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Public Auction #431

Click here for pre-auction bidding, ended February 17, 2017 at 7:00pm (New York time)
Click here for live auction, takes place February 18-19, 2017 at 10:00 am (New York time)
Bids updated February 17, 2017 at 7:18pm (New York time)

POSTAGE — Postage
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
34*The postage hoard from the Empire estate. Fourteen very heavy cartons stuffed with sheets, plate blocks, plate strips, scrap, etc. This overwhelming mountain of stamps are spread out from the 1930’s to the 1980’s. Spotted within this stockpile are quantities of Famous American’s, Overrun Nations, Presidentials plus others. We did not make an attempt to count so our suggested bid is truly a guess. Prepare to take a couple days to come up with the right number. A gamblers lot if ever there was one. Good luck.Cat. Value: S.B. 2800
Price Realized: $6,500.00
35**A small pile of postage made up of sheets, booklets and scrap with over 70% of the value being in sheets.Cat. Value: Face 2340
Price Realized: $1,350.00
36*All the postage accumulated by a determined collector/ accumulator. Diligently went to the post office ever now and again to purchase the new issues. Begins in around 1972 with plate blocks and ends around 1997 with sheets and year sets. Haphazardly organized leading to some condition problems especially in the water gum earlier issues. Most are still useable for postage with few if any premium sheets. Our count is only estimated making it possible for a collector with a calculator and a couple hours, to get a bargain. Just what you would expect from a post office sourced accumulation.Cat. Value: S.B. 2100
Price Realized: $2,000.00
37***All the postage from a large foreign consignment. Only estimated by us with many items including high values still in the government packaging. All eras from the 1930s through the 1990s. Fills several boxes in our largest carton. A quick estimate of $3,250.00 face is only a guess. Proper counting will yield rewards.Cat. Value: S.B. 1600
Price Realized: $1,900.00
38*A plethora of postage from the Empire estate. Includes sheets, coils, plate blocks and plate strips, booklets and scrap. Most of the value runs from 1¢ to 13¢. Highlights are 11 complete roils of 500 of Scott 1304, and a unopened pad of 100 sheets of the 13¢ Capex Wildlife issue, and a shoe box filled with complete and broken rolls. This lot will test the fortitude of any serious postage counter.Cat. Value: S.B. 1000
Price Realized: $2,300.00
39**Postage as plate blocks and strips, mounted in collections and scrap.Cat. Value: Face 780
Price Realized: $450.00
40**Old plate block accumulation sorted and identified in glassines covering the 2¢ Red era to the 10¢ values. Does include the marginally better items like Parks, Famous Americans. Duplication ranges from digestible to indigestible. Loads of face value that we did not have time to count because of its late arrival.Cat. Value: S.B. 350
Price Realized: $700.00
41**Old plate block accumulation sorted and identified in glassines starting with a lightly populated 2¢ Red era to the late 1970’s. The owner took time to make up some year sets in the 1960’s to 1970’s time period. Duplication is uneven. Loads of face value that we did not have time to count because of its late arrival.Cat. Value: S.B. 300
Price Realized: $600.00
42**Old plate block accumulation sorted and identified in glassines covering Scotts 700-1400 plus airmails from the same era. Duplication ranges from 2 to 10+. Loads of face value that we did not have time to count because of its late arrival.Cat. Value: S.B. 300
Price Realized: $650.00