH and used from 1960 onward, with 1960-2005 1¢-$10.75 NH face in singles, blocks, booklet panes, se-tenant blocks and sheets, incl. many premium issues (total face $1050+); mixed condition and typical centering amongst the early used stamps, with the mint face being generally fresh, Fine-VF; Viewing will be easy and worthwhile ! | Est. $2000-3000 | |
| 1426 | / |  | CHOICE U.S. COLLECTION IN SCOTT MINUTEMAN ALBUMS Comprehensive three volume collection overflowing with many nice stamps, including strong used Classics, including #'s 14, 25, 36-38, 72, 76-78, grilled issues 92-99, Pictorials to the 12c, nice selection of Banknote issues, Columbians to th 50c, Trans Mississippis to the 10c, 1902's to the $2.00 Madison, All used up to the Washington-Franklin Issues #480, then some mint on the more modern issues, including #498-519 (no 500 or 505), 551-573 both mint and used, Kansas-Nebraska's both mint and used, Airmail issues complete except for the big four (C13-C15, C18), nice group of B.O.B. issues including complete used Special Deliveries, a nice selection of used Postage Dues, an excellent selection of used Officials, plus a complete set of Parcel Post Issue, Third volume contains numerous inexpenise covers, Faults throughout, especially on the early Classic material, Wonderful collection leaving lots of room for expansion, plenty of value throughout, particularly in the Classics where the catalog value really adds up. | Est. $2000-2500 |
| 1427 | / | VOLUMOUS 11 LINDNER ALBUMS U.S. COLLECTION Handsome mint and used collection strong from 1920's to 1980's, sparse early material that includes Columbians used to the 50c, 1894 Bureau Issues used to the 50c, 1895 Bureau Issues to the $1.00, Trans-Mississippi's used to the 50c, Nice selection of mostly used Washington-Franklins, after 1922 the collection becomes equally mixed used and unused, lots of face in the later books containing the more modern issues, B.O.B. well represented with some nice Airmails including used C1-C6, Postage Dues, and a nice set of used Parcel Post issues, Plus there are 4 stockbooks containing mostly inexpensive unused 3 and 4c Commemoratives, and cheaper used early issues, A vast collection worthy of inspection, as the face value alone is substantial. | Est. $2000-3000 | |
| 1428 | / | NICE U.S. COLLECTION IN TWO WHITE ACE ALBUMS Comprehensive United States collection of several hundred neatly mounted in two White Ace albums, Condition overall is about Average to Fine, with some decent stamps throughout, Highlights include a nice short set of Columbians to the $1.00 value, unused to the 15c, used thereafter, Trans-Mississippi's to the 50c, unused 1c - 4c, the rest used, complete 1901 Pan Americans 294-299 unused, a decent set of 323-327, and 367-373 (no 369), and 397-400 along with 401-403 unused, Wonderful selection of early used stamps beginning with the 1873 Banknote Issue, and including 219-228 used, and 246-260 used, along with a choice selection of Postage Dues, and an impressive group of Officials used, many with interesting cancels, Q1-Q12 set complete unused early, used Q7-Q12, A nice smattering of decent Washington Franklin Issues along with a complete set of Kansas-Nebraska's - unused, hinged, Lots of value throughout this impressive two volume collection, careful inspection highly recommended. | Est. $2000-2500 | |
| 1429 | / | UNITED STATES ATTRACTIVE PLATE BLOCK COLLECTION 1925-1945 several dozen commemorative and airmail plate blocks mounted in two White Ace albums, virtually all are NH and include better such as #619, 705-15, 756-65, 859-93, C7-9, C8, C10, C12, C18, C21-22, C24 and C25-31, condition is uniformly Fine-VF, a great group for a collector seeking some of those older issues to expand his collection. | Est. $1700-2000 | |
| 1430 |  | UNITED STATES COLLECTION 1856-1990 two H E Harris albums, the first album contains the main collection which is primarily used singles up to 1925 and mint form there to the end, the second album is mint Plate Blocks from 1915 to early 1960s, better items are distributed throughout the albums, for example the plate blocks include #328, 548-49, 614-15, 628, 632-42, &: 692-99 plus most of the 2c Reds &: 3c Purples, better singles include mint 614-16, 617-19, 692-701 &: 730-31, plus many used Bank Notes and a handful of Revenues &: other BOB material, lots of worthwhile material for a bourse dealer or eBay seller. | Est. $1500-2000 | |
| 1431 | / | UNITED STATES VALUABLE USED COLLECTION 1847-1940 the main collection is mounted on home made pages and includes many better items such as #1, 7, 15, 68, 71, 73, 116-17, 215, 229, 311, 479, and 547 along with an extensive selection of Washington-Franklins including some coil pairs, the commemoratives are housed in an old "All American Album" and include an array of better including #242, 291, 294-99, 323-27, 330, 369, 397-404, 730-31 and C18 as well as complete Qs, a few stocksheets hold a handful of booklets from the 1920s and RW1 on license, the only mint items that we spotted were #3P3 and 630, generally condition in Fine-VF, definitely a collection that is worthy of expansion. | Est. $1500-1750 | |
| 1432 | EPH | 1986 $7.50 FULVOUS WHISTLING DUCK MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING STAMP PRINT INVESTMENT HOLDING. 100 prints from limited edition of 16,310. Each numbered and signed by artist Burton E. Moore, Jr. of Charleston SC. Excellent potential for the internet seller as the Duck Hunting community is huge and will certainly gobble these up, don't be a turkey and miss out on this opportunity! VF, Retail and $100 each print or $10,000 in total. | Est. $1500-2000 | |
| 1433 | /PB | WORTHWILE FOUR ALBUM COLLECTION Excellent four volume collection of U.S. plate blocks and singles, Two albums contain plate blocks from the 1930's and 1940's highlighted by a lovely set of Presidential plates including the $5.00 #834, also includes a choice set of Famous American plates #859-893, many 1930 commemorative plate present, along with some nice Airmail plates including a set of C25-C31 plate blocks (C31 w/erasure in selvage), the other two volumes include one National Back Of The Book album with various Officials, Parcel Posts Issues, Duck stamps (mostly used), and a few Possessions (mostly Cuba), The last album is a stockbook containing hundreds of unused U.S. stamps from 231 to 1013, uniformly faulty early issues, the condition gets better as you move into the 1920's issues and up, A diverse selection of albums with some really nice plate blocks. | Est. $1250-1500 | |
| 1434 | | UNITED STATES BACK-OF-BOOK AND POSSESSIONS COLLECTION A modest but useful collection housed in a Scott album comprising scattered First, Second, Third Issue and later Revenues (incl. used R83c, R87c, R98c), Envelope Cut Squares, Telegraph stamps, 1920s-1930s Philatelic Exhibition cinderellas, etc., plus assorted mint OG and used Canal Zone, Cuba, incl. mint E1, E2, J1-4, unused Hawaii postal stationery, incl. UX1-3, UX5-7, UX9, UY1 (toned spots), UY3; Philippines, incl. mint 481 block (1967 PF cert); also espied an 1842 dated stampless cover with red New York pmk, and used United States 1919 6¢/3¢ Shanghai Office Definitive; occasional fault; nevertheless there is plenty of good, useful material here; Viewing advised for full appreciation. | Est. $1200-1600 | |
| 1435 | / | UNITED STATES COLLECTION (1857-1960), WITH MINT FACE Many hundreds of different stamps mounted on home-made pages in a small album, with the vast majority being used and comprising a representative selection of Definitives, Commemoratives, Airmails, Special Delivery issues; includes 1861-1863 2¢, 5¢, 10¢, 12¢, 15¢ Definitives, 1869 2¢-6¢ Pictorials, 1871 7¢ Grilled Banknote, 1873 15¢ Banknote, 1894 1¢-15¢ Columbians, incl. mint OG 15¢ (SE), 1895 $5 Marshall, 1898 50¢ Trans-Mississippi, 1902-1903 Regulars to $1, and others; plus 2 Lighthouse stockbooks and loose stock pages with 1970s-1990s mint NH 13¢-50¢ face sheets, booklet panes, and blocks, incl. several premium issues (total face $840+); occasional minor faults and average through VF centering amongst the used stamps; mint face is nice and fresh; Please be sure to view this very useful lot ! | Est. $1000-2000 | |
| 1436 | | UNITED STATES USED COLLECTION 1861-1965 many hundreds of used stamps mounted in an old Lighthouse hingeless album, the collection begins with a page of the 1861 to 1867 issues to the 90c Washington, the next few pages are well-filled with the Banknote issues, however, not all the stamps are correctly identified by grill, paper or watermark, still many worthwhile stamps including several 30c &: 90c value Banknotes, the 1883 set is complete to the 90c followed by the 1890 set , the 1893 Columbians are complete to the 50c value while the 1894 First Bureaus are complete to the $1 as are the 1898 Trans Mississippi set to the $1 Cattle in Storm, the next several pages are very well-filled with the Washington-Franklin issues and from the mid 1920s to the end the collection is nearly complete, condition is quite mixed on the early issues, still lots of worthwhile Fine-VF stamps with a a very large catalog value. | Est. $1000-1500 | |
| 1437 | / | USED U.S. IN TWO SCHAUBEK ALBUMS 1857 to 1972 stamps and a few covers neatly arranged on pages in jam packed album, including used Columbians to 50c, nice used Washington-Franklins, on up through the 1970's, Second Schaubek album contains mostly unused Commemoratives from 1974 to 1976, Nice collection allowing plenty of room for expansion. | Est. $1000-1500 | |
| 1438 | () | UNITED STATES REVENUE COLLECTION, 1862-1964 Many hundreds of different mint OG, used, and unused Revenues neatly mounted in a Scott Specialty album comprising First, Second, and Third Issues, Documentary, Proprietary, Stock Transfer, Wine, Playing Card, Cigarette Tubes, Tobacco Sale, Potato Tax, Narcotic Tax, Consular Service Fee, Motor Vehicle, Boating Fee stamps, and other issues; includes mint R11-13, RVB1-2; used R32a, R50a, R67a, R6b, R27b pair, R40b pair, R45b, R52b, R57b, R65b, R41c, R51c, R76c, R77c, R79c, R80c, R83c, R86c, R87c, R90c, R94c, R103, R126, R128 cut cancel, RE56, RE57, RE58, RF13a, RL7; occasional minor fault; clean, attractive collection with many useful issues and room for further development; Viewing suggested for full appreciation. | Est. $750-1000 | |
| 1439 | / | UNITED STATES SMALL MINT COLLECTION 1893-1955 several hundred mint stamps arranged on stockpages starting with a selection of Columbians consisting of 4c, 5c, 8c, 10c, 15c and 30c values followed by 1904 3c &: 10c Louisiana Purchase issues, then a smattering of Washington-Franklins, 1920 Pilgrim set, most of the Kansas-Nebraska sets, 1938 $5 Coolidge and pair of 1957 $5 Hamilton, continuing with 3c to 5c commemoratives, the collection ends with a handful of unexploded booklets, much is Fine-VF and NH. | Est. $750-1000 | |
| 1440 | | UNITED STATES USED COLLECTION 1861-1970 two small stockbooks contain several hundred mostly used stamps starting with a selection of 1861 issues including 2c Black Jack, 5c Red Brown Jefferson &: 5c Brown Jefferson, 12c Black Washington with 15c Black Lincoln of 1866, the 1869 set is complete to the 15c value, followed by a selection of Banknotes collected by design type without regard to paper, grill or watermark, 1894 First Bureau issues are complete to $1 while the Columbians and 1901 Pan American set, from this point the collection becomes somewhat scattered with many recent commemoratives, condition is somewhat mixed, though still lots of useful items and a few interesting fancy cancels can be discovered among the Banknotes. | Est. $750-1000 |
U.S. ASSORTMENTS OR GROUPS
| 1441 | | U.S. REVENUE PROOFS MULTIPLES ASSORTMENT. A delightful assortment of large blocks of revenue Proofs presented is a single Harco mint sheet file. Included are #'s R1P4 9x10 block of 90, R2P3 8x3 block of 24 mounted on card, R3P4 6x8 block of 48, R4P4 8x9 block of 72, R5P4 7x9 block of 63, R7P4 5x4 block of 20, R9P4 10x6 block of 60, R11P4 8x10 block of 80, and R13P4 irregular block of 82, All are clean and very fine or better with a Scott catalog value of $21,265.00, wonderful opportunity to acquire an immaculate stock of these popular Proofs at a fraction of their catalog value | Est. $5000-7500 | |
| 1442 | | MASSIVE FANCY CANCEL ASSORTMENT. Thousands of stamps mostly on from 1861 through Banknote issues with largest groups being on 3c Green banknotes and #65, owners retail prices at well over $10,000 with many of the better items priced over $100 each such as several each #68, #71, #76, #77,#83 APS cert,#91PF cert, #95 APS cert, #134,#145, #151, #162, numerous NYFM cancels, several still on lot pages from from at least three different auction houses and several with estimates of $300-$400 for New Orleans fancys, also with #1, #7 and about a dozen covers. A treasure trove for the specialist or dealer, viewing highly recommeded for one to ascertain full value. | Est. $4000-6000 | |
| 1443 | / | USEFUL UNITED STATES MINT GROUP, 1901-1947 A small but diverse and desirable assortment of dozens of mint OG singles, sets, and plate blocks of mostly pre-1940 Definitives and Commemoratives arranged on stock cards and housed inside plastic sleeve mounts affixed to pages, incl. 294-9, 300-13, 479, 547 NH, 548-50, 581-91, 658-79, 692-701, 766a-70a horizontal and vertical gutter pairs, 803-34 (x2), C1-3 (x2), C4-6, C18, K1-16 (K3, K11, and K15 SE), Q6-10; plate blocks of 575-7 NH, 614-16 (5¢ NH), 617-19, 628, 649-50, 740-9, 753, 756-65, 771, 803-31, 859-94, C7-9, C10, C20-2, and others; occasional glazed gum; Shanghai and Parcel Post issues are average-Fine; other issues generally Fine-VF, fresh bright colors throughout; we suspect there are more NH stamps here, though it will take a little work to uncover them; A very worthwhile, profitable group requiring careful viewing for full appreciation. | Est. $2000-3000 | |
| 1444 | | QUALITY GROUP OF USED UNITED STATES Fantastic assortment of over 300 better quality U.S. stamps, from the classics up to Washington Franklins, all neatly arranged on #106 cards, ready to be offered on Ebay, or for the dealer looking to expand his quality used U.S. inventory, Better #'s abound in this desirable lot, including nice examples of #7 and 9, choice #10's with Boston "PAID" cancels, a couple nice 71's, a scarce grilled 95 (faulty), nice selection of Commemoratives including attractive examples of #240, 291, 298, and numerous quality 404's including one GEM example, Regular Issues include an outstanding #310 w/town cancel, a nice group of 311's and 342's, and other "key" Washington Franklin's like #423 and 460, We note a small fault here and there, but mostly a choice assortment of these tough used stamps, A "Must Have" for any show dealer who desires a nice group of selected quality used U.S. that will sell in the $30 to $150 range, Our estimate of $2,000 to $3,000 will prove to be quite conservative. | Est. $2000-3000 | |
| 1445 | / |  | INTERESTING U.S. ACCUMULATION WITH NICE SET OF ZEPPELINS Small box of U.S. material ranging from small boxes containing common used definatives, to several stockbooks containing 100's of used and mint U.S. stamps, a nice assortment of plate blocks including TWO #649 5c Hawaii plates, one very well centered NH, the other LH, The highlight of this accumulation is the outstanding set of Graf Zeppelins, C13-C15 plate number singles, an extremely attractive set, the C13 and C14 being in perfect never hinged condition, the C15 is so very lightly hinged in one tiny spot that it could easily be called NH, There is a decent unused (regummed) $4 Columbian #244 with deep rich color, and a used #523, These are just a few of the 1000's of stamps that you can root through to find the treasure of your choice. | Est. $2000-3000 |
| 1446 | / |  | UNPICKED HIGH QUALITY U.S. LOT Fabulous selection of over 100 items, neatly arranged in stock book, being offered intact as received, A wonderful lot, with mostly mint stamps, many of which should be sent in for grading, highlights include a pristine mint #230 block with PSE cert, also a nice NH 235 with PSE cert, a 253 lightly hinged with PSE cert, plus numerous top quality 295's, a lovely 373 imperf single along with a nice NH block of four, nice Washington-Franklin's, including several top quality 424's and 431's, plus a nice selection of the 1917 perf 11 issue, including 507's, 510, 516's, and 517's NH with PSE cert, A choice group of 1922 Flat Plates, includes lovely #560, 570, and 572, Some top quality 1920's Commems include many nice mint 616's along with a gorgeous 619 block, Nice group of Kansas Nebraska's along with some nice Back Of the Book material including a lovely C2 LH w/PSE cert, Offered intact as received per order of the consignor, A spectacular handpicked group of over 100 top quality stamps that are mostly NH, The lot is topped of nice 6 card proofs of #68P4, 112P4, 116P4, 242P4, and E1P4, Scott catalog value well in excess of $5,500.00+, Worth a close look. | Est. $2000-3000 |
| 1447 | / | USEFUL EARLY U.S. ASSORTMENT. An assortment of predominantly mint issues presented in glassines and on black approval cards. Noted includes a healthy portion of Washington/Franklins (including some plate blocks, imperfs, and coil pairs &: line pairs), assorted Definitive issues (including a variety of coils), Washington Bicentennial plate blocks, Famous American plate blocks, assorted Airmails, Officials, and more. An overall interesting group affording much potential, with a general condition of fine to very fine, the gum sides of the mint being predominantly original gum with a portion of never hinged. | Est. $1500-2500 | |
| 1448 | | UNITED STATES MINT SELECTION 1880s-1930s about 100 better mint stamps each mounted on selection cards, including #205(2), 216, 222, 225-26, 233, 235(2), 237(3), 284, 303, 308, 397 block, 518, 578, &: 616 block, plus a representation of Washington-Franklins &: ending with a few Prexies, condition is a little mixed though majority are Fine-VF, a real profit maker for the eBay seller. | Est. $1250-1500 | |
| 1449 | | UNITED STATES REVENUES AND CINDERELLA GROUP A dealer's interesting assortment of several hundred mostly used stamps arranged on stock pages and in a binder, comprising First and Second Revenues, Documentary, incl. 1940 $10 unoverprinted sheet of 100, Proprietary, Consular Service, Wine, Oleomargarine, and Potato, and Telegraph stamps, a few Revenue stamped checks, and some documents, incl. 1934 and 1990 Firearms Transfer Tax stamps (RY2, RY8 x14) on licenses; mint and used Federal Duck stamps, incl. mint NH pl# blocks of RW39, RW43, RW44, RW45, RW52, RW54, RW57, and unused RW1 SE on small piece, mint and used Massachusetts Waterfowl stamps, mint New Jersey Fish and Game stamps, Washington State Beer in Transit seals (x6), and a set of 4 different US Customs Inspected Baggage booklet panes; plus a small box stuffed with old bank checks, many of which franked with Revenue stamps; and 45 different 1894-1897 mint Puerto Rico Revenue pairs; Cinderellas Include Airmail Etiquettes, photo proofs of Airmail cover cachets, many different Philatelic Exhibit labels, and much more; condition is a bit mixed amongst the Revenues; nevertheless, this is a pleasing lot of good quality, profitable material, well worth a look and an eager bid ! | Est. $1000-2000 | |
