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Auction: 173 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 160

Valuable intact postal stationery lifetime collection, in two large volumes, carefully annotated and impressive in its comprehensiveness, almost entirely cut squares, filled with scarce and challenging material with many key rarities included, beginning with 1853-55 Washington issues, noting U8 and U11 used, 1860-1 issues including the scarce U25 used, 1861 Nesbitts including mint U36 from letter sheet, U42-U45 mint, 1863-5 including the extremely difficult U48 Die 2, with P.F. certificate, U66, U68 , U89, U90, U95, U98 and U98a mint, 1874-86 issues including U108, U109, and the very scarce U124 mint, U154. U176, U195, U195, U200, U212 mint, 1876-86 Plimpton including U226 mint, 1883-6 including U244-6 mint, U247 and the scarce U248 used, U249 mint, the rare U272 used, U276 used, 1887-94 issues including used examples of U308 and U310, U323 mint, 1893 Columbus & Liberty including U350a slate brown error mint, 1899 issues with the scarce mint U373 Lincoln, 1907-16 with U407a-408a mint, 1915-32 with mint U421a, U437g, U437h and U439g, 1920-21 Surcharges including mint U545, U456 and U457, mint U462-U465, U466Ae, U477a, U478 and U479, 1925 Surcharges with mint U486-9, U492a, mint U502-506, U586a with missing overprints, carrying on to the Hologram designs of 1991, many important mint officials also included, almost complete for basic Scott numbers, noting the rare UO8 and UO13, UO19 (small spot on indicia), UO22, UO39, UO60, UO66. and UO69, huge Scott retail value, a superb top-quality collection with many significant items, representing a lifetime of dedicated effort..

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