The Mahendra Sagar Collection of Inverted Centers
October 5-6, 2011
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
| Lot # | Unsold | |
 | Lot #1 United States 1869 Pictorials 1869 15c brown and blue, 24c green and violet, 30c ultramarine and carmine, also 90c carmine and black, the complete set of inverted centers, plate proofs on card, each with a sheet margin, fresh and beautiful colors, very fine and magnificent set of blocks, with 2001 PSE certificates,  PCatalog #120a-22a,129aP4 Catalog Value $60,000 | Price Realized $38,500.00 |
 | Lot #2 United States 1869 Pictorials 1869 15c brown and blue, type II, center inverted, rich colors and proof-like impressions, rosette cancel struck towards top leaves, with vignette clearly visible, centered slightly to left but perfs are well clear all around, v.f. and attractive copy, with 2004 PFC. Only 91 examples of the 15 cent 1869 Pictorial invert are recorded in the Trepel census. Of these, very few are sound and with perforations clear all around. This example is considered to be one of the top four or five in existence. The Trepel census of 1869 Inverts contains 91 examples of the 15c Invert, including three unused and 88 used (one in the British Library's Tapling collection and three No. 119c varieties). Only twelve to fifteen used copies are estimated to be sound, including copies with tiny corner creases. More than half are noted to be seriously faulty or repaired. This stamp, with its rich colors, cancel that does not obscure the design, and sound condition, ranks among the top four or five (Scott's Catalogue note: "most ex O Catalog #119b Catalog Value $ 20,000 | Price Realized $25,000.00 |
 | Lot #3 United States 1869 Pictorials 1869 24c green and violet, center inverted, neat circle of wedges cancel leaving design clearly visible, rich colors on bright paper, well centered, v.f. and rare, sound example, with 1987 PFC. There are only 89 known copies existing including four unused and the unique used block of four. Of the used singles, the vast majority have some degree of faults, with only 15 or so believed to be in sound condition. The Trepel 1869 Invert census (with unpublished updates) contains 88 copies of the perforated 24c Invert, including four unused stamps, two used pairs and the unique used block of four. Of these, there are very few sound singles where the perforations are clear of the design on all four sides (Scott's Catalogue note: "most examples of No. 120b are faulty. Values are for fine centered examples with only minimal faults.") O Catalog #120b Catalog Value $ 35,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4 United States 1869 Pictorials 1869 24c green and violet, center inverted, tied in combination with 1873 3c green (158), paying 9-times the letter rate on a slightly reduced legal size cover to the Common Pleas Court at Paducah, Ky., illegible town postmark, docketed March 10, 1874; large sealed tear in cover, the invert lifted for inspection and replaced, fine, ex-Ackerman, DuPont (where it realized $75,000 in 1984 Siegel Rarity Sale) and Walske (Lafayette) collections, with 2004 PFC stating “single 24c, inverted center, single 3c, on 1874 cover to Paducah, Ky, genuine usage. The inverted stamp removed and replaced on this cover of origin. The cover with a large sealed tear at top center.” This is the only recorded usage of an 1869 Inverted Center on cover. One of the great rarities of U.S. Philately and the highlight of the Sagar Collection,  Catalog #120b Catalog Value $ 105,000 | Price Realized $115,000.00 |
 | Lot #5 United States 1869 Pictorials 1869 24c green and violet, imperforate without grill center inverted, huge margins, fresh color and paper, v.f., ex-Ferrary, Col. Green (sold in the Eugene Costales 1945 Sale), Lilly (1967), Hewitt, Kelly, David Zlowe, Grunin and Walske (Lafayette) collections, with 2004 PFC stating “unused, center inverted, imperforate single without grill, genuine”. This stamp was originally part of a set of seven imperf. values from the 1869 Issue, all unique. This is a must have for the ultimate 1869 specialist and for the Rarities of the World connoisseur. It should be noted that the perforated, unused 24c invert is catalogued in Scott's at $750,000; the unique imperf. Is unlisted (*) Catalog #120bvar | Price Realized $75,000.00 |
 | Lot #6 United States 1979 "CIA" Invert 1979 $1.00 Rush Lamp & Candle Holder, intaglio brown color inverted, n.h., v.f., with 2001 APS cert. The CIA invert is the one of the most well known inverted color errors in United States collecting. These stamps were discovered by an on-duty CIA employee who teamed up with some colleagues to purchase the pane from a post office. Saving a copy each, the group later sold the bulk of the sheet to a prominent stamp dealer. News of the error reached CIA officials who sought to claim ownership and US Postal authorities who tried to recover the stamps. Official queries, threats, and even job losses followed the group until the sale of the pane was ruled legal. Only about 80-85 copies exist. Because the number of existing CIA inverts approximately equals the number of existing Inverted Jennies (C3a), many speculate that current values for 1610c are far too low; examples of C3a regularly bring six-figure sums at auction, ** Catalog #1610c Catalog Value $ 18,000 | Price Realized $16,000.00 |
 | Lot #7 UNITED STATES - OFFICIALS State Department 1873 $2, $5 and $20 centers inverted, plate proofs on card, the complete set of matching bottom half sheets of five, all with inverted imprints and plate numbers; minor flaws including $2 (left stamp with a small surface scrape at bottom left, center stamp with reinforced vertical crease, right stamp with a tear at center); $5 (middle stamp with a reinforced vertical crease), $20 (middle stamp with a reinforced vertical crease, left stamp with small thins), still very fine, ex-Earl of Crawford, Ackerman, Ehrenberg and Markovits collections, with 2004 Philatelic Foundation Certificates. A matchless set of the greatest importance, $2 and $20 being largest known multiples of its value (according to the research of the noted student of Official stamps, Robert Markovits, there were only two sheets of 10 each of the $5 and $20 inverts produced, and only one sheet of the $2 value. The $10 was not produced with the center inverted), P Catalog #O6Pa,O69Pa,O71Pa Catalog Value $ 132,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #8 UNITED STATES - REVENUES Revenue Stamps 1871 Third Issue, 2c orange and black, center inverted, horizontal block of six, unused with slightly disturbed original gum, well centered and fresh, v.f. This is the largest recorded multiple of the 2 cent Third Issue Revenue Invert. It is also the largest original gum block of any 19th Century United States Invert. According to the most definitive source on revenue multiples, there exists this block of six, three blocks of four, and two pairs of the 2c Third Issue Invert in multiples. This block is the largest and finest known, with a clean 2002 PFC (at one point in the past it was described with a tiny thin, but there is none, and the Philatelic Foundation certificate confirms its sound condition) *Catalog #R135b | Price Realized $6,000.00 |
 | Lot #9 UNITED STATES - REVENUES Revenue Stamps 1871 Third Issue, 2c orange and black, center inverted, bottom sheet margin block of four, unused with slightly disturbed original gum, pencil notations and very fresh, top right stamp with a tiny, natural paper translucency of no importance, fine and rare multiple. According to the most definitive source on revenue multiples (see www.thecurtiscollection.com), there exists a block of six (see previous lot), three blocks of four, and two pairs of the 2c Third Issue Invert in multiples. This block is the only one with sheet margin, ex-Whitman and Fay collections, with 2002 PFC *Catalog #R135b | Unsold |
 | Lot #10 UNITED STATES Revenue Stamps 1871 60c orange and black, center inverted, plate proof on card, foreign entry of 70c, rare double transfer of the frame that shows strongly at the top and is one of the best positions that shows that this is an entry of the 70c rather than the 60c (there are actually five positions that show double transfers that may be foreign entries), large margins all around, strong colors and sharp impressions, v.f. This is the unique foreign entry from this position as there was only one sheet of 85 printed; listed but unpriced in Scott's; signed Sloane, with 2006 PFC stating “genuine, lightly toned” (actually, there is no toning but the paper is yellowish) P Catalog #R142aP4var | Unsold |
 | Lot #11 UNITED STATES Proprietary Stamps 1874 2c green and black on green paper, center inverted, faintly cancelled as to appear unused, centered slight to right, as is every known example, except this much better centered than most, v.f. This copy (and perhaps one other), may be the only fault free examples of this rarity in existence (Scott catalogue notes "No. RB2bc is valued with fine centering and small faults"), with 1983 PFC, ex-Joyce collection. In his privately published census, Larry Lyons records twelve copies of the 2c Proprietary invert on green paper. Of these, five appear to be used, and all twelve have at least one fault, with 1989 PFC, O Catalog #RB2bc Catalog Value $ 9,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #12 UNITED STATES Proprietary Stamps 1874 3c green and black on green paper, center inverted, light pen cancel, centered to left, with a small thin spot at top and small stained spot at bottom, very fresh and bright colors, fine. This copy is one of the finest known (Scott catalogue notes "No. RB3ad is valued with small faults as 7 of the 8 recorded examples have faults"), with 2002 PFC. Of the eight recorded copies of this stamp, four are repaired, one has a corner missing, and three have additional faults. Without a doubt, this is one of the rarest U.S. stamps, with 1989 PFC, O Catalog #RB3ad Catalog Value $ 14,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #13 UNITED STATES Revenue Stamped Paper 1865 2c orange with restrictive clause in three-part band, stamp inverted, used on Nov. 22, 1871 check of the National Webster Bank of Boston, quite fresh, a few punch holes as usual, v.f., scarce, with 2009 PFC, ex-Cunliffe, O Catalog #RN-C21a Catalog Value $ 750 | Unsold |
 | Lot #14 UNITED STATES Revenue Stamped Paper 1873 2c orange with inverted imprint, used on a National Webster Bank Dividend No. 65 for $60 dated December 1st, 1873 with Treasurer signature and manuscript No.129 on front, light blue green For Deposit Only handstamp on back and endorsement signature, with a “Paid Webster Bank Boston” oval embossed stamp, with usual punch hole almost clear of the revenue stamp, unfolded, less than 25 known, with an unused normal for comparison, with 2008 APS cert., O Catalog #RN-D1c Catalog Value $ 4,750 | Unsold |
 | Lot #15 UNITED STATES Revenue Stamped Paper 1899 2c orange, stamp inverted, used on Sep. 25, 1899 check of the Atlantic City National Bank, endorsement on back, strong stamp impression, cut cancel, fine, with 2009 PFC, ex-Cunliffe, O Catalog #RN-X7g Catalog Value $ 750 | Unsold |
 | Lot #16 UNITED STATES - REVENUES State Duck Stamps 1983 $5 Alabama Wildlife Federation, 1st of State, Wild Turkey, inverted inscriptions at top and bottom, n.h., v.f., apparently only two sheets discovered ** Catalog #RWS AL | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #17 UNITED STATES Flight Covers 1943 Dayton Philatelic Society Ohio cover commemorating 40th Anniversary of Wright Brothers Flight and Dayton Ohio, Birthplace of Aviation. The cover front has a Slate and Carmine cachet with center inverted and displaced out. Cancelled with a USA 6c Airmail stamp by Kitty Hawk NC Dec 17 PM 1943 cds. On closer inspection and also looking at the back, it is apparent that the slate frame is inverted and stamp has been placed so that it appears center is inverted, most unusual item, discovery copy | Unsold |
 | Lot #18 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS CANAL ZONE 1907 1c green and black, center and Canal Zone inverted, nicely centered with fresh colors, usual tropicalized original gum, light h.r. and small adhesion, v.f., only 22 mint examples exist from the original sheet of 100, as 78 were used on mail before the error was discovered by a local philatelist named Elmer Ohlson, with 2002 PFC, ex-Helme, * Catalog #22g Catalog Value $ 5,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #19 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS 1906-07 1c green and black, center and Canal Zone inverted, used with regular 1c on piece, tied by Paraiso C.Z. cds, well centered, regular stamp with rounded corner, v.f. and rare, with 2002 PFC, ex-Helme collection. A pane of 100 of this error was sold in March 1909 to the Panama Railroad Company, and all but 22 copies were used on mail before the error was discovered. As of now, in addition to the unused copies that were saved, only about 13 used copies are on record including a horizontal pair on cover, O Catalog #22g Catalog Value $ 6,000 | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #20 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS 1907 2c carmine red and black, center inverted and Canal Zone reading up, used, bright color, small tear and minor creasing, otherwise fine, with 2004 Philatelic Foundation Certificate. This is one of Canal Zone's greatest rarities, Only nine copies are recorded, all used, including one on cover, all of which are faulty to some degree. Apparently only one sheet was printed and went undetected until first reported in 1911, O Catalog #23g Catalog Value $ 6,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #21 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS 1909 1c dark green and black, center inverted and Canal Zone reading down, a magnificent used example of one of the most famous of all of the Canal Zone errors, only four copies (!) all used, exist. George W. Wirth discovered the first copy of this error in 1932 (23 years after issue) and removed it from a postcard sent by a gentleman to his sister. The second example (with clipped perforations at left) was found in the1950s. A third (badly defective) copy turned up in 1969. The example offered here was the last of the four, discovered in 1979 and by far the best centered of the four existing. In addition, it possesses deep rich color on bright paper, violet Cristobal cds, faint crease not mentioned on accompanying certificate, the perforations at right are scissor separated typical of the handmade booklet panes, which is also a trait of the other three examples, making it likely that the error sheet was produced in this way, which makes it even more astonishing that the error was not noticed, very fine; O Catalog #31a Catalog Value $ 22,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #22 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS 1912 2c vermilion and black, center inverted, overprint reading down, well centered, fresh color, l.h., handstamp guarantee on reverse, with 1997 PFC, * Catalog #39e Catalog Value $ 650 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #23 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS 1912 2c Vermilion and Black, two booklet panes of six, perforated margins, both panes with center inverted and overprint reading down, the unique unexploded complete booklet with two panes, both panes with clipped perforations at right and lightly stuck to the interleaving as expected, the booklet covers are remarkably fresh, with only a slight hint of handling wear, ex-Joyce collection, with 2004 PFC stating “unused OG, handmade booklet pane of six, complete unexploded booklet of two panes, back cover inverted in relation to front cover; genuine with the panes adhering to the interleaving”  Catalog #39f | Unsold |
 | Lot #24 AFGHANISTAN 1961 Famous Men, imperforate souvenir sheet of two, bilingual green inscriptions and black serial number inverted at top and bottom, n.h., minor corner crease, still v.f. and undoubtedly very rare, with 2004 APS cert. ** Catalog #485a,var | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #25 AFGHANISTAN Postal Stationery 1909 wrapper, 1ab red, indicia inverted (!), used with 1b red (defective), filing folds and additional wear, otherwise fine, possibly unique, with 1998 Royal cert., also a 2001 PFC ("single SG 167 oval cancel, on reverse of 1 ab lettersheet Patterson PS 55a, with inverted indicia") | Unsold |
 | Lot #26 ALBANIA 1913 10pa green, double eagle inverted, with "10 para" filled in by hand at bottom (straight edge), unused without gum, fine and scarce (*) Catalog #27var | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #27 ALBANIA 1913 10pa violet (instead of green) horizontal pair (straight edge at right), double eagle inverted, unused without gum, fine and scarce (*) Catalog #27var | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #28 ALBANIA 1991 Mozart 3L souvenir sheet, gold color (medal and score) inverted, n.h., v.f., with Rendon cert. ** Catalog #2388var | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #29 ARGENTINA 1899 Liberty, 1p blue & black, center inverted, lower left sheet corner margin block of six, with part imprint and plate number (inverted as well), three stamps lightly hinged, others never hinged, each stamp pencil signed by Kneitchel, also with 2002 PFC noting a pinhole at bottom right stamp (really of no importance), fine-v.f. and impressive showpiece (YT 127a, catalogue value for hinged singles) */**Catalog #139a Catalog Value €18,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #30 ARGENTINA 1899 Liberty, 1p blue & black, center inverted, used, usual centering and perforations, fine and sound example of this inverted center with parcel post cancel, with 1998 APS cert. (YT 127a) O Catalog #139a Catalog Value €700 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #31 ARGENTINA 1899 Liberty, 5p orange & black, center inverted, usual evenly toned original gum, h.r., well centered for this difficult stamp, signed Rosalia etc., with 2002 APS cert. Only 50 printed (YT 128a) * Catalog #140a Catalog Value €4,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #32 ARGENTINA 1899 Liberty, 5p orange and black Liberty, inverted center, block of ten with selvage at both sides, rich colors, full original gum, six stamps never hinged, with 2002 PFC, a magnificent showpiece item, only 50 (!) printed, this is the largest known multiple of this error which actually represents 20 per cent of the entire known issue (Kneitchel records this unique block of 10 as "Piezas Notables") (YT 128a; catalogue value for hinged singles) */**Catalog #140a Catalog Value €40,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #33 ARGENTINA 1899 Liberty, 10p green and black, center inverted, right sheet margin copy, unusually well centered, h.r., slight gum glazing and imperceptible soiling at upper right, fine and rare stamp, only 25 printed, with 2002 APS cert., ex-Sellinger (YT 129a) * Catalog #141a Catalog Value €8,500 | Price Realized $4,000.00 |
 | Lot #34 ARGENTINA 1899 Liberty, 20p red and black, center inverted, horizontal left sheet margin pair, with invalidating perforations ("Inutilizado"), usual natural slightly toned gum, well centered and fresh, l.h., with 2002 APS cert. stating "rejoined pair". A rarity, as only 25 inverted centers recorded, all with invalidating perfs (Kneitchel records this unique pair among "Piezas Notables"), ex-Sellinger (YT 129a) * Catalog #142a Catalog Value €6,000 | Price Realized $4,250.00 |
 | Lot #35 ARGENTINA 1910 Centenary of the Republic, 1/2c black & gray, 1c blue green & black, 2c olive & gray, 4c dark blue & green, 12c bright blue, 50c carmine & black, also 5p orange & violet, seven different, each with center inverted, well centered, lightly hinged and incredibly fresh, pencil signed Kneitschel and Diena, with 1988 Dr.Enzo Diena certificate. This is the complete set of inverted centers from this issue, each in unusually nice condition (in fact Diena mentions that most of these errors were recovered from printer's waste and are usually "crumpled") (YT 148/61var) * Catalog #160a/173a Catalog Value €6,300 | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #36 ARGENTINA 1910 Centenary of the Republic, 12c bright blue, bottom imprint sheet margin plate proof on card, center inverted, v.f P Catalog #167aP | Unsold |
 | Lot #37 ARGENTINA 1917 San Martin, 20p blue & claret, center inverted, l.h., with 2002 PFC. Only 50 issued, all off centered (Kneitchel No.312a "todos los ejemplares de esta hojo unica son descentrados") (YT 227a) * Catalog #246a Catalog Value €1,400 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #38 ARGENTINA 1948 Bicentennial, imperf. souvenir sheet of four, proof in unissued colors, brown (85c value and "Correos Y Tellecomunicaciones") inverted, v.f., unlisted and undoubtedly rare variety, with 2010 PFC ("unused proof of souvenir sheet in unadapted colors, brown inverted; the souvenir sheet is an unauthorized favor printing") PCatalog #582Pvar | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #39 ARGENTINA 1987 Centenary of the Philatelic Society of Argentina, $1 imperf. bottom sheet corner margin imperf. pair, yellow color shifted and inverted, n.h., v.f. ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #40 ARGENTINA Air Post Semi-Postals 1966 Exposition, 10p+10p lower left sheet corner margin single, black color double one inverted, l.h., natural gum creases, v.f., with 2011 PFC "kiss impression of black color inscription, inverted", v.f. and until now unrecorded variety, with regular souv. Sheet of four (on cover) included for comparison * Catalog #CB37var | Unsold |
