Shreves Philatelic Galleries, Inc. Sale

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Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

1041

392/497

#392/497, Balance of Washington-Franklin coil line strips of four, collection of 22 different guide line or joint line strips of four, starts with the perf. 8 1/2 issue of 1910 and has various values through the unwatermarked issues of 1916-22, all are attractive with bright colors, all but one with o.g., thirteen strips are completely n.h., with some pairs or singles in the others also n.h., centering ranges from fine to extremely fine; accompanied by two PF certificates.

Est. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

1042

Mostly mint collection to the 1960's in three albums, most of the value in regular issues from the Washington-Franklin heads through the 1930's, with several dollar values noted, also #573 center line block and a White Plains souvenir sheet, also some early used in mixed condition, o.g., some n.h., much is fine-very fine.

Est. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $4,750.00
Will close during Public Auction

1043

Miscellaneous balance of mostly 20th century in a few stockbooks and stockpages, includes some better blocks and plate blocks, Hunting Permit stamps, first issue imperforate revenues, early postal cards, booklet panes, some modern issues, much is fine-very fine.

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $2,400.00
Will close during Public Auction

1044

Eclectic balance of consignment consisting of two Lighthouse albums with a collection of modern mint with over $500.00 in face value, a set of Lexington -Concord sheets, the 5c with slight edge aging, four coil rolls of 500, complete or nearly so including #490, 598 and 851, plus a couple hundred covers including some FDC's, we note 33 FDC's with singles to blocks of the 80c Hawaii air post (#C46), plus even some California revenues, condition varies but for the most part the stamps are o.g., nearly all n.h., fine-very fine.

Est. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction

1045

PB/

Group of better plate blocks and covers, a couple dozen items, with plate blocks including the 4c, 14c, 15c and 20c 1922 Issue in large plate blocks all signed by Postmaster Generals, #S5 and fourteen Hunting Permit stamps (two of these are non-plate blocks of four), the covers are mostly 20th century philatelic covers, including FDC's of #563, the Norse American set from all seven official cities, first flight covers of #C4-6, #C13 on a flown card, #C14-15 on one flown cover, and a few others, plate blocks are o.g., with some n.h., generally fine-very fine.

Est. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $3,750.00
Will close during Public Auction

1046

Balance of an estate, consisting of a plate block collection in a Scott album (a little sparse but some better items are present), 2c Red plate blocks in quantities, a couple stockbooks with some medium priced mint noted, a modest worldwide album, plus some first day and other commemorative covers from the 1930's, mixed condition but should prove useful.

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $1,400.00
Will close during Public Auction

1047

Block mint and used collection, in four albums, frequently collected in both mint and used blocks of four plus some plate blocks, includes premium value items starting with the 1922 Regular issue, as well as commemoratives of the 1920's and 1930's, most of the value is in mint blocks but some seldom seen used blocks of higher denominations are also present, also some better modern issues such as a $5.00 Hamilton plate block, air posts include used blocks of four of the 1923 Second issue, plus others, face value of non-premium items adds up, plus there is an additional album with over $225.00 face value of sheets and partial sheets, mint blocks with o.g., all have at least two n.h. stamps and many are completely never hinged, overall fine-very fine.

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction

1048

551/1341

#551/1341, C57, E22, Premium mint sheet lot of over 30 sheets, includes the National Parks imperforates complete, with some extra values including the 10c (most of these have one vertical row of stamps removed - not affecting the plate block), various other sheets from the 1930's, later issues include the $1.00 O'Neill and the $5.00 Moore in sheet of 100, as well as two $1.00 Airlift sheets, o.g., n.h., fine-very fine.

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $1,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

1049

Mint accumulation of hundreds of plate blocks, coils including partial rolls, booklet panes and complete booklets plus some singles, material starts as early as the 1890's with some premium items scattered throughout, the vast portion is from the 1940's to the 1970's and face value totals at least $600.00, but there are also unusual items, such as insurance booklets, savings stamps, etc., all of this and the premium material is not reflected in the face value, clean and fresh, o.g., n.h., fine-very fine or better; well worth examining.

Est. 400-500

SOLD for $1,050.00
Will close during Public Auction

1050

Modern accumulation of mint, used and covers filling three boxes, the mint include many high value regular issue and express mail stamps in plate blocks, with modest quantities of each, also booklet panes, se-tenant blocks and some sheets, used includes se-tenant blocks, booklet panes and many high value express mail stamps, which are not easy to come by used, some FDC's (note a $5.00 Hamilton plate block) and some commercial mail with high value stamps, also many souvenir pages, commemorative panels, mint Trust Territories, and even two Recalled Legends sheets, mainly fine-very fine; a nice profit should await someone who can use the variety of modern items in this lot.

