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Nick Kirke Collection - The Number One Finest Set of All Time

1893 Columbian with Varieties (Used)

Weighted GPA : 94.62
% Complete:  90.48%
Set Rating: 78.85
% Jumbo: 47.37

Registrant's Email Address: kirke@philatelist.cz

Owner's Comments:
PSE list no less than 4 various Columbian used sets in their Registry Listings and I think they thoroughly deserve such exposure. I remember as a schoolboy dreaming of owning a one dollar Columbian in ANY condition. They never appeared in approval packets and rarely in provincial stamp shops in the UK. We stamp collectors are frequently derided by Postal Historians who claim, with some justification perhaps, that their passion dealing with routes and ratings and all the other postmark paraphinalia is far more challenging than collecting off cover stamps. To my mind, the Columbian Issue prove otherwise. Not only is it exceptionally tough to assemble a complete set in attractive and sound condition but each stamp provides a small pastiche of history. I believe as a set they are the glamour pussies of ALL U.S. stamps. Wonderful colours with intricate designs, they remain a fantastic advertisement and inducement to attract young and older collectors to the fold. Experience will show that the 8c value is just about the toughest to find with large margins, that the 2 dollar is tougher to find XF than it's catalogue value suggests and that the 4 dollar pale analine rose is significantly rarer that it's cousin the crimson lake although the catalogue values make little or no distinction. My dream? To own a used 4c blue error of colour well centred and sound. Probably I will have pushed up several seasons of daisies before this event occurs - assuming that the ghosts of Nick Kirke will continue the quest in my mortal absense. As with the 1869 15c and 24c used inverts such animals most likely do not exist in the real world.

Nick Kirke Collection
Item Scott No. Issue Date Denom Color PSE Grade Pop* Pop
Higher*		 J Pop
Higher*		 Condition Owner's Comments
1c 230  1893  1c  Deep blue  100  1  1  1  Used   
2c 231  1893  2c  Brown violet  98J  4  0  0  Used   
2c Broken Hat 231  1893  2c  Brown violet  95  25  25  20  Used   
3c 232  1893  3c  Green  98  3  0  0  Used   
4c 233  1893  4c  Ultramarine  95J  8  9  5  Used   
4c Error     4c  color error            
5c 234  1893  5c  Chocolate  98  8  3  2  Used   
6c 235  1893  6c  Purple  95J  2  3  2  Used   
6c     6c              
8c 236  1893  8c  Magenta  95J  5  2  1  Used   
10c 237  1893  10c  Black brown  100J  1  0  0  Used   
15c 238  1893  15c  Dark green  98J  2  0  0  Used   
30c 239  1893  30c  Orange brown  95J  3  1  0  Used   
50c 240  1893  50c  Slate blue  98  1  0  0  Used   
$1 241  1893  $1  Salmon  95J  1  0  0  Used   
$2 242  1893  $2  Brown red  98  4  0  0  Used   
$3 243  1893  $3  Yellow green  95  11  3  1  Used   
$3 243a  1893  $3  Olive green  98  3  0  0  Used   
$4 244  1893  $4  Crimson lake  95J  1  1  0  Used   
$4 244a  1893  $4  Rose carmine  75  1  10  0  Used   
$5 245  1893  $5  Black  95  9  2  1  Used   

* Pop (population) values are the number of stamps graded by Scott number and condition for each item listed.
Pop Higher values represent the number of stamps which are worth more points in the Registry, taking into account bonus points for Jumbos whereas 80J = 83, 85J = 88, 90J = 93, 95J = 97, 98J = 99, 100J = 102. J Pop Higher values are the number of Jumbos graded higher for each item listed.