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Stamps, Covers, Coins and Collections


Specialized Collections
 
 
Lot Photo Description
Lot 16
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Collection of Card Proofs, mounted on album pages, including 3-4, 112-17, 120-22, 230-45, O1-93, etc., generally F-VF, fresh lot.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 17
 
Airmail Lot, including C1-3, C4-6 (2), C13-15, C18 (3), most o.g., few regums, few NH, generally F-VF.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 18
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1873 U.S. Officials Balance (O4//O120), 12 different, several with fancy or unusual cancels, includes: 6¢ Agriculture, 2¢ Executive, 1¢ and 10¢ Justice (1¢ with "Specimen" overprint), 10¢ Navy, 1¢ Post Office, 6¢ State (magenta cancel), 2¢ Treasury, 3¢ Treasury (2), 6¢ and 24¢ War, 24¢ with purple "Fort Apache" cancel (+$100), few small flaws/faults. Generally Fine or better.
Scott $991
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Lot 19
 
Official Specimen Overprint Accumulation, over 150 stamps, mainly lower values, but includes O3SD-9SD (with extras), O10SD-14SD (5 sets), O27SD-O34SD, O85SD, O88SD, etc., mixed quality but mostly F-VF, very useful lot of these scarce special printings, cat. approximately 24,000.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
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Lot 20
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Official Specimen overprints collection, all departments represented, includes O1SD, O14SD, O25SD (75 sold), O25SD-O34SD (only 150 sets can exist), O37SD, O42SD (107 sold), O44SD (104 sold)) 057SD-O67SD, O83SD-O93SD, complete (no more than 104 sets can exist), some small faults, blunted perfs from scissor separations (as often), otherwise F-VF, a most attractive group of these special printings, and an excellent start on these challenging issues. Catalogue value over 30,000.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000
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Lot 21
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Official Specimen varieties, nine different, 8 are 1¢ including ribbed paper, 1¢ Executive and Justice, small dotted "i", soft paper, 6¢ Executive, wide natural pre-printing fold, Fine lot for specialist.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 22
 
1875, U.S. Officials, Special printing with "Specimen" Overprint, group of 13 different, includes: 1¢-2¢ Agriculture, 1¢ (2), 2¢ Executive, 1¢-2¢ Justice, 1¢-2¢ State, 1¢ Interior, 1¢ Treasury, 1¢ War, 1¢ Navy (2), expect few small flaws/faults, generally Fine or better.
Scott $735
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Lot 23
  The Robert Meyersburg Collecion of Local Post Forgeries, over 2300 stamps, mostly different, many rare types, some multiples; most carefully identified.
Estimate 7,500 - 10,000

AN OUTSTANDING REFERENCE COLLECTION.
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Lot 24
  Local Post Forgeries, over 1200 stamps, appears to be mostly different; very clean lot and an excellent start on a forgery collection.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
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Lot 25
 
Postal Stationery Entires, 1853-1945, Consignor Balance, 31 entires, wrappers, cards, all neatly identified by Scott and Thorp-Bartells, numbers, includes: U3 (used), W20, W51, W53 (used), U128, U169 (used), U211, U218 (2), U219 (4), U221, U273 (used), U288 (Specimen), U320 (used), U351, W410, W427, U436g, U481b, U525a (2), UC4 (2), UO36, UY3, UY4, UY5, UY15, expect a few trivial flaws (mostly on used), generally Very Fine or better.
Scott $2,740
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Lot 26
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Specialized First Issue Revenues: "Insurance Company" Handstamps Collection, completely intact as received, housed in two Scott National binders, 2¢-$2 issues, mostly perforated but note a good showing of imperf issues, majority being in 25¢ and 50¢ values, some light duplication, note color cancels, bold and near complete strikes, some "Ex Joyce", etc., all identified by Tolman numbers, generally Very Fine, exceptionally clean and attractive specialized collection.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 27
 
Ducks Complete Mint, 1934-1981, including some duplicates, some extra used, plate blocks, etc., mostly F-VF, o.g., almost all NH.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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