Auction Detail
January 2023
Our January 2023 sales include the "Erivan" Collection of United and Confederate States Postal History Part VIII, as well as a general sale of United States and worldwide stamps, covers, and collections.
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in mounts on Minkus pages, fairly complete from 1920s on, mostly never hinged from 1930, includes Prexies and Liberty issues to $5, earlier highlights are Columbians 1c-2c, 4c, 6c-8c, and 30c, Trans-Mississippi 1c-5c, 10c, Pan-American, Louisiana Purchase, and Jamestown all complete, Pan-Pacific, and other various issues, also Airmail with C18, fine to very fine or better, many attractive well-centered stamps throughout
includes E1 mint (thins), E2-3 used and on cover, E4 used, J1-7 used, J15-21 used, J27 used, J28 mint, J35-36 mint, J43-44 used, Q1-12 used, QE1-4 mint, and JQ4 mint, small faults throughout, much fine to very fine (Scott $3,965+)
assorted singles, sets, and blocks on auction house/dealer cards, better items throughout, but we note (all mint) 557 plate block of four, 585 plate block of four, 599A pair, 622 plate block of six, 631 plate block of four, three complete sets of the Fourth Bureau issue to the $5, Prexie plate blocks complete (including duplicates of the $2 and $5), and 1053 plate block of four (3), some faults to be expected but generally fine to very fine, mostly neat and identified which should make viewing easy, well-worth a close inspection
carton with a main United States collection plus additional material, most 19th Century stamps faulty to some degree but we note (all used) 1, 9, 15, 37, 38, 71, 72, Pictorials to the 24c, Large Bank Notes to the 30c, some back of the book including first issue revenues, several binders of 20th Century material with mint plate blocks including Prexies complete to the $5, many stamps fine or better, requires a bit of work but could prove rewarding
small group including various mint and used stamps, we note better including mint White Plains souvenir sheet, 371 top and bottom plate number blocks of six, 372 plate number block of six, 373 arrow block of four, and center line blocks of four of 368, 371, and 373, generally fine to very fine, an interesting and worthwhile group
several dozen complete booklets from the 1960s/90s, including better Express Mail, all very fine (face value $410+)
approximately 27 items on stock cards, we note better including 271 mint, 288 mint block of three, 294-99 mint (plus 295 mint pair and plate number strip of three), 325 mint, 342 used, and 419 mint, few dubious coils not counted, small flaws but generally fine to very fine, an attractive and useful group (Scott $1,200+)
mostly mint collection beginning with 551-73, 578-91, 583a, 595, 599A, 634A, Kansas/Nebraska complete, 692-701, Prexies complete, 832b used strip of 3, and more including coils and booklet panes, generally fine to very fine and fresh, a wonderful group (Scott $2,500+)
on stock pages, mostly singles and blocks with retail values to about $195 (several thousand dollars total), much of the material never hinged, mostly very fine or better, a wonderful and easy-to-work-with stock,
used album to the 1950s including useful Banknotes and Washington-Franklins, Columbians to the 30c, back of the book including postage due and official issues plus parcel post complete, several albums of mint plate blocks including Prexies and Liberty series to the $5, in addition to about $100 face value in mint sheets, mixed condition but mostly fine to very fine
primarily used collection on Lighthouse pages, largely complete through about the 2000s (including many modern issues which are deceptively scarce used), also some mint sheets including Celebrate the Century complete, several Inverted Jenny sheets, etc, small group of duck stamps, few hundred modern first day covers, couple hundred dollars in face value, and more, even a copy of John K. Tiffany's book, generally very fine, worth a look
small group including 260, 295-99, 463a, 546, RW2 (2, one plate number single), RW3, and RW4, couple small faults but generally very fine and attractive, a few never hinged not counted in catalogue value (Scott $2,095)