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Stationery

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

160A

Extensive mint and used entires collection of many hundreds sleeved and unsleeved identified and arranged on stock pages or mounted on quadrilled pages in eleven albums or binders, starts with the 1853-55 Nesbitt issue and continues to recent, including duplication of entires for different sizes, some with "Specimen" overprint, some 20th century albinos, air mails, officials, postal cards and reply cards, the latter of which includes seventeen #UY5 unfolded pre-printed cards, plus the last volume includes some misc. back-of-the-book material, nothing particularly high priced noted but there certainly is enough of it, mostly clean and fine-very fine; ideal for continuation.

Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction

Postal History

Lot

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CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

161

Racist picture post cards, group of eighteen American and one French picture post cards depicting scenes with African Americans including children eating watermelon, people in poverty and/or living in shacks with derogatory comments, comic, sugar cane and cotton picking, children fighting, etc., mostly fine-very fine used or unused.

Est. $150-200

SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction

162

Spanish-American war covers, batch of over 25 items including sixteen with patriotic designs, seven being the all-over flag design, two of which have additional printed advertising and one with Cuban franking, the others being various different designs, some of which are scarce and two being from Chickamauga Park, plus two illustrated covers from Camp Poland, Tenn, a Grand Army of the Republic multicolored cover franked by 2c Pan-American, a POW cover to Sweden, a U.S.-Cuba mixed franking registered cover to the Canal Zone and more, typical mixed condition, many fine-very fine.

Est. $750-1,000

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

163

Insurance company advertising cover and related ephemera extensive collection of several thousand items on plastic pages arranged in alphabetical order housed in six large binders and loose, 19th century including stampless period and 20th century to around the 1960s, including many illustrated advertising covers with some all-over designs and several cameos, many of these with the original enclosures, numerous corner card covers as well as postal cards and picture post cards and a few foreign frankings, all these numbering well over 700 pieces, then there is a great deal of ephemera including stock certificates, documents, some with revenue stamps affixed, policies, advertising cards, matchbook covers with insurance company ads and other ephemera, typical mixed condition, many fine-very fine; an interesting piece of Americana.

Est. $3,000-4,000

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

164

Collector's accumulation of interesting covers and cards, comprised of a couple hundred both nineteenth and twentieth century, sleeved and unsleeved, including three western express, five Confederate including a New Orleans postmaster provisional and a prisoner of war cover, three revenues used as postage covers, five local posts, advertising covers, 1861's with some better items, auxiliary markings, stampless, vending and affixing machine covers, air mails, overseas usages, etc., as well as some ordinary items, mixed condition, many fine-very fine; an unpicked lot with plenty of better items so a careful inspection is highly recommended.

Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction

AIR POSTS

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Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

165

Air mail collection and accumulation of just the earlier issues mint and used on six album pages and a stockpage including three or four each of the first and second issue mint plus a used set and two mint 65c Graff Zeppelin, mixed condition so inspection is advised.

Est. $300-400

SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction

Revenues

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

166

Revenue stamped paper collection of 115 mostly used checks, many with additional vignettes, these being largely types RN-B1, RN-C1, RN-D1, RN-G1 and RN-X7 with a range of shades from various banks mounted on special illustrated pages in two binders, plus there are an additional two binders with more checks with revenue imprints as well as revenue stamps on checks, checks with vignettes, revenue stamped paper cut squares and more, some faults, predominantly fine-very fine and quite attractive.

Est. $300-400

SOLD for $240.00
Will close during Public Auction

167

Private Die Proprietary collection of around 200 stamps including match, medicine, perfumery and playing cards in mounts on Springer album pages, some highlights include RO17u, RO19b, RO30b, RO72d RO101a, RO137a, RS66a, RS129d, RS146d and others, decidedly mixed condition including some torn or pieces missing as is typical of these, with the catalog value being around $7,000.00 counting everything; a useful starter collection.

Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction

HUNTING PERMIT STAMPS

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

168

RW1-43

#RW1-43, Hunting permits complete collection, fresh and generally well centered, o.g., n.h. or l.h., among the n.h. are plate number singles of RW2, RW4, RW5 and RW7, fine to extremely fine.

