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 #5143 United States 1909-13 Issues 1909 2c Hudson-Fulton, plate number block of eight, n.h., fine-v.f.,  **Catalog #372 Catalog Value $ 467 | Price Realized $140.00 | |
 | Lot #5144 United States 1909-13 Issues 1910 3c Minerva, Harris Automatic Press Company Offset Test, five different Large Die Essays on India (gray black, dark brown, blue, green, carmine (TD28TC1), each die sunk on card (119x132mm), several removed and rehinged on cards, occasional slight wrinkling of the India paper, one or two minor card creases, mostly v.f. and rare group of essays, E Catalog Value $ 5,000 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #5145 United States 1909-13 Issues 1910 3c Minerva, Harris Automatic Press Company Offset Essay on Hard White Wove Paper (TD28-TD29), two singles showing both orientations, large margins, v.f. (Harris installed one of their presses in the BEP to demonstrate production of stamps by the offset method, the design was taken from the 2c 1903 Issue, the presses were not adopted at that time but were used for printing some Revenue stamps) E Catalog Value $ 1,300 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5146 United States 1909-13 Issues 1910 Bureau of Engraving and Printing (No Denomination) Red, Rotary Press Test Development, Imperforate (TD19,23), perf. and imperf. singles, also imperf. block of four, unused without gum as issued, creases, mostly fine E | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #5147 United States 1909-13 Issues 1910 2c lake, l.h., well centered, beautiful color, v.f., with a photocopy of a 1983 PFC from which this originated, * Catalog #375b Catalog Value $ 825 | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #5148 United States 1909-13 Issues 1910 2c carmine, double impression, bottom margin single, very lightly hinged, fine, with 2005 PFC, * Catalog #375c Catalog Value $ 750 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #5149 United States 1909-13 Issues 1910 2c dark carmine, double impression, used on cover from Orange, NJ to Batavia, NY, some cover tears not mentioned on accompanying 2018 PSAG certificate, fine and rare, unpriced used or on cover  Catalog #375d | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #5150 United States 1909-13 Issues 1910 1c green (Private Vending Machine) Farwell Co., horizontal pair (2mm spacing), l.h., pencil notation on gum, fine, with 1997 PFC, * Catalog #383 Catalog Value $ 1,150 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #5151 United States 1909-13 Issues 1910 2c carmine (Private Vending Machine) Farwell Co., horizontal pair, type 2B3 (3mm spacing), l.h., well centered, v.f., with 1991 PFC, * Catalog #384 Catalog Value $ 1,250 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #5152 United States 1909-13 Issues 1910 2c carmine (Private Vending Machine) Farwell Co., horizontal pair, type 3A2 (3mm spacing), h.r., fine, with 1996 PFC, * Catalog #384 Catalog Value $ 600 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #5153 United States 1909-13 Issues 1910 2c carmine (Private Vending Machine) Farwell Co., horizontal pair, type 3B4 (3mm spacing), h.r., fine, with 2004 PSE certificate, * Catalog #384 Catalog Value $ 925 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #5154 United States 1909-13 Issues 1910 2c carmine (Private Vending Machine) Farwell Co., left sheet margin horizontal pair, type 4A5 (3mm spacing), l.h., fine, with 1952 PFC, * Catalog #384 Catalog Value $ 875 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #5155 United States 1909-13 Issues 1910 2c carmine, Imperforate horizontal coil single, tied by "Hudson Term. Sta. Feb. 8 7:30PM 1915" machine cancel on cover to Waucoma Iowa, fresh, v.f. A scarce example of this imperforate coil used on cover, with 2003 APS certificate and 2005 PFC Catalog #384H | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #5156 United States 1909-13 Issues 1910 2c carmine, horizontal paste-up pair, h.r., faint wrinkling at left, fine-v.f., with 2000 PFC, * Catalog #388 Catalog Value $ 3,000 | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #5157 United States 1909-13 Issues 1910 3c deep violet, horizontal guide line pair, lightly canceled, large margins, v.f., with 2002 PFC, O Catalog #394 Catalog Value $ 650 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #5158 United States 1909-13 Issues 1910 3c deep violet, horizontal guide line pair, used, fine, with 1992 PFC, O Catalog #394 Catalog Value $ 650 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #5159 United States 1909-13 Issues 1912 1c green, 2c carmine, 7c black, 8c olive green, 9c, salmon, 10c orange yellow, 12c, claret brown, 15c gray, 20c ultramarine and 30c orange red, ten different large die proofs mounted or die sunk on full cards, first two are hybrid dies, 2c "Approved Sep 23/11 P.M.G." in ms at bottom, fresh and v.f., first two with 1995 PFCs, last seven ex-FDR collection, P Catalog #405P1-407,414-420P1 Catalog Value $ 14,000 | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #5160 United States 1909-13 Issues 1912 1c green-$1 violet black, Panama-Pacific small die proofs on yellowish wove paper, the complete set of 12, some usual toning, balanced margins, v.f. for this extremely rare set. Only six sets printed (In 1915 a limited special printing of 413 different small die proofs was created for the Panama-Pacific Exposition. They were printed on yellowish wove paper, and it is believed no more than five examples of each stamp were produced. This set of 1912 Washington-Franklins may be one of only two or three still intact) (a different set was sold in a Siegel auction in 2015, hammer $18,500 against Scott value at the time of $14,400) P Catalog #405P2a/423P2a Catalog Value $ 30,000 | Price Realized $14,000.00 |
