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1851 3d Red Heraldic Imperforate, used with very fine strike of the #8 in oval grid cancel (Chatham, in blue), margins are well clear to close in one corner, fine-very fine.
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6d Heraldic Trial Colour Proof in Black, printed on card, very fine and scarce.
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1sh Heraldic Trial Colour Proof in Black, printed on card, very fine and scarce.
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Two Different 5c Connell Plate Proofs, both on India paper, with Unitrade #5P in light brown, and 5Piv in darker brown with sheet margin at left, both very fine.
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1c to 17c First Cents Set of Plate Proofs, in Colour of Issue, printed on India paper, all but the 1c are card-mounted, very fine.
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2c Queen Victoria Trial Colour Plate Proof in Rose, a block of four printed on India paper, fresh and extremely fine.
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10c Queen Victoria Goodall Die Proof in Deep Green, on India paper, with large margins, the proof has thins and a small tear, else a scarce trial colour proof not listed in Unitrade. Accompanied by a 2024 Greene Foundation certificate.
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1860 10c Queen Victoria Trial Colour Plate Proof in Orange, a horizontal pair on India paper, without the SPECIMEN overprint, very fine.
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12½c Steamship Trade Sample Proof Group in four different colours, the magenta shade has a thin, else a very fine and attractive group, with better colours than is sometimes offered.
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Collection of New Brunswick Plate Proofs, neatly written-up on three quadrille pages, with eleven 12½c proofs, in singles and blocks, with trial colours and with both types of SPECIMEN overprints. Also two of the 17c proofs, one in black and one in orange. Overall very fine.
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1860 12½c Steamship Group of Plate Proofs, with a trial colour single in orange (10TCi), a trade sample proof in rose, plus a thin sans serif SPECIMEN overprint on a single and a pair (10Pii, these have very minor hinge staining), overall very fine.
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1p Queen Victoria Colour Trial Proof, printed on thin card, fine and rarely offered.
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Group of 1c to 8½c Queen Victoria Trial Colour Plate Proofs, all on India paper, includes #s 8TC, 8TCv, 8TCx, 9TCi, 10TCvii, 11TC and 11TCvii, very fine.
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1c Queen Victoria Trial Colour Plate Proof in Vermilion, with Type B SPECIMEN Overprint, an upper sheet margin partial plate inscription block of four, printed on card-mounted India paper, very fine. No premium was given to the partial plate inscription.
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1c to 12½c Queen Victoria Trial Colour Plate Proofs, (missing the 2c) all on India paper, the 8½c is card-mounted, includes #s 8TCii, 10TCii, 11TCv, 12TCii and 13TCvii, very fine.
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1c and 8½c Queen Victoria Trial Colour Proofs, from the ABNCo trade sample sheets, both on wove paper, the 1c is in bright rose and the 8½c is in deep violet, both with fresh colours and large margins, very fine.
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8½c Queen Victoria Plate Proof in Black, a vertical block of 10 (2x5) on card-mounted India paper, from positions 7/48 showing diagonal SPECIMEN overprints in red, type B (x6) and type C (x4), also showing part of the imprint at top, very fine. A nice positional block.
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1c Queen Victoria Plate Proof in Black, with SPECIMEN Overprint in Gold, printed on India paper, with a faded overprint, very fine and scarce. Unitrade footnote says "Examples are known with SPECIMEN almost faded out ... same value".
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1c Queen Victoria Plate Proof in Black, with SPECIMEN Overprint in Gold, a block of four printed on India paper, with a faded overprint, fine-very fine and scarce. Unitrade footnote says "Examples are known with SPECIMEN almost faded out ... same value".
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1c Queen Victoria Plate Proof in Black, with SPECIMEN Overprint in Gold, a horizontal pair printed on India paper, with a faded overprint. The left stamp shows a spot where the paper is naturally thinner, which is not unusual for this fragile paper, still very fine and scarce. Unitrade footno
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1c to 12½c Queen Victoria Set of 6 Plate Proofs, all on India paper, the 5c and 10c are card-mounted, includes #s 8Pv, 9P, 10P, 11P, 12P and 13P, very fine.
