Plate Blocks and Position Blocks. Mostly Mint N.H. balance including No. 371 bottom arrow block of four (Mint N.H.) and right imprint block of 16 (eight stamps Mint N.H.), Mint N.H. plate block of No. 568, $1.00-$5.00 Presidential Issue plate blocks (832-834) plus corner margin block of eight of $2.00, range of Mint N.H. Air Post plate blocks including Nos. C7-C9, C10, C10a booklet pane, two sets of Nos. C20-C22, C24, couple others, fresh and Very Fine group, Scott value more than $2,500.00

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Plate Block Collection, 1932-1976. In ten White Ace albums, largely Commemoratives, but some Regular Issues and Air Post, a few better early such as the Imperforate Parks Set, many of the 4c-8c Commemorative are in matched sets of four plate blocks, nearly all Mint N.H., Fine-Very Fine

Modern Commemorative Plate Block Collection, 1942-2004. In fourteen White Ace albums, appears just about complete for the period, including premium items such as the 3c Chinese Resistance, some full panes including the Recalled Legends of the West sheet, also a binder of Regular Issues from the 1980s, Mint N.H., Fine-Very Fine

Plate Block High Quality Balance. In a Scott album, Regular Issues 1925-54, Commemoratives 1923-47, and a little Back-of-Book, these were picked for centering and freshness, so quality is well above what is normally found, includes a choice No. 575 with P.F. certificate, Presidential and Liberty series complete, useful Commemoratives from the 1920s and 1930s, while not containing any high cataloguing items, there are many choice and desirable plate blocks to be found, most Mint N.H. and Very Fine

Plate Block High Quality Balance. About 60, a few Washington-Franklins, majority from the 1920s and 1930s, including Commemoratives, Regular Issues, and Back-of-Book, highest cataloguing is No. 595 (no gum, P.S.E. certificate), others up to $400.00 catalogue value, a few Farley souvenir sheets, most (if not all) Mint N.H., condition much better than usually found, with many Very Fine and some Extremely Fine, including a couple modern with graded certificates, not counting No. 595, the rest catalogues over $2,500.00

Commemorative Plate Block Collection, 1932-1987. In seven White Ace albums and one Minkus album, a few early premium items, high degree of completion from 1950 onward, adding up to a fair amount of face value, nearly all Mint N.H., Fine-Very Fine

Plate Blocks, 1926-1969. Large collection mounted on album pages, apparently all Mint N.H., earliest is a well-centered While Plains sheet (No. 630), then picks up with 1930 Scott No. 684 and forward, complete Washington Bicentennial issue, National Parks and imperforates, 1938 Presidentials complete, Famous Americans, later issues through 1969 incl. No. 1053, fresh and Very Fine collection

Plate Block Collection, 1931-75. Huge collection in two Scott albums and two glassine boxes, a few prior to Scott 700 but begins in earnest with 1931 issues with strong coverage through Scott 1500's, some better incl. dollar value Presidentials, $5.00 No. 1053, also several nice Air Post, other back-of-book incl. E13 plate block of six (oxidized at bottom), couple modern items incl. Legends of West error sheet and Buggs Bunny imperforate, Very Fine

Plate Block Collection, 1920's -80's. Huge Mint N.H. collection of plate blocks, with some booklet panes and complete booklets in a banker's box, housed mostly on stock sheets, begins with 2c Reds and runs through 1980's and Air Post, many better sets in the earlier Scott Nos. incl. Presidentials complete through $5.00 with extra blocks of $1.00 and $2.00 plus center line blocks of $1.00 and $2.00, Washington Bicentennial, National Parks, Famous Americans, Liberty Issue incl. No. 1053, later issues through $5.00, limited duplication, also incl. 38 mint sheets from 3c to 13c, overall fresh and Very Fine, a nice assemblage

1922-31 Issues Plate Blocks (565/700). 13 plate blocks of six or four, all but one appear Mint N.H., incl. six of No. 565 (two bottoms and four sides), two of No. 569 (tops, one with perf separations), Nos. 572 (hinged in selvage, surface rubs on two stamps), 695-696, 699-700, few gum skips on the flat plate items as typically found, nearly all Very Fine