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Spink Shreves Announces

New York City
Spink Shreves New York City Auction Galleries
145 West 57th Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10019
December 3-4, 2010

The December 2010 Collector's Series Sale - United States and Worldwide
Postage Stamps & Postal History



First Session - Friday, December 3, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. - Lots 1 - 221
Second Session - Friday, December 3, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. - Lots 222 - 881
Third Session - Saturday, December 4, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. - Lots 882 - 1055
Fourth Session - Saturday, December 4, 2010 at 12:30 p.m. - Lots 1056 - 1252
Fifth Session - Saturday, December 4 at 3:00 p.m. - Lots 1253 - 1503


Spink Shreves December 2010 Collector's Series Sale is filled with an exceptional range of highly desirable United States, British Empire and Worldwide postage stamps and postal history. As always, several name collections highlight this particularly valuable and comprehensive sale of 1503 lots.

 

Spink Shreves December 2010 Collector's Series Sale features:

The George J. Berger Collection of United States Postage Stamps
Many of the more valuable and higher quality stamps found in the sale come from this wonderfully comprehensive collection - the vast majority of which are accompanied by certificates from the PF and/or the PSE.

The Susan S. Menson Collection of Premium Quality U.S. Stamps
Formed with excellent taste over many years, the Menson collection is characterized by stamps of exceptional freshness, brightness of color and outstanding centering. Again, most accompanied by certificates.

The Thomas W. Flattery Collection of United States Postal Stationery
Mr. Flattery's collection is filled with a wide array of scarce postal stationery cut squares - many of which are full corner examples - along with a number of unusual entires. His offering concludes with a substantial and valuable collection balance.

The William O. Schuman Collection of Specialized Washington-Franklin Issues
The majority of exceptional Washington-Franklin issues in the auction - plate blocks, varieties and errors - come from noted award winning exhibitor and collector, William O. Schuman, one of the nation's foremost authorities on plate numbers.

Selected Specialized Worldwide Postage Stamps and Postal History
The auction concludes with some exceptional specialized offerings from such diverse areas as Great Britain (with many Line Engraved rarities), Greece (classic singles and multiples), Jamaica (including the two rarest stamps of the country) and Korea (souvenir sheets and complete sheets). All in addition to our popular Worldwide Large Lots & Collections.

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

Click here to begin viewing the December 2010 Collector's Series Sale

We invite you to view this auction and prepare your bids. An all-color Collector’s Series Sale catalog will be mailed on November 5th to all Spink Shreves Galleries clients who regularly receive our catalogs, and are available free of charge to all new clients upon request ($20.00 each for 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.

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, provided payment is made within 7 days of the auction. For assistance with this type of payment, please contact our Dallas office (800-556-7826 or 972-788-2100).

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