Classic Stamp Balance, 1845-69. Seven stamps, incl. used Nos. 9X1 with red Boston circular grid, scarce used outside New York, Nos. 14 and 17 both showing interpane margin and centerline, No. 36 with black town cancels, No. 114 with Pumpkin Face fancy cancel (ex Eubanks), also unused Nos. 30A, original gum, reperfed, Very Fine appearance and No. 78, original gum, small h.r., light creases, Fine appearance, overall a nice group, two P.F. certificates accompany, Scott Retail more than $5,000.00

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Classic Stamp Balance, 1851-68. More than 50 unused and used singles, pairs and one block on stock pages, many better Scott nos. incl. some truly unused and some that appear unused but probably have removed cancels, better incl. Nos. 10A, 22 (regummed), 25 and 25A (appear unused), 27 and 28 used, 32 (regummed), 38 (original gum), 78 (original gum), 94 block of four (original gum), many others incl. couple better grills, faults to be expected throughout, some regummed and at least one grill fake, still good value to be found given the large Scott Retail which is in excess of $20,000.00

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Classic Stamp Balance. A couple dozen mostly used, attractive 5c 1847 Brown Orange (1d) with blue town cancel, value in 1861 Issues, incl. 5c Buff and two 90c Blue, also 24c 1869, some Locals (mix of genuine and fakes), very mixed condition but some better catalog numbers are present

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Classic Stamp Balance. Seventeen unused or used stamps, 1861 Issue or Bank Notes, 1861 Issue mainly used (incl. some with pen cancels), value in unused Bank Notes, incl. Nos. 160. 161 and 188, every stamp in the lot has a P.F. certificate (except for one that has a Weiss certificate), the certificates usually note some fault, but there are some sound stamps (incl. used No. 155), generally Fine-Very Fine appearing

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19th Century Unused Balance. 16 stamps, incl. Nos. 93, 113, 158 and 246, others are all 1881-93 American Bank Note Co. issues, some Mint N.H., all with recent P.F. or P.S.E. certificate (incl. a few graded), Very Fine-Extremely Fine group, Scott Retail

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Classic Issues, Extensions and Returns Balance. Six items, incl. No. 85 reperfed, 99 reperfed (with clear 1984 P.F. certificate), No. 100 with small faults, Nos. 115, 119 and 478 reperfed, most with "updated" P.F. certificates, Fine-Very Fine appearance

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1851-56 Issue. Small balance of four items, incl. No. 7 rejoined pair, No. 9 pair and single with massive margins (small faults), also No. 11 tied on piece by Minnesota Territory cancel, small faults noticed, Fine-Very Fine appearance

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Bank Note Issues Balance (134/217). Seven different singles or multiples, incl. used No. 134 var, with split grill and slight slip print with doubling (tiny tear and crease, old P.F. certificate calls it a double impression but it is not), used No. 146 pair Extremely Fine, No. 156 strip of four with part original gum, Fine, No. 179 used Extremely Fine Gem (P.S.E. 95J), No. 188 original gum with small faults, No. 212 pair barely hinged, Very Fine, finally No. 217 original gum, reperfed, Extremely Fine appearance (older P.S.E. certificate as sound), eight certificates accompany, Scott Retail more than $4,000.00

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Bank Note Used Trio. Nos. 153, 162 and 218, well-centered, Nos. 153 and 218 with wide margins, Very Fine-Extremely Fine

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1c-$2.00 1894 Bureau Issue (246-262). Two stock pages of used singles and blocks, singles complete with three 5c, blocks with nice range of 2c shades (7 total) and complete to 50c, some flaws to be expected especially on used high-value stamps, overall Fine-Very Fine appearance, a scarce group of used singles and blocks, Scott Retail more than $4,000.00

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Commemorative Unused Balance. 22 different stamps, incl. 4c, 10c and 30c Columbian, 5c Trans-Mississippi, 10c Panama-Pacific and more, also three Air Post stamps (Nos. C1, C2 and C4), a few Mint N.H. (incl. 30c Columbian), Fine to mostly Very Fine

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Unused Late 19th and Early 20th Century Balance. Five Columbians to 15c, 4c Trans-Mississippi, Pan-American set less 2c, Nos. 571, 572 and 834, plus a fake coil, some Mint N.H., a few minor flaws, Fine-Very Fine