$5,109.00

SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction

Revenues

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CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

169

Revenue issues starter collection of several hundred mounted on Scott album pages, nothing really high priced noted with slightly better items to around $50.00 present and some questionable First Issue imperf. or part perf. that catalog higher, just a general run of various issues, also includes Post Office Seals, Telegraph stamps and a 10c Fractional Currency note; great for expansion.

Est. $200-300

SOLD for $210.00
Will close during Public Auction

170

Private Die Proprietary stock of over 650 stamps identified on dealer pages in two counterbooks, being nearly all the more common issues that catalog for less than $100.00, generally in quantities from one to five apiece, typical mixed condition, owner's 2010 catalog value exceeds $5,000.00 so please examine.

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $675.00
Will close during Public Auction

171

Revenue accumulation housed in fourteen various albums or stockbooks as well as in two small boxes of glassines, we note a half-way decent comprehensive collection in an old Scott album, a stock of mostly first issues, a modest collection in a new Scott album, a tobacco and cigarette tax stamp collection, a stock in several binders, a small retail stock in two counterbooks and more, nothing particularly exciting noted, but then we did not look too carefully.

Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $1,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

Possessions

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

172

Possessions collection of hundreds of mint and used stamps in mounts housed in a clean Scott album and comprised of general collections of Canal Zone, Danish West Indies, Guam, Hawaii, Philippines including Spanish administration and Japanese occupation and Puerto Rico including Spanish administration, with these collections for the most part lacking the more expensive items, mixed condition so inspection is advised.

Est. $400-500

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction

New Brunswick

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

173

#1, 3d Red, ample to large margins all around, strong color and impression on fresh paper, very lightly cancelled, very fine (Unitrade C$700.00). (Image)

$550.00

SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction

174

#2, 6d Olive yellow, four mostly huge margins, including a bit of the adjacent stamp on one side, radiant rich color on fresh paper, red "PAID" cancel, extremely fine (Unitrade C$1,600.00). (Image)

$1,200.00

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction

175

P TC

Unitrade 5Pvi/10TCv

Unitrade #5Pvi, 6Pv, 8Piv, 10Piv, 10TCv, 1860 5c Connell, 1c Dark violet, 5c Green, 12½c Dark blue and 12½c Black, plate proofs on India, with diagonal "SPECIMEN" Ty. D overprints, also a 12½c Dark blue with unlisted green diagonal "SPECIMEN" overprint, each with clear to mostly large margins, both 12½c Dark blue with thinned spots, otherwise fine-very fine; ex-Koh-I-Noor. (Image)

C$1,325.00

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction

176

Unitrade 59iii/11Pi

Unitrade #5Pii, 6Pii, 8Pi, 10Pi, 11Pi, 1860 5c Connell, 1c Dark violet, 5c Green, 12½c Dark blue and 17c Black, plate proofs on India, with diagonal "SPECIMEN" Ty. A overprints, all with ample to large margins except 17c just touching at base, 5c thinned, otherwise fine-very fine; ex-Koh-I-Noor. (Image)

C$900.00

SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction

177

Unitrade 11Piii, iv

Unitrade #110II, IV, 1860 17c Black, plate proof on India, overprinted "SPECIMEN" Ty. C and D, block of four, the left pair Ty. D and the right stamps Ty. C, ample to large margins all around, very fine; ex-Koh-I-Noor. (Image)

C$400.00

SOLD for $90.00
Will close during Public Auction

Newfoundland

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

178

#3, 3d Green, impressive used single, large to huge margins all around, including a bit of an adjacent stamp, bright color and crisp impression on fresh white paper, light grid cancel, extremely fine; signed Buhler and accompanied by 1973 RPS certificate (Unitrade C$700.00). (Image)

$500.00

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction

179

#8, 8d Scarlet vermilion, choice used example, four uniformly large margins, sumptuously rich color and sharp impression contrasted by bright white paper, neat open grid cancel, extremely fine (Unitrade C$600.00). (Image)

$475.00

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction

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