Lot
2049 
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United States Collection, 1847-1974, housed in three Scott albums; starting with 1847 issues complete used, #3P4-4P4, 1851 issues with unused 1¢ & 3¢ types and #14 used, selection of mostly used 1857 issues with well centered 5¢ brown, type II and nice 24¢ with attractive red cancel, used 1861 issues with high values and 1¢ shades, 1861-67 3¢ cancel group including a F. grill strip of five, other grill issues including a 2¢ Z. grill, 1869 Pictorials complete to the 30¢ used, Banknotes well represented with some completion, Columbians mint to the 8¢ and a 15¢, Bureaus mostly used up to the high values, Trans-Miss to the $1, Pan-Ams complete mint, 1902 definitives to the $2, Louisiana & Jamestown complete mint, Washington-Franklins well represented with early mint coils including some pairs, 1¢-2¢ blush and later mint completion including better high values, coil wastes, etc., 1922 definitives complete with later coil waste, 2¢ type II coil single and pair (with certs), section of multiples including gutter items with 1½¢ gutter block used, Kans-Nebr, White Plains sheet, later completion with some additional variety items, back-of-the-book issues strong including airmails complete (used C13-C15), special deliveries complete mostly mint with good early issues and additional varieties and proofs including #E4P2, parcel post complete mint, postage dues near complete missing only a few high values with additional including specimen set, etc., Officials nicely represented */o with additional section of specimens, newspapers from first issues and some better including special printing, also a volume of souvenir cards and Park imperf special printing blocks; condition varied mostly confined to earlier issues, worth careful evaluation. Estimate $10,000 - 15,000.
Realized: $12,500