U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
January 7-8, 2009
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1682 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE TOPICALS 1826-1950 "Trains on Stamps" - Balance of an award-winning collection written up exhibition style on pages, with 250+ stamps including proofs, also 200+ covers or cards, arranged in chronological order of development, starting with the Steam Engine, details of construction and implementation throughout the world, continuing with locomotives and passenger lines, railroad bridges, diesel trains and related aspects of Trains on Stamps. There are numerous highlights commencing with Great Britain 1826 letter to George Stephenson, civil engineer for Liverpool and Manchester Railway Co., 1840 covers from Shildon Works Company ("Shildon Penny Post), "Pierce Bridge Penny Post", 1870 5c red (Lima-Chorrillos line), nine copies including one on cover, plus an unused strip of five, also 5c Lama on cover (RR cancel), United States with Truman & Chapman's Express covers (2), various covers from Guatemala, Bolivia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Salvador, Uruguay, Saudi Arabia, train pmks on stampless letters from Kiel and Altona, Fl  * | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
| Lot #1683 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE TOPICALS 1900-60s Archeology, a large and fascinating accumulation/collection, some on pages, others loose, with proofs, essays, errors and all sorts of varieties, from small to major, covering all world including South America, British Commonwealth, Middle East, Greece, Egypt, former French Colonies in Africa, also Italian Colonies and others. Included are some extraordinary items such as 1984 Belize, proofs for the booklet cover for the Olympic Games including master proof and artist painting (owner's cost $1,250); Jordan 1982 Jug and Stone tablet, master proof of the three values (owner's cost $600), also original artist proofs from Central Africa, King Tut items, different imperf. varieties from Egypt, Lebanon, plus hundreds of others including regular singles and sets, cataloguing hundreds of dollars, with covers and postal stationery. A wonderful opportunity to obtain an interesting and valuable holding *O | Price Realized $2,500.00 | |
| Lot #1684 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE TOPICALS 1915-85 selection in carton, with 1915 Somali Coast Postage Dues (2), composite die proofs, Fezzan 1946-49 perf. and imperf. sets, die proofs, trial colors, Lesotho 1983 imperf. blocks of four (Manned Flight issue), Gabon imperfs (780) and Trial Colors (75) all topicals incl. Concorde, Football, Fish, Dr.Schweitzer etc., all in sheets, Monaco 1984 Piccard's Balloon, two imperf. sheets of 30 (trial colors), Paraguay 1965-77 sets and souv. sheets overprinted "Muestra", with paintings (25) and Space (22), also United Nations related items collection (452 stamps and 17 covers), mostly fine-v.f., huge retail value  ** | Price Realized $1,500.00 | |
| Lot #1685 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE TOPICALS 1900-60s Archeology, covers, postal stationery, some picture postcards, interesting accumulation in a small box, with some better items from South America, British Commonwealth, Middle East, Greece etc. | Unsold | |
| Lot #1686 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE TOPICALS 1949 U.P.U., collection in a special album prepared by the UPU in Berne, with British Omnibus set complete, French Colonies, Vatican City (Scott's C18-19), Berlin (Scott's 9N35-41) etc., n.h., occasional toning, generally fine-v.f. ** | Unsold | |
 | Lot #1687 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE TOPICALS 1950-80 selection of various topicals incl. Authors, Aviation, Birds, Space, Chess, Flowers, Music, Olympics, Personalities, Red Cross, Space, Sport and United Nations, with imperf. varieties, proofs, occasional covers etc. from France and former French Colonies, some Liberia, South America, mostly v.f. Retail value stated at $15,000+ **P | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
