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never hinged plate #18026 block of six, few natural gum skips, very fine and fresh (Scott $325)

accumulation on stock cards and in glassines between ranging from 563/642, 18 different in quantities of 1 to 100+ each, nearly all never hinged, better including 563 (2), 583 (3), 590 (2), 623, 631, 632 (104), 633, 634 (15), plus experimental Electric Eye plate blocks of six (132) and blocks of eight (60), 635a (10), 636 (2), 637 (9), 638 (17), 639 (10), 640 (8), 641 (11) and 642 (12), fine to very fine or better, a great variety of plate numbers and positions, great for the specialist, owner's Scott catalogue value $8,200+

amazing collection featuring ½c to $5 (1030-53) in glassines and on stock cards in two file boxes, virtually all different plate numbers and positions mostly in matched sets, vast majority never hinged, more than 3,200 plate blocks varying in quantities of 8 to 700+ each of 37 different stamps (with wet and dry printings), highlights include 1031b (229), 1033 (284), 1035 (248), 1035c (728), 1036a (644), 1041 (366), 1041B (38), 1052 (7), 1052a (14) and 1053 matched set of four, fine to very fine or better, very nearly complete for this popular issue and a great lot for the plate number specialist, owner's Scott catalogue value $4,800 plus Durland $1,693 for a total of $6,493

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