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1860 1c Black Queen Victoria, a full sheet of 100, with 10 plate inscriptions, never hinged, with natural gum yellowing where it was applied thicker. A better than usually seen sheet of this issue, with no evidence of having been folded, fine to very good. Scott catalogue value is for 100 sin
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10c Queen Victoria Plate Proof in Vermilion, a left sheet margin plate inscription block of four, printed on India paper, with slight wrinkles, still very fine.
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10c Queen Victoria Plate Proof in Vermilion with Type B SPECIMEN Overprint in Green, an upper margin plate inscription block of four, on card-mounted India paper, very fine.
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10c Queen Victoria Plate Proof in Vermilion, with Type A SPECIMEN Overprint, a lower right corner plate inscription block of four, printed on card-mounted India paper, very fine.
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12½c Queen Victoria "Goodall" Die Proof in Reddish Brown, with part imprint and die number below stamp image, with toning on card backing only, else very fine.
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12½c Queen Victoria Plate Proof in Black with Type B SPECIMEN Overprint in Red, an upper margin plate inscription block of four, on card-mounted India paper, very fine.
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12½c Queen Victoria Plate Proof in Black, with Type B SPECIMEN Overprint, an upper sheet margin plate inscription block of four, printed on card-mounted India paper, very fine.
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12½c Queen Victoria Plate Proof in Black, with SPECIMEN Overprints, a card-mounted India paper upper right corner plate block of 8, with full plate inscription in right margin, showing 6x Type B and 2x Type c overprint. Unitrade suggests a good premium for plate inscription blocks as well as
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1857 3d Green Heraldic Imperforate, mint with original hinged gum (disturbed in places) and large to very large margins, very fine. Accompanied by a 2025 Greene Foundation certificate.
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1860 4d Orange Heraldic Imperforate, used with grid cancel and four large and balanced margins, two creases and thins, still very fine appearance.
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1865 2c to 24c First Cents Set of Plate Proofs, in Issued Colours, all on card-mounted India paper, very fine and attractive.
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1865 2c to 24c First Cents Set of Plate Proofs, all in pairs printed on India paper, the 12c and 13c values are card-mounted, all in colour of issue except the 13c which is in dark red violet, very fine and attractive.
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12c Queen Victoria Proof in Rose, on thin paper, showing scroll designs from the American Bank Note Co. New York trade sample sheet, very fine.
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12c Queen Victoria Proof in Brownish Red, on thin paper, showing scroll designs from the American Bank Note Co. New York trade sample sheet, very fine.
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1865 13c Orange-Brown Ship, a mint never hinged plate block of six, with full plate inscription below the lower middle stamp. Fresh colour and nicely centered, there is a light gum offset on the leftmost stamps, plus a small hinge in selvedge, very fine and a seldom encountered multiple, espe
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1c Prince of Wales Trial Colour Plate Proofs, with three horizontal pairs on India paper, each in a different colour, including #s 32TCii, iii and iv, all very fine and scarce.
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1c Prince of Wales Proofs in 5 Different Shades, all printed by the National Bank Note Co. on India paper, with the issued shade, plus yellow orange, blue green, black and carmine, a very fine and attractive group.
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Group of Three Different Plate Proofs, with #s 32P (pair on card-mounted India paper), 33P (pair on India paper), and 86P (on card-mounted India paper), all three are very fine.
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1c Prince of Wales Plate Proof in in Violet Brown, a vertical strip of three on card-mounted India paper, very fine.
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6c Queen Victoria Plate Proof in Two Distinct Shades, each in a horizontal pair printed on India paper, the first is 35P (carmine rose, with wrinkles) and the other is 35Pi (bright rose, mounted on card), very fine.
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1896 1c Brown Prince of Wales, a mint plate block of four, showing the plate inscription along the whole length of the bottom margin (which is re-attached), gum is hinged and disturbed and there are thins in the selvedge, else a very fine and well centered block.
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1897 1c to 60c Discovery of Newfoundland Set, with SPECIMEN Overprint, mint never hinged and fine to very fine.
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1897 35c Red Iceberg, mint never hinged and well centered among four large margins, very fine. A lovely example of the key value from the Discovery set.
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1897 ½c to 5c Royal Family Plate Proof Set, with each value (including the 2c Map) printed on card-mounted India paper (except the 2c which is on India). Overall very fine.
