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| Lot # | Country | Description | Cat Value | Photo | |||||
| 1 | U.S. COVERS | U.S. AND WORLD WIDE COVER ACCUMULATION - about 5,000 covers, maybe a bit more US that foreign, loosed in a large box; includes US and WW FDC's, event covers, commercial, some souvenir cards with FDC cancels, mint and used postal stationery, etc, mostly 1930's -1980's or so; a real hodge podge; there are better covers here - I think; a treasure hunt with probably more lead than gold (ENV 650-700) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 400 | ||||||||
| 2 | U.S. COVERS | U.S. SPACE COVERS ACCUMULATION - approximately 300 covers with space related events mostly Gemini, Apollo and Appolo Soyuz and others like the Smithsonian "Milestones of Flight Commemortive Series" #'s 9- 34 inclusive; includes 18 covers with foreign frankings (mostly Hungary and USSR); some minor duplication; overall pertty clean with only some minor edge wear; colorful lot (ENV 200-225) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 170 | ||||||||
| 3 | FDC COVERS | MASSIVE FIRST DAY COVER ACCUMULATION - about 9,500 covers, unorganized and loose in two large boxes, 99% FDC's, 1940's-1990's (large majority are pre 1970), 98% cacheted (mostly Artcraft and Fleetwood plus about a dozen or so other's) over half unaddressed; the value will be in the pre 1960 covers with thousands in the $1.25 and up cat. val. range; typical minor edge wear on most due to age; some wrinkles and creases but should affect less than 5% of the total covers; duplication generally under 20 each (ENV 2,500-2,600) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 1,650 | ||||||||
| 4 | FDC COVERS | FIRST DAY COVER ACCUMULATION - abouyt 450 First Day Covers, late 1920's through late 1940's, all - or nearly so - cacheted, mixed addressed/unaddressed; Famous Americans, Overrun Countries, National Parks, commems from the early 1930's, this lot has excellent coverage in the time period; condition will be mixed with much edge wear and some extensive toning; useful duplication; inspection is strongly advised (ENV 2,250-2,300) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 1,600 | ||||||||
| 5 | FDC COVERS | LARGE U.S. FIRST DAY COVER ACCUMULATION - about 4,500 FDC's, 1940's-1980's, nearly all cacheted, about half unaddressed, mostly Fleetwood but noticed Artcraft, Artmaster and several others; expect duplication and some mixed condition but overall is F-VF; lots of covers (ENV 850-900) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 600 | ||||||||
| 6 | FDC COVERS | U.S. 1932-1940 FIRST DAY COVER ACCUMULATION - 250 or so FDC's, all cacheted (various makers) and addressed; some highlights are Washington Bicentennial, 1933 commems (no #730-31), two sets of thje 1934 National Parks, Army-Navy, 1938 Prexy coils, 1939 commems including seven #855 Baseball, a few better air mail covers with Scott #'s C19 (July 1, 1934), C20 and C22 on single covers PLUS a C21-22 combo cover; expect light (to 10 each) duplication but most will be five or less; quite a few are in blocks of four and were cataloged as such; condition is mixed with toning (usually light) some wrinkles and creases, etc; but many are F-VF with only light edge wear; should be viewed; the listed cat. val. for the pre Scott # 772 covers is from the 2004 Brookman catalog (CV$1,572) the later from Scott (CV$1,913) | 3,485.00 | ||||||
| Realized: | 400 | ||||||||
| 7 | FDC COVERS | U.S. FIRST DAY COVER ACCUMULATION - several hundred mostly FDC's from the 1930's-1990's, nearly all cacheted, most of the post 1970 are unaddressed (earlier are generally pencil addressed); many better noticed including 1976 flags and Bicentennial s/s, 1943 Overrun Countries, much 1945-1960 commems with many in blocks, 859-93 (cacheted/addressed), 23 hand painted FDC's by Clara Harold Walker from 1977-78; better addressed airmail FDC's with C10 (St Louis cancel with handstamped cachet), C17 (two covers, one with FDC cachet, the other with an event handstamp, C19 (July 1, 1934 with cachet), C23 block with St Petersburg cancel, cacheted, C24 with "First Day of Issue" cachet and C31 (Anderson cachet); some slightly mixed condition in some areas but most is clean (ENV 750-800) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 400 | ||||||||