Est. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,900.00
Will close during Public Auction

1051

Mostly modern mint lot containing several hundred plate strips of 8c-20c values (and some higher value air post issues of the period), this portion of the lot probably has a face value in excess of $1,000.00, in addition there are over 40 sets of the Bicentennial souvenir sheets, some early Marshall Islands and Palau in quantities, six $9.35 Express Mail FDC's in souvenir booklets, plus some miscellaneous material such as local reprints and lower end foreign stamps, mostly o.g., n.h. and fine-very fine.

Est. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

1052

Modern mint lot including mint sheets in the 10c-22c range, with five State Bird sheets, also plate blocks, plate strips, booklets and singles, as well as several sets of the Bicentennial souvenir sheets, some premium items including a Recalled Legends of the West sheet in original envelope, also some United Nations, o.g., n.h., fine-very fine.

Est. 400-500

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction

1053

Modern mint collection balances in eight albums, includes singles and plate blocks, with periods ranging from sparse to fairly well filled, also includes over $180.00 face value in recent panes (mostly 33c values), o.g., nearly all n.h., fine-very fine.

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction

1054

Modern mint lot of mostly plate strips of twenty of 15c-22c values, also some sheets and over $150.00 face in booklets from the same time period, a few high values including a pane of twenty of the $5.00 Bret Harte, o.g., n.h., fine-very fine.

Face value $1,602.00

SOLD for $1,150.00
Will close during Public Auction

1055

C7/31

#C7/31, Air post sheet collection of a total of 36 better sheets, includes 1926-27 Maps cplt., 10c Lindbergh, all three of the China Clipper values and four complete sets the Transports (#C25-31), fresh and overall well centered, o.g., n.h., few edge perf. separations as usual, fine-very fine.

$7,884.00

SOLD for $3,750.00
Will close during Public Auction

COVER LARGE LOTS

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

1056

Large cover accumulation consisting of over 1,000 covers from stampless to modern, includes a fair number of 19th century but most are 20th century, we note better commemorative frankings including a 15c Columbian single franking, numerous Washington-Franklin covers with a wide range of frankings including blocks of four, we note registered covers and other special services, there are a large number of Navy covers with cancels of various ships, postal stationery and much more, condition varies but a large portion are fine-very fine; contains many interesting and saleable covers.

Est. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $2,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

1057

Exposition post card collection of over 225 mint or used cards relating to the fairs and expositions from 1893 to 1915, includes a few local fairs but the majority are from expositions for which stamps were issued and many franked with those stamps, we note several exposition cancels including machine and duplex cancels for the 1893 Columbian Exposition on multicolor postal cards, similar duplex exposition cancel on Trans-Mississippi postal cards, plus twelve exposition station cancels on cards for later fairs, many cards are the attractive special multicolor view cards issued especially for the expositions, we note 70 cards from the 1904 St. Louis Fair, over 30 for the Jamestown Exposition and 70 cards for the combined Panama-Pacific and Panama-California Expositions, condition varies but the majority are fine-very fine and a nice selection of these.

Est. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction

1058

Mostly 20th century cover lot of several hundred, much of the value in flight covers, with some better noted, also about 30 early airplane postcards, most of which are related to the Wright Brothers, also some FDC's from the 1920's including complete sets of the Huguenot-Walloon and Lexington-Concord on single covers, plus a few Canadian flight covers and some later items, mostly fine-very fine.

Est. 400-500

SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

1059

United States flight cover collection/accumulation of over 220 covers, includes both domestic and foreign routes, mostly cacheted first flight covers, but also includes over 20 Zeppelin covers consisting of 1928-29 America and Round-the-World flights including several with better air post frankings, we note one Round-the-World flight cover with eight #C5 and two #C6, also several Chicago Century of Progress covers with up to four Zeppelin stamps including a couple of New York FDC's, other desirable covers are found throughout, condition varies, mostly fine-very fine.

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction

LITERATURE

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

1060

Collectors Club Philatelist, one of the most useful journals for the specialist, a total of 175 issues, includes a half-leather bound vol. 7, card-stock bound complete vols. 11-14 and 19-24, volumes 23 and 24 contain the English translation of Kohl's Handbook of Greece in four parts plus other supplements to the regular journal, then loose issues in a complete run of vols. 37-55 plus another 20 issues that are not in complete volumes, all very fine; an excellent source of knowledge for the serious philatelist; Dallas viewing only.

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction