Stamp Auctions at Spink Shreves Galleries

Spink Shreves Galleries is Honored to Present
A Unique Acclaimed Collection at Auction

New York City

April 17, 2009

Spink Shreves New York City Auction Galleries
145 West 57th Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10019

The William J. Ainsworth Collection of Abraham Lincoln's Image on United States Postage Stamps
First Session — Friday, April 17, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. (lots 1-203)
Second Session — Friday, April 17, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. (lots 204-606)

The Ainsworth Collection is, without question, the finest of its kind ever formed. It is an extraordinary multiple award-winning collection assembled over a lifetime by a dedicated philatelist with taste, tenacity and knowledge. Now it will become available, at unreserved public auction on April 17, 2009 in New York City, to a new generation of collectors.

Every conceivable U.S. postal emission with Lincoln's portrait is included in this spectacular collection: postage stamps • official stamps • postal stationery • revenues • revenue stamp paper — and all are represented by marvelous essays, proofs, issued stamps (including singles, multiples, plate blocks, cancellations) and exceptional postal history.

Please mark your calendar, and get ready to participate in this once-in-a-lifetime event — whether by telephone, by live Internet bidding or even by attending the auction in person.

This sale, complete with detailed descriptions and high-resolution color images, has now been posted to our website.

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We invite you to view this unique auction and prepare your bids. A gorgeous hardbound all-color catalog has been prepared for this important auction. Catalogs will be mailed on March 20th to all domestic Spink Shreves clients, as well as selected international clients. New clients can purchase the catalog for $30.00 each ($40.00 to non-US addresses).

To order a copy simply contact Spink Shreves Galleries via telephone (800-556-7826 or 972-788-2100), email (shreves@spink.com) or by filling out an order form found on our "Auction Catalog" page and then clicking on the Order Current Catalog button.

As with all Spink Shreves auctions, bidders at home or their office can join the auctions live on the Internet. Please visit our website (www.SpinkShreves.com) for more information about this exciting bidding option.

**** Spink Shreves Galleries is pleased to announce that we accept credit cards as payment (VISA, MasterCard and Discover) for purchases up to $20,000.00 with no administrative fees. For assistance with this type of payment, please contact our Dallas office (800-556-7826 or 972-788-2100).

Special Pre-Sale Viewing of the Ainsworth Collection at the Garfield-Perry Stamp Club's "March Party"

All lots from the Ainsworth Collection will be on view at the Presidential Suite of the Wyndam Cleveland Hotel at Playhouse Square March 27-29, to coincide with the U.S. Philatelic Classic Society's annual convention.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: American Philatelic Society (life member) | American Revenue Association | American Stamp Dealers Association (life member) | Carriers & Locals Society | Collectors Club (New York – Board member) | Philatelic Foundation (Board member) | Philatelic Traders Society (London) | Smithsonian National Postal Museum (Council of Philatelists) | U.S. Classics Society (life member)