U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
September 25-26, 2002
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
| Lot #2085 POLAND Polish Royalty. JOHN III Sobieski (1624-96) King of Poland, defeated the Turks before Vienna, a victory that made the Polish king a hero to the whole of Christian Europe. A letter written entirely in Larin, signed "GIOVANNI RE", at Warszawa, with intact wafer seal, addressed to a prince of Macedonia, fine and very rare | Price Realized $2,000.00 | |
| Lot #2086 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1739 envelope addressed to Jan Oginski in Naleszy, dated Jan.17, 1739 with probable origin in Rzeszow, v.f.  | Price Realized $300.00 | |
| Lot #2087 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1781 FL to Leipzig, with "W" and crown canc. of Warszawa, charged "5" (deci) on arrival, with ms "104" at UR, v.f. example of 18th Century mail from Poland | Price Realized $450.00 | |
| Lot #2088 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1788 (ca) wrapper to Leopolis (Lemberg) with "W" and Crown of Warszawa, red "8" crayon, addressed to Count Mniszek, fine | Price Realized $600.00 | |
| Lot #2089 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1792 FL to Leipzig, with "W" and crown canc. of Warszawa, charged "8" (deci) on arrival, with ms "135" at UR, v.f. example of 18th Century mail from Poland | Price Realized $450.00 | |
| Lot #2090 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1794, March 13 stampless letter from Jaslo to Tarnov, official hs, struck in black, red lac seal of the Jaslo County office, ms "1 Loth" (about 1/2 ounce) indicates weight and "8" indicates rate of 8kr to be paid by the addressee.Manuscript "ex offo" indicates the official mail | Price Realized $400.00 | |
| Lot #2091 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1807, May 24 FL from Plock to Bordeaux, various black and red charge markings and hs "Prusse Par Neuss", v.f. early letter. Dispatch markings were not used in the Duchy of Warsaw | Price Realized $300.00 | |
| Lot #2092 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1810 cover to Voronezh, with boxed "Kobryn" hs in Cyrillic capital letters, some cover faults, otherwise fine. This is the only recorded example of this postmark | Price Realized $400.00 | |
| Lot #2093 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1810 (ca) two covers to Radziwillmontowi, with Minsk and Pinsk hs in cyrilic capital letters, addressed to the famous Radziwill family, routed "by way of" Nieswiez, fine. Less than 10 examples of each of these postmarks are known | Price Realized $500.00 | |
| Lot #2094 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1814 FL from Torun to Bordeaux, various charge markings, hs "Allemagne 103 Par Cologne", fine. The Russian Army occupied the Duchy of Warsaw after the defeat of Napoleon | Price Realized $400.00 | |
| Lot #2095 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1818 FL from Dubno to Wilno, with boxed "Dubno" in Cyrillic capital letters, a postmark believed to have been used between 1805 and 1820, v.f., less than five (!) known | Price Realized $400.00 | |
| Lot #2096 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1815-65 collection of 94+ covers, written up exhibition style on pages, showing development of Polish Postal History from a political point of view, with four nice covers with No.1 (incl. "DP", "152", "295" and"1" pmks), changing styles of hand cancels, use of Russian stamps for mail to the west, transition from Latin into Polish and bi-lingual Polish-Russian markins, numeral cancels and Russian cancels, fine-v.f. and interesting collection | Unsold | |
| Lot #2097 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1857 Russia 10k brown & blue, margins all around, canc. "1" in four concentric circles of Warszawa, fine example of Russia No. 1 used in Poland Catalog #Russia 1 | Price Realized $500.00 | |
| Lot #2098 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1858 FL franked with Austrian 2x6kr brown, used from Krakow to Warszawa, red "Franco" hs and arrival pmk on reverse, cover defective, fine appearing example of usage from Austrian occupied Galizia to Russian occupied Kingdom of Poland | Price Realized $450.00 | |
| Lot #2099 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1860 10k blue & rose, canc. "289" (Zabrowice), 8-points, fine, only three recorded Catalog #1 | Price Realized $300.00 | |
| Lot #2100 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1860 10k blue & rose, canc. "311" (Alexandrow Pograniczny), 8-points, v.f. and scarce, used on piece, only three recorded Catalog #1 | Price Realized $300.00 | |