 | Lot #41 ARMENIA 1919 10r red, orange yellow, with framed monogram handstamp, basic stamp (Russia Scott's No.109d) with yellow background inverted, cancelled Yerevan 2.5.1920, with full original gum, handstamped guarantee marks, 1994 Mikulski certificate. This may well be unique, as no other examples of Armenian monograms on 10r with inverted background are known. An absolute gem of Armenian philately and a rarity among Inverted Centers of the World O Catalog #48var | Price Realized $10,500.00 |
 | Lot #42 ARMENIA 1920 Pictorial Issue, 25r, 40r, 50r, 70r and 100r, five different, each with center inverted, n.h., fine-v.f. (also imperf. Reprints of 50r and 70r) ** Catalog #YT 97/101 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #43 ARMENIA 1920 prepared but not issued 70r violet and brown, inverted center, sheet of 40, unused without gum, folded along fourth row with marginal tear affecting the frameline of one stamp, otherwise v.f. (*)Catalog #YT 100 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #44 AUSTRIA 1919 Parliament, 2k vermilion & black, center inverted, never hinged and post office fresh, v.f. and best possible example of this popular rarity, signed Dr.Wallner, Albert Mattl and Dr. Ferchenbauer, with certificates from last two ("ein postfrisches erlesenes Prachtstuck"), also from Eichele (Mi.284K), ** Catalog #219a Catalog Value €10,000 | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
 | Lot #45 AUSTRIA 1919 Parliament, 4k carmine & black, center inverted, never hinged and post office fresh, v.f., signed Ebel and Dr. Ferchenbauer, with his 1992 certificate ("ein postfrisches erlesenes Prachtstuck"), also with APS cert. (Mi.287K) ** Catalog #222a | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #46 AUSTRIA 1920 Parliament, 20k vermillion and black, center inverted, cancelled "Wien 117, 24.I.22, 1-3" on small piece, couple of minute perf. flaws and shorter perfs as always, otherwise fine, with1959 Dr. Wallner and 1998 Dr.Ferchenbauer certificates ("sehr schones stuck"), less than 15 known, most with some degree of perforation faults (they were carelessly torn by hand) (Mi.291D) O Catalog #226a Catalog Value €50,000 | Price Realized $11,500.00 |
 | Lot #47 AUSTRIA Military Issues 1917-18 Austrian Fieldpost for Romania, issues complete perf. and imperf. with red and black numerals; also perforated sets (both issues) with "Bani" and "Lei" (red and black) inverted, the complete set of 34, l.h., fine-v.f., scarce complete assemblage * Catalog #Mi.1A-17A,18-34 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #48 BANGLADESH 1990 United Nations Conference, 10t blue inscriptions inverted, with green country name and value also shifted (it is now believed that the blue was correctly printed and the other colors printed inverted), n.h., v.f., with Brandon cert., listed but unpriced in Stanley Gibbons (SG 359a) ** Catalog #371var | Unsold |
 | Lot #49 BELGIAN CONGO 1895 Stanley Falls, 10c greenish blue and black, center inverted, compound perforation 14:12, bright colors, h.r., natural light creases, otherwise fine and exceptionally rare stamp (COB 18Bvar; unlisted as compound perf.) ** Catalog #18a Catalog Value €2,500 | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #50 BELGIAN CONGO 1949 Universal Postal Union, 75c, 1.25fr and 2.50fr (2), four different miniature sheets, each with frame inverted, 1.25f and one 2.50f hinged, other two n.h., v.f. and rare, each with a 2002 PFC, ex-Balner */** Catalog #COB BL3a/10avar | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #51 BELGIUM 1985 Birds, 9fr Chardinneret, red and black printed double, one inverted, right margin horizontal strip of four, n.h., v.f. and rare unlisted variety ** Catalog #1228var | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #52 BELGIUM Private Issues 1954 Centenary of Edgar Tinel, perforated souvenir sheet, inscriptions inverted, plus additional sheet with "Flag on the left of the building" variety, n.h., v.f., with Alex Rendon cert., with a normal sheet included for comparison ** Catalog #COB PR121var | Unsold |
 | Lot #53 BELGIUM Private Issues 1958 Centenary of Lourdes Apparition, private issue souvenir sheet, center inverted, with normal for comparison, n.h., plus a selection of six trial color proofs of the souvenir sheet (in orange, green, blue, red, violet and black), plus proof of center only, fine-v.f., with 2006 Rendon cert. for the inverted center ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #54 BELIZE 1984 Fish, $1 Yellowtail Snapper, center inverted, right margin single, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #711var | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #55 BELIZE 1985 Wedding souvenir sheet containing three horizontal strips of three, centers inverted, n.h., v.f., with 2002 PFC, ex-Balner **Catalog #833var | Unsold |
 | Lot #56 BOLIVIA 1909 Centenary of the Revolution, four inverted center varieties, including 10c green perf. single, 10c green imperf. corner margin horizontal pair (also normal imperf. strip of three included for comparison), 20c orange left margin vertical pair imperf. between and 2p red and black perf. single (with normal imperf. included for comparison), mostly l.h., some faint toning or natural wrinkles, fine-v.f. group * Catalog #79-81var | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #57 BOLIVIA 1909 5c red and black, imperforate plate proof on stamp paper, center inverted, v.f., with 2004 APS cert. (*) Catalog #84Pvar | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #58 BOLIVIA 1910 War of Independence, six items with centers inverted including 5c-20c set of three singles, mint n.h. (20c signed Stolow), also 10c imperf. proof with center inverted and displaced, block of four, l.h., with 1997 Moorhouse cert., 10c imperf. at bottom and at sides, l.h., and 20c imperf. horizontal pair, unused without gum; also a selection of seven varieties, including 5c-20c set of three imperf. horizontal pairs, 5c perf. and imperf. horizontal pairs with center omitted, 10c imperf. horizontal pair with center omitted, and 10c imperf. block of four with centers shifted upwards, l.h., fine-v.f. and comprehensive group P*/** Catalog #92-94var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #59 BOLIVIA 1916 Lake Titicaca, 2c carmine and black, imperf. block of four, center inverted, top stamps hinged, bottom stamps n.h., also 2c and 10c singles, centers inverted, 2c used, 10c heavy h.r., fine-v.f., with 2004 APS cert. for the block of four (YT 106a-b,108b) *OCatalog #113c-d,116c Catalog Value €490 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #60 BOLIVIA Air Post 1924 10c vermilion and black, center inverted, top margin single, usual centering, fresh color, l.h., fine example of this rarity, only 50 issued, signed Sanabria, with 1995 APS cert. (YT 124a) * Catalog #C1a Catalog Value €4,500 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #61 BOLIVIA Air Post 1924 2p black brown and black, center inverted, imperf. proof on gummed paper, n.h., v.f., only 25 printed, with 2002 PFC ** Catalog #C6P | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #62 BOLIVIA Air Post 1924 2b brown & black, center inverted, upper right sheet corner margin single, center inverted, l.h. in selvage, stamp n.h., v.f., signed Kessler, with APS cert. Of only 25 issued, this certainly has to be considered the finest known example (YT 129a, catalogue value for hinged) ** Catalog #C6var Catalog Value €4,500 | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #63 BRAZIL 1891 Liberty Head, 100r blue and red, center inverted, three copies, including mint (l.h.), used and used on commercial cover to Rio de Janeiro, various shades, fine-v.f. *OCatalog #109a | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #64 BRAZIL Revenue Stamps 1912 Rio Grande do Norte, portrait of De Thesouro in red and black, center inverted, imperf. horizontal pair, value tablet blank, plate proof printed by Waterlow and Sons, v.f., ex-Ferrary collection. Only 12 copies known, with 2008 APS cert. P | Unsold |
 | Lot #65 BULGARIA 1881 5s black and orange, background inverted, light cancel, nice color, v.f., only a small number exist, signed Bloch with 1957 Friedl cert. and 2002 PFC (YT 7a) O Catalog #7a Catalog Value €3,250 | Unsold |
 | Lot #66 BULGARIA 1882 3s orange and yellow, background inverted, used, beautiful color, v.f., only nine examples recorded, signed Holcombe, with 2002 PFC (YT 14a) O Catalog #12a Catalog Value €3,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #67 BULGARIA 1911 50s ocher and black, inverted center, cancelled Plovdiv (Philippopel), v.f. The error occurred as the bicolored set was printed first in one color and then passed through the press again for the second time. A major rarity of Bulgarian philately, this error went unnoticed by the public for seven years, the first example being discovered in 1918 by Nicola Kochanov in Sofia. All the known examples are in this condition (Sellinger states 30 copies exist) as the only sheet was issued at Plovdiv, with 1969 A. Diena and 2002 APS certs (YT 87a) O Catalog #97a Catalog Value €5,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #68 BULGARIA 1964 Winter Olympics, 2s Figure Skating, pink color inverted, right margin single, n.h., v.f., with 2008 APS cert. Also included are two sets of cacheted FDCs of the entire sets (Scott's 1311-16), with red and black Insbruck 1964 inscriptions ** Catalog #1312var | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #69 BULGARIA 1964 Olympic Games, 2s Olympic rings and denomination inverted, fresh colors, centered to bottom as all known examples are found, n.h., v.f. An important stamp for the Olympics specialist and for the Inverted Centers of the world collector. Also included complete set of six perforated values on two cacheted FDCs (Scott's No. 1366-71), with red Tokyo imprints ** Catalog #1367var | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #70 BULGARIA 1964 Olympic Games, 2s Olympic rings and denomination inverted, imperforate single, n.h., v.f., rare. Also included complete set of six perforated values on two cacheted FDCs (Scott's No. 1366-71), with black Tokyo imprints ** Catalog #1367var | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #71 BULGARIA 1985 60s Swimmer, center inverted, corner margin block of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #3085var | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #72 CENTRAL LITHUANIA 1921 1m dark gray and yellow, imperf block of four, dark gray frame printed twice, once inverted, yellow center also on back; also another imperf. block, yellow center printed twice, once inverted on each stamp; plus 20m (Tadeusz Kosciuszko and Adam Mickiewicz), imperf. block of four, back brown frame printed twice, one inverted, mostly fine-v.f., impressive lot *(*)Catalog #35var,42var | Unsold |
 | Lot #73 CHILE 1911 10c gray and black, center inverted, small h.r., fine, with 1998 APS cert. (YT 90b) * Catalog #102a Catalog Value €1,500 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #74 CHILE 1911 20c orange red and black, center inverted, block of four, unused without gum, fine, with 2008 APS cert. (*)Catalog #105a | Unsold |
 | Lot #75 CHILE 1911 20c orange red and black, center inverted, used on registered cover sent from Iquique to Lima, additionally franked with 10c gray and black, both tied by Iquique (Aug.24.15) cds, with faint arrivals on reverse, filing folds away from the stamps, still fine and rare on cover, with 2008 APS cert. Catalog #105a | Unsold |
 | Lot #76 CHILE 1912-13 10c blue and black, center inverted, lightly cancelled, nice colors, fine, with 2009 PFC (YT 104a) O Catalog #116a Catalog Value €700 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #77 CHILE 1915-25 10c blue and black, type II, center inverted, block of four, usual centering, top stamps l.h., bottom stamps n.h., fine and rare multiple, with 2009 PFC (YT 113a; catalogue value for hinged singles) */**Catalog #131c Catalog Value €2,400 | Unsold |
 | Lot #78 CHILE 1916 Bernardo O'Higgins, 10c blue and black, type III, center inverted, usual centering, small h.r., tiny thin and faint trace of toning, mentioned for accuracy only, with 2009 Philatelic Foundation Certificate. There was a third printing (type III) from a new plate, with redesigned frame ("E" of "CHILE" joined, upper point of left star open and outside oval is complete); inverted centers from this plate are unknown except for the example offered here, which is believed to be unique, and unlike the inverted centers from the type II plate the centering on this stamp is much better, being just slightly centered to top. An important stamp for the serious collector of Chile and of inverted centers of the world, ex-Cunliffe collection * Catalog #131cvar | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #79 CHILE 1929 10c blue and black, imperf. bottom margin single, center inverted and frame double, l.h., v.f., believed to be unique "triple" variety, with 2009 PFC, ex-Cunliffe * Catalog #170var | Unsold |
 | Lot #80 CHILE Postage Dues 1924 2c-5p numerals including two of last, block of 12, centers inverted, n.h., fine-v.f., with 2006 Alex Rendon cert. A scarce multiple, only a handful intact se-tenant blocks exist **Catalog #J48-58var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #81 CHILE Revenue Stamps 1907 Consular Stamps, Coat of arms,1p ultra and black, 2p orange and black, horizontal pair, 5p light green and black, 10p light green and black, also 50p violet and black, a total of six with centers inverted, mostly used, also 10c green (center upright) with "Chilean Nitrate for better Crops" overprint, fine-v.f., scarce lot, with 2007 Alex Rendon cert. (*)O | Unsold |
 | Lot #82 CHINA 1915 Hall of Classics, $2 blue and black, First Peking Printing, perf. 14, center inverted, a striking example of this rarity which is particularly well centered and with strong colors on fresh paper, with guide line at top, very lightly hinged, an extremely fine gem with great eye appeal and one of the great rarities of Chinese Philately, only one sheet of 50 was produced and sold through the Hankow Post Office, with 2002 China Stamp Society certificate, * Catalog #237a Catalog Value $ 125,000 | Price Realized $150,000.00 |
 | Lot #83 CHINA 1939 $5 red and greenish black, die III, center inverted and displaced, imperf. right margin horizontal pair, without gum (printer's waste), v.f. P Catalog #361P | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #84 CHINA Postal Stationery 1939 Dr. Sun Yat Sen, $5 red and black, two stationery cut squares, each with center inverted and misplaced, cancelled Taipei, fine-v.f. O | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #85 CHINA Local Issues 1946 Manchukuo Bo Tsing Locals, Skull and Crossbones surcharged $100 (blue), $5 on $100 violet brown, $30 on $100 orange brown, $50 on $100 red violet, four matching blocks of four, each se-tenant with upper right stamp with center inverted, n.h., fine-v.f. and rare, with 2008 Royal certificates. After the surrender of Japan, Tse Wen Tung, a leader of anti-Japanese guerillas in Northeast China occupied Bo Tsing and 20 other counties. These stamps were not recognized by The Directorate General of Posts and never issued as postage stamps (Chan AP81-82,84-85var) ** | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #86 CHINA SHANGHAI 1893 Coat of Arms, 5c blue, black inscriptions inverted, unused, large part original gum, h.r., fine, with 2002 PFC which mentions tiny thins at top, * Catalog #156a Catalog Value $ 1,300 | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #87 CHINA - PRC Postal Stationery 1997 40c Exposition for Economic Achievements of World, postal card with blue indicia on right and guide marks at top with yellow, light brown and blue normal and dark brown and blue rotated at 90 degrees clockwise. The back has the blue indicia on the left side, yellow normal and light brown rotated at 90 degrees clockwise, v.f., with normal card included for comparison | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #88 CHINA - PRC Northeast China 1947 30yuan brown and red imperf Nanjing Road Incident, with Red banner inverted on the front side, red banner also printed on the back in normal position, unused without gum as issued, v.f., with 2009 PFC (Yang NE 55b) (*) Catalog #1L34var | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #89 CHINA - PRC Northeast China 1947 10th Anniversary of Sino-Japanese War, imperf. souvenir sheet of four, printed on both sides, green and blue gray values inverted, unused without gum as issued, also a normal souvenir sheet included for comparison, fine and very rare, with 2005 Alex Rendon certificate (*)Catalog #1L44a,1L44a,var | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
 | Lot #90 COLOMBIA 1910 1 1/2c violet & black, center inverted, block of four, unused without gum, pressed-out corner creases, v.f., with APS cert. (*)Catalog #331a | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #91 COLOMBIA Registration Stamps 1917 4c green and ultramarine, center inverted, top margin single, well centered, small h.r., v.f., with 2002 APS cert. (YT 60a) * Catalog #F23a Catalog Value €1,000 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #92 COLOMBIAN STATES Bolivar 1882 10p gray and red, trial color proof on card, center inverted, marginal stain and inclusion, otherwise fine P Catalog #36P | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #93 COLOMBIAN STATES Bolivar 1882 10p green and blue, trial color proof on india, center inverted, with security punch, sealed tear, fine appearance P Catalog #36P | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #94 COSTA RICA 1907 5c yellow and dull blue, center inverted and misplaced showing parts of the vignette at both right and left, small h.r., minute thin from hinge removal mentioned for accuracy only, v.f. appearance. One of the most dramatic errors of this issue, with clear 2009 APS cert., ex-Mayer collection. Brian Moorehouse mentions that less than 10 copies of this variety exist, this probably only known with additionally displaced center * Catalog #62var | Unsold |
 | Lot #95 COSTA RICA 1907 2col claret and black, center inverted, near perfect centering, small h.r., light natural gum bend and minute perf. flaw at top (the latter not mentioned on accompanying certificate), still v.f. and exceedingly rare, with 2009 APS cert., ex-Mayer. Less than five copies are known of this error! * Catalog #68var | Unsold |
 | Lot #96 COSTA RICA 1921 Centenary of Central American Independence, 2c (two different shades), 3c, 15c and 30c imperforate, five different, each with center inverted, unused without gum, nice colors, fine-v.f. and rare group (*) Catalog #105/109var | Unsold |
 | Lot #97 COSTA RICA 1921 Centenary of Central American Independence, 3c green and black, block of four, two right stamps with centers inverted, n.h., some light gum staining, otherwise fine-v.f., with 2002 PFC **Catalog #106var | Unsold |
 | Lot #98 COSTA RICA 1921 Centenary of Central American Independence, 15c dark blue and black, block of four, two right stamps with centers inverted, n.h., light gum staining, light diagonal crease affecting both errors, otherwise fine-v.f., with 2002 PFC **Catalog #108var | Unsold |
 | Lot #99 COSTA RICA Air Post 1973 50c Lake Lindora, center inverted. The center design is made up of four colors, black, yellow, blue and pink, the latter three of these colors are all inverted, but the black is upright, hence the appearance is slightly fuzzy. The stamps were commercially used on mailing a bulletin from the Baha'i center in San Jose. Around five (!) are known in total, all used (with Brian Moorhouse 2008 cert. O Catalog #C555var | Unsold |
 | Lot #100 CRETE 1897 unaccepted designs, two se-tenant sheetlets of four showing different designs including Hermes and Liberty seated, impressions double and inverted, also printed on both sides, plus two completed designs of 40L postage and postage due, all with engraver's initials at bottom, some toning, fine-v.f. and unique lot, with 2002 Rendon cert. E | Unsold |
 | Lot #101 CRETE 1905 Venizelos Provisional Issue, selection including1d single, 2d pair, centers inverted, also 2d imperf. Pair, center double, one inverted, v.f. (*) | Unsold |
 | Lot #102 CUBA 1910 1c green and violet, center inverted, unused (regummed), some overall toning, otherwise fine, with 2001 APS cert. (YT 153a) (*) Catalog #239a Catalog Value €275 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #103 CUBA 1910 2c carmine and green, center inverted, unused (regummed), fine, with 2001 APS cert. (YT 154a) (*) Catalog #240a Catalog Value €625 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #104 CUBA 1910 10c brown and blue, center inverted, well centered, traces of original gum, small faults, fine appearance, with 2001 APS cert. (YT 158a) (*) Catalog #244a Catalog Value €1,200 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #105 CUBA 2005-2006 souvenir sheet with multiple impressions printed at 90 or180 degrees in relation to each other, with Prehistoric Animals, Dogs and Mushrooms & Snails, n.h., with normal sheets included for comparison, v.f. and unusual variety **Catalog #4585,4613,4556var | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #106 CUBA Special Delivery 1910 10c orange and blue, center inverted, unused (regummed), fine, with 2001 APS cert. (YT 3a) (*) Catalog #E4a Catalog Value €1,320 | Unsold |
