Deborah Friedman Collection of Colombian Airmail; U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
November 7, 2007 and November 13-15, 2007
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #2530 POLAND 1781 FL from Warszawa to Leipzig, with crowned "W" hs, charged "5" (decimes), v.f. and attractive early letter from Warsaw  | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2531 POLAND 1793-1873 Russian and Austrian Administrations, also Kingdom of Poland, collection of 43 FLs, mounted exhibition style on pages, variety of markings, some foreign usages including to the United States, France, Switzerland, both private and official correspondence, generally fine-v.f. | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #2532 POLAND 1797 stampless FL from Stettin to Bordeaux, two line "Basee Allemagne" departure strike, charged "8" (deci), fine early letter | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #2533 POLAND 1800-1801 Polish Army in Italy, FL letter from Reggio, dated "12 Messidor, Year 9" (12 July) with partly printed "Le Chef de l'Etat-Major de la premiere Legion Polonaise", additional boxed handstamp and signed "Regulski", addressed to the administration of the municipality, fine Napoleonic letter | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #2534 POLAND 1807 FL datelined "Varsovie", 6 March, addressed to Monaco, "No.43 Port-Paye Grande Armee" hs, fine Napoleonic era letterr from Warsaw, unusual destination | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #2535 POLAND 1807 FL from Antonowo to France, with "No. 19 Grande Armee" handstamp in black , fine Napoleonic letter | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2536 POLAND 1808 FL from Greiffenberg (Gryfow Slaski) to France, with "No. 10 Grande Armee" hs in black, endorsed "cito cito" (special delivery) and charged "8" (deci), also "15g" and "20" endorsements, fine Napoleonic letter | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2537 POLAND 1809 FL from Driepen tp France, with red "No. 29 Grande Armee" hs, fine | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2538 POLAND 1811 Grande Armee, Stationery Offices, two FLs, one with red "Grande Armee No.65" hs ( used from Torun), the other with black "Grande Armee No.60" (used from Breslau, present day Wroclaw), sent to Sviglione and Berlin respectively, fine pair of Napoleonic covers | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #2539 POLAND 1812 FL datelined Glogau (Glogow), 11 May, 1812, endorsed "Service Militaire", from General Walther to Baron Chastel, advising the latter of being promoted to the rank of "General de Division" by orders of Gen. Grouchy, with red "No.10 Grande Armee" and again "No.13 DEB/Grande Armee", with "3e Corps de Cavalerie" endorsement, countersigned by Gen.Walther and addressed to France. A v.f. and scarce letter from the French Army just prior to its invasion of Russia | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #2540 POLAND 1822 FL dated 13th September, used from Odessa to Genova, ms note on reverse "P/m G.Paserli Brody ai 22 7bre 1822" forwarding agent's notation, oval "Brody in Galizia" transit and tax markings applied on arrival, v.f. | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #2541 POLAND 1840 outer FL with bold "Koniecpol" straight line hs, seent to Kielce, v.f., signed Mazepa | Price Realized $120.00 |
 | Lot #2542 POLAND 1840 outer FL with boxed bilingual "Brzesc-Kujawski" hs in red, addressed to Wloclawek, v.f. | Price Realized $120.00 |
 | Lot #2543 POLAND 1918 "Krolewstwo Polskie" (Kingdom of Poland), unadopted designs, two composite sheetlets of four and six, also a single 1m, all in black, v.f. and rare  E | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #2544 POLAND 1918 "Krolewstwo Polskie", competition designs, composite sheetlet of 12 in black, v.f. and extremely rare essay E | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #2545 POLAND 1918 20h red, used in combination with Bosnian franking on registered cover from Szczakowa to Vienna, filing fold away from the stamps, fine and scarce cover Catalog #28 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #2546 POLAND 1918 cplt set of 10 tied by Lublin 14.1.19 pmks on value letter to Lubartow, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk Catalog #30-40 | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #2547 POLAND 1918 10h on 30h green, red brown surcharge (error), block of four, l.h., v.f., with Mikulski certificate *Catalog #32b | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #2548 POLAND 1919 philatelic cover from Lublin to Rzeszow, franked with five diff. surcharges, registration label, backflap missing, v.f. Catalog #30/37 | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #2549 POLAND 1919 proof of pattern of the overprint "Poczta Polska" on white paper, two imperforate samples, in black and gray, mounted in a special booklet, with red "Oddzial Rachunkowy Inspektoratu Poczt. w Krakowie" hs, also violet "Ekonomat Pocztowy" at left, signed by the accounts representative, Wincenty Kotek, also inscribed "Wzory nadruku na Austryjackich markach I, II" (samples of overprints