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Lot No. Photo Description Asking
Lot 634
o   U.S.; General Issues, 1862, 5¢ Red Brown, #75, black grid cancel (cert says "dark blue"), almost Very Fine, 2019 Crowe cert.
Scott $425.
Estimate $325-350.
Asking Price
$325
Lot 658
   U.S.; General Issues, 1869, 2¢ Brown, Bisect Used on Cover, #113c, diagonally bisected with additional 2¢ canceled by Mount Union, PA target cancel, local usage, roughly opened at right affecting bisect slightly (clean cert), fine to very fine for this, 1990 P.F. cert.
Scott $6,000. About a dozen known certified .
Estimate $1,500-2,000.
Asking Price
$1,000
Lot 666
o   U.S.; General Issues, 1869, 10¢ Yellow, #116, clear strike of fancy skull cancel, "small corner creases and small faults", a Very Fine cancel, 1995 P.F. cert.
Estimate $300-350.
Asking Price
$200
Lot 735
P   U.S.; General Issues, 1879, 90¢ Carmine, Imperf Proof on Stamp Paper, Pair, #191P5, unused, somewhat small to large margins, "traces of o.g., and a few small thin spots in each", Fine to Very Fine appearing, 1951 P.F., 2006 P.S.E. certs.
Scott $2,250.
Estimate $500-600.
Asking Price
$300
Lot 793
   U.S.; General Issues, 1894, 2¢ Carmine, Type III, Plate # Imprint Strip of 10, #252, large top "II" #142, few short perfs 2 left copies not affecting pl. strip, excellent color and gum, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $4,600+.
Estimate $1,000-1,200.
Asking Price
$650
Lot 807
   U.S.; General Issues, 1895, 2¢ Pink, Type III, Plate # Imprint Strip of 10, #267a, n.h., large top "IV" #282, hinged in ungummed section of left and right copy, excellent color, Very Fine or better.
Scott $1,035+.
Estimate $400-500.
Asking Price
$300
Lot 808
   U.S.; General Issues, 1895, 4¢ Dark Brown, Imprint Plate # Strip of 8, #269, n.h., large top #94, centered to top, excellent color, Fine.
Scott $1,050+.
Estimate $250-300.
Asking Price
$200
Lot 809
   U.S.; General Issues, 1895, 5¢ Chocolate, Imprint Plate # Strip of 8, #270, n.h., large top #163, centered to left, excellent color, Fine.
Scott $1,850.
Estimate $400-500.
Asking Price
$300
Lot 821
   U.S.; General Issues, 1898, 2¢ Red, Type IV, Plate # Imprint Strip of 10, #279B, n.h., large side "V" #905, excellent color and gum, Very Fine or better.
Scott $260+.
Estimate $140-170.
Asking Price
$100
Lot 882
   U.S.; General Issues, 1909, 4¢ Orange Brown, Horizontal Coil, Line Pair, #354, o.g. (h.r.), Very Fine, 2007 P.S.E. cert.
Scott $1,400.
Estimate $800-900.
Asking Price
$500
Lot 899
   U.S.; General Issues, 1909, 2¢ Lincoln on Pre-First Day Cover, #367, clearly dated FEB 10 from Boston on printed cover used internally, immaculate, an Extremely Fine cover, one of 9 recorded used on that date and one of 4 from Boston .
Estimate $750-1,000.
Asking Price
$650
Lot 901
   U.S.; General Issues, 1909, 2¢ Lincoln on First Day Cover, #367, neatly tied by Philadelphia FEB 12 cds on Continental Hotel corner advertising cover, small repair top left, fine.
Scott $500. One of 5 known .
Estimate $150-200.
Asking Price
$100
Lot 1028
/   U.S.; General Issues, 1929, Kansas, 1¢ to 10¢ Complete, Blocks of 4, #658-668, n.h. (3), o.g. (1-top left) each block, overall nice centering, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $1,510+.
Estimate $500-600.
Asking Price
$450
Lot 1052
   U.S.; General Issues, 1986, 22¢ Duke Ellington, Imperf Horizontally, #2211a, n.h., bottom marginal block of 25 with color bars, clean, Very Fine.
Scott $5,000 + as 10 pairs. Only 40-60 pairs issued, scarce, possibly largest block known .
Estimate $1,600-1,800.
Asking Price
$1,400
Lot 1053
   U.S.; General Issues, 1989, 25¢ World Stamp Expo '89, #2410, n.h., unique large essay prepared by Richard Sheaff who is credited as the designer of the issued stamp which, while similar, came in a vertical format, very fine, signed Richard Sheaff. Unusual .
Estimate $300-400.
Asking Price
$250
Lot 1086
o   U.S.; Airmail, 1930, $2.60 Graf Zeppelin, #C15, clear strike, great copy, 2009 P.S.E. cert. graded SUP 98.
SMQ $2,850, only 1 with higher grade .
Estimate $2,000-2,300.
Asking Price
$2,000
Lot 1099
   U.S.; Flight Covers, 1935 Hawaii Flights, AAMC #1230, 7 covers incl. one round trip, Fine.