 | Lot #107 CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1966 1kr Snow Owl, painting by Karel Purkyne, center inverted, large die proof, 70x87mm, v.f., signed Karasek, possibly unique, with 2005 Rendon cert. P Catalog #1437Pvar | Unsold |
 | Lot #108 CZECHOSLOVAKIA Czechoslovak Legion Post in Siberia 1920 25k blue and rose, center inverted, h.r., v.f., signed Gilbert, with 2004 PFC * Catalog #4var | Unsold |
 | Lot #109 DANISH WEST INDIES Postage Dues 1905 5b red & gray, imperf. single, numeral inverted, also 5b-50b, normal set of four imperf. Horizontal pairs, l.h., v.f., with 2007 Rendon cert., ex-Larson * Catalog #J5var,J5-8var | Unsold |
 | Lot #110 DANZIG 1920 5m slate and carmine, both center and "Danzig" overprint Inverted, a highly select example of this important German area rarity, marvelously bright and fresh, gorgeous prooflike colors and impressions on crisp paper, well centered, lightly hinged, fine. Only one sheet of 20 was discovered with both the center and overprint inverted. One can argue that in this case, it is the frame which is inverted, hence both the center vignette and overprint are correctly positioned to one another. Very few stamps from this sheet exist, signed Ebel and Stern, with 2004 Oechsner certificate (Mi. 15BK1) * Catalog #15a Catalog Value €18,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #111 DANZIG 1921 Hanseatic Trading Ship, 5pf-10m, centers inverted, set of eight (as issued), 5pf without gum, balance hinged, fine-v.f., signed Dr. Oechsner, etc. *(*) Catalog #49/58var | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #112 DANZIG 1921-22 30pf blue and carmine, 40pf green and carmine and 1m orange and carmine, centers inverted, set of three, h.r., fine-v.f., with 2006 Rendon cert * Catalog #68-69a,73a | Unsold |
 | Lot #113 DENMARK Local Issues 1887 Svendborg Bypost local, 10r red and black, center inverted, right margin pane of 25, unused without gum as is commonly found, some faint staining on reverse mentioned for accuracy only, v.f., believed to be the largest known multiple of this error, with 2002 PFC (*) | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #114 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1902 1c, 2c, 5c, 12, 20c and 50c centers inverted, six diff., h.r., last one thin, others fine-v.f. * Catalog #144a-46a,148a-50a | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #115 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1960 World Refugee Year souvenir sheet of five, surcharged "5c" in red, with complete frame of bottom left 13c airmail stamp (green and gray) and three "tree" design of the 13c postage (green) all inverted, minor faults, otherwise fine, this apparently being the discovery copy of this error sheet, unique (with 2008 Brian Moorhouse certificate), also two additional imperf. souvenir sheets, varieties missing blue and missing gray, plus regular stamps and perf. and imperf. souv. sheets, unused and on cover *Catalog #B31-33,CB19-20var | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #116 DUBAI 1963 1np Red Cross, imperf. sheet of eight, red inscription and crescent inverted, design omitted from top four stamps, n.h., creases mostly in the selvage, fine **Catalog #18var | Unsold |
 | Lot #117 DUBAI 1964 2np Boy Scout Jamboree, imperf. horizontal pair with center inverted and displaced, also 30np airpost (perf), corner margin single with center inverted and displaced, n.h., v.f. topical varieties ** Catalog #29var,C21var | Unsold |
 | Lot #118 DUBAI Air Post 1963 40np Red Cross, imperf. souvenir sheet of four, yellow vignette and red inscriptions inverted, with double inscriptions in margin, n.h., small marginal corner crease, still v.f. **Catalog #C11var | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #119 DUBAI Air Post 1964 1r and 1.25r Kennedy, centers inverted and in unissued colors, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #C26-27var | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #120 DUBAI Air Post 1964 1.25r Kennedy, imperf. souvenir sheet, center inverted, n.h., v.f., unique according to Sellinger, with 2000 APS cert. ** Catalog #C27var | Unsold |
 | Lot #121 DUBAI Postage Dues 1964 3np Oyster, center inverted, left margin horizontal pair with heavy perf. shift, also 5np Mussel, center inverted, imperf. corner margin block of four, n.h., the latter with marginal thin well away from the stamps, fine-v.f. **Catalog #J3,5var | Unsold |
 | Lot #122 DUBAI Postal Stationery Air Post 1964 Boy Scouts airletters, selection incl. 20np orange, 30np red, each with indicia inverted; 30np brown, 70np green, 1rp brown, three different, each with indicia double, one inverted, also 40np indicia shifted, plus unissued double indicia front and back (13), as well as the regular airletters included for comparison, fine-v.f., scarce group of 21 items, with three APS certificates Catalog #H&G G7,8,11var | Unsold |
 | Lot #123 ECUADOR 1970 50c Butterfly, red and blue inverted, plus four additional varieties, including black omitted, red omitted, imperf. single and imperf. with mirrored impression printed on reverse, n.h., fine-v.f. and impressive group, with 2009 PFC for the red and blue inverted ** Catalog #801var | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #124 ECUADOR 1970 60c Butterfly, center inverted, bottom margin single, also another 60c with black shifted, n.h., v.f., with 2009 PFC for the former ** Catalog #802var | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #125 ECUADOR 1970 $1 Butterfly, center inverted, l.h., with lightly toned perforations, with three additional varieties, including horizontal pair with black omitted, imperf. single and yellow instead of red color variety, plus 10c-$1 Butterflies, complete set with regular and white backgrounds and airpost, n.h., fine-v.f., with 2009 PFC for the inverted center */** Catalog #804var | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #126 ECUADOR Air Post 1969 Operacion Amigo, five imperforate stage proofs in various colors, vertical pairs, also a horizontal pair with black inverted, n.h., v.f. P** Catalog #C459P | Unsold |
 | Lot #127 ECUADOR Air Post 1970 $1.30 Butterfly, blue inverted, n.h., with 2009 PFC, ** Catalog #C461var | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #128 EGYPT 1875 5pa brown, vertical tete-beche block of four, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #26g | Unsold |
 | Lot #129 EPIRUS 1914 10d Ancient Coin, center inverted, small h.r., v.f., with 2004 APS cert. * | Unsold |
 | Lot #130 EPIRUS 1914 25d Ancient Coin, center inverted, right margin single, n.h., fine ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #131 EPIRUS 1914 2d orange and blue, center inverted (blue color printed upside down), l.h., v.f., it is believed that only one sheet was printed, with 2005 Ceremuga cert. * Catalog #21var | Unsold |
 | Lot #132 ESTONIA 1919 5m yellow and black, center inverted, First Printing, unused without gum, large margins, v.f., signed Nemvalz, also regular issues and cover included for comparison, with 2006 Lobbering cert. (Mi. 13xKF) (*) Catalog #35var Catalog Value €1,300 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #133 ETHIOPIA 1919 Inverted Centers, six different, with 2g, 4g, 6g, 8g, 5t and 10t, mostly l.h., 6g thin, balance fine-v.f. * Catalog #124/134var | Unsold |
 | Lot #134 ETHIOPIA Air Post 1966 Animals, imperforate composite strip of five, brown images inverted for each value, v.f., rare, with 2007 Alex Rendon certificate, also imperf. sheets of five, one with olive images printed separately, some creases and minor faults, rare P Catalog #C102-106P | Unsold |
 | Lot #135 ETHIOPIA Air Post 1966 Animals, imperforate and gummed double composite strip of five (215 x 279 mm), green centers and frames printed separately (centers on the left and frames on the right), on the same sheet, brown centers and frames printed separately and inverted in relation to the green printing (centers on the left and frames on the right), sheet marked at the top and has guide marks for both colors, minor wrinkles, otherwise fine-v.f., probably unique, with 2007 Alex Rendon certificate PCatalog #C102-106P | Unsold |
 | Lot #136 FRANCE Air Post 1870 Balloon Post, Paris-Montmartre "Premiere Poste Aerienne du Monde", 50fr slate and black, value inverted, n.h., pencil signed on reverse, v.f. A discovery copy ** | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #137 FRANCE Air Post Semi-Officials 1922 Bourges Aviation Meeting, set of five with values double, one inverted, also three additional varieties, including 50fr with red triple, one inverted, 1fr with value displaced and 1fr with value in red instead of green, plus a "regular" set of five included for comparison, mostly l.h., fine-v.f., with 2007 Rendon cert. for the inverted value set of five (Naudet 182a-evar) * | Unsold |
 | Lot #138 FRANCE Air Post Semi-Officials 1922 Bourges Aviation Meeting, five inverted value varieties, with green, ultramarine and violet stamps with "25" inverted in upper right, violet "25" (corner margin) and green "75" with values inverted in tablet, mostly l.h., fine-v.f., with 2007 Rendon cert. (Naudet 182i-kvar) * | Unsold |
 | Lot #139 FRANCE Air Post Semi-Officials 1922 Rouen Aviation Meeting, set of five with values inverted in upper right corner, h.r., fine-v.f., with 2007 Rendon cert. (Naudet 183a-f) * | Unsold |
 | Lot #140 FRANCE Air Post Semi-Officials 1923 Montpellier Aviation Meeting, 1fr, 2fr and 5fr, centers inverted, h.r., 2fr thin from hinge removal, also normal perf. and imperf. sets included for comparison (few minor faults), fine-v.f. (Naudet 187d-fvar) * | Unsold |
 | Lot #141 FRANCE Air Post Semi-Officials 1923 Montpellier Aviation Meeting, 1fr, 2fr and 5fr, centers inverted, set of three on cover addressed to Paris, additionally franked with 25c, fine-v.f., with 2008 APS cert. (Naudet 187d-fvar) | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #142 FRANCE Air Post Semi-Officials 1925 Lemaitre and Arrachard Paris-Dakar Flight label, top margin block of four, lower left stamp with center inverted, n.h., v.f., with 2002 PFC (Naudet 192var) ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #143 FRANCE Air Post Semi-Officials 1938 LaBaule Aviation Meeting, 25c and 1.75fr, numerals inverted, n.h., also regular set for comparison (l.h.), fine-v.f. (Naudet 293var) ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #144 FRANCE French Offices in China 1906 Mongtseu, 10fr orange brown on green, Chinese characters inverted, small h.r., v.f., with 2000 Behr cert. (YT 34) * Catalog #32a Catalog Value €1,800 | Unsold |
 | Lot #145 FRANCE French Offices in China 1903 Yunnan Fou, 75c deep violet on orange, “Indo-chine" tablet inverted, unused with full original gum, well centered, small corner repair, fine appearance, with1996 Roger Calves, 2000 J.F.Brun and Bernard Behr certificates. A great rarity from French Colonies, one of only three (!) known (YT 13a) * Catalog #13a Catalog Value €40,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #146 FRANCE French Offices in the Turkish Empire 1942 1.50fr violet, background inverted, n.h., v.f., unlisted ** Catalog #YT 45var | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #147 FRENCH COLONIES Algeria 1956-58 1fr Arms of Bone epreuves deluxe, red inverted, v.f. and rare P Catalog #274P | Unsold |
 | Lot #148 FRENCH COLONIES Algeria Semi-Postals 1930 Mosque, 5fr+5fr green & red, center inverted, l.h., v.f., signed Brun, Roumet, with 2002 PFC (YT 99a) * Catalog #B26a Catalog Value €750 | Unsold |
 | Lot #149 FRENCH COLONIES French Congo 1900 Leopard, 1c and 4c, backgrounds inverted, l.h., fine-v.f., with 2007 Rendon cert. (YT 27a,29b) * Catalog #35a,37b | Unsold |
 | Lot #150 FRENCH COLONIES French Congo 1900 Bakalois Woman, 20c green and orange, background double, one inverted, small h.r., v.f., signed Calves, with 1994 Behr cert. * Catalog #41var | Unsold |
 | Lot #151 FRENCH COLONIES French Congo 1900 Bakalois Woman, 40c orange brown and green, background inverted and shifted, l.h., v.f. (YT 44b) * Catalog #44b | Unsold |
 | Lot #152 FRENCH COLONIES French Congo 1900 1fr gray lilac and olive, center and value inverted, h.r., fine, signed Champion, Brun, with 2000 APS cert. (YT 39c) * Catalog #47a Catalog Value €350 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #153 FRENCH COLONIES French Congo 1900 5fr brown orange and gray, center and value inverted, l.h., v.f., signed Roumet, with 2007 Rendon cert. (YT 41e) * Catalog #49b Catalog Value €450 | Unsold |
 | Lot #154 FRENCH COLONIES Dahomey Air Post 1942 50fr yellow green, dull green and deep blue, double impression of the vignette, one inverted, corner margin block of six, n.h., natural diagonal crease affecting three stamps, otherwise v.f. and rare unlisted variety, with 2009 PFC **Catalog #C13var | Unsold |
 | Lot #155 FRENCH COLONIES French Equitorial Africa 1937 Colonial Arts Exhibition souvenir sheet, center (stamp) inverted, small h.r., v.f., signed Brun, with 2007 Roumet cert. (YT Bloc 1a) * Catalog #73var Catalog Value €1,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #156 FRENCH COLONIES French Indochina 1898 Markets of Hanoi, 13c green yellow, "3" inverted, horizontal pair, unused without gum, left stamp with heavy inclusion, otherwise fine and rare, only 10-15 exist (*) Catalog #3var | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #157 FRENCH COLONIES Madagascar 1942 Centenary of French Colonies of Mayotte and Nossi-Be, 1.50fr blue background inverted, top sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., with 2007 Roumet certificate. A rare stamp, only 20 printed (YT 231b, catalogue value for hinged) ** Catalog #211Avar Catalog Value €2,200 | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #158 FRENCH COLONIES Madagascar 1943 20fr dull violet and brown, double value, one inverted, n.h., v.f., with 2008 APS cert. (YT 278a, catalogue value for hinged) ** Catalog #254var Catalog Value €450 | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #159 FRENCH COLONIES Martinique 1937 Colonial Arts Exhibition souvenir sheet, inverted inscriptions, n.h., v.f., signed Roumet etc., with 2002 APS cert. (YT Block 1a) (Maury cat. Euro 4,000) Catalog #179b Catalog Value $ 3,000 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #160 FRENCH COLONIES Mauritania Air Post 1942 Caravan, 10fr ultramarine and carmine, center inverted, sheet margin single, unused (regummed), v.f. example of this popular invert, signed Kessler, with APS cert. Only one sheet of 50 printed (YT PA15a) (*) Catalog #C11a Catalog Value €1,100 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #161 FRENCH COLONIES New Caledonia Air Post 1942 50fr black, values inverted, l.h., v.f., signed Brun, with APS cert. (YT PA45b) * Catalog Value €340 | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #162 FRENCH COLONIES Senegal 1914 Issue (Senegalese preparing Food), master die proof (value tablets blank), blue frame, orange center inverted, v.f., undoubtedly rare, if not unique, with Alex Rendon certificate P Catalog #110P | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #163 FRENCH COLONIES Senegal 1914 Issue (Senegalese preparing Food), master die proof (value tablets blank) in black, center inverted, v.f., undoubtedly rare, if not unique, with Alex Rendon certificate P Catalog #110P | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #164 FRENCH COLONIES Somali Coast 1902-03 Issue, 3c-5fr selection of 22 different center inverted varieties, l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f. */** Catalog #36/63var | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #165 FRENCH COLONIES Somali Coast 1902-03 Issue, imperf. singles (4c, 1fr, 2fr ) and pairs (2c, 15c, 75c and 1fr), all center inverted varieties, various colors, l.h. or unused without gum as issued, v.f. *(*) Catalog #39/61var | Unsold |
 | Lot #166 FRENCH COLONIES Somali Coast 1902-03 Issue, Somali Warriors, collection of 31 imperforate blocks of four (124 stamps), different bicolor essays, value "0f", also five additional imperf. blocks of four (20 stamps), center inverted varieties, v.f. and impressive group, with J.P.Kalkstein cert. PCatalog #YV 50P | Unsold |
 | Lot #167 FRENCH COLONIES Somali Coast 1937 Paris International Exposition, 1.50fr ultramarine, country name inverted, n.h., v.f., signed, undercatalogued variety (YT 146a) ** Catalog #144var Catalog Value €150 | Unsold |
 | Lot #168 GERMAN STATES Heligoland 1888 private reprints (Leipzig), four different, 1/4s, 1 1/2s, 1pf and 2pf, each with inverted center, all in blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f., extremely rare, with 2002 APS certs ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #169 GERMANY 1922-23 20m indigo and green, background inverted, left margin block of four, n.h., upper left stamp with heavy gum soak, otherwise fine-v.f., signed Dr. Oechsner (Mi. 196I) **Catalog #196b Catalog Value €400 | Unsold |
 | Lot #170 GERMANY 1923 50mil m dull olive green, value inverted, horizontal pair, n.h., v.f., signed Dr. Oechsner (Mi. 321AK) ** Catalog #289b | Unsold |
 | Lot #171 GERMANY 1957 20pf Aschaffenburg, black inscriptions inverted, horizontal pair, n.h., v.f., with 2009 PFC (Mi. 255K) ** Catalog #765var Catalog Value €1,500 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #172 GERMANY Semi-Postals 1923 20m+1000m indigo and green, background inverted, exceptionally well centered for this difficult issue, n.h., fresh and v.f., with 1009 Weinbuch cert. (Mi. 260KII0 ** Catalog #B7b Catalog Value €1,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #173 Germany - Local Issues Spremberg 1946 6pf ultramarine, perf. block of six, middle stamp "6" inverted; imperf. block of nine, middle row right stamp with inverted "6"; 54pf green, imperf. block of nine, middle stamp with inverted numerals, also regularly issued perf. and imperf. sets of eight, some minor adhesions or l.h., fine-v.f. Also included are perf. and imperf. sets of eight, used on two registered covers *Catalog #Mi.10AK,10BK,14BK | Unsold |
 | Lot #174 GERMANY East Germany (D.D.R) Postal Stationery 1988 10pf postal card, green imprint and red Solidarity imprint in a circle in five different languages, red imprint inverted and blue portion completely missing; also 25pf postal card, green blue stamp imprint and blue logo and text imprint inverted, red portion completely missing, with a normal for comparison, unused, v.f. | Unsold |
 | Lot #175 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ADEN - QUAITI 1968 Seven Wonders of the World souvenir sheet, with inscriptions of the Statue of Liberty and the Colossus of Rhodes reversed, with regular perf. and imperf. sheets included for comparison, n.h., v.f., with 2006 APS cert. ** Catalog #Mi. Block 23A | Unsold |
 | Lot #176 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AITUTAKI 1920 6p red brown & slate, center inverted, top sheet margin single, l.h., v.f., with 2006 Royal cert. This variety originates from printer's waste and was not regularly issued, still quite scarce and desirable (SG 28var) * Catalog #32var Catalog Value £ 750 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #177 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BAHRAIN 1990 Camel Post, 1f imperf. sheet of 30, overprinted in Arabic, containing all known varieties such as center inverted, missing rider, missing rider and camel, inverted cliche both frame and center (2) and dark background at R5/6, also two imperf. singles with centers inverted (both overprinted in Arabic) and 1990 "Alnis Guide to the Revenues, War Tax Issues and Cinderellas of Bahrain" by Jeri Cooper (with a pasted-in example of an inverted center Camel Post label), all without gum as issued, fine-v.f. (*) | Unsold |
 | Lot #178 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BASUTOLAND 1962 1/2c dark brown and gray imperforate, center inverted, left sheet-margin horizontal pair with positional marking in selvage, n.h., v.f., with 1998 APS cert. less than thirty pairs exist from the single pane of sixty (SG 69a,var) ** Catalog #72var | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #179 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA 1959 St. Lawrence Seaway, 5c red & blue center inverted, top right corner sheet-margin block of four, plate block position, bright fresh colors on pristine white paper, never hinged, usual post office pad staple holes in top selvage, v.f. A showpiece with 1983 PFC, approximately 400 copies exist, making this plate block a premier Canadian rarity. As was the policy of the Canadian Post Office during this time period, sheets of stamps supplied to the various post offices had the selvage inscriptions (and plate numbers) trimmed off to reduce the number of broken panes in post office stocks (caused by collector requests). The only way collectors could obtain plate number blocks were from sheets that were supplied through the Philatelic Service of the post office. The famous Seaway Invert found its way to the public through purchases by customers at regular post office windows, so no traditional inscription plate blocks. The accepted plate block positions would be blank corner sheet margin blocks, such as the on **Catalog #387a Catalog Value $ 64,000 | Price Realized $27,000.00 |