on Austrian stamps), ex-Grabowski P | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #2550 POLAND 1919 registered cover franked with vertical pair of 6h orange, both thin "Z", used in combination with 60h blue and 5h postage due and 3h Eagle, sent from Krakow to Chrzanow, v.f., signed Schmutz Catalog #43 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #2551 POLAND 1919 25h blue, genuine pos.IIB-58, tied by Krakow 26.I.19 cds on registered philatelic cover, used in combination with 6h, 12h and 25h on 80h, also five forged overprints, v.f. example of genuine and forged stamps used on philatelic mail of the period, signed Taipale etc., with Dr. Kronenberg cert. Catalog #58 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #2552 POLAND 1919 30h dull violet, used on back of a postal money order purchased in Chrzanow 5.III.19, initially franked with 4x25h Eagle, Krakow 7.III.19 arrival, minor perf. crease, otherwise v.f., signed Mikstein Catalog #59 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #2553 POLAND 1919 5m violet blue imperf. single and block of four, also 5m purple, imperf. single, all double impression, also 6m carmine, two perforated singles, one with strong offsets on back, plus proof in black, fine-v.f. and scarce group P | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #2554 POLAND 1919 5pf on 2pf, six copies incl. strip of four, also pair of 10pf on 7 1/2pf, used on registered cover from Tremessen to Poznan, one stamp with small tear, otherwise fine and rare commercial usage, part of the address obliterated, with arrival pmk Catalog #77-78 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #2555 POLAND 1919 Gniezno surcharges, set of two, 5pf shifted downwards, used on registered cover from Gniezno 2.10.19 to Dnsseldorf, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk Catalog #77-78 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #2556 POLAND 1919 5pf on 2pf, red surcharge shifted down, block of four used on piece, v.f., signed Landre, Catalog #77 Catalog Value $ 600 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #2557 POLAND 1919 5pf on 2pf gray, two copies, used in combination with additional franking on registered cover in Trzemeszno, v.f. and unusual local usage Catalog #77 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2558 POLAND 1921 Constitution, composite sheetlet of six designs (in dark blue) executed by the well known artist E.Bartlomiejczyk, plus another by J.Tom, all printed on single sheet with inscription indicating that only 50 were printed, v.f. and rare essay, illustrated in "Polskie Znaki Pocztowe" (1960 edition) E | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2559 POLAND 1921 composite sheetlet of six designs (in violet) executed by the well known artist E.Bartlomiejczyk, plus another by J.Tom, all printed on single sheet with inscription indicating that only 50 were printed, v.f. E | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2560 POLAND 1921 composite sheetlet of six designs (in yellow brown) executed by the well known artist E.Bartlomiejczyk, plus another by J.Tom, all printed on single sheet with inscription indicating that only 50 were printed, small stain at top, otherwise v.f. E | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2561 POLAND 1921 unadopted designs, composite sheetlet of six in green and brown, on horizontally laid paper, v.f. E | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #2562 POLAND 1921 unadopted designs, composite sheetlet of 16 in blue on wove paper, showing three stamps intended for postage due, v.f. and extremely rare E | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #2563 POLAND 1921 unadopted designs, composite sheetlet of 16 in red brown on wove paper, showing three stamps intended for postage due, v.f. and extremely rare E | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #2564 POLAND 1921-23 Polish Eagle, 100m and 200m horizontal imperforate pairs, the latter with gum, also 300m, 400m and 30,000m vertical imperforate pairs, each stamp with printer's invalidating lines, fine-v.f. P | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #2565 POLAND 1924 Polish Eagle, 5gr, 10gr and 20gr unadopted designs, essays in various colors, v.f. E | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #2566 POLAND 1924 1924 Polish Eagle, 5gr, 10gr and 20gr unadopted designs, compound essay in olive brown E | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #2567 POLAND 1924 "Large Eagle Garland", selection of 18 imperf. blocks of four (10 different values), variety of papers and colors, all with red printer's invalidating lines, mostly fine-v.f., scarce PCatalog #215-23,225P | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #2568 POLAND 1924 "Large Eagle Garland", imperforate varieties, selection with horizontal pairs of 1gr, 2gr, 5gr, 10gr, 15gr and sheet margin singles 3gr, 20gr, 25gr, 30gr and 50gr, for a total of 15 imperforate stamps, three without printer's markings, with or without gum, fine-v.f., seldom offered complete *(*) Catalog #215-25var | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #2569 POLAND 1924 30gr error, printed in black