Auction: 167 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 210
Appealing mint and used collection neatly arranged in two stockbooks, the nineteenth century mostly used to the Columbians, then mixed mint and used to the Pan-Americans, with the remainder of the twentieth century being nearly all mint, among the better used we note #9X1, 1, 7, 9, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 28, 29, 30A, 32, 33, 37 (2), 38, 67, 70-72, 75, 76, 1867 grilled values to 90c, 1869 cplt. to 30c, most Bank Notes to 90c, 261, 261A, 276-78, 293, blocks of four of C1, C2 (2) and C18, among the mint highlights are a New Haven postmaster provisional reprint on soft white paper, 10X1, 36, 36B, 38, 39, 63, small Bank Notes to 90c, Columbians cplt. less the $4.00 but including and extra $1.00, 260, 263, 276, Trans-Mississippi cplt. to the $1.00, 20th century commemoratives virtually complete including the entire Panama-Pacific issue, 300-10, 312, 315, strong Washington-Franklins with most of the issues represented, including coils in singles and pairs, however many of the flat plate issues appear to be fake, 1922-29 regular issues mostly complete, the post 1930 issues just housed loose in a large envelope, back-of-the-book include C1-6, most special delivery issues and parcel posts to 75c, there is also a CE2 plate number study which is also loose in an envelope, condition varies but overall is better than typically encountered, we note some early issues regummed, no gum, with small fault or with perfs. touching, however there are also many nice fine-very fine and better to be found throughout, especially among the 20th century so a careful evaluation is strongly recommended.
Sold for
$15,000
