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Lot 2369
 
U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Officials Mostly Mint Stock, nice selection of only better items on black stockcards, some items with certs., noted #O5 (2), O7, O8-9, O32 (used), O33, O34 (used), O39, O45 (regummed), O66-67, O110 n.h. and O113 (used), few with minor faults, but still nice group, Fine or better.
Scott $34,000 (Owner's).
Estimate $6,500-7,000.
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Lot 2370
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U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Extensive Collection, Formed over many decades with dupl., Scott pages, starting with Special Delivery complete used (twice), mint once (all o.g.), Parcel Post complete used (5 times), mint once plus almost another set, Parcel Post Postage Due mint (2) and used, value in Dues mostly complete used with back up page, mint complete through 1912 issue except #J19, 27-28 (separate lots) mostly o.g., used Shanghai (mint separate lot), Post Office Seals, Postal Notes mint and used, occasional fault, very fresh throughout, generally Fine to Very Fine. Ex Skinner.
Estimate $5,000-6,000.
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$5,405
Lot 2371

U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Extensive Mint Cut Squares, On old Scott pages to 1926, starting #U1, incl. some dupl. used, 1st page some used, after that mostly all mint, occasional better cancel (ex. #U15 blue Marysville grid), some full corners (ex. #U1, U14), incl. U28-29, U66, U68, all issues well represented incl. surcharges, better incl. #U28, U45, U51, W127, U133 full corner, U200, U309 used, U323, U350a, used, also Officials incl. UO32, UO42-43, UO68, Airs, virtually all with margins all around (some close), mostly fresh, high cat., much Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $5,000-7,500.
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$6,038
Lot 2372

U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Official Mint Collection, Mostly complete with many o.g. incl. Postal Savings used on Scott pages, consists of Continental complete except Executive 6¢, State $ values (proofs on card), American Bank Note complete except O94 (#O95 used), Interior to 15¢, Treasury 3¢ only, few dupl., varieties, #O92 block of 6, also O36TC (cat. $250), fresh group, mostly Fine to Very Fine. Ex Skinner.
Estimate $4,000-5,000.
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$4,600
Lot 2373
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U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Fascinating Old Collector Stock of Postal Cards, Over 1800, majority used from #UX1 to UX33, better incl. mint UX1, UX5 (3), UX15 (7), used UX13 (10), nice range of cancels incl. few ms., plus some with advertising on reverse, better cards throughout, varieties, worth close examination, fine, Fine to Very Fine lot.
Estimate $3,500-4,000.
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Lot 2374

U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Newspaper Mint Collection, On Scott pages, couple hundred of both designs, incl. occasional used or dupl., mostly unused, incl. 1875 issue mostly complete to $12 (o.g.), 1879 issue complete to $60, 1885 issue complete, 1895-97 issue complete except $10, fresh throughout, quite complete, mostly Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $3,000-4,000.
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$4,715
Lot 2375

U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Officials Mint Collection, Mostly complete with many o.g. incl. Postal Savings on Scott pages, consists of Continental complete except Executive, Justice 24¢, 90¢, State $ values, Treasury 24¢, American Bank Note scattered values (Justice, P.O., War complete), few dupl., fresh group, Fine to Very Fine overall. Ex Skinner.
Estimate $2,500-3,000.
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$2,875
Lot 2376
 
U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Cut Square Mint Accumulation, beautiful selection, nearly all very fine with all $25 and up items incl. the following cut squares, #U11, U23 (PF cert.), U67-69, U70 (3), U71, U72a, U73, U99, U100, U101 (2), U207, U211, U214-17, U286, U343-4, U346-7, U437h (signed Bartels), U477-78, UO34-35, UO37, UO41, UO47, UO50, UO58, choice group, with hardly any faults, except for slight corner crease upper left on U23, replete with elusive items, also incl. a few entires incl. U210 (small size), 90% of the items over $25, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $10,500.
Estimate $3,000-3,500.
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$3,450
Lot 2377
 
U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Airmail Plate Block Collection, l.h. and n.h. group with C1-5, C3 in plate block of 12, C18 and more, condition overall fine to very fine.
Estimate $2,500-3,000.
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$2,128
Lot 2378

