UNITED STATES: Duck Stamps 3850 a Hunt ing Per mit, 1940, $1 Black Mal lards (RW7), top right plate block of 6, o.g., never hinged, spec tac u - lar wide top, with bold color and beau ti ful cen ter ing, one of the choic est ex am ples we've ever had the plea sure to of - fer, Very Fine to Ex tremely Fine; 2007 P.S.E. cer tif i cate. Scott $2,900. Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 3851 a Hunt ing Per mit, 1941, $1 Ruddy Ducks (RW8), bot tom right plate block of 6, o.g., never hinged, as - tound ing GEM qual ity ex am ple of this dif fi cult plate block, fan tas tic cen ter ing and al lur ing rich color, the quint es sen - tial RW8 plate de serv ing place ment in the fin est col lec tion, Ex tremely Fine to Superb. Scott $2,900. Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 3852 a Hunt ing Per mit, 1942, $1 Baldpates (RW9), bot tom left plate block of 6, o.g., never hinged, fresh and de sir able ex am ple with sharp clearly etched im pres sion, very pretty, Very Fine. Scott $2,900. Estimate $1,200 - 1,800 264 <strong>Daniel</strong> F. <strong>Kelleher</strong> <strong>Auctions</strong> <strong>LLC</strong> info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 639 - Sep. 20, 2013
UNITED STATES: Duck Stamps 3853 /a Hunt ing Per mit, 1949-70, 20 dif fer ent (RW16-RW37), plate blocks of 6 from RW16 to RW25, and plate blocks of 4 there af ter, the scarcer RW31 mul ti ple is n't a plate block of 6, it is 2 stamps short, be ing just a block of 4 with plate num ber, o.g., all hinged ex cept RW21 and RW22 which are never hinged, ex tremely at trac tive se lec tion, a spec tac u lar of fer ing of these de sir able stamps, Very Fine. Scott $10,455 as never hinged (photo on web site). Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 3854 a Hunt ing Per mit, 1963, $3 Brants (RW30), top right plate block of 4, o.g., never hinged, dy na mite top qual ity ex am ple in a re mark able state of pres er va tion, Very Fine to Ex tremely Fine. Scott $500. Estimate $300 - 400 3855 3856 3855 Hunt ing Per mit, 1988, $10 Snow Geese (RW55), o.g., never hinged, the most mag nif i cent GEM qual ity ex am ple one could ever imag ine, with huge bal anced mar gins and re mark ably fresh col ors, an out ra geous stamp, Su perb; 2013 P.S.E. cer tif i cate graded GEM-100, 1 of only 4 ex am ples at tain ing this lofty grade, and is the HIGHEST GRADED Scott #RW55 ac cord ing to P.S.E.'s pop u la tion re port. SMQ $350. Scott $18. Estimate $250 - 350 3856 Hunt ing Per mit, 1990, $12.50 Whis tling Duck (RW57), bot tom left plate num ber sin gle, o.g., never hinged, huge even mar gins and vi brant rich col ors, the quint es sen tial RW57, Su perb; 2013 P.S.E. cer tif i cate graded GEM-100, 1 of 13 ex am ples to achieve this per fect grade, and is the HIGHEST GRADED ex am ple of this stamp ac cord ing to P.S.E.'s pop u la tion re port. SMQ $400. Scott $20. Estimate $300 - 400 3857 Hunt ing Per mit, 2002, $15 Black Scoters (RW69), bot tom mar gin sin gle with im print, o.g., never hinged, gor geous top qual ity ex am ple with per fectly bal anced mar gins, an im mac u late mint stamp de serv ing place - ment in the fin est col lec tion, Su perb; 2013 P.S.E. cer tif i cate graded GEM-100, 1 of 29 at this grade, and is the high - est graded ex am ple of this stamp ac cord ing to P.S.E.'s pop u la tion report. SMQ $250. Scott $33. Estimate $200 - 300 <strong>Daniel</strong> F. <strong>Kelleher</strong> <strong>Auctions</strong> <strong>LLC</strong> www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 639 - Sep. 20, 2013 265