Lot
4099 
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1938 Prexie Specialized Plate Block Collection, truly amazing nine volume collection meticulously arranged on black stock pages in binders with/more than 1000 different plate numbers from ½¢ to $5 values, 99% are matched sets of four corners of the ½¢ to 50¢ rotary press printed values with a number of the precancelled only plates, notably two each of the very scarce 19¢ and 21¢ values, also three probable Theodore Roosevelt Scott #830a 30¢ blue and a possible 830b deep blue (not counted in Durland value), dollar values show an incredible degree of completion with the $1 Wilson (#832) in all 73 different plate combinations, the 1954 dry printing has 75 plate combinations in top and bottom positions including shade varieties (#832g), the $2 Harding (#833) has 22 of the 24 different plate combinations, the $5 Coolidge (#834) astonishingly comprises all 29 different plate combinations, virtually all fresh, n.h. and Fine-Very Fine or better, a collection almost impossible to duplicate, Durland 2022 value $43,000. Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
Realized: $10,000