 | Lot #5161 United States 1909-13 Issues 1912 1c green and 2c carmine, with Seattle, Washington Provisional Postage Due Surcharges, l.h., v.f. and scarce, each with 1990 PFC. The Seattle Post Office ran out of their Postage Due stamps and applied this unauthorized surcharge * Catalog #405-406var | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #5162 United States 1909-13 Issues 1912 2c model in black, incomplete engraving of entire design, except value tablet area which is "2 Cents 2" at bottom (slightly doubled), drawn in wash. A rarity (pictured in Scott catalogue), unpriced E Catalog #406-E1 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #5163 United States 1909-13 Issues 1912 2c model in black, incomplete engraving of entire design, except value tablet area which is "2 Cents 2" at bottom, affixed on gray card, manuscript "Approved July 16, 1911 Frank H. Hitchcock P.M. Gen.", v.f., probably unique E Catalog #406-E1 | Price Realized $2,200.00 |
 | Lot #5164 United States 1909-13 Issues 1912 2c carmine, large die proof die sunk on reduced card, fresh and v.f., P Catalog #406P1 Catalog Value $ 1,400 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #5165 United States 1909-13 Issues 1912 2c carmine, left sheet margin Plate No. Block of six, partial double impression on the left four stamps, including the Plate No.6642 which is struck twice in margin and again at upper left stamp, h.r., centered to left as always, spectacular variety, with 1989 PFC (catalogued as four singles) *Catalog #406b Catalog Value $ 5,000 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #5166 United States 1909-13 Issues 1912 2c carmine, double impression, used on locally addressed Chicago cover, with "Chicago Feb 24, 1913" cds, backflap tear not mentioned on the accompanying certificate, still v.f., with 1987 PFC (unpriced in Scott for used or on cover) Catalog #406b | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #5167 United States 1909-13 Issues 1912 2c lake, type I, l.h., beautiful color, fine example of this scarce shade, which was printed with the inks meant for the Postage Due Issues, * Catalog #406c Catalog Value $ 3,000 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #5168 United States 1909-13 Issues 1912 1c green, right margin imprint, plate number and "A" block of six, hinged at top, v.f., *Catalog #408 Catalog Value $ 550 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #5169 United States 1909-13 Issues 1913 1c green, Kansas City Roulette, tied by Machine cancel (Nov.25) on color PPC addressed to Illinois, fine, approximately 20 are known on cover, with 1983 PFC Catalog #408var | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #5170 United States 1909-13 Issues 1912 2c carmine, Kansas City Roulette, block of four, used on piece with neat Kansas, Mo. cancels, v.f. and scarce used block, with 1985 PFC Catalog #409var | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #5171 United States 1909-13 Issues 1912 2c carmine, Kansas City Roulette, horizontal bottom sheet margin pair, tied by Kansas City, Mo. machine cancel (Feb.15, 1915) on cover to Fitchburg, Mass., fine, approximately 20 are known on cover, with 1987 PFC Catalog #409var | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #5172 United States 1909-13 Issues 1912 Benjamin Franklin, 8c, 10c, 15c, 50c and $1, five different wash drawings of designs as adopted, models worked over partial photos, first one with "8" in lower corners drawn in wash, each affixed on gray card, manuscript "Approved July 17, 1911 (May, 1911 crossed out) Frank H. Hitchcock P.M. Gen.", v.f., undoubtedly unique set (used for illustration in Scott catalogue) E Catalog #414-E1, 416-E1/23-E1 Catalog Value $ 10,000 | Price Realized $5,500.00 |
 | Lot #5173 United States 1909-13 Issues 1912 8c large die Trial Color in black, die sunk on full card, v.f., the only known example, P Catalog #414TC1a Catalog Value $ 1,750 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #5174 United States 1909-13 Issues 1912 8c pale olive green, top margin plate number block of six, n.h., well centered, v.f., **Catalog #414 Catalog Value $ 800 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #5175 United States 1909-13 Issues 1912 9c salmon red, bottom margin plate number block of six, n.h., well centered, fresh color, v.f., **Catalog #415 Catalog Value $ 1,100 | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #5176 United States 1909-13 Issues 1912 10c brown yellow, l.h., tiny toned spot and tiny natural inclusion, otherwise fine, with 2012 PFC, * Catalog #416a Catalog Value $ 1,250 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #5177 United States 1909-13 Issues 1912 50c violet, large die proof, die sunk on full card, serial No.330599 on back, v.f., P Catalog #421P1 Catalog Value $ 1,500 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #5178 United States 1909-13 Issues 1912 50c violet, used in combination with single 2c and pair of 10c on large registry (linen) front addressed to Hartford, Conn., stamps tied by New York, Feb 12, 1913 cds, minor creases and wrinkles, otherwise fine, with 2013 APS certificate stating "EDU for 422 as of certification date". Scott catalogue states: "Earliest Document Use: Oct.31, 1914" (catalogue value on cover $3,250) Catalog #422 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5179 United States 1909-13 Issues 1912 $1 violet brown, l.h., well centered with wide margins, fresh and v.f., with 1994 PFC, * Catalog #423 Catalog Value $ 475 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #5180 United States 1909-13 Issues 1912 $1.00 violet brown, two large coverfronts boldly addressed in blue to "Federal Reserve Agent, San Francisco, Cal.", both with strips of three of $1.00 and additional stamps including 50c violet (421 or 422), 30c orange red (420), 10c Perf 10 (433 or 472) and 2c Perf 11 (499), all stamps tied by Washington D.C. double oval cancels, purple "Registered: handstamps and registry numbers, each front with 1 defective 10c or 30c stamp, others fine-v.f. A scarce pair of strips of $1.00 violet brown (these packages carried currency from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing) (Scott catalogue for 423 on cover is $7,000) Catalog #423 | Price Realized $750.00 |
