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 #5278 United States 1930-79 Issues 1938 30c deep blue, three matched plate number blocks of four (two right, one left), n.h., v.f., two with 2015 APS certificates,  **Catalog #830b Catalog Value $ 5,550 | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #5279 United States 1930-79 Issues 1950s "The Capitol in Winter", original etching (7"x10") from the metal plate by Paul Berdanier (1879-1961), on heavy white wove paper, rare | Unsold |
 | Lot #5280 United States 1930-79 Issues 1966 $5 Moore, sheet of 100, n.h., v.f., **Catalog #1295 Catalog Value $ 1,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5281 United States 1930-79 Issues 1966 $5 Moore, sheet of 100, n.h., v.f., **Catalog #1295 Catalog Value $ 1,000 | Unsold |
| Lot #5282 United States 1930-79 Issues 1971 Space Achievement, se-tenant left margin pane of 20, with fold-over variety at upper left shifting the gray lithograph of the plate number and bars between the second and third row, n.h., v.f. and spectacular plate number variety **Catalog #1435bvar | Unsold | |
 | Lot #5283 United States 1930-79 Issues 1973 8c Christmas, pane of 30, horizontal perforations mostly missing between third and fourth rows (yielding five vertical pairs, imperf. between), n.h., v.f., with 2011 PSE certificate, **Catalog #1508a Catalog Value $ 1,125 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5284 United States 1930-79 Issues 1975 10c Lexington and Concord, left margin plate block of 12, imperf. horizontally, n.h., v.f. (catalogued as six pairs) **Catalog #1563a Catalog Value $ 1,800 | Unsold |
| Lot #5285 United States 1930-79 Issues 1976 Bi-Centennial, miscut souvenir sheet of five, first day Philadelphia (May 29) cancels, v.f., possibly unique O Catalog #1689var | Price Realized $300.00 | |
 | Lot #5286 United States 1930-79 Issues 1979 15c Folk Art, se-tenant sheet of 40, imperf. horizontally, n.h., v.f., believed to be unique, with 2016 PSE certificate (catalogued as eight blocks imperf. between) **Catalog #1778b Catalog Value $ 16,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5287 United States 1930-79 Issues 1979 Olympic Games, imperf. sheet of 50, n.h., v.f., possibly unique (catalogue value for ten blocks of four) **Catalog #1794b Catalog Value $ 9,000 | Unsold |
