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The most celebrated U.S.
rarity, the 1918 inverted
airmail, one of the rarest
U.S. plate blocks and a
unique 1870 vertical pair will
highlight an avction of rare
U.S., Canadian Confederate
States | stamps by
Paramount — Philatelics,
April 8 at the Park Sheraton
Hotel, New York City.

Stanley Morycz,
president of the Englewood,
Ohio, firm, sald the spring
auction would include some
300 lots of rare 19th and 20th
century U.S., Canadian and
Confederate stamps,
covers, essays and errors,
as well as rare U.S.
currency, errors and
counterieits and Japanese
occupation specimen notes.

Moryez said both public
and mail bids will be ac-
cepted and lots may be
inspected April 7 to 8 from 1
am. to 5 pc. at the Park
Sheraton. A 44 page auction
catalogue, complete with
illustrations of each lot and
a -prizes realized sup:

lement are available for $3

rom Paramount
Philatelics, 1 Paramount
Plaza, Englewood, Ohio
' 45322,

The classic 24cent airmail |

with the inverted Curtiss‘
Jenny, No. C3a, brought $42-
47,000 at auctions during
1974-75. The stamp, nicely
centered and with the
original gum, was originally
design
postage trate for letters and
parce!
in. in length and girth
_ combined, carried by the
first U.S. airmail service.
The stamp includes a
Philatelic Foundation

certificate attesting that it is ;

one of the sheet of 100
purchased on its sécond day.
of issue by collector William
T, Robey at the Washington,
D.C., post office, May 14,

1918. Robey turned his $24 |

investment into a prt a
week later by seeling the
sheet for $15,000. The sheet

was later broken into blocks: *

vice .

to meet the regular |

s of no more than 30 |

part of the collection of
retired plastics manufac-:
turer Louis Grunin, who won
the Grand Prix National at
Interphil '76. —-

A seldom seen, possibly
unique, imperforate pair of

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Also of interest is a unique
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‘Henry Clay dull violet, No.
140, with original gum and
what is believed to be the
finest mint multiple grili of
the 12 cent stamp in

existence. Not seen at.

auction since it was
acquired for the Grunin
Collection eight years ago at
Siegel's “Rarities of the
World" sale, the pair is
expected to bring well in
excess Of $15,000.

Also scheduled to be
gavelled down: by Gregory
Mozian, internationally
renowned auctioneer, are a
collection of 31 Canadian
stampless covers, including
many scarce and seldom
seen items and a pair of the
1888 Queen Victoria 3 cent
yermillon, No. 41, tied to an
188 Western Fair cover,

postmarked in London, Ont.

The latter includes com-
plimentary tickets to both-
the 1898 Canadian National
Exhibition, Toronto, the
world’s oldest and largest
annual exhibition, and the
2ist annual Western Fair in
London.

Other rarities include a
Confederate States 1863
Jefferson Davis 10cent blue,
No. 11, tied to a Yorkville,
S.C., homemade cover
fashioned from a legal
document during the Civil
War paper shortage. More
recent rarities include a
complete mint sheet of 50 of
the 1933 Century of Progress
Graf Zeppelin, 50 cent green
and a fully imperforate
sheet of 50 of the U.S. 1976
Olympic Games.

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