| Lot #2101 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1860 10k blue & rose, added blue frame for inner oval variety, tied by numeral "1" pmk on white FL from Warszawa to St.Petersburg, red Warszawa departure in cyryllic and blue merchant's oval cachet, v.f. and scarce Catalog #1c | Price Realized $900.00 | |
| Lot #2102 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1860 10k blue & rose, tied by "1" pmk on FL from Warszawa to St.Petersburg, blue merchant's oval and red Warszawa 24/11 departure pmk on front, overall toning, otherwise fine and scarce usage outside Poland Catalog #1 | Price Realized $400.00 | |
| Lot #2103 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1860 10k dark blue & rose, tied by "1" pmk on blue FL from Warszawa to Elzbietowo, red Warszawa departure and blue merchant's oval hs, fine Catalog #1b | Price Realized $400.00 | |
| Lot #2104 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1860 cover to Warsaw, canc. "43", also oval Ciechanowiec, date "15/12" filled-in by hand Catalog #1 | Price Realized $800.00 | |
| Lot #2105 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1860 10k dark blue & rose, tied by bold "182" numeral canc. on FL to to Warsaw, fine Catalog #1b | Price Realized $450.00 | |
| Lot #2106 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1860 10k blue & rose, tied by "258" pmk on cover from Raciaz to Samara in Russia, endorsed "przez Warszawe" (via Warsaw), filing folds away from the stamp, stained, Bojanowicz rated 7, rare Catalog #1 | Price Realized $400.00 | |
| Lot #2107 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1860 10k blue & rose, tied by "221" pmk on white FL from Konin to Warszawa, with corresponding bilingual "Konin" cds and red Warszawa 15/11 (1861) arrival pmk on reverse, some staining on front, otherwise fine Catalog #1 | Price Realized $700.00 | |
| Lot #2108 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1860 10k blue & rose, tied by "278" pmk on blue FL from Sosnowice to Warszawa, corresponding bilingual "Sosnowice 18/4" cds and red Warszawa arrival pmk on front, some cover faults, otherwise fine Catalog #1 | Price Realized $400.00 | |
| Lot #2109 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1860 10k blue & rose, tied by "224" pmk on outer FL from Turek to Warszawa, corresponding "Turek" pmks, with red Warszawa arrival pmk on back, filing crease affecting the stamp, otherwise fine, rated "RR" in Bojanowicz, only two covers recorded Catalog #1 | Price Realized $400.00 | |
| Lot #2110 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1860 10k blue & rose tied by "1" pmk on attractive ladies embossed envelope, used from Warszawa to Mohylow, some toning around the edges, otherwise fresh colors and rare Catalog #1 | Price Realized $600.00 | |
| Lot #2111 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1860 10k carmine & blue used on outer FL from Poremba (Austrian territory at that time) to Suprasl near Bialystok (Russian territory at that time), stamp canc. by pen and crayon, with Warszawa transit 16.9. canc. Since postage was paidonly from Krakow to the Russian border at Sosnowice, this cover was placed on a mail car where, due to absence of canc. device. it was canc. by pen. Little toning, still fine and rare usage from Austria to Russia, Mikulski cert. Catalog #1 | Price Realized $800.00 | |
| Lot #2112 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1866 cover from Sterdyn to Paris, franked on reverse with 3k,5k & 20k Russian Arms, all perf.12 and tied by "71" in rings canc., "Aus Russland" and "franco" hs, with Lyon arrival pmk & nearly intact wax seal, some overall toning, otherwisefine. According to Bojanowicz, canc. "71" is unknown on first Polish stamps, and only one cover with Russian stamps (apparently this one) exists | Price Realized $600.00 | |
| Lot #2113 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1914 cover from Krakow to Wien, franked with 10h carmine, violet "Policyjnie Otwarto" (opened by the police) censor cachet, rare | Price Realized $130.00 | |
| Lot #2114 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1916 set of four surcharges, specialized collection written up on pages, with five stamps and nine covers incl. official money order, three examples of mixed frankings and four different unlisted provisional cancellations incl.Suwalki, Michalow etc. An unusual collection *Catalog #2-5 | Unsold | |
| Lot #2115 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1919 25h violet, pos.IIB-20, h.r., v.f., signed Suitcliffe * Catalog #58 Catalog Value Euro 1,200 | Price Realized $700.00 | |
| Lot #2116 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1919 Krakow Issue postal stationery, group of 39 mostly unused cards, various overprints and surcharges, some interesting items, few minor defects, generally fine and useful specialist lot | Unsold | |
