UNITED STATES – 424861

UNITED STATES – Nice mint and used collection of close to two thousand different issues covering American postal stamps from the middle of the 19^th century and well past the middle of the 20^th century presented in a Scott’s American album (copyrighted 1957, but blank pages towards its end are packed with much more modern issues) The collection features a solid framework for the 19^th century including such noteworthy highlights like mint #78 (no gum),  used #68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 76, 77, 78, 89, 90, 116, 117, 119, 151, 152, 153, 154, 162, 163, 165, 166, 190, 219-229, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 259, 260, 276A, 279-284, 291, 293, 311, among them and more! The 20^th century is densely packed with multitude of Washington/Franklin definitive issues with early decades of the 1900s and carries on in a mint/used manner into the last quarter of the century. Gen. VERY FINE, mint og (We illustrated the collection only up to Famous Americans, 1940 as contains bulk of the value, roughly 1/5 of the book)