 | Lot #180 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA 1959 St. Lawrence Seaway, 5c red and blue, center inverted, perfectly centered single tied to cover by Ottawa 1959 cds, sent to Vancouver, cover with small edge faults at top as expected on this purely commercial usage, v.f. Only 16 covers or cards with the Seaway Invert have been recorded, this is one of only three examples with a cds postmark, with 2002 David Brandon certificate (Unitrade 387a) Catalog #387a Catalog Value $ 25,000 | Price Realized $10,000.00 |
 | Lot #181 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA 1991 Provincial Normal School, Truro, N.S., $2 brown and multicolored, inverted inscriptions, single error se-tenant with brown cutting guide invert gutter at bottom (from the Hamilton Find), the error with tab and partial design at top, n.h., v.f. Only ten gutter inverts known, with 2000 APS certificate (Unitrade 1376b,1376vii) ** Catalog #1376b Catalog Value $ 22,000 | Price Realized $9,500.00 |
 | Lot #182 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA Air Post Semi-Officials 1926 Jack V. Elliot Air Service, 25c red and yellow, imperf. corner margin horizontal pair, left stamp with "Air Service" inverted, h.r., marginal thins between the stamps, otherwise v.f. and rare, with 2002 PFC, * Catalog #CL7b Catalog Value $ 550 | Unsold |
 | Lot #183 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA Air Post Semi-Officials 1926 Elliot-Fairchild's Air Service, two blocks of four (completing the original pane of eight), one with upper right stamp tete-beche, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #CL9a | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #184 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA Air Post Semi-Officials 1926 Patricia Airways, 50c green and red, airplane inverted, black overprint (instead of red) ascending, upper right corner margin single, small h.r., v.f. and rare unlisted double variety, with 2009 PFC * Catalog #CL30var | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #185 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA Air Post Semi-Officials 1926 Patricia Airways, 50c green and red, airplane (magenta instead of red) inverted, type "D" black overprint (instead of red) ascending, left margin partial inscription single, n.h., v.f. and rare double variety, with 2009 APS certificate ** Catalog #CL30var | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #186 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA Air Post Semi-Officials 1926 Patricia Airways Ltd, 10c green and red, airplane inverted, l.h., tiny thin spot, otherwise v.f., with 2002 PFC * Catalog #CL43a | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #187 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA Revenue Stamps 1868 Third Bill Revenue Stamp, $2 vermilion and black, center inverted, used, small repair, otherwise fine and rare, with 2002 APS cert. (van Dam FB53a) O Catalog #FB53a | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #188 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA Revenue Stamps 1907 Saskatchewan 5c Coat of Arms Law stamp, horizontal pair, right stamp with center (arms) inverted, punch cancel as always, v.f. and highly desirable se-tenant pair with a normal stamp, the left stamp being the invert, while the right stamp is normal. Stated to be one of only two such se-tenant pairs known. A showpiece for either the Canadian revenue specialist or the inverted centers of the world collector, with 2002 PFC, ex-Bileski (van Dam SL1a) O | Unsold |
 | Lot #189 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CAYMAN ISLANDS 1980 (ca) unissued Olympic Games, imperf. printer's waste pane of six, red color inverted, n.h., few natural gum bends, v.f. and scarce item, with Royal certificate ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #190 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COOK ISLANDS 1920 1p carmine and black, center inverted, l.h., fine, signed Bloch, with 2006 Royal cert. (SG 71var; see footnote which states that these examples were not supplied to the post office, they are considered to be printer's waste) * Catalog #62a Catalog Value £ 700 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #191 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COOK ISLANDS 1920 1sh violet and black, center inverted, n.h., v.f., with 2006 Royal cert. (SG 75var; see footnote which states that these examples were not supplied to the post office, they are considered to be printer's waste) ** Catalog #66var Catalog Value £ 700 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #192 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COOK ISLANDS 1932 1d black & lake, center inverted, n.h., fine, with 2007 BPA cert. Only five (!) reported (SG 100a; catalogue value for hinged) ** Catalog #85a Catalog Value £ 7,000 | Price Realized $12,000.00 |
 | Lot #193 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COOK ISLANDS 1932 2p brown, center inverted, n.h., v.f. (SG 101var; see footnote which states that these examples were not supplied to the post office, they are considered to be printer's waste) ** Catalog #86var Catalog Value £ 500 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #194 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COOK ISLANDS 1932 2 1/2p dark ultramarine, center inverted, n.h., v.f., with 1999 APS cert. (SG 102var; see footnote which states that these examples were not supplied to the post office, they are considered to be printer's waste) ** Catalog #87var Catalog Value £ 300 | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #195 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA 1854 1/2 Anna deep vermilion on toned paper, Plate II (9 1/2 arches), lower right sheet corner imprint block of eight, with clear "Genls Office by H M Smith Calcutta April 1854", block rejoined vertically between stamps, unused without gum as issued, v.f., signed John Wilson (he was the curator of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Collection), possible largest known multiple, with 1995 Royal cert. (*)Catalog #SG 1a | Price Realized $25,000.00 |
 | Lot #196 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA 1854 4a red and blue, Head Inverted, first printing, Head Die I, a handsome used example of this important classic rarity, being neatly cut to shape as nearly all known examples are found, with frame lines just touched at a few points, with diamond of dots cancel, thin at upper left, small tear at foot, with 1980 Royal and 2002 BPA certificates. This is example XXV (illustrated in Williams' "Rare and Famous Stamps"). The 4 Anna "Inverted Head" of India is one of the legendary rarities in 19th century philately. Ever since the first one was publicly exhibited in 1874 at the Royal Philatelic Society of London this major error has fascinated generations of collectors and has been sought after by most of the world's most prominent philatelists. To date, there are just 27 confirmed examples of this stamp, only three of which are cut square. Why the vast majority of these rarities are cut to shape is a matter of some speculation. The most popular scenario is that these errors were discovered very early on and som O Catalog #6c Catalog Value £ 50,000 | Price Realized $100,000.00 |
 | Lot #197 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA 2007 Fairs of India Baul Mela, sheetlet of 16 with "2007" printed double, one inverted and displaced upwards (due to inversion), n.h., v.f., only seven sheets reported, at least one of which has been broken up ** | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #198 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIAN STATES - Bhor Revenue Receipt, 1a red brown, center inverted, single stamp used on document with nine other "normal" stamps, fine-v.f., with 1996 APS cert. | Unsold |
 | Lot #199 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIAN STATES - Charkhari 1931 Govardhan Temple, 5r violet and blue, center inverted, heavy h.r. (disturbed gum), fine * Catalog #36var | Unsold |
 | Lot #200 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIAN STATES - Orchha 1935 5r bright blue and plum, 15r dark green and black, imperf., centers inverted, unused without gum, with 2000 Royal and 2004 APS certs stating that these are printers' waste (*) Catalog #SG27,29 | Unsold |
 | Lot #201 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JAMAICA 1920 1sh bright orange and orange, frame Inverted, bottom margin single, l.h., v.f. According to most accounts this "Inverted Frame" variety was discovered by a local collector at the small Post Office in Manchioneal, a village on the coast of Jamaica in March 1922. It is presumed that only one sheet of 60 must have had the error, with half the sheet going to Manchioneal and some being fiscally used, while, more than likely, the other half sheet going to Kingston, as a used copy of the error exists with a Kingston cancellation. Estimates vary among specialists as to the exact number of these errors that still exist - some as low as only ten - to no more than approximately 20. This beautiful example is accompanied by a 2004 Royal cert. (SG 85a) * Catalog #83a Catalog Value £ 30,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #202 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA 1954 30c Owen Falls Dam, vignette (dam) inverted, watermark inverted as well, an exceptionally attractive used example of this spectacular error showing the dam and inscription inverted but properly placed in the design, light cancellation which does not obscure the error, well centered, strong colors, trivial marginal creases of no importance (as found on all existing examples), still v.f. Only three examples are recorded of this famous rarity. This error was first discovered in 1983 (nearly thirty years after its issuance) by a collector in the United States who found it in a stock book among his duplicates. A second example was found in 1992 in a glassine containing common stamps and was auctioned in 1993 by Christies (described also as slight creasing). The third example, which is offered here was last seen in the Peter Balner Collection of Inverted Centers of the World (also discovered in a mixture of common stamps in 1996). It is now thought that only one position in the sheet of 100 contained the inve O Catalog #108b Catalog Value £ 25,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #203 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH LABUAN Postage Dues 1901 8c red and black, frame inverted, overprint reading down, oval of bars cancels as always (this rarity is only known used, cancelled to order), unobtrusive cancel leaving the complete inverted center vignette virtually untouched, rich colors, centered just a bit to right as are all of the few known examples, fine and desirable stamp, with 1993 BPA cert. (SG D6ba) O Catalog #J6a Catalog Value £ 9,500 | Price Realized $6,500.00 |
 | Lot #204 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MONTSERRAT Postal Stationery 1979 Scout and Spaceship, postal card essays, selection of 15 unused items, six overprinted Specimen, five are with centers inverted, also there are two with double centers, various shifts and paper varieties, occasional toning, mostly v.f. A rare assembly S | Unsold |
 | Lot #205 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEW REPUBLIC 1886 selection of eight mostly different, arms inverted varieties, one in a vertical tete-beche with upright variety, 2sh6p horizontal pair, 2p used, others unused, mostly with gum, two with PFCs, fine-v.f. (SG 48a,48b,50a,52a,86a) *O Catalog #37a/50a | Unsold |
 | Lot #206 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEW ZEALAND 1973 4c Purri Moth, bright green (wing veins) inverted, booklet pane of six, all six examples with the error, contained in an unexploded booklet (SG SB28var), the other 4c pane in the booklet is normal, interestingly the error pane was inserted upside down in the booklet, pane with perforations all around, n.h, v.f., with 2002 David Brandon cert. Only 20 (!) examples of the variety inverted bright green reported, the error in a full booklet is probably unique (SG 011a) Catalog #573var | Unsold |
 | Lot #207 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEW ZEALAND 2004 Olympic Games $2 Peter Snell (gold medalist for 800 meters in Rome in 1960), center inverted (as the prismatic plastic design is upside down). This spectacular error was found in a local Hamilton post office and it is believed that only a single pane of 16 was issued. When a customer, who went to buy a stamp for his overseas mail noticed the error, he came back and purchased the remaining seven stamps (by this time half the pane had already been sold to public and are likely to have been used on mail and subsequently discarded). One of the examples has been sold back to New Zealand Post and is currently displayed in the New Zealand National Museum at Te Papa as the most significant NZ stamp error after the 1905 4d Taupo inverted center error. The current error was found shortly after release and once NZ Post heard of this problem, the remaining stamps were withdrawn from circulation. This Error has been extensively written up in the NZ Stamp Collector publication (Royal Philatelic Society of New Zea ** Catalog #1971var | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #208 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NIUE 1932 2 1/2p indigo and black, center inverted, deep intense color, well centered, n.h., v.f., rare unhinged, with 1995 APS cert. (SG 58var, catalogue value for hinged) ** Catalog #56var Catalog Value £ 300 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #209 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PENHRYN ISLAND 1920 1/2p emerald & black, center inverted, right sheet margin single, slightly disturbed gum as always, with couple of minute toned specks along the perforations, still v.f., with APS cert. (SG 32var) * Catalog #25a Catalog Value £ 900 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #210 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PENHRYN ISLAND 1920 1p red & black, center inverted, h.r., v.f., signed Bloch, with 2004 APS cert. (SG 33var) * Catalog #26a Catalog Value £ 900 | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #211 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA 1930-45 1d carmine and black, vertical sheet margin bilingual pair, frames inverted and reversed (mirror images), centers inverted as well, printed on watermarked (upright) and gummed paper, l.h., fine and striking variety, with 2005 Philatelic Federation of Southern Africa Expert Committee cert. stating "it is an example of printers' waste." Nevertheless, a striking philatelic curiosity and rarity, probably of proof status * Catalog #34var | Unsold |
 | Lot #212 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1902 Duty Stamp 1p violet & green, rouletted 13 1/2 x 13 1/4, green color (center and value) inverted, l.h., natural gum wrinkles, rounded upper left corner, fine, with 2007 Royal certificate. A fine example of this rarity, only seven (including a horizontal pair) examples recorded, with a regular stamp included for comparison * Catalog #Barefoot 2a | Unsold |
 | Lot #213 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SUDAN 1951 5m Warrior, plate proof in plum and black on rose, center double, one inverted, upper right sheet corner margin block of six, marginal creases, otherwise fine (SG127P). PCatalog #102P | Unsold |
 | Lot #214 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SUDAN 1951 unissued design, imperf. top sheet margin block of eight, double center, one inverted and shifted, leaving two stamps at right with only the upright impression, v.f. and unusual item P | Unsold |
 | Lot #215 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SUDAN 1951 Canoe, 3p plate essay in violet blue and brown on rose, center inverted, upper right sheet corner margin block of four, fine-v.f., rare (SG 131P) PCatalog #106P | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #216 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SUDAN Officials 1951 5m Warrior, plate proof in plum and black on rose, frame double, one inverted, also red "S.G." double, one inverted, lower left sheet corner margin block of nine, with plate number, v.f. and unusual item (SG O71P) PCatalog #O48P | Unsold |
 | Lot #217 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TONGA 1897 7 1/2p black and green, King George II, center inverted, deep colors, fresh and v.f. example of this very scarce and popular inverted center error, with 2004 Royal Cert. Only one sheet of 60 stamps was printed (SG 48a) * Catalog #47a Catalog Value £ 6,000 | Price Realized $9,000.00 |
 | Lot #218 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TRANSVAAL 1901 Pietersburg, 2p black on orange, complete setting of 24 (separated and rejoined vertically), with several varieties including center inverted (pos.16), also "Penny" for "Pence (pos.3), "1" instead of "2" at lower right (pos.1), right spray inverted (pos.14) etc., some usual faults, rare sheet, with 2002 APS cert. *Catalog #SG 7,8,9var | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #219 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TRANSVAAL 1901 Pietersburg, 6p black on dark green, complete setting of 24, with several varieties including center inverted (pos.16), also "Penny" for "Pence (pos.3), right spray inverted (pos.15) etc., hinged in margin, stamps n.h., fine-v.f., with 2006 APS cert. *Catalog #SG 13-15var | Unsold |
 | Lot #220 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TRANSVAAL Revenue Stamps 1902 2sh6p King Edward VII revenue, center inverted, large well balanced margins, h.r., v.f., with 2002 Brandon cert. * Catalog #Barefoot 83a | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #221 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TRANSVAAL Revenue Stamps 1902 5sh slate, black and purple King Edward VII revenue, center inverted, left sheet margin single, h.r., fine and scarce fiscal invert, with 2002 Brandon cert. * Catalog #Barefoot 84a | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #222 GREECE 1928 5d Athens Academy inverted center, cancelled Athens, well centered, v.f., with Karamitsos certificate and the “Inverted Center” book in Greek; also 2006 Alex Rendon certificate. A rare stamp, only16 exist (Karamitsos 477b) O Catalog #331b Catalog Value €10,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #223 GREECE 1945 Roosevelt, 30d inverted frame and double impression of the center, imperf. block of four, n.h., v.f., with 2002 APS cert. **Catalog #469var | Unsold |
 | Lot #224 GREECE 1945 Roosevelt Mourning Issue varieties, three strips of four including 60dr black and slate blue with inverted frame, 60dr imperf., double frame and impression, also 200dr strip of four, frame inverted, n.h., v.f. and spectacular lot, with 2002 APS certs ** Catalog #470-471var | Unsold |
 | Lot #225 GREECE 1950 1,000d Youth of Marathon (UPU), background and dates inverted, used, v.f. and very rare, with 2006 APS cert., normal stamp included for comparison O Catalog #524c | Unsold |
 | Lot #226 GREECE 1950 1,000d Youth of Marathon (UPU), dates (background) double, one inverted, n.h., v.f. and rare variety, with 2007 APS cert., normal stamp included for comparison ** Catalog #524var | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #227 GREECE 1953 National Products, 1,000d imperf. top margin vertical pair, light olive green background inverted, n.h., accompanied by a newspaper cutting stating “P. Ostrow of Burlington VT has reported discovery of a complete imperforate sheet of 50” of this variety, rare, with 2006 Alex Rendon cert. (Karamitsos 724a, catalogue value normal imperf. pair) ** Catalog #551avar Catalog Value €920 | Unsold |
 | Lot #228 GREECE 1953 National Products, 2,000d imperf. top left corner margin horizontal pair, light green background inverted, v.f. and rare, with 2007 Alex Rendon cert. (Karamitsos 726a, catalogue value normal imperf. pair) ** Catalog #553var Catalog Value €920 | Unsold |
 | Lot #229 GREECE 2010 Greek islands issue, with a green square in right bottom denoting lowest inland rate, four gutter sheets of 10, one with emblem inverted, others with emblem double or omitted, plus a normal sheet included for comparison, interesting modern error ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #230 GREECE Postage Dues 1876 2L yellow green and black, center inverted, l.h., also 20L imperf. Block of four, center inverted, l.h., v.f., with 2006 Galinos cert. */**Catalog #J38,41var | Unsold |
 | Lot #231 GREECE Postage Dues 1876 20L yellow green and black, center inverted, imperf. horizontal pair, margins all around, n.h., v.f., with 2006 APS cert. (Hellas D17d) ** Catalog #J41var | Unsold |
