Sale 1062 — The Golden Oak Collection of Superb United States

Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 17-18 December, 2013

Category — Group Lots of the Golden Oak Collection

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
904
 
Classic Balance. Five used stamps, including Nos. 7 (Plate 2), 20 (Position 6R12), 24 (2 including one with blue Baltimore carrier cancel) and 90, better centering than normally seen, few small faults, appear Very Fine

930
375
905
 
Sale 1062, Lot 905, Group Lots of the Golden Oak Collection3c 1851 Issue Balance (10, 10A, 11, 11A). Album pages with 65 singles and 11 pairs, fantastic range of shades with one approaching Plum, even wider range of cancels including violet on 10A (with 1982 PFC), blue "2cts" from Troy and New York Steam Boat, at least two with green cancel, nice selection of interesting rosettes, pair with "STEAM/SHIP", few other better including ultramarine segmented grid, mostly four margins, few small flaws to be expected but selected by the owner for overall appeal, Very Fine, a desirable group

E. 2,000-3,000
1,600
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906
 
Sale 1062, Lot 906, Group Lots of the Golden Oak Collection1861-66 Issue Balance. Ten used stamps, including two shades of the 5c Buff with red and blue "Paid" cancels, three of No. 68 including San Francisco cogwheel and unusual cogwheel, four of No. 73 with range of cancels, last is No. 77, few small faults to be expected but selected by the owner for overall eye appeal, an attractive group, No. 77 with 1984 and one No. 68 with 2000 P.F. certificate

2,795
1,200
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907
 
Sale 1062, Lot 907, Group Lots of the Golden Oak Collection3c-10c 1868 Grilled Issue Balance (88/96). Five used stamps, two each 3c E and F Grills, one 10c F Grill, wide margins and nice centering throughout, range of attractive cancels, 10c with pre-printing paper folds/creases, overall Very Fine-Extremely Fine group

335
350
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908
 
Sale 1062, Lot 908, Group Lots of the Golden Oak Collection1c-3c 1869 Pictorial Issue Balance (112-114). Six stamps, No. 112 unused, small part original gum, toning spots, two used No. 113 including one with bold blue large dot in circle cancel similar to Baltimore foreign mail (P.F. certificate states genuine but declines opinion on origin of cancel), used single and pair of No. 114, red and blackish-blue cancels, couple minor perf flaws on single 3c, Fine-Very Fine and interesting group, Scott Retail with No. 112 as no gum

585
190
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909
 
Sale 1062, Lot 909, Group Lots of the Golden Oak Collection1870-71 National Bank Note Company Issues, Balance. 42 used stamps mounted on Scott album pages, range of values from 1c to 24c including 6c Grill, almost every stamp with an attractive or better cancel including geometrics (at least one New York Foreign mail on a 24c), about half are colored cancels, a minor fault here or there may be encountered but these were acquired individually by the collector for outstanding appearance, Very Fine group with a number Extremely Fine, nine certificates accompany, Scott Retail for just the underlying stamps without regard to color cancels approximately $3,800.00

E. 2,000-3,000
3,000
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910
 
Sale 1062, Lot 910, Group Lots of the Golden Oak Collection1873-75 Continental Bank Note Company Issues, Balance. 41 used stamps and one unused, mounted on Scott album pages, range of values from 1c to 30c, many better cancels including approximately 20 colored, one 3c double paper, one No. 178 original gum, a few small flaws may be found but these were acquired individually by the collector for choice appearance and interesting cancels, Very Fine group with some Extremely Fine, six certificates accompany, Scott Retail for just the underlying stamps without regard to color cancels more than $2,000.00