| 1450 | | OVER 100+ CHOICE U.S. USED EBAY LOTS Nice group perfect for Ebay, from #26 to E9, this is a handsome assortment of choice used United States stamps, neatly arranged on #106 cards, ready to be scanned and offered on Ebay, highlights include an attractive used #24, 189, 298, 311, 330, 346, and J26, a desirable group selected for centering and eye appeal that would sell for $10 to $50+ per item, Small faults here and there, A great lot deserving a careful look. | Est. $1000-1500 | |
| 1451 | | NICE NEVER HINGED U.S. ASSORTMENT Over 100 nice quality mint United States neatly arranged on #106 cards, from #314 to #701, also including a nice C10a booklet pane/3, and some decent C12's, a quick overall assessment looks like ever stamp is in pristine never hinged condition, The better items include a nice 314 imperf single, multiple examples of #370, a choice 373 imperf pair, a magnificent 538, choice examples of 600 coil pairs and line pairs, and lovely 601-603 line pairs, Each item selected to be an individual lot on Ebay with an estimated value of $10 to $100 per lot, A nice opportunity for the show dealer or Ebay seller alike to acquire a nice holding of QUALITY mint stamps with no stories, as this is a premium assortment of better #'s that won't disappoint. | Est. $1000-1500 | |
| 1452 | / | QUALITY HOLDING OF 70+ U.S. CUT SQUARES Marvelous selection of better U.S. cut squares neatly arranged on #106 cards, ready to be offered on Ebay or for the show dealer looking for a nice assortment of quality #'s for his stock, Better items include an attractive used #U16 with a Cal town cancel, The vast majority is unused, including "key" items such as U71, U88, U105, U204, U211, and UO37 to name just a few, unchecked for varieties, Nice opportunity to acquire a good selection of these desirable issues in the $10 to $200 range, Also included in this lot are a group of over 40 better envelopes and postcards. | Est. $1000-1250 | |
| 1453 | / | BACK OF THE BOOK - 200+ ITEMS READY FOR EBAY Interesting assortment of Back Of The Book Issues, including a nice selection of Duck stamps on License, 17 examples from RW9 to RW36, Large quantity of C37 coils - singles, pairs, and line pairs, Set of used Parcel Post Issues, Various Postage Dues and Official stamps, including numerous "Specimen" overprints, Then there are the Ebay lots, each stamp already on its own individual 106 card, An enormous selection - way over 200+ items, including Special Delivery Issues, Postage Dues, Oficials, Ducks, even a nice group of Match &: Medicine Proofs! Tremendous amount of catalog value, a lot that will yield many choice stamps for the show dealer or Ebay merchant. Well worth a careful look. | Est. $900-1000 | |
| 1454 | | UNITED STATES 2OTH CENTURY STOCKPAGE SELECTION several hundred mint stamps arranged on black stockpages starting with a group of Washington-Franklin booklet panes followed by mint singles such as #206, 279B, 303, 341, then jumping to a handfull of Flat Plate issues including #567-69, continuing with a set of Prexies &: Prexie coils in strips of three, Famous Americans in blocks, followed by a worthwhile Airmail section that includes a C5 block NH, several pages of BOB and especially a few very attractive Parcel Posts such as #Q6,Q8, and Q11 and finally a few pages of used Revenues, definitely worth a look. | Est. $800-1000 | |
| 1455 | / | UNITED STATES MISH-MASH LOT three large cartons of the kind of "stuff" that so many collectors seem to acquire over their lifetime, the first carton is brimming over with tens of thousands of used stamps sorted by issue into glassines, however, the glassines don't seem to be in any order, and then at the bottom of the box there are dozens of school notebooks, each page is reserved for a separate issue and as many as 100 stamps are hinged to each page, the second carton contains mostly "philatelic products" such as a set of Wildlife FDCs and Birds &: Flowers FDCs along with "Signers of the Constitution" and "Waterbirds" and the last box is filled with three shoeboxes of used stamps sorted into glassines along with some new issues from Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau, a fabulous lot for the packetmaker. | Est. $750-1000 | |
| 1456 | | U.S. ASSORTMENT. Very much an old fashioned approval book formed decades ago in Scandinavia with plenty of interesting material and some pleasant surprises esp. in 19th through early 20th century issues, vast majority used starting with , #68 red and black cancels, #69 with blue cork cancel, various Banknotes to 12c with nice variety of cancels, some Columbians to 50c, Trans-Miss 4c, 5c, 10c, 1902/03 range of lower values plus $1(2), Jamestown set plus useful Washington-Franklins, also special deliveries, parcel posts, some Confederate States, etc., viewing highly recommended. | Est. $700-1000 | |
| 1457 | PB | 1920's - 1930's PLATE BLOCKS Hundreds on glassine envelopes, strong in the 1938 Presidential Series #803-831, many in large quantities, nice group of 1920's 2c Red plates, along with an attractive 629 sheet/100, other better items include 565, 611, 627, 628, and 650 plates, along with some Airmail plates, including C7-C8, C19 and C20, Nice Special Deliveries include E15 to E23 plate blocks in quantity, and a huge number of FA1 plates, nice set of Kansas-Nebraska singles, and an attractive set of Famous American plate blocks,Tremendous amount of face value alone in this intersting lot. | Est. $500-750 | |
| 1458 | | NEVER HINGED U.S. ASSORTMENT Fresh lot of 40 mint U.S. stamps, from #230 to 1053, neatly arranged on #106 cards for selling on Ebay or shows, The condition overall is only "Fine", and includes better items such as several #230's, 271, 405b booklet pane/6, 442 and 455 coil pairs, 527 block/4, plus many others, An extremely fresh lot with considerable catalog value considering the substantial never hinged premium that these stamps demand. | Est. $500-600 | |
| 1459 | / | OVER 50+ LOTS READY FOR EBAY, MOSTLY FREAKS AND ERRORS, Nice assortment of over 50 items on 106 cards, each valued at $10 to $50+, ready to be offered on Ebay or Stampwants, including better #'s such as 114, 136, and 504, plus numerous modern imperforate coil pairs, plus some misperfs and oddball color varieties, dry prints, etc, Nice assortment that will sell well on Ebay. | Est. $400-500 | |
| 1460 | EPH | WILKINSBURG PA STAMP CLUB LABELS, well over 10,000 most still in the original packs of 500 to 1000 souvenir sheet sized labels covering the years of 1963 to 1983. Interesting group from an area of growing popularity. | Est. $300-500 |
U.S. ACCUMULATIONS
| 1461 | |  | VALUABLE UNITED STATES HOLDING WITH STRENGTH IN CLASSIC ISSUES A retired dealer's disorganized 19th and 20th Century stock stored in 2 albums, in glassines and envelopes, on pages, and in 2 stockbooks, comprising a startling array of predominantly pre-1940 mint OG, used and unused Definitives (incl. a few EFOs), Commemoratives, S/Ss, Airmail and B-O-B, incl. Revenues, Possessions, and Confederate States, plus a small batch of Postal History, incl. some 1930s-1950s cacheted FDCs, and seven Confederate States covers; includes mint OG 1857 3¢ Type II NH (left straddle margin), 1893 50¢ Columbian, 1895 3¢ block, 1898 1¢ margin inscription block and pl#598 block of 4 NH (both with perf separations), a nice selection of imperf singles, pairs and coils, incl. 1902 2¢ Regular imperf pair, scattered 1¢-10¢ Washington-Franklins and later coils to 1960s, incl. 2 mint NH partial rolls of 1916 1¢ Rotary Coil, 1922 25¢ NH block of 9, $1 NH pl.# block, 1923 7¢ NH (x16), 12¢ NH block of 32, 1925-1926 13¢ NH block of 40 with pl.#, 1926 White Plains S/Ss (x2), 1929 Kansas-Nebraska sets (x2), Farley S/Ss, 1994 NH Recalled Legends sheets in folders (x2), 1918-1923 Airmails, nice 1927 Lindbergh booklet with 2 VF NH panes, 1933 50¢ Zeppelin (x4, 2 NH); unused 1869 1¢ to 12¢ Pictorials, 1893 $1, $4 Columbians; Better mint plate blocks, incl. 1920 Pilgrim to 5¢ NH, 1930s 2¢ Reds, 1932 Washington Bicentennial, 1938 Prexies to $5 NH, 1954 $5 Hamilton, UN 1955 S/S NH; Used 1847 5¢ (x2), 1851 3¢ Orange Brown, 1851 1¢ (Scott 7, 9), 1851 12¢, 1855 10¢ (14, 15), 1857 1¢, 1861-1866 Definitives to 90¢, 1868 2¢ "Z" Grill and several "E" and "F" Grilled issues to 30¢, 1869 Pictorials to 24¢ (except Scott 118), 1870 1¢, 3¢, 7¢, 10¢ Grilled Banknotes, various 1870-1898 Large and Small Banknotes to 90¢, 1893 Columbians to $1, 1898 Trans-Mississippi to 50¢, 1901 Pan-Americans to 10¢, 1926 White Plains S/S, 1929 Kansas-Nebraska set, 1918-1923 Airmails, 1912 Parcel Post to $1, nice selection of 1873-1879 Officials, incl. used (killer cancels) 10¢, 12¢ Agriculture, 1873 24¢ horizontal pair, 12¢ Justice, 30¢ State; mint or used Offices in Shanghai issues to $1 (except 14¢/7¢); Revenues, incl. mint 1934-1987 Federal Ducks (except used 1953, 1965 issues), and more; Postal History includes 1869 6¢ Pictorial on 1870 Maine-Waterford, Ireland cover (ms "Cunard Line Wednesday 25th to Queenstown"), UN 1955 S/S FDC, and Confederate States 1861 5¢ green Davis (Stone 1 x2 covers), 1862 5¢ blue Davis (Stone 2), 10¢ Jefferson (Paterson printing) and 10¢ rose; Possessions are rather scant but include mint Guam 1898 4¢, 6¢, 8¢, 15¢, unused Hawaii 1864-1865 1¢ Numeral (Pl. 6A, Type III); mixed condition amongst the early stamps, many with 2-20+ duplicates, average through Fine-VF centering, and some better; Confederate covers are mostly Fine; with a little work, this stock could yield alot of profitable material; a great opportunity for a fledgling or established Ebay or show dealer; Viewing will surely be time well spent ! | Est. $20000-30000 |
| 1462 | P |  | ESSAY AND PROOF ACCUMULATION Impressive and valuable balance of over 700 items neatly arranged on Scott and Vario album pages; Essays include 16 x Schernikow with nice variety of colors, designs and denominations (Incl 3 x 90c), Danforth, Bald &: Co 11-E12 (x7), proofs incl #40-47 (one set + 21 misc), 1861's (x34), 1869's (x33), Banknotes (100+), incl Trial Colors, (210 x 7), Columbian "short" set on India, misc 1890's (incl 229P4), Postage Dues (2x sets of &:1-7, 2x sets of J22-J28), significant Officials (200+), all Dept's represented, many w/multiple sets, (P3 + P4), Newspapers (50+), excellent Revenues (100+), incl 1st - 3rd Issues, RB's, notable Match + Medicines (30+), also a separate group of uniformly toned plate proofs (60+); Overall quality much better than typically found, especially for a group of this size, some faults including predictable India paper flaws, some thins and creases, numerous sound VF items throughout, JF - EF; Patient viewing mandatory in order to properly evaluate this important and diverse holding. | Est. $20000-25000 |
| 1463 | | SUBSTANTIAL UNITED STATES MINT FACE HOLDING Thousands of mint OG NH 1940s-1990s issues (total face $25,900+) housed in glassines, envelopes, and mint sheet files, many identified by Scott number, and comprising ¸¢-$2.00 denominated Definitives, Commemoratives, S/Ss, miniature sheets, and Airmails, mostly in plate block form, incl. many matched sets, plus abundant complete sheets, complete Booklets, complete and partial Coil rolls (Transportation, 6.3¢ Bell, Musical Instruments), and several uncut press sheets (Arctic Tundra, Legends of the West, Lewis &: Clark, etc.); generally fresh, Fine-VF and better; very clean, useful, and profitable material with many premium issues; Viewing advised for full appreciation. | Est. $18000-20000 | |
| 1464 | |  | ENORMOUS ACCUMULATION OF 1930's - 1940's PLATE BLOCKS &: FDC's Fantastic accumulation contained in 8 large cartons, a real treasure trove of stamps in huge qualities, mostly in plate blocks, The wide ranging accumulation contains 24 albums of stamps, sheets, including a mint sheet file album with well over 200 complete sheets beginning with Scott #702, including #'s 803, up through the 1950's Commemorative Issues, Although there is nothing singularly expensive in this huge hoard of stamps, the vast quantities will really add up to thousands of dollars worth of face value alone, There's a nice Famous American Album each page showing a block of four and a First Day Cover of each issue, There's a 1946 Airmail Album containing more than 17 complete "round robin" sets of C32 plate blocks, There's also a interesting Coronation album for the Queen that's loaded with stamps, Another album contains nice Washington Bicentennial plate blocks, imperforate Parks, and most of the Presidential plate blocks, Several albums contain thousands of used 3 and 4c Commemoratives, Plus a couple of albums chocked full of the 1954 Liberty Series in matched sets of plate blocks, showing all four corner positions, Then there are 14 boxes containing untold numbers of First Day Covers, mostly from the 1940's and 1950's, Then there are are couple of boxes loaded with envelopes, Then there are the 6 huge boxes containing 1000's of 3 and 4c Commemorative plate blocks, We've never seen such a hoard of these numbers, This lot will take a great deal of time to correctly value, so we suggest allowing extra time for viewing, as this lot will surprise you with the amount of face value contained within these 8 large cartons, Any dealer who puts in the necessary time to carefully evaluate this great lot will be richly rewarded. | Est. $8000-10000 |
| 1465 | / |  | VALUABLE UNITED STATES CLASSICS GROUP A very attractive selection, all identified by Scott in GK 102A file cards, with values ranging from $60 to $1750+ for the most part, and consisting of 81 mostly different used issues to 1930, incl. a set of Zepps, with the majority comprising pre-1909 Definitives, incl. 1846 5¢ Provisional (9X1; 1989 APS cert), 1847 5¢ and 10¢ General Issues, 1851/1857 perf and imperf issues, incl. rare 1857 1¢ Franklin type 1a imperf (19; 1986 APS cert), 1861-1866 stamps to 90¢, incl. scarce 24¢ Steel Blue shade (70b; 1981 PF cert), 1869 2¢-30¢ Pictorials, incl. 10¢ horizontal pair (rejoined; 1990 APS cert), 1870-1894 Small and Large Banknotes to 90¢, plus 1893 $1, $2, $3 and $5 Columbians; and a genuine single mint OG example of 1908 5¢ Imperf (315; 1993 APS cert), this being the only mint stamp in the group (and a nice one at that !); other desirable stamps present include Scott 9 showing part of adjacent stamp at right, 15, 16, 17, 22, 25, 28 on small piece with French 1858 receiver cds, 35, 38, 63, 67 with San Francisco Cogwheel cancel, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 78, 78a vertical pair, 78b, 90, 114 double grill, 134, 151, 153, 154 SE, 158 double paper, 165, 166, 190, 191 horizontal strip, 208, 217, 259; occasional fault, average through Extra Fine appearance, several nice cancels; a very agreeable group, filled with many stamps that collectors are looking for; Viewing will be time well spent ! | Est. $7000-10000 |
| 1466 | / | FABULOUS UNPICKED UNITED STATES ACCUMULATON. A tremendous large lot with lots of potential, offered intact as received from the consignor, this unpicked lot contains 8 large albums, 3 cigar boxes, 9 dealer counter books, and 3 stuffed mint sheet files, the highlight of the collection is the small cigar box containing EIGHT COMPLETE COIL ROLLS OF 500, of Scott #'s 496, 597, 598, 600, 602, 604, 605, and 606, these coil rolls alone have a Scott catalog value in excess of $16,000+, all eight rolls have reasonably nice centering, and each roll will certainly yield many "gradable" quality stamps, a wonderful opportunity for the wholesaler to buy these at a small fraction of their catalog value, with a tremendous upside, The other parts of this lot include a large group of sheets and part sheets, including a complete sheet of #300 (without any selvage), 319 block/40, 367 blocks of 40 and 50 respectively, a gorgeous 617 shet/50 (many gradable stamps on this sheet), a nice 644 sheet/50, and a part sheet of C11, Also included in this remarkable lot are 8 large albums and collector stock books containing thousands of inexpensive used stamps from #'s 219 to 958, the other boxes in the lot contain packet material, War Ration booklets, and nicely bundled groups of 230 and 231 neatly tied up with string, the extensive 9 dealer counter books contain many mixed quality stamps, but are strong in several areas, including large numbers of #'s 367's. 370's, 575's, 582's, C7's, and E7's (17 examples), all in fresh unused condition, lots of catalog here, The 3 overstuffed mint sheet files contain numerous interesting issues, including a nice mint #726 sheet/100, (2) 1295 plate blocks, and (5) 577 centerline blocks/64, plus numerous 3c and 5c Commemorative issues, the last mint sheet file is overstuffed with United Nations mint sheets, There are a couple other boxes full of cut squares, and bundled US stamps, plus a large quality of entires, and other miscellaneous issues, Overall an important offering for the wholesaler, As always - careful examination is a must and will certainly realize many buried treasures, Offered intact as received - thus a great lot. | Est. $4000-6000 | |
| 1467 | | THRILLING TROVE OF UNITED STATES STAMPS, COVERS, AND MORE A gasp-inducing dealer's hoard of many thousands of predominantly used 19th and 20th Century stamps and dozens of mostly 20th Century covers, PPCs, and FDCs arranged in 5 binders, on stock pages, in glassines, and in file boxes, offering a broad array of desirables, incl. 3¢ 1851, 1856 Washingtons, 3¢, 15¢ Pictorials, Large and Small Banknotes to 30¢ and other Definitives, Columbians, Trans-Mississippi, Pan-American, Louisiana Purchase and other Commemoratives, Farley S/Ss, Airpost, Special Delivery, Postage Due, Parcel Post, Parcel Post Postage Due, Cut Squares and Entires, 1879 Letter Sheet Essay, Postal Cards, Federal and a few State Duck stamps; a huge stock of hundreds of franked souvenir pages (loose and in 13 binders); about a pound of stamps on paper; plus 1980s 25¢, 29 ¢Officials on single and combination covers (x1000+); and an interesting United Nations item rolled inside a tube; a quick glance revealed many issues with Scott values to $100+, incl. mint OG E2, E6, E7, E8, E9, F1, J24, J25, J66, J66a, O73, O74, U64, U65, U67a, U73, U93, UY4, used 25, 64 VF, 114 (x47), 119, 151, 152, 153, 238, 239, 294-9, 323-7, C1, C2, C4-6, Q1-12, plus used booklet panes, full sheets, and dollar-denominated stamps to $13.65; Covers include 1898 Official Cover with illustrated Widows Pension label on reverse, 1930 Gordon Bennett Balloon Race (x4), 1938 10¢, 18¢ Prexies on Registered cover, Scarce 1940 Poland and Luxembourg Reversed Color on Flags (909c, 912b) pl# blocks on FDCs; United Nations 1956 10¢ Airletter (UC2) folded printer's sheet of 8, uncut and untrimmed without background overlay; and so much more; condition is a little mixed as to be expected; however there is so much good quality, profitable material here that viewing is an absolute must and will surely prove worthwhile; Do not miss this great money-maker ! | Est. $3000-4000 | |