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Washington-Franklin Issues, Superb Used Graded Balance (412, 428, 442). Three stamps, No. 412 Jumbo margins and choice centering, oval registry cancel, Extremely Fine Gem, with 2011 P.F. and 2008 P.S.E. certificates (XF-Superb 95 Jumbo), No. 428 Hamilton, Bermuda 1915 circular datestamp cancel, Extremely Fine Gem, a superb stamp with a most unusual and desirable cancel, with 2011 P.F. and 2009 P.S.E. certificates (Superb 98), No. 442 Jumbo almost perfectly balanced margins, wavy-line machine cancel, Extremely Fine Gem, with 2011 P.F. and P.S.E. certificates (XF-Superb 95 Jumbo), total SMQ $860.00 not counting any Jumbo designtations, all ex Kirke

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20th Century Stamp Balance. Small group of mostly unused items purchased by the owner as individual lots in sales past, one 19th Century item, No. 232 Mint N.H. P.S.E. XF-Superb 95 but tiny internal crease which flashes would likely be called if recertified, 20th Century incl. No. 251 imprint and plate no. strip of three, No. 279Bc block of four, No. 296 Mint N.H. block of four, 2c Lake No. 319Fq used booklet pane of six (missing tab and one stamp defective), No. 723 Mint N.H. pair (P.S.E. Superb 98, hint of oxidation), also a few back-of-book incl. block of four of No. J1, No. Q5, Mint N.H. but called reperfed (we disagree and include older cert as sound), Nos. RK11 and RG74 as well as a group of typeset Official Seals (LOX8a-f, Scott Retail for this group more than $2,000.00), total Scott Retail more than $6,700.00

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Modern Freaks and Varieties. Incl. 3c Presidential block of 18 with large ink smear, two Overrun Nations sheets with reverse printing, 4c Christmas sheet with partial gutter from foldover, 5c Washington miscut sheet from foldover, two sheets with printing partially omitted on one row, 31c Bicentennial souvenir sheet with "31c" and tagging shifted down, two panes of NO. 3095b, and $1.00 Hopkins panes in all six varieties ($120.00 face value), Fine-Very Fine

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Misperforated and Color Shift Group. 18 items, incl. four Washington-Franklin Head blocks with fairly dramatic perforation shifts, also four from the 1938 Presidential series, and some more modern incl. color shifts, plus there are eighteen modern St. Vincent stamps with inverted centers, most Mint N.H.

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1891-1897 Postage Dues Balance (J22-J26, J30, J42). 1891 Issue in top or bottom imprint and plate no. strips, incl. 1c bottom strip of six (four stamps Mint N.H.), 2c bottom strip of five (three stamps Mint N.H.), 3c top strip of four with only part imprint (stamps Mint N.H., selvage hinged), 5c Mint N.H. bottom strip of five, 10c top strip of five (three stamps Mint N.H., one with gum crease), No. J30 imprint and plate no. strip of three with h.r., J42 a Mint N.H. top imprint and plate no. block of six, a few minor perf separations, Fine-Very Fine

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2c-$2.00 Offices in China (K1-K18). Incl. Nos. K8a and K11a (latter is used), some h.r., No. K15 with slightly disturbed original gum, several are well-centered incl. No. K16, Fine-Very Fine

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2c-$2.00 Offices in China (K1-K18). Collection on an old album page, complete set with original gum, and a used set lacking only Nos. K9, K12 and K14, but with both shades of K11, some unused (incl. No. K16) with natural s.e., a few small faults, Fine-Very Fine appearance

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U.S. Possessions, Small Balance. Three items, incl. Guam No. E1a, five dots in curved frame above messenger's head, Mint N.H., Fine and attractive, this variety is only found on plate no. 882, second item Puerto Rico No. J3-J3a, combination 25 and 36 degree ovpts., bottom imprint and plate no. 72 strip of three, original gum, stamps Mint N.H., 25, 36 and 36 degree from left to right, trivial selvage thin well below imprint and plate no., Fine, finally Okinawa District No. 4X3, tropical original gum, fresh, large margins, Extremely Fine

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Valuable 19th & 20th Century Collection. To 1934 in a Schaubek hingeless album, mostly used to 1882 and then mainly unused thereafter, higher cataloging stamps such as 1851 5c and 10c Type I, some attractive stamps from the 1861 Issue with certificates, 1869 Pictorial to 90c and Bank Notes to 90c, Commemoratives are complete less only the 50c Columbian, much value in 20th Century Regular Issues, particularly Washington-Franklin heads (incl. coils), Back-of-Book incl. Air Posts, with the Graf Zeppelin set and No. C18 plate block, Special Deliveries, Offices in China complete and some Newspaper Stamps, while there are some small faults present, the collector acquired primarily attractive and visual appealing stamps, there are also a large number of sound Very Fine stamps, overall an impressive collection with highly saleable stamps, viewing recommended, 29 P.F. or P.S.E. certificates accompany

