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1845-1989 collection in Scott album, mostly used, with 1845 New York Postmaster Provisional trial color proof in scarlet, 1847 5c and 10c, also 1875 Reprints 5c and 10c plate proofs on card, 1851 Issue to 12c, 1857 to 90c (APS certificate, repaired, fake cancel), including 5c brick red (thin with APS certificate), 1861 to 90c, with a nice selection of Proofs and Essays, 1867 Grill Issue including 90c with APS certificate (creased), 1869 Pictorials complete (90c with clipped perforations), Bank Note Company issues to 90c, with 1870 15c orange (PSE certificate stating repaired), also some "Specimen" and "Sample" overprints, 1890 to 90c, 1893 Columbians complete to $5, 1894-95 Bureau Issues complete to $5, also 1c and 4c plate proofs in horizontal pairs, 1898 Trans-Mississippi complete to $2, 1902-03 issue complete to $5, Washington-Franklins to $5, with several certified coil pairs, Panama-Pacific, White Plains souvenir sheet, Kansas-Nebraska, Presidential Series, fairly complete from the 1930s onwards with some high value postage, mixed condition with faults to be expected, otherwise mostly fine and useful lot
Estimate: $12000