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Public Auction #417

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COLLECTIONS AND ACCUMULATIONS — United States
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
850*oAn admirable mint and used stock containing numerous medium as well as higher values scattered about. Very good value in both 19th and 20th century front and back of the book. All have been identified by a reliable source and the catalog value has been noted. There are smaller groups are early commems, some regular issues, airmails, other B.O.B. and possessions. Strong sections are officials, revenues with many Reds, Greens, and Wines, private vending machine coils. Nice mixture of OG and NH. Condition is mixed and even a bit better than normally encountered. Thoughtful viewing will bring some nice profits.Cat. Value: S.B. 13,500.00
Price Realized: $28,000.00
851*oAn original 1847-1940 front of the book primarily used collection in a Scott album. Most of the spaces are filled minus the real expensive stuff. The far reaching used includes #’s 1-2, 7, 8, 9,12-13, 15-17, 20, 22 with a 1991 PFC, 23, 27, 28 with a 1990 PFC, 28A (includes a photocopy of a PFC), 29, 30A, 32-34, 29 with a questionable cancel, 70-72, 75-76, 85 damaged, 85B, 91, 92-101, 118-122, 144 with a 1985 PFC, 155, 166, 191, 217-218, 244, 261A-263, 276-278, 291-292, 310-313, and 523. The selected mint items are #’s, 37 n.g., 38 damaged, 116 with a PFC, 208, 210-211, 221-228, 230-243 (242 is n.g.), 245 n.g., 285-290, 293 OG., 369, 323-330, 366, 397-403, 461, 551-573, 581-591, 630, 658-679, 803-834, and 832b. Condition is mixed, however for the most part the owner was concerned with a pleasing appearance. Many items to be extracted from this well presented lot.Cat. Value: S.B. 7,500.00
Price Realized: $16,500.00
852*oA remarkable old time mostly used collection on Scott pages. Great assembly of 1847-1851 imperfs followed by a strong combination 1857-1868 perfed issues including some “August 1861’s and grills. Complete set of 1869 issues followed by a well built amalgamation of Banknotes both grilled and ungrilled up to the 90¢ values. With no letting up you will find spaces stocked with the early commemoratives and regular issues including dollar value Bureaus and some early coils singles with questionable origins. Washington Franklins are well represented. The collection stops about 1930 so there are early airmails, officials 1st through 3rd issues revenues, a tiny batch of cut squares and some ducks. The well defined used assemblage are numbers 1, 12-16, 18-19, 22-23, 27, 28, 29, 30A, 34, 37-38, 39 with a doubtful cancel, 67, 75, 83, 85, 100-101, 155, 166, 191, 241-242, 264-278, 292-293, 300-313, 523, R122, and RW1. The maniacal mint are numbers 4, 244, 245 (altered proof), C1-C6, C13-C14, Q10, and RW2-RW3 (both are noCat. Value: S.B. 6,000.00
Price Realized: $13,500.00
853*oA mostly used old time valuable collection. There are impressive pockets of concentrated worth in the 1851-1856 imperfs, 1857-1861 perfed, 1861-1867 grills, 1869s, Banknotes up to the 90 cent. Also mixed mint and used dollar value Columbians, used watermarked and unwatermarked Bureaus. The Washington Franklins are almost entirely used except the important 5 cent color errors. Also spotted are a group of better booklet panes. The airmails and B.O.B are virtually all used and leave a just a bit of value on the table. However there are mixed mint and used Shanghai overprints. Better used items worth mentioning are numbers 9X1, 1, 2 pen cancel, 12, 13-15, 18-20, 28-29, 30A, 31-34, 37-38, 67, 70-72, 79, 83, 85, 89-91, 92-101, 138, 145-155, 156-166, 182-191, 217-218, 242-243, 291-292, and 311-313. Good mint are numbers 10x1, 3-4, 29, no gum and SE, 244, 245 (fake), 300b, 301c, 459, 358-359, 467, 505, and 630. Rounding out this astonishing assembly are Confederate States 1-14 mixed mint and used and a small batch ofCat. Value: S.B. 4,500.00
Price Realized: $11,000.00
854*Beautiful fresh, clean 19th and 20th century front and back of the book mint regular and commemorative issue collection in five White Ace binders with slipcases. This basic assembly is missing the Washington-Franklin group. Better items include #’s 178-179, 215, 217, 228-229, 230-241, 271, 273-274, 285-292 (291 with cert.), 294-299, 323-330, (327 with cert.), 369, 397-404, 578-579, (578 with cert.) 581-591, 599A line pair, 630, 634A, 658-679, (both 8¢ Kansas, 10¢ Nebraska NH), 803-834, 1030-1053, C1-C6, C13-C15, C18, E1-E4, J6, J20, J23-J24, J49, JQ1-JQ5, Q1-Q12, O4-O85, RW1 NH, RW5, RW5, RW9-RW10, RW13-RW15, RW17, RW19, RW21-RW23, RW31-RW32, RW43-RW61. Plate blocks of RW38-RW42, RW44, RW46, RW49-RW50, and RW63. Condition is a little mixed however much better than normally encountered. Great lot to build upon.Cat. Value: S.B. 4,000.00
