Sale 1290 — United States Stamps

Sale Date — Wednesday-Thursday, 28-29 June, 2023

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Category — Group Lots by Issue

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1840
 
1c-12c 1851 Issue, Balance (7/17). Eleven singles and a strip of three with better Scott nos., all but one are used, including No. 7 with original gum but faulty, used stamps with handstamp cancels except for one pen cancel, including Nos. 8A, 9, 9 strip of three, 11-11A, 12, 13-16 (last pen cancel), 17, mixed condition with some flaws to be found, overall Fine appearing group, three certificates accompany

Bid on this lot

5,195
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1841
 
1c 1851-57 Issue Balance. Eight imperforate and ten perforated stamps, including unused Nos. 9, 24 (Mint N.H.), 24 var (Type Va), used including Nos. 7 (2), 8A, few No. 9, also a proof, 18, 20, 21, 22 (2) and 23, some faults, overall Fine-Very Fine, eight certificates accompany

Bid on this lot

E. 1,500-2,000
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1842
 
1c 1851-57 Group (9/24). 14 stamps, imperforate includes No. 7 with a purple or magenta bars cancel (and pen cancel), No. 9 with four used singles and a used strip of three, No. 9 unused single (no gum), each of the used singles is Very Fine and choice-Extremely Fine, strip with pen cancel and some light toning, perforated including No. 20 original gum, No. 23 Pos. 58R1L with major plate crack, faintly cancelled, No. 24 original gum, two used No. 24

Bid on this lot

2,895
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1843
 
3c 1851 Issue Collection. 41 items, including a color chart with six stamps identified as Experimental Orange Brown, other better include one identified as Deep Claret, 15 are recuts identified by position, nice range of other shades, some faults, some Fine-Very Fine, an interesting group

Bid on this lot

E. 1,000-1,500
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1844
 
3c 1851-57 (10, 11, 25, 26), Accumulation. Hundreds of used stamps (and a few on covers), mainly collected for cancels, including all of the calendar dates, some varieties and some unsorted, mixed condition

Bid on this lot

E. 300-400
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1845
 
Bank Note Issues Balance. Scott Platinum pages of mostly unused stamps, including Nos. 150, 152, 153, 157 ribbed paper, 157 normal paper, 158 ribbed paper, 161 silk paper, 179, 188, 212-215, 217-218, 219-229, faults including some regummed or reperfed, some appear Fine-Very Fine, 15 with certificates

Bid on this lot

E. 1,000-1,500
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1846
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Sale 1290, Lot 1846, Group Lots by IssueColumbians and Trans-Mississippi Balance (230-239, 285-288). Unused balance, complete to the 30c for the Columbians and to the 5c for Trans-Mississippi, Columbians original gum except 5c traces of gum, Very Fine with a couple Extremely Fine and the 15c-30c choice, Trans-Mississippi with three stamps Mint N.H., 2c hinged, 4c with a trace of oxidation, Very Fine, two P.F. certificates accompany

Bid on this lot

1,526
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1847
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Columbians and Trans-Mississippi Balance. 23 unused stamps, Columbians include three 1c, two 2c (one with broken hat), 3c-5c, 8c-$2.00 and $5.00, Trans-Mississippi includes 1c-50c, many original gum, most of the higher denominations unused (regummed), few small faults, overall Fine-Very Fine, two 1c Columbians graded (NH 85J and NH 90J)

Bid on this lot

E. 750-1,000
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1848
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1894-1902 Bureau Issues Balance. Scott Platinum pages with unused stamps, including Nos. 246-260, 261A, 264-274, 276, 279-284, 300-309, 320A pair, few faults including 261A reperfed and a few regummed or disturbed gum, overall appear Fine-Very Fine, three with certificates

Bid on this lot

E. 750-1,000
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1849
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Washington-Franklins Balance. Scott Platinum album pages of unused stamps, all of the sets are represented with several to the $1.00, also with Nos. 479 and 480, 524 and 547, 1c and 2c on Bluish, nice range of coils with singles and pairs, some Mint N.H., some faults, some of the coils will no doubt turn out to be reference copies but overall a Fine-Very Fine group, 14 with certificates

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E. 2,000-3,000
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1850
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Coil Stamps Balance, 1908-23. Individual items in a stock book including a number of certificates, couple perf 12 pairs or singles including reference items, perf 8-1/2 and perf 10 including Nos. 391 guide line pair, 393 guide line strip of four, 413 guide line pair, rotary press coils including No. 450 joint line strip of four (line pair Mint N.H.), No. 457 joint line pair graded P.F. 90, many others, decent condition and overall Fine-Very Fine

Bid on this lot

E. 500-750
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1851
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Coil Stamps Accumulation, 1914-65. Accumulation of more than 4,000 coil stamps in pairs and strips, apparently all Mint N.H. with a large quantity of line pairs, arranged on manila stockpages in two three-ring binders, begins with loads of No. 441, includes a couple other Washington-Franklin issues, also 4c Martha Washington (Scott 601, 450+), 4-1/2c Hermitage (Scott 844, 300+) in three distinct shades (Scott lists only one shade for this stamp), etc., fresh old-time large holding in post office condition, Very Fine

Bid on this lot

E. 300-400
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1852
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1922-26 Issues Balance. Scott Platinum pages of unused stamps, including Nos. 551-573, also excellent showing of the rotary press issues, many Mint N.H., Fine-Very Fine with several Extremely Fine, 13 with graded certificates at 90 or above (mostly P.S.E.)

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E. 500-750
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1853
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Back-of-Book Collection. Lighthouse hingeless pages of unused stamps, including Air Post with Nos. C1-C6 and C18, Special Delivery with E1, E3-E5, E5-E11, strength in Postage Due with J1, J3-J7, J17-J21, J22-J28, J36b, J37, J38-J42, J44, J45-J50, J53b (Mint N.H.), J60-J67, Q1-Q12, JQ1-JQ5, K1-K18, few Mint N.H., the higher value items with varied centering or few faults, overall Fine with a few Very Fine, 16 certificates accompany

Bid on this lot

18,500
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1854
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Back-of-Book Balance. Stock pages of unused stamps, including Nos. C1-C6, C10a, C13-C14, C18, E1-E3, E5, F1, Q1-Q12, few Possessions such as Canal Zone, Cuba and Guam, overall fresh and Fine-Very Fine, E5 with 1976 P.F. certificate

Bid on this lot

E. 1,000-1,500
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1855
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Officials Collection (O1-O126). Nearly complete collection of mostly unused stamps, hard paper issues missing only one plus the $5.00-$20.00 State, includes $2.00 State (reperfed on at least two sides), the unused show a mix of original gum, with some either disturbed or partial gum, also some no-gum, mixed condition with faults to be expected though certainly some are sound, these are mounted in old Crystal mounts (which are shrinking) and we advise the buyer to remove them, overall Fine appearance

Bid on this lot

E. 1,500-2,000
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1856
 
Officials Accumulation. Assortment of unused, used, blocks and plate proofs, range of Departments with some better denominations, mixed condition but some are sound and attractive, Fine appearing balance

Bid on this lot

E. 750-1,000
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1857
 
Officials Assortment. Many dozens, majority used, but does includes some better unused, and a few proofs and specimens, mostly lower and middle values with some duplication, mixed condition

Bid on this lot

E. 500-750
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1858
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Test Coils Collection. Accumulation of items on lot cards and album pages, including TD125 strip of six, assortment of vending machine packets, etc., Fine-Very Fine

Bid on this lot

E. 500-750
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