Lot 2735
Local & Carrier Reference Collection, well formed selection of at least 2,000 stamps neatly arranged and identified on stockpages with many of the scarce to rare forgeries present; carrier issues with numerous forgery types for the various issues, Franklin carrier posthumous proofs including vignette only, scarce eagle carrier forgery types, locals representing almost every company including Berford and a nice range of Blood types including buff laid sheet of 8 of envelope indicia (forgery A), Franklin & Bouton including bogus types, Boyds with scarce types present, sheets, etc., Brown's "3 Limps", Carnes with later large type issues, Cheever & Towle including reprints in the various stages including full sheets, Chestnut St. bogus, array of City Despatch Post emissions, Essex with forgery sub-types, scarce Floyd forgeries and reprint sheet/multiples, scarce Guys types, Jenkins with better types, Ledger, McIntire with flag bogus in colors, Pomeroy's including the large train label, Priest showing the early catalogs cuts (and interesting letter to J. Halstead regarding issue), Russel types, Swarts including the scarce reprint color, Wells Fargo pony express issues, etc.; an excellent basis for further continuation.Estimate $7,500 - 10,000.
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