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Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1196		/o U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Special Delivery Exhibit Adhesive Collection, couple hundred on homemade pages, incorporating all aspects of the various issues incl. mint singles, pl.blocks, few full sheets on later issues, precancels, few freaks, gutters, cracked plates, better items throughout starting with #E1 with proofs, E3 Hybrid large die proof, Specimens, mint strips and multiples, E11 corner block of 4 with preprinting fold, #E1 top imprint strip of 4, E2 top block of 6, E6 (2 imprint blocks of 6), E8 and E9 imprint pl. blocks of 6, inspect carefully, excellent collection to expand upon, much Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $5,000-7,500. View details and photo	Realized $4,025
Lot 1197		P U.S. Back of the Book Collections, 1885 to 1908 Balance of Special Delivery Proofs, #E1-E7, From exhibit collection, 18 items, incl. #P2-4 examples with multiples, #E3P1 hybrid, E4P1, E7-E4 var. with PF cert., etc., virtually all sound, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details and photo	Realized $1,725
Lot 1198		U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Collection on Hingeless Pages, Airmails complete mint o.g. to n.h. thru 1991, incl. # C1-6, C13-15 with C14 pl. single, Special Delivery complete mint or used, few Dues, nice group of mostly used Officials, few Ducks and Newspapers, worth a close look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details and photo	Realized $1,840
Lot 1199		U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Mint Airmail Collection, C1-6, C13-15 l.h. to o.g. ($2.60 l.h.), C18, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,555. Estimate $700-900. View details and photo	Realized $805
Lot 1200		U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Mostly Mint Postal Card Collection, Hundreds in 16 cover binders, mostly mint from UX1 mint on, some early dupl. mint and used, also #UX17 Specimen (UPSS sheet S21), very extensive later, also incl. varieties incl. inverted watermarks, miscuts, few Possessions incl. Hawaii, also few FD's incl. Foreign, Fine to Very Fine overall. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 1201		U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Scattered Official Mint and Used Collection, on Lighthouse pages, incl. #O4 mint block of 4 (sound-cert), few Specimens, etc., generally fine. Scott $5,000+. Estimate $700-900. View details	Realized $863
Lot 1202		/o U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Collection on Pages, Well filled pages with Special Delivery complete mint or used, Parcel Post complete used, Postage Dues, Shanghai complete mint or used, Officials well represented, group of Official Specimens, and a few Newspapers, please inspect, Fine to Very Fine appearance. Estimate $600-700. View details and photo	Realized $1,035
Lot 1203		/o U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Collection on Pages, Mint and used from 1879 to 1985 mounted on hingeless pages, Postage Dues incl. J1-7, nice selection of Officials incl. #O3-O5 used, O15-O24 mint or unused complete, O29-30 mint, O31 and O33 unused, Navy mostly complete used, O57-O61 mint or unused, O63 and O64 mint O72-O93 complete mostly used, few Revenues and Newspapers, nice items to be found, must inspect, Fine to Very Fine appearance. Estimate $500-700. View details and photo	Realized $2,070
Lot 1204		/ U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Post Office Intact Seal Collection, Adhesives and covers mounted on homemade pages, starting with Registry #OXF-1 on cover, and incl. mint and used, then Post Office Seals #OX1 on mint or used with occasional covers, also LOX11 mint and used, LOX17 mint, also dupl. later common in glassines, Fine to Very Fine lot. Estimate $400-600. View details and photo	Realized $489
Lot 1205		/o U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Postal Card Collection in Album, hundreds in three Scott albums mixed mint and used running to about 2000, incl. Airmail and Reply Cards, Please inspect, N, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Unsold
Lot 1206		U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Oldtime Newspaper Collection, mint incl. "P4s", #PR90-92, 94, 57-62, 102-106, also small group of O57-67P4, couple used, Fine overall. Estimate $400-600. View details and photo	Realized $805
Lot 1207		/o U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Back of Book, Revenue and Duck Group, 19th & 20th Century mint and used collection on stock and homemade pages in two binders and an envelope, incl. 1st issues, Tax Paid, Documentaries, Wines, Motor Vehicle, 1860s California and Nevada State Revenues, Puerto Rico, Cut and Dry Tobacco wrapper with 1.25 oz Indian Revenue, Oakland, CA Improvement Bond, Interest coupons with attractive vignettes, APS and other labels, retail dealer in opium and coca leaves Special Tax stamp, Duck and Fish licenses with stamps and other interesting items, condition varies, review recommended, Fine overall. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $575
Lot 1208		U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Poster Stamps Labels and Ephemera, Thousands of items in two banker boxes, run from early 20th Century to modern, notices many better items incl. a book of Airline labels, cigarette cards, advertising poster stamps, and much more, worth a look, Fine to Very Fine appearance. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 1209		U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Postal Card and Reply Card Collection, Almost complete collection in albums to 2014 and only missing the most expensive, high cat. and face and the albums are very nice, great for expansion, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $242
Lot 1210		U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Airpost 1949 6¢, 1958 7¢, Coil Rolls, #C41, C52, Unopened rolls of 500, Fine to Very Fine. Scott approximately $3,000. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $374
Lot 1211		U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Historical Ephemera Lot, 65 items most from the 1800s and early 1900s incl. 1815 End of the War or 1812 Newspaper, 1882 Santa Newspaper, 1901 McKinley Memorial book with vignette card, and several 1860 Revenue documents, generally Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $242
Lot 1212		U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Western Union Intact Mint Collection, On homemade pages, incl. singles, panes, booklets, proofs, starting #16T1 to 17T3, reasonably complete, mostly Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $322
Lot 1213		U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Collectibles Ephemera Accumulation, Hundreds of items in bankers box, noticed Cigar label collection, Airline baggage labels, photos, Cinderellas and so much more, worth a look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $460

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