Lot
4327 
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Guatemala, Specialized Stamp & Cover Collection, 1871-1940, highly specialized and valuable collection of stamps and covers on collector-made pages in sheet protectors housed in five large binders, virtually all issues represented mint and used, many interesting cancels, shades, varieties and multiples, also proofs, specimens, Fournier forgeries (reference material), many great postal history usages on covers, cards, postal cards and entires throughout the collection, an additional binder contains a collection of revenue and telegraph stamps and misc. back of book issues, some of the many highlights including Scott #4b mint color error with APS photo cert (plus another copy without cert), 5 used (2) one with APS cert, 6 mint and used (two each, with and without APS cert), 21-25 proofs, 22a inverted center with APS cert, 25a, 30d with APS cert, 54 mint with PF cert, 69 and 71 both mint with APS certs, 85a mint with APS cert, 87a mint with PF cert, 114//23 Waterlow specimen sheets of nine (eight different), 116b pair used, 119a mint with APS cert, 137a with APS cert, 140a mint block of four inverts with APS cert, 182 mint block of four n.h., 252a n.h. with APS cert, 280-91 mint, C3a n.h., C4a, C8a, C16a, C21a (2) and C25a (2) all mint, various misc. proofs and Waterlow Specimens including 161 American Banknote Co. die proof, 210 and 211 progressive proofs, 211 trial color die proofs (7 different), 213 trial color die proofs and two different plate proof pairs, 215 and 217 die proofs, 217 progressive proof, 219-29 Waterlow Specimens in unissued colors, 221 Waterlow Specimen sheet of nine, 235//244 De La Rue Specimens and 1934 Central American Conference essays (eight different for unissued set), wonderful lot for the Guatemala afficionado, an extraordinary opportunity to expand on an existing collection or start an… interesting new area of Philately, fine to very fine or better F-VF+. Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
Realized: $8,500