Price Realized: $7,500.00
855*Mint accumulation of back of the book stamps featuring airmail, parcel post and postage dues. On several bunches of stockcards and loose sorted glassines in a medium carton. Huge catalog value with productive duplication throughout. Condition very mixed with mint NH next to faulty space fillers. With a good eye the profit potential is apparent.Cat. Value: S.B. 2,800.00
Price Realized: $3,000.00
856*oMixed mint and used collection housed in eight like brand new Schaubek hingeless albums with slipcases. Contains both 19th and 20th century commemoratives and regular issues, plus airmails and U.N. Primarily used unless otherwise mentioned until the 1920s, then turns all mint ending at 2010. Better used items are #’s 7, 9, 29 with cert., 30A, 37, 67, 72, 75, 100-101, 112-122, 138, 155, 218, 230-242, 261 with cert., 277 with cert., 278, 291, and 311-313. Noteworthy mint are #’s 285-290, 323-330, 369, 551-573, 581-591, 630, 658-679, 803-834, 1030-1053, C1-C6, and C18. Condition is very mixed so careful viewing is recommended. Loads of face value and a good candidate for expansion.Cat. Value: S.B. 2,000.00
Price Realized: $5,500.00
857*1898-1997 mint collection in four bulbous 3 ring binders. Both regular and commemorative issues are present with a nice selection of Washington-Franklins, loads of modern, a good run of $3.00 to $15.00 Federal Ducks. Better items are numbers 294-299, 300-309, 323-330, 331-340, 369, 374-382, 397-402, 414-420, 551-573, 581-591, 578-579, 658-679, 803-834, 1030-1053, C1-C6, C18, and Q1-Q12. Condition is mixed with many well centered. Tons of face to be considered. A real time saver because most of the modern is here.Cat. Value: S.B. 2,000.00
Price Realized: $4,250.00
858*A manageable NH and hinged accumulation on auction and mail auction pages. Includes 1¢ to 50¢ Columbians and Trans Mississippi’s, a few Washington Franklins, early airmails, a small batch of C7-C9 plate blocks and Parcels Post. Some duplication but not overwhelming. Very clean with many fine and attractive copies.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,700.00
Price Realized: $2,900.00
859*Narrow state duck accumulation. Comprises Montana #36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42 and Virginia #7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and Michigan #1. Each one in many multiples with sheets, blocks, etc. common. Huge aggregate face value (owner’s count $11,420.00), huge catalog ($25,600.00). Offered at a small fraction of each.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,700.00
Price Realized: $1,450.00
860*Small pane collection beautifully mounted in three very clean Scott hingeless albums with slipcases. Tons of face with some higher values hiding within.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,600.00
Price Realized: $3,500.00
861*oTen remainder collections offered as received from a savvy buyer from out east. All are stamps in albums hinged, or mounted in one way or the other along with one lone cut square grouping. Includes 3 Liberty, 2 Scott Hingeless, 2 Scott American, 1 Scott Minuteman, 1 Scott National, and an unmarked Scott. Housed within this eclectic mass are the following mint singles, numbers 239, 551-573, 658-679 x3, 599A NH, 803-834 (834 is NH), 1030-1053, C10a, C18 x2, and a small batch of 1912-1916 rotary coils. Useful used holds numbers 1 (really beat up), 119 x2, 120, 218, 291, 404, and C1-C6. These items and a plethora of other 19th and 20th century lower to medium value mint and used, commemoratives, regular issues, airmails and B.O.B. wait to be discovered, analyzed, and mined from two heavy cartons. Condition is mixed from awful to very nice. Great lot and worth the effort.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,600.00
Price Realized: $2,000.00