| 8 | FDC COVERS | U.S. FIRST DAY COVER ACCUMULATION - over 2,000 mostly FDC's, 1930's-1990's, loose and in albums, most unaddressed, nearly all cacheted (Artcraft, Cachet Craft, Fleetwood, etc); condition a bit more mixed than normal but most will be clean or with minor edge wear; decent variety but expect duplication (ENV 600-650) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 350 | ||||||||
| 9 | FDC COVERS | U.S. FDC AND STATIONARY ACCUMULATION - about 2,500 various covers packed into a large carton, includes many different but there is some duplication, generally 1-3 of each, there are some early FDC's that start in the early 1930's, mixed addressed and unaddressed, virtually all are cacheted, usual mixed condition but for the most part a clean and well organized lot, we noticed several better covers scattered, there are also about 100 non-FDC's, there is some Airmail and a selection of Event covers, also there is about 100 UN FDC's, definitely a worthwhile lot and deserves inspection, (ENV 400-500) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 200 | ||||||||
| 10 | FDC COVERS | U.S. FIRST DAY COVER ACCUMULATION 1941-1949 - about 350 FDC's. all cacheted (about 90% are House of Farnam) and addressed, 1941-1949, complete - or nearly so - from Scott # 903 to 959 and a couple 1949's plus airmail and special delivery issues for the period, with at least one FDC of each issue; duplication to 10 each on most with a few higher; visible surface toning affects about a third of the covers and expect the usual edge wear/toning due to age; overall Fine; includes many blocks and some plate blocks and were cataloged as such; | 2,982.00 | ||||||
| Realized: | 220 | ||||||||
| 11 | FDC COVERS | U.S. FIRST DAY COVER ACCUMULATION - about 1,250 mostly different FDC's, various cachets but mostly Fleetwood, most unaddressed, from 1940-1992 (not inclusive) housed in 17 various binders, most with slip cases; includes commems, regulars, airmail and some postal stationery; includes Scott #'s 1633-82 plus blocks of four of #'s 2541-42; overall clean but expect some edge wear on the earlier issues (ENV 400-450) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 200 | ||||||||
| 12 | FDC COVERS | U.S. FIRST DAY COVER ACCUMULATION - nearly 1,000 covers housed in seven Showgard cover albums, mostly 1970's and 1980's; about 95% FDC's with at least 70% cacheted and unaddressed; interesting group of cachet makers with Artmaster, Colorano, Aristocrat, Colonial Cachet, Tudor House, Gill Craft, etc; some minor duplication; overall clean but expect an occasional minor problem (ENV 400-450) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 240 | ||||||||
| 13 | FDC COVERS | FLEETWOOD PROOF CARDS WITH FDC - about 450 different proof cards, all with the stamp and First Day cancel, housed in 12 padded binders (binders need some cleaning up) with each card in an heavy acetate sleeve, covering 1983-1991 with a couple back to the 1970's; includes regulars, commems, air mail and officials; noticed no high values and one express mail ($9.35) but there may be others; most of the se-tenant issues have the multiple on one card and single cards for each stamp of the unit; this includes booklet panes as well as se-tenant blocks; overall very clean and a great start to this FDC collecting area (ENV 350-400) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 210 | ||||||||
| 14 | FDC COVERS | U.S. FIRST DAY COVER ACCUMULATION 1929-1940 - about 350 FDC's, all uncacheted and addressed, starting with Scott #680 and ending with #861 (not inclusive) plus some airmails; quantities vary from a few to 10 each on most with a few higher; some highlights are Scott #'s 723(2), 734 (Pittsburg cancel), 735, the 1937-1939 commems , 804b(2), 806b(2), 807a(2), 832(2), 833-34, 855(2), C12, C19 (July 1), C23(4) and C24; the cat. val. for the pre 1935 covers is $516 and the 1936-40 $3,371; some wrinkles and normal edge toning | 3,887.00 | ||||||