 | Lot #232 GUATEMALA 1881 Quetzal, 2c brown and green, center inverted, h.r., v.f. (YT 23a) * Catalog #22a Catalog Value €400 | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #233 GUATEMALA 1881 Quetzal, 2c brown and green, center inverted, used on 3c postal stationery card (H & G 4) to Frankfurt, Germany, tied by a fancy violet star postmark, endorsed Via Livingston and New Orleans, with 1883 Quetzal Tenango cds and transit at left, v.f. and rare usage, with 2009 PFC, ex-Cunliffe Catalog #22a | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #234 GUATEMALA 1881 Quetzal, 5c red and green, center inverted, used, v.f., according to Goodman, only 25 exist (mostly used), with 1998 APS cert. (YT 24a) O Catalog #23a Catalog Value €1,600 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #235 GUATEMALA 1881 Quetzal, 20c yellow and green, center inverted, slightly disturbed original gum, v.f. (YT 26a) * Catalog #25a Catalog Value €450 | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #236 GUATEMALA 1902 Quetzal, 1c center inverted, right margin single, unissued colors of orange and blue, with Waterlow and Sons Specimen overprint in black and single security punch (overprint inverted), without gum as issued, v.f., only a few known, with 2009 APS certificate. Also included in the lot is a nice holding of Specimens of this issue, with 1c-2p perforated set of 13, 12 1/2c and 1p imperf. singles, 75c top right corner margin perforated example without overprint (only one sheet of nine exists), 12 1/2c sheet margin horizontal strip of three, imperf. vertically between pos. 1 and 2, also 5c sheet margin vertical strip of three imperf. horizontally between; and finally 2c, 5c and 20c sheetlets of nine, without gum as issued SCatalog #114/123S | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #237 GUATEMALA 1911 General Post Office, 25c black and blue, center inverted, lightly cancelled, irregular perfs at bottom, otherwise fine, less than 100 recorded, with clear 1998 APS cert. (YT 145a) O Catalog #141a Catalog Value €1,250 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #238 GUATEMALA 1911 General Post Office, 25c black and blue, center inverted, rejoined horizontal pair, lightly cancelled, pressed out crease, otherwise fine, with 1999 APS cert. (YT 145a) O Catalog #141a Catalog Value €2,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #239 GUATEMALA 1911 Post Office, 25c blue and black, center inverted, used with an upright example on cover addressed to Monsi€Gaston Soupey, Secretaire de la Legation de France in Guatemala, cancelled and tied to envelope with boxed violet Servicio Express Jun 1 1915 pmk with Salida 3 PM in manuscript and Recibida a (no manuscript time written) hand stamps on front; additionally franked on reverse with Guatemala 6c Temple of Minerva (Scott's No.117), fine, with 2007 Alex Rendon certificate. According to an article by Brian Moorhouse "Not only is this cover a unique example of the 25c inverted center on cover, it may also be the earliest recorded example of a franked Express Delivery cover." A great rarity from Guatemala Catalog #141,141a | Unsold |
 | Lot #240 GUATEMALA 1911 5p red and black, center inverted, right margin block of six, n.h., fine-v.f. (YT 146a; catalogue value for hinged singles) **Catalog #142a Catalog Value €300 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #241 GUATEMALA 1911 5p red and black, center inverted, top right corner margin block of six, used on piece, violet cancels, each with a vertical cut made by the Postmaster General when he found the error (known as the "slash" variety), fine-v.f., one of the largest known used multiples of this error, with 2002 PFC Catalog #142a | Unsold |
 | Lot #242 GUATEMALA Air Post 1964 UPU Congress (Vienna) souvenir sheet, both stamps inverted, n.h., v.f. and rare, missing from the major inverted center collections, with 2002 APS cert. ** Catalog #C310var | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #243 GUINEA 1963 Centenary of the Red Cross, 5f and 10f interpanneau margin blocks of four, centers inverted and displaced, with "normal" imperf. interpanneau blocks of four plus 15f imperf. block of four for comparison, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #309-310var | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #244 GUINEA 1964 Kennedy, 5f-100f, centers inverted, set of four top margin singles, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #325-327,C56var | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #245 GUINEA 1965 World's Fair, 30f, 40f and 50f, centers inverted, imperf. interpanneau blocks of four, 40c with margins cut in at top, with "normal" imperf. interpanneau blocks of four for comparison, also 75f perf. and imperf. singles, centers inverted, plus Air Post, three imperf. trial color souvenir sheets with center and marginal inscriptions inverted and shifted, with 100f in orange and green, 100f in carmine and green, and 200f in carmine and green, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #372-375,C62-64var | Unsold |
 | Lot #246 GUINEA 1965 UNESCO, 5f-100f, centers inverted, set of three imperf. horizontal pairs, plus additional imperf. pairs of the 5fr and 100fr (the latter on pink paper), also set of three imperf. horizontal pairs with centers omitted and a "normal" set of imperf. pairs for comparison, plus five 25f imperf. trial color horizontal pairs and an imperf. single, with additional "center only" horizontal pair, n.h., v.f. group ** Catalog #433-435var | Unsold |
 | Lot #247 GUINEA Air Post 1962 Anti-Malaria, mosquito inverted, 25f-100f, set of three perforated singles, also 25f, 50f (2) and 100f in "normal" imperf. interpanneau blocks of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #C29-31var | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #248 GUINEA Air Post 1962 Anti-Malaria, 100f souvenir sheet, mosquito and marginal insignia inverted, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #C31avar | Unsold |
 | Lot #249 GUINEA Air Post 1964 100f Kennedy, die proof in issued color, die sunk on glazed card, center inverted, v.f. P Catalog #C56Pvar | Unsold |
 | Lot #250 GUINEA Air Post 1965 ICY, 100f imperf. trial color proof in green and orange, center inverted and misplaced, vertical pair, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #C75var | Unsold |
 | Lot #251 HAITI 1903 Centenary of Independence, centers inverted, 2c-50c, set of six, blocks of four (except 7c two horizontal pairs), mostly with top two stamps hinged (20c with three stamps hinged), balance n.h., one 7c defective, otherwise fine-v.f., rare in multiples */**Catalog #82-88var | Unsold |
 | Lot #252 HAITI 1960 United Nations, centers inverted, set of three, also imperf. souvenir sheet of three with frames inverted and black shifted, plus imperf. souvenir sheet with middle frame inverted, with normal FDC included for comparison, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #469,C168-169var | Unsold |
 | Lot #253 HONDURAS 1891 President Bogran, small collection of proofs and issued stamps, including 5p purple and black, center inverted, block of four (disturbed original gum, light gum soaks, with 2009 PFC), with 1c-10p imperf trial color proofs on india paper, including 50 blocks of four and several singles, various colors, also issued stamps, fine-v.f. and impressive group *PCatalog #51-64P | Unsold |
 | Lot #254 HONDURAS 1891 President Bogran, 2p, 5p and 10p, centers inverted, h.r., 2p with repaired tear, otherwise fine, only 54 of the 2p exist, * Catalog #62a-64a Catalog Value $ 360 | Unsold |
 | Lot #255 HONDURAS 1891 President Bogran, 10p green and black, center inverted, right margin block of four, well centered, three stamps hinged, one n.h., v.f., with 2002 APS cert. */**Catalog #64a | Unsold |
 | Lot #256 HONDURAS 1920 2c Dawn of Peace reprints (these originate from the original printers but were made privately at a slightly later date and are not regularly issued stamps or proofs) collection of 22 items including bronze imperf. sheetlet with center inverted; red, right sheet margin perf. single with bronze center inverted; red printed overlapped inverted (tete-beche) on each other, overlapping about 35%, resulting in a stamp that is about 65% wider than normal, very unusual; also upright proof sheetlets in gold, silver, bronze etc., fine-v.f. and unusual group *P Catalog #195-198var | Unsold |
 | Lot #257 HONDURAS Air Post 1997 Butterflies, three imperf. sheets of 30, proofs printed on both sides, colors inverted and shifted, also 5.40L two misperforated blocks of four, each with black color inverted and shifted, v.f. and spectacular group, the three sheets accompanied by Alex Rendon certificates, also with normal stamps included for comparison **PCatalog #C998/1003Pvar | Unsold |
 | Lot #258 HUNGARY 1888 5kr rose and black, numeral double, one inverted, h.r., v.f., with 2010 Gabor Visnyovszki certificate ("besides the second numeral it is a fully ready stamp. Probably the ready stamp was put by mistake in the numeral printing machine for the second time, inverted. It may have been taken from the post by stealing the refuse-material but it can also be that it has come out in a legal way (this is less likely). According to my opinion the inverted print is (numeral 5) is original. Similar errors (double or inverted double numerals) are known with other denominations as well") and 2010 APS certificate. A rarity (with normal used copy included for comparison) * Catalog #25var | Unsold |
 | Lot #259 HUNGARY 1921 5,000k dark green and pale blue, Madonna and Child, center inverted, l.h., well centered, faint horizontal crease in bottom margin (which is common to this error), v.f., with clear 1964 BPA and 2002 Philatelic Foundation Certificates. A beautiful stamp. One of the premier Inverted Centers of 20th century Europe and certainly one of the finest of the less than 100 examples reported (used and unused), of which at least 38 are tied up in museums (Mi.379I) * Catalog #386a Catalog Value €15,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #260 HUNGARY 1950 Flowers, 40f imperf. Horizontal strip of five, yellow and mauve background inverted and shifted; also 1.70f perf. Single, red color omitted, plus another with red color inverted, green shifted, n.h., v.f. and scarce lot, with 2011 Philatelic Foundation certificates stating "printers waste". Be it as it may, these are quite interesting inverted colors, scarce (*) Catalog #1113,1116var | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #261 HUNGARY 1973 Paintings, 1f Landscape, imperf. single, center inverted, n.h., v.f., with 2008 K.P.Kalkstein and APS certificates. This is the only modern inverted center from Hungary, only one sheet of 20 printed. Also included are normal perf. and imperf. sets of seven (Scott's No. 2231-37,var) ** Catalog #2233var | Unsold |
 | Lot #262 HUNGARY Postage Dues 1915 15f green and red, top right corner margin horizontal pair, right stamp with center inverted, unused without gum, fine, with 2002 APS cert. (*) Catalog #J34var | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #263 HUNGARY Postage Dues 1918 50f green and red, center and overprint inverted, right margin single, n.h., natural gum bends, fine ** Catalog #J50a | Unsold |
 | Lot #264 HUNGARY Postage Dues 1918 2f green and black, center inverted, well centered, small h.r., v.f., with regular set for comparison, with 2008 APS cert., * Catalog #J65a Catalog Value $ 2,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #265 HUNGARY Local Issues 1921 Western Hungary postage dues, centers inverted, 50f-1000f, set of five, n.h., v.f., each with 2009 APS cert. A rare group of inverts, missing in most major collections ** Catalog #J4a-8a | Unsold |
 | Lot #266 INDONESIA 1968 Scout Camp, 5r+50s, orange background inverted, significant shift of the perforations, n.h., v.f., with 1998 APS cert., normal stamp included for comparison ** Catalog #B216var | Unsold |
 | Lot #267 INDONESIA Revenue Stamps Radio Revenue, 15r top left corner margin block of 25, yellow background inverted, top row of stamps partially printed and misperforated, also a normal pane of 71 included for comparison. This is a discovery copy, by Mr.Sagar ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #268 IRAN 1879 Nasr-ed-Din, 5 krans blue & black, imperforate single, black center vignette and numerals inverted, light magenta Shiraz 22/7 pmk, small thin, fine appearance, signed Mehrdad Sadri, with 2004 Persiphila cert., O Catalog #42c Catalog Value $ 1,850 | Unsold |
 | Lot #269 IRAN 1902 Meshed Issue, 1ch black, center inverted with the "V.C." initials (Victor Castaigne, Postmaster of Meshed) inverted in the center, also value from lower left corner and Persian character from upper right corner transposed, Persian character inverted, used, margins all around, v.f., with 1960 Iranian Philatelic Society certificate, also 2002 APS cert. A rarity (YT 192a) O Catalog #222b Catalog Value €5,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #270 IRAN 1909 Coronation of Ahmad Shah, 1ch-26ch, also 1kr-4kr, plus 30kr (Service), selection of 12 different Lion Essays, last one with silver border (this stamp is showing one of the gates of Teheran, when it was a walled city), others gold border, lower values on vertically laid paper, mostly fine-v.f. Considered to be among the most beautiful stamps of Persia, these essays were prepared by Enschede printers in the Netherlands, but never released (Persiphila No. C21-32,C52). These stamps are not inverted * | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #271 IRAN 1909 Coronation of Ahmad Shah, 1ch, 13c, 26ch, three different with golden border, also 1ch, 2ch, 3ch, 9ch, plus Service 2kr, 5kr and 30kr, seven different with silver border, last three showing gate of Teheran, others Lion, each with center inverted, a total of 10 different, one without gum, others l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f., the three top values signed Mehrdad Sadri, with Persiphila certificates (Persiphila No. C21a,27a,28a,37a-39a,41a,46a,49a,52a) * | Price Realized $4,000.00 |
 | Lot #272 IRAN 1911 Shah Ahmed reprints, 5c, 6c, 9c, 24c, 26c, 4k, 5k and 10k, eight different inverted centers, fine-v.f. * Catalog #484/498var | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #273 IRAN 1915 Coronation, 1c-24c reprints (Imperial Crown design), centers inverted, as well as printed on both sides, the nine different values in top sheet margin blocks of four (36 stamps), each with plate "12" (also inverted) and registration marks, without gum as issued, fine-v.f. (*)Catalog #560-68,570var | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #274 IRAN 1915 Coronation (Ruins of Persepolis), 1t-5t centers inverted, each also printed on both sides (normal print on other side), without gum as issued, generally well centered and with bright colors, v.f. (*) Catalog #574-77var | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #275 IRAN 1924 Shah Ahmed, 2k indigo and red, center inverted, exceptionally well centered, strong bright colors, cds in the top right corner virtually free of the central inverted vignette, exceptionally well centered and fresh, tiny toned speck and inconsequential internal crease on back, v.f. A rarity, as only 10 examples (nine of which are used) exist. Certainly one the finest centered extant (most of all other examples we have seen are off-center). An important stamp for either an inverted centers of the world collection or an advanced collection of Iran, considerably undercatalogued, O Catalog #675a Catalog Value $ 4,000 | Price Realized $6,000.00 |
 | Lot #276 IRAN 1950 10r carmine and blue green, center inverted, top sheet-margin single of this rare and attractive invert, with strong vibrant colors, well centered, hinged in the selvage only, stamp n.h., v.f., with 1994 APS certificate, ** Catalog #927a Catalog Value $ 2,750 | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #277 IRAN 1950 Old GPO Building, 10r carmine and blue green, center inverted, used in combination with additional franking on 1951 flown cover from Teheran to New York, both stamps tied with a typical illegible Teheran Cds, addressed to K. Faboudah 505 Fifth Ave New York, with return address on back, v.f. One of only two known covers franked with the inverted GPO Building, with 2008 Mehrdad Sadri certificate Catalog #927a | Unsold |
 | Lot #278 IRAN 1956 50d brown and olive, center inverted, n.h., natural gum irregularity, penciled position ("45) on back, n.h., v.f., with 2002 APS cert. Only 100 printed, ** Catalog #1059Ab Catalog Value $ 3,750 | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #279 IRAN Officials 1915 5c red, center and bilingual "Service" overprints inverted, used, minor wrinkles, fine and undoubtedly rare double error, fine, with 2009 PFC O Catalog #O44var | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #280 IRAN Parcel Post 1915 6ch olive green and carmine, reprint, center and bilingual "Colis Postaux" overprints inverted, fine and uncommon variety, with 2002 PFC ** Catalog #Q23var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #281 IRAN Postal Tax Stamps 1957 50d emerald and carmine rose, center (Lion and inscriptions) inverted, n.h., v.f., with 2002 PFC. A rare invert ** Catalog #RA4var | Unsold |
 | Lot #282 IRAN SOVIET REPUBLIC OF PERSIA 1920 Gilan Rebellion, 6ch blue, yellow and red (Mirza Kuchik Khan Issue), imperforate block of four, red flags inverted, yellow background shifted, unused without gum as issued, v.f. (*) | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #283 ISRAEL - INTERIM PERIOD 1948 Valley of Jezrael, 10m blue, value inverted, vertical gutter pair, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #Bale 18b | Unsold |
 | Lot #284 ISRAEL Revenue Stamps 1961 £50 green, center inverted, n.h., v.f., with regular stamp included for comparison, with 2009 PFC (Bale IV.Rev.50var) ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #285 ISRAEL Revenue Stamps 1979 £10 and £20 centers inverted, matched set of bottom right corner margin blocks of four, very fresh and well centered, n.h., v.f., with 2002 PFC for each (Bale IV.Rev.65a,66a) ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #286 ISRAEL - JNF Labels 1946-73 selection including 50a Flags, imperf. single, black color double one inverted, 1950s Moshe Sharet, perf. sheet of 30, olive green color inverted; 1960 Herzl, horizontal and vertical imperf. pairs, black double one inverted, olive green double one inverted; 1962 Ben Zwi, 50a imperf. single, double impression one inverted; 1967 Tractor, imperf. sheet of 20, orange brown inverted; 1973 Yom Kippur War, vertical proof strip of four, background inverted; 25a imperf. sheet of 16, black double, one inverted; 1973 Ben Gurion, collection with 50a imperf. Block of four, center inverted, also regular stamps and FDCs included for comparison, interesting lot, many of these items discovered by Mr. Sagar ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #287 ITALIAN STATES Lombardy-Venetia Revenue Stamps 1850 75c green and black, center inverted, tied to top right corner of complete four-page 1855 document by double circle cancellation, fresh colors, light vertical file fold passes lightly through the stamp, pulled perf. just outside the outer circle of cancel, otherwise fine and scarce usage on a complete document, with 2009 PFC, ex-Cunliffe | Unsold |
 | Lot #288 ITALY 1928 Emmanuel Philibert (Filiberto) 30c, center inverted, neatly cancelled, well centered for this difficult issues, v.f., with 1968 Diena cert. (Sass.228a) O Catalog #203a Catalog Value €9,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #289 ITALY Semi-Postals 1925 Holy Year, 5L+2.5L orange brown and violet, center inverted, part original gum, status unknown but quite desirable invert, with 2009 PFC * Catalog #B25var | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #290 ITALY Air Post Semi-Officials 1926 Trans-Polar Dirigible Flight "Norge" vignette, sheet of 20, inverted frame in position 16, usual minor offsets on back, n.h., v.f ** | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #291 ITALY Air Post Semi-Officials 1926 Trans-Polar Dirigible Flight "Norge" vignette, vertical pair imperf. between, n.h., v.f., scarce ** | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #292 ITALY Air Post Semi-Officials 1926 Trans-Polar Dirigible Flight "Norge" vignette, two lower left sheet corner margin horizontal se-tenant pairs, one variety missing color (gray brown), each with frame inverted (position 16), n.h., the latter with creases, otherwise fine-v.f., scarce ** | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #293 ITALY Air Post Semi-Officials 1926 Trans-Polar Dirigible Flight "Norge" vignette, two imperforate horizontal pairs, one variety missing color (gray brown), n.h., some natural inclusions, v.f. ** | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #294 ITALY Air Post Semi-Officials 1926 Trans-Polar Dirigible Flight "Norge" vignette, horizontal imperforate gutter tete-beche pair, one variety missing color (gray brown), the other with inverted frame, n.h., folded between stamps, v.f., rare ** | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #295 ITALY Air Post Semi-Officials 1926 Trans-Polar Dirigible Flight "Norge" vignette, horizontal imperforate gutter tete-beche pair, one variety missing color (gray brown) and with frame inverted, n.h., folded between stamps, v.f., rare ** | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #296 ITALY Air Post Semi-Officials 1926 Trans-Polar Dirigible Flight "Norge" vignette, horizontal imperforate gutter tete-beche pair, one variety missing color (gray brown) also frame double one inverted, the other with gray color shifted, folded between stamps, unused without gum, also a regular stamp included for comparison, v.f., rare P | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #297 ITALY Air Post Semi-Officials 1926 Trans-Polar Dirigible Flight "Norge" vignette, horizontal imperforate pair, variety missing color (gray brown) frame double, unused without gum, also a regular stamp included for comparison, v.f., rare P | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #298 ITALY Postage Dues 1870-1925 1c buff and magenta, numeral inverted, unused without gum, fine, with 1977 Raybaudi and 2002 Alex Rendon certificates (Sass.3b; catalogue value for hinged) (*) Catalog #J3a Catalog Value €6,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #299 ITALY Postage Dues 1870-1925 2c buff and magenta, numeral inverted, lightly cancelled, usual perforations, fine, signed Diena, with 2000 APS cert. (Sass. 4b) O Catalog #J4a Catalog Value €5,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #300 ITALY Postage Dues 1870-1925 5c, 10c, 20c, 50c and 60c, numerals inverted, 5c and 60c n.h., others l.h., fine-v.f., 60c signed Raybaudi (Sass. 20a/26a catalogue value for hinged) */** Catalog #J5a/11a Catalog Value €873 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #301 ITALY Postage Dues 1870-1925 30c buff and magenta, numerals inverted, used, well centered, fine and seldom offered, with 2006 Raybaudi cert. (Sass. 7b) O Catalog #J8avar Catalog Value €3,750 | Unsold |
