U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
December 7-8, 2021

Welcome to our December 7-8 sale of U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History. This 1,554 lot sale begins with United States, with 19th and 20th Century single rarities, graded items, proofs, essays and back of the book material. European countries are well represented, with a good showing of Great Britain & British Commonwealth. South America is highlighted by classic Colombia. Other noteworthy areas include the late Roy Koczarski's award-wining collection of Poland, plus Russia, with an unused Number One. The sale concludes with Large Lots and Collections, with single country albums to specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide groups and cover lots. Scans of most of the lots are available on our website and additional scans are being added daily

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Lot #1548
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE Revenue Stamps
1880-1940s American Bank Note Company, Proofs & Essays, massive holdings (housed in five cartons) of 10,000+ proofs of stock certificates & bonds, coupons, headers, proposed designs, proofs of lettering, stationery, labels, etc., neatly arranged on cards, with vignettes for individual companies, allegorical figures used for commerce and industry, Communication, Manufacturing, Foods, Railroad Companies, hundreds of different Banks and Financial Institutions, etc. Some of the companies include American Natural Gas, Power & Light, various Utilities from different cities and states, also Specimen overprints for stamps issued for South American countries, some Postal Stationery, Revenues and much more. There are thousands of rejected dies, correspondence from various Bank Note Company and Post Office officials, some duplication, but still tremendous variety and historical commentary, since most of the companies for which they were produced no longer exist, mixed condition, fascinating group
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