| Realized: | 190 | ||||||||
| 15 | FDC COVERS | U.S. 1941 TRANSPORTS ISSUE FIRST DAY COVERS - all covers are cacheted (appears to be House of Farnam) and unaddressed; a total of six complete sets of eight covers, including C25a, and two complete sets less the C25 for a total of 62 covers; overall F-VF with some minor edge wear | 976.00 | ||||||
| Realized: | 150 | ||||||||
| 16 | FDC COVERS | 1940 FIRST DAY COVER ACCUMULATION - all covers are cacheted (House of Farnam) and unaddressed; consists of Scott #'s 859-93 in blocks of four, 895(2) blocks of four, 899(2) blocks of four, 900 block of four, 901(2) blocks of four and 902(43) all blocks of four; overall F-VF with minor edge wear | 921.00 | ||||||
| Realized: | 140 | ||||||||
| 17 | FDC COVERS | U.S. FIRST DAY COVER ACCUMULATION - over 800 FDC's with about 450 Fleetwood Cachet/unaddressed covers and postal cards from 1981-84 with many se-tenant blocks; three sets of the 1982 Birds and Flowers issue, two Fleetwood unaddressed sets in the padded cover album, one Washington D.C. cancels, the other set with state capitol cancels plus a third set with Colorano cachets and Washington D.C. cancels; the Fleetwood presentation album with the 1986 Presidents issue plus additional covers for Nixon, Carter, Ford and Reagan and about 150 covers from the 1940's-1960's all various cachets (Fleetwood, Cachet Craft, Art Craft, Anderson, etc) and 90% unaddressed; overall condition on the pre 1980 is slightly mixed but most with only the typical edge wear, the 1980 and later is very clean; quite a bit of covers in the $3-$10 retail range (ENV 250-300) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 150 | ||||||||
| 18 | FDC COVERS | U.S. 1943-1944 OVERRUN COUNTRIES FIRST DAY COVER ACCUMULATON - all cacheted (appears to be House of Farnam), unaddressed consisting of five complete sets with blocks of four, (valued at 1 1/2 times the single on cover price), eight complete sets of single stamps and five additional Poland in blocks of four; the Poland covers are mixed Washington and Chicago; some minor toning and the usual edgewear, overall F-VF | 829.00 | ||||||
| Realized: | 145 | ||||||||
| 19 | FDC COVERS | U.S. FAMOUS AMERICANS FIRST DAY COVERS - set of 35 covers, hand stam addressed, all C. Stephen Anderson cachet, in blocks of four; overall VF with the typical edge wear and an occasional tone spot (ENV 150-175) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 80 | ||||||||
| 20 | FDC COVERS | U.S. FIRST DAY COVER ACCUMULATION 1955-1965 - about 1,300 FDC's, all uncacheted, most addressed, generally mid 1950's-mid 1960's, duplication to 10 on most with a few more; may contain some better better used stamps (noticed a C51a) but most will be common; quite a bit in blocks and some plates; overall Fine with the usual edge wear (ENV 75-100) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 34 | ||||||||
| 21 | FIRST FLIGHT COVERS | FIRST FLIGHT COVER ACCUMULATION - over 2,000 various covers, mostly from the 1940-50 period, there is duplication but very nice variety, overall condition is quite nice with only some scattered flaws, most have cachets, we noticed some covers in the $10-25 range scattered, lots to look through here, (ENV 1,250-1,500) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 800 | ||||||||
| 22 | FIRST FLIGHT COVERS | FIRST FLIGHT COVER ACCUMULATION - about 1200 covers in a medium box, good variety but expect duplication, strong in the 1940-50 period, most are cacheted, overall condition is mixed with some faults to be expected but generally a clean lot, (ENV 750-1,000) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 500 | ||||||||