| Lot #2117 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1919 Gniezno surcharges, set of two used on registered cover, filing creases, stamps fine-v.f. Catalog #77-78 Catalog Value Euro 360+ | Unsold | |
| Lot #2118 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1919-23 seven imperf. pairs and two singles, some with customary printers lines, fine-v.f. and rare P Catalog #87/190P | Price Realized $250.00 | |
| Lot #2119 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1920, 16.6. cover from Wolyn via Rowno to USA, with single 1M on reverse and a military censor cachet applied on front, fine and rare usage during the Russo-Polish War of 1920 | Price Realized $150.00 | |
| Lot #2120 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1920 registered cover from Kolomea to USA, "Wojskowa Cenzura Kolomea" (military censor) hs & bilingual cds, v.f. and rare cover from the Polish-Bolshevik War | Price Realized $140.00 | |
| Lot #2121 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1921 Esperanto ppc from Czestochowa to USA, franked with 2 diff. stamps on front, with slogan advertising for the next Esperanto Congress in Prague Catalog #148,164 | Price Realized $90.00 | |
| Lot #2122 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1924 Polish Eagle, imperforate singles, cplt less 30gr, with or without gum as issued, some with usual printer's lines, fine-v.f. (*)* Catalog #215/25var Catalog Value Euro 750 | Price Realized $250.00 | |
| Lot #2123 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1924 Polish Eagle, cplt set of imperforate horiz. pairs, with or without gum as issued, most with usual printer's lines, fine-v.f. (*)* Catalog #215-25var Catalog Value Euro 1,500 | Price Realized $800.00 | |
| Lot #2124 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1927 Slowacki, imperforate pair, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #249var Catalog Value Euro 300 | Price Realized $200.00 | |
| Lot #2125 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1927 Slowacki, imperforate pair, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #249var Catalog Value Euro 300 | Price Realized $200.00 | |
| Lot #2126 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1932 Washington, Pilsudski and Kosciuszko, vert. imperforate pair, unused without gum as issued, little wrinkle at top, otherwise v.f. (*) Catalog #267var Catalog Value Euro 500 | Price Realized $290.00 | |
| Lot #2127 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1932 Washington, Pilsudski and Kosciuszko, vert. imperforate pair, proof in dull blue, v.f., signed Laszkiewicz and Dr.Kronenberg P Catalog #267P Catalog Value Euro 500 | Unsold | |
| Lot #2128 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1943 55gr violet, die proof stuck on printers gold-edged presentation card (62x102mm), designed by A. Horowicz and printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. LTD in London, v.f. P Catalog #Mi.371P | Unsold | |
| Lot #2129 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1955 Poznan, six imperf. trial color proofs, overprinted "Proba", n.h., v.f. P Catalog #682-83P | Price Realized $90.00 | |
| Lot #2130 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1955 National Day, six imperf. se-tenant pairs in diff. colors, overprinted "Proba", n.h., v.f. P Catalog #695-98P | Price Realized $200.00 | |
| Lot #2131 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1955 December Revolution, six imperf. trial color proofs overprinted "Proba", n.h., v.f. P Catalog #709-10P | Price Realized $140.00 | |
| Lot #2132 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1955 Adam Mickiewicz, 13 imperf. proofs in various colors, overprinted "Proba", n.h., v.f. P Catalog #711-14P | Price Realized $300.00 | |
| Lot #2133 POLAND Polish Royalty. 1964 Tokyo Olympics, 40gr Boxing, gutter block of four with labels, spectacular color shift showing the right boxer double, n.h., v.f.  **Catalog #1356var | Price Realized $260.00 | |
| Lot #2134 POLAND Semi-Postals. 1925 "Na Skarb Narodowy", imperforate singles, cplt set, n.h., each with horiz. printer's line, v.f. and scarce ** Catalog #B15-25var Catalog Value Euro 1,870 | Price Realized $900.00 | |
| Lot #2135 POLAND Semi-Postals. 1946 International Bureau of Education, souv. sheet of three, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #B49c Catalog Value Euro 750 | Price Realized $250.00 | |
| Lot #2136 POLAND Semi-Postals. 1955 Poznan, 2zl souv. sheet, seven proofs in diff. colors, v.f., each overprinted "Proba", rare P Catalog #B102P | Price Realized $400.00 | |
| Lot #2137 POLAND Air Post. 1925 Issue, cplt set of imperforate horiz. pairs except 30gr two imperf. singles, only 3gr with printer's line, minor creases affecting 45gr, n.h., v.f. and scarce ** Catalog #C1-9var Catalog Value Euro 2,700 | Price Realized $1,300.00 | |
