Sale 325

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Postal Stationery
 
 
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Lot 73
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Postal Stationery (1853-1900s), mounted collection comprising 15 albums starting with U1 through the 20th century, mint and some used, better including used UC1 var. (UPSS AM4 $750) watermark 33 with P.R. border, UC1 var. (UPSS AM4 $750) watermark 36 with P.R. border, and UC1 var. (UPSS AM4 $750) watermark 33 with V.I. border, and UC2 var. (UPSS AM9 $600) watermark 33, a Fine to Very Fine collection with many interesting entires.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
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Lot 74
 
POSTAL STATIONERY, 1874-1900s, accumulation in 7 cartons (3 with large sizes) each having Thorp numbers and specifications, starting with U112 through U576, some duplication but a good range of the various specialized types, overall a Very Fine and clean group.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
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Lot 75
 
Envelope, 1893, 2¢ Columbian (U349), group of over 300 used entires, most with UPSS specialized numbers, an interesting group, U.P.S.S. $900+.
Scott $500+
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Lot 76
 
Postal Stationery Wrappers, 1860-1915, collection of about 125 mint and used, folded and unfolded wrappers, mostly identified, sorted and arranged in a 3-ring binder. Includes 1¢ Star Dies, 2¢ Black Jacks, 2¢ Reay, 1¢-2¢ Plimpton plus selections from all the 20th century issues except the 1920-25 surcharges. A check with the U.P.S.S. may possibly turn up some sleeper numbers, F-VF.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 77
 
Development of Letter Sheets, interesting mounted collection with an array of mostly used 19th century private and a few government issued lettersheets, several with patent information provided, better include some illustrated designs; some mixed condition, but overall a Fine to Very Fine collection.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 78
 
U.S. Postal Stationery, group of 100 mint and unused stationery entires plus 7 specimen entires, U50//U419 and a few Airmail and Officials, few faults, a Fine to Very Fine group.
Scott $1,750+
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Lot 79
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Postal Stationery Balance of Consignment, including entires #U12, U41 used with Wells Fargo & Co. printed frank, U104, U321, some errors including U599a, UX6 unfolded, Canal Zone U12 entire, etc., minor flaw here and there, overall Very Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 80
 
Stationery Balance, two cartons with approximately 1,000 mint and used entires starting from U1 onward, some mixed condition, a Fine group.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 81
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Postal Stationery Stock, About 1,500-2,000 mint and used Entires, Postal Cards and Message/Reply cards in five red storage boxes. Mostly lower priced, though we did note a nice mint UX1—there could be more.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 82
 
Stationery and Lettersheet Balance, group in one carton of lettersheets and a mounted cut square collection in a Scott album, Fine group.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 83
 
Postal Card Collection, massive postal card collection starting with UX1 to modern, numerous mounted albums with mint and used including cancellation groupings, etc., some better include partial UX1 platings, used UX4, mint UX7 re-entry (UPSS 56d $500), UX61 fdc (UPSS SA11c $225), UPSS S56-3f ($200), UX27D, and used UY3d, etc., a fabulous collection.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000
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Lot 84
 
U.S. Postal Cards, group of over 200 postal cards from mint and unused UX1//UX46A plus UY1//UY29, few small faults, overall Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $10,000+
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Lot 85
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Postal Cards, collection in three albums and additional pages starting with UX1 to modern, also includes some essays and proofs and reply cards with UY5, UY6, some interesting varieties present, a Fine to Very Collection.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 86
 
Postal Card Accumulation, 1873-1911, approximately 2,000 cards mostly between Scott #UX1/UX25, UY1/UY14 loose and neatly sorted in six Lighthouse stockbooks, including some mint plus a used UX4 (small flaws) and a few other unusual usages such as R.P.O./R.R. territorial and color/star cancels as well as plate varieties. By far the most valuable sections are the Columbian Exposition and cards used to foreign destinations including both international and regular cards with adhesives added; while most are to Western Europe (primarily England and Germany) there are some other more exotic destinations. Mixed condition, especially among the loose cards, but generally a F-VF lot and well worth viewing for possible better items.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 87
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POSTAL CARDS, includes UX3 vars., eleven mint and used with different "big hole" damage cards including mint recut (U.P.S.S. #S2f, S2h), UX10 Columbian Exposition mint set of twlve cards plus wrapper for set No. 7 (U.P.S.S. #EX62/62a-EX/73/73a, EX73Wb), UX33 collection of 43 different cards, UXC16 var. purple lozenges at left error, mint card (U.P.S.S. SA3a), UY14 var. mint unfolded card with clear blackish surcharge (U.P.S.S. #MR23-1l), also includes wide margined PR61 LH (2002 P.F.C.); Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 88
 
Postal Card, 1879, 2¢ blue on buff (UX6), group of 126 used to Europe plus Panama, Turkey, Mexico, New Zealand, Nova Scotia and Japan, a Fine group.
Scott $3,125
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Lot 89
 
Postal Card, 1897, 2¢ blue on cream (UX13), group of 37 used to Europe, mostly to France, Germany and Switzerland, some faults, a Fine group.
Scott $2,975
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Lot 90
 
Postal Cards, collection with several hundred cards starting with UX1 through the 1980s, includes mint and used in small mounted collection and two boxes of miscellaneous, some better include usages abroad (couple uprated) incluing UX1 with 1¢ to Canada, UX6 to Japan, UY2 reply from Germany, UX1 with big hold defect, UX3 mint and used, UX7 mint and used, UX10 mint, UX8 in light to dark shades, UX12 mint and used, UX13 to Dominica, UX14 mint and used, UX15 (S19) mint and used, etc., a Fine and interesting collection.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 91
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U.S. Postal Card Accumulation (1873-1920), a couple thousand cards sorted by issue, between #UX1//UX35 plus some Paid Reply issues. While predominately used, there are some unused plus over a hundred early mint cards, a small group of cards to foreign destinations with a.a.'s as well as international cards such as #UX6 (6), UX13 (to France), UX16, etc. Lastly there is an attractive group of 90 cards with illustrated advertising (many in color or multi-colored) with by far the best being five unused #UX10 with the famous Grover Cleveland-Benjamin Harrison Top Hat design for the Standard and G.O.P. styles. Some faulty as to be expected, but the vast majority are F-VF. Attractive lot which apparently has not been checked for cancels or plate varieties.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 92
 
Postal Cards, accumulation of over 1,300 mint, used and FDCs, mostly 20th century, a Fine and interesting group.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 93
 
Private Post Cards, mounted collection in one album comprising about 35 different with various printed designs from the 1870s to early 1900s, mostly used, some colorful designs including a 1896 Cincinnati Corrugating Co. red sun design; some mixed condition, a Fine group.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 94
 
U.S. PICTURE POSTCARDS, 100 scarcer picture postcards including wonderful Tuck patriotics, real photo, ethnic, handpainted, holidays, etc. Several $20 and up cards.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 95
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A FAIRLY COMPREHENSIVE REVENUE COLLECTION, comprised of the first three issues, neatly mounted on homemade pages, includes R82a pair, 86a, 91a, 101a, R17c, 21c, 73c, 74c, 82c, 97c, 100c, 102c, R119, R126 used and unused with o.g., 129, 130, 131, 149, 150 plus some silk paper and varieties— a Fine lot with some faults associated with these but overall much nicer than usual.
Estimate 2,500 - 3,000
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