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Lot 1 |
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1890-1903 4¢ Definitives, Part I, Proofs and Essays, about 30 items, including vignettes, essays, 10 imperf pairs of 222 TC5 (shades), die proofs of 222, 254, 280, a proposal to print the stamps with attached "Specimen" paper, mostly Very Fine.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
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Lot 2 |
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1890-1903 4¢ Definitives, Part 2, The Issued Stamps, singles and multiples, over 100 items, including cancels and shades, a few proofs, several plate strips, mint and used blocks, two plate blocks, Guam overprint, strip of 3 and a block of 4, Philippines overprint plate block, Banholtz overprints, etc., generally F-VF.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
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1890-1903 4¢ Definitives Part 3 — Covers, Domestic Usages, over 100 covers, including all four EDUs, excellent registry usages, territorials, used abroad, auxiliary markings, bisects (7), illustrated (including Patriotic and campaign covers), etc. Excellent group, loaded with better covers.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
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1890-1903 4¢ Definitives Part 4 — Covers, Foreign Usages, approximately 130 covers, wide variety of usages and destinations including nice showing of African and Asian destinations, large frankings, usages from U.S. possessions. Another outstanding group with numerous better covers.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
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1890-1903, 4¢ Cover balance, cover accumulation, about 100 covers, some on old exhibit pages, many nicer frankings, illustrated, stamp dealer corner cards, foreign usages, etc. Plenty of worthwhile material.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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1909 Lincoln Part 1— First Days and Early Uses, 16 covers, including a February 10 pre-first day cover, five FDCs, two illustrated, four very early Bluish papers, including an Attorney General, Washington corner card and the EDU for foreign usage, an endwise coil pair, a 2nd day cover with perf-in, etc. Mostly F-VF.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 7 |
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1909 Lincoln Part 2— Stamps, singles and multiples, an Ultramar specimen (only recorded), five plate blocks, a complete mint sheet, used block of the bluish (separated), matched arrows and centerline blocks of the imperfs, used multiples, etc. Mostly F-VF.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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1909 Lincoln Part 3— Vending and Imperforate Coils, over 50 items, including Schermack Type III on Farwell Co. envelope, pairs and line pairs and strips of most types, experimental perfs (Rosback, Wilson, Kansas City), U.S. Automatic Vending packet type IV, most (perhaps all) appear to be genuine and F-VF, 5 certificates.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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1909 Lincoln Part 4 — Domestic Usages, over 150 covers, perf, imperf, and bluish paper, including 3 pairs of the bluish, plus several singles (one on Special Delivery), Territorial usages, cancels, including colored and machine, Pneumatic Tube, registry, imperf plate blocks (2 covers), perf-ins, many illustrated including numerous ads, plus festivals, ad collars, late usages, etc. A 30 year assemblage.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
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1909 Lincoln Part 5 — Foreign Uses, over 40 covers to a fine array of destinations including several Australia and New Zealand, plus China, Hong Kong, and Japan, etc. Rare group.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 11 |
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1923-27, 3¢ Lincoln 4th Bureau Issue, including all the Rotary Press varieties, mostly an FDC exhibit with a small number of stamps (including a mint plate block signed by the Post Master General and others), plus some extras. FDCs include a plate block of 555 and 584, line strip of 600, several Hodgenville KY singles (including Klein and Ward covers), 2 with blocks of 4 (one in violet) and a block of 6 (the largest from Hodgenville), several different cities (Nickles and Worden covers), several cachets, etc. Choice lot.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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1923-27, 3¢ Lincoln 4th Bureau Cover Balance, few hundred covers, including Fancy Cancels, Kansas-Nebraska, Zeppelin flights (including a C13), lots of foreign destinations, possessions, etc. Great basis for an exhibit.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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1938 16¢ Lincoln, couple hundred covers, including many domestic usages, including registered, insured, certified, special delivery, plus some nice foreign usages including Palestine, Iraq, Shanghai, and Canton China, etc., also nice group of cacheted FDCs including a couple hand-drawn Electric Eye covers, etc. Excellent basis for expansion.
Estimate 500 - 750
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1940, 3¢ Thirteenth Amendment, Award Winning Exhibit, virtually intact, includes photo essay (purportedly unique), the announcement, few printing varieties, and 100+ cacheted FDCs, including WWII Patriotics.
Estimate 500 - 750
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1942, 3¢ Chinese Resistance Issue, virtually intact 8 frame exhibit, begins with the photo proof and a signed "thank you" letter from Sun Yat-Sen's widow, next, are over 100 different cacheted FDCs, with a strong showing of Crosby varieties, plus over 50 WWII Patriotic cachets, concludes with numerous usages including territorial, foreign, and military. Most impressive and impossible to duplicate.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 16 |
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1948 Gettysburg Address Exhibit, intact seven frame exhibit, including the announcement, photo essay of rejected design, plus couple 100 cacheted FDCs including Knapp and other hand-painted. Outstanding collection.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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1954, 4¢ Lincoln Liberty Accumulation, large accumulation of stamps and covers, including the postal counterfeit, numerous miscuts, gutters, freaks, errors, two stockbooks, Booklet panes (ex Joyce), FDCs, unusual usages, etc. Another great basis for a potential award winner.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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A Single Frame Lincoln Exhibit, formed by a master Lincoln exhibitor designed to show the way the Lincoln topical can be collected, includes better items such as a mint 132, used 137, used pair 1058b, fancy cancels, covers including Shanghai usage, FDCs, etc. Great lot for expansion.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 19 |
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Lincoln Cover Accumulation, many hundreds, mostly commercial and more recent FDCs, but includes some nice 1909 items, 3¢ 4th Bureau. A nice start on a Mount Rushmore collection.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lincoln Cover Accumulation, pre-1940, featuring nicer 1909 usages (including 3 Bluish), Vending Coils, 1923 $1 large frankings, lots of 3¢ 4th bureau, 3¢ Kansas-Nebraska, FDCs, old Lincoln postcards, hand painted cachets. Plenty of interesting items here.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lincoln Postal Stationery Collection/Accumulation, including 6¢ Plimptons, unused, Wells Fargo imprints and usages; 4¢ Plimptons, Hartford exotic destinations, plus a dozen essays including two wax. Excellent basis for expansion.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
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Lincoln Stamp Stock, an accumulation of Lincoln stamps and multiples. Highlights include used 122 (2), 369 (a pair and a block of 4), mint includes 222 top plate # and imprint strip of 10, 315 pair, Kansas-Nebraska including wide spacings, sheets of 584 and Canal Zone 98, nice group of printing and perf varieties, and even an autograph of Lincoln's son Robert. Generally F-VF.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
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