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1897-1908 Royal Family and Map Stamp Set of all 47 Different Specimen Printings, mint never hinged, with each stamp having the various printer's security punch holes and SPECIMEN overprints in red or blue. A rare opportunity to acquire a complete set in this condition, as fewer than 100 sets
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1908 2c Newfoundland Map Proofs, with two different shades (rose carmine and red-brown), each in a horizontal pair printed on card-mounted India paper, very fine.
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1910 8c Pale Brown View of Mosquito, with "MCSQUITO" Variety, mint hinged, fine and scarce.
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1910 12c King Edward VII, Two Different Trade Sample Proofs, both printed on gummed (never hinged) stamp paper, with one imperforate in olive green and one perforated in blue green. Very fine and rarely offered.
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1919 1c to 36c Trail of the Caribou Short Set, mint never hinged and missing only the 24c value, but has additional shades of the 2c, 3c (x2) and 4c. Overall fine to very fine.
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1923 2c Carmine South West Arm, Trinity Imperforate, a mint never hinged vertical pair, with a faint vertical bend (almost unnoticeable), very fine.
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1929-31 1c to 20c Labrador Publicity Set, mint never hinged, except for the two high values and the 3c which have tiny gum disturbances (these counted as hinged), fresh and very fine.
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Group of Three Different Mint Imperforate Pairs, with #s 163c (no gum, as issued), 212a (never hinged) and 247a (gum disturbance so counted as hinged). A very fine group.
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1929 2c Deep Carmine Steamship Caribou with Dramatic Misperforation, a mint block of four with sheet margin at right, the comb perforation is shifted diagonally and down, making it run through the design of all four stamps. Lightly hinged in center top, else very fine and visually attractive.
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Group of Seven Different 1932-37 Perkins Bacon Definitive Imperforate Pairs, all mint never hinged, with #s 184c, 186c, 186iii, 187d, 189a, 191b and 191d. Very fine.
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4c Prince of Wales Trial Colour Die Proof in Black, sunk-in on wove paper measuring 82 x 63 mm, with inverted die number in lower upper margin, very fine and scarce.
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6c Princess Elizabeth II Defaced Plate Proof in Black, printed on ungummed wove paper, with the top and bottom inscriptions crossed out, very fine.
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1932 6c Princess Elizabeth Plate Proof in Colour of Issue, a horizontal pair printed on unwatermarked paper, very fine and scarce.
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1932 10c Salmon Leaping Imperforate, a mint never hinged lower right corner block of four, from the Sir Gawaine Baillie large multiple, minor wrinkles in margins, very fine and fresh.
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1932 10c Salmon Leaping Imperforate, a mint never hinged horizontal, from the Sir Gawaine Baillie large multiple, very fine and fresh.
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1932 8c Orange Red Corner Brook Paper Mill Imperforate, a mint never hinged vertical pair with sheet margin at left, very fine.
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1933 5c Dull Violet Token from Queen Elizabeth I Imperforate, an unused (no gum, as issued) horizontal pair, with large, balanced margins, extremely fine. A rarely offered imperforate.
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1933 15c Gilbert on the Squirrel Die Proof, in black, on watermarked paper and with reversed die number in upper right corner, very fine.
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1938 Princess Elizabeth Large Die Proof in Deep Rose Carmine, an unfinished design, sunk-in on eagle-watermarked paper measuring 72 x 106 mm, very fine and rare. Walsh #230dp4, U$1,000.
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1c to 48c KGVI Long Coronation Set of Plate Proofs, printed in black on unwatermarked and ungummed paper (except the 1c which is on blue moiré-backed paper), the 3c has a crease, else very fine.
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1941-1944 2c Deep Green KGVI Imperforate, a mint never hinged block of four, printed by Waterlow & Sons, with four medium security punch holes and one large, with the usual light wrinkles, very fine.
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1941-44 Two Different Imperforate Blocks of Four, with the 4c blue Princess Elizabeth (one large central and four small security punch holes, usual creases), 5c violet Caribou (one large central security punch hole, re-enforcement tape on back). Both very fine appearance.
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1941 5c Violet Caribou, Perforated 13½, Waterlow & Sons Printing, a mint never hinged block of four, with great centering, very fine. A seldom seen or offered perforation variety.
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1941-44 10c Brownish Black Salmon Leaping Falls Imperforate, a mint never hinged block of four, with four small security punch holes, with the usual wrinkles and creases, very fine.
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1941-44 10c Brownish Black Salmon Leaping Falls Imperforate, a mint never hinged left sheet margin block of four, with one large central security punch hole plus four small holes, with the usual light wrinkles and creases, very fine.
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1944 14c Black Newfoundland Dog, Waterlow & Sons Printing, a mint never hinged full sheet of 100, without plate inscriptions. A fresh sheet, with no evidence of having been folded, lower selvedge is creased, very fine.
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1941-44 14c Black Newfoundland Dog Imperforate, a mint never hinged block of four, with four medium security punch holes, the usual light wrinkles, very fine.
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1943 15c Pale Rose Violet Harp Seal, Waterlow & Sons Printing, a mint never hinged full sheet of 100, without plate inscriptions. A fresh sheet, with no evidence of having been folded, one separation in selvedge at top, very fine.
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1944 48c Red Brown Fishing Fleet Imperforate, a mint upper sheet margin block of four, with four small security punch holes plus one large central hole. The top stamps have gum disturbances caused by archival tape remnants, the lower stamps are NH, with the usual wrinkles and creases, very fi
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1947 4c Blue Princess Elizabeth Birthday Imperforate, a mint never hinged block of four, with four small security punch holes, very fine.
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1947 5c Rose Violet Cabot Imperforate, a mint never hinged block of four, with one central security punch hole, very fine.
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1947 5c Rose Violet Cabot Imperforate, a mint never hinged left sheet margin block of four, with one central security punch hole plus one small hole per stamp, with the usual light production-related stains, very fine.
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1932 40c Buff Newfoundland Complete Booklet, containing #s 183a (pane of 4), 185b (3 panes of 4) and 187c (pane of 4), all perforated 13.2, along with all inter-leaving. A fresh booklet, with clean staples, tight and very fine.
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1932 40c Buff Newfoundland Complete Booklet, containing #s 184b (pane of 4), 186b (3 panes of 4) and 187b (pane of 4), all perforated 14, along with all inter-leaving. A fresh booklet, with clean staples, tight and very fine.
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1919 $1 on 15c Scarlet Alcock and Brown Flight Surcharge, Without Comma After POST, mint hinged, very fine.
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1932 $1.50 on $1 Blue Dornier DO-X Flight, mint never hinged and well centered, fresh and very fine.
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1933 5c to 75c Labrador Airmail Set, mint never hinged and quite fresh, a well centered and very fine set.
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1933 5c to 75c Airmail Set, all very lightly hinged except for the 60c which is never hinged, overall very fine.
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1933 75c Bistre Labrador, Land of Gold, Perforated 14.3, with Inverted Watermark, mint never hinged, with top of watermark design (as seen from the back) facing left instead of right (Walsh position 2), fresh and very fine.
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1933 $4.50 on 75c Bistre Balbo Flight Surcharge, Perforated 14.3, mint never hinged and well centered, fresh and very fine. Accompanied by a 2017 Greene Foundation certificate placing the surcharge at position 4 of the setting.
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1933 $4.50 on 75c Bistre Balbo Flight Surcharge, Perforated 14.3, mint very lightly hinged and well centered, fresh and very fine.
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1933 $4.50 on 75c Bistre Balbo Flight Surcharge with Forged Double Overprint, "used" with a JUL.30.1933 Shoal Harbour cancel tying the stamp to a small piece, the stamp shows a forged doubled surcharge. An interesting and great collateral item to any Newfoundland collection.
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1939-1949 1c to 10c Postage Due Study Group, consisting of the 1c (3 different perforations), 2c (3 different perforations), 3c, 4c (2 different perforations), 5c (2 different perforations) and 10c (3 different perforations) for a total of 14 different mint never hinged stamps Also includes a
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Group of PEI Plate Proofs and Reprints, with a complete set of post-contemporary reprinted large die proofs of the 6d, in 10 different colours. Also four plate proofs of the 2d, 4d, 3c and 12c values, each on card in black, as produced by J. A. Tilleard and trimmed from the January 1893 issue
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1862-1872 Prince Edward Island Runs, with Scott #s 5-10 and 11-16, all mint never hinged except for #10 which has no gum (and catalogued as such). There are also two extra stamps, 9a (with browned and cracked gum) and 11. Several are well centered, overall fine to very fine.
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