U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Officials Mint and Used Collection, Complete mostly o.g. to unused except #O7, O34, O65, O67 and State $ values (fake or missing), O84, O94, O103, 112-113, also incl. Postal Savings, some dupl. used with mint (o.g. to unused), incl. mint multiples incl. #O72 imprint strip of 6, O76-77 blocks of 4, O72 corner, O82 used block of 8, O84 irregular block of 8, above average freshness and decent condition, Fine to Very Fine overall.
Estimate $2,500-3,000.
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$2,875
Lot 2379

U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Better Telegraph Collection, On Scott pages and on old retail pages, incl. items to $500+ cat., incl. American Rapid, Atlantic-Telegraph, Baltimore and Ohio (Connecticut River), California State, City and Suburban, Commercial Union, Mutual Union, Northern Mutual, Postal Telegraph to #15T36 plus Officials, mostly no gum, few dupl., rarely seen this complete and mostly fine to very fine.
Estimate $2,000-3,000.
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$4,025
Lot 2380
 
U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Excellent Telegraph Accumulation, Balance of the individual lots in the auction, incl. booklets (mostly Western Union), collection and accumulation with strength in many companies incl. Northern New York, some still on retail pages bought decades ago (priced up to $200), also few Scott unlisted incl. Continental Telegraph, Tropical Radio, etc., overall very clean lot, needs close inspection of this popular area, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $2,000-3,000.
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$11,500
Lot 2381
 
U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Intact Mint and Used Cut Squares, In oldtime album to 1950, earlies mostly used, incl. mint #U11-12, U14, U29, U33 (close margins), U42 used, U43-45 mint, U70-73, later issues reasonably represented incl. 1925 surcharges, few later, some with close margins, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $2,000-3,000.
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$1,610
Lot 2382
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U.S. Back of the Book Collections, UPU Congress Back of Book Collection, #E5S-U331S, Ungummed, Special Delivery, Newspapers and Stationery complete, PR125S damaged, incl. envs., Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $5,465. , 125 exist of each .
Estimate $2,000-2,400.
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$1,955
Lot 2383
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U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Postage Dues Mint and Used Collection, Complete except #J28, J29, J37, J50, J58, J59, mint mostly with o.g., above average freshness, mostly Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $2,000-2,500.
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Lot 2384
 
U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Dealer's Cut Square Balance, about 47 items, $65 to $400 retail, incl. #U1, U42-43 mint, few used incl. #U7, U100, U44, all with margins, few full corner, few earlies slight aging, retail $7900+ and cat. $495 two pieces, mostly Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,500-2,000.
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$1,553
Lot 2385
 
U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Airmail Singles and Plate Blocks, o.g. and n.h., incl. #C18 pl. block and multiples of C1-6 o.g., generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,100-1,300.
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Lot 2386
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U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Premium Back of the Book Selection, mint and used in Scott specialty album, pages and stockpages, #C22, C16, 17, plate blocks, Revenues, Ducks, Q1-12, Postal Stationery entires and more, some faults on earlies, but mostly fine to very fine, plenty of value here.
Estimate $1,200-1,500.
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Lot 2387
 
U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Airmail Assortment, mostly mint wholesale accumulation of Airmails from #C7 to C24, with many plate blocks, singles and booklet panes, some mixed condition, but mostly fine to very fine and better.
Estimate $1,000-1,500.
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Lot 2388
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U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Back of Book and Revenue Collection, mint and used collection in Scott specialty album, containing; 2nd Issue Revenues cat. $962, RX1-23, RX24 cat. $496, cut squares cat. $4,750, Confederate States, Newspapers cat. $5,200+, and more, some mixed condition, but mostly fine to very fine.
Estimate $1,000-1,500.
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$1,438
Lot 2389
 