| 23 | FIRST FLIGHT COVERS | U.S. FLIGHT COVER ACCUMULATION - over 300 flight related covers including First Flights, Airport Dedications, Air Races, Airmail Weeks, commercial airmail, etc, mostly late 1920's through the 1950's; condition will be somewhat mixed but most will be Fine or better; nice variety and worth a look (ENV 600-650) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 300 | ||||||||
| 24 | FIRST FLIGHT COVERS | FLIGHT COVER ACCUMULATION - 156 covers, most are first flights but has commercial, USS Akron and Macon covers, a 1931 ship to shore airmail transfer with the Goodyear Blimp, National Air Mail Week covers, etc; included in the total are 25 covers with foreign frankings; best noticed were two covers each with a C4, a C21 with a Crosby photo cachet, three Hindenburg Zeppelin covers (all May 14, 1936) and a Oct 23 cover with a cachet welcoming the Graf Zeppelin on its first visit to Miami; overall condition is mixed with much edge wear and some tears; should be viewed (ENV 500-550) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 300 | ||||||||
| 25 | FIRST FLIGHT COVERS | U.S. FIRST FLIGHT ACCUMULATION - over 300 mostly different mostly First Flight covers but does include some experimental helicopter and airport dedications, mostly 1920's-1960's; nice variety of CAMS; condition will be a bit mixed so expect some wrinkles or minor creases; colorful lot (ENV 450-500) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 290 | ||||||||
| 26 | FIRST FLIGHT COVERS | U.S. FIRST FLIGHT COVER ACCUMULATION - there are about 500 various covers here, there is some duplication, condition is nice with some of the usual wear, mostly from the late 1940's and early 1950's, there are a few B.O.B. items here, take a look, (ENV 300-350) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 210 | ||||||||
| 27 | FIRST FLIGHT COVERS | U.S. FLIGHT COVER ACCUMULATION - 255 covers related to flight; mostly First Flight, but does have Helicopter, airport dedications, Air Mail Week, etc, from teh late 1920's to about 1960; some duplication but overall excellent variety; some mixed condition but overall VG-Fine (ENV 200-250) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 160 | ||||||||
| 28 | FIRST FLIGHT COVERS | U.S. SHIP COVER ACCUMULATION - 196 covers covering ship themes including Paquebot, Submarine, larger war ships, Old Ironsides, Navy Day, picture postcards, etc; the majority will be pre 1960 with much in the 1930's; includes about 25 covers with foreign frankings (many Swedish Sea Post Office from the 1930's) plus 31 covers from the late 1930's-1950's with small sized photos in the cachet (most are Crosby); condition a bit mixed in places but overall decent; inspection advised (ENV 700-750) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 450 | ||||||||
| 29 | U.S. COVERS | CLASSIC U.S. COVER SELECTION - about 20 covers with most being pre 1890, overall condition is mixed with faults to be expected, there are a few covers in the $50-100 range and some higher, a mixed bag with value, (ENV 500-600) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 350 | ||||||||
| 30 | U.S. COVERS | LARGE U.S. COVER ACCUMULATION - 3,500 or so US covers mixed commercial, event, FDC's, etc; probably about half are FDC's from the 1940's-1990's, most cacheted about half addressed including some of the later sheetlets like the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and Endangered Species sheetlets on Artcraft cachet, unaddressed covers, the 29 cent flowers set in a binder, Fleetwood cachet, unaddressed, saw a hundred or so used and unused postal cards starting in the 1800's, some 19th Century commercial mail including some early embossed envelopes, event covers, etc;mixed condition on the commercial mail, most of the event and FDC's are clean; really a diverse group that should be inspected (ENV 550-600) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 400 | ||||||||
| 31 | U.S. COVERS | U.S. COVER ACCUMULATION - 4,000 or so US covers, mostly commercial (1930's-1990's) but includes a smattering of FDC's, postal cards, etc; really a mish-mash that should be viewed; condition will be quite mixed (ENV 550-600) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 300 | ||||||||
