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United States Stamp Collections

Lots 2475-2481

Lot 2475 o   

1870-78 New York Foreign Mail Cancels, collection of over 125 stamps mostly mounted on pages with tracings on 1870-88 Banknote Issues up to the 30¢ value, some better designs and several red supplementary mail strikes, note negative and positive intricate geometrics, flying clothespins, stars, leaf, circle of wedges and cross roads, radials, negative "H", partial "Paid All" straightline strikes, New York Supplementary Mail type E and F strikes on a variety of stamps to the 30¢ etc.; mixed condition, many good strikes and attractive stamps.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $850

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Lot 2476    

Express Co. Label and Ephemera Group, dozens of items on stockpages in binder; Adams Express Co. with serval directive labels in booklet pane formats, small hoard of various package receipts, checks, etc., American Ex. Co. including a collection of Prepaid Newspaper stamp, various American Merchant orange & vermilion illustrated train package labels (different towns), Canadian National Ex. "Fragile" label, scarce Chapman & Co. label on receipt, 1¢ Gargoyle Motor Express booklet pane, etc.; worth review.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $575

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Lot 2477 o   

Fancy Cancel Accumulation, group of approx. 160 stamps including "Steam/Ship" on #11, blue radial pinwheel on #71; Bloomington Ill. "Star of David" on #114 cut piece; #116 with target cancel, range of geometrics, stars, NYFMs, colors, pictorials like face, propellers, tomahawk, pinwheels, feathers, etc.; nice group.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $800

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Lot 2478 o/   

Forgeries, group of three comprising St. Louis Mo. #11X1 5¢ Provisional facsimile cover, CSA 2¢ blue #56X1 forgery cover; and Brazil 90r Bulls Eye #3 forgery, F.-V.F. and interesting trio.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

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Lot 2479 o   

Precancel Collection, 1890-1960's, extensive collection and hoard of tens of thousands in dozens of stockbooks and much loose envelopes, glassines, etc., includes a strong early issues from 1st bureaus on, back-of-the-book, multiples, excellent sections of 4th Bureaus & Prexies, nice Bureau Precancels collection, etc., housed in eight large boxes, one man's lifetime collection and an tremendous opportunity for the specialist.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

Realized: $4,500

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Lot 2480    

United States Plate, Slogan and Zip Block Collection, 1925-78, mostly housed in 15 albums, with definitive and commemorative issues as well as airmails and a mix of other both issues; mostly plate block material starting with 1925 commemoratives including 5¢ Lexington-Concord, 2¢ Norse-Am plate of 12, later 2¢ reds, Parks, Prexies complete including all dollar values, Famous Americans, 1954-68 definitives strong including all high values including $5 Hamilton x7, Airmails with Maps, Lindbergh, Globe & Wing issues as well as C18, etc.; with additional duplication stock in boxes and duplication throughout, inspection highly recommended.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $1,450

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Lot 2481 o/   

United States Early Fancy Cancel Group, several hundred singles on Vario pages in padded binder with/slipcase, with various stars, grids, targets, numerals, letters, negatives of same, geometric shapes, NYFM, etc., several "better" items probably too good to be true, on stamps from 1861 through banknotes, a few of the usual undecipherable cork blobs, and about a hundred fancies on early cover, dating from 3 cent imperf forward, through banknotes, including Nashville Jack o Lantern, early NYFM, and a few modern pictorial cancels such as 1930's Illinois, to include Chicago Ridge Halloween pumpkin, state map, star, Wing, etc., Antelope and Squirrel, Idaho, generally fine to very fine with a bit of mixed condition on earlies.
Estimate    $600 - 800.

Realized: $1,200

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