Collections, Stocks and Accumulations #654

U.S., Mint & Used Valuable Advanced Collection, 1847-1972.In two Lighthouse hingeless albums, beginning with lovely four margined examples of #1-2 (the #1 more desirable shade); then a group of 1¢ 1851's; lovely 5¢ #12; three 10¢ #14-15; #17 light blue cancel (selection of various #10s & 11s); 1857 issue displaying some of the scarcer types #18; 20; 27-28; 29-30A; 35 including strip of three; 36-38; plus extra 24¢ shades; 1861 issue complete with additional shades and cancels of the various denominations (30¢ #71 x 5 for example); 1867 Grills represented but not complete stopping at the 30¢ value; 1869 series complete with a lovely 90¢ and extra 6¢, 10¢, 12¢ & 15¢ values; Banknote Grills include 1¢-7¢ with duplication; the rest of the banknotes are represented with most values and many extras- we noted five 90¢ values and many with NYFM and other fancy cancels, Small Banknotes complete as are the Columbians with the $3 unused, Small Bureaus include $1-$5 values, Trans=miss with $1 with the lightest purple cancel and a lovely $2, 1902 series to the $2, Washington Franklins and Commems nicely represented only a few coils, from that point virtually complete including mint #630 White Plains souvenir sheet, Airmails include a mint set of Zeppelins, Special Deliveries, Postage Dues, Parcel Posts with many, Shanghai China Set Complete Mint alongwith other back-of-the-book and envelope cut squares, as one can imagine a collection of this scope and nature, will contain faults, stamps mounted in the wrong space and other anomalies, but overall clean and useful with quite a few "plums for the picking", inspection will be a breeze and rewarding, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000.