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Auction: 176 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Auction
Lot: 218

United States 1851-1929 powerful collection of mint and used, replete with desirable items, 1851 Issues with three nice examples of 1c Blue, two 10c Green, one showing crisp San Francisco c.d.s, the second with attractive red grid cancel, four-margin 10c Black, 1857s with pleasing 1c Blue Type II, several 3c Dull Red and 10c Green types as well as an 12c Black o.g., 1860 24c Gray shade, lovely run of used 1861 Issues to the 90c, with 3c Rose Pink (APEX cert), 5c Buff with neat partial “Paid” cancel, well-centered 90c Blue, 5c Brown and Red Brown shades, 1867 “E” Grills with 2c, 3c, 10c, and 12c used, “F” Grills with 1c, 2c, 3c, 10c, 12c (with steamship cancel), and 15c, several with attractive fancy cancels, 1869 Pictorial Issue 1c-15c, with 15c Type I, and 30c, 1871 Grill Issues used to the 7c (the 7c with P.F. certificate), without grill from 1c-90c used, 1873 Continental Bank Note. Co. and 1879 American Bank Note Co. 1c through 90c used, noting 6c ABN with “Negative 3” fancy cancel, 1888 ABN issues 4c-90c used, 1890-93 Small Bank Note issues 1c-90c used, 1893 Columbian Exposition 1c-15c mint, 1894 Bureau Issues 1c - $1 used, 1895 Watermarked Issue to the $1, 1898 Trans-Mississippi noting 5c mint block of four, 50c mint, 1901 Pan-American Exposition complete, 1902-3 Watermarked Issues to the $2, pages well-filled onwards, strong in coils & Washington-Franklins, noting 350 & 369 used singles (with P.F. certificate), 349-52 coil pairs used (5c with P.F. certificate), 353 mint paste-up pair (with P.S.E. certificate), 445 mint pair, 446 used pair (with P.F. certificates), 459 mint (with P.F. certificate), 500 used (with P.F. certificate), 523 used, 545 used (with P.F. certificate), 551-73 mint, 581-91 mint, two never hinged 1926 White Plains souvenir sheets, 1929 Kansas & Nebraska sets mint, with many n.h., Air Post with C1-3, C4-6 mint, 1930 Graf Zeppelin 65c & $1.30 mint, $2.60 used, Special Delivery E1-11 (mostly used), Parcel Post Q1-12 (mostly used), etc, a lovely and valuable collection, chiefly fine-very fine, carefully built over many years with a collector seeking quality examples; a desirable lot.

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