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Outstanding Unused 19th & 20th Century Collection. To 1964 in a Scott album, with high cataloguing 19th Century, ten 1857 Issue incl. 12c-90c, 1861 Issue to 90c, plus a few grilled stamps, 1869 Pictorial incl. 15c, 24c and 30c, plus a 10c Re-issue, various Large Bank Notes to 90c, Small Bank Notes complete, Commemoratives nearly complete incl. a set of the Columbian issue, both Bureau issues complete, 1902 complete plus No. 315 pair, excellent run of Washington-Franklin heads incl. coils and Bluish Papers, just about complete from 1922 on, Air Posts incl. the Graf Zeppelin set, complete runs of Special Deliveries and Parcel Posts, condition is mixed, some 19th Century no gum or regummed, a few cleaned cancels (incl. No. 2), 20th Century is largely original gum, some faults, but there are plenty of Fine-Very Fine stamps, the total catalogue value is quite high

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Balance of a High Quality Unused 20th Century Collection. 1903-1929, neatly housed in mounts in a Scott album, with Commemorative and Regular Issues, plus Back-of-Book such as Air Posts, Special Deliveries, Postage Dues, Offices in China and Parcel Posts, much of the value in Washington-Franklin Heads (incl. coils), but also value in the 1922-1929 era, nearly all stamps were purchased one-at-a-time at auction or retail, with the collector's focus on well-centered, fresh and attractive stamps, all will grade at least Very Fine and a high percentage Extremely Fine, all but a handful Mint N.H., this would be the perfect basis for someone wanting to start a collection of United States stamps in choice Mint N.H. condition, an impressive 50 certificates (mostly P.F.) accompany

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19th & 20th Century Collection. 1847-1930's, housed in a Linder album, clean collection with a number of better stamps, mix of used and unused, best used incl. two No. 1 (one appears unused but pen cancel removed and regummed), 2, 30A, 72, 101, 116-117, 119, 155, 191, 218, 245, 291, 341-342, C15, unused incl. Nos. 15, 24 (two), 29 (disturbed original gum and faults), 39, 112-113, 219-229, 238-239, 242, 261, 293, 294-299 (less 298), a few Panama-Pacific, range of Bureaus, Washington-Franklins and later issues, Special Delivery incl. a few early unused, other back-of-book, much of the better unused is regummed but some original gum to be found, range of centering with much Fine, flaws to be found but overall an attractive collection

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Mostly Used 19th & 20th Century Collection. To 1940 in a Minkus album, incl. Nos. 1 and 2, some other high cataloging 19th Century, complete Commemoratives, all of the dollar value Columbians are unused, also an unused White Plains sheet, Air Post complete incl. the Graf Zeppelin set used, some other Back-of-Book, mixed condition, the total catalogue value should be quite high

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Mostly 19th Century Collection Balance. Range of mostly unused 19th Century stamps, a few 1869 Pictorials incl. 1c, 2c and 6c, Columbians through 30c plus two 50c (one original gum), a few Trans-Mississippi, Pan Americans and Louisiana Purchase complete, Panama-Pacific nearly complete, a few Bank Notes and some later, also a small group of covers incl. three color Bank Note franking with 10c, 5c and 1c stamps, mixed condition with flaws to be expected, some no gum and regummed as well, some appear Fine, Scott Retail more than $5,000.00

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Commemorative and Air Post Collection. Mostly used on White Ace album pages to 1932, every space is filled incl. Columbian, Trans-Mississippi and Graf Zeppelin sets complete, some of the better stamps are unused, such as $2.00 Columbian, 50c-$2.00 Trans-Mississippi and the White Plains sheet, mixed condition

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Regular Issues and Back-of-Book Collection. Mainly used to 1929 on White Ace pages, all spaces are filled (per the White Ace simplified version), incl. Nos. 1 and 2, 1857 Issue to 90c (90c unused), 1861 Issue to 90c, 1869 Pictorial complete, Bank Notes to 90c, Bureau Issue to $5.00, 1902 to $1.00, and more, Back-of-Book incl. Postage Dues, a complete unused set of Offices in China, and others, mixed condition

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Modern Errors Collection. Several dozen different from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, incl. imperforate, imperf between and color omitted, catalogue values to $500.00 (No. 1436a), many catalogue $100.00 or more, nearly all Mint N.H. and the majority Very Fine, Scott Retail is about $13,000.00, but there are also some items present that Scott does not list such as No. 2115f plate no. 3 strip of five, a fascinating group which would form the basis of a new collection