U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Full Corner Cut Squares, all very fine, 17 different, most $50 to $500 range, incl. #U69, U97, U208-10, U345, U439g, UO27, UO34. Lovely choice group, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $2,376+.
Estimate $800-900.
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$1,150
Lot 2390
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U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Mint and Used Collection, attractively presented on stockpages and broken into three sections, Section 1 - Airmails; Section 2 - Special Delivery, Parcel Posts, Parcel Dues and Dues; Section 3 - Officials and Newspapers, some various faults should be expected, but overall fine and better.
Scott $8,500.
Estimate $800-1,000.
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$1,265
Lot 2391
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U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Virtually Intact Postal Card Collection, Mounted and identified to 1973 in 2 binders, identified by Scott and UPSS numbers, earlies majority used, later mostly mint, incl. many vars. incl. UPSS #S3 preprinted used, S4aa used, S6b used, S16 used to Holland, S24a preprinted mint, S37c used, S38 mint preprinted, S39 used, S41d used, S46-1 preprinted mint, S49-7 mint preprinted, S58-1f mint, S57 with various surcharge types, S64-2 mint #1720-2, EX-18, couple of overseas usages, etc., overall Very Fine.
Estimate $800-1,000.
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$690
Lot 2392
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U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Official 1875 Specimens, 36 majority diff., ungummed, incl. #O5S, 39S, all excellent colors, mostly Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $2,919.
Estimate $800-1,000.
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$1,495
Lot 2393
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U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Newspaper Group, mint group of unused, some with mixed condition, mostly fine to very fine.
Estimate $750-1,000.
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$1,093
Lot 2394
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U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Extensive Christmas Seal Collection, 4 volumes to 1966 plus vol. of Ryukyu and Green cat., virtually complete incl. blocks from #WX1 on, incl. autograph designer (Zeh) of 1912 issue, booklet panes incl. exploded, special printings, menu stickers, 1908 usage (tied) on cover plus later also tied, #WX5 overprinted New Hampshire, WX7-9, 1915 booth envelope, later with imperfs and extensive progressive proofs, generally Fine to Very Fine, , very difficult to duplicate .
Estimate $600-800.
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$719
Lot 2395

U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Intact Extensive Christmas Seal Collection, In Stanley Gibbons album on gilt-edged quadrille pages, incl. items bought individually in auction, starting with 1907 issue to 1946 complete except #WX11, with mint blocks of 4, incl. n.h. block of 4 #WX4, WX4b, Type CS2 proof in red, few proofs, postcards incl. tied early pieces, also WX3 used on Baseball score card Dec 9, 1908 used for a message (very unusual), generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $800-1,000.
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$575
Lot 2396
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U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Airmail Accumulation, mostly mint and n.h. Airmail stock in #102 dealer cards, good variety with dupl., inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $7,200 (Owner's).
Estimate $750-1,000.
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$575
Lot 2397
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U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Oldtime Telegraph Stock, Hundreds in Elbe stockbook, between #1T1//17T3, sorted mint, used and punched with dupl., mostly common but incl. cat. to $100, few later panes (mostly Western Union), fresh and mostly fine selection, rarely offered, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $700-800.
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$863
Lot 2398
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U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Mint and Used Accumulation, group with several better sets and singles to be found, condition appears mixed with many in fine or better.
Estimate $600-800.
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Lot 2399
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U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Cut Squares and Stationery, clean in Scott specialty album, fairly well filled with some better early items and loaded with clean $10 to $100+ items, excellent opportunity, fine to very fine throughout with only small faults on earlies.
Scott $4,800.
Estimate $750-1,000.
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$1,150
Lot 2400
 
U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Revenue and Cut Square Collection, In 2 separate Scott albums, cut squares scattered mostly mint with few early used starting #U1-4 used, U76 on mint with 1880s on reasonably filled, mostly fresh with good margins; 2nd Revenue collection with majority of value in 1st issue, nothing much after Proprietary, some better up to cat. $200+, perfs 1st issue complete to #R72c except rarities, R80c-96c, 3rd issue to $5 complete, scattered after that, much Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $600-800.
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$920
Lot 2401

U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Special Delivery Complete Mint, Mostly o.g. (missing #E10), incl. dupl. E4, E9, also F1, fresh, mostly Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $600-800.
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$690
Lot 2402
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U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Used Official Collection, Few hundred incl. Postal Savings on Scott pages (dupl.), interesting cancels, Continental Bank Note incl.Agriculture complete to 10¢, plus 15¢, Executive 3¢, Interior complete, Justice complete except 10¢, 12¢, Navy complete, State to 12¢, 24¢, 30¢, scattered American Bank Note incl. #O97-98, 101, 106, Treasury, War, P.O. complete with dupl., some dupl. with better cancels incl. colored, also stationery P.O. Dept. cancel group, few multiples incl. Treasury, 1873 6¢ Navy showing part number, 30¢ P.O. with Foreign Mail cancel, occasional fault, generally Fine to Very Fine. Ex Skinner.
Estimate $500-700.
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$1,208
Lot 2403
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U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Oldtime Lot, Interesting balance lot in small binders, on stockpages, album pages etc., several areas represented with O's, Q's, OX's, Revenues and cut squares, etc., mixed condition, but well worth a look.
Scott $5,000+.
Estimate $500-750.
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$633
Lot 2404
 