| 32 | U.S. COVERS | U.S. COVER MIXTURE - several hundred various covers, includes some stationary, there are FDC's, commercial usages, high values, and who knows what else, all jammed packed into a large carton, lots to look through here, (ENV 400-500) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 250 | ||||||||
| 33 | U.S. COVERS | U.S. COMISSION AND LAUNCHING SHIP COVERS ACCUMULATION - this lot consists of 226 mostly different covers with 41 addressed (39 cacheted) covers with "First Day Comission" or similar cancels, 1933-1945 period and 185 cacheted/addressed covers from the 1936-1942 period, some with ship cancels but most will be the city or port of launching; includes just about every class of ship from support to aircraft carriers; overall condition is Fine but most have generally mild toning spots on the corners due to the mounting corners used; otherwise nice with only the usual edge wear (ENV 450-500) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 250 | ||||||||
| 34 | U.S. COVERS | U.S. SHIP COVERS ACCUMULATION - a group of 145 mostly different addressed covers nearly all pre 1940 consisting of 27 covers (14 with cachets) of the Destroyer Tender "U.S.S. Black Hawk", 1931-1936, with various ports of call in China, Japan, Philippines and Hong Kong and some "Dewey Day" covers from 1934; 25 covers with various ship hand stamped cancels; seven cacheted covers of the first voyage of the ocean liners "S.S. Manhattan" and one cover of the "S.S. Washington" and 85 covers and cards (58 with cachet) with various event cancels like Christmas, Thanksgiving, Navy Day, 4th of July, New Years, Flag Day, Fleet Visits, even some cancels or cachets related to the U.S.S.Macon Dirigible like "With Macon Crew Aboard", U.S.S. Macon "sighted", "overhead", "over Flt", "At Sea", "First Maneuvers....." and "Macon Crashes at Sea Feb 12 '35"; overall condition of the covers in the lot is F-VF with very few problems; inspection advised as this is a colorful and interesting lot (ENV 450-500) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 200 | ||||||||
| 35 | U.S. COVERS | U.S. SHIP "BIRTHDAY GREETINGS" COVER ACCUMULATION - this lot has 304 addressed covers consisting of 99 different covers with a similar cachet "Greetings on her xxth Birthday", 1935-1936, all with ship cancels, from support ships to aircraft carriers; also 123 uncacheted covers with ship cancels at various ports of call, mostly from the mid 1930's and 82 cacheted covers, mostly 1943-1937, with various events; overall condition is Fine with some wrinkles and creases and the usual edge wear; should be viewed (ENV 500-550) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 200 | ||||||||
| 36 | U.S. COVERS | LARGE U.S. COVER ACCUMULATION - several thousand covers, various themes from commercial to FDC's, saw some HPO's, quite a few event covers, some old letters from the 1870's, uncacheted FDC's from the late 1930's-early 1940's, commercial from the 1920's through 1980's, the 1979 Scouting set from Liberia FDC's (50 covers) and last - but not least - four covers of the C3a replica stamp covered in gold foil; overall condition decent but expect edge wear and some creases and tears; interesting lot to spend an evening with (ENV 400-450) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 300 | ||||||||
| 37 | U.S. COVERS | U.S. COVERS ESTATE REMAINDER - consists of (1) about 50 cover honoring the Washington Bicentennial Issue Scott #'s 704-15 and U523-28 including a set of oversized covers of U523-28 and two oversized covers each with the complete set of #704-15; (2) 49 Pan Am first flight covers from November and December 1941with 38 foreign origins and destinations and 11 with US territory origin to foreign destinations; (3) 14 covers related to the U.S.S.'s Akron and Macon, most with carrying mail cachets; (4) 10 covers from the 1929 National Air Races and seven covers from the 1930 Cincinnati Aircraft Show; (5) about 50 covers covering various events; (6) about 65 cacheted/addressed FDC's mostly 1953-55 and lastly about 35 covers with favor cancelled "bisects" of stamps issued from 1932-35; overall conditin is Fine but expect some minor faults and typical edge wear; needs inspection inspection to determine usefullness (ENV 300-350) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 220 | ||||||||