| 1468 | / | UNITED STATES ACCUMULATION small carton containing four small counter books, an old stockbook plus a pile of loose album pages, apparently put together by an aspiring dealer, the album pages represent the bulk of the value and includes mostly better used 19th century issues such as #68(2), 69-70, 73(3), 76, 78, 90, 121, strong section of Banknotes such as #191 &: 218, used Columbians to the 50c, many Washington-Franklins and finally a few mint such as #572-73, the counter books contain a wide variety of material with value concentrated in 19th century issues with some early commemoratives such as used 50c Columbian, and finally the stockbook holds some BOB material including some better Airmail issues such as mint C1-6 plus C46 PB(2), worthwhile items are liberally strewn throughout. | Est. $3000-3500 | |
| 1469 | / |  | THRILLING TREASURE TROVE OF UNITED MINT SHEETS, MISPERFS, AND SINGLES Fantastic "pile" of mint sheets and an even larger "pile" of mint sheets that have been broken into strips of ten, A fantastic offering, OFFERED INTACT - AS RECEIVED, containing over 210 complete mint sheets from the 1940's to 1960's, including a nice selection of higher value Airmail sheets, highlights include a lovely 1341 $1.00 Airlift sheet/50, and an attractive mint C10, the 10c Lindbergh sheet/50 (catalog value $773.00), The collection starts with a large red mint sheet binder containing 54 sheets of mostly 4c and 8c Commemoratives, then there are two overstuffed mint sheet files containing 43 sheets, another huge pile of over 110 sheets in a large container are mostly 3c and 4c Commemoratives, with a couple 1030 sheets (1/2c Franklin) present, Then there is a huge "hoard" of broken sheets that have been broken into strips/10. This is the remnants of what must have been hundreds of mint sheets that have now been broken up into strips/10, with a large face value, This lot will be a money maker for the dealer willing to put in the time to get a correct "count" on the face value, as it must be tremendous, Also included in this fabulous lot are 3 overstuffed 8 1/2 x 11" bags of misperfed and imperforate coil stamps, etc., Also included in the lot are a nice selection of nice quality US, including two nice 116's used, a 260, 398 block/4, 517, 675, 1053, C1, E3, and nice RW73b souvenir sheet/1 with artist's signature, To top off this great lot are over 180+ of the St. Vincent ELVIS INVERTS, an interesting group of six different designs, The dealer who spends the time to closely "figure" this lot will be handsomely rewarded, as this lot is being offered INTACT AS RECEIVED. | Est. $3000-5000 |
| 1470 | / | HUGE ASSORTMENT OF U.S. ISSUES Three albums and a file draw containing thousands of stamps, The best part of this lot is the large stock book containing an assortment of Back Of The Book Issues on Vario pages, including an extremely attractive complete used set of Ducks from RW1 to RW39, no gum early issues, the majority of the set is either hinged or never hinged, Also included in this stock book is a nice selection of Revenue Stamps, Official Stamps, Newspaper Stamps including PR14 w/PSE cert (reperfed and regummed), a large offering of Postage Due issues, and a selection of Bank Checks, Many good items throughout this stock book, One of the other albums in this lot is a White Ace album containing issues from 1931 to 1954 including unused sets of 692-701, 803-834, and 1030-1053, Also, a small black stock book with numerous stamps throughout, And finally a file draw loaded with hundreds of plate blocks from 324 // 999, including a nice unused 324 bottom plate block/4, a nice group of 2c Red plates, some Washington Bicentennial Issues, and a few Famous American Issues to go along with a load of 3c Commemorative plate blocks - all neatly numbered in glassine envelopes. A diverse lot with many hidden GEMS, the value in the lot should be in the expansive B.O.B. stock book that contains the unused set of Ducks. | Est. $3000-5000 | |
| 1471 | / | UNITED STATES OLD TYME ACCUMULATION the main collection is housed in old Scott Specialized album containing a wide variety of mostly older used stamps including a handful of better such as #240 as well as lower value Columbians, also includes a pile of loose album pages with further goodies such as used #218, 261, 311, 313, and 342, followed by a tattered old stockbook filled with many hundreds of inexpensive19th century issues arranged by color varieties, though mostly hundreds of cancels including some unusual fancy cancels such as Stars, Windmill, Snowflakes, Pinwheels, Maltese Crosses, numerals and letters, a closer look at these will almost certainly be rewarded, and finally another old stockbook is filled to overflowing with used Bureau issues and Washington-Franklins, real value lurks in every corner of this carton. | Est. $2500-3500 | |
| 1472 | | UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS/ACCUMULATION A thrilling hoard of many thousands of mint OG and used stamps comprising 19th and 20th Century Definitives, Commemoratives, a few Farley S/Ss, Airmails, and B-O-B, plus a small but useful amount of Possessions, mounted in 10 albums (incl. 3 Scott Nationals), with loads of duplicates in few small stockbooks, envelopes, and glassines, plus a nice grouping of postal history, and old PPCs; we espied mint 1901 10¢ Pan American, 1907 5¢ Jamestown, 1920 Pilgrim Tercentenary set, mint face (about $100), incl. some premium issues, Canal Zone Scott 6, 7, 120-35, C15-20; used US 1856//1866 1¢, 2¢, 5¢, 24¢ (x3), 1869 2¢, 6¢ Pictorials, scattered 1870//1888 Small (to 90¢) and Large (to 30¢) Banknotes, incl. NY foreign mail and other fancy cancels, 1894 Columbians to 15¢, 1898 Trans-Mississippi to 10¢, 1918-1923 Airmails, 1929 Kansas-Nebraska sets, 1933 50¢ Zeppelin, Perfins, plentiful B-O-B, incl. 12 different mint or used 1934//1965 Federal Ducks (RW1unused, SE), Officials, and much more; amongst the postal history are a front and back illustrated commercial cover (Etna Laboratory, Maker of Fireworks) franked with 3¢ 1851 Definitive, a few unused Colombian Expo PPCs, about 1000 US and foreign cacheted Space covers of various missions (Mercury, Apollo, Rockets, Skylab, Shuttles, etc.), plus several FDCs, First Flights, and unused postal stationery; mixed condition; nevertheless this trove will provide many hours of fun and yield plenty of good, useful material; Viewing will take some work but will prove worthwhile and elicit a hearty bid ! | Est. $2000-4000 | |
| 1473 | / | UNITED STATES ACCUMULATION An interesting aggregation of mint OG and used 1851-1950s issues with some scattered later mint stamps in 2 White Ace albums, a Marini hingeless album and on loose pages; the content predominantly consists of pre-1940 issues, incl. mint 1898 Trans-Mississippi 4¢ NH, 1901 Pan-Americans to 10¢ (1¢, 5¢ NH), 1920 Pilgrim Tercentenary NH, 1922-1925 $1-$5 Definitives, 1923 2¢ perf 11x10 NH (2006 APS cert), 1931 Regulars to 50¢ NH, mint and unused Farley S/Ss and imperf National Parks line blocks to 10¢; used 1860 24¢Definitive, 1869 12¢, 15¢ Pictorial, various Large Banknotes to 30¢, 1890-1893 Small Banknotes to 90¢, 1893 Columbians to 50¢, 1901 Pan-Americans to 10¢, 1918-1923 Airmails, several Offices in Shanghai issues, numerous Postage Dues, Officials, Newspaper stamps, Revenues, used and unused Confederate States 1862 5¢ blue Davis Definitives (both with 2006 APS certs), and much more; condition is somewhat mixed amongst the used stamps; centering ranges from average through VF throughout, and there is likely more mint NH than we had time to uncover; Overall, a very agreeable and useful grouping; Lots of value and profit potential here, so be sure to view carefully ! | Est. $2000-3000 | |
| 1474 | | 22C FLAG OVER CAPITAL, ERROR BOOKLET HOARD, 1985, Scott#BK 144, unprinted booklet pane of five, 400 complete booklets but completely blank panes (#2116a) and covers, missing all colors! Likely printers waste but a quite unusual item and the first that we have seen of this. Retail should easily be $50 and up per booklet. Excellent for retail or internet dealer. Total retail exceeds $20,000. Very Fine. | Est. $2000-3000 | |
| 1475 | | UNITED STATES MINT, 1930 to 1970. Mint accumulation in two sheet albums and numerous files, folders or boxes. Noted are sheets from 1938 to 1944 including #906(2) and Overrun COuntries complete, also a run of plate blocks including #832-834 and Famous Americans, face value on the balance is over $1,300, mostly never hinged, Fine to Very Fine. | Est. $2000-3000 | |
| 1476 | / | UNITED STATES ACCUMULATION carton filled to bursting with two old albums, two shoeboxes, bundleware and old envelopes, both albums contain collections of used stamps, the first of these is a Scott National with value concentrated in 19th century issues, notabley #71-72, 75-76, 96, 118, 313 and Columbians to the 50c value, the collection continues through the Washington-Franklins as well as the Flat Plate issues and ends with commemoratives of the 1940s, the first shoebox contains a wide variety of covers with about 1/2 being FDCs of the 1930s through 1950s including some better cachets, the other shoebox contains glassines of mostly used stamps, however, the few envelopes of mint include some better such as #235, 307(2), 399-400, 518(2) and C4-6 plus much more, an intensive examination could easily reveal additional worthwhile items. From the "Excalibur" estate." | Est. $1500-2000 | |
| 1477 | | 22C FLAG OVER CAPITAL, ERROR BOOKLET HOLDING, Scott #BK 144, 100 complete booklets, variety with unprinted booklet pane of five (#2116a), covers with fully printed colors but the panes are lacking all of the colors! Likely printers waste but a quite unusual item and the first that we have seen of this. Retail should easily be $75 an up per booklet. Excellent for retail or internet dealer. Total retail exceeds $7,500 Very Fine. | Est. $1500-2000 | |
| 1478 | | UNITED STATES ACCUMULATION. Jumble of mostly mint roughly sorted into dealer approval pages. The strength of the late arrival appears to be in the face with numerous dollar values, booklets and panes and coils including strip of 5 of #2136a. There also can be found seals, labels, revenues, a range of mostly used 19th century and a couple confederates. Condition can be mixed so careful viewing is a must. | Est. $1500-2000 | |
| 1479 | PB | UNITED STATES PLATE BLOCK ACCUMULATION, 1920s-40s approximately 120 plate blocks in the $20 to $50 range with some blocks, starting with dozens of 2c Reds, some Prexies and Famous Americans, also some scattered back of book, including airmails and parcel post of the period, mostly mint with some NH, Fine-VF, recommended for the plate block dealer. | Est. $1000-1500 | |
| 1480 | | MOSTLY UNITED STATES SMEAR IN 3 LARGE BOXES, do not be put off by the fact that the majority of the bulk here is 50 to 55 pounds of loose, almost all United States on paper. There are sections that will keep the avid treasure hunter busy for awhile as well as a bit of useful United States postal stationary. | Est. $200-300 |
U.S. STOCKS
| 1481 | | VALUABLE UNITED STATES STOCK retired dealer's powerful 19th &: 20 Century stock (1856-1980s) arranged on stock cards and in a stockbook, and loaded with desirable stamps and plentiful early OG and NH issues comprising mint OG and used Definitives, Commemoratives, booklets, good 1920s-1930s plate blocks, private vending coils, EFOs, Airpost, and desirable B-O-B; includes mint OG 24, 26 block (2 stamps NH), 26a, 38, 63, 65, 68, 78b, 112, 113 (2006 PSE cert), 117, 123, 133, 156, 159, 183, 187, 206, 207, 210 NH, 212, 213 NH, 214 NH, 217, 220 x2 NH, 223Pb NH, 228, 229, 232 block NH, 233 x2, 234 block, 238 x3, 239 NH, 240 x3, 241 x4, 256 pair NH, 259, 261 fine, 261A average, 263 average, 286 NH, 287, 290 NH, 298 block, 301a, 302 NH, 319g NH, 320a center line block, 325, 326, 341, 362, 367 pl. # block NH, 368 Brinkerhoff coil pair, 369 x6, 381 block NH, 402 NH, 401-4, 404 NH, 422, 461, 476, 479, 500, 519, 523, 524, 532 block, 538a block NH, 547, 570 block NH, 573 x3 NH, 579 block (3 stamps NH), 634A x3 NH, 657 pl. # block NH, 658-79, 704-15 pl. # blocks NH, 834 center line block NH, many 1943-4 Overrun Nations reversed printing singles, pl. # blocks (some with PF certs) 1053 pl. # block NH; 2283d NH, 2595d, 2870 x7 (4 w/envelope), 3138 x10, 3091-5b (10 positions), C4-6 NH, C10a NH, C13-15 x2, C13 x3, C14 x3, C18 x15 (6 NH) &: block (2 stamps NH), E3 x2, E8, E9, F1 NH, J88 pl. # block NH, K4, K13, Q10 NH, JQ4 x4 (1 NH), RW1, RW6, BK111, BK112, BK270 x2, BKC15; United Nations 38 x10 NH, C3a NH; unused 11, 24, 72, 75, 94, 92a, 99, 112, 114 x4, 148, 150, 178, 188, 241; used 9, 10, 12, 15 x2, 17 pair, 32, 36 pair x3, 63 strip, 67, 67a, 68, 69, 71 x3, 72 x9, 73 x2, 75 x2, 76 x2, 78b, 86, 89, 90 x2, 92a, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101 x2, 113 x3, 114 block, 116, 118 x2, 119 x4, 120, 121, 122 x5, 134, 137 (2004 PF cert), 147, 151, 153 x2, 155 x2, 158 double paper (2005 PSE cert), 162, 191, 208, 209b, 241 x3, 242 x3, 245, 276A x2, 277 x3, 278 x2, 291 x3, 292, 294-9 x4, 312 x3, 323-7, 373 block, 342, 401-4, 524 block, 658-79, 2211a strip, C1-6, C18 x6, J20 x2, O100, JQ4 block, R101c; and some Possessions, incl. mint OG Canal Zone 4-8, 18b, 46, 120-35, C2 block NH; Hawaii O1-6; Philippines 214b NH, 445 NH, J5 NH; used Canal Zone 11a, 12b, 66, CO8-12; occasional minor fault, partial or disturbed OG amongst the classics; average through XF centering throughout; Scott value is well over $160K; indeed, a fabulous retail stock; careful viewing a must to appreciate its scope, quality, and lucrative potential ! | Est. $35000-45000 | |
| 1482 | / |  | PROMINANT SHOW DEALER'S HALF PRICE BOXES Fabulous U.S. inventory of hundreds of nice looking U.S. stamps on half price pages, Total marked retail in in excess of $90,000.00, highlights include nice looking examples of 241 and 312, A tremendous opportunity for the show dealer to acquire a ready made inventory of nice appearing stamps that you can put out at stamp shows and make money immediately, The works already done, Each stamp is correctly identified and priced to sell at half the marked suggested retail price, With a marked retail of over $90,000.00, the net proceeds would be approximately $45,000.00 if everything sold at half price, A wonderful opportunity to buy a substaintail inventory at a low percentage of retail, All stamps housed in 8 half price boxes which fit neatly into their "Bouno" case for easy tranport to shows, small faults are to be expected on a huge lot of this size, inspection is greatly recommended. | Est. $16000-20000 |
| 1483 | | POWERFUL UNITED STATES MINT SHEET STOCK, 1925-2004 A dealer's huge stock of many hundreds of mint OG NH ¸¢-60¢ denominated sheets, comprising Definitives, Commemoratives, Semi-Postals, and Airmails, most identified by Scott, with strength from 1935 onward, and 1-20+ duplicates each, all housed in 17 mint sheet binders, many of which are filled beyond capacity; premium sheets abound, incl. 582, 634, 703, 733, 743, 790-4, 1238a, 1254a-7a, 1267a, 1331-2, 1381, 1818, 1822, 1858, 1862a, 1927, 1933, 1953-2002 bulls-eye and line perfs, 2016, 2046, 2111, 2138-41, 2155-8, 2277, 2286, 2335, 2361, 2445-8, 2517, 2647-96, 2998, C98a, C101-4, C105-8, C109-12, C122-5, and QE1; also, a smattering of 1950s-1960s pre-canceled sheets, and Canal Zone and Micronesia sheets; just a handful of sheets have separated perfs or selvage faults; however, all stamps are fresh, NH, Fine-Very Fine; face value is unknown, but given the quantity of sheets here, it is undisputedly as huge as the stock, so be sure to spend time viewing this, profitable, quality holding ! | Est. $10000-20000 | |
| 1484 | | TREMENDOUS UNITED STATES MINT STOCK, 1864-2005 A dealer's awesome stock of many thousands of mint OG NH stamps arranged on stock pages in 36 binders, comprising Definitives, Commemoratives, Coils, Booklets, Panes, Farley S/Ss, miniature sheets, with duplicates of 1-100+ each, plus a small grouping of mint UN, Palau, and Marshall Islands, and predominantly mint Canal Zone, Puerto Rico, Philippines, and Ryukyu Islands, all housed in 34 binders; contains scattered, mixed mint and NH OG and unused issues to 1920s, incl. mint 147, 152, 210 NH, 211, 212, 214, 217, 222, 225, 231c, 271, 273, 288, 304, 305, 308, 326, 378, 428, 514, 518, 548-50, 570 NH, 571 NH, 600, 614-16 NH, 617-19 NH, 664 NH, 667 block NH, 678 block NH, 679 Hastings Neb precancel NH; unused 65, 161, 182, 189, 235, and many more; then extremely solid and plentiful ¸¢-$13.65 denominated mint NH face issues from late 1930s onward, loaded with premium issues, incl. 730-1, 735, 766-7, 1053 pl# block, 3409-13, and others; also, United Nations 38 (x5; 3 NH) and FDC; and Canal Zone 71e, 84d, 117b; a few 19th and early 20th Century issues have average centering, part OG or small faults; the rest is generally sound, fresh, Fine-Very Fine throughout; great retail material for a show or Ebay dealer; Time spent poring over this huge, quality attention-holding stock is an absolute must, and will prove very worthwhile ! | Est. $10000-20000 | |
| 1485 | | ROBUST UNITED STATES MINT FACE SHEET STOCK Hundreds of complete 5¢-50¢ sheets, miniature sheets, and S/Ss comprising Definitives, Commemoratives, Semi-Postals, and Airpost, spanning 1960s through 2005, with the vast majority from 1991 onward; premium issues abound, incl. 1994 recalled "Legends of the West" sheets x 5 (3 of which in original folder) and a sheet of 120 of the revised sheet; plus 5 sheets of 120 of 1997 Classic American Aircraft, and sheet of 4 panes of 2001 Pan-American Expo Invert Centenary; generally fresh and Very Fine; fantastic retail potential, loaded with sheets in demand; Carefully viewing will surely prove worthwhile ! | Est. $6000-8000 | |
