Small collection of Sc#1s purchased

[Tim_Balm]

As reported in a separate post on my attending the APS StampShow in Chicago last week, I purchased a collection of 14 New Republic Sc#1s with different issue dates.  This was 1 of 128 lots of New Republic Stamps stemming from the breakup of a very nice collection (of an unidentified collector).  One of the other lots was a somewhat damaged copy of a used SG#1 (SC#1A), that fetched $2800, I believe.

Dates on my stamps include: 9Jan86, 13Jan86, 7Mar86, 17Mar86, 24Apr86, 24May86, 30Aug86, 6Sep86, 13Oct86, 3Nov86, 13Nov86, 24Nov86, 4Jan87 and 17Jan87.  I inspected the stamps before the auction began - just to satisfy my own need to substantiate the "spur" on the E of NEW that Dave Olson has previously reported as an identifier of a genuine issue.  That went well, as did an inspection of the gum.  All had original gum except for one MNG stamp.

According to Gibbons pricing, I did quite well.  The remaining 9 issue dates for Sc#1 (SG#2) do not have CVs cited in my 2001 Gibbons catalogue.  Thus, I believe I have just acquired a "complete" collection of those issues which are available on the market.

[An aside...  Dave, if you read this, I compared my issue dates to the list you provided in V1N5 of the newsletter.  My copy of Gibbons does not list an SG#2 being issued on 30Jun86.  I do not know if this means the catalog was revised or what.]

If anyone would like scans of the stamps, or would like to inspect them in person, drop me a note and we can arrange something.

Tim

[numones]

Tim,
My Stanley Gibbons catalog is the 1991 issue, priced in US dollars.  So it's 10 years older than yours.  I just checked again and it does include an unpriced listing for a SG#2 for 30Jun86, as for the other 9 which were not in your lot.  It must have been dropped from the listings in that 10 year period. 

But I also have a photo copied page of a later SG catalog priced in British pounds, obtained from the APS library.  Not sure what year it is, but the 30Jun86 listing is still in it as well. 

[Tim_Balm]

Tim,
My Stanley Gibbons catalog is the 1991 issue, priced in US dollars.

[numones]

I see a New Republic 1d on eBay this morning.  It is dated Jun 30 86, (not 30 Jun 86).  So although the seller thinks it is a SG#2, it has to be either SG#48 or 48a depending on whether the embossed arms are upright or inverted.  I can not see the "spurs" on any of the scans, but that may be a scanning problem rather than a problem with the stamps.   

[Nick]

Tim

I have a Gibbons 2004 if you would like a scan.

Nick