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Accumulation. 20th Century unused collection with some useful early stamps, plate block collection which includes the Presidential series complete, early used stamps on album pages, miscellaneous in glassines, several hundred first day covers, some United Nations and more, mixed condition, 20th Century is generally Fine-Very Fine

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Modern Collection. From 1938 right up to 2011 in eleven Minkus albums, starts out as all used, in the mid 1990s there starts of mix on used and unused (hinged), includes not only all of the singles, but also se-tenant blocks, full panes and full booklet panes, a number of these are used, which are much more difficult to find than unused, the unused that is present should add up to a fair amount of face value, Fine-Very Fine

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Modern Collection. 1930-1997, in six Scott hingeless albums (whose retail as new far exceeds our estimate), appears to be complete for the period, incl. souvenir sheets from the 1930s and full panes from the 1990s (incl. Recalled Legends of the West), Mint N.H., Very Fine

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Modern Collection. From 1940s to 2000 on White Ace pages, very well filled, incl. some recent full panes, also a few mint sheets, most if not all Mint N.H., Fine-Very Fine

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Mostly Modern Lot. Two Scott albums of plate blocks from the 1930s-1970s, various Back-of-Book incl. Hunting Permit plate blocks starting at No. RW37, some Canal Zone plate blocks, various modern premium items, vast majority Mint N.H., largely Fine-Very Fine

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19th & 20th Century Collection, 1847-1977. In two Scott albums and three stock books, sparse coverage through 1900 and early mostly used, best stamp is No. 1 with four margins (small faults), also original-gum block of No. 210 with three stamps Mint N.H., largely unused from 1925, stock books contain a range of unused commemoratives and some unused 19th Century, also some back-of-book incl. unused C18, Revenues, Special Delivery, mixed condition with the 19th Century generally faulty, some Very Fine later

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19th & 20th Century Collection, 1935-90. Unused stamps in a Scott Minuteman album, front-of-book largely complete from mid-1930's incl. Presidentials, Famous Americans and Overrun Nations, Air Post incl. C20-C36, Very Fine, a nice clean collection, also incl. a large group of used Postage Dues on stock pages

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Postage Due Collection. Parallel unused and used collection hinged on old album pages, appears to be complete both unused and used, from the First Issue up to No. J101 (no Special Printings), incl. No. J58 with original gum, most of the unused with original gum, mixed centering and condition, toning is a problem, high catalogue value

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Parcel Post Collection. Nos. Q1-Q12, JQ1-JQ5 and QE1-QE4 complete both unused (original gum) and used, hinged on old album pages, a few small faults, Fine-Very Fine appearance

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Back-of-Book Collection. Mounted in a Scott National album, wide range of issues incl. cut squares, Special Delivery complete with most unused, Postage Dues with earlier issues largely used, unused Parcel Post, Officials incl. unused Interior high values, 24c and 90c Navy, 90c State, range of Newpapers, large group of Revenues, mixed condition with some Fine

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U.S. Possessions Collection. Canal Zone, Cuba, Guam, Philippines and Puerto Rico hinged on old album pages, parallel collection of unused and used, high degree of completion both ways, generally lacking only the scarcest stamps, Philippines incl. the first two sets complete to $5.00 unused and partial sets used, mixed condition, toning is a problem

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Group of Better Items. Mostly used, two No. 1 (one with double transfer), No. 2, two No. 8A, No. 72, better grills incl. 3c A. Grill, 2c Z. Grill, 7c I. Grill, and others, also $1.00 Trans-Mississippi, $1.30 Graf Zeppelin, unused No. E2 block of four with plate number, and more, mixed condition

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Miscellaneous Balance. Value in a stockbook that has some early used incl. No. 1, later unused incl. some better Regular Issues, plate blocks incl. the Presidential series complete and $5.00 Hamilton, a Mint N.H. collection from 1938-1976, plus some mint sheets (incl. a little bit of Canada), somewhat mixed condition, much is Fine-Very Fine

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Balance Lot. Three albums and two stockbooks with a smattering of useful stamps, much of the value is in glassines, with unused singles, blocks and plate blocks from the 1890s to 1930s, some in quantity, mixed condition

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Accumulation. With stockbooks, two of which contain useful Back-of-Book and Canal Zone, some revenues, a couple albums, plate blocks, Postal Stationery incl. some Columbian Exposition postcards, first day covers, and more, mixed condition

