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Auction: 150 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 320

Valuable mint and used collection/accumulation in two Safe albums, one for regular definitive issues, the other for commemoratives and air mails, with over 850 stamps often collected with two or three or more examples of each Scott number with a concentration in the better issues of the 19th century and 20th century to the 1930s, the early regular issues are largely used starting with four examples of #1 in various shades and a #2, 1851 Imperforates represented for all values, similarly collected for the 1857 perforated issue with various types and shades including an unused and used #39, the later with faults and not counted because uncertified but black grid cancel appears genuine, also includes nice selection of Civil war issue including grills, 1869 Pictorials are complete for all values including many unused examples, numerous Bank Note issues including grills, from the Bureau issues into the 20th century Washington-Franklins mint and unused examples become more prevalent with many better values, the commemoratives start with over 70 mint and unused Colombians, complete for all values including fifteen dollar values, 1898 Trans-Mississippi issue is also complete mint or unused for all values as are most of the better 20th century commemorative sets, air mails include several mint sets of the first two air mail issues, plus 65c an $1.30 Zeppelins and four example of the 50c Zeppelin, condition is quite varied with faults found throughout in the 19th century and centering in this period is often only fine, in the early period unused are often without gum or regummed, later is largely o.g. and even includes some never hinged, we note many nice collectable stamps and catalog value is enormous being in excess of $125,000.00 excluding the used #39, examination will prove very beneficial.

Sold for
$21,000