UNITED STATES (& SOME CANADA!) – HIGH-GRADE SELECTION OF PREMIUM PHILATELIC GEMS! – 423821

UNITED STATES (& SOME CANADA!) – HIGH-GRADE SELECTION OF PREMIUM PHILATELIC GEMS! – This is an absolutely exquisite selection of outstanding examples with a strong focus on the turn of the 20^th century and back-of-the-book portion of American philately! This relatively compact selection of a couple hundred articles is housed in over a hundred stock cards, and 2/3 of them also include certificates that sing accolades about the stamps: never hinged, wide margins, grades 85-98, fresh colors, and the like! The quality of material within is so high that a random Zeppelin stamp falls into the category ‘and more’! Just some of the phenomenal philatelic gems include such standouts like mint #412 (guide line pair NH, PF cert), 420 (NH PSE cert), 457 (joint line pair in strip of four, NH, PFC cert),  used #454 (joint line pair, PSE cert) from regular section, much more expansive B-O-B represented by mint #E5 (NH PFC cert), E7 (NH block of 4), E9 (NH PSE cert), E10 (NH PFC cert), F1 (PSE cert), J20 (NH PSE cert), J24 (NH PSE cert), J55 (NH PSE cert), J57 (NH), J66a (2 NH with certs), PR90, R179 (2), RE142 (block of 4), RS100b, RX24, U33 (full corner crowe cert), U38 (full corner crowe cert), U124 (Crowe cert), U200 (Crowe cert), U453B (full corner PSE cert), U454b (PSE cert), U463 (full corner Crowe cert), U465 (full corner PFC cert), U487 (Crowe cert), UO65 (full corner Crowe cert), used #J17 (PFC cert), PR120, R81a (PSE cert), R88a (pair PSE cert), R90a, R95a (PSE cert), R102, R128 (PSE cert), R129 (Weis cert), R148 (PSE cert), RS48c, and lots more! The selection features nice Confederate States examples like mint #6 (NH block of 4 PSE cert), 6 (2 NH with certs), 12 (NH PSE cert), 12d (3 NH PSE certs), Hawaii, and even a notable Canadian subsection that is also primarily focused on the turn of the 20^th century, boasting such highlights like mint #60, 71 (NH), 72 (NH), 120 (NH), E2 (NH), O9 (NH), O27 (NH), and more! While catalog value for the lot would be astronomical, it would still tell only the partial story, as the quality throughout is head and shoulders above the crowd with numerous stamps graded extremely fine or superb! Choice lot that would delight serious collectors (duplication is very low) and those seeking breakdown and resale potential alike! Gen. VERY FINE or better, mint og, many NH