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Auction: 169 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 181

Extensive mint and used collection with duplication, in mounts and housed in three Scott albums, mint and used to around 1890, then mostly mint with issues to the 1990s, better used include #1, 2, 7 pair, 13-15, 15 pair, 17, 22, 23, 28, 30, 30A, 32, 36, 37, 39 with a fake cancel, most 1861 issues including a 24c shade study, "E" grills cplt., "F" grills to 30c, 1869 issue complete, grilled Bank Notes to 7c and most other to 90c with plenty of duplication, $4.00 and $5.00 Columbians, 261-63, 278 and 312, among the many mint are 7, 9, 20, 33, 38, then 1c, 3c, 10c (2), 24c, 30c and 90c 1861 issues with "Specimen" overprints and some proofs, 102, 124, 127, 133, some Bank Notes, small Bank Notes to 30c, Columbians cplt to $3.00, 255-60, 268-75, Trans-Mississippi complete, twentieth century commemoratives complete including 404 and 630, Washington-Franklins highly complete, including coils and coil pairs, but many of the flat plate coils are fakes, 505 single error in a block of nine, then virtually complete from the 1922 issue to the 1990s, the air mails are complete but for C13-15, but include a C18 block of four and C20-22 plate blocks, the special deliveries are complete, plus E6 block of four, the postage dues are quite complete, but some are used, offices in China are comlete except for K11 and K15, then officials mint or used, with Executive ovpt'd "Specimen,", a few newspapers, parcel post cplt. including JQ1-5, then a booklet panes collection with 279Be, 319g and a 1c AEF pane, cut squares mint and used with better items such as U28-29 and finally a decent showing of revenues with first issue imperf., part perf. and perforated, second and third issues, reds and greens, wines, etc., and ending with hunting permits including mint RW2-18 and some later, also included is a fairly modest possessions collection with a few better mint items, the quality is decidedly mixed, including regummed, reperfed, repaired, cancels removed, misidentifies, off center, faults, etc., so a careful examination is essential.

Sold for
$29,000