| 1486 | | PLENTIFUL UNITED STATES MINT FACE STOCK, 1910-2003 An impressive, unorganized holding of many thousands of mint OG NH stamps on USPO pages, and in glassines, housed in folders and in 9 file boxes; most identified by Scott; begins with a small group of 1910-1916 1¢, 2¢, 5¢ Washington- Franklin coil pairs (383, 441, 442, 458), and continues with strength from 1926 to 1980s comprising Definitives; Pre-Cancels; Coil singles, pairs, line pairs (incl. 656 x 5), and strips; Commemoratives; S/Ss (except 630); Airpost; Special Delivery; Certified Mail; Postage Due; Parcel Post; and Officials; denominations range from 1/2¢-$1.00, with duplicates ranging from a few to 50+ each; plate blocks and premium stamps aplenty; generally fresh, Fine-Very Fine; Time spent examining this profitable stock will certainly prove worthwhile ! | Est. $4000-6000 | |
| 1487 | | BOUNTIFUL UNITED STATES BOOKLET STOCK, 1914-2004 Substantial stock of 4000+ complete booklets comprising regulars and self-adhesives and 2000+ panes, most in glassines, and all housed in 9 file boxes and 5 binders; most identified by Scott number, with duplicates mainly ranging from 2 to 50+ each (except 1997) Bugs x100+, 1198 Tweety x150+, and 1999 Daffy Duck x300+; especially strong coverage from 1962 onward; however, several sought-after earlier booklets are present, incl. BK42, BK54 x2, BK55, BK56 x3, BK75 x3, BK79 x2, BK82; later desirables espied include BK84 x2, BK111, BK142 (pl #16 x2, #19, #24), BK149 x2, 3138c, 3306 top sheet of 60 (x5), and many, many more; Generally very fresh, average through Very Fine centering; careful viewing of this clean, quality, profitable holding is essential for full appreciation of its scope and content. | Est. $4000-6000 | |
| 1488 | | HEARTY UNITED STATES MINT PLATE BLOCK STOCK, 1929-2001 Thousands of mint OG NH ¸¢-$13.65 denominated plate # blocks, with strength in 1940s-1960s issues, comprising Definitives, Commemoratives, and Airmails packed in glassines housed in 9 file boxes, and arranged on stock pages in a binder; duplicates range from 1 to 100+ each; loads of premium plate blocks throughout, incl. 694, 893, 1290b, C7, and many others; substantial face value, and many desirable matched sets are likely within; generally fresh, Fine-Very Fine; excellent retail potential, so make time to view ! ECV $4000-$5000 MM | Est. $4000-5000 | |
| 1489 | | ABUNDANT UNITED STATES MINT SHEET AND SOUVENIR SHEET STOCK Group of 27 Post Office packs of 100 sheets, half of which are opened and some sheets removed, comprising mint OG NH issues, incl. 1965 SIPEX (x5 packs), 1976 13¢ Bicentennial, 1992 Rooster New Year (x4 packs), 1996 Cycling (x6 packs), 1999 Rabbit New Year, 2001 Lucille Ball, 2001 Pan American Inverts, 2002 Hawaiian Missionary (x2 packs), and 2004 Cloudscapes; generally fresh, Very Fine; popular and profitable material (Face: about $5300); Be sure to view this money-maker ! | Est. $4000-5000 | |
| 1490 | / |  | U.S. DEALER STOCK ON 101 CARDS Over 375 United States stamps, neatly arranged in order on 101 cards in a pretty wooden red box, Owner described each stamp w/accompanying Scott catalog value of over $53,000.00 if the stamps were correctly ID'd, Although most of the material is correctly identified, there are numerous mistakes that have an impact on the catalog value (it lowers it substantially), Errors such as used #10's are actually 11's, a unused no gum #25 is actually a #26, a 114 ungrilled variety is actually a 114 w/a pressed out grill, 477 scarce perf 10 unwatermarked is actually a 517 reperfed on all four sides, 534B used is a 528B w/the perforations cut off on all sides, 537a deep red violet shade is actually the normal violet shade, A unused E10 is actualy a E11 reperfed on all four sides, plus many counterfeit Local stamps that are too numerous to mention that are inventoried as genuine, Even with these misgivings, this lot is still an attractive offering for the Ebay dealer or show dealer, as 90% of the stamps themselves are correctly cataloged and correctly identified, such as as excellent group of 1867 griled issues #86 to 98 that would sell well on Ebay, faults present throughout, a very pleasing group of 1869 Pictorials, and even a nice C24 plate block, Carful examination is an absolute neccessity on this lot in order to separate the saleable material from the "other" stuff. | Est. $4000-5000 |
| 1491 | | UNITED STATES DEALERS MINT STOCK 1870-1950 approximately 100 mint stamps presented on selection cards, virtually every stamp catalogs over $25 up to about $250, for example, we noted a worthwhile section of Banknotes such as #206(3), 207(4), 209(2), 210-11, 214(3), 216(3), 219D, 221-25, 227, then continuing with a sample of Columbians such as #232(3), 234(7), 235, 236(5), and 237-38, followed by a strong section of Bureau issues such as 255, 272-73 and 282-83, the 20th century issues begin with 302-03(2) and 307, followed by 399 and 402(2), the Washington-Frankins are well represented especially with a group of coil pairs, also includes a smattering of Flat Plates and rotary press issues of the 1920s, a #1053 rounds out this section and finally there are a few BOB items with a handful of airmail and officials, although condition is a little mixed, majority are useful and Fine-VF, a fabulous group for the bourse dealer or eBay seller. | Est. $2500-3000 | |
| 1492 | | UNITED STATES USED STOCK, 1851-2002 thousands of stamps neatly arranged in 15 stockbooks comprising Definitives, Commemoratives, Airmails and other B-O-B, incl. scattered 1861-1866 issues to 30¢, 1869 Pictorials to 10¢, large 1870-1889 Banknotes to 30¢, small 1890-1899 Banknotes, 1894 Columbians to 15¢, 1898 Trans-Mississippi to 10¢, 1902-1903 Regulars to 50¢, Washington-Franklins to $2, 1903 1¢-10¢ Louisiana Purchase, 1907 1¢-5¢ Jamestown, 1913 1¢-10¢ Panama-Pacific, 1920 1¢-5¢ Pilgrim Tercentenary, 1922-1929 pre-canceled Regulars to $1, and much more; rather mixed condition, especially amongst the classic period issues; nevertheless, a very useful stock with plenty of profitable material; Viewing essential for full appreciation of the potential afforded here ! | Est. $1500-2500 | |
| 1493 | / | UNITED STATES SMALL DEALERS STOCK several hundred mostly mint stamps housed in two counter books plus one large stockbook, virtually all the value is concentrated in 20th century issues with only a handful of used 19th century issues, better items include plate blocks of #611(2), 682, 688 and 724-25, other better include mint #614-16(3) and 617-19(3), other interesting material includes scattered Farleys, a smattering of Washington/Franklins, a few Flat Plate issues, more Rotary Press and lots of 2c Reds, worthwhile group for an eBay seller. | Est. $1200-1500 | |
| 1494 | | UNITED STATES MINT 20TH CENTURY STOCK approximately 50 selection cards of mostly mint singles from about 1900 to 1940, also includes a variety of blocks and coil pairs, the group begins with #286(3), 319 plate strip of three, and 324(3), followed by a strong section of Washington-Franklins including 497 LP, 508 blocks of four(3 NH), continuing with the Flat Plate issues such as #571, then Rotary Press printings including 578(3), 600 LP(5), 603 LP (3) and 723 LP(3), ending with a handful of Farley blocks, also includes a smattering of BOB issues such as C5 NH, a few postage dues and E7 pair, a very worthwhile selection of Fine-VF material well suited for retail sales. | Est. $1000-1500 |
U.S. COVERS AND POSTAL HISTORY
| 1495 | |  | U.S. PREMIUM COVER ASSORTMENT- PRIMARILY ADVERTISING. Well over 900 covers or cards including primarily from Stampless period to about 1910 from major collection with emphasis on Illustrated Advertising, many different colors are included as well as scattered multicolor. The subject areas run the full range of topics from Hotel, Guns, Poultry, Cameos, Shoes, Agricultural, Watches, Tools, Furniture, Food, Medical, Coins, Stamps, Billiards, Building Supplies, Luggae, Flags, Seeds, Flour, Newspapers, etc. A spectacular large holding which is sure to please, a thorough examination should be a pleasuable experience. | Est. $14000-18000 |
| 1496 | | MASSIVE UNITED STATES COVER ACCUMULATION. amassed in four cartons. Including a wide range of postal history from all eras. Some of the stronger areas appear to be 500++ with Bank Notes, over 400 from 1890's to 1915, hundreds of Washington Franklins. Others include groupings of 50-200 each with1869 issue, Columbians, 1851-61 isuue or Stampless. Interesting small group of 18550-1860's Ladies embossed envelopes, 100+ Canal Zone covers and a plate marking &: SOTN collection in 3 binders. Last but also of interest are many hundreds to thousands of unsorted later period covers. Great for ny collector or dealer for those long winter nights and an EBAY hoard for months of work. | Est. $6000-8000 | |
| 1497 | | MASSIVE POSTAL HISTORY ASSEMBLEDGE. includes well over 2300 covers, majority of which are stampless. Also includes two small books, one of 30+ Confederate covers including usages from South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia and one with over 30 used Western Express covers including Wells Fargo, with handstamps including Jenny Lind, Chico and scarce Collinsville, a few Bambers or Pacific Union Express franks. The covers were purchased over a 20-30+ year period and are intact as they came with original lot descriptions included. The stampless which number in excess of 2200 mostly folded letters are from numerous states with some ship mail and transatlantics. This grouping is an unsearched treasure trove for those cold winter nights, some faults as normal in holding this voluminous and viewing recommended to fully appreciate, a chance for someone with time to break down sell and make a tidy profit or to just spend years reading the lettters. | Est. $6000-10000 | |
| 1498 | | COLLECTOR'S POSTAL HISTORY HOARD. Nearly 1000 covers, all in protective sleeves with owners VERY conservative prices ranging from $5 to over $100 each. Majority of the material is State DPOs though there is a tremendous amount of cross over. Items noticed include Egeria Colorado, Walla Walla Washington Patriotic, Georgetown DC with strip/3 #24, several Oregon DPOs, N.O. Pauly's Express (toned and unused), many stampless, Advertising, Fancys, Registered, Fry Oklahoma Territory, Red Summerville Georgia County postmark, River Portal Colorado, Arizona DPOs, 1871 Plainsburg Cal mss., 1869 Todd's Valley Cal mss., 1860's Cottonwood Springs Neb, Jewell Centre Kan (8 year DPO), the majority appears to be from Eastern and Mid-Western states with larger showings of Connecticut, Maryland, Ohio, Massachusetts, Missouri, Kansas, New Hampshire, Virginia and Wisconsin noticed among others. Owners marked prices total over $17,000. This is a spectacular opportunity for a dealer with the time to go through it completely and take the time to reprice the many overly cheaply priced covers from collector's 30 years of pickings. | Est. $4000-8000 | |
| 1499 | | WELLS FARGO AND EXPRESS COVERS. Thirty-eight entires with many scarce well struck handstamps, includes Langtons Downievilleon Star Die, couple each Bambers, Pacific Union, Greenhood &: Newbauer, a Northern Pacific and numerous Wells Fargos. Some of the early Western towns represented include Camptonville, Weaverville, Santa Barbara, Shasta, Visalia, Giroy, Marysville, Jackson, Dixon, Greewood, Petaluma, Chico, Portland OR, Unionville NV. Nice group of this early western mail service. | Est. $2000-3000 | |
| 1500 | | UNITED STATES COVER ACCUMULATION 1828-1950 about 200 items from stampless to 1950 Liberty issues, starting with a handful of stampless including an 1828 "WASHn CITY" cancel from the Assistant Postmaster General as well as an 1846 "Marion I.T." manuscript cancel, followed by a few 1857 issues, a Black Jack usage, several 1869 covers including #112, 113 and 114(20), the 19th century issues are completed by a section of 1895 issues on cover to Europe while the 20th century starts with a group of seven picture postcards with "St Louis World's Fair" cancels including two cards featuring "Black Americana," followed by an interesting section of Prexie and Liberty issues on cover, other small groups include some advertising covers such as a 1959 Coca Cola ad from Ukiah CA, a "Black Bear" from Yellowstone Park, an attractive 1909 "Dixon Pencil" multi-color ad, and then finally a group of unusual usages such as postage dues, official seals, certified mail, "Return to Sender," and forwarded mail, many items in the $50 to $100 range, almost something for every cover collector. | Est. $1500-2000 | |
| 1501 | | INTERESTING AND UNUSUAL IMAGES COVERS. Includes diverse assortment of over 100 covers and cards, usages include with #10, #113(2), JQ1, F1, #61 on 1862 printed circular, Nesbitt entires used from the South, Illustrated Advertising covers, Stampless, Fancy cancels, Navy and Interior Department Official entires, penalty cards, private perf covers, Philadelphia Railroad straight line, also includes five ca.1860's photos on small cards with revenue stamps on reverse. A nice group for searching with many usual usages and postmarks. | Est. $1200-1800 | |
| 1502 | | TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL ADVERTISING COVERS. Over 50 mostly illustrated with a nice mix between Cigar, Chewing Tobacco, Beer, Wine and Liquors, a couple food related also included, colors include Red, Blue, Orange and Gold, several overall, a complete | Est. $1000-1500 | |
| 1503 | | PATENT MEDICINE AND DRUG RELATED ADVERTISING COVERS. Over sixty covers from 1850's-1910, few later with most being nineteenth century, most all are illustrated though a couple of the earliest are not. Some of the companies represented include D. Jayne &: Son, J.B. Wilder, J.E. Ayer, Syracuse College of Medicine, Mudavia, B.D. Baldwin, Rubiform (Dental), Cuticura Skin, Merchants Gargling Oil, Celery Medicine Co, Browns Pharmacy, Dr. J.H. McLean, Root-Tea-Na Hrb Co, Hood's, Dana Sasparilla Co, Dr. T.S. McNeil's, etc, many include enclosures, a spectacular grouping of this popular area. | Est. $1000-1500 | |
| 1504 | EPH | COVER DEALERS ODD AND UNUSUAL STOCK BALANCE. Mostly First Day related in numerous boxes and flats, a very unusual grouping of First Day covers, numerous Souvenir Sheets including Presidentials with some signed by President Jimmy Carter, Bicentenials, Columbians etc. Also nice grouping of Gold Foil FDCs, State Flags,Birds and Flowers, Airmail FDCs, First Ladies, Norman Rockwell collection, numerous binders of various collector society collections. BEP cards are plentiful from early 1970's to more recent with strength in Currency related ones. There are US mint years sets, Franklin Mint coin sets. Unusual reference material includes 1889 Charleston &: US Philatelists, 1890 Western Philatelist. Many Airmail reference books with new "Pacific Pioneers" by Krupnick and a set of the "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships", a large group of 1986 Ameripex Show Catalogs, two massive bound editions of the London Times for 1824 and 1828, several framed items are also present with a Wells Fargo bearing two different used Wells Fargo covers and 1860' &: 1880's signed Wells Fargo Gold receipts, some foreign material also present. There is too much to fully mention and if it was large or on a large envelope it is here so viewing will be very beneficial. | Est. $1000-2000 | |
| 1505 | | ONE CENT 1851-57 COVERS. Seventeen covers one with three singles rest are single franked, includes #7,9,24, several are on printed circulars, includes wrapper usage and drop rates, postmarks include from Milwaukee, Chicago, Boston, Balto, New York, Troy, Wharehouse Point CT, Mobile, Sheldrake NY, also one nice overall illustrated hotel advertising, great group for plating. Very clean. | Est. $750-1000 | |
| 1506 | | COMMEMORATIVE AND EXPOSITION COVERS. Over 75 mostly Columbian with several Trans-Miss(to 10c) and Pan American. Large percentage with illustrated advertising, few Expo Station or slogan postmarks, few Postage Due usages, fancy cancels, registered, foreign destinations etc. many with individual values over $75. Must be viewed for full appreciation. with individual | Est. $600-800 | |
| 1507 | | UNITED STATES COVER ASSORTMENT 1880-1945 about 65 covers arranged on album pages, virtually every item addressed to Germany, including Registered covers, picture post cards, postal cards, entires, World's Fair, flight covers and even a few Zeppelin covers, the collection begins with two 1880s covers franked with 5c US Grant followed by two Registered covers franked with first Bureau issues, we also noted an interesting postal card with an 1894 "Denver &: Ft Worth RPO" CDS, also an interesting section of 1893-94 Columbian entires and stamps used on cover to Kiel Germany, among these the most interesting is a large cover franked with 1c &: 4c Columbians as well as 1c, 8c &: 10c Trans-Mississippi issues to Kiel, the two best covers in the entire collection are Multi-colored Expostion envelopes with the first a 1903 Pan American Expo and the other a 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, the collection ends with a section of Airmail stamps and covers including a 1933 50c Baby Zeppelin cover along with a few other Zeppelin covers franked with regular airmail stamps, much useful material in the $25 to $50 range. | Est. $500-750 | |
| 1508 | | UNITED STATES COVER ACCUMULATION nearly 200 items arranged in two cover albums including many items in the $25 to $50 range with some higher, for example the first album starts with 1900 All-over Patriotic Flag envelope franked with 5c Grant, the other item on the first page is an 1890 postal card from Hawaii (UX7) sent from Lihue to Germany, this volume continues with a significant section of mostly used postal stationery expecially from the 1890s to about 1920 including several 1893 Columbian entires, some with additional stamps to pay for Registration fees as well as a few postage due covers, also of special interest is an 1890 1c newspaper wrapper with additional 2c Trans-Mississippi addressed to Germany, the remaining pages are mostly used postal cards of the period, the next album is mostly more recent material including some modern FDCs, however, the best item in this volume is a 1904 Registered entire with San Francisco Registration label addressed to Tsingtau China, altogether, a real money maker with lots of retail potential. | Est. $500-750 | |
| 1509 | | WESTERN AND TERRITORIAL COVERS AND CARDS. Over 45 with all far Western States represented, numerous Territorials, Idaho includes Fort Lemhi, Salmon City, Junction, Blackfoot (all territorial), Utah includes Corinne, Salt Lake City, Randolph (all territorials), many others some also territorial include from Montana, New Mexico, Arizona, Alaska and Oregon. A very profitable lot to the student or dealer in postal history. | Est. $500-750 | |