Estimate $200-250.
Asking Price
$180
Lot 1112
   U.S.; Offices in China, 1919, 10¢ on 5¢ Blue, #K5, n.h., 2010 P.S.E. cert. graded SUP 98.
SMQ $2,650, 6 known grade 98, and one graded 98J .
Estimate $2,000-2,300.
Asking Price
$2,000
Lot 1152
   U.S.; Parcel Post, 1913, 50¢ Carmine Rose, #Q10, n.h., 2019 P.S.A.G. cert. graded SUP 98.
SMQ $7,500, only 2 graded higher by P.S.E.
Estimate $3,750-4,250.
Asking Price
$3,750
Lot 1162
   U.S.; Locals, Hussey's Post, 1872, Red Lilac on Cover, #87L44, 4 excellent margins all around, tied by cds handstamp, opened at top, clean cover, Very Fine.
Scott $300.
Estimate $130-160.
Asking Price
$100
Lot 1165
/   U.S.; Stationery, 1920, 2¢ on 2¢ Carmine, Die 1 Entire, #U466A, entire, "envelope die not inked and tiny edge tear at upper right", clean, Fine and rare, 2012 P.S.A.G. cert.
Scott $1,150.
Estimate $250-300.
Asking Price
$200
Lot 1224
o   U.S. Collections, 1873 to 1882 10¢ Exhibit Collection, #161/209, mounted on 17 pages, mostly used but occasional mint, covers and used large pieces, certified items incl. #85 used with NYFM cancel; grade 90J, various colored and scarcer cancels, block of 4, shades, strips with and without secret marks, mis-registrations, #209b (two used with certs), double transfers, clean and overall fine to very fine collection. All scanned. Difficult to duplicate .
Estimate $3,500-4,000.
Asking Price
$3,000
Lot 1240
  B   U.S. Collections, Booklet Collection 1907 to 1996, all mint collection of booklet panes and unexploded booklets in two White Ace albums, features #300b, 319g (n.h.), 331a (n.h.), C10a (n.h., pane and full booklet), plus run of booklets from 1976-96, reasonably clean collection, worth review, mostly fine to very fine.
Estimate $1,200-1,500.
Asking Price
$1,000
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.
Asking Price
$200
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.
Asking Price
$200
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.
Asking Price
$150
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.
Asking Price
$150
Lot 1405
     U.S. Cover Collections, 16 Better Stampless, incl. Mobile, Free, 1827 Cincinnati, OH, missent, fancy "Paids", etc., most with enclosures or folded letters, fine overall.
Estimate $600-750.
Asking Price
$450
Lot 1423
     U.S. Cover Collections, Meter Stock and Accumulation, hundreds in ½ full banker box, culled from unprocessed stock, priced, some sleeved, some with advertising; 2nd box oversized all in full Pittsburgh box, early to 1960's period, scattered Foreign incl., fine to very fine overall. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock.
Estimate $300-400.
Asking Price
$200
Lot 1428
     U.S. Cover Collections, Culled Stampless Lot, 38 incl. couple trans-Atlantic to U.S., also mourning, few better cancels, fancy Paid Troy, couple m.s., etc., mixed condition. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock.
Estimate $250-350.
Asking Price
$180
Lot 1436
     U.S. Cover Collections, Perfin Lot, over 100 culled from unprocessed lot, mostly U.S. with Prexie usages, etc., also G.B., Canada, etc., some oversized, usual condition. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock.
Estimate $150-200.
Asking Price
$110
Lot 1441
     U.S. Cover Collections, Used 1920's Stationery Correspondences, Type #U93, hundreds in 2 full banker boxes, all to Kansas Refinery companies using 2¢ Washington Dies, few window and #10's.
Estimate $100-200.
Asking Price
$50
Lot 1445
     U.S. Cachet & F.D.C. Collections, Flight Related Group, hundreds with some partially sorted by FAM numbers incl. #34 to 59, also corner #10 covers with various airlines, Western Airletter priced and sleeved, small group of helicopter, etc., fine overall. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock.
Estimate $400-600.
Asking Price
$325
Lot 1458
     Postcards; U.S., Vintage Greetings Holding, approx. 800 cards incl. New Year, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentines, Easter, Birthday etc., many nice cards throughout, some Foreign, mostly good to excellent.
Estimate $300-400.
Asking Price
$200
Lot 1460
     Postcards; U.S., Accumulation of Hundreds, loose in full banker box, all time periods from 1910 on, very little linens, incl. some other countries, occasional better incl. Holidays, also some scarcer small towns or cancels, needs inspection, fine overall. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock.
Estimate $250-350.
Asking Price
$150
Lot 1462
     Postcards; U.S., 2 Boxes of Miscellaneous, hundreds unsorted filled in 1½ banker boxes, old to chromes, scattered Foreign, culled from many Estates, occasional better, clean group overall, inspect.
Estimate $200-300.