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Unused Balance. Over 40 items, incl. 5c Providence, R.I. Postmaster Provisional, three shades of the 3c 1851, 3c 1857 block of four, several later 1c, 2c or 3c stamps, Columbian set to the $1.00, a few Confederate States, and a No. C3 centerline block of four, mixed condition incl. some regummed

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Extension Returns. Four items, incl. No. 1 with cleaned cancel, unused 187 reperfed, 472 Mint N.H. with added perf and 477 reperfed, each with updated P.F. or P.S.E. certificates, Very Fine appearance

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Extension Returns. Four items, all multiples, incl. No. 63, 304 and K13 blocks of four and C3 top margin plate no. 8493 block of eight, each with 2014 P.F. or P.S.E. certificates, Fine-Very Fine

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Extension Returns. Three items, No. 98 with blue hollow star fancy cancel with crease, 310 unused with original gum but reperfed (2014 P.S.A.G. certificate) and 400A Mint N.H. but reperfed (2014 P.F. certificate), Very Fine appearance

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Returns Balance. Seven items, mostly revenues incl. Nos. RB18c, REA2, RS17a and RS244a with large faults and RJA48a, also with Canal Zone No. 19 and Puerto Rico No. 201 (Ty. II), mixed condition

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Small Balance. Used 10c-30c Columbians, hinged No. C13 (crease), twelve Mint N.H. No. 371 in blocks or pairs, Mint N.H. Kans.-Nebr. set, and Mint N.H. No. C10 plate block, largely Fine-Very Fine

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Small Unused Balance. Seven stamps, each with 2014 P.S.E. certificate, No. 270 (OGph 95), 337 (reperforated), 339 (NH 90), 253 (RG 85), 512a (NH 90), 479 (DOG 95) and 530a double impression (NH, corner crease), all but the latter Extremely Fine or Extremely Fine appearance

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Mint Sheets. Many hundreds of sheet or full panes, the vast majority 15c and higher, with a large percentage of the value in 29c-39c Commemoratives, incl. some panes still in the original Post Office packaging, useful duplication, Mint N.H., Fine-Very Fine, face value

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Mint Sheets. 100 sheets each of the 6c Anti-Pollution se-tenants and 13c Fifty State Flags, also several each of the 1980 Olympics denominations, and some recent sheets (33c-78c) still in the original Post Office packaging, also a little uncounted scrap and some miscellaneous Worldwide, face value for the U.S. sheets only

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Mint Sheets. Incl. some from the 1930s (earliest is Scott No. 729), a few Overrun Nations, then mostly 8c-20c Commemoratives, the collector got multiple copies of sheets he liked, there are many related to the Bicentennial, also twenty sheets of the 20c Birds, plus some Ameripex and Columbian souvenir sheets, a few part sheets uncounted, Mint N.H., Fine-Very Fine, face value

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Mint Sheets. Commemoratives from 1930s-1950s, earliest is 2c Yorktown, many from the mid to late 1930s incl. Army-Navy complete and the Purple 3c Commemoratives (incl. Baseball), solid 1940s incl. Overrun Nations, and then a good run of Commemoratives to about 1960, plus some Air Post and other Back-of-Book, in addition there are some plate blocks from the 1950s and a bit of Postal Stationery, Fine-Very Fine

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Modern Mint Dollar-Value and Higher Postage Lot. With some sheets and panes, plate strips, plate blocks, partial sheets, booklets and a little bit of scrap, from $1.00 to $14.00 face value each, Mint N.H., largely Fine-Very Fine, face value

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Modern Booklets. Hundreds, face values from 6c-33c, much of the value in the 15c-22c values, duplication, Mint N.H., Fine-Very Fine, face value

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Modern Booklets. Recent unfolded booklets, nearly all are 29c-37c values, some still in the original Post Office packaging, duplication, Mint N.H., Fine-Very Fine, face value

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Loose Postage Accumulation. Big pile of plate strips, plate blocks, part sheets, coil strips of various sizes, and scrap, a small number of mint sheets that are slightly stuck together, a large percentage is 15c and higher, with many very recent, Mint N.H., largely Fine-Very Fine, the patient viewer will come to realize that our estimate is conservative, as the face value is well in excess of the top end of the estimate

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LITERATURE, Hardcover Literature Balance. Bound volumes of United States Specialist, covering years 1937-40, 1945, 1948-51, 1960-81 and 1987, also bound run of Siegel catalogs covering Sales 633-658, buyer must pay actual Fedex ground shipping or carry out

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LITERATURE, Josiah K. Lilly Collection. Complete set of 10 unbound Robert A. Siegel Auctions Lilly catalogues with auction preview, pristine condition, Very Fine, held from 1967-68 this is one of the iconic collections in history

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