| 1510 | | SCARCE DESTINATIONS. Sixteen Covers and Two Cards all addressed to much scarcer destinations, some of which include Belgium, India, Philippine Islands, Colombia, Finland, Bermuda, Russia, Guatemala, Denmark, Hungary, Moravia, Argentina, Nicaragua and likely the rarest being a Bannock City I.T. Wells Fargo use to Victoria, Vancouver Island which alone might be near the estimated value. | Est. $500-750 | |
| 1511 | | UNITED STATES AND UNITED NATIONS COVER GROUP. In twenty-seven volumes, from the early 1930's to late seventies. Including a nice range of First Days from World's Fair on, several Baseball cachets, other better with cachets include C18 and flights. A strong group of Rocket Flights with some early testing flights, Submarine and Colorano also included. The U.N. includes #38(3) first days etc., generally unaddesses and in nice condition. | Est. $500-750 | |
| 1512 | | UNITED STATES COVER ACCUMULATION several hundred covers mounted in an old cover album plus a file box and a small pile of recent Iceland FDCs, the cover album starts with a few dozen #65 on cover, mostly from New York, though a few from OH and PA, followed by a section of franked with #156 and many of these have interesting corner cards, continuing with #157 with emphasis on upstate New York including several small towns &: villages, the album ends with several dozen #C11 First Flight covers, the file box contains mostly picture post cards circa 1900 to 1910 including some with Exhibition cancels and finally there are a handful of mostly recent Iceland FDCs from the 1950s and 1960s. | Est. $400-500 | |
| 1513 | | U.S. PRESIDENTIAL HIGH VALUE USAGES. Thirty-five envelopes or tags or part tags bearing well over 50 $1-$5 Prexies, also #573(4) $5 Indian Head of Freedom Statute, a very nice assortment of values with some rates as high as $20.56, at least fifteen are complete tags, includes pairs, strips and blocks, also some lower value Prexies including 11c,14c, 17c, 20c, 21c, 24c, 25c, 30c, 50c. About half are nicely mounted on exhibit pages. Foreign destinations include Paraguay, Turkey, Switzerland, Germany, France and Peru. An exciting group for the basis of a new collection or adding to an existing one. | Est. $300-500 |
U.S. FIRST DAY COVERS
| 1514 | | THOUSANDS OF COVERS There are a group of early Christmas Seals on cards with small groups foreign and U.S. postal history. Largest group though is a couple thousand addressed First Day Covers, mostly from the 1940's to 1960's, with group of Collins Handpainted Baseball, album of Masonic related, Fluegel, Artcraft, Artmaster and other cachets, Some better including some Famous American Issues, etc. | Est. $400-600 |
U.S. POSTAL STATIONERY
| 1515 | | UNITED STATES POSTAL CARDS &: STATIONERY AND COVER STOCK. Massive well represented stock of used and unused postal stationery covering all periods including Canal Zone. Composed of over 15,000 cards and 10,000 envelopes with retail generally to $25 with a few items approaching $100 this lot has potentially tremendous retail value. Numerous varieties, advertising, first days ad early usages as well as some interesting cancels noted. There are also a few hundred stamps on first day covers including a goodly number of express mail and certified mail. A great lot for the collector with the time to hunt for the hidden treasure buried amongst the thousands. Viewing highly recommended. | Est. $3000-4000 | |
| 1516 | | FOTIOS DRAKOS 1903-4 HARTFORD 2C POSTAL STATIONERY COLLECTION, spectacular collection and research accumulation of many thousands including exhibit collection mounted in several volumes and boxes of back up stationery entires, with both the 1903 issue and the 1904 recuts, nearly all commercially used including many new earliest dates, the variety of dies, watermarks, sizes, types and knifes are so numerous to be impossible possibly mention, including some wrappers, postmarks include machine, Doane, flag and duplex cancels, usages include railroad, postage due, uprated, foreign destinations, instructional markings, registered, cut outs used illegally, the exhibit is neatly and professionally mounted with large enlargements of varieties, these include wrapper bands with identification on a large part of the collection, nearly every state in the union is included and a large percentage have corner cards including illustrated, some in color, an unusual opportunity for the small auction house or internet seller wth most of the research already done, likely on of the greatest grouping of the 2c Hartford dies ever offered, many are ex-Barkhausen or ex-Wunsch. | Est. $2000-3000 | |
| 1517 | / | WONDERFUL CUT SQUARE COLLECTION Attractive collection of several hundred, mostly unused, neatly hinged in a Scott National Album, Highlights include U1-3, U72-73, and U199 (used), a comprehensive offering that would be a fine basis for the collector looking to expand a quality collection. | Est. $1000-1250 | |
| 1518 | | OVERFLOWING U.S. POSTAL CARD COLLECTION Attractive post card collection mounted in two stuffed National Albums, most unused, some used and virtually complete except for rarities (no full face McKinley), A handsome collection including better postcards such as UX4 and UX13 (used), Many hidden treasures abound in this comprehensive collection. | Est. $500-750 |
UNITED STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES
| 1519 | | UNITED STATES AND WORLDWIDE STAMP AND POSTAL HISTORY ACCUMULATION A wonderful, jumble of 90+ homemade and other albums and about 15 stockbooks and several small boxes populated with thousands and thousands of 19th-20th Century mint OG and used Definitives, Commemoratives, S/Ss, Semi-Postals, Airmails, and B-O-B; we espied United States used 1869 Pictorials to 15¢, 1894 Columbians to 30¢, 1898 Trans-Misissippi to 50¢, lots of First and Second Issue Revenues, Great Britain QV and KE VII 5sh, 10sh Definitives, and much more; US and foreign postal history comprises hundreds of pieces, mostly to 1950s, incl. United States 1840s stampless and 1850s-1870s 1¢, 3¢ covers, incl. a few illustrated, plus loads of postally used private and commercial regular, Registered and Censored mail, military covers, First Flights, Prexie covers, and FDCs, many with interesting mixed frankings; typical mixed condition, incl. some stamps stuck down, but quite salvageable; average through VF, scruffy to sound throughout; an exciting trove with excellent potential for all sorts of discoveries, and profits for Ebay and show dealers alike, so be sure to give this one a careful look ! | Est. $4000-8000 | |
| 1520 | | LARGE UNITED STATES AND WORLDWIDE ACCUMULATION. Accumulation, about 50% United States, of Albums, binders and stock pages as well as a couple cover albums fill 6 large boxes. Lot contains many different mostly used collections, some United States and World Wide first day coves, a decent amount of United States and Canadian Face and a useful little collection of Kennedy topicals. Condition a bit mixed and viewing is strongly recommended. | Est. $2000-3000 | |
| 1521 | / | UNITED STATES AND WORLDWIDE COLLECTION 1847-1940 old time Scott International album, the first few pages are well-filled with mostly used United States beginning with the early issues, although each space is filled, this album only has spaces for "face different" stamps without regard to type, grills, or paper, still lots of worthwhile items including items from the 1851-67 issues, 1869 issues to the 15c value, Banknotes to the 90c and Bureau issues to the 90c as well as used Columbians and Trans-Mississippi to the 50c, Pan-American &: Louisiana Purchase sets, most of the Airmails are used except for mint C18, and finally some BOB material includeing used set of Parcel Posts and some Officials, and lets not forget that there are some scattered foreign stamps, a great lot for the beginning collector. | Est. $800-1000 | |
| 1522 | EPH | US and WORLDWIDE EPHEMERA ACCUMULATION contained in a carton that holds a couple of shoeboxes of picture postcards with many items related to stamp collecting, for example this last box has several old time stamp journals including 1888 "The Stamp" from Denver, 1892 "Pennsylvania Philatelist," &: 1897 price list from the Columbian Stamp Co of New York, with the best of these being a price list by Semmes &: Lamberrt of Alexandria VA selling Confederate locals for a few dollars each, other items of special interest include a 1904 invitation to the Japanese Imperial Palace and finally an 1865 Civil War related letter from a grieving mother trying to recover her son's remains from a cemetery in New Orleans, the postcards with emphasis on WWI patriotics from both sides of the war including battle scenes, tanks, airplanes &: dead soldiers, other large groups include old Kentucky cards, and a few stereopticon cards, a fabulous lot for the eBay seller. | Est. $750-1000 |
U.S. POSSESSIONS AND ADMINISTRATIONS
| 1523 | () | CANAL ZONE AND HAWAII COLLECTION A few hundred mint OG, used and unused regular and overprinted Definitives, Commemoratives, Officials of the Canal Zone (1904-1965), incl. several mint plate number blocks (most NH), accompanied by 100+ issues of Hawaii, all on album pages, in glassines, or arranged on stock pages in a binder; includes mint Canal Zone 4-8 (unused 8¢ SE, 10¢), 80, 81, 91 plate block, Hawaii 48, 29S, 51S; used Hawaii 49, and an interesting little group of Hawaii town cancels; also, a smattering of Philippines, incl. mint 231, 232; occasional fault, generally Fine-VF; Viewing of this modest but useful collection of these popular issues advised for full appreciation. | Est. $1000-1500 | |
| 1524 | | U.S. POSSESSIONS STAMPS AND POSTAL HISTORY COLLECTION. Canal Zone sets the pace for a bulging album nearly 4 inches thick loaded with material but chaotically presented with many collections stuffed within as well as chunks of postal history, also many newspaper articles (all philatelic) relevant to specific topics adds more bulk to the collection, the Canal Zone from 1904 overprints onward with a few "Maps" followed by some 1908 Pictorials·and then it starts again, interspersed in all this are some very interesting cacheted covers and postal history stuffed alongside the stamps incl. 1930s registered airmail, Panama Canal silver logo cachets and commems eagle and shield 1930s, 1939 25th Anniv. FDC with six airmails to the $1 green, also an interesting censored cover San Antonio to War Dept./ Canal Zone with block of six 1c definitive, "commercial" official cover with 15c airmail official surcharge with "Released by P.O. Inspector Engaged in Censorship" marking, then various 1940s blocks of four, FDC, postal stationery, airmails, etc., Hawaii from the 1860s onward incl. a large range of "Provisional Govt." overprints followed by extensive Philippines from the 19th century Spanish Admin. onwards with useful postal history incl. 1941 registered with "Via Clipper", 1939 paquebot, Manila to Macao first flight, special delivery, imperfs on cover, etc., "O.B." overprints, etc., several hundreds of stamps and many dozens of covers just waiting for some reorganization and sorting. | Est. $800-1200 | |
| 1525 | () | UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS COLLECTION Several hundred different mint , used and unused stamps neatly mounted in a Scott Specialty album; includes mint Canal Zone 35, 42-5, 50, 97-104, 120-35, Danish West Indies 31-9, Guam E1, Hawaii 36, 46, 72, 73, O1, O2, O6; used Canal Zone 57, CO11, Danish West Indies 1, 2, 9, Hawaii 47; condition somewhat mixed, average through VF centering throughout; a useful collection with room for further development by an appreciative collector of US Possessions; Viewing advised ! | Est. $750-1000 | |
| 1526 | / | EXCELLENT U.S. POSSESSIONS Wonderfully maintained collection of Possessions neatly mounted in Scott National Album, Includes an exceptional group of Canal Zone, sparse selections of Cuba and Guam, along with an outstanding selection of Hawaii issues, including a lovely unused #15, 30-34, and 53-61 sets, nice quality throughout with a few faults here and there, Also includes a phenomenal selection of Philippines issues including exceptional 1870 to 1890's issues, along with #213-219 and C36-C45 sets, Handful of choice Puerto Rico tops of this attractive holding, one that would make a nice addition to any U.S. collection, leaving plenty of room for expansion, meticulously assembled with care. | Est. $750-1000 | |
| 1527 | / | US POSSESSIONS ACCUMULATION about 150 mint and used stamps arranged on stockcards with value concentrated in Canal Zone and Philippines with a smattering of Guam, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii, better mint items include Philippines 1899 50c Jefferson, 1901 8c Sherman (3), 1903 5c Lincoln (12 NH), 1906 1P to 4P high values, 1945 10P &: 20P Victory Overprints and a used 1942 Japanese Occupation 1P, while better mint Canal Zone include 1917 set of 3 Pictorials, 1924 Flat Top Overprints to 50c ($1 used), 1925 $1 Pointed Top Overprint, 1927 10c Rotary Press (9 NH), 1939 Pictorial set, and 1929 First Airmail set plus 15c Type II mint block of four, and finally the 1939 Airmail set among many other sets and singles, generally Fine-VF useful material. | Est. $700-900 |
U.S. POSSESSIONS - CANAL ZONE
| 1528 | | CANAL ZONE MASSIVE USED STOCK thousands of used stamps sorted onto stockpages by catalog number, the owner went the extra mile by attempting to further identify overprint varieties which are also noted, and although majority are in useful quantities of 5 to 10 each, a few are present in significant quanties of well over 100 each and some of these are segregated by town cancels, many stamps are in the $5 to $25 range with a few higher such as #50(5), 77(10), 80(10), and 95(2), a fabulous lot for the eBay PowerSeller. | Est. $3000-3500 | |
| 1529 | / | UNITED STATES, CANAL ZONE &: UNITED NATIONS ACCUMULATION a carton containing a Scott Specialty album, one stockbook, loose album pages &: a pile of glassines, the album contains a collection of plate blocks from about 1950 to 1975 that is fairly complete for the period while the glassines are primarily new issues of the 1980s along with blocks of the early United Nations issues, the real value is found on the loose album pages which include a few random pages of United States starting with a few scattered mint Columbians to the 50c value, some BOB items including better Special Delivery #E11-12 in blocks of four as well as blocks of #213-14, in addition these pages hold a very worthwhile mint Canal Zone collection that includes nearly all the sets from about 1910 to 1975 including #31-35, 49-51, 65-66 84-95 and the 1939 Pictorial set as well as a virtually complete set of all the Airmail issues including the 1941 Airmail Official set, condition throughout is generally Fine-VF. Well worth at least a few minutes of viewing time. | Est. $1500-2000 |
U.S. POSSESSIONS - HAWAII
| 1530 | | SPECTACULAR HAWAIIAN STAMP ACCUULATION. Approximately 1000 stamps on album or stock pages, variuos mint but the real value is in the numerous variety of town cancels rarer ones worth over $100 each include #31 with "K" Davey type 181, #43 with Stmr Kiluea Hou/Hawaiian Mail Service Davey type 366 with a "Post Office in Paradise rarity of 1RRRR, #78 with Kahului R.R. Co. with (CANCEL)LED strike. A truly magnificent holding which includes multiple to show cancels more completely, for any one with interest in Hawaii this is a must have lot. | Est. $2500-4000 | |
| 1531 | | HAWAIIAN TOWN CANCEL COLLECTION. Nice diverse grouping of over 120 stamps on stock sheets or small approval cards with "Post Office in Paradise" rarity factors mostly from R2-R7, though the real value of this lot is in the postal history which comprises 30 covers with a Scott catalog value of over $2000 for just stamp on cover value, the is a stampless with Honolulu, U.S. Postage Paid and handstamped "8" in circle, stamps on cover include #31, #39, #55, #57, #59 as well as various pictorials on cover with scarce postmarks including "Post Office/Lahaina HI", Huelo, Paia, Kaunakakai, Honokakaa, Hilo, Honouliuli, etc., a great amassing of this ever popular area and a real money maker for one ready to break it down as it would be a real eBay treasure trove. | Est. $2000-4000 | |
| 1532 | / | HAWAIIAN 2c 1894 PLATING AND FLAW STUDY. Mounted in two volumes with over 1100 2ct stamps of the 1894-99 pictorial issue with majority being #75, mint includes multiples in various sizes of blocks and a full sheet, used includes sheet reconstructions and position flaws all with identification on the pages. An outstanding opportunity for someone who likes plating or for the specialist in Hawaii as the are also numerous town cancels included. | Est. $1000-2000 | |
| 1533 | | UNUSUAL HAWAIIAN ASSORTMENT. Over 40 items, including Postal Cards(4 mint and 18 used), 10 Kingdom covers, couple Territorial ppcs, a group of embossed Seals, One pin. Used Postal Cards include UX1(3), UX2(4), UX2a(2), UX4(7), UX9, the mint include UX2(2),UX3,UX6. Stamps on cover include #35, #39, #43, #57, #59, Postal markings include Hamakuapoko, Wailuku, Spreckelsville, Kekaha, many with various Honolulu strikes and a couple of San Francisco Paquebot usages. As normal in Hawaiian material condition is mixed so viewing is highly recommended, many items are Fine-Very Fine. | Est. $900-1200 | |
| 1534 | / | HAWAII ACCUMULATION actually several small collections on loose album pages and a few stockpages, perhaps 150 to 200 mostly mint stamps altogether, we noted a few better items scattered throughout such as mint 1864 1c Black &: 1865 5c Blue, 1864 1c Princess Victoria Kamamalu in Purple, Mauve &: Violet, 1886 Official Reprints, 1893 $1 Provisional Government overprint and 1896 Official set, in addition there are dozens of useful Fine-VF stamps in the $15 to $25 range that are always very popular with the retail collector. | Est. $750-1000 | |
| 1535 | / | SMALL HAWAII COLLECTION Decent group of over 90 mint and used mounted on pages, highlights include a scarce unused #26 with an APS certificate (tiny oil spots), plus many 1860's and 1880 issues some in duplication, an excellent collection that would make the basis of a good "starter" collection. | Est. $200-250 |
U.S. POSSESSIONS - MICRONESIA
| 1536 | / | MICRONESIA, MARSHALL &: PALAU COLLECTIONS Thousands of mostly NH stamps &: souvenir sheets mounted in nineteen well filled binders, abundant complete sets, loads of topicals, virtually complete from 1983-2004, condition is EF, a nice and attractive collection waiting for an appreciative new owner to continue. | Est. $2000-2500 |
U.S. POSSESSIONS - PHILIPPINES
