Matched sets of two old plate blocks - #857 (Printing) and #858 (Statehood), MNH

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This lot consists of eight plate blocks from 1939, presented as matched sets of #857 (Printing Tercentenary) and #858 (50th anniversary of statehood for North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington). The first scan is a composite showing the entire lot; the other four scans are closeups of pairs of the same blocks.The matched #857 blocks have plate number 22438. The matched #858s are plate number 22457.All of the blocks are full gum mint never hinged.For shipping, the plate blocks will travel with cardboard backing in individual glassines, in a manila envelope (2 oz) at first class speed at cost.If these items are well received, in weeks to come I plan to list matched sets of #854, #853, #852, #838, #837, #836 (B6s), and #835.The other items I currently have listed consist of a rather eclectic mix of stuff, because I'm actively trying to clean out 50 years' worth of accumulated material. Standard boilerplate to save me from typing everything every week: About me : I am not a dealer. I’m a hobbyist collector with 50+ years of experience, with particular interest in Scandinavia, Canada, Europe, and the U.S. I have been an APS member for 24 years and have twice been President of our local APS-affiliated stamp club. I collect by buying albums, accumulations, and box lots, keeping what I need, and selling the rest. I’m also in the process of trying to get rid of a lifelong accumulation in closets, bookcases, and file drawers. eBaying competes with lots of other interests and responsibilities, so I will probably list only a couple items a week, and sometimes none. Descriptions : When the catalogue value of a stamp is dependent on watermark or perforations, I have either confirmed them myself or cited a catalogue price for the cheapest type. Stamps shown within mounts may be previously hinged by a previous owner. And if I’m reselling someone else’s old album pages, it’s always possible that the original owner misplaced stamps when mounting them. I describe lots to the best of my ability, but I am human so mistakes can happen. Small lots I try to describe in minute detail. For mid-size lots and album pages I try to check stamp backs for gum status and faults, but in a such lots I can’t check or describe everything. Large lots will contain the good and the bad, but usually not the ugly because before I sell lots I weed out (into a wastebasket) grossly faulty stamps (missing pieces etc). Hinge remnants can cover faults; I generally do not remove hinges, so thins there might not be described. When I describe a lot as “unchecked by me” (for shades, varieties, watermarks, papers, cancels etc) it means just that because it’s usually material from countries I don’t collect that came to me in a box lot. Images : I have not yet figured out how to host images on other sites, so I’m limited to 12 photos. The stamps in the photos are always the exact stamps you will receive; I do not post photos of reference stamps. I photograph using available light on a dining room table, so sometimes shades of color are not perfectly reproduced; I try to describe any variance in the written text if it’s important. Binders, manila or Vario pages, and display cards shown in photos may not be shipped, to save weight and thus your cost for shipping. If catalogue values are visible in the photo written on a page or tag, they may be out of date and inaccurate. Shipping :My lots generally end on weekend evenings so I will have your stuff in the mail to you on Monday or Tuesday. If there’s a delay (blizzard, family crisis), I will email you to let you know. My preferred shipping method for small items that fit in glassines or 102 cards is to put them in a semirigid (cardboard) Scotch photomailer to protect them from trauma in transport and send them by USPS regular First Class mail. The photomailer weights over an ounce empty, so it costs a bit more to ship (usually $1.69 postage for 2 oz + the cost of the mailer). The USPS treats this as a “package” because of its rigidity, s... read more

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