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Printer FriendlyNick Kirke Collection - The Number One Finest Set of All Time1869 Pictorials with Varieties (Used)
Owner's Comments: A set that includes stamps for which grading is not so relevant. NO perfectly centred used 15c and 24c inverted frame varieties exist. One is lucky to find sound copies where the design is NOT impinged by the perforations. The 30c invert is the exception - it can come beautifully centred. Herman Herst Jr. found a magnificent used 30c invert in a dime packet in the Sixties. Upon discovery back home he rang the dealer to offer more but the dealer would not believe him. A sense of anti-climax pervades now that the set is completed at reasonable grades. One or two stamps can be bettered, particularly the 90c, but I have resisted the temptation. I would prefer to spend funds on completing sets elsewhere. It is ironic that one takes such absurd pleasure to complete sets when at sale they are plundered for the best. Dealers and auctioneers have no such sentimentality. |
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* 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.