U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Balance of Newspaper Collection, On Scott pages, incl. #PR3, 3a, 2b, 8 (small thins), facsimiles and card proofs of Statue of Freedom, 2 sets of #PR114-125 o.g., few large design with bogus cancels, fresh throughout, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $450-600.
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$403
Lot 2405
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U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Mint and Used Accumulation, incl. a good selection of Officials used and mint with several scarce values, some with fancy color cancels, a selection of early Revenues with a few better singles with perf, part perf, and imperf values, about 40 State Ducks all n.h. with some nice items, along with some regular Ducks, cut squares with a few good values on some of the scarcer papers, a small collection of Christmas Seals, and more, some good items and a great lot for the collector or dealer, generally Fine.
Estimate $400-500.
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$345
Lot 2406
 
U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Small Mint Official Lot, #O20//82, 10 items, consisting of #O20, 22-26, 28, 30, 81-82, o.g. to no gum, condition mixed.
Estimate $400-600.
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Lot 2407
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U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Mint Postal Card Collection, Mostly complete to 1988 incl. #UX3, 5-16, 18-30, 32-33, also Airs, Paid reply incl. UY8, occasional minor fault, mostly Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $400-500.
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Lot 2408
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U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Official India or Card Proof Sets, Consisting of complete India on Agriculture, Executive, Interior, Navy, card on P.O., India on State (missing 6¢) to 90¢, card on $ values, card on Treasury, card on War 7¢-90¢, few extra plus #O32P1, all with margins all around, very fresh except P.O. set, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate $400-500.
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$546
Lot 2409

U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Savings Stamps Mint Collection, On pages, incl. #PS2, PS5, WS2, WS5 singles in certificate folders, mint singles #WS4-5, booklet panes, etc., Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $350-450.
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$1,438
Lot 2410

U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Special Tax Stamps For Opium, Etc., 6 diff. from 1930 to 1937, $3 and $12 black forms, 1935 to 1937 with coupons attached, seldom offered, leading Revenue dealer retail $1000+ for same items, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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$299
Lot 2411

U.S. Back of the Book Collections, 9 Carriers' Mostly Mint, Consisting of #1LB8, 4LB19 (scarce but cut into); 15L14, 20L24, 62L4, 71L4, 37L10, 87L67, 89L1, all checked and apparently genuine but sold "as is", inspect, Fine appearance.
Estimate $300-400.
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$403
Lot 2412

U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Small Group of 11 Flat Plate Coil Paste-Ups, Mostly n.h., 9 pairs, plus #344V (not paste-up), 384V strips of 4, incl. #347V paste-up (not listed) n.h., Fine to Very Fine, all identified, inspected and genuine.
Estimate $300-400.
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$253
Lot 2413
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U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Collector's Postal Card Accumulation, Balance of hundreds from owner of 2 volume collection, 19th & 20th Century mostly mint with many minor vars. (listed, identified, and unlisted), some dupl., majority not too recent, overall clean lot, good for breakdown for retail, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $250-350.
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$230
Lot 2414
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U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Newspaper Stamp Facsimiles, 157 stamps, interesting accumulation of this surprisingly complex area, good variety of types as well as three complete sheets, mixed condition as to be expected, a few not counted.
Estimate $150-200.
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$345
Lot 2415
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U.S. Back of the Book Collections, 109 Local Scott Forgeries, all diff., Fine lot.
Estimate $130-160.
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$276
Lot 2416
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U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Mostly Mint Postal Card Collection, In Scott album, from #UX1 on, to 1974, nothing scarce, also Airs, and Paid Reply, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $100-150.
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$58
Lot 2417
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U.S. Back of the Book Collections, Duplicated Mint and Used Postal Cards, some batched together, nothing beyond basically #UX48 (some with advert.), also Paid Reply, few real early mostly used, Fine overall.
Estimate $100-150.
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