Lot 10
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Highly Specialized Collection of the Pre-cancelled 2¢ Black Hardings, A comprehensive collection of this issue, formed over many decades; in 17 specially made volumes, collected by state. Here are some of the highlights as described by the collector:
There are approximately 8700 different items in the collection. It is either the largest, or the second largest collection in the world. There are 11,427 stamps total; 4 of the 5 of the only know "A" types on the 2¢ Black Harding. The 2 from NY are the only Black Hardings known with this precancel. There are approximately 18 covers- more than all of the other reported covers combined. There are numerous matched sets of plate blocks; just over 1200 items unique to the Black Harding issue; there are about 1,300postcancel/provisional precancels; 870 Efos and approximately 450 Fakes.
There are three other lifetime collections that went into assembling this vast collection- the Richard C Mast (NY), the Leo J. Sylvor (NJ) and the Howard A. Lederer (NY) Collections of which the non precancel part is at the Smithsonian.
Estimate 7,500 - 10,000
THIS IS TRULY AN ASTONISHING ACCOMPLISHMENT, AND YET THERE ARE NUMEROUS BLANK SPACES TO KEEP THE NEXT OWNER BUSY FOR MANY YEARS.
For complete precancelled sheets of the 2¢ Black Harding see lots 192, 716-722,and 724.
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