| Lot #2138 POLAND Air Post. 1933 30gr green, vertical imperforate pair, unused without gum as issued, v.f., signed Bojanowicz etc. (*) Catalog #C10var Catalog Value Euro 1,000 | Price Realized $475.00 | |
| Lot #2139 POLAND Air Post. 1948 Roosevelt souv. sheet, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #C26c Catalog Value 200 | Price Realized $120.00 | |
| Lot #2140 POLAND Air Post. 1948 Roosevelt, two souv. sheets, l.h. or n.h., the latter with dull gum, fine-v.f. *\** Catalog #C26c Catalog Value 340 | Price Realized $150.00 | |
| Lot #2141 POLAND Air Post. 1948 Roosevelt souv. sheet, used on registered FDC, v.f. Catalog #C26c Catalog Value Euro 1,000 | Price Realized $160.00 | |
| Lot #2142 POLAND Zeppelin Flights. 1932 ppc originating in Warsaw 17.VI.32, used on the England Flight via Friedrichshafen, where German franking was added and canc. 2.7.32, v.f. and unusual combination card | Price Realized $450.00 | |
| Lot #2143 POLAND Zeppelin Flights. 1932 2nd SAF to Brazil, fine-v.f., with red connecting cachet | Price Realized $450.00 | |
| Lot #2144 POLAND Zeppelin Flights. 1932 3rd SAF to Brazil, v.f., with red connecting cachet | Price Realized $350.00 | |
| Lot #2145 POLAND Zeppelin Flights. 1932 3rd SAF card to Brazil, v.f., with red connecting cachet | Price Realized $350.00 | |
| Lot #2146 POLAND Zeppelin Flights. 1932 5th SAF card to Brazil, franked on both sides, v.f., with connecting cachet | Price Realized $250.00 | |
| Lot #2147 POLAND Zeppelin Flights. 1932 6th SAF to Brazil, v.f., with connecting cachet | Price Realized $250.00 | |
| Lot #2148 POLAND Zeppelin Flights. 1932 7th SAF to Brazil, filing fold away from the stamps, otherwise v.f., with connecting cachet | Price Realized $250.00 | |
| Lot #2149 POLAND Zeppelin Flights. 1932 8th SAF to Brazil, attractively franked on both sides, v.f., with Berlin connecting cachet | Price Realized $350.00 | |
| Lot #2150 POLAND Zeppelin Flights. 1932 8th SAF to Brazil, rare meter-franking, v.f., with Berlin connecting cachet | Price Realized $350.00 | |
| Lot #2151 POLAND Zeppelin Flights. 1932 9th SAF card to Brazil, v.f., with Berlin connecting cachet | Price Realized $350.00 | |
| Lot #2152 POLAND Zeppelin Flights. 1933 1st SAF to Brazil, v.f., with Berlin connecting cachet | Price Realized $350.00 | |
| Lot #2153 POLAND Zeppelin Flights. 1933 1st SAF to Brazil, v.f., with Berlin connecting cachet | Price Realized $350.00 | |
| Lot #2154 POLAND Zeppelin Flights. 1933 1st SAF to Brazil, rare meter-franking, fine-v.f., with Berlin connecting cachet | Price Realized $375.00 | |
| Lot #2155 POLAND Zeppelin Flights. 1933 3rd SAF to Brazil, v.f., with Berlin connecting cachet | Price Realized $350.00 | |
| Lot #2156 POLAND Zeppelin Flights. 1933 3rd SAF to Argentina, rare meter-franking from Laziska Gorne, fine-v.f., with Berlin connecting cachet | Price Realized $425.00 | |
| Lot #2157 POLAND Zeppelin Flights. 1933 4th SAF to Brazil, v.f., with Berlin connecting cachet | Price Realized $350.00 | |
| Lot #2158 POLAND Zeppelin Flights. 1933 6th SAF card to Brazil, v.f., with Berlin connecting cachet | Price Realized $350.00 | |
| Lot #2159 POLAND Zeppelin Flights. 1933 7th SAF to Brazil, v.f., with Berlin connecting cachet | Price Realized $350.00 | |
| Lot #2160 POLAND Zeppelin Flights. 1933 8th SAF to Brazil, attranctively franked on both sides of the cover, v.f., with Berlin connecting cachet | Price Realized $350.00 | |
| Lot #2161 POLAND Zeppelin Flights. 1933 Chicago flight card, with special, pre-printed cachet, attranctively franked on both sides of the card, v.f., with Berlin connecting cachet | Price Realized $675.00 | |
| Lot #2162 POLAND Zeppelin Flights. 1934 2nd SAF to Brazil, attractively franked on both sides of the card, v.f., with Berlin connecting cachet | Price Realized $250.00 | |
| Lot #2163 POLAND Postage Dues. 1919 20h rose red, h.r., fine, signed Bloch etc. * Catalog #J4 Catalog Value 275 | Price Realized $180.00 | |
| Lot #2164 POLAND Postage Dues. 1919 40h rose red, v.f. used, with Dr.Kronenberg cert. Catalog #J7 Catalog Value 600 | Price Realized $350.00 | |
| Lot #2165 POLAND Postage Dues. 1919 5kr ultramarine, h.r., natural gum crease, v.f., with Mikulski cert., very rare * Catalog #J9 Catalog Value 2,400 | Price Realized $1,950.00 | |
| Lot #2166 POLAND Postage Dues. 1919 10kr ultramarine, l.h., tiny ink mark in right margin, fresh and v.f., with Mikulski cert. Only 40 of these were issued, many destroyed during WWII * Catalog #J10 Catalog Value 10,000 | Price Realized $9,500.00 | |
| Lot #2167 POLAND Port Gdansk. 1933 1z black, block of four, bottom pair n.h., v.f., signed Mikstein, with Dr.Kronenberg cert. *\**Catalog #1K24 Catalog Value Euro 560 | Price Realized $180.00 |
