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Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 788		Postal Stationery: 1864-65 9¢ Orange on Buff, Full Corner #U67, #U67, Unused, very fine. PF (2004) cert. Cat. $160+. Estimate $70-80. View details	Realized $98
Lot 789		Postal Stationery: 1893 5¢ Slate Brown (Error), #U350a, #U350a, Unused, very fine. Cat. $800. Estimate $300-350. View details	Realized $460
Lot 790		E Postal Stationery - Airpost: 1929 5¢ Essay, Type #UC1, #UC1, Essay in blue showing watermark Empire USA Bond, very fine and very rare. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $546
Lot 791		P Postal Card: 1¢ Die Proof Card, #UX17P, #UX17P. Estimate $1,000-1,400. View details	Realized $1,380
Lot 792		S Postal Card: 1¢ "Specimen" Card, #UX17S, #UX17S, On Die Proof card, handstamp below portrait, very fine and very rare. UPSS #S21-Sp-5 ("Rare") Key Piece for the McKinley or Postal Card specialist. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $1,898
Lot 793		S Postal Card: 1¢ "Specimen-Not good for postage" Card, #UX17S, #UX17S, On Die Proof card, handstamp below Postal card imprint, very fine and very rare. UPSS #S21-Sp-4 Key Piece for the McKinley or Postal Card specialist, probably less then 10 known. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $1,898
Lot 794		Postal Card: 1¢ Issued Preprinted Card, #UX17, #UX17, Truly unused with no ms. writing on reverse, very fine and rare. UPSS #S21 Cat. $3250 (UPSS $3300) A key piece for the Postal card collector and for the McKinley specialist. Estimate $1,800-2,000. View details	Realized $2,645
Lot 795		Postal Card: 1¢ Issued Card, #UX17, #UX17, Unused, very fine. One of only 19 not preprinted that exist, clean and very fine. UPSS #S21 Cat. $7000 (UPSS $6500) In our opinion, one of the actually produced cards not the die proof cue to the inferior quality and molting of the paper and the grainy and weak look of the portrait, the key piece for the Postal card collector and a key piece for the McKinley specialist. Estimate $3,000-3,500. View details	Realized $7,188
Lot 796		P Postal Card: 1¢ Issued Preprinted Card, #UX17, #UX18P, Used New York Sept. 30, 1902 N.Y. Station with Oct. 1 receiving, fully filled out card for tug Mathison, very fine. UPSS #S21 Cat. $2750 (UPSS $3200) A key piece for the Postal card collector and for the McKinley specialist. Estimate $1,500-1,800. View details	Realized $3,680
Lot 797		P Postal Card: 1902 1¢ McKinley Proof Card, #UX18P, #UX18P, "Proof McKinley Postal Card" imprint at bottom, clean. Unpric. Estimate $100-140. View details	Realized $184
Lot 798		P Postal Card: 1902 1¢ McKinley Proof Card, #UX18P, #UX18P, "Proof McKinley Postal Card" imprint at bottom, clean. Unpric. Estimate $100-140. View details	Realized $184
Lot 799		Postal Card: 1910 "Four Arcs" 1¢ McKinley, #UX21e, #UX21e, Unused, overall toning except in corners from mounts, "Reporter" typed on front, handstamp "CANCELLED" on reverse of Supreme Lodge, Knights of Honor, scarce. Cat. $900. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $374
Lot 800		Postal Card: 1926 McKinley 3¢ Orange on Buff, F.D.C., #UX37, #UX37, Washington DC Ward Nickles card to Ward, very fine. Cat. $225. Estimate $80-100. View details	Realized $127
Lot 801		Postal Card - Airpost: 1967 Boy Scout 6¢, Blue & Black Missing, #UXC7b, #UXC7b, Unused, extremely fine in every respect. Normal for comparison. PSE (2004) cert. UPSS #SA7a with cyan and black missing, immaculate in every respect. The other copy that we know about of #UXC7b realised $7000 in a 2000 auction. We believe there may be one other in private hands. A copy of #UXC7c (red and yellow omitted) of which there are also probably two or three known also, realized $10,000 in a 2001 auction. Estimate $6,000-7,000 This discovery copy was obtained several years after the initial printing and has been in this individual's private hands until now. This is a critical piece for the Boy Scout or Stationery buyer. View details	Realized $12,075
Lot 802		Letter Sheets: 1879 American Bank Note Private Issue, #E860, Approximately 55 unfolded, in brown on unwatermarked paper with "U.S. Patent, July 1, 1879 Manufactored by American Bank Note Company, New York" on back, clean group and rarely offered either individually or in this quantity. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Unsold

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