violet instead of deep violet, n.h., signed Schmutz (Mi.209b) ** Catalog #223a Catalog Value € 300 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #2570 POLAND 1924 30gr error, printed in black violet instead of deep violet, n.h., v.f. (Mi.209b) ** Catalog #223a Catalog Value € 300 | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #2571 POLAND 1924 30gr error, printed in black violet instead of deep violet, two distinct shades used, each cancelled Wloclawek, v.f. (Mi.209b) Catalog #223a Catalog Value € 300 | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #2572 POLAND 1925 unadopted designs, 40gr and 50gr ultramarine, composite sheetlet of two, with gum, v.f. and rare E | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #2573 POLAND 1925 unadopted designs, 40gr greenish black and 45gr violet, v.f. and rare E | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #2574 POLAND 1925 1925 unadopted designs, 15gr and 40gr blue, each on carton paper, v.f. E | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2575 POLAND 1925 unadopted designs, 50gr (3) and 1zl, four different in black, each on chalky carton paper, v.f. E | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #2576 POLAND 1925 1925 King Jan Sobieski statue, 2gr olive green (instead of brown olive) perforated trial color proof, cancelled Warszawa 28.III.32, v.f., with Schmutz cert. (Fi.206P2) P Catalog #228P Catalog Value Zl 450 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #2577 POLAND 1925 5gr green and 10gr violet, vertical imperforate gutter pair, folded between stamps, unused without gum, v.f. (*) Catalog #230-31var | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #2578 POLAND 1928 Josef Pilsudski, 50gr green, black, steel blue, blue green, four imperf. trial color proofs on wove paper, each without engraver's signature at bottom, v.f. P Catalog #253P | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #2579 POLAND 1928 General Josef Bem, 25gr die proof in brown carmine, with engraver's "E.Gaspe" (E.Gasparini) signature at bottom, affixed on gray card, v.f. (Fi.237P1) P Catalog #256P Catalog Value Zl 3,000 | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #2580 POLAND 1928 General Josef Bem, 25gr die proof in red brown, v.f., rare P Catalog #256P | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #2581 POLAND 1928 Henryk Sienkiewicz, 15gr dark blue, die proof on card, with engraver's "E.Gaspe" (E.Gasparini) signature at bottom, further dated and signed in pencil on front "E.Gaspe, Paris 1927), v.f. and rare proof, signed Mikulski (Fi.240P2) P Catalog #257P Catalog Value Zl 2,500 | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #2582 POLAND 1928 Henryk Sienkiewicz, 15gr ultramarine, large die proof on thin paper, with engraver's "E.Gaspe" (E.Gasparini) signature at bottom, v.f. P Catalog #257P | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #2583 POLAND 1928 definitives, forgeries to defraud the post, 25pf yellow brown, two perforated singles, also selection of 16x25pf red brown incl. three imperf. pairs, block of four imperf. vertically, strip of four, fine-v.f. *Catalog #260PF | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #2584 POLAND 1928 "Swiatowid" (ancient Slavonic God), 25gr yellow brown, large die proof on wove paper, with engraver's "E.Gaspe" (E.Gasparini) signature at bottom, further signed in pencil on front "E.Gaspe, SC", v.f. and rare proof (Fi.241P1) P Catalog #261P Catalog Value Zl 2,000 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #2585 POLAND 1928 25gr red brown, large die proof on wove paper, with engraver's "E.Gaspe" (E.Gasparini) signature at bottom, further signed in pencil on front "E.Gaspe, 28", v.f. and rare proof (Fi.241P1) P Catalog #261P Catalog Value Zl 2,000 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #2586 POLAND 1928 25gr red brown, yellow brown, two large die proofs on white card, with engraver's "E.Gaspe" signature at bottom, v.f. and rare (Fi.241P) P Catalog #261P Catalog Value Zl 4,000 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #2587 POLAND 1932 Washington, Kosciuszko and Pulaski, 30gr imperforate horizontal pair in gray blue, proof on gummed, wove paper (without watermark), v.f., signed Rachmanow P Catalog #267P | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #2588 POLAND 1932 Polish Eagle, 30gr violet, black, gray and red brown, group of four different large die proofs, v.f., rare P Catalog #273P | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #2589 POLAND 1933 Philatelic Exhibition in Torun, 60gr blue block of four, 60gr red single, each stamp with inverted watermark, one with tiny inclusion, otherwise v.f., signed Bojanowicz (Fi.258D,260D) *Catalog #275,B28var Catalog Value Zl 4,110 | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #2590 POLAND 1933 60gr blue, 60gr red brown, inverted watermarks, horizontal pairs, n.h., v.f., the latter signed Schmutz (Mi.279Y,61) ** Catalog #275,B28var Catalog Value € 500 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #2591 POLAND 1933 60gr blue, inverted watermark, horizontal pair, n.h., v.f., signed Schmutz (Mi.279Y) ** Catalog #275P Catalog Value € 