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ASDA 2008 Mega Event Auction

U.S. Collections

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2162		/o U.S. Collections, Oldtime Collection in Poole Album, couple hundred mint and used to 1930's, 19th to early 20th Century virtually all used, noted 1861's to 12¢, 1869's to 12¢, large Bank Notes to 90¢, Columbians complete to 15¢, Trans-Mississippi complete to 10¢, Washington-Franklin issues to $5, late 1920's on mint, high catalog group, mixed condition on early issues, otherwise Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $604
Lot 2163		U.S. Collections, Mint Group on Oldtime Auction Pages, from Richard Wolfers, Inc., consists of #327 block of 4 dist. o.g., 422 o.g., 403 (foxed), 479-480 o.g., 395 pair o.g., 391 pair o.g. and 350 o.g., nice group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Scott $2,270. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $604
Lot 2164		o U.S. Collections, 19th Century Fancy Cancel Lot, about 50 on pages by subjects, noted "vegetation" incl. various leaves, bee hive, trowel, Masonic, stars, beetle, etc., nice group, generally Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $920
Lot 2165		o U.S. Collections, Dealer Early Stock, 1851-1930, 19th and early 20th Century stock on dealer pages in 5 small binders, strength in early classics, incl. 1869 issues, Bank Notes, also Airpost, condition mixed, generally Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $489
Lot 2166		/ U.S. Collections, Mint Accumulation in Small Box, hundreds in singles, blocks, coils, etc., noted #1053 n.h., glassines with unfolded booklet panes, Washington-Franklins, few scattered used, older booklet panes, modern postage, coil number strips of 5, Farley issues, have fun, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $604
Lot 2167		/o U.S. Collections, Scott Minuteman Album, Used incl. #285-89, 296-99, 324-27, 370-73, 397-404, mint incl. a few earlier plus 704-15, 730, 735, both Park sets and then mint virtually complete n.h. to the late 1980's, also mint airmails and back of the book, face alone is over $250, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $431
Lot 2168		o U.S. Collections, Used Collection in Album, In Scott specialty, value in 19th Century period, incl. 7 items in lot sheets not incorporated, incl. #118 with cert., 165-66, 95, 151, 116, 217 no gum, some additional pages showing used dupl., particularly Bureaus, Yokohama to 6¢ dupl., also few Airs, Dues, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $575
Lot 2169		U.S. Collections, "Rare Stamp Investment Portfolio", In 2 binders, mostly mint selection of about 75 different, incl. n.h. #C4 and Airs, #617 block of 4, 619, 230 no gum, 231-236 mostly o.g., #397-98, #285-87 n.h., 294-96, 323-24, 325-27 used, 614-16 n.h., few pl. blocks, usual centering as to be expected, fresh. 2006 Scott $2,250+. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $334
Lot 2170		/ U.S. Collections, Civil War Mostly Mint Patriotics, 44 mint and 5 used incl. 10¢ usage, incl. black, Upham, also 4 used during War but not Patriotic, mint mostly clean, usual mixed condition. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $604
Lot 2171		o/ U.S. Collections, Blackjack Group, fresh attractive used group of 8 singles, 1 pair and cover with neat Boston August 3 1864 circular date cancel, on homemade annotated album page, some nice cancels, generally Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Unsold
Lot 2172		o U.S. Collections, Used Collection on Thorp & Martin Pages, few hundred to 1930's, classics incl. few large Bank Notes, Trans-Mississippi complete to 10¢, Pan-American, Louisiana Purchase and Jamestown sets, some Washington-Franklins, Kansas-Nebraska sets, Special Delivery, some faults, otherwise Fine. Scott $2,200+ (Owner's). Estimate $300-350. View details	Realized $276
Lot 2173		U.S. Collections, 1923 to 1974 Plate Block Collection, In Harris album, some blocks of 4 n.h. to o.g., 1935 on mostly complete n.h., occasional tone spot, Fine to Very Fine overall. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $374
Lot 2174		o U.S. Collections, 3 Full Boxes of Off Paper, Banker boxes or equivalent, mostly definitive, few on close cut, boxes weigh 38pds, generally Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $518
Lot 2175		o U.S. Collections, Collector's Precancel Accumulation, Around 7 trays of around 2000 each from the large hoard of used that the collector separated, completely unchecked, incl. some Dues, probable dupl., approx. 14,000 in total, generally Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $604