| 38 | U.S. COVERS | U.S. "FIRST DAY OF POSTAL SERVICE" SHIP COVER ACCUMULATION - consisting of 179 total covers, all cacheted and addressed with155 comissioned and recomissioned covers, 1940-1946, and 24 "Last Day Postal Service", 1946-47 with various ship cancels; overall condition is F-VF with the usual edge wear (ENV 250-300) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 190 | ||||||||
| 39 | U.S. COVERS | U.S. COVER LOT - 600+ commercial covers, 19th Century through the 1930's (maybe 10% later dates) with the large majority is 1920's and 1930's; includes quite a few hotel covers, imprinted business return address, a few minor advertising, some two cent red frankings, etc; condition is very mixed (ENV 250-300) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 140 | ||||||||
| 40 | U.S. COVERS | U.S. POST CARD ACCUMULATION - about 750 mostly US post cards, 1910's-1980's, mainly scenery and buildings, only about 25% are chromes; most will be unused; the vast majority will retail in the $0.25-$0.50 range but there are quite a few $1.00 and up cards; condition is quite mixed but nothing really ratty; interesting and entertaining lot (ENV 200-250) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 190 | ||||||||
| 41 | U.S. | U.S. COLLECTION 1847-1940 - several hundred mint and used stamps hinged on album pages, 1847-1940, with regulars, commems, air mail, special delivery, parcel post, parcel post due and special handling; highlights are Scott #'s 1, 24(3), 35, 63, 68-69, 73, 77, 93, 112-17, 119, 121, 149, 163, 190, 210-15*, 217, 221-23*, 230-39*, 285-89*, 291, 294-99*, 323-26(*), 327, 328-30(*), 338-40*, 343-47(*), 357-58*, 402*, 404, 410-13*, 417*, 420*, 429-33*, 478-80, 516-17*, 524, 541*, 547(2), 571*, 578(*), 589-91*, 658-79*, C1*, C2, C3-5*, C6, C13*, C18*, E1-6, E7*, F1*, Q2-12, QE4*, QE4a*, JQ1-3* and JQ4; many stamps are not in there correct "spaces" on the album pages but the listed cat. val. reflects proper identification; overall condition is mixed but there are pockets of decent quality (for example the Columbians and Kansas-Nebraska) | 14,299.00 | ||||||
| Realized: | 1,900 | ||||||||
| 42 | U.S. | U.S. COLLECTION - a couple thousand or so mostly used stamps hinged on blank pages, to about 1995, with regulars, commems and back of the book; some highlights are Scott #'s 68-69, 73(2), 78a, 90, 97-98, 112, 115-17, 119, 189(*), 190, 191(*), 214, 216(*), 217, 229, 232(*), 234(*)(2), 235-36(*), 276, 276A, 287-90, 295-97(*), 311, 431-32(*), 434-35(*), 437(*), 515(*), 547, 550(*), 560(*), 569-70(*), C1-5(*), C13(*), C18(*), E1-3, E5*, E7, J4 and Q10-12; the listed cat. val. is through 1941 only; condition will be mixed with nearly all of the mint no gum; badly damaged stamps were not included in the cat. val.; many worthwhile items in this collection | 9,586.00 | ||||||
| Realized: | 1,600 | ||||||||
| 43 | U.S. | U.S. USED STOCK - all used, sorted and identified in five big Elbe linen hinged stock books, runs to about 2000, there is no B.O.B. material here, there are many used blocks of four present for many issues, overall condition is mixed with faults to be expected, but mostly in the early issues, quantities generally range from 1-10 with some higher, there is a huge amount of catalog value in the first book with many stamps in the $10-50 range each, the stock starts with Scott #205, a very interesting and comprehensive stock with incredible variety, a ready-to-go opportunity to obtain a very strong U.S. used stock, (ENV 2,000-2,500) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 1,400 | ||||||||
