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Back-of-the-Book Collections

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1335		U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Newspaper Mint Stock, balance of stock correctly identified, o.g. to no gum, few Specimens and some dupl., incl. few better, occasional used, few in mixed condition, high cat., generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $3,500-4,500. View details and photo	Realized $3,220
Lot 1336		/o U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Back of Book 1873-1922, worthwhile mint and used collection in mounts on National pages with most value in Officials, better mint incl. #E1, E3, E5, E7-9, K1-18 (Offices in Shanghai complete), Officials incl. Justice O28-34 (cat. $5000), State Dept. O57-60, O63-64 (cat. $1000), O101-02, O107, O110, O123, and blocks of four O25, O27-30 (cat. $5500), used incl. O6, O12, O66 etc., certainly worth inspection, generally fine to very fine. Scott $21,900 (Owner's). Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details	Realized $4,025
Lot 1337		U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Officials Mint Group, 79 all diff. o.g. to no gum with a couple used, incl. State to 90¢ (2), Treasury to 24¢ (used), Interior #O15-24 complete, Agriculture #O1-9 complete, overall fresh copies and sound, high cat., mostly Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details and photo	Realized $2,070
Lot 1338		/o U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Airmail and Back-of-Book 1873-1989, mint and used collection on pages with 20th Century mostly mint featuring #C1-6, nice C13-15, C18 Zepps, also Special Delivery, Postage Due, Parcel Post complete, Parcel Post Due complete, various Officials, Ducks etc., much worthwhile material throughout incl. n.h., well worth inspection, condition varies, generally fine to very fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $1,668
Lot 1339		/o U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Collector's Newspaper Collection, individually identified on #102b cards mint or used, all identified and priced (some sealed), many with certs, starts with #PR3-7, incl. PR23 used, PR63, PR65, PR69, PR71, PR79, PR86-89, PR106 and dozens more, Fine to Very Fine for this. Formed by same collector as lot 1108 in August, 2019 sale. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $6,325
Lot 1340		o U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Extensive Revenue and Back-of-Book Collection, many hundreds in Scott album, mostly used, Postage Dues, Officials, Newspapers, Revenues and few cut squares, better incl. mint #O5, O8, used O33, O45, O65, R2c, R17c, R97c, R100c, R101c, R102c, R121, and R126 plus nice group of mostly used Ducks, some with faults but still a useful collection, Fine or better. Estimate $1,000-1,250. View details	Realized $2,185
Lot 1341		U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Christmas Seal Collection, thousands mint in collection and file folders with trial colors, imperfs, booklet panes, covers with tied seals, sheets and other interesting items, parallel Canada collection, great lot for breakdown. Estimate $750-1,000. View details and photo	Realized $719
Lot 1342		U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Airmail Mint Collection and Stock, Few hundred 1918 to 1966 with dupl., mostly n.h. incl. #C1-6 (C6 regummed), C10a complete booklet, C13, C18, most picked for centering. Estimate $450-550. View details	Realized $460
Lot 1343		o U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Back-of-Book Accumulation, Many hundreds of Revenues on stock and album pages, nice group of First Issue plus reds and few Match & Medicine, and state Revenues, few hundred cut squares on cards and in glassines, nice group of Postage Dues, Christmas Seals etc., also regular issues incl. precancels and some FDC's with a few better 1930's cachets, mostly Fine or better. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $690
Lot 1344		U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Cut Squares 1853 to 1965, mostly mint collection in mounts in album, best are Officials incl. #UO15, UO16, UO23, UO26-30, UO32, UO33 and UO38-40, attractive items throughout, generally fine to very fine. Scott $4,500 (Owner's). Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $604
Lot 1345		/ U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Few Hundred Stationery, mostly mint culled from unprocessed stock, incl. somewhat better early, some sleeved, priced, and identified, some classic period incl. postal cards used with better cancels, some #10's size, etc., Fine to Very Fine overall. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock. Estimate $350-450. View details	Realized $403
Lot 1346		U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Extensive Christmas Seal Collection, 10 binders from 1907 to 1960's incl. singles, blocks, sheets, covers, and progressive proofs, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $350-450. View details	Realized $403
Lot 1347		o U.S. Back of the Book Collections, 1918-1973 Complete Used Airmail Collection, incl. #C13-15 and C10a with tab, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $690
Lot 1348		/ U.S. Back of the Book Collections, 2 Volume Mint Postal Card Collection, to 1980s mounted on blank pages, few early used incl. #UX1, mint UX8, UX10 (2 types), UY1 (2), UY3 (3, 1 used), UY10, recent varieties incl. non-fluorescent, many showing minor varieties, overall clean lot, fine to very fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Unsold
Lot 1349		o U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Postage Due Collection, on Lighthouse pages, 90 from 1879 to 1978, mostly used with few modern n.h., incl. used #J4, J6, J20, J22-28, J44, J60, JQ1-5, few with small faults, better than normal condition for these issues, mostly fine or better. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $403
Lot 1350		/ U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Postal Cards and Stationery, 19th and early 20th Century accumulation of hundreds, Postal Stationery incl. a variety of issues, some Officials with adhesives, Wells Fargo, Mexican Express and more, also a variety of approx. 200 mostly used early postal cards, generally fine to very fine, nice lot for the specialist. Estimate $300-400. View details	Unsold
Lot 1351		/ U.S. Back of the Book Collections, 1855 to 1997 Postal Cards, etc., collection in four albums, three of which are postal cards, incl. cut squares to 1970, entires afterwards, also some earlier Grant letter sheets, Columbian envelopes to 10¢, misc. Washington Bicentennial, air letter sheets, Officials etc., nice postal cards from first issues to modern with reply cards and Airmail, earlier mostly used, later mostly mint, fresh, clean and worth a look. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $173
Lot 1352		o U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Mostly Used Group, In order in stockbook, few hundred starting with Special Delivery, also Parcel Post, Special Handling, Telegraph, etc., some dupl., occasional mint, cat. to $70, high cat., mixed condition to fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Unsold
Lot 1353		o U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Collection of Various Issues, About 100 mostly used incl. Special Delivery (with o.g. #E7), o.g. F1 (small faults), Special Handling, Parcel Post, Parcel Post Postage Due, Postal Note and group of Confederates mostly fakes with a few genuine, and similar Carriers, Average to fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Unsold
Lot 1354		P U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Officials Proof Collection, 82 small card proofs in sets incl. #O57P4-O71P4, O47P4-O56P4 (2 sets), and O72P4-O82P4, few with back faults, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $431
Lot 1355		/ U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Postal Card Accumulation, Few thousand incl. mint collection with #UX1-UX2, UX13, plus lots of dupl. postal cards, some PPC's, FDC's and small group of postal history, few space covers, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $161
Lot 1356		o U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Official Souvenir Pages, complete run of pages from 1972 8¢ Yellowstone to 37¢ issues, all housed in 24 official binders, two extra binders plus page protectors for unmounted pages, clean. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $173
Lot 1357		/ U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Stationery and Cut Square Accumulation, many hundreds in albums and stockbooks incl. few better postal cards and early cut squares, also a few covers, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $127
Lot 1358		/ U.S. Back of the Book Collections, 1873 to 1875 3 Mint Cards, #UX1-2, 4, all mint (not preprinted), clean, Very Fine. UPSS #S1-3. Scott $525. Estimate $100-140. View details and photo	Realized $92

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