Lot 2176		o U.S. Collections, Large and Small Banknotes and Early Bureaus, 700+ used in bundle of large stockpages and sheets, with a good range of fancy and other interesting cancels, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $460
Lot 2177		U.S. Collections, Uncut Farley Sheets, #754 sheet of 200, #768 sheet of 25 panes (stains on 2) and #752 two sheets of 400, one of which has some faults, not affecting cross-gutter, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Brookman $1,735. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $322
Lot 2178		/o U.S. Collections, Regular Issue Collection on White Ace Pages, couple hundred mint and used to 1970's on White Ace Pages, classics used incl. 1857's to 12¢, 1869's to 6¢, 1861's to 30¢, large Bank Notes, small Bureaus to $1 used, some Washington-Franklins, later 1920's and 1930's issues, bit of modern postage and some Special Delivery, mixed condition. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $265
Lot 2179		/o U.S. Collections, Accumulation on Stockpages, mostly 20th Century mint or used on dealer stockpages and envelopes, features classics, commemoratives, back of book, Revenues, plate blocks and some Foreign, slight duplication, condition varies, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $322
Lot 2180		/ U.S. Collections, Small Group of Better Mint, n.h. or o.g., incl. #233, 235 o.g., perf. freak on 2¢ 1920's issue (block of 12), 832 shift of center (block of 4), C4 (2, l.h. and n.h.), RW28-29, nice group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $265
Lot 2181		U.S. Collections, Plate Block Collection, n.h., collection in four Minkus albums with dust covers, incl. earlier 3¢ purples, 859//92, 909-21, 1279//94, 1341 etc., most commems to 6¢; also #C7,9, 17, 19, 20; C25-31, C46 and onward, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $219
Lot 2182		U.S. Collections, Minkus All-American Album, incl. #537, 548-49, early 2¢ reds, 704-15, Parks perf and imperf, 803-33, 859-93, then basically complete mint to year 1975, incl. 1050-53, plus bit of earliest better U.N., generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $180-200. View details	Realized $150
Lot 2183		o U.S. Collections, Oldtime Used Accumulation, hundreds of late 19th and early 20th Century in glassines, envelopes and on small cards, duplication, noted #288 (29 copies, several faulty), also back of the book incl. a few used Ducks, high catalog, some surprises, mixed condition. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $374
Lot 2184		/o U.S. Collections, Balance of Estate, several hundred mint in shoebox with better 1920's and 1930's blocks and plate blocks, also shoebox with hundreds of used mostly sorted, also sheet folder with damaged sheets, have fun, generally Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $322
Lot 2185		o U.S. Collections, Used Collection in 3 Binders, noted few hundred 1920's to 1930's precancels in first book, second with 1920's to 1930's coils, precancels and some back of the book, third has large Bank Notes thru Washington-Franklins stuck on photo album pages, mixed condition. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $230
Lot 2186		/ U.S. Collections, 1920's to 1930's Mint Collection, o.g. and n.h. on album pages, 1922-25 issue to 30¢, Farley souvenir sheets, Airs incl. #C18 o.g., nice group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-180. View details	Realized $334
Lot 2187		U.S. Collections, Small Imperforate Error Group, n.h. pairs or strips/blocks of 4, incl. #1305a, 1338h, 1402a, 1518b, 1596a and 1891a, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $512+. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $150
Lot 2188		/o U.S. Collections, 1899 Scott National Album, scattered classics in oldtime album (few spots "cut out" unfortunately), did note #229 mint (stuck to page), Columbians to 15¢ used, Trans-Mississippi complete used to 10¢, some interesting Revenues at the back, mixed condition. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $138
Lot 2189		o U.S. Collections, Bank Note Fancy Cancels, Nearly 100 off cover with some identified, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $75
Lot 2190		o U.S. Collections, Precancel Selection of About 340, All apparently different, incl. 13 multiples, mostly Prexie and Liberty values, fine overall. Estimate $50-100. View details	Realized $35

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