500 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #2592 POLAND 1934 55gr on 60gr blue, selection of four different varieties of surcharge including comma instead of period, missing dot after "r", missing lower part of second "5", missing "r", fine-v.f. */** Catalog #284var | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #2593 POLAND 1935 Pilsudski, 55gr steel blue, perforated proof sheetlet, unissued value and background, v.f. E Catalog #288E | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #2594 POLAND 1935 55gr ultramarine, perforated proof sheetlet, unissued value and background, marginal faults, otherwise v.f. E Catalog #288E | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #2595 POLAND 1935 Pilsudski, 15gr black, perforated and gummed proof sheetlet with small black background, v.f., signed Galewski P Catalog #288P | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #2596 POLAND 1935 10gr Tatry, two perforated proof sheetlets in yellow green and in olive green, each without top selvage, v.f. P Catalog #295P | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #2597 POLAND 1935 25gr Belvedere Palace, perforated proof sheetlet in dark green, large margins, v.f. P Catalog #298P | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #2598 POLAND 1935 25gr Belvedere Palace, perforated proof sheetlet in dark green, showing positional markings on all sides, v.f. P Catalog #298P | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #2599 POLAND 1935 25gr Belvedere Palace, two different perforated proof sheetlets in yellow brown and dark green, large margins, v.f. P Catalog #298P | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2600 POLAND 1935 50gr Krakow, perforated proof sheetlet in black, v.f. P Catalog #301P | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #2601 POLAND 1935 50gr Krakow, two different perforated proof sheetlet in gray black and dark violet, v.f. P Catalog #301P | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2602 POLAND 1935 1zl Cathedral in Vilnius, proof sheetlet in brown, v.f. P Catalog #303P | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2603 POLAND 1935 1zl Cathedral in Vilnius, proof sheetlet in brown, v.f. P Catalog #303P | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2604 POLAND 1937 5gr Church at Czestochowa, selection of nine, mostly different die proofs, variety of colors and shades, fine-v.f. and incredibly rare assembly P Catalog #308P | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #2605 POLAND 1937 10gr Marine Terminal in Gdynia, perforated trial color proof in yellow green, on carton paper, v.f., signed Rachmanow P Catalog #309P | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #2606 POLAND 1937 10gr Marine Terminal in Gdynia, perforated trial color proof in yellow green, on carton paper, fine, signed Laszkiewicz P Catalog #309P | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #2607 POLAND 1937 10gr Marine Terminal in Gdynia, perforated proof sheetlet in green, double perforations on all sides, some hinge reinforcement, fine and probably unique, signed Laszkiewicz P Catalog #309P | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #2608 POLAND 1938 25gr dull violet, sheet margin imperforate block of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #324var | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #2609 POLAND 1943 5gr blue, imperforate single, v.f. P Catalog #3K9P | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #2610 POLAND 1945 unissued designs 5gr-3zl, imperforate essays prepared by the Government in Exile in London, complete set of 10, mounted on card and dated 10.5.45, signed on back. Designed by Arthur Horowicz, these essays were never accepted due to the political outcome at the Yalta Conference. A v.f. and rare set, only a few known to exist, E Catalog #Fi.V338 I-X Catalog Value Zl 5,000 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #2611 POLAND 1954 Kosciuszko Uprising, 60gr dark blue, unissued color, sheet of 50, n.h., folded between stamps, with some marginal flaws, stamps v.f., rare (Mi.884P), **Catalog #658var Catalog Value € 5,000 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #2612 POLAND 1956 Olympic Games, 20g Boxer, center inverted, n.h., fresh and v.f., only 14 examples are known to exist ** Catalog #751a | Price Realized $14,500.00 |
 | Lot #2613 POLAND 1958 15th Anniversary of the Polish People's Army, compound art work showing all three designs and issued colors corrected by hand, signed by the artist, with official Conservatory hs on reverse, v.f. and unique P Catalog #823-25P | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #2614 POLAND 1959 Red Cross, compound art work showing all three designs and issued colors corrected by hand, signed by the artist, with official Conservatory hs on reverse, v.f. and unique P Catalog #868-70P | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #2615 POLAND 1989 Gen. Korczynski, unissued (due to the fall of the Communist Regime) 50zl orange brown and black, sheet of 50, n.h., folded between stamps, with full margins, fine-v.f., **Catalog #Mi.VI Catalog Value € 6,000 | Price Realized $900.00 |
