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Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

821

803/2196

Modern regular issue plate block collection of many hundreds, starts with the 1938 Presidential issue, which contains several dollar values including four $5.00, Liberty series to $1.00, with several each of the premium higher values, Prominent American series to $5.00, with twelve of the $5.00 Moore, Americana issue includes fifteen of the $5.00 Lantern, and the Great American issue goes to the $5.00, with two plate blocks of six of the $5.00 Harte, collected for different plate numbers and positions, with many matched sets present, also some scarcer plate numbers as noted in Durland, particularly from the earlier issues, some varieties and a few pre-cancelled, o.g., most never hinged, fine-very fine.

Est. $1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction

822

/PB

1030a/3268

#1030a/3268 1954-98 Regular issues extensive collection for the modern period, containing only definitive issues including Christmas issues in two large three-ring binders plus a third binder with plate blocks of the same period, collection includes lots of varieties of gumming, various tagging and perforations, includes sheet singles, coil pairs and line pairs, plus plate number coil strips of three and five and numerous booklet panes including the high dollar value Express mail booklets, we note the 25c Pheasant booklet pane with the light blue sky, plate blocks also have varieties and dollar values including eleven plate blocks of four of the $5.00 John Bassett Moore, all are o.g., n.h., fine to very fine or better.

Face value $1,700.00

SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction

823

1053/2747a

#1053/2747a Specialized modern collection of 66 regular issue items including singles, coil pairs and line pairs, plate blocks and booklet panes plus even a very few better plate number strips of three and five, such as 29c Flag over Mount Rushmore in the scarce “Toledo brown” shade, many singles, coil pairs and eleven different plate blocks of four are untagged varieties that were only regularly issued without tagging with Bureau pre-cancels and are so listed, many of these are quite elusive, we note 12c Black and 13c Brown plate blocks with “New York, N.Y.” pre-cancels, plus $5.00 Black (#1053) and scarce 25c Magenta (#1290b) plate blocks of four, o.g., n.h., nearly all very fine; an excellent collection of all premium items for the collector filling in scarce varieties or the retailer of desirable modern issues.

$2,960.00

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction

824

/PB

1064/3829

#1064/3829 1955-2003 Comprehensive modern collection of regular and commemorative issues in eight Lighthouse hingeless deluxe albums, very extensive including not only singles but numerous se-tenant blocks of four, plate strips of 20, special full sheets and souvenir sheets, plus numerous booklet panes and complete booklets and quite an impressive collection of plate number coil strips of three, the large scope of this collection makes the face value very high but in addition numerous varieties are found throughout including some with significant premium value, we note the first computer vended stamps cplt. (#CVP1-20), the Recalled Legends of the West souvenir sheets plus other better souvenir sheets of the cartoon characters with die cutting cut through the backing, also tagging and perforation varieties etc., exceptionally clean with all o.g., n.h., very fine throughout; an exceptional opportunity to acquire a wonderful collection of nearly fifty years of U.S. postal issues in one purchase.

Face value $4,400.00

SOLD for $3,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

825

1278b/1816a

#1278b/1816a, 1965-81 Specialized collection of untagged issues which were only regularly issued on pre-cancelled values that did not require tagging for mail handling, this collection consists mostly of the Prominent American and Americana series and includes 19 different sheet singles and seventeen different coil joint line pairs, many of the latter are quite scarce including joint line pairs of 1c Green, 4c Black and 5c Blue of the Prominent American series (#1299a, 1303a, 1304a), plus line pairs of 8c Deep claret Eisenhower and 10c Jefferson Memorial (#1402a, 1520a) among other better issues, o.g., n.h., very fine or better and a nice specialty lot of scarce issues.

$1,620.00

SOLD for $525.00
Will close during Public Auction

826

1891/2609

#1891/2609 Plate number coil collection/accumulation of over 225 plate number strips of five plus another 50 strips of three (mostly not counted unless priced in Scott), total catalog is over $3,400.00 but over $2,300.00 of that is found in just ten key strips of five and a couple of strips of three with tagging errors, the strips of five of the 18c Flag plate 1 (#1891), 20c Flag plate 6 (#1895a), two 29c Flag strips plate 6 on the rare Lenz paper (#2523d), plus two key 9.3 Mail Wagon plates 5 and 6 (#1903) and 20c Consumer Education plates 1 and 2 (#2005), all are neatly arranged and identified in a Lighthouse stockbook, o.g., n.h., mostly very fine.

Est. $400-500

SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction

FACE VALUE ACCUMULATIONS

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CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

827

Modern plate block and plate strip sizable accumulation of thousands neatly sorted in glassines and envelopes, from 3c Commemoratives to 29c, though the bulk of the face value is in 15c-20c plate strips, with quantities up to 50 of some, also some mint sheets and full panes, plus there are many panes still in the original Post Office packaging (including several Celebrating the Century packs, o.g., n.h., fine-very fine.

Face value $12,000.00+

SOLD for $7,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

828

Modern mint sheet lot of many hundreds in sheet files, from 3c Commemoratives to 29c values, with heavy duplication on some 18c-20c values including over 50 of the State Bird sheets, we note premium items such as nearly 50 sheets of the 1¼c Gallatin, also some air posts, a few partial sheets (no more than 2% of the face value), o.g., n.h., fine-very fine.

Face value $8,500.00+

SOLD for $7,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

829

Modern booklet accumulation of over one thousand, most are the booklets containing 13c-22c stamps, though they go as high as 29c, some heavy duplication on the 15c ("A" stamps) and 18c, a few premium air post, o.g., n.h., fine-very fine.

