Lot
1538 
United States Collection, 1847-2000, mixed mint and used housed in five Scott National albums; regular issues with predominately mint issues from late 19th century on, starting with 1847 issues complete used (#2 cancel removed, appears mint), with special printings complete (3-4, later with P.F. cert), 1851 issues mostly used with 1¢ types including #8A, 5¢-12¢ complete with all 10¢ types, 1857 issues mixed */o lacking only three scarcer issues, similar 1861 issues with an emphasis on mint, used 1867 grill issues with scarcer including 3¢ C. grill & 3¢ & 12¢ Z. grill as well as E. & F. grills complete, 1869 Pictorials complete virtually all mint, special printings near complete lacking only 12¢, Banknotes with 1870 grills used lacking only 12¢ & 24¢, with later Banknotes virtually complete and mostly mint including small banknotes, Columbians complete mint, Bureau complete and virtually all mint except for a couple values, Trans-Miss complete ($2 used), Pan-Am complete, 1902 definitives complete with additional imperfs including #315, Louisiana & Jamestown complete mint, 2¢ reds complete including Lincoln bluish, strong mint completion in Washington-Franklin issue with regular & imperf issues virtually complete and strong completion in coil issues including additional pairs/line pairs throughout, Pan-Pac issues complete, #460-461, #459 single and pair n.h., #505, 1918-20 dollar values, offsets complete including #534B used, 4th bureaus with excellent completion including good coil wastes, #559A pair, Kans-Nebr complete, White Plains sheet and later completion including strong showing of definitive coils with corresponding pairs, modern sheet including Legends recall, etc., back-of-the-book issues with airmails complete mint (C14-C15 no gum), special deliveries complete mint, parcels complete mint, postage dues appear to be complete with only one used issue, Official near complete missing only a handful of rare issues, Offices in China complete (K15 faded no gum), revenues with strong completion including 1st-3rd issues with better high values present including $100 (R102c) and later issues in similar fashion with complete far better than normally encountered, Ducks complete mint, Newspapers first complete first issue on and strong later completion, and cut squares again better completion than normally found; condition varies mostly confined to earlier issues with many scare to rare items throughout, inspection highly recommended for full evaluation. Estimate $40,000 - 60,000.
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