| 44 | U.S. | HIGH VALUE U.S. 19TH CENTURY SELECTION - includes Scott #'s 17, 29 (pair on piece with right stamp damaged), 30A (small thins), 36, 36b(*)(regummed, double frame line at left), 37 (reperfed, crease), 38, 72, 86, 91, 95 (crease), 98 (tiny tear), 99 (reperfed), 100 (faults), 137 (short perf, near VF centering) and 138 (small tear, straight edge at right); sound and centering VG-Fine unless otherwise indicated | 8,275.00 | Photo | |||||
| Realized: | 1,200 | ||||||||
| 45 | U.S. | U.S. COLLECTION - a few thousand mint and used hinged on Scott International album pages, to 1995; highlights are Scott #'s 68, 73, 234-36*, 238-39*, 285-90*, 298, 323-25*, 658-79*, C18* and J4; condition is mixed on the pre 1925 issues with some faults, then generally clean through the 1940's; NOT included in the cat. val. is $480 in mint face value from 1941-1995 (all hinged); some very useful items | 4,741.00 | ||||||
| Realized: | 1,300 | ||||||||
| 46 | U.S. | U.S. COLLECTION - mixed mint and used, hinged in a Scott American album, runs to about 1976, there is a good showing of early material, the collection includes some B.O.B. and UN, condition is mixed with faults to be expected in the early issues, some of the better stamps here include: 17, 25, 71, 119, 191, 208, 217, 229, 311, 342, 423, 578-79*, 1053*, C1-6, 18, E1-3, Q10-12; there are some Very Fine stamps here and viewing should be a pleasure | 7,600.00 | ||||||
| Realized: | 1,050 | ||||||||
| 47 | U.S. | U.S. MINT STOCK - all mint singles and many multiples identified and sorted onto retail pages, there are many better here with values in the $20-100 range and some higher, overall condition is mixed with some flaws to be expected but for the most part a Fine-Very Fine group with many Very Fine+ singles and blocks present, some of the higher value items include: 247*(pl.st/3), 252*(pl.st/3), 267*(many pl. st/3), 268*(pl.st/3), 279B*(many pl. st/3), 320*(blk), 379*(blk), 426*(blks-3), 504*(blk), 537*(blks-2), 549*(blks-2), 611*(pl. st/3), 612*(blk), 617-19(blks), 647*(blks-2), 648*(pl. blk.-VG), 623*(blk), 698*(blk), 832*(blk); also includes a few B.O.B. items, huge catalog value here, (ENV 1,500-1,750) | ----- | ||||||
| Realized: | 1,050 | ||||||||
| 48 | U.S. | U.S. USED COLLECTION - all used, hinged and mounted in a Scott American album, runs to about 1952, there is no B.O.B. material here, expect duplication with varieties and some interesting cancels, condition is very mixed with many faulty stamps in the early issues, any badly damaged stamps are not figured and included in the catalog value listed, some of the higher value stamp present are: 10, 25(2), 35, 67, 72, 76-77, 83, 112, 208a, 229, 311, 342, 423; this may not be the best looking collection but there is still plenty of value | 10,000.00 | ||||||
| Realized: | 800 | ||||||||
| 49 | U.S. | U.S. 19TH CENTURY REGULAR ISSUE COLLECTION - about 130 mostly different regular issues, to 1900, hinged on blank pages; highlights are Scott #'s 10, 24, 35*, 68-69, 71, 73(2), 76-77, 78b, 98-99, 112-17, 119, 135, 147*, 150-52, 155, 162, 190-91, 208, 214, 217*, 228, 275(2) and 276; condition will be mixed but better than normally encountered | 7,639.00 | ||||||
| Realized: | 800 | ||||||||
| 50 | U.S. | U.S. MINT COILS ACCUMULATION - a couple thousand mint mostly coils and line pairs, between Scott #'s 410 and 1299 (not inclusive); some non coils are included but this should account for less 10% of the total cat. val.; quantities vary from a few to a couple hundred; some better are Scott #'s 410(12), 600(4), 603(7) line pairs, 687(4) line pairs; good value in line pairs and the $1.00 CV and up singles; clean and NH; centering will vary but the large majority will be Fine and better; cat. val. of $6,000 is owners and appears pretty close to actual | 6,000.00 | ||||||
| Realized: | 800 | ||||||||
| 51 | U.S. | BETTER VALUE U.S. MINT SELECTION - consists of Scott #'s 229(*)(no gum, thin), 251*(block of four with glazed gum), 259*(thin, VF centered), 288(*)(expertly regummed), 310*(reperfed), 327**(NH, small inclusion), and 330(*)(expertly regummed, XF); sound and centered VG-Fine unless otherwise indicated | 3,515.00 | |||||