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Lot 2010 United States
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Postal Stationery Entires, Balance of the Porter Venn Estate. Accumulation of hundreds of entires in shoe boxes, envelopes and several albums, heavy in 19th Century but plenty of 20th Century present as well, the best material is contained in two shoe boxes and therein will be found many entires with UPSS values in the low hundreds of dollars, including early issues such as UPSS 3 mint, a few Centennial Special Printings, also an essay (Undersander E115C) and two unsolds from previous Venn auctions, including No. U68 (UPSS 137, Sale 1267, lot 2555, SCV $600) and UPSS No. 3039 (Sale 1267, lot 2729, UPSS value $700), also two binders of Air Post with a number better including at least a couple $400 or more UPSS value (AM4a-28, AM78-39), apart from the Air Post the balance is not well organized or in any particular order so inspection is recommended, many entires have Porter Venn's pencil UPSS numbers, some condition issues to be expected on the slightly better material, overall Fine balance that will add up for the patient collector or dealer
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Lot 2010 United States
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Postal Stationery Entires, Balance of the Porter Venn Estate. Accumulation of hundreds of entires in shoe boxes, envelopes and several albums, heavy in 19th Century but plenty of 20th Century present as well, the best material is contained in two shoe boxes and therein will be found many entires with UPSS values in the low hundreds of dollars, including early issues such as UPSS 3 mint, a few Centennial Special Printings, also an essay (Undersander E115C) and two unsolds from previous Venn auctions, including No. U68 (UPSS 137, Sale 1267, lot 2555, SCV $600) and UPSS No. 3039 (Sale 1267, lot 2729, UPSS value $700), also two binders of Air Post with a number better including at least a couple $400 or more UPSS value (AM4a-28, AM78-39), apart from the Air Post the balance is not well organized or in any particular order so inspection is recommended, many entires have Porter Venn's pencil UPSS numbers, some condition issues to be expected on the slightly better material, overall Fine balance that will add up for the patient collector or dealer