E. 1,000-1,500
2,400
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911
 
Sale 1062, Lot 911, Group Lots of the Golden Oak Collection1879-88 American Bank Note Company Issues, Balance. Approximately 92 used stamps mounted on Scott album pages, values from 1c to 90c, wonderful range of attractive cancels including many in color, geometrics, stars, town, a nice set of approx. 30 with large bold negative letters or numbers, a few small flaws may be encountered but many of these stamps were acquired individually by the collector for outstanding appearance and clear strikes, Very Fine group with a number Extremely Fine and a few Jumbos, Scott Retail for just the underlying stamps without regard to color cancels more than $1,500.00

E. 750-1,000
2,100
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912
og
Sale 1062, Lot 912, Group Lots of the Golden Oak Collection1c-15c 1890 Issue, Balance (219/227). Seven stamps including Nos. 219, 220, 220a, 223-225, 227, original gum including couple Mint N.H., nice centering throughout, 5c and 15c reperfed, Very Fine-Extremely Fine or appear so, five certificates accompany, Scott Retail as all hinged

590
1,100
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913
og
Balance, 1893-1902. 33 mostly unused stamps, including Nos. 230-231, 234, 246, 247, 248, 249, 252a, 282, 306, 307, 314 pair, 320a left arrow block of four, used Nos. 276, 276A and 311, many Mint N.H., overall fresh and Very Fine-Extremely Fine and desirable group, five with older certificates

1,900
1,500
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914
nh
1904-1921 Issue Balance. Incl. Commemoratives and Washington-Franklin heads, with a good showing of coil singles and pairs, collected for centering and freshness, most if not all Mint N.H., 27 certificate accompany, several of which are P.S.E. graded, Very Fine-Extremely Fine

E. 1,500-2,000
3,500
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915
nh
1922-1934 Balance. Regular issues and Commemoratives generally collected in choice Mint N.H. quality, 1922 Issue to $5.00 (with both $5.00 shades), later regular issues including coil pairs and line pairs, also commemoratives from the time period, plus some modern Computer Vending stamps, 28 certificates accompany, most of which are P.S.E certificates grading 95 or higher, the SMQ value for the P.S.E. graded stamps exceeds $4,000.00, Very Fine-Extremely Fine

E. 2,000-3,000
3,250
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916
nh
Back-of-Book Balance. Consisting of Air Post, Special Delivery and Parcel Post, the Air Post including four from the first two issues, plus a couple used, later issues complete less the Graf Zeppelin set, Special Deliveries including Nos. E5-E7, Parcel Post lacking only the 1c and 10c, plus Nos. JQ1-4, most Mint N.H., majority Very Fine

E. 750-1,000
1,100
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917
og
Postage Due Balance. 72 stamps, all but one stamp unused, slight duplication, three stamps each from the first two issues, 1c-10c Third Issue, 1894 Issue to 3c, 1895 and 1910 Issues to 10c, 1914 Perf. 10 to 30c, 1917 Issue missing only the 30c, 1930, 1931 and 1959 Issues complete, original gum with a large number Mint N.H., majority of stamps are Very Fine

E. 750-1,000
2,100
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918
 
Officials Used Balance. From all departments, catalogue values to $475.00, many attractive stamps present, better cancels noted (though no premiums were added to the catalogue values), including 6c War with Kicking Mule (P.F. certificate), few small faults but mostly Fine to mostly Very Fine, five certificates accompany

4,255
4,000
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919
 
Officials Balance. Over 50 mostly used 19th Century stamps, better values such as 1c Executive, some better cancels, also modern Mint N.H. stamps, some small faults, Fine-Very Fine appearance

E. 500-750
900
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920
og
1865-75 Newspaper Balance. Nos. PR2, PR4 and PR5-PR7, without gum as issued, well-centered, a few minor flaws, Very Fine appearance

1,625
425
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921
 
1875-97 Newspaper Stamp Used Balance. 1875 Continental Printing to 10c, plus a 60c value, five values from the 1879 A.B.N.C. Printing, four stamps from the 1885 Issue, 1c 1895 Unwatermarked, and 1c-$10.00 Watermarked, all but three have handstamp or brush stroke cancels, some small faults, Fine-Very Fine appearing

4,070
2,000
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