862*oA pedestrian collection of some mint mostly used 1851-2005 commemoratives and regular issues in a five volume (1 empty) Scott Nation albums with four slip cases and Liberty album. Within the first Scott album you will spot better mint numbers 291, 373 top plate block, 323-330, 341, 397-400, 403, 658-679, C2, and C4-C6. The rest of the albums are filled with postage types. The lone used worth mentioning is a 242. The Liberty album was used to cannibal off and feed the Scott collection. There is also a sizable amount of loose postage in mainly 37¢ and 39¢ sheets, etc., still in the original USPS packing and a batch of small glassines of 19th century used along with some 2005 supplement pages inject into the empty album. Condition is mixed. The origin of the collection is from the humid south and we spotted some gum glazing from the humid climate. However the postage types were not affected where there is solid value.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,400.00
Price Realized: $2,600.00
863*oA mostly mint 1857 to 1940 seven volume collection in like brand new Scott Platinum Hingeless album. Four of the early books contain stamps while the others are empty. 19th is hardly populated with a few low to medium early commemorative issues. A few early regular issues spotted while Washington Franklins are scarce as well. What is here is clean and well presented. Better mint items are numbers 9, 117 no gum, 185 re gum, 215, 230-239, 253 NH, 255 NH, 285-289 (8¢ is NH), 300-308, 312 regum, 323-330, 369, 397-402, 472 NH, 551/573, 658-679, C1 (oxidized), C6, C18. Condition is mixed, but better than normally encountered. View carefully, there are some land mines scattered about. Huge original cost for the albums. Good lot for expansion.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,400.00
Price Realized: $1,300.00
864*oCollection generally through 1940 on Scott Minuteman pages. Includes mixed mint and used with various mint sets and better singles. Condition varies so figure accordingly.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,200.00
Price Realized: $900.00
865*oNine volume booklet pane collection in like new Scott binders with slip cases. Better numbers are #319g, 319n, 331a, 332a, 405b, 502b x3, C10a x2, and many others up through #3883. Well organized with spaces for varieties. Miscuts, partial and whole plate numbers, color and tagging varieties are all included. Lots of face value with an occasional used pane featured. Even includes four more empty binders all set for continuation. Huge face and catalog. Already worked up and arranged for stock.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,100.00
Price Realized: $2,100.00
866*oFederal and state duck stamp collection in two large cartons. The federals are mainly mint with a few used and no gum in places. Does include mint NH #RW3-RW5 and RW9-RW11. Fairly well filled into 2004. State ducks are in three alphabetical albums also to 2004 with almost all the vacancies in its 95% coverage found in the early expensive issues. As a bonus Junior Ducks include #JSD2-JSD6. Lots of value for any stock.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,050.00
Price Realized: $6,500.00
867*oTwo 1909-1976 heavy bulging disheveled Scott albums containing singles, blocks and plate blocks. Loads of postage types and small batched of Federal Ducks. The real challenge is the tiny pocket of early Washington-Franklin coils and singles. Better mint items spotted are 294 arrow block of four (stamps are NH, 373 plate block, 579 plate block, 833 plate block, C1-C6, C18 x3 plus a block of four, RW1-RW2 (NG), RW6 NH, RW8 NH, and RW12 NH. Also includes an assembly of UN. Condition is mixed, mostly hinged. A gambler’s lot.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,050.00
Price Realized: $2,100.00
868*oConsignment as received in 18 cartons. Includes collection remainders, cheap used sorted and unsorted in binders and boxes, stockpages of lower values, postage, etc. Start digging you will never know what you’ll find. Good lot to break down for eBay.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,000.00
Price Realized: $4,750.00
869*oStock in two well worn professional stockbooks full of Scott numbered pages. Many are empty and others have very erratic remainder contents, primarily Washington Franklin to Liberty series items and many sparse BOB sections. A number of pane position pieces, line pairs, booklet panes, used ducks (RW1 and RW2+), etc., and picked over odds and ends await perusal. Perhaps you could extract the fresh variety material, see what else you can use, and give these books a merciful retirement.Cat. Value: S.B. 950.00
Price Realized: $1,050.00

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