Face value $4,400.00+

SOLD for $3,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

830

Modern coil roll lot of around 75 unbroken rolls (from 100 to 500) and a couple partial rolls, denominations from 1¼c to 18c, with several being bulk-rate fractional stamps, also some standard rate Transportation coils, o.g., n.h., fine-very fine.

Face value $2,000.00+

SOLD for $1,200.00
Will close during Public Auction

UNITED NATIONS COLLECTION

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CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

831

United Nations large mostly mint accumulation, including many thousands of inscription blocks arranged in glassines, from the earliest issue to a least the 1980s, with some sets up to 50 each, plus there is a large number of sheets filling 21 sheet files, ten stockbooks containing thousands of stamps, two collections (one singles, one inscription blocks), o.g., n.h., fine-very fine; the estimate is as low as we dared, as it is only a small fraction of the total face value involved.

Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $2,200.00
Will close during Public Auction

POSTAL HISTORY LARGE LOTS

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Lot Description

CV or Estimate

832

19th Century group of better covers, 38 total, including twelve #1's on nine covers, various 1851-57 usages, better 1861s such as strip of #76 to Germany and three #67 to Germany, some 1869 Pictorial domestic usages, and more, mixed quality.

Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $4,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

833

19th century cover accumulation of a couple thousand, from stampless to the Bank Note period, mainly domestic usages, with a large portion being 1c-3c values from the 1851 to 1880 issues, but high values also noted including registered usages, largely unchecked by us by a quick glance notes some illustrated, better cancels and towns, etc., mixed condition, certainly worth taking a look.

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $6,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

834

19th century cover lot of 22 items, most are Civil War patriotics, with a variety of designs, also some other illustrated, a couple with carrier stamps, as well as a couple with fancy geometric cancels, mixed condition, generally fine-very fine appearance.

Est. $400-500

SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction

835

Turn of the century cover lot of many hundreds, with some late Bank Note issues, including illustrated, a specialized collection of Boston cancels (on and off cover) featuring Bank Note issues with numeral cancels, a mixed country franking with U.S. 15c Bureau and Great Britain stamps, inbound foreign covers with postage due stamp affixed on arrival, special delivery, parcel post stamps used as first class mail, some better air posts including C13-15 on individual covers/cards, a few engravings and other ephemera, mixed condition.

Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $3,750.00
Will close during Public Auction

836

Saleable cover lot of about 60, with some fresh 19th Century covers, including a few foreign destinations, early commemoratives with various usages, about 25 air post covers, most of which are first flights franked with #C2 or C4-6, a few special deliveries and some parcel post stamps used as first class mail, overall condition is far above the norm, with the majority being very fine.

Est. $400-500

SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction

837

Interesting correspondence to Egypt during World War II, about 100 covers sent from New York to Benha, Egypt from 1941-1944, many are franked with the Presidential series stamps, paying anywhere from the 5c letter rate to the 70c airmail rate "via the Pan-American Clipper", and several rates in between, with individual stamp values as high as 50c, there are also several with the Air Post Transport series, many with censor tape or markings, includes a few soldier's letters, and a few are sent or forwarded to Sudan, plus there is another 100 or so covers representing mostly Egypt-U.S. usages in the same period, but also inbound Egypt from other countries, the covers are lightly affixed to notebook pages by a light adhesive on the backflaps, but with a little patience and care they look like they can be removed with little or no damage to the flaps; should be a goldmine for a Prexie collector or someone studying the rates of World War II. (imagea) (imageb) (Image)

Est. $400-500

SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction

838

Michigan postcard collection consisting of over 1,100 picture postcards in five three-ring binders, includes both Detroit area and out-state towns from the turn of the century to about 1920 but mostly in the early part of this range, one binder is devoted exclusively to Belle Isle, Detroit includes a fascinating array of the many landmarks around the area well documenting the auto industry, we note a number of cards with automobiles, trains and boats plus even a couple of early airplanes and a Zeppelin, outstate cards includes a wide range of towns with interesting scenes, post offices, lighthouses, etc, also includes some actual photograph postcards that are more desirable, a large portion of the cards are used, most with common stamps but with we note a coil single of #412 and two cards with coil singles of #443 and others, condition varies with normal postal wear, overall fine-very fine.

Est. $300-400

SOLD for $575.00
Will close during Public Auction

FIRST DAY COVER LARGE LOTS

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CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

839

367/550

#367/550, Scarce early commemorative first day cover lot of sixteen covers, includes seven #367 (six different cities), five #527, three #549 and a rarely seen complete set of the Pilgrim Tercentenary on one cover (#548-550), a few minor imperfections but generally fine-very fine; catalogs $12,600.00. (Image)

Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $3,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

840

551/701

#551/701, 1922-1931 Regular issues valuable first day cover holding of many hundreds neatly arranged in three file drawers, with duplication up to about 25 each, but most are in quantities of ten or less, the 1922 Issue goes to the 50c and includes ten 7c values with Niles, Ohio postmarks, many 12c including six from Caldwell, N.J., one each of the scarce 11c, 15c and 50c values, the Perf. 10 issues contain all values from 1½c to 10c, plus coils, and even one example of the rare 2c Booklet pane (#583a), the 1926 Issue is well represented, as is the 1931 11c-50c Issue, with five to thirteen of each value, including seven 17c and six 50c, most of course are Washington, D.C., but there are several from other cities when they come that way, a few cacheted (mainly the generic rubber handstamps), overwhelmingly fine-very fine; an incredible opportunity to obtain a comprehensive stock of this popular first day collecting area; the Scott catalog value is in excess of $65,000.00.

Est. $10,000-15,000

SOLD for $10,500.00
Will close during Public Auction