 | Lot #302 ITALY Postage Dues 1870-1925 40c buff and magenta, numerals inverted, used, strong colors indicative of the First Printing, usual centering, fine and unique, as this is the only known 40c First Printing with numerals inverted, signed Diena, with 2006 Raybaudi cert., listed but unpriced in Sassone (Sass. 8b), ex-Balner O Catalog #J9avar | Unsold |
 | Lot #303 ITALY Postage Dues 1870-1925 50c buff and magenta, numerals inverted, used, nice colors, insignificant horizontal crease (not mentioned on accompanying cert), fine, signed Diena, with 2006 Raybaudi cert., (Sass. 9b), ex-Balner O Catalog #J10avar Catalog Value €5,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #304 ITALY Postage Dues 1870-1925 60c buff and magenta, numerals inverted, used, nice colors, fine, signed Raybaudi, with 2002 Rendon cert. (Sass.10b) O Catalog #J11avar Catalog Value €7,500 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #305 ITALY Postage Dues 1870-1925 1L blue and magenta, numeral inverted, horizontal pair, used, nice color, usual centering, fine and rare pair, with 1979 Diena and 2002 Rendon certs (Sass. 27a) O Catalog #J14b Catalog Value €9,000 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #306 ITALY Postage Dues 1870-1925 2L blue and magenta, numeral inverted, manuscript "5" cancel, nice color, fine, with 1999 APS cert. (Sass. 12b) O Catalog #J15a Catalog Value €3,750 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #307 ITALY Postage Dues 1870-1925 2L blue and magenta, numeral inverted, tied on large piece along with 5c, 30c and 50c by "Trepuzzi" cds, fine and scarce, signed Diena, with 2006 Raybaudi cert. (Sass. 29a) O Catalog #J16a Catalog Value €5,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #308 ITALY Postage Dues 1870-1925 5L blue and magenta, numeral inverted, used, fine, with 2002 Rendon cert. (Sass. 12b) O Catalog #J17a Catalog Value €1,750 | Unsold |
 | Lot #309 ITALY Postage Dues 1870-1925 10L black and magenta, numerals inverted, used, diagonal crease, otherwise fine, with 2002 APS cert. (Sass.14b) O Catalog #J20var Catalog Value €450 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #310 ITALIAN COLONIES Eritrea Postage Dues 1920 5c buff and magenta, numeral and overprint inverted, corner margin block of four, n.h. (hinged in margin), v.f., signed Raybaudi, ex-Balner (Sass. 14a; catalogue value for singles) **Catalog #J1bc Catalog Value €4,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #311 ITALIAN COLONIES Libya 1921 Pictorials, 5c, 10c, 15c and 25c (two different), each with center inverted, last one with sheet margin, also an additional 25c, n.h., fine-v.f. (Sass. 23c-26c,49c) ** Catalog #22b-25a,53a Catalog Value €1,420 | Unsold |
 | Lot #312 ITALIAN COLONIES Libya 1921 30c black and black brown, center inverted, tiny natural spot of color at bottom, n.h., fine, signed both Alberto and Enzo Diena, etc., with 2006 Raybaudi cert. (Sass.27c) ** Catalog #26a Catalog Value €7,000 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #313 ITALIAN COLONIES Libya 1926 15c black brown and orange, center inverted, unusually well centered, fresh colors, l.h., v.f., signed Alberto Diena, with 206 Raybaudi cert. (Sass. 62a) * Catalog #52b Catalog Value €4,500 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #314 ITALIAN COLONIES Libya 1924 50c black and olive green, center inverted, exceptionally well centered and fresh, l.h., v.f., signed Dr.Enzo Diena, with 2006 Raybaudi cert. (Sass.51c) * Catalog #55b Catalog Value €4,500 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #315 ITALIAN COLONIES Somalia Postage Dues 1926 10c-60c orange and black, numeral and inscription inverted, complete set of the six different known inverts, usual centering and bright colors (Sassone notes that the key 20c value is always poorly centered); a scarce set of these striking errors (Sass.S42a-47a) * Catalog #J32a-37a Catalog Value €2,100 | Unsold |
 | Lot #316 KOREA 1951-52 United Nations 500wn Korea - Italy (without crown) imperforate souvenir sheet of two, blue country emblems (also portions of flags and names of countries) and inscriptions inverted, part original gum and wrinkles, suggesting this sheet found its way out of the printers through a back door (printer's waste), also with Italy Flags without Crown perforated stamps for comparison, very rare and dramatic error, with 2009 PFC * Catalog #154a-155a,var | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #317 KOREA, NORTH 1991 IPC, imperforate sheet of 25, each stamp with silver "85th IPC" inscriptions inverted, n.h., v.f., only 10-20 such sheets recorded **Catalog #Mi.3207var | Unsold |
 | Lot #318 KOREA, NORTH 1994 Fossils of Korea imperforate souvenir sheet of four, stamps or frame inverted, n.h., v.f., with regular perforated souv. sheet included for comparison **Catalog #Mi.3488var | Unsold |
 | Lot #319 KOREA, NORTH 1997 Butterflies, imperf. souvenir sheet of three, frame or center inverted, n.h., v.f., with a normal perforated sheet for comparison ** Catalog #Mi.3895-97var | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #320 KOREA, NORTH 1999-2002 selection of ten different souvenir sheets or sheetlets of 12, each with marginal inscriptions inverted, variety of topicals incl. mushrooms, chess, birds, monkeys, ship, minerals etc., n.h., v.f., each with a regular sheet included for comparison, undoubtedly rare **Catalog #Mi.3949/4173var | Unsold |
 | Lot #321 KOREA, NORTH 2000 Dinosaurs, imperforate souvenir sheet, silver color inverted, thus country name and denominations inverted, n.h., v.f., rare **Catalog #Mi.4072var | Unsold |
 | Lot #322 LIBERIA 1892 Elephant, 4c green & black, bottom sheet margin single, center inverted, h.r., v.f., * Catalog #35a Catalog Value $ 175 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #323 LIBERIA 1892 President Johnson, 8c brown and black, center inverted, well centered, h.r., v.f., with 2002 APS cert., * Catalog #37a Catalog Value $ 600 | Unsold |
 | Lot #324 LIBERIA 1892 President Johnson, 8c brown and black, center inverted, well centered example, with deep rich colors, tied to small piece by Monrovia cds, the piece itself with wrinkles and bends away from stamp, which is v.f., scarce used, with 2009 PFC, O Catalog #37a Catalog Value $ 600 | Unsold |
 | Lot #325 LIBERIA 1892 President Johnson, $5 carmine and black, center inverted, well centered, h.r., tiny thin specks, still v.f., * Catalog #49a Catalog Value $ 500 | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #326 LIBERIA 1892 President Johnson, $5 carmine and black, center inverted, well centered example, with deep rich colors, tied to small piece by two strikes of Monrovia March 23 1896 cds, v.f., scarce in any condition, especially used on piece, with 2008 APS cert., O Catalog #49a Catalog Value $ 500 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #327 LIBERIA 1905 Elephant, 5c ultramarine and black, center inverted, usual perforations, bright colors, n.h. and post office fresh, fine, with 1999 APS cert. (catalogue value for hinged) ** Catalog #62a Catalog Value $ 1,250 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #328 LIBERIA 1905 5c ultra and black Elephant, center inverted, an incredibly fresh bottom right corner margin mint block of four, nicely centered, crisp and intact, pristine original gum, lightly hinged in the bottom selvage only, the stamps all never hinged, a rare multiple, especially in this stellar quality, with 2008 APS certificate (catalogue value for hinged singles) **Catalog #62a Catalog Value $ 5,000 | Price Realized $5,000.00 |
 | Lot #329 LIBERIA 1906 Pictorials, 1c-$5 centers inverted, 10 different (complete less 10c,15c) (the 30c does not exist inverted), including the scarce $5 high value with an inverted center which is not listed or priced in Scott as such, fresh colors throughout, mostly l.h., except 5c without gum, $1 small thin, generally fine, with 2008 APS cert. for the unlisted $5 *(*) Catalog #101a/112a,113var | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #330 LIBERIA 1906 50c green and black, center inverted, vertical imperf. pair, unused without gum, v.f. (*) Catalog #109a,var | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #331 LIBERIA 1906 $1 rose and gray, imperforate single, frame double, center inverted, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #111a,var | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #332 LIBERIA 1909 Pictorials, 2c, 15c, 20c, three different, also 25c perf. and imperf., all five with center inverted, 25c misperforated, fine-v.f. lot * Catalog #116a,119a,120a,121b | Unsold |
 | Lot #333 LIBERIA 1909 5c ultramarine and black (ship), center inverted, imperf. sheet margin block of six, unused without gum, v.f., with 2008 APS cert. (*)Catalog #117a, var | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #334 LIBERIA 1921 75c red and black brown, center inverted (rapids in St. Paul's river), used (as are all known examples), v.f. O Catalog #191a | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #335 LIBERIA 1952 3c purple and green (Harper), 4c brown and green (Marshall), 10c orange and blue (Roberts), plus 25c lilac rose and black (Monroe), four different, centers inverted, sheets of 25 of each (100 stamps), n.h., v.f., with APS certificates **Catalog #334,335,337,C68var | Unsold |
 | Lot #336 LIBERIA 1952 Birds,10c dull green and magenta, center (Jacana bird) inverted, sheet of 20, n.h., v.f., with 2004 APS certificate **Catalog #345var | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #337 LIBERIA Semi-Postals 1918 surcharged "two cents" on 1c deep green & black, two horizontal pairs, one perforated, with surcharge omitted from the right stamp, h.r., other imperforate with center inverted, the latter n.h., v.f., with 2008 APS cert. */** Catalog #B3var | Unsold |
 | Lot #338 LIBERIA Air Post 1936 Triangles, 6c yellow green and black, vertical tete-beche pair, centers rotated sideways, also a proof pair, centers only, v.f. This is a discovery copy, by Mr. Sagar *P Catalog #C3Fvar | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #339 LIBERIA Registration Stamps 1909 Buchanan, 10c purple and black, imperforate trial color proof, center inverted, v.f. P Catalog #F10aP | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #340 LIBERIA Officials 1906-12 2c-50c selection of nine (eight different) center inverted varieties, including imperf. pair of 2c carmine & black, imperf. sheet margin example of 25c plum and gray, overprint omitted, also 15c, 20c, 25c, 50c and 75c perf. singles, without overprints, 2c carmine and black used, others h.r., few minor faults, mostly fine-v.f. *O Catalog #O47a/O68var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #341 LIBERIA Officials 1906 Chimpanzee, 5c ultramarine and black, overprint and center inverted, h.r., light toned spot, otherwise fine * Catalog #O48b | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #342 LIBERIA Officials 1906 Bird, 10c dull violet and black, overprint omitted, center inverted, h.r., fine * Catalog #O49var | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #343 LIBERIA Officials 1906 Hippopotamus, 75c ultramarine and black, center inverted, l.h., fine * Catalog #O55var | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #344 LIECHTENSTEIN 1921 25rp rose red and black, plate proof on thin card, center inverted, upper left sheet corner margin single, position one from the sheet, deep colors, v.f., signed Reinhardt BPP and accompanied by his 1987 certificate (Mi.54P) P Catalog #63Pvar | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #345 LIECHTENSTEIN 1921 25rp rose red and black, plate proof on thin card, center inverted, bottom sheet margin block of four, v.f., with 2007 Peter Marxer cert. A rare multiple (Mi.54P) PCatalog #63Pvar | Unsold |
 | Lot #346 LIECHTENSTEIN 1921 80rp dark violet and black, trial color plate proof on thin card, center inverted, top sheet margin single, v.f., with 2009 PFC P Catalog #68Pvar | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #347 LITHUANIA 1919 Berlin Issue, 3auk buff and carmine, imperf. horizontal pair, triple center, one inverted and shifted, v.f. (*) Catalog #38Pvar | Price Realized $100.00 |
 | Lot #348 LITHUANIA 1919 Berlin Issue, 75s red and bistre, center inverted, imperf. sheet margin block of eight, n.h., v.f., with 2002 PFC **Catalog #57var | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #349 LITHUANIA 1919 Berlin Issue, 3auk buff and carmine, 5auk green and carmine, each double center one inverted and displaced, unused without gum as issued, v.f. (*) Catalog #59var,60var | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #350 LITHUANIA 1922 De Jure Issue, 50sk brown and violet, imperforate single, with incorrect vignette inverted, v.f., with Alex Rendon cert. P Catalog #116BP | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #351 LITHUANIA 1922 De Jure Issue, 2auk blue and yellow brown, center inverted, pencil signed, fine, with 2008 APS cert. * Catalog #117Bc | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #352 LITHUANIA Air Post 1926 60c blue and black, center inverted, l.h., v.f., with 1998 APS cert. Only 200 printed * Catalog #C39c | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #353 MEXICO 1915 Vera Cruz Lighthouse, 1p brown and black, center inverted, the center is also shifted 5mm to right, well centered, h.r., disturbed and slightly toned gum, v.f., signed Aguirre * Catalog #513a | Unsold |
 | Lot #354 MEXICO 1915 Vera Cruz Lighthouse, 1p brown and black, imperforate single, center inverted, the center is also shifted downwards, h.r., small thin, otherwise v.f. * Catalog #513a,var | Unsold |
 | Lot #355 MEXICO 1915 Mexico Post Office, 5p claret and ultramarine, center inverted, the center is also shifted 5mm to the left, well centered, h.r., slight toning, otherwise v.f., signed Aguirre, with APS cert. * Catalog #514a Catalog Value $ 450 | Unsold |
 | Lot #356 MEXICO 1915 Mexico Post Office, 5p claret and ultramarine, imperforate vertical pair, each with center inverted, h.r. at top, bottom stamp n.h., v.f., with handstamped guarantee, also 2002 PFC, rare */** Catalog #514a,var | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #357 MEXICO Revolutionary Issues - Sinaloa 1929 20c black, red and gray, vertical pair, one stamp with center inverted, fresh colors, well centered, n.h., fine-v.f., with APS cert. ** Catalog #2var | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #358 MONTENEGRO 1896 Mausoleum/Monastery, selection of four singles and one imperforate pair, all with centers inverted, incl. 2n, 3n, 10n, 20n and 5n (pair), the latter with blue crayon (printer's invalidating) markings, 10n reperforated, with some blue markings as well, some additional perf. flaws, mostly fine and rare group, 5n with Ceremuga cert. *(*) Catalog #46/51var | Unsold |
 | Lot #359 MOROCCO 1980 1.40 Palestine Map issue, bottom sheet corner margin block of six, red and black colors inverted and displaced, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #542P | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #360 NEPAL Postal Stationery 1965 15p entire envelope (van der Wateren No.) with second indicia printed inverted in lower left corner, unused, v.f., rare | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #361 NICARAGUA Air Post 1938 Issue, complete set of eight perforated singles and two souvenir sheets, all with centers inverted, also two imperf. souvenir sheets (centers upright), unused without gum as issued, fine-v.f. (*)Catalog #C221B-Kvar | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #362 NORTH INGERMANLAND 1920 10m brown and violet, center inverted, very well centered, strong color, tiny h.r., fresh and v.f., with 2002 APS cert. Only 100 printed, * Catalog #14a Catalog Value $ 1,000 | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #363 NORWAY Local Issues 1888 Holmestrand Local Post 10ore, selection with two singles, four pairs, mostly with numerals inverted, also sheet of 25. position 7 inverted numerals, also Drammen Local Post 1887 3 Ore black on yellow paper, value (3) inverted, fine-v.f., scarce lot (*) | Unsold |
 | Lot #364 PAKISTAN Postal Stationery 2007 1r Lahore Fort postal card with indicia double, one inverted, normal indicia in upper right corner, inverted indicia on left side and split between top and bottom, registered from Lahore, v.f., with normal card included for comparison. | Unsold |
 | Lot #365 PANAMA 1906 Portraits, 1/2c-50c complete set of 10 (including both shades of 2c and 5c), plus an additional 5c black & blue imperf., all with centers inverted, last one without gum as issued (accompanied by an APS cert.), others h.r., 25c small thin, mostly fine-v.f., few signed Champion, seldom offered complete *(*) Catalog #185/193var | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #366 PANAMA 1906 1c dark green & black, center inverted, block of four, disturbed gum, one stamp with a small thin, otherwise v.f., with 2011 PFC, scarce multiple *Catalog #186var | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #367 PANAMA 1906 1c dark green & black, imperf. sheet margin horizontal pair, center inverted, unused without gum as issued, v.f., rare, with 2010 PFC (*) Catalog #186var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #368 PANAMA 1906 10c violet & black, center inverted, used in combination with an additional stamp on small piece, fine and quite scarce (inverted centers were not regularly issued) O Catalog #191var | Unsold |
 | Lot #369 PANAMA 1915 Gatun Locks, 5c blue and black, center inverted, unused without gum, slightly irregular perfs at top, fine and scarce stamp (only 19 unused examples reported), with 2002 APS cert. (YT 112a) (*) Catalog #210a Catalog Value €1,250 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #370 PANAMA 1915 Gatun Locks, 5c blue and black, center inverted, well centered, tied by violet "Agencia Postal Feb 23 1916 Panama" cancel on cover addressed locally in Panama City, additional postmark (arrival?) repeated on back, filing fold terminating in a minor cover tear at bottom, well away from the stamp, fine. One of only a few known 5c inverted center used on cover, with 2007 Alex Rendon cert. Catalog #210a | Unsold |
 | Lot #371 PANAMA 1915 Santo Domingo Arch, 20c brown and black, center inverted, unused large part original gum, h.r., v.f., with Alex Rendon and APS certificates, scarce with gum (YT 116a) * Catalog #212a Catalog Value €700 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #372 PANAMA 1915 Santo Domingo Arch, 20c brown and black, center inverted, well centered, tied to piece by blue town pmk, v.f., extremely rare used, ex-Helme, with 2002 PFC O Catalog #212a | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #373 PANAMA 1960 Rome Olympics, 5c red color inverted (inscriptions and outlines), n.h., fine and scarce error, handstamped "Paredes" (listed but unpriced in Mi.574K); unpriced ** Catalog #434var | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #374 PANAMA 1962 Colon Cathedral, 20c center double, one inverted, n.h., v.f., handstamped "Paredes" ** Catalog #441Gvar | Unsold |
 | Lot #375 PANAMA Air Post 1962 Postal Union UPAE, 10c two errors, each with center inverted, additionally missing either the blue or gold colors, unused without gum, fine-v.f. (*) Catalog #C278var | Unsold |
 | Lot #376 PANAMA Officials 1914 Triangles, 20c "1 Parte Republica de Panama Declaracion," numeral inverted at lower right, used, with regular six values included for comparison, fine and rare O | Unsold |