| 1537 | / |  | COMPREHENSIVE U.S. POSSESSIONS IN SCOTT NATIONAL ALBUM Excellent collection of better Philippines, from 1899 to about 1969, Hawaii from 1869 to 1899, and Ryukyu Islands from 1948 to 1972, Better Philippines include #'s 220-224, 226-237, 241-275, 290-302, virtually complete thereafter, Airmails and Officials well represented including a nice C17(OG), The Hawaii section is not as complete, but includes a nice selection from the 1870's, The Ryukyus Island section is complete - thus a nice opportunity to acquire the group in one purchase, includes the rare 1952 100y surcharge in black - #17 (catalogs at $2,200.00), Also included in this collection is another Scott National Album - a nice "starter" collection with just a couple hundred stamps including 1940's to 1960's Commemoratives, and sparse early issues, A nice album that's ready for expansion, The majority of the value of this lot is of course in the Possessions Album which is loaded with many choice stamps, we noticed a couple minor flaws here an there and some regummed stamps (e.g. #224 - the $2.00 Madison), Beautifully presented stamps each neatly mounted, A very pretty collection of U.S. Possessions. | Est. $4000-5000 |
U.S. POSSESSIONS - RYUKYU ISLANDS
| 1538 | | RYUKYU ISLANDS COMPLETE COLLECTION 1948-1972 in mounts housed in a White Ace album starting with the First Definitive set in both first printing on gray paper and the second printing on white paper, followed by the First Airmail set and Special Delivery, all the better commemoratives plus the key stamp of the country, the 1952 100Y overprint on 2Y Shuri Castle with PF certificate, continuing uninterrupted from the first stamp to the last entirely NH, simply a gorgeous collection! | Est. $2000-2500 | |
| 1539 | / | PLEASING RYUKYU ACCUMULATION of a couple hundred stamps and postal stationary items in albums, sheet files and glassines. Good never hinged value throughout including 1948 First Print, 1950 Airmails and 1952 Dove (pair), a small group of sheets including1953 Perry 6y sheet of 50 and useful postal stationary including unused Scott UY3 and UY9. A clean Fine to Very Fine unit well worth a quick look. | Est. $1000-1200 | |
| 1540 | | SMALL SELECTION OF RYUKYU ISLANDS AND OTHER ASIA a Dealer's group of select predominantly mint OG singles and sets neatly arranged on stock cards and identified by Scott; includes Ryukyu Islands mint C14-18, 3X2 and 3X2a with Bush cert., 3X3, 3X4, 3X6, 3X7, 3X8 x2, 3X9, 3X10, 3X11, 3X12 x2, 3X13, 3X15 x4 , 3X17, 3X18, 3X20; also, Indo China 131-8, Iran 104-19 (10ch thin), 448-63, Philippines 179 x18 NH, 260A, 284, Saudi Arabia 92-7, Vietnam 39-50; used comprises Ryukyu Islands 14, 15, 18, E1; generally fresh and sound, Fine-VF; useful material, certainly worth a look and a bid. | Est. $750-1000 |
••• UNITED NATIONS •••
UNITED NATIONS
| 1541 | / | UNITED NATIONS EXTENSIVE STOCK. An immense holding with well over $20,000 "new issue" cost and comprising US and Swiss Offices in about equal measure plus a lesser quantity of Vienna Offices, housed in bulging stockbooks standing about 18" high with issues mostly in chronological order, generally 12-24 of each set - 50% mint, 50% used, many premium with WWF, Year of the Ocean, Peace sheetlets, etc., additional Swiss section for W.H.O. and UN Offices as well, face value equivalent of roughly $10,000, allow plenty of time for viewing as this holding is most worthwhile | Est. $2500-3000 | |
| 1542 | | UNITED NATIONS, CONSIDERABLE FACE VALUE MATERIAL A well rounded accumulation in the form of presentation packs of the 1980s and 1990s on themes such as WWF endangered animals, World Heritage, anti-war, world without hunger, etc., with over 70 packs averaged conservatively by us at $5 face value ezch (approx. $400) plus thousands in two stuffed folders of US face (approx $1,500) and Swiss face (approx SFr3,500) as well as other premium material including Western New Guinea (Irian) on album pages, six NY office #38 souvenir sheets, five sets of the UNTEA overprints to 5G value (all NH) including different printings, enormous retail potential here with an equivalent overall face value minimum of over $4,500 without considering any of the premium items, an excellent opportunity for the dealer. | Est. $1500-2000 | |
| 1543 | | UNITED NATIONS ACCUMULATION 1955-1980 filling two large cartons, the first carton contains hundreds of Souvenir Cards - usually ten of each issue evenly divided into mint and cancelled cards, also a large pile of Year sets with a handfull of sheets and large blocks, FDCs and postal stationery, value is concentrated in the second carton which contains a shoebox of mint inscription blocks most in quantities of ten blocks of each issue and the face value adds up real fast at that rate, in addition to the shoebox there are three stockbooks housing the "collection" of earlier inscription blocks including the first issue complete, virtually everything is NH and Fine-VF. | Est. $1500-2000 | |
| 1544 | | UNITED NATIONS MINT ACCUMULATION two large cartons filled to overflowing with albums, loose pages, stockbooks, counter books, loose glassines of new issues, and a thick pile of year sets, in addition to the 1955 Souvenir Sheet, we noted a significant holding of the popular issues of the late 1980s to early 1990s such as the 1988 Tree Sheets (2), 1991 Endangered Animals, 1992 Clean Oceans (2), 1992 Earth Summit and several different Flag Sheets, defintely well worth a look. | Est. $1000-1500 | |
| 1545 | | UNITED NATIONS MINT COLLECTION 1951-1995 in two Lighthouse hingeless albums, nearly complete for the period including the 1955 Souvenir Sheet, lacking only the various Flag sheets for total completion, also includes issues for UN-Geneva and UN-Vienna and lastly a small group of glassines of mint blocks of four, a very attractive NH collection. | Est. $500-600 | |
| 1546 | | UNITED NATIONS ACCUMULATION well over $480 in face value alone in mint sheets - not counting piles of extra mint U.N. in blocks, etc, Mint sheets as follows: #135 x 25, #136 x 25, #137 x 26, #138 x 26, and #180 x 5 sheets, nice accumulation of these sheets neatly housed in five mint sheet files, The highlight of this lot are two beautiful mint #38 souvenir sheets, both in immaculate condition, A terrific lot well worth carefully figuring. | Est. $300-400 |
••• WORLDWIDE •••
WORLDWIDE COVERS AND POSTAL HISTORY
| 1547 | | AUSTRIA BOHEMIA EXTENSIVE PRE-PHILATELIC TOWN DATESTAMP COLLECTION. Comprised of four binder collection of town markings on stampless entires mounted on owners annotated exhibition pages with full descriptions , many straightlines including Sobieslau(1841 earliest recorded use), 1841 Wlaschim, Blue1848 Theresienstadt, 1832 handstamped script Jungbunzlau, 1846 Neuern, 1848 handstamped script Hohenelbe, 1844 handstamped script Bautsch in Blue/Green, 1835 boxed Falkenau straightline, also a few ovals and circular dtae stamps, hundreds of different towns, strikes selected for clarity and rarity. One needs to view for full appreciation of value. | Est. $1500-2000 | |
| 1548 | | BOHEMIA AND MORAVIA POSTAL HISTORY EXHIBIT A very interesting, specialized presentation of over 250 pieces comprising private and commercial covers and postal cards mounted on pages annotated in German; a multiplicity of cancels, usages, and markings are on display, incl. forerunners, cash on delivery, censorship markings, declared value, exchange control, express, pneumatic delivery, railroad post, registered, telegramme, three-way, and much more; generally Fine-VF; Viewing essential for full appreciation. | Est. $2000-3000 | |
| 1549 | | CAPE VERDE ISLANDS COVER ACCUMULATION large carton filled to overflowing with well over 1000 covers from the late 1960s &: early 1970s with a smattering of Portugal and her other African colonies, majority are addressed locally with a large group addressed to Northern Ireland, seldom seen material with strong demand on the bourse circuit. | Est. $1000-1500 | |
| 1550 | | FASCINATING EARLY CHINA POSTAL CARD, PPC, AND COVER GROUP, 1902-1935 81pieces, consisting mainly of 1902-1920-dated postal cards and PPCs addressed to Europe and posted in China at French and German Post Offices, franked either with stamps issued by same or with China Coiling Dragon Definitives, (2 with French Expeditionary or Marine cachet); plus PPCs from Italy with Shanghai Local Post, bi-lingual Shanghai, or other town receiver cancels; and several unaddressed Peking PPCs, and charming, hand-drawn postal cards franked with ¸c Coiling Dragon tied by Peking pmks; other pmks displayed, and a couple of cards are censored; normal signs of wear, generally Fine-VF; Viewing essential for full appreciation. | Est. $1000-1500 | |
| 1551 | | EUROPA FIRST DAY COVER COLLECTION seventeen small cover albums containing about 800 mostly Europa topical FDCs from the late 1960s to early 1990s as well as a smaller group of mostly Western Europe FDCs and one or two albums of recent United Nations FDCs. | Est. $700-1000 | |
| 1552 | | EUROPEAN POST WW II AIRMAIL POSTAL HISTORY. A very interesting range of covers reflecting post-WW II (1940s/80s) commercial airlines development, approx. 450 covers with little or no duplication in an album and box, includes Switzerland with early helicopter posts, London-Budapest first flight via Malev, 1867 Qantas Tehran-Vienna, plenty of Germany with Lufthansa flights incl. occasional "Zuruck / Retour", unclaimed, registered, etc., other airlines noted incl. Austrian Airlines, Delta, British Airways, Gulf Air, Air Canada, etc., its sheer diversity make this a good and useful holding. | Est. $1000-1500 | |
| 1553 | | EUROPEAN POSTAL HISTORY WITH MUCH SWITZERLAND. A bulging book of postal history with several hundred items, mostly Switzerland but with some Germany inflation period with virtually every cover 1910s/20s vintage and including some postal stationery as well, we note illustrated advertising cards, humorous cards, incl. illus. of hardships of making butter during WW I, Switzerland incl. Bern 1914 Swiss National Exhibition stationery, postage dues, various labels and etiquettes, also includes a notable correspondence involving Wartli Co. (paper and office furniture makers in Aarau) showing rate changes for the period with mostly William Tell and seated Helvetia frankings, the holding needs some reorganization but this most interesting lot is well worth inspection. | Est. $700-900 | |
| 1554 | | FRANCE STAMPLESS COVERS COLLECTION. This represents an important discovery of stampless in far better condition than normally encountered, approaching 500 examples, with a wide variety of strikes, inc. colored ovals, concentric circles towns and villages, straight line distance markings, including italicised, as well as lots of early company markings, unusual triangular strikes with 'P', also 'P.P.' rectangular strikes etc. This is not a worn out Paris strike accumulation that has seen better days, far from it, condition is virtually superb throughout with a tremendous diversity of postmarks. To give an example, some of the concentric circle strikes seen inc. St. Servan, Rouen, Conde Sur Noireau, Chateau Contre, Bayeaux, Bergerac, Montpellier, Brest, Treguier, etc Then for the straight lines distance markings such as Nantes, Redon, Bayonne, Rochefort, Tartas, Toulose, Pont Croix etc. Just seen Lafourcare in oval in script format, accompanied by Lasachle and Roqueplane the same etc. Viewing highly recommended of a very good quality lot. | Est. $750-1250 | |
| 1555 | | FRENCH SOUTHERN &: ANTARCTIC TERRITORY POSTAL HISTORY COLLECTION. Three volume collection of F.S.A.T. covers with about 150 in all, mostly FDC and polar expeditions, highly colorful and attractive with some more important exploratory items present incl. cacheted cover used form Fr. Antarctic Dec. 1953 bearing Madagascar 15f cancelled with scarce St. Paul and Amsterdam Islands c.d.s., then Kerguelen Archipelago covers to the same addressee (one with the 50fr, other 100fr) "Penguins" F.S.A.T. first airmails, another 100Fr Penguin in mixed franking from Terre Adelie, followed by 1965 Dumont d'Urville 50fr FDC, a fascinating 1965 cover from Terre Adelie covered with ship and expedition markings, also note 1968 20fr Albatross on beautiful cacheted FDC with St. Paul / Amsterdam first day cancels, another cover with registry label of St. Paul and Amsterdam Islands, 1958 Terre Adelie cover with red Charcot Station handstamp on reverse and combination franking incl. 50fr first airmail, etc., much more plus many with autographs of Antarctic maritime notables, paquebot strikes, registered usages from remote locations, a real "collector's collection" with plenty of scarce and attractive postal history from this popular area. | Est. $3500-4500 | |
| 1556 | | GERMANY ZEPPELIN COVER COLLECTION 37pieces comprising cacheted covers, cards, and PPCs franked with Zeppelin issues or Airpost stamps; includes Graf Zeppelin 1930 South America Flight (x6), 1931 Polar Flight (x10), 1932 Danzig Flight, 1933 Chicago Flight (x8), 1939 Germany Flight; Hindenburg covers, incl. 1936 Olympia Flight, 1937 Germany Flight (x3); and a Dornier "DO-X" 1931 Europe-America Flight cover; generally fresh, Fine-VF, an attractive group of these popular covers; Viewing recommended for full appreciation. | Est. $6000-8000 | |
| 1557 | | GERMAN COLONIES AND OFFICES POSTAL HISTORY EXHIBIT An intriguing assemblage of 195 items mounted on annotated pages in 2 binders, comprising domestically used and trans-oceanic covers and postal cards displaying various cancellations and varieties, rates and usages (Cameroun Seapost, Consular mail, GSWA Fieldpost, Marine Schiffspost, Registered) postmarked in German Colonies in Africa and the Pacific, and in German Offices in Morocco (x10) and the Levant (x58); many covers from the African colonies display scarce to rare town pmks, incl. Cameroun (Bamenda, Bonaberi, Buea, Edea, Garua, Jabassi, Jaunde, Johan-Albrectshohe, Kribi, Lolodorf, Lomie, Molundu, Ossidinge, Rio del Rey); German East Africa (Amani, Aruscha, Bagamoyo, Buiko, Bukoba, Iringa, Kilimatinde, Kilwa, Korogwe, Lindi, Mohorro, Moschi, Mpapua, Muanza, Muhesa, Pangani, Tabora, Ujiji, Wilhelmsthal); German Southwest Africa (Bethanien, Gibeon, Gobabis, Gochas, Hasis, Hasuur, Keetmanshoop, Kub, Kuis, Okahandja, Otjimbingue, Seeheim, Swakopmund "broken bridge" var.), Fieldpost, incl. a few pmkd, during the Hottentot Rebellion, and British Occupation of SWA censored mail; and Togo (Agome-Palime, Anecho, Atakpome, Sokode); late usage (1898) of a Benin postal card to Germany via Togo; German Pacific colony covers comprise items from Caroline Islands, German New Guinea (pmkd. Berlinhafen, Finschafen, Herbertshohe, Matupi on 3pf-50pf combination cover, Stephansort), Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, and Samoa; German Offices in Levant section includes 1883-1889 dated forerunner items (x3); Galata, Pera, and Stamboul District covers; 1913-1916 Marine Schiffspost covers; post card pmkd. Constantinople and unusually addressed to Russia; 1905 dated Constantinople-US postal card franked with 10pa with serifed "A" in ovpt (Michel 13 II); 1916 Registered cover displaying civilian use of German Military mail, Censored covers from the Military Missions, and more; generally Fine-VF; a wonderful group for the postal historian; Viewing will prove worthwhile. | Est. $4000-5000 | |
| 1558 | | GERMAN OFFICES IN CHINA POSTAL HISTORY EXHIBIT, 1889-1916 An impressive exhibit of nearly 100 items mounted on annotated pages housed in a 3-ring binder, comprising covers, postal cards, and PPCs displaying various cancellations, rates, and usages; opens with 1889/1898 forerunner covers (x4) franked with German Empire Definitives tied by Shanghai or Seepost cancel, followed by the German ovptd. issues tied by Canton, Foochow, Hankau, Kaumi, Nanking, Peking, Schanhaikwan, Shanghai, Tientsin, Tongku, Tsingtao (Kiautschou) or Seepost pmks. to regular or Registered trans-oceanic or Trans-Siberian covers or post cards addressed mostly to Germany, incl. Shanghai-Frankfurt 40pf double weight combination cover; also includes Marine Schiffspost and Feldpost covers and post cards pmkd. during the Boxer Rebellion; and 12 unused 1901-1917 Kiatschou postal cards; generally Fine-VF; a fascinating exhibit, so be sure to view ! | Est. $3000-4000 | |
| 1559 | / | GERMANY AND RELATED AREAS POSTAL HISTORY COLLECTION, 1871-1944 An astonishing presentation of 650+ items displaying various single and combined Definitive and Commemorative usages, plus mixed frankings tied to regular and Censored, Insured, and Registered private and commercial domestic and international covers and postal cards, plus unused Reich propaganda PPCs, FDCs and special event covers, all mounted on annotated pages in XX binders and XX cover albums, depicting various rates in effect in Germany proper, Allenstein, the Anschluss (Austria), Bavaria, Bohemia and Moravia, Danzig, Memel (incl. 1920 Memel Registered-Special Delivery cover with uncommon mixed franking), Marienwerder (incl. 1920 C.O.D. letter with mixed franking), German-Occupied Belgium, Northern France, and Poland, Saar (incl. C.O.D. cover, Saar-Eupen Postage Due cover), Sudentenland (incl. Registered covers with altered town labels to show take-over by Germans), and Wurttemberg (incl. first issue on 1855 FLS, 1925 re-used cover); also present are a collection of Marineschiffspost mail (x42 pieces) with real photos of ships; 400+ unused 1871-1930s Germany postal cards, Field Post, Pneumatic Post, Postal Money Orders, postal stationery from Bavaria Prussia, Wurttemberg, and other stationery; and mint OG and NH stamps of Bohemia and Moravia, Marienwerder and Memel, incl. UL corner margin horizontal pair of Memel 4m type II in 1921 surcharged Airpost issue (Scott C5, both signed); generally Fine-VF; a well-formed collection offering an exciting opportunity for the postal historian, as careful inspection will demonstrate ! | Est. $2000-3000 | |
| 1560 | | GERMANY RATE COVERS COLLECTION, 1875-1944 An extensive collection of over 750 items mounted on annotated pages in 5 binders, comprising private and commercial mail franked with various single or combined usages of Definitives, Commemoratives, Semi-Postals, Airmails, and Germany and Local Officials, and Franchise stamps; includes covers, postal cards, and PPCs displaying the changing rates in effect in Germany proper and in Bavaria, Prussia, and Wurttemberg for the period for Airmail Surcharge, C.O.D., Express Mail, Foreign Destinations, Insured, Local and Inland Letters and Postal Cards, Pneumatic Post, Printed Matter, Reduced Letter Rate, Registered Mail, Service of Legal Documents, Single and Double Rates, and Special Delivery rates; also includes a few covers with early German railroad cancellations; a few Postage Due covers; 1903 dated Prussia turned cover; 1923 dated stampless covers (x20) with "Gebuhr bezahlt" (Postage Paid) cachet ; 1930s Ship Mail (4 pieces), and 2 Judaica pieces comprising 1941 dated "Sarah" and "Israel" Germany-US cover (Nuremberg decrees required Jews to identify their letters by using 'Sarah" or "Israel" as a middle name); generally Fine-VF; an absolutely fascinating specialized presentation; Viewing is a must for full appreciation. | Est. $2000-3000 | |