Asking Price
$120
Lot 1463
     Postcards; U.S., Banker Box Full, Hundreds loose mint and used, early to relatively modern, occasional Foreign and a few covers, also older cigarette silks, Very Good to Fine.
Estimate $150-250.
Asking Price
$100
Lot 1464
     Postcards; France, 188 French Romantic Cards, in old album, all in series, slight dupl., all with writing on reverse but not addressed, slight edge wear on some, fine to very fine.
Estimate $300-400.
Asking Price
$250
Lot 1465
     Postcards; Worldwide, Estate Collection, U.S., Germany, Japan, Canada, ship tour, etc., in 10 albums, mix of vintage and modern, cards are glued in 2 of the albums, some albums beat up.
Estimate $200-250.
Asking Price
$120
Lot 1468
     Postcards; Worldwide, U.S. and World Accumulation, well over 200 cards vintage to modern, Good to Very Good.
Estimate $100-150.
Asking Price
$50
Lot 1470
   Ephemera; U.S., Strawberry Valley (CA) Account Book From the Pony Express Museum, Leather and suede journal from Strawberry Valley (Yuba County, California), attractive journal, which is 14" x 9" and 1½" thick, with marbled end pages and edges, probably belonged to the general store, lists customers between 1871-73, what they bought and how much they paid, stamps on front end pages say "W. Parker Lyon's Pony Express Arcadia, Cal." and a handwritten note reads, "Sales book given me by John Bean at Strawberry Valley 1938". W. Parker Lyons operated the Pony Express Museum in Arcadia, California from 1935-55, founded in 1851, the museum was a copy of the station and general store in Sonoma, California as it looked in 1850 and exhibited original artifacts from the Old West, including the Pony Express and Gold Rush eras, such as a stagecoach, a one-cell jail, safes, gold scales, and a barber's chair with bloodstains from a man who had been shot dead in it.
Estimate $400-500.
Asking Price
$300
Lot 1485
/o   Great Britain, Intact Mint and Used Collection, On Scott pages to 1969, starting #1, mostly used from 1860s on, 20th Century mint or used with later mint sets, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine.
Estimate $1,000-1,300.
Asking Price
$800
Lot 1488
     Great Britain, Machins 1967 to 2014 Mint Collection, n.h., with a few scattered used, all identified on printed pages per Scott #, incl. min. sheets, virtually complete, also incl. Regional issues, clean.
Scott $2,900+.
Estimate $600-800.
Asking Price
$500
Lot 1517
     Barbados, Large Modern Cover Accumulation, Approximately 1500 in banker box, 1960's-70's period, no F.D.'s, mostly internal mail, nice variety, check for cancels, fine to very fine.
Estimate $150-200.
Asking Price
$100
Lot 1526
/   Canada, Back-of-Book Mint Stock, N.h. to o.g., starting with Semis, with #C1 (40), C2 (31), C3 (86), E1 (5), E2 (3), E5 (10), also F1 (no gum strip of 6, 2 singles), F2 (2), mint Dues, War Tax, Officials incl. #O6-10 with dupl. and later, etc., few early with gum dist., fresh throughout, mostly fine to very fine, very high cat.
Estimate $1,500-2,000.
Asking Price
$1,300
Lot 1557
o   Cape of Good Hope, Cape of Good Hope Used Collection, 30 triangles with minor dupl., incl. #7, 7b, 9, few later used, high cat., incl. inventory, usual mixed condition.
Estimate $1,500-2,000.
Asking Price
$1,200
Lot 1558
/   Cook Islands, Complete Mint, N.h. to o.g., to 1946 except #107-108 on Scott pages, #103-106 (dupl. mint), later mostly complete on Minkus pages to early 1980's, fresh throughout, Fine to Very Fine.
2010 Scott approximately $5,000.
Estimate $1,400-1,700.
Asking Price
$1,250
Lot 1560
   Cyprus, Mostly Mint Intact Collection, o.g., to 1976 in mounts on homemade pages, some dupl. used, up to £1, GV on complete, few 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine.
2014 Scott approximately $8,600.
Estimate $2,300-2,600.
Asking Price
$1,900
Lot 1562
   Egypt, 1864 to 1890 Interpostal Seals Collection and Accumulation, Valuable holding of these rarely seen items starting with a 2 volume mounted collection on custom album pages of over 1,000 seals mostly unused and different, vastly superior in quality and scope, running from 1864 to 1890 with many better throughout arranged by years, types, die varieties and town names, plus 3 stockbooks and a folder containing well over 3,000 seals which are either dupl. or ones that never made to the collection, quite a remarkable lot for the specialist of this elusive but increasingly popular area, overall better than average condition with some faults as usual, inspection highly recommended.
Estimate $7,000-9,000.
Asking Price
$5,000
Lot 1595
  /   Gambia, Classic Mint Stationery, around 425+ dupl. representing 6 diff. H&G Postal card/postal reply card numbers, clean. Ex Friedman "Cover Corner" Stock.
Higgins and Gage #1-2a, 3a, 5-6 $3,000+.
Estimate $300-400.
Asking Price
$200

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