 | Lot #377 PARAGUAY 1911 50c orange & black, center inverted, horizontal bottom sheet margin imperf. pair with imprint, v.f., rare P Catalog #206var | Unsold |
 | Lot #378 PARAGUAY 1922 Provisional Government, unissued Palace, 1p-50p set of five singles and blocks of four, centers inverted, the former with sheet margins, n.h., fine-v.f. ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #379 PARAGUAY 1922 Parliament, 50c and 1p (perf. and imperf. of last), also 1p imperf. trial color proof with black instead of brown center, all four varieties with center inverted, unused without gum as issued, fine-v.f. (*) Catalog #243b,244a,244b | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #380 PARAGUAY 1922 1p dark brown and blue, two copies, one with center inverted, cancelled by Asuncion cds on locally used registered cover (opened for display), minor perf. toning and filing fold away from the stamps, fine, with arrival pmk, rare on cover, with 2002 PFC Catalog #244a | Unsold |
 | Lot #381 PARAGUAY 1939-40 University, 50c dull orange & black, center vignettes inverted, used with the 1940 Centenary set of four registered FDC (1p-10p values) to Buenos Aires, v.f., with arrival pmk. An impressive item, with APS cert. Catalog #351var | Unsold |
 | Lot #382 PARAGUAY 1939-40 University, 1p violet & black, center vignettes inverted, n.h., v.f., with APS cert., rare ** Catalog #352var | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #383 PARAGUAY 1943 Flags of Paraguay, 2c right sheet margin vertical strip of five, blue color double, one inverted, shifted to bottom, each stamp with security punch, hinge reinforced, fine-v.f., with APS cert. stating "printer's waste." This item is actually from Waterlow archives, only one sheet of 50 printed * Catalog #418var | Unsold |
 | Lot #384 PARAGUAY 1960 United Nations, 75c and 3g blue color inverted in each (denomination and flags), blocks of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #570,C272var | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #385 PARAGUAY Semi-Postals 1940 (ca) Red Cross, unissued, 50c+1p block of four, center inverted, fine-v.f., also a normal block included for comparison ** | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #386 PARAGUAY Air Post 1948 Coat of Arms, 10g bottom sheet margin block of eight, upright at left, se-tenant with four center inverted errors at right, folded between stamps, with few opened perfs at bottom, n.h., fine-v.f., with APS cert. Issued in 1948, this error was not discovered until nearly 50 years later in 1997, where 25 examples were found. To our knowledge, this is one of only two known se-tenant multiples **Catalog #C175,175a | Unsold |
 | Lot #387 PERU 1868 1d green, embossed Coat of Arms inverted, horizontal pair, cancelled on piece, margins all around, impression slightly dried at left, horizontal and vertical creases, fine appearance, with 1963 Alberto Diena and 1997 APS certificates, rare multiple (YT 13b) O Catalog #14a Catalog Value €1,600 | Unsold |
 | Lot #388 PERU 1919 Constitution, 5c brown & black, center inverted, also 5c blue & black, block of four, center double and inverted (also struck on back), plus yet another block of four, frame double, one inverted, fine-v.f. *Catalog #220b,221b | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #389 PERU 1921 San Martin, 1c olive brown and red brown, center inverted, well centered, h.r., v.f., with 2006 APS cert., * Catalog #222a Catalog Value $ 600 | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #390 PERU 1921 San Martin, 1c olive brown and red brown, center inverted, postally used, small faults as often, fine appearance, with 2002 PFC, O Catalog #222a Catalog Value $ 600 | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #391 PERU 1993 Amfil, 90c imperforate vertical pair, center inverted, n.h., v.f., ex-Balner ** Catalog #1052var | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #392 POLAND 1956 Olympics, 20gr Boxer, center inverted, l.h., fresh colors, v.f., only 14 examples are known to exist, signed Dr. Kronenberg, with his 1986 certificate, also with 2002 Philatelic Foundation Certificate, * Catalog #751a Catalog Value $ 23,000 | Price Realized $12,000.00 |
 | Lot #393 POLAND 1965 Dinosaurs, 30g Cryptocleidus, red and light Brown colors inverted, creating quite a striking error, n.h., minor gum bend, v.f., signed Krawczyk, with 2002 PFC. Only one sheet was printed and very few of these have found their way onto the auction block, one of the important modern errors of Europe, not to mention an exciting addition to a serious Dinosaur topical collection (Fisher 1422t) ** Catalog #1308var Catalog Value Zl 2,500 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #394 POLAND 1987 Antarctic Base, 5zl vertical pair, both brown and purple colors inverted, the latter shifted, and resulting in completely missing ship from both stamps, cancelled to order, n.h., v.f., signed Schmutz, with 2003 Ceremuga certificate ("very rare as currently one error sheetlet (five pairs) recorded"), with a normal set of six on three FDCs included for comparison (Scott's No. 2782-2787) (Fischer 2929s) O Catalog #2782-83var Catalog Value Zl 1,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #395 POLAND Military Issues 1941 Polish Field Army in Great Britain during WW I, letter seals, selection of eight varieties, imperf. horizontal pairs (normal stamps included for comparison) with " Parachutist" entire stamp brown (instead of light green) frame and brown center, double error (inverted frame and wrong frame color); " Airman" emerald frame and magenta center, proof with inverted frame, another with emerald frame inverted and shifted; plus still a different one emerald frame inverted (this one from parachutist design); "Sailor" bright red frame and ultramarine center, two different with inverted frame; "Tankman" orange frame shifted and inverted; another, with orange frame inverted and black center; plus frame and black center, with green inverted frame (Airman), n.h., v.f. and interesting lot (with a copy of the write-up on these items) ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #396 POLAND Polish Locals - Luboml 1918 Pictorials, 5h,10h, 20h, 25h and 50h, values inverted, six different incl. imperf. of first and additional of last (used), also different colors (proofs) of 10h and 25h, perforated tete-beche pairs (one with value inverted), fine-v.f. Inverted values occur only once per sheet, *O Catalog #Mi.I-VF Catalog Value €400 | Unsold |
 | Lot #397 POLAND Polish Locals - Luboml 1918 Issue, group of seven sheetlets of 22 incl. set of five imperforate gutter and tete beche sheetlets, two stamps each with center inverted; also an additional perforated gutter tete-beche sheetlet of 5pf yellow green, plus another imperforate sheetlet of 10pf carmine, with an unusual fold-over at bottom right, mostly n.h., fine-v.f. and remarkable lot, with individual Alex Rendon certificates */**Catalog #Mi.I-V,F,KU | Unsold |
 | Lot #398 POLAND Displaced Persons Camps 1945 Dachau-Allach Red Cross, perf. and imperf. souvenir sheets of six, each with top left stamp (25pf) inverted, unused without gum as issued, n.h., v.f., with Alex Rendon certificates, also with two perf. and one imperf. normal sheets included for comparison ** | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #399 POLAND Displaced Persons Camps 1946 Etlingen, 1m violet & red, center (Polish Eagle) inverted, unused without gum as issued, n.h., v.f., signed Z.Korszen, with a normal stamp on card (*) Catalog #Fischer 8t | Unsold |
 | Lot #400 POLAND Displaced Persons Camps 1946 Etlingen, 1m violet & red, center (Polish Eagle) inverted, cancelled on unaddressed card with four issues adhesives, v.f., with 2007 Alex Rendon certificate Catalog #Fischer 5-8,8t | Unsold |
 | Lot #401 PORTUGAL 1895 King Carlos, selection of 11 varieties incl. 2 1/2r, 5r, 25r perf. varieties, each with numerals inverted, also 5r block of four, plus 25r imperf. pair, numerals inverted, 10r numerals double, one inverted, 25r numerals inverted in the value tablet, fine-v.f. lot * Catalog #110/117var | Unsold |
 | Lot #402 PORTUGAL 1962 Europa, imperf. plate proof, dark blue color inverted and split to top and bottom, v.f., with regular stamp included for comparison, Alex Rendon and APS certificates, the latter stating "printers waste", rare P Catalog #895varP | Unsold |
 | Lot #403 PORTUGAL 1965 UIT (Union of International Telecommunication) 1.00e bistre brown, olive green and olive, center inverted, n.h., v.f., with APS cert. A rare stamp, only 40 printed, also a normal set included for comparison ** Catalog #950var | Unsold |
 | Lot #404 PORTUGAL 1975 First Anniversary of the April 1974 Movement, bottom sheet margin single, 1.50r black color ("Portugal" and value) inverted and shifted (black inscription on back also inverted), n.h., v.f. and striking variety, with APS cert., also normal stamps included for comparison ** Catalog #1247var | Unsold |
 | Lot #405 PORTUGAL 1995 Christmas, 80c varieties, one with silver color "Portugal" inverted, also another with "Portugal" omitted, with regular stamp included for comparison, n.h., v.f., with 2009 PFC for the invert ** Catalog #2082var | Unsold |
 | Lot #406 PORTUGUESE COLONIES ANGOLA Air Post 1965 Ponte Sobre o Quanza, 6$00 center inverted, imperf. plate proof, v.f., with 2002 Alex Rendon cert., issued stamp included for comparison P Catalog #C32P | Unsold |
 | Lot #407 PORTUGUESE COLONIES FUNCHAL 1897 2 1/2r gray, value and "Funchal" inverted, left margin horizontal pair, h.r., fine * Catalog #13var | Unsold |
 | Lot #408 PORTUGUESE COLONIES MACAO 1898 King Carlos, 1a orange and black, horizontal imperf. sheet margin pair, name of country (Macao) and value inverted, h.r., v.f., with 2002 APS cert. (Yang 79b) * Catalog #76var | Unsold |
 | Lot #409 PORTUGUESE COLONIES MACAO 1898 King Carlos, 1a orange and black, also 2a green and black, each with name of country (Macao) and value inverted, h.r., the former with tiny thin specks, otherwise fine-v.f., 1a with 2006 APS cert. (Yang 79a,80a) * Catalog #76var | Unsold |
 | Lot #410 PORTUGUESE COLONIES MACAO 1913 Ceres, 1/2a brown olive and black, 2a blue green and black, each name and value inverted, unused without gum, fine (Yang 210a,212a) (*) Catalog #210a,213a | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #411 PORTUGUESE COLONIES MOZAMBIQUE COMPANY Air Post 1911 25r carmine and black, value inverted and at top, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #80a | Unsold |
 | Lot #412 PORTUGUESE COLONIES NYASSA 1901 Animals, 2.40r-300r complete set of 13, each with center inverted, h.r., some usual even gum toning and irregular perfs, mostly fine-v.f. * Catalog #26/38var | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #413 PORTUGUESE COLONIES PORTUGUESE INDIA 1913-21 Ceres, selection of eight varieties incl. 1r, 2r, 2 1/2r, 3r, 4 1/2r, 1t, 2r each with inscriptions ("India" and value) inverted, also an additional variety 2 1/2r with "India" and value double, one inverted, h.r., some minor toning, otherwise fine * Catalog #357/68var | Unsold |
 | Lot #414 PORTUGUESE COLONIES TIMOR 1961 Indigenous Art, 10c multicolor, blue (value and legend) inverted, h.r., v.f., with normal stamp included for comparison, 2011 PFC * Catalog #302a | Unsold |
 | Lot #415 ROMANIA 1906 General Exposition, 1.50L King Carol I imperforate horizontal pair, center inverted, horizontal pair, Bucharest Exposition cds, v.f., scarce O Catalog #204a,var | Unsold |
 | Lot #416 ROMANIA 1913 Annexation of Silistria, complete set of imperf. trial color proofs on card, also an additional 25b red brown and blue, plate proof on card, center inverted (with PFC stating "genuine, but decline opinion with respect to date of production") P Catalog #230-236P,235Pvar | Unsold |
 | Lot #417 ROMANIA 1956 Census, 1.75L center inverted, used in 1960 in combination with two additional stamps including the upright variety on locally addressed registered and special delivery Bucharest cover, v.f., scarce, with 2002 PFC Catalog #1081a | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #418 RUSSIA 1866 (horizontally laid paper) 1k yellow orange & black, background inverted with clear inverted crown at bottom, unobtrusive straight-line "Mitawa, 1883" postmark, well centered and unusually fresh, v.f., ex-Mikulski collection, with his 2003 certificate, O Catalog #19d Catalog Value $ 6,000 | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #419 RUSSIA 1866 1k yellow & black, background inverted, vertical pair, centrally cancelled with a "Nischnyj Novgorod, 8 Nov. 1882" postmark, well centered and unusually fresh, hinge reinforcement between stamps, fine and extremely rare multiple, ex-Faberge (with his distinctive red handstamp on back), and Mikulski collections, with 2003 Mikulski certificate (catalogue value for two singles) O Catalog #19d Catalog Value $ 12,000 | Price Realized $5,000.00 |
 | Lot #420 RUSSIA 1868 (vertically laid paper) 1k black & yellow, imperforate single with inverted and shifted background, large margins all around, cancelled "Moscow, Nov. 1872", a striking double error (both imperf. and inverted background), only a few known to exist, slight horizontal crease and impression just a little washed out as often on this value, otherwise a fine example of this rarity, ex-Mikulski collection, with his 2003 certificate, O Catalog #19g Catalog Value $ 18,500 | Price Realized $8,000.00 |
 | Lot #421 RUSSIA 1866 10k brown and blue, center inverted, centered to the bottom right as are all known examples, fresh colors, light "Kursk 2 Nov.1874" cds, slightly weak corner perforation at top right and slightly rounded bottom left corner, rather insignificant considering that less than 10 (!) have been recorded (including two on cover and one on piece), certainly among the rarest of all the inverted centers of Russia, ex Goss, Baughman and Isleham collections, with 2006 Mikulski certificate ("a great rarity of Imperial Russia") O Catalog #23b Catalog Value $ 60,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #422 RUSSIA 1875 2k black and red, groundwork inverted, cancelled "VII.Postexpedition St. Petersburg, 30.4.1879” , fine and sound example of this world-class rarity, ex-Ferrary (with his distinctive red handstamp) and Mikulski collections. Only five of these varieties exist (mostly with defects), signed Friedl and Herbert Bloch, with 2003 Mikulski certificate ("genuine in all respects, sound and good condition, of this error only 5 are known, ex Ferrary collection lot 497, only 2 are in good condition, this one and another cancelled 30 April, a great Russia and World rarity") O Catalog #26b Catalog Value $ 65,000 | Price Realized $24,000.00 |
 | Lot #423 RUSSIA 1875 20k blue and orange, center inverted, cancelled "Jarmolintsy, gouv. Podolsk", well centered, with excellent definition of center, from the first printing plate, free of the usual flaws afflicting this issue. Identified as position 82, the finest of the only three known examples of this rarity, ex-Ferrary (lot 501) and Mikulski collections, with 2003 Mikulski certificate (“good condition, well centered and lightly postmarked, only 3 known, all used in Jarmolintsy”) O Catalog #30b Catalog Value $ 85,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #424 RUSSIA 1884 (horizontally laid paper) 1k orange, groundwork inverted with clear inverted crown at bottom, faintly cancelled ("Isium, prov. Kharkov"), incredibly well centered, fresh and v.f. example of this undervalued rarity, one of only six (!) known, ex-Faberge (with his distinctive red handstamp on back) and Mikulski collections, with 2003 Mikulski certificate, O Catalog #31b Catalog Value $ 10,000 | Price Realized $11,000.00 |
 | Lot #425 RUSSIA 1884 5k lilac, groundwork inverted, with clear inverted crown at bottom, tied on piece by red St. Petersburg 1886 cds, fresh and fine example of this world-class rarity, only three (!) known, ex-H.C. Goss and Mikulski collections, with 2003 Mikulski certificate, O Catalog #34a Catalog Value $ 7,000 | Price Realized $15,500.00 |
 | Lot #426 RUSSIA 1883 7k blue, groundwork inverted, never hinged and post office fresh, with handstamped guarantee on back, fine, with 2002 Mikulski cert. ("one of the finest known unused copies of this rare printing error") (catalogue value for hinged) ** Catalog #35b Catalog Value $ 1,600 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #427 RUSSIA 1883 7k blue, groundwork inverted, used in combination with ordinary 14k on small piece, both tied by "Staraya Russa, Novgorod gov. 25 Jan. 1891" in blue, v.f., ex-Faberge (with his distinctive red handstamp) and Goss collections, with Mikulski certificate, O Catalog #35b Catalog Value $ 1,600 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #428 RUSSIA 1884 14k blue & rose, center inverted, light and unobtrusive "Berditschev, gouv. Kiev, Aug. 1891" postmark, well centered and fresh, truly an ideal example of this classic inverted center, v.f., signed Dr.P.Jem etc., ex-Mikulski collection, with his 2003 certificate, O Catalog #36b Catalog Value $ 6,250 | Price Realized $6,500.00 |
 | Lot #429 RUSSIA 1889 (horizontally laid paper) 4k carmine, groundwork inverted, cancelled 9.7.1894, perfectly centered and fresh, couple of irregular perfs at top, v.f., ex-Faberge collection, with 1998 (photocopy) and 2006 Mikulski certificates. One of only (!) two recorded examples of this rarity (missing from the famous collections of Ferrary, Burrus, Goss, Epstein, Liphschutz and Mikulski) O Catalog #41a Catalog Value $ 20,000 | Price Realized $19,500.00 |
 | Lot #430 RUSSIA 1889 2k green, groundwork inverted, with clear inverted crown at bottom, light "St. Petersburg, 28.7. 1898" postmark well centered, fresh and v.f. One of only two known (!) examples of this error (both used), ex-Mikulski collection, with his 2003 certificate, O Catalog #47b Catalog Value $ 18,500 | Price Realized $19,000.00 |
 | Lot #431 RUSSIA 1889 7k blue, groundwork inverted, with clear inverted crown at bottom, illegible cancellation, well centered, with a small 3mm abrasion at right, tiny corner perf. crease, otherwise fine, one of the only two known (!) used examples known, ex-Mikulski, with his 2003 certificate, O Catalog #50b Catalog Value $ 12,500 | Price Realized $9,500.00 |
 | Lot #432 RUSSIA 1889 14k Blue and rose, center inverted, unused with full original gum, lightly hinged, incredibly fresh and perfectly centered example, beautiful vibrant colors and a crisp impression on white paper, simply the finest mint example in existence (when offered in the 1964 Burrus sale, it was described "Grandissima rarita in esemplare di gran lusso"), signed Alberto Diena, ex-Burrus, Faberge (with his distinctive red handstamp, Liphschutz and Balner collections, illustrated in the Sellinger catalog, with 2002 Mikulski certificate ("it is the finest known unused copy of this rare printing error"), * Catalog #51a Catalog Value $ 7,500 | Price Realized $10,500.00 |
 | Lot #433 RUSSIA 1889 14k blue and rose, center inverted, cancelled "Archangel 29.1.93", well centered and fresh, v.f., signed Herbert Bloch and Roger Calves, with 1980 Friedl certificate, O Catalog #51a Catalog Value $ 5,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #434 RUSSIA 1902 7k blue, groundwork inverted, cancelled on piece, well centered and fresh, light diagonal crease, otherwise v.f., ex-Goss and Liphschutz collections, with Mikulski certificate, O Catalog #59c Catalog Value $ 1,000 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #435 RUSSIA 1902 10k dark blue, groundwork inverted, used in 1908 on cover to Hamburg, v.f., with arrival pmk, scarce on cover, also additional used and unused examples Catalog #60a | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #436 RUSSIA 1902 15k lilac and blue, center inverted, perfectly centered example, tied on small piece (of parcel card) by perfectly struck "Kolomna 25.09.07" cds, leaving the center unobstructed, fresh and v.f., signed Dr.Pirl, with APS certificate., O Catalog #62b Catalog Value $ 4,000 | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #437 RUSSIA 1902 25k dull green and lilac, center inverted, usual cds, rounded lower right corner, fresh and fine example, signed Peter Holcombe, Sismondo etc., with APS cert., O Catalog #64a Catalog Value $ 6,500 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #438 RUSSIA 1902 3.50r black and gray, center inverted, cancelled "Batum" (date illegible), centered to the bottom left, faint corner crease and red ink mark on back just shows slightly through to face, small repair (perf. added at bottom), signed Phillip Kosack, presentable appearance of this rare inverted center which is only known used, with clear 2000 APS certificate, O Catalog #69a Catalog Value $ 14,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #439 RUSSIA 1902 (vertically laid paper) 7r black and yellow, frame inverted, lower left sheet corner margin single, stamp never hinged and post office fresh, folded in margin, incredible example of this rarity, ex-Philip Kosack, with 2006 Mikulski certificate ("the best quality, it is the finest known example of this variety") ** Catalog #70a | Price Realized $15,000.00 |
