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Nick Kirke Collection - The Number One Finest Set of All Time

1869 Pictorials with Varieties (Used)

Weighted GPA : 79.19
% Complete:  100.00%
Set Rating: 79.19
% Jumbo: 28.57

Registrant's Email Address: kirke@philatelist.cz

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.

Nick Kirke Collection
Item Scott No. Issue Date Denom Color PSE Grade Pop* Pop
Higher*		 J Pop
Higher*		 Condition Owner's Comments
1c 112  1869  1c  Buff  95  9  6  5  Used   
2c 113  1869  2c  Brown  95  22  7  6  Used   
3c 114  1869  3c  Ultramarine  95J  9  1  0  Used   
6c 115  1869  6c  Ultramarine  98J  2  0  0  Used   
10c 116  1869  10c  Yellow  95  19  5  3  Used   
12c 117  1869  12c  Green  98  10  1  1  Used   
15c 118  1869  15c  Brown & blue  98J  2  0  0  Used   
15c 119  1869  15c  Brown & blue  95  5  1  0  Used   
15c 119b  1869  15c  Brown & blue  50  1  4  0  Used   
24c 120  1869  24c  Green & violet  95J  4  3  1  Used   
24c 120b  1869  24c  Green & violet  0  0  0  0  Used   
30c 121  1869  30c  Ultramarine & carmine  95  15  4  4  Used   
30c 121b  1869  30c  Ultra & carmine  70  3  2  0  Used   
90c 122  1869  90c  Carmine & black  95  8  4  3  Used   

* 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.