| 1561 | | GERMANY POSTAL HISTORY GROUP A diverse group of 250+ covers providing an interesting representative picture of Germany's postal history from the early 19th Century through the 1990s, incl. stampless and franked covers from various German States, 1933-1941 Reich covers, incl. several addressed to Hindenurg, FDCs, incl. Scott 398-400, 432-5, B141-3; 1912 Rhein am Main Flight, Graf Zeppelin 1928 Germany-NY Flight, 1929 Africa Flight, and 1931 Polar Flight; Hindenburg 1937 Germany Flight; Allied Zone, Berlin FDCs, incl. 9N80, 9N81-3, Soviet Zone issues tied to cards (x180) by various cancels; a few GDR covers; 1992-1997 Somalia, Mostar, and Rajlovac Fieldpost (x30+); and a striking 1909 Registered cover from China with mixed franking of ¸c-50¸ Coiling Dragon and Carp Definitives and German Offices in China Definitives (1c, 2c, 4c, 10c, 20c, 50c), tied by bi-lingual Tientsin and German post office cancels; generally Fine-VF; a fascinating and valuable group; Viewing is essential for full appreciation. | Est. $1600-2000 | |
| 1562 | | SUDETENLAND POSTAL HISTORY. A very interesting range of covers virtually everything different and unquestionably some scarce items - even forerunners such as the Czech/German bilingual inscription for 'Bilina - Bilin' used the 12th June 1937 with 2 x 10ha and 1x30ha on cover sent to Berlin, then the campaign itself with Graetz with the striking red rectangular 'Tag Der Befreiung' 9th October 1938 sent to Brunn, also straight line Zoptau on cover internal usage with a German Hindenburg 12pf, also the same again with a straight line Boehmilsch Matha cancel. Also seen swastika negatives in double concentric circle used in Fulau sent to Zeitz with again Hindenburg stamp applied, accompanying this is Czech usage in 1939 without German postmarks. Also seen philatelically inspired joint Czech and Hindenburg Germany usage commemorating 'Nun sind wir Frei' with acknowledgement to Adolf Hitler for the 'liberation'. Further interesting commercial mail including German only company usage for companies based in Moravia, with fascinating oval cancels that we have never seen before. Also a range of Hitler defins used in the 1940s, in places such as Zauchtel/Osisudetenl, as well as Marianske Udoli/Marienthal etc. Also present anachronistically straight lines Rudig used in 1938, followed by a fascinating postal history item since Czech postage dues have been applied on the 7th November 1938 with 1kp blue and 60ha red on 2x6pf green Hindenburg, originating on a corporate letter sent on Hultschin, with straight line 'censurovano' applied. A similar cover with postage dues sent from Nikolsburg to Olmnitz in 1938, again showing this was not a seamless transition from the former Czechoslovakian state through to the Sudentenland and the creation of Bohemia and Moravia under the German Protectorate. Further postal history with an array of postmarks colored, fancy, ovals, concentric circles, swastikas, Nazi, endorsements including unfolded eagles and yet more that we have not seen before in this very intriguing collection that has been thoughtfully assembled over the years. Another particularly nice item was the Slovenska Posta pictorial card used in Ruzemberok sent to Ostmarka, with eagle and swastika in circles on roll over cancel, disclosing that censor mail was still applicable between the two parts of the former countries. Other interesting areas include Feldpost used on Czechslovakian postal history, as well as of course important forerunners used in 1948 on Czech stamp applied. Also seen 'Wir sind Frei' o/ps on stamps on map postal history showing how the absorption of Czechslovakia occurred with its different borders, fascinating stuff. This collector also has 'Wir sind Frei' o/ps on stamps. It is the postal history that is the best part by far, with well over 70 items including many exhibition pieces. A most enjoyable lot to view. | Est. $1500-2000 | |
| 1563 | | FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY COVER GROUPING, 1949-1982 About 380 items neatly arranged in 3 cover albums, comprising FDCs and First Day PPCs of Definitives, Commemoratives, Semi-Postals, Airmails, and Framas, franked on covers individually or in combination, plus a few postally used Registered covers; good coverage for the period, incl. Posthorns and several better Commemorative and Semi-Postal sets; occasional toning, generally Fine-VF; A nice collection by itself or as an addition to an existing collection; Viewing advised for full appreciation. | Est. $1400-1600 | |
| 1564 | | GERMANY INFLATION PERIOD POSTAL HISTORY. An enormous bulging volume of hundreds of covers of the 1920s completely unchecked by us for better frankings and begging for some study and reorganization, the holding includes some "Dienstmarke" overprints and other officials incl. large frankings, some Bavaria covers with "Volkstaat" and "Freistaat" overprints, 20,000,000,000 mark single frankings on commercial covers, also note Germanias leading on to the inflationary posthorn issues through to the highest denominations of Nov. 1923, a great lot for student of this period as the possibility of better frankings and scarcer rates abound. | Est. $1400-1800 | |
| 1565 | | GERMANY AND RELATED AREAS POSTAL HISTORY GROUP Over 180 pieces comprising private and commercial covers and event covers of Germany proper, incl. 7 cacheted Zeppelin Flight covers (1 franked with 1m Zeppelin stamp), A.M.G., US and British Zone, Soviet Zone, French Occupation, Russian Occupation, Bohemia &: Moravia, Occupation of Poland, and Saar; generally Fine-VF; a fascinating group; Careful inspection advised. | Est. $1200-1600 | |
| 1566 | | GARGANTUAN HOLDING OF GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC AND BERLIN FDC AND SPECIAL EVENT COVERS, 1967-2002 Over 30,000 cacheted/uncacheted, addressed/unaddressed Definitive, Commemorative, Semi-Postal and other FDCs, First Flights, and other special event covers neatly mounted to pages and housed by category and year span in 145 binders; generally Fine-VF; fantastic opportunity for the cover dealer or collector; viewing is a must for full appreciation ! | Est. $1200-1600 | |
| 1567 | | GERMANY VERY SPECIALIZED COLLECTION OF OFFICIAL "DIENSTMARKEN" POSTAL HISTORY. Excellent collection of about 160 covers from the holding of a lifelong Germany postal history specialist, housed in three albums with write-up and most identified by Michel number, the collection starts with the 1903 issues, followed by the 1920 issues on which the Inflation Period material begins with a cover dated Jan. 10 1922 bearing twenty of the 10pf red (Michel D17) and a cover from the same month with the same rate made up with a block of four of the 50pf (Mi. D29), then the 1920 general issues incl. a cover of 25 Jan 1923 bearing forty (!) of the 30pf (Mi. D27) and nineteen of the 2mk (Mi. D32) making the 60mk rate, another cover from the same day with 50mk franking made up by the 1mk (Mi. D30), followed by overprinted and surcharged 1923 issues with cover from Sept. franked with pairs of Mi. D89-90 making the 50,000mk rate (expertised) and an Oct. 1923 cover bearing 55 (!) of the 75m purple and pink making the 4,125,000mk rate (expertised), 1924 issues well represented with better covers noted incl. an attractive three-color franking of the numeral issues incorporating the 10h red horiz. watermark variety (Mi. D123 Y) and through to WW II feldpost incl. Jan. 1943 "turned" cover from the Leningrad campaign, a most fascinating collection with some scarce covers showing proper rates for the day, please inspect carefully as it will probably be a long time before you see such a desirable collection of this type again. | Est. $1200-1500 | |
| 1568 | | DELIGHTFUL GERMANY COVER AND PPC GROUP, WITH SOME FOREIGN COVERS Six cover albums filled with over 400 pieces comprising mostly German covers to 1950s, incl. 1938 Zeppelin Sudentenland Flight cover, GDR 1951 Chinese Friendship set on Registered cover, censored covers, and other good items, and 250 + charming, used and unused early 1900s real-photo, holiday greetings, Reich propaganda, "Adolph Hitler Koog", and other types of German PPCs; amongst the foreign covers we espied Belgium 10c, 20c Small Leopolds on 1850s/1860s FLSs, Argentina and Brazil Condor Flight covers, and United States 1918 16¢ Airmail single on Registered covers (x3), to name just a few; generally Fine-VF; a fascinating group replete with profitable items; Careful examination is a must for full appreciation ! | Est. $1200-1600 | |
| 1569 | | GERMANY POSTAL HISTORY COLLECTION. A fascinating postal history collection housed in two volumes, with approximately 200 covers and cards running from the late 19th century through to the years immediately following WWII. The majority are in selected quality, with lots of attractive registered usages and unsual frankings present. Following the inflation material, there is particular emphasis on the Third Reich period with multicolored Hindenburg frankings, addressees including Hitler and Roosevelt, colored as well as monochrome propaganda cards, 25pf railway centenary on 'Norddeutscher Lloyd' advertising cover to China via Siberia, many censor markings, 12pf Hindenburg on card to Basel, Switzerland accompanied by 10cts postage due, etc etc. Also seen US postage dues inc. stampless cover of 1937 to the US with 2cts and 3cts due pairs with postage due handstamps in black, red and blue etc. The WWII material also includes fascinating fieldpost and 'luftfeldpost' to investigate. Another interesting area is the later 1940s with Posthorn overprints of the Allied Occupation Zones and fascinating straight-line postmarks on the'AM Post' issues. Good collector's collections of postal history are becoming increasingly less available on the market today, it is therefore an opportunity to buy one man's collection with many good items bought over 30 years. | Est. $1000-1400 | |
| 1570 | | GERMANY POSTAL HISTORY GROUP 175+ pieces comprising covers and PPCs; mostly WW II Censored and German Occupation (Bohemia &: Moravia, Alsace, France, Luxembourg), plus WW I and WW II Fieldpost items; various markings; usual wear, generally Fine-VF; an interesting, profitable group; Be sure to view ! | Est. $1000-1500 | |
| 1571 | | SOVIET ZONE AND GDR POSTAL HISTORY GROUP, 1945-1952; nearly 90 pieces in 2 stockbooks comprising private, commercial, and Registered covers franked with single or combination usages of various Soviet Zone provinces, 1948 provisionals, and GDR adhesives; generally Fine-VF; potentail for finding good Michel-listed varieties; excellent opportunity for the specialist; Viewing recommended for full appreciation. | Est. $1000-1500 | |
| 1572 | | GERMANY-SUDENTENLAND ADHESIVES AND POSTAL HISTORY COLLECTION an extensive collection mounted in an album comprising covers postal cards, etc. franked with German Reich and overprinted Czech issues postmarked in Asch, Reichenberg, and other towns; various usages, incl. 7 Graf Zeppelin Sudentenland Flight covers franked with German Definitives or Semi-Postals, and all with appropriate cachets; dozens of mint overprinted Czech issues and German stamps tied to pieces by various cancels and markings round out this fascinating collection, evidently assembled with care; generally Fine-VF; Viewing is a must for full appreciation of content and quality. | Est. $1000-1500 | |
| 1573 | | GREAT BRITAIN, 1680-1840, UNIFORM PENNY POST AND EARLY EUPOPEAN MAILS. Of over 350 folded letters illustrating the history of British mails from creation of the Office of postmaster General by Colonel Henry Bishop through the reforms of the "Uniform Penny Post" in 1839, mounted on exhibit pages with descriptions in Danish, plus many extras in cover albums beginning with a small section of 17th &: 18th century items featuring "Bishop's marks" and "mileage marks", mostly within Scotland or Lincolnshire, then starting in earnest with the heart of the collection, Penny Post covers mostly to or from London though many from smaller towns or villages, then finishing with a strong section of Foreign Mails with emphasis on Scandinavia including Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and Norway, also several to Switzerland, Germany and Italy and a handful from India, one of if not the best single item is an 1812 cover addressed to Sir William Scott, High Judge of the Admiralty London, with straight line "Above Privilege" handstamp, other covers of special interest include an 1836 "Soldiers Letter" from India to Essex, another cover with "Posted Since 7 Last Night" straightline handstamp to Austria, includes scarce postmarks from small towns such as 1767 Landovery Wales to London and unusual routings such as 1823 Chichester too Dublin, a cover from Picadilly forwarded to Calcutta India, altogether a firm foundation for an award winning exhibit. | Est. $10000-13000 | |
| 1574 | | SUBSTANTIAL "LONDON 1980" SOUVENIR SHEET AND FDC HOLDING A pristine, predominantly mint NH stock of all 3 S/Ss, accompanied by unaddressed FDCs, incl. Scott 834a (x675+ NH; 300+ cto; 250+ FDCs), Scott 874a (x1200+ NH; 125+ cto; 300+ FDCs), and Scott 909a (x40+ NH; 3 cto; 7 FDCs); generally fresh, VF; high face value, good quality stock; Please inspect. | Est. $800-1000 | |
| 1575 | | JAPAN PICTURE POSTCARDS, 1906-7 Very interesting group of 91 picture postcards mounted in an old postcard album, fifty-four picture postcards with single frankings &: addressed Nagasaki, twenty-two unused picture postcards depicting scenes from the Russo-Japanese War, four UPU Jubilee (1877-1902) postcards &: eleven picture postcards with Japanese drawings printed on front, condition is Fine-VF, Excellent opportunity for a collector or dealer, viewing advised for appreciation! | Est. $750-1000 | |
| 1576 | | LATIN AMERICAN POSTAL HISTORY. Approximately 90 covers from early 19th to mid 2oth century, very diverse grouping includes stampless from Brazil 1863 transatlantic, Chachaclum, Ceiquimula, strong Uruguay with airmail, mixed franking, postal cards and mixed franking, nice used Brazil and Guatemala stationery, Colombia, Honduras and Peru as well as others. Well worth viewing as so many seldom seen items are included. | Est. $1000-1400 | |
| 1577 | | POLAND POSTAL HISTORY COLLECTION. An extensive collection housed in 5 volumes covering virtually every aspect of Polish philately, except for modern, most emphasis being on WWII and earlier. There are a few hundred covers here. Much is commercially used and there is an interesting range of pre WWII postal stationery as well as registered mail with various different frankings to make the correct rate to different destinations. There is also a group of Germanaias with 'Poczta Polska' o/ps, interesting early postage dues and much more. A lot of this was acquired in the 60s and 70s. This collector bought at shows and auctions and various trips to Europe including Poland. Collectors or dealers in this area will find this a fascinating lot to view with much potential. | Est. $1000-1400 | |
| 1578 | | PORTUGAL POSTAL STATIONERY ACCUMULATION small box containing about 800 mostly mint Portugal postal cards, message &: reply cards and some lettercards, also includes a smattering of Portuguese colonies as well as another group of about 300 Swaziland stationery items including airletter sheets and registered envelopes, whether Portugal or Swaziland, there are duplicates in the range of 5 to 20 each, much of the Portugal is late 19th century to about 1930 with an additional group of complete sets of special cards issued during the late 1940s to early 1950s such as H&:G# 118-19, 128-30, 142, 147-49 plus several others in complete sets for Poets, Authors, Dancers, History and others, also includes a group of scarce lettersheets from Angola that retailed $25 in 1972, finally, the Swaziland is almost exclusively early QEII period in quantity, altogether a very unusual group. | Est. $1000-2000 | |
| 1579 | | PORTUGAL FIRST DAY COVERS, 1940-86 Amazing selection of approximately 300 different first day covers, housed in two binders &: shoe box, many complete sets on cover, highlights include FDCs with Afinsa #723-8, #733-6, #749-50, 786-93, #802-5 &: many other highly desirable items, overall condition Fine-VF, Afinsa catalogue value in excess of 2000 euros, useful lot offering opportunities for collectors or dealers alike. | Est. $600-800 | |
| 1580 | | RUSSIAN ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC POSTAL HISTORY COLLECTION. A well written up collection consisting of about 175 items of postal history representing a lifetime's effort of surveying the development of Russian (or perceived Russian) polar regions from the 1930s/80s, there is also some propaganda material with the 1919 "Kolchak" expedition unofficial label for "Free and United Russia", within this bulging collection are well documented reports on the Soviet vessels for ice navigation from 1911 to the 1950s and of course this dovetails with much of the postal history present giving it more character and information, some of the highlights include an "SS Bretagne" cover postmarked Arkhangelsk in 1930, airship above North Pole 50k grey on cover, a cover of the Icebreaker "Krasin" (formerly the "Svyatogor") with purple ship mark of the captain's assistant who received the letter, illustrated covers of the 1950s for different drift stations established to chart ice floes, 1955 drifting stations S/S (Scott #1767a) on commercial cover from floe #6 addressed to Canada, a cover from radio operator on North Pole #15, a series of covers from the atomic icebreaker "Lenin" also a pair of large registered covers with bilingual addresses relating to Trademark Owners Association / USSR Patent Bureau, then covers and cancels commemorating the first voyage from West to East by the Northern Sea Route in 1914/15 by the icebreakers "Taimir" and "Vaigitch", covers from coal transporters on the Barentzburg-Murmansk route, postal stationery of the icebreaker "Vasily Prochishchev" postal stationery from Murmansk bearing the cachet of the icebreaker "Kapitan Voronin" as well as the official cachet of the Murmansk Fleet Polar Research Vessel "Perseus III" covers and for "Atlanta", "Fridtjof Nansen". "Academician Kripovitch" and "Odysseus", Murmansk Trawler Fleet special handstamp and straight line cachet for the 60th anniversary applied to cover and stationery, etc., enjoy viewing this important collection. | Est. $1800-2500 | |