 | Lot #440 RUSSIA 1915 10r carmine lake, yellow and gray, groundwork inverted, right sheet-margin single, which captures the full inverted groundwork, bright and fresh, h.r., v.f., with Mikulski cert., * Catalog #109d Catalog Value $ 500 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #441 RUSSIA 1917 1r pale brown, brown and red orange, center inverted, complete sheet of 50, fresh colors, n.h., light stain affects two stamps and minor edge flaw, v.f. and spectacular item, with 2002 PFC **Catalog #131a | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #442 RUSSIA 1917 5r dark blue, green and yellow (error), additional variety yellow groundwork inverted, h.r., v.f., signed Romeko, with 2007 Buchsbayew certificate. An incredibly rare double error, only a few recorded * Catalog #133a,var | Price Realized $2,700.00 |
 | Lot #443 RUSSIA 1917 5r dark blue, green and pale blue, green groundwork inverted, left sheet-margin single, l.h., v.f., signed Champion, with Mikulski cert. A rare stamp, * Catalog #133b Catalog Value $ 4,000 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #444 RUSSIA 1917 7r dark green and pink, center inverted, oval railroad cancel "Busdjak", pink color shifted to left (as it is on the other two known examples), large margins all around except just into frameline at top left and also a scissor cut at top left, strong colors, nearly very fine, one of only three (!) examples recorded, making this one of the most important and rarest of all known Inverted Centers of the World, with 1996 (photocopy) and 2006 Mikulski certificates ("until today, only 3 copies of this error are known, all used on money orders as postage due for delivery"). A seriously undercatalogued stamp, O Catalog #134a Catalog Value $ 7,250 | Unsold |
 | Lot #445 RUSSIA 1917 10r scarlet, green (instead of yellow) and gray, upper right sheet corner margin imperf. single, additional variety green groundwork inverted, minor h.r., marginal gum bends at top, stamp v.f., with Mikulski certificate stating that this is a genuine proof for the 10r stamp, background color in bright green was not accepted, also with APS cert. A very rare double error (green background instead of yellow, furthermore inverted) * Catalog #135a,var | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #446 RUSSIA 1924 definitives (typographed), 2r rose, green, original printing on thin, grayish paper, imperf. single, double impression one inverted, also red only (head) printed (inverted) on gum, invalidating horizontal perforations at top, n.h., v.f., with APS cert. ** Catalog #Standart 056Pa | Unsold |
 | Lot #447 RUSSIA 1924 definitives (typographed), 2r rose, green, original printing on thin, grayish paper, sheet margin imperf. block of four, double impression, one inverted, invaliding horizontal perforations displaced diagonally, n.h., v.f., with APS cert. **Catalog #Standart 056Pa | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #448 RUSSIA 1927 Esperanto, 14k green & brown, imperforate vertical pair (watermarked), brown vignette / center inverted at left, vertical invaliding perforations, n.h., v.f., rare, with Buchsbayew cert. ** Catalog #373var | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #449 RUSSIA 1944 Leningrad, imperforate souvenir sheet of four, text inverted, unused with full original gum, insignificant gum creases and four corner hinge remnants, size tolerably reduced (138,5x102,5mm), fresh and v.f., with Buchsbayew cert. Also included two used souvenir sheets for comparison, one with slightly displaced text (Liapine Block 4/P2) *Catalog #959a Catalog Value €10,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #450 RUSSIA Postal Fiscal Stamps 1918 Control Stamps, 3r green, horizontal gutter block of four, n.h., gum creases, perf. separations and part of the gutter missing at top, bottom pair v.f., with APS cert. (Standart CS4Ta) **Catalog #AR10var Catalog Value €2,400 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #451 RUSSIA Russian Offices in China 1917 $5 on 5r dark blue green & pale blue, basic stamp with groundwork inverted, additional variety surcharge inverted, l.h., v.f., incredibly rare double error, signed Dr.P.Jemchouchin and Prof. Winterstein, with Buchsbayew cert. * Catalog #68a,var | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #452 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1903-09 1pi on 10k dark blue, basic stamp with background inverted, used on piece, also 5pa on 1k orange, basic stamp with background inverted, n.h., fine-v.f. O** Catalog #33a,40var | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #453 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1909 5 Para surcharge on 1k orange, basic stamp background inverted, pane of 25, mostly n.h. except three stamps hinge reinforced at top, post office fresh, v.f., with 2002 PFC (this pane is illustrated in Dr.Ceresa's handbook) */**Catalog #40var | Unsold |
 | Lot #454 RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) BELEBEY 1905 5k blue & rose, groundwork inverted, h.r., fine, rare, with Alex Rendon cert. * Catalog #Chuchin 14b | Unsold |
 | Lot #455 RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) BELEBEY 1908 2k brown & blue, top sheet margin imperf. block of four, blue color inverted and shifted, brown frame omitted from the top pair, h.r. in margin, stamps n.h., v.f., ex-Faberge, with Raritan guarantee, also APS cert. PCatalog #Chuchin 15aPvar | Unsold |
 | Lot #456 RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) GRIAZOVETS 1897 4k black and brown, black frame inverted, n.h., spots of missing gum as always, v.f., rare stamp, with 2002 APS cert. ** Catalog #Chuchin 91a | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #457 RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) KHERSON 1884 10k carmine and black, imperf. official reprint (by the Zemstvo administration for philatelic purposes), center inverted, soiled at left, otherwise fine, rare stamp, with Raritan guarantee * Catalog #Chuchin 2R | Unsold |
 | Lot #458 RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) KHERSON 1884 10k brick red and black, official reprint (by the Zemstvo administration for philatelic purposes), center inverted, h.r., fine and quite scarce, with Raritan guarantee * Catalog #Chuchin 2R | Unsold |
 | Lot #459 RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) KHERSON 1884 10k carmine and black, official reprint (by the Zemstvo administration for philatelic purposes), center inverted, unused without gum as issued, v.f., ex-William Nickle collection, with Raritan guarantee, also 2008 APS cert. * Catalog #Chuchin 5R | Unsold |
 | Lot #460 RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) KIRILLOV 1904 2k blue & red, center inverted, horizontal pair, left stamp h.r., right n.h., v.f., rare, with 2008 Raritan guarantee */** Catalog #Chuchin 13var | Unsold |
 | Lot #461 RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA 1911 3k, 5k, 50k selection of nine different varieties or proofs, one imperf., two overprinted Obrazets, others with value omitted or double, also imperf. proof single in green and red brown, ornaments (red brown) inverted, value tablets blank, unused without gum as issued, with APS cert., scarce lot *(*) Catalog #Chuchin 47/54var | Unsold |
 | Lot #462 RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA 1911-12 3k purple, blue green and red, 5k sepia and blue green, 6k gray blue and red, also 15k magenta and gray, horizontal sheet margin pairs, four different, each with background (ornament) inverted, l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f., rare, with Buchsbayew cert. (only these four values exist with inverted background) (Schmidt 51M,52M,54M1,57M) */** Catalog #Chuchin 48,49,51,54var | Unsold |
 | Lot #463 RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA 1911 15k lilac brown and blue green, ornaments inverted (lilac brown color), usual rough perforations, h.r., fresh and v.f. stamp, with Alex Rendon cert., rare * Catalog #Chuchin 51var | Unsold |
 | Lot #464 RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA 1911 1k green, red and black (numerals type 1) imperforate bottom left sheet corner margin single, ornaments inverted (green color), h.r., v.f., with Alex Rendon cert., rare * Catalog #Chuchin 53avar | Unsold |
 | Lot #465 RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA 1912 3k lilac, bluish green and red, perf. 11 1/2, lilac color inverted (normal stamp included for comparison), complete sheet of 25, intact margins, hinged in margin, stamps n.h., fine-v.f., with 2007 Alex Rendon cert. **Catalog #Chuchin 54var | Unsold |
 | Lot #466 RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) NICOLSK 1910 4k black, blue, red and yellow, imperf. sheet margin single, red color inverted, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #Chuchin 4aP | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #467 RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) SHADRINSK 1890 3k carmine & blue, center inverted, manuscript cancel in addition to violet pmk, fine example of this classic variety, very few exist, fine, with Raritan guarantee, also APS cert. (Schmidt 27M1) O Catalog #Chuchin 24var | Unsold |
 | Lot #468 RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) SOROKI 1880 3k red, yellow, blue gray and rose, blue gray (river) inverted, h.r., fine, ex-Lentz collection, with Alex Rendon certificate. (Schmidt 5M2, rated RR!) * Catalog #Chuchin 6var | Price Realized $6,000.00 |
 | Lot #469 RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) SOROKI 1898 3k indigo, blue gray and brown, gray blue background inverted, h.r., thin, with small peripheral faults which are common to this issue, fine appearance, with Buchsbayew cert. (Schmidt 10M) * Catalog #Chuchin 11a,var | Unsold |
 | Lot #470 RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) SOROKI 1898 3k indigo, blue gray and brown, imperf. single, gray blue background inverted, l.h., slight marginal crease, fresh and v.f., ex-Kuznetsov collection, with Raritan guarantee, also with APS cert. (Schmidt 10IM) * Catalog #Chuchin 11a,var | Unsold |
 | Lot #471 WENDEN 1863 4k blue green & black, background inverted, unused with full original gum, h.r., tiny and inconsequential abrasion in upper right margin, v.f., ex-Faberge collection, with Mikulski cert. (Mi.2aI) * Catalog #L3c | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #472 WENDEN 1863 4k yellow green & black, background inverted, unused with full original gum, h.r., v.f., ex-Faberge collection, with Mikulski cert. ("in diese erhaltung sehr selten") (Mi.2bI) * Catalog #L3d | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #473 WENDEN 1884 2k black, green and red, imperforate single, center inverted, large even margins all around, strong colors, h.r., v.f. , with 1997 (photocopy) and 2006 Mikulski certificates ("prior to WWI, approximately 30 copies were known to exist. Only a few stamps with this error survived the Revolution and WWII") (Liapine 12Ivar) * Catalog #L11b Catalog Value €1,500 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #474 SAAR 1921 Pottery at Mettlach, 3m brown and dark olive, center inverted, n.h., fine, signed Brun, with APS cert. (Mi.66I) ** Catalog #80a Catalog Value €350 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #475 SAAR 1921 10c on 30pf gray green & brown, basic stamp with frame inverted, also 2fr on 5m yellow and violet, basic stamp with yellow color inverted in frame, surcharge shifted with bars at top instead of bottom, h.r., first one with a large thin, otherwise fine-v.f., signed Brun and Calves, with Kalkstein certificates, very rare, the latter listed but unpriced (Mi.72PFIV,81PFIII) * Catalog #87var,96var | Unsold |
 | Lot #476 SAAR 1922 30c carmine and yellow, variety yellow background inverted, n.h., creases, otherwise fine, signed Behr, violet handstamped guarantee marks, with Kalkstein cert., rare ** Catalog #108var | Unsold |
 | Lot #477 SAAR 1948 Flood Relief souvenir sheet of four, 5f+5f (green) inverted and shifted downwards, n.h., v.f., with 2005 Christine Ney cert. ("der seltene block is in einwandfreier qualitat"), **Catalog #Mi.Block 1K I Catalog Value €8,000 | Price Realized $10,000.00 |
 | Lot #478 SAAR 1948 Flood Relief souvenir sheet of four, both 6f+4f and 18f+12f values inverted, n.h., v.f.,, with 2005 Christine Ney cert. ("der seltene block is in einwandfreier qualitat"), ex-Dr. Schneider, apparently this is the only known souvenir sheet with two values inverted, unique! A regular souvenir sheet is included for comparison, **Catalog #Mi.Block 1K II Catalog Value €15,000 | Price Realized $26,000.00 |
 | Lot #479 SALVADOR 1929 locally addressed registered cover franked with four stamps including 1c dull violet and dark brown, same with center inverted, another 1c orange and brown, error of color, also with center inverted, plus 10c orange and brown variety imperf. horizontally, with invalidating perforations, some toning, otherwise fine and interesting cover, with PFC Catalog #512a,512var,515var | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #480 SALVADOR 1929 Presidents Bosque and Chacon, 1c and 3c each with center inverted, the latter unused without gum, some creases, fine-v.f. **(*) Catalog #512a,513a | Price Realized $110.00 |
 | Lot #481 SALVADOR Postal Stationery 1896 6c red brown on blue paper, reprint, with center embossing inverted, v.f., with APS certificate (*) | Unsold |
 | Lot #482 SALVADOR Postal Stationery 1896 22c yellow on buff cut square, reprints, center embossing inverted, unused, v.f., with APS certificate (*) | Unsold |
 | Lot #483 SAN MARINO Semi-Postals 1923 Red Cross, three imperf. plate proofs including one with center inverted, another center omitted, v.f., with Alex Rendon certificate P Catalog #B24P | Unsold |
 | Lot #484 SAN MARINO Postage Dues 1897 50c blue green and dark brown, center (numerals) inverted, l.h., v.f. (Sass.S4a) * Catalog #J4a Catalog Value €500 | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #485 SAUDI ARABIA Hejaz 1924 10pi violet and dark brown, center inverted, n.h., also 10pi violet, plate proof with center inverted, fine, the former with Sismondo cert. **P Catalog #L50a,L50aP | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #486 SAUDI ARABIA Hejaz 1924 10pi violet and dark brown, center inverted, overprinted in red, disturbed gum, fine * Catalog #L107b | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #487 SAUDI ARABIA Hejaz 1925 10pi red and green, perf. and imperf. singles, also selection of 10 different imperforate trial color proofs incl. center only, frame only shifted centers and 10pi orange and green center inverted, with or without gum, fine-v.f., scarce lot, with Sismondo certificate P Catalog #L168/186P | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #488 SAUDI ARABIA Hejaz 1925 10pi red and green, center inverted, overprinted in black, h.r., irregular perfs at right, still fine and scarce stamp, with Sismondo cert. * Catalog #L168a | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #489 SERBIA 1905 10 para red and black, center inverted, imperforate block of four, v.f., with Alex Rendon certificate *Catalog #89var | Unsold |
 | Lot #490 SPAIN 1865 12c blue and rose, frame inverted, postally used, usual centering and color, signed Roig, CEM etc., with clear 2001 CEM (Commission de Expertos de Madrid) certificate (YT 67a) O Catalog #69a Catalog Value €1,100 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #491 SPAIN 1865 12c blue and rose, frame inverted, postally used, well centered but extensively repaired, fine appearance, with APS certificate (YT 74a) O Catalog #76a Catalog Value €2,400 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #492 SPAIN 1874 25c brown & yellow, top sheet margin imperf. single, yellow background inverted, n.h., v.f., unusual P Catalog #205P | Unsold |
 | Lot #493 SPAIN 1937 Portico, 1p blue and orange, center inverted, bright colors, lightly hinged (if at all), natural gum wrinkle, v.f., with APS cert. A rare stamp, only 200 printed (YT 596a) * Catalog #637a Catalog Value €450 | Unsold |
 | Lot #494 SPAIN 1937 Portico, 1p blue and orange, center inverted, imperf. single with large margins all around including portion of adjoining stamp at bottom, n.h., v.f., with APS certificate One of only a few imperforate inverted centers known ** Catalog #637a,var | Unsold |
 | Lot #495 SPAIN 1937 1p blue and orange, center inverted, used with additional ranking on registered cover to Urriza (Navarra), v.f., with arrival pmk, signed Roig, with 2007 Comex certificate. A fabulous inverted center rarity on cover, stated to be one of only two (!) known Catalog #637a | Unsold |
 | Lot #496 SPAIN Air Post 1930 Lindbergh, 1p yellow green, horizontal pair, each with head inverted, also two vertical pairs, each with head omitted, plus regularly issued stamp on FDC, fine-v.f. */**Catalog #C56var | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #497 SPAIN Local Issues 1932 Barcelona, 5c black and orange imperf. top margin block of four, orange inverted, unused without gum as issued, without serial number on back, also a normal stamp included for comparison P | Unsold |
 | Lot #498 SPAIN Local Issues 1937 Pins Del Valles Jornades de Julial del 36, three different 5c values, each color of center inverted, n.h., v.f., with APS certificates, also the normal set, perf. and imperf. included for comparison ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #499 SPAIN Local Issues 1938 Tenerife, 30c carmine and pink imperf. souvenir sheet, center inverted, artist signed in margin, l.h., v.f., signed Roig, with 2002 Alex Rendon certificate, with perf. and imperf. normal stamps included for comparison * Catalog #Sofima 30var | Unsold |
 | Lot #500 SPAIN Local Issues 1937 Vinebre Sofima, 5c light blue and black (River Ebre) center inverted, used in combination with government franking on cover addressed to Zumstein and Co. in Switzerland, fine-v.f., with 2008 APS certificate ("cover did not enter the mail stream") (Sofima 1var) | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #501 SPAIN Local Issues 1937 Vinebre Sofima, 5c rose and black (River Ebre) center inverted, used in combination with Government franking on registered cover to France, blue manuscript crayon markings, boxed red censor mark (Heller RB 3.13), with Paris arrival pmk on back, fine and rare usage, with 2008 APS certificate (Sofima 3i) | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #502 SPAIN Local Issues 1937 Vinebre Sofima, 5c rose and black (River Ebre) horizontal tete-beche pair, centers inverted, used in combination with government franking on a philatelic cover addressed to Zumstein and Co. in Switzerland, fine-v.f., with 2009 PFC ("cover did not pass through the mail") (Sofima 3phc) | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #503 SPAIN Local Issues 1937 Vinebre Sofima, 5c rose and orange (River Ebre) horizontal tete-beche pair, centers inverted, used in combination with government franking on registered cover to France, blue manuscript crayon markings, Vinebre 12 July departure and Paris (15.7) arrival pmks on back, red censor mark (Heller RB 3.13) on front, fine and very rare usage, with 2008 APS certificate (Sofima 4phc), with a complete set of perf. and imperf. horizontal tete-beche pairs included for comparison | Price Realized $2,200.00 |
 | Lot #504 SPAIN Officials 1916 Chamber of Deputies and Senate Issue, normal imperforate blocks of four, complete set of eight, n.h., v.f. (Edifil FR11-18) **Catalog #O12-19var Catalog Value €284 | Unsold |
 | Lot #505 SPAIN Officials 1916 Chamber of Deputies and Senate Issue, complete matched set of lower left sheet corner margin blocks of four, each with the bottom left stamp with center inverted, n.h., v.f. and scarce set of se-tenant blocks **Catalog #O12-19var | Unsold |
 | Lot #506 SPAIN Officials 1916 Chamber of Deputies and Senate Issue, complete set of eight cancelled by ornate Senado pmks on locally addressed cover; also National Library, carmine and black variety center inverted, tied by Senado 22 April 1916 pmk on locally addressed cover, with Madrid arrival, fine and scarce usage, with 2007 Alex Rendon cert. Catalog #O12-19,O14var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #507 SPAIN Revenue Stamps 1926 Beneficiencia Huerfanos de correos (Orphans of postal employees), 10c yellow green and brown, well centered, cancelled "Gatova" (province Castellon), v.f., with 1978 and 2008 Comex certificates. Stated to be one of only three known, a tremendous rarity from Spain and for collector of Inverted Centers of the World O Catalog #Edifil B2ei | Unsold |
 | Lot #508 SPAIN Private Issues 1936-38 Asistencia A Frentes y Hospitales Issue, four values incl. 25c, 50c, 1p and Guipuzcoa, each with value or inscription inverted, also Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, 10c perf. and imperf., each with red "10 Cts" inverted (normal stamp included for comparison) n.h., v.f. ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #509 SPANISH COLONIES SPANISH GUINEA 1924 1p dark violet and black, center inverted, l.h., v.f., signed Galvez, with 2009 PFC. A rare and under-catalogued error * Catalog #206a | Unsold |
 | Lot #510 SRI LANKA 1986 75 Years of Cooperation, 1r multicolor, center, flag and pink background inverted, sheet margin horizontal pair, n.h., v.f., striking modern error, with 2009 APS cert., with regular pