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Lot 1553 - collections and accumulations u.s. collections - Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions US, British and Worldwide with Collections #640

U.S., Comprehensive and Extraordinary High Quality Mostly Mint Collection, 1851 Onwards (7//Q12). Neatly assembled in an overflowing Scott National album; a most impressive collection that took several decades for the collector to meticulously assemble one choice stamp at a time, only selecting nice looking stamps and choosing never hinged examples in his pocketbook permitted; highlights of this fabulous lot begin with the 1851 imperforate issues #'s 7, and 11; the 1857 perforated issues include #'s 20, 24, 26, and 35-37; there's a 1 cent 1875 Reprint #40, and #56 - both these stamps with PF certificates; choice 1861's include 63 x (2), 65, 68 x (2), 69, 73 and a used (faintly cancelled) #75, and 78; 1869 Pictorials 112-116, and a 133; there's some better Banknote issues, 149, 152, 156, 158, 161, 163, 182-185, 187-89, 190 x (2), and 215-218; along with a select set of 219-229; 1893 Columbian are complete to the 50 cent 230-240; 1894-1898 Bureau issues, 246-261, 264-277, and 279-84; 1898 Trans Mississippi issues to the 50 cent, 285-91; Pan Ams complete 294-99; 1902-03 Regular issue to the $1, 300-311, along with a never hinged genuine 315 single; there are two complete sets of 323-330 x (2); Washington Franklin are particularly comprehensive as the collector took the time to collect duplicate sets of several of the more valuable sets in the series; there are complete sets of 331-342 x (2), along with complete sets of 374-382 x (2); along with some better coil singles and pairs; there's Panama Pacific complete 397-404; and an attractive set of 414-423 x (2), plus complete sets of 424-440 x (2), numerous better coils 441/458 in singles and pairs including nice 453 and 454 pairs; there's perfect never hinged examples of the imperforate coil, #459 in a single and a GEM pair; some better unwatermarked perf 10's 462-466, 468-476, and 479-80, along with singles and pairs of the 1917 rotary press coils, 486-497 (no 491); there's a nice set of 498-518 which include a 505 in combination strip/3, plus choice 523-24, and 547, along with all the 1917-1919 Offsets with a genuine 534B single with PF certificate; there's two sets of the 1922 Flats 551-73; plus two sets of the perf 10 rotaries 581-91, plus 595's x (2), a handsome never hinged #630 White Plains souvenir sheet/25, and a select set of the 1929 Kansas-Nebraskas 658-679; there's an excellent group of Farleys, and the 1938 Presidentials include the coils; there's a set of Liberty series; Back Of The Book is just as impressive with a spectacular selection of Airmail stamps including C1-C6, and a gorgeous set of Graf Zeppelins C13-C15, plus there's two C18's; Special Deliveries look pretty nice including E1-E21; there are two F1 Registration stamps, an impressive group of Postage Due stamps including J1-J7, J15-J21, J22-J28, J38-J44, J45-J50, J552-J57, J61-J68, and J69-J78 sets all unused, and attractive sets; finally there's a handsome set of 1912 Parcel Post issues Q1-Q12; all in all this collection, being sold intact as received, is among the most impressive single lot collections we have ever offered; a magnificent collection with a plethora of quality stamps, with very few low grade or faulty stamps; this collection should draw serious interest, so spend extra time to carefully evaluate it's impressive value, as rarely does one come by a collection where the collector collected TWO complete sets of many of the better Washington Franklin issues like 331-342, and 424-440! Scott $135,000.

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