| 1581 | | CENTRAL &: SOUTH AMERICA COVERS, A dealer stock of approximately 195 envelopes, postal cards and picture postcards, including Uruguay (38), Honduras (33), Brazil (20), Argentina (10), Colombia (18), Guatemala (20) &: Mexico (20), strength is in the $5 to $50 per piece range, also Bolivia, Nicaragua &: Paraguay items, mostly from 1900-1940, Fine-VF, recommended for dealer. | Est. $1500-2000 | |
| 1582 | | WORLDWIDE COVER ACCUMULATION a diverse holding composed of about 400 envelopes, postal cards and picture post cards, Canada four envelopes &: seven Saint Patrick day picture postcards, China six commercial covers, North China five postal cards, South &: Central China six postal cards, Great Britain #5 cut to shape tied to folded letter from Calcutta, Hong Kong two envelopes addressed USA, India five registered postal envelopes used domestically in XIX Century, Tonga Tin-Can Mail envelope, France seven fieldpost envelopes from 1912-13, Germany twenty-seven picture post cards from 1920s, Japan fifteen postal cards, Mozambique envelope to Detroit, Palestine seven envelopes, Portugal five pre-philatelic folded letters and four folded letters with single frankings from 1859-73, Censored envelope from Boer War, two covers from the British Legation in Nepal (1944), two covers with Mexico &: US mixed frankings, abundant interesting items from many other countries, some mixed condition may be expected, but for the most part, condition appears Fine-VF, useful material for a dealer, worth checking out. | Est. $5000-7000 | |
| 1583 | | WORLDWIDE COVER ACCUMULATION 1880s-1960s two small cartons filled to overflowing with nearly 1000 covers with vast majority Europe prior to WWII with strength in Austria and Belgium, although there is a considerable value Latin America especially among the used late 19th century and early 29th century postal cards, we also noted some Brazil Condor Mail and Argentina flight covers, in addition, there is a commercial correspondence from the United States during the late 1920s to Chile and Bolivia as well as some postal stationery from Cuba as US Possession, we also noted an interesting section of mint French Colonial stationery and finally a large group of modern Tonga Free-form stamps on commercial mail, plenty of worthwhile material in the $25 to $50 range with some a lot higher, viewing will prove to be rewarding. | Est. $3000-5000 | |
| 1584 | | HUGE WORLDWIDE COVER ACCUMULATION Many thousands of unchecked 19th and 20th Century covers spanning the 1870s through the year 2000, containing a great array of predominantly postally used combination covers, private and commercial mail, wrappers, etc. displaying a broad range of usages, incl. Censored, Registered, plus 1500+ FDCs; we espied about 20 France covers (1810-1885), incl. Algeria, Levant; over 50 covers/PPCs from Greece (1890s-1940s); over 50 India and Princely States items (1884-1936), incl. postal stationery, and Aden PPCs; and much more; condition is better than usual for such a mixture; generally clean, Fine-VF; excellent potential herein for finding scarce frankings, usages, and cancellations; Careful viewing will prove pleasurable and will surely inspire hearty bidding ! | Est. $3000-4000 | |
| 1585 | | WORLDWIDE COVER ASSORTMENT a small carton filled to overflowing with about 600 covers from 19th century stampless to modern commercial covers, most are in sleeves with a short description and priced in the $10 to $50 range with a few higher, includes a strong section of Latin America with emphasis on pre-WWII postal stationery mint &: used with a mixture of flight covers from Brazil, Haiti, Guatemala, Mexico, and Panama and especially Dominican Republic, other strong areas are Russia which is again mostly pre-WWII with some Tsarist period items, in addition, a good showing of Great Britain &: Commonwealth WWII censored covers, and finally a group of modern Zeppelin commemoratives covers mostly from Germany &: Austria but also a few United States with some France, better individual items include an 1900 Diego Suarez internal cover, 1866 Mexico Bi-sect tied by Queretaro framed cancel, 1868 Portugal cover to Sweden, 1867 Russia cover to France plus many others, lots of saleable material that is ideal for a bourse dealer. | Est. $2000-3000 | |
| 1586 | | WORLDWIDE COVER &: UNITED STATES ACCUMULATION 1850-1925 seven small cover albums containing about 300 items with virtually every cover selected visual appeal, the United States section contains many 1893 Columbian entires addressed to Europe including some with added stamps &: a few Registered usages, there are also some attractive single franking covers notably of the 8c &: 10c Columbians, the next area with concentrated value is Latin America which includes dozens of covers in the $25 to $50 range from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Peru and Venezuela especially from the late 1890s to early 1930s, we also spotted interesting covers from dozens of other countries such as 1933/1960 Germany Rocket Mail covers, 1935 Poland Balloon Flight, an early Austria Offices in Jerusalem postal card, several Belgian Congo cards, a couple of attractive Hong Kong from the 1930s, plus so much more. The collector who assembled these had a eye for the unusual. | Est. $2000-3000 | |
| 1587 | | WORLDWIDE COVER ACCUMULATION Thousands of covers spanning 1910s-1980s, with strength in covers from 1940s forward, comprising postally used private, commercial (several of the latter illustrated), and Registered covers, from various European and Latin American nations, as well as from Aden, Australia, Brazil, British Honduras, Cape Verde, Cuba, Iran, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Libya, Mexico, Mozambique, Papua &: New Guinea, Philippines, ROC,South Africa, and Thailand, plus hundreds of pieces of 1970s-1980s missionary and other covers from Swaziland; United States (1890s-1960s), includes about 750 unused, unsevered 1924 2¢ paid reply postal cards, and other unused postal stationery, plus dozens of 1910s-1930s PPCs, APOs, even a few stampless covers; mixed condition; however, the majority of the covers are postally used, so there is excellent potential here for finding scarce postmarks and usages; Careful viewing will be time well spent ! | Est. $1500-2500 | |
| 1588 | | WORLDWIDE COVER ACCUMULATION 1900-1950 about 300 items from every corner of the globe generally in the $10 to $50 range with a few higher, the best items are four Zeppelin covers including two from Hungary, one Russia "Icebreaker Malygin" and one German flight, other interesting items include Austria #B138-41 FDC, UN #38 FDC(2), Italy-Campione 1944 set on cover, the one single country represented by the most items is Monaco(25) followed by Estonia and Danzig, other areas of interest are Israel forerunners, Russia &: Austria offices in Levant, a handful of Italian &: Portuguese colonies, plus many more, definitely a worthwhile lot for any cover dealer. | Est. $1500-2500 | |
| 1589 | | WORLDWIDE COVER ACCUMULATION 1900-1960 well over 100 mostly Western Europe covers with strength in pre-WW II Germany with several items in the $50 to $100 range including two Zeppelin picture post cards, several Catapult Flight cards, 1935 OSTROPA sheet (repaired), 1953 Famous People set FDC and 1886 Offices in Turkey 1P block of six tied to large Blue envelope with United States Consul in Constantinople corner card addressed to New York, other better items include two WWI Russian Censored covers to Sweden, Iceland 1944 Sigurdsson set FDC, several Switzerland FDC sets of the 1950s, plus so much more, well worth a few minutes for closer examination. | Est. $1500-2000 | |
| 1590 | | INTERESTING FOREIGN COVER STOCK A dealer's stock of nearly 300 covers spanning 1940s-1950s, mostly philatelic (FDCs, a few rocket mail covers), with strength in Germany, incl. two 1929 Zeppelin covers, 1935 OSTROPA event cover franked with B68a-d, FDCs of Germany B318-19, B320-3, 9NB4-5, 9NB8-11, Lobbenau perf and imperf Local semi-postals (Michel 1A-8A, 1B-8B) and others; also, Germany 1947 8pf, 24pf blocks tied to 200+ covers, 1949 used and unused Berlin Airlift aerogrammes, 1960 Augsberg Rocket mail; plus FDCs, and other covers from Dominican Republic, Greenland, Hungary, Italy (AMG), Liechtenstein (1961 Rocket mail), Lundy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal (1941 First Flights, 1992 Columbus Commemorative cover packets x16) Russia, and a few earlier covers, incl. 1861 Sardinia 10c (Scott 11e) tied to FLS; lovely Roman illustrated hotel cover with matching stationery dated 1900; 1913 Samos commercial cover franked with 1912 Provisional Government set (Scott N73-5); 1919 Bosnia Fieldpost card; 1936 1¸d Great Britain stamped envelope with RMS Queen Mary Maiden Voyage cachet, and more; condition is a little mixed, but most are of good quality, Fine-VF; lots of retail potential here, so be sure to view ! | Est. $1000-2000 | |
| 1591 | | VALUABLE PICTURE POSTCARD ACCUMULATION approximately one hundred mostly unused picture postcards from about 1900 to 1940 featuring a wide range of very popular topics such as Zeppelins, tennis, 1893 Columbian World's Fair, early Aviation, Hawaii, plus much more, for example the Zeppelin section contains about 20 items about evenly divided between portraits of Count von Zeppelin &: photos of early Airships, while the Aviation section shows early aviators such as Bleriot as well as aircraft, the Hawaii section includes about ten cards depicting various island scenes prior to WWII, tennis is one of the strongest sections and includes a card featuring Jack Kramer the winner of the 1947 Davis Cup, another interesting section features pre-WWII scenes of Malaya-Penang, early Real Photos of the missionary compound at Mazeru Basutoland, and finally three souvenir books of cards, the first depicts scenes from Gregory SD circa 1910, the other two books feature Carthage &: Bizerte North Africa prior to WWII, a fascinating group sure to appeal to any deltiologist. | Est. $800-1000 | |
| 1592 | | WORLDWIDE INTERESTING POSTAL STATIONERY ACCUMULATION two small cartons housing the odds and ends from a prominent collector's lifetime collection of postal stationery, the first carton contains literature - mostly about 50 issues of "From the Dragon's Den" published by the Ryukyu Philatelic Specialist Society as well as a photostat of 1891 edition of "Watson's Post Card &: Letter Card Catalogue," while the second carton actually contains assorted stationery including a valuable group of WWI POW mail from German prisoners in Allied camps back home to Germany, followed by a small album of unused German Letter Cards &: postal cards circa 1910-1915, we also spotted a group of pre WWII Romania &: Turkey stationery, plus piles of mint and used pre-WWII European stationery from Austria, Germany and Great Britain along with some Sweden and Switzerland, of special note is a selection of Portugese Colonies mint and used items from the 1950s and lastly there is a group of mostly recent United States airletter sheets along with a few South Africa &: SW Africa, altogether some unusual items that may well pique your interest. | Est. $600-800 | |
| 1593 | | WORLDWIDE COVER GROUP. Modern lot in 13 binders with strength in Europa including both 1956 and 1957 issues, also a small group of inaugural foreign flights from 1950-60, 1953 Royal Visit, Brussels World's Fair and a few odd commercial items, generally Fine to Very Fine. | Est. $500-750 | |
| 1594 | | WORLDWIDE COVERS. Lot of several thousand covers mostly from the 1940's to 1970 with an interesting group of post war Germany many with censor markings and labels, some mixed condition. | Est. $300-500 | |
| 1595 | | ZEPPELIN AND OTHER FLIGHT COVERS EXHIBIT A fascinating presentation of 76 items (60 of which are from Germany), comprising appropriately cacheted covers and post cards mounted on annotated pages housed in a 3-ring binder; 1929-1938 German Zeppelin covers include 1929 Zeppelin Flights to the Orient (x2; one cover with Er Ramle cancel); America Flight (x4), incl. May 16 delayed flight with Emergency Landing cachet (x2); Amsterdam Drop; 1930 South America Flight franked with special 2rm stamp; 1931 Polar Flight franked with special 4rm stamp issued for the flight; 1931-1935 South America Flights, incl. 1933 Century of Progress Flight franked with special 2rm stamp issued for the event; 1932 Switzerland Flight; 1936 Hindenburg Flights, incl Olympic Flight; 1938 Graf Zeppelin II Sudentenland Flight; 1939 Konigsberg Flight; other German flight covers include 1912 Rhein am Main Flight post cards(x6); 1912 Mannheim-Heidelberg First Flight (x2); 1912 Frankfurt-Wiesbaden Semi-Official Airmail; 1923 Last Day of 20m post card rate with 25m airmail surcharge; 1924 Gorlitz-Dresden Flight; 1929-1930 "Bremen" and "Europa" Catapult covers (x6); 1931 DO-X (x2), incl. Germany-Brazil flight franked with 2rm Zeppelin South America Flight stamp; also, 1929 Austria, 1930 Netherlands, and 1931 Liechtenstein contract Zeppelin mail; 1930 Brazil-Europe and Spain-Brazil Zeppelin covers; 1930 Baltic Sea, 1931 Egypt, and 1931 Iceland Zeppelin Flights; 1931 Russia Polar Flight,; and 1936 Brazil-Europe Condor Zeppelin Flight; generally Fine-VF; An exciting group for the Airmail or Zeppelin enthusiast, replete with many desirable covers; Viewing is a must for full appreciation. | Est. $3000-4000 |
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AFGHANISTAN
| 1596 | / |  | ADVANCED AFGHANISTAN COLLECTION, 1871-1961 Many hundreds of mint OG, used, and unused stamps comprising Definitives, Commemoratives, Airmail, Officials, Parcel Post, and Postal Tax, with many mint NH blocks and complete sheets from late 1920s-1950s, accompanied by 15 early covers, identified mostly by Michel number and neatly mounted in 8 albums on pages annotated in German; opens with a large, rather specialized study of predominantly genuine 1871-1878 Large and Small Tiger Heads and 1881-1891 Handstamped Medallions with many shade and printing varieties, incl. unused Michel 3, 26-30, 61-5, 74, 75 (x2), 94, 95; used Michel 1 (plate 1, 3, 4), 2 (plate 2, 3), 2 (plate 3) cut to shape and tied to small cover together with pair of India ¸a blue, 3 (plate 2, 3, and 4), 4 (signed Buhler), 6 irregular block of 7 (manuscript cancel), 7 on white or yellowish paper, 9, 14, 15, 32, 48, 50, 108 and 115 on cover, 118-I on cover; and continues with solid coverage of the issues of the Kingdom of Afghanistan from 1891 forward, incl. an extensive study of the varieties of the 1894 issue; mint Michel 196, 197; unused 174a block of 14, 274B block of 20; used Michel 173c block of 28, 179c on cover; and much more; average through Fine-VF centering; an impressive well-organized collection that will require careful viewing for full appreciation of its scope and content. | Est. $15000-20000 |
ARGENTINA
| 1597 | / | ARGENTINA MUNICIPAL REVENUES. Huge accumulation of many thousands of mint and used stamps, including Proofs and Specimens, arranged into four groups by city, Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Salta and Cordoba, mounted on album pages, the Buenos Aires group contains the most interesting material since there are quite a number of Imperf Trial Color Collective Proofs in various colors of each value in the set, such as "Fiscalia de Rentas" and "Guia de Campaua" and Bills of Exchange, as well as issued stamps both mint and used, the Santa Fe section has the largest representation with over 2,300 stamps alone, mostly in complete sets of mint and used, many in se-tenant pairs, also includes some Proofs and Specimen perfins in large blocks or sheets, the Cordoba and Salta sections contain over 2,500 stamps, mostly in complete sets, many in se-tenant pairs with a handful of Specimen perfins, a solid collection with potential for an award winning exhibit. | Est. $3000-4000 | |
| 1598 | / | ARGENTINA COLLECTION Many hundreds of different, predominantly mint OG 1858-1960s Definitives, Commemoratives, S/Ss, Airmails, and Officials, all neatly mounted on album pages in an old Scott binder, with strength in mint issues from 1935 to about 1960, incl. mint 229, 418-50, 452, 459-66, 468c NH, 468d NH, 470-2, 548, C1-19, C20-4, C30-4; used 30a signed; generally fresh mint stamps, Fine-VF; a respectable collection ready for an appreciative collector to develop further; Viewing advised for full appreciation. | Est. $600-800 |
AUSTRIA
| 1599 | / | VALUABLE AUSTRIA STOCK, 1850-1984 A splendid dealer's stock of thousands of mint OG and used stamps comprising singles and sets of Definitives, Commemoratives, Semi-Postals, Airpost, Postage Dues, Bosnia &: Herzegovina, etc., packed in glassines, identified by Scott, and housed in file and shoe boxes; most issues with duplicates to 10 each; good sets abound, incl. mint 145-63, 326-39 (x11; 2 sets NH), 354-73, 500-15 (x5), 520-56 (x9; 1 set NH), B81-6 NH, B122-7 (x6), B132-7 (x8; 4 sets NH), B260-3 NH, B269-71NH, C32-46 NH, C54-60 (x4; 1 set with 3s-20s NH), J132-58 (x3); used 354-73 (x4), B122-7 (x4), C54-60 (x13), and many, many more; generally fresh, Fine-VF, with plenty of mint NH sets; A bit disorganized; even so, it is easy to apprehend the great value and profitability here, so be sure to view this one ! | Est. $12000-14000 | |
| 1600 | | QUALITY AUSTRIA STOCK a dealer's stock (Scott $38K+) of selected mint OG and used 1850-1950s singles and sets of good Definitives, Commemoratives, Semi-Postals, Airpost, B-O-B, and Bosnia &: Herzegovina arranged on stock cards and stock pages; includes mint NH 84, 224a, 303-24, 326-39, 354-73 (273 LH), 380 signed, 520-56, 556v imperf pair (Michel 926U), B110, B110a, B111 with folder, B111 small inclusion in margin, B111a, B112-17, B122-27 blocks, B132-7, B138-41 x4, B152v-5v imperf, B185-8, B185a-8a with labels, B260-3, B269-71 blocks, 1918 2k airpost x2 (Neto 5) signed Bloch, C12-31 x5 incl. blocks (ex-Farouk; 4 sets NH), C32-46, C54-60 NH, J1-9, J9v p. 11 1/2 (Michel 9y; x10, incl. block), J159-74, MP3 large proof; mint 41-6 x2, 77, 196c, 224b, 226b signed, 427 &: 431 signed Bloch, B81-6, B87-92, B93-8, B106-9, B110 x2, B111a, B122-7, B138-41 x2, B185-8, B273-6 x2, C12-31, C32-46 x2, C54-60 x3, N47; Lombardy-Venetia 15; Bosnia &: Herzegovina 85, 86v-104v imperf, 105v-22v imperf, J14-26, M1-21; used 1a, 2, 7a, 46, 167 signed, 196c, 378-9, 380 x2, B106-9, B110a tied to WIPA covers (x2), B138-41 tied by event cancel to small pieces, B260-3, B269-71, B273-6 x2, C12-31 x2, P1, N37; Lombardy-Venetia 7, 8, 11a, 15 x9, incl. vertical strip tied to small piece, 16 x8, incl. vertical pair and 10s (18) tied to small piece, 17 strip, 19; Bosnia &: Herzegovina 85, and more; generally Fine-VF and better throughout, with the used being generally sound and the mint very fresh and clean; a wonderful stock replete with many desirable issues; Viewing essential for full appreciation of its quality and retail potential. | Est. $7000-10000 |