United States Stamps and Currency, featuring the Gerald Nylander Collection
August 22, 2023
Our August 22, 2023 United States auction features the Gerald Nylander Collection of Washington-Franklins, with an emphasis on Proofs, Essays, errors and varieties. Many of the items in this collection are unique and are the basis of some of the illustrations in Scott Specialized Catalogue. Gerald was a consummate stamp collector, contributor to the Scott Catalogue, author of many articles and frequent exhibitor (Essays, Trial Colors and Proofs 1908-1917; Postal Rates, Foreign Destinations and others). His collection also includes U.S. Banknotes and Currency. He was a member of the Collectors Club of Chicago and many other philatelic societies. In addition the sale includes Regular Issues, Air Post, Offices in China and more
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #5364 UNITED STATES COLONIAL CURRENCY NOTES 1779 Continental Congress (14 Jan) $50, good quality note, some wear, but mostly fine-v.f. (Continental currency was authorized on May 10, 1775 in a session of the Continental Congress and became the first federally issued paper money, predating the official birth of the United States by more than a full year. Continental currency is particularly historic because its issuance helped finance the American Revolution. The notes were styled after Pennsylvania notes in use at that time and circulated alongside colonial paper currency issued by the individual colonies) Catalog #CC-97 | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #5365 UNITED STATES COLONIAL CURRENCY NOTES 1776 Connecticut (7 June) One Shilling, fresh and v.f. note, ex-The Haverford collection (Stack's, June 7, 2008, lot 2425) Catalog #CT-194 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #5366 UNITED STATES COLONIAL CURRENCY NOTES 1776 Delaware (1 Jan), 4 Shillings note, Gem New, PSCG 66 (Four different border cuts were on each denomination. English Arms are turned sideways on the six lowest denominations. Cuts of a sheaf of wheat are on the backs. Otherwise typeset. Not indented even though bills so state. Cuts engraved by James Adams who also printed the bills. Adams had previously worked for Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia. The thick paper containing blue thread and mica flakes is the same paper used for Continental Currency. The numbering of this issue was continuous on the sheets and disregarded denominations. Signers were Thomas Collins, Boaz Manlove, John McKinly, and James Sykes) Catalog #DE-76 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #5367 UNITED STATES COLONIAL CURRENCY NOTES 1774 Maryland (10 April), $8 note, About New, PCGS 53 Catalog #MD-70 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #5368 UNITED STATES COLONIAL CURRENCY NOTES 1780 Massachusetts (15 May), $8 note, Very Choice New, PSGS 64PPQ Catalog #MA-284 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5369 UNITED STATES COLONIAL CURRENCY NOTES 1763 New Jersey (31 Dec) 18 pence note, v.f. Catalog #NJ-153 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #5370 UNITED STATES COLONIAL CURRENCY NOTES 1776 New York (6 Jan), two Shillings note, Very Choice New, PPQ 64 Catalog #NY-182 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #5371 UNITED STATES COLONIAL CURRENCY NOTES 1778 North Carolina (8 Aug), $1/2 note, About Uncirculated, PMG 55 Catalog #NC-172 | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #5372 UNITED STATES COLONIAL CURRENCY NOTES 1778 North Carolina (8 Aug), $10 note ("Persecution"), About Uncirculated, PMK 55 (Exceptional Paper Quality) Catalog #NC-177b | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #5373 UNITED STATES COLONIAL CURRENCY NOTES 1780 North Carolina (10 May), $50 note, About Uncirculated, PMG 50 Catalog #NC-192 | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #5374 UNITED STATES COLONIAL CURRENCY NOTES 1776 Pennsylvania (25 Apr), 2 Shillings note, About Uncirculated, v.f. Catalog #PA-203 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5375 UNITED STATES COLONIAL CURRENCY NOTES 1786 Rhode Island (May), 6 Pence note, Gem new, 66PPQ Catalog #RI-290 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #5376 UNITED STATES COLONIAL CURRENCY NOTES 1786 Rhode Island (9 May), 9 Pence note, Choice New, PCGS 63 Catalog #RI-291 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5377 UNITED STATES COLONIAL CURRENCY NOTES 1778 South Carolina (10 Apr), 5 Shillings note, About Uncirculated, PMG 50 (EFQ) Catalog #SC-147 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5378 UNITED STATES COLONIAL CURRENCY NOTES 1776 Virginia (6 May), $1/3 (2s) note, very fine, PCGS 30PPQ, rare A great example of this much scarcer fractional denomination Virginia note. It has good print quality, ample margins and has retained the signature of Thomas Davis (legal tender Treasury Bills was issued, authorized on May 6, 1776 and redeemable by Jan. 1, 1784. The reverse of a Spanish milled Dollar was used as an insignia on one denomination of this and the next three State issues. Signers were Thomas Davis, John Dixon, John Carter Littlepage, Richard Morris, John H. Norton, Blovet Pasteur, and George Seaton) Catalog #VA-90 | Price Realized $240.00 |
