Schuyler J. Rumsey Philatelic Auctions Sale

United States Collection, 1845-1939. Housed in two Scott albums; starting with used 9X1 and mint o.g. 10X1, 1847 issues including #1 x2, 1b & 2, 1851 issues with 1¢ types including unused #9 margin single, #12, 10¢ types, #17 with additional pair, 1857 issues with almost all types represented including rare #21 unused with cert (faulty, still cats $6,000), 5¢ & 10¢ types used, 24¢ & 30¢ no gum and 90¢ (cancel needing to be checked for genuine), imitation/reprint proofs of the 1847 & 1857 issues, completion in 1861 issues with a few unused no gum, 1867 grills including 3¢ A. grill and 2¢ Z. grill with E. & F. grills appear to be complete, 1869 Pictorial complete with unused to 10¢ and additional 10¢ with Hiogo cancel, Banknotes with grills 1¢-10¢, 15¢ & 90¢ values with additional 2¢ values, completion in other issues mostly used with some mint mostly in the later issues including #217 n.h. (cert), including small banknotes complete mint, Columbians complete mint, Bureau definitives complete mint except for two $1 values, Trans-Miss complete mint, Pan-Am complete mint, 1902 definitives complete mint, Louisiana & Jamestown complete mint, 1909 2¢ reds, mint Washington-Franklin issues with strong mint completion including 1908 issues complete, bluish papers including 1¢-2¢, 10¢ & 15¢ issues (latter two with certs), later regular issues complete to near complete and similar coils with a nice showing of additional coil pairs, Pan-Pac issues complete mint, #467 in block of 6 (error n.h.) and n.h. #505 in block of 9, later dollar values present and good coil wastes, completion in 4th Bureau definitives missing only the rarer coil wastes, Kans-Nebr complete, White Plains sheet, etc., back-of-the-book including airmail complete mint including Zepps, Special Deliveries complete mint, Parcel Posts complete mint, Offices in China complete mint, Postage Dues mixed */o with better issues present, Officials near complete mixed */o missing only a handful of rare issues with many duplicates and a couple proof sets, strong showing of Newspapers with many scarce items, section of Locals mostly forgeries and reprints with the occasion good items and better Wells, Fargo & Co. pony express issues, C.S.A. including some Provisionals, Telegraph with better Cal State issue, nice showing of revenue issues including better high value first issues as well as good later sets, proprietary, M&M's, etc., cut-squares, Possessions with completion in Cuba, strong mint Guam, better Hawaii (among some fake Numerals), some good Philippines and C.Z., etc.; an extensive collection, condition is mixed but mostly confined to earlier issues, inspection highly recommended.
Estimate; $30,000 - 40,000.

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Est. $30,000-40,000
SOLD for $30,000.00
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United States Collection, 1847-2000. Mixed mint and used housed in five Scott National albums; regular issues with predominately mint issues from late 19th century on, starting with 1847 issues complete used (#2 cancel removed, appears mint), with special printings complete (3-4, later with P.F. cert), 1851 issues mostly used with 1¢ types including #8A, 5¢-12¢ complete with all 10¢ types, 1857 issues mixed */o lacking only three scarcer issues, similar 1861 issues with an emphasis on mint, used 1867 grill issues with scarcer including 3¢ C. grill & 3¢ & 12¢ Z. grill as well as E. & F. grills complete, 1869 Pictorials complete virtually all mint, special printings near complete lacking only 12¢, Banknotes with 1870 grills used lacking only 12¢ & 24¢, with later Banknotes virtually complete and mostly mint including small banknotes, Columbians complete mint, Bureau appear near complete (lacking #250) and virtually all mint except for a couple values, Trans-Miss complete ($2 used), Pan-Am complete, 1902 definitives complete with additional imperfs including #315, Louisiana & Jamestown complete mint, 2¢ reds complete including Lincoln bluish, strong mint completion in Washington-Franklin issue with regular & imperf issues virtually complete and strong completion in coil issues including additional pairs/line pairs throughout, Pan-Pac issues complete, #460-461, #459 single and pair n.h., #505, 1918-20 dollar values, offsets complete including #534B used, 4th bureaus with excellent completion including good coil wastes, #559A pair, Kans-Nebr complete, White Plains sheet and later completion including strong showing of definitive coils with corresponding pairs, modern sheet including Legends recall, etc., back-of-the-book issues with airmails complete mint (C14-C15 no gum), special deliveries complete mint, parcels complete mint, postage dues appear to be complete with only one used issue, Official near complete missing only a handful of rare issues, Offices in China complete (K15 faded no gum), revenues with strong completion including 1st-3rd issues with better high values present including $100 (R102c) and later issues in similar fashion with complete far better than normally encountered, Ducks complete mint, Newspapers first complete first issue on and strong later completion, and cut squares again better completion than normally found; condition varies mostly confined to earlier issues with many scare to rare items throughout, inspection highly recommended for full evaluation.
Estimate; $40,000 - 60,000.

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