Kolbe & Fanning
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Very Rare Frossard Stamp Sales
Frossard, Ed. THE E.B. STERLING COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES POSTAGE AND REVENUE STAMPS. PART V. WITH ADDENDA, COMPRISING AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF U.S. AND FOREIGN POSTAGE STAMPS. New York: Leavitt, June 28, 1888. 8vo, original printed card covers. 19, (1) pages; 623 lots. Fine or nearly so. [with] Frossard, Ed. THE E.B. STERLING COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES POSTAGE AND REVENUE STAMPS. PART VI. WITH ADDENDA, COMPRISING THE IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF POSTAGE STAMPS OF ALL COUNTRIES OF SENOR R. CURIEL CONTINO OF VENEZUELA, S.A. New York: Leavitt, September 27-28, 1888. 8vo, original printed card covers. 26 pages; 867 lots. Folded; spine weak. Near fine or so. Adams 84 and 86. Very rare sales, with Sale 86 being one of the few Frossard sales lacking in the John W. Adams Library. Neither sale is present in the extensive collection held by the ANS Library. Edward Boker Sterling (1851-1925) was an important early American philatelist who also formed a significant collection of Confederate paper money. Ex Kolbe & Fanning Sale 152, lot 178 at $225; ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $150)
Frossard, Ed. THE E.B. STERLING COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES POSTAGE AND REVENUE STAMPS. PART V. WITH ADDENDA, COMPRISING AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF U.S. AND FOREIGN POSTAGE STAMPS. New York: Leavitt, June 28, 1888. 8vo, original printed card covers. 19, (1) pages; 623 lots. Fine or nearly so. [with] Frossard, Ed. THE E.B. STERLING COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES POSTAGE AND REVENUE STAMPS. PART VI. WITH ADDENDA, COMPRISING THE IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF POSTAGE STAMPS OF ALL COUNTRIES OF SENOR R. CURIEL CONTINO OF VENEZUELA, S.A. New York: Leavitt, September 27-28, 1888. 8vo, original printed card covers. 26 pages; 867 lots. Folded; spine weak. Near fine or so. Adams 84 and 86. Very rare sales, with Sale 86 being one of the few Frossard sales lacking in the John W. Adams Library. Neither sale is present in the extensive collection held by the ANS Library. Edward Boker Sterling (1851-1925) was an important early American philatelist who also formed a significant collection of Confederate paper money. Ex Kolbe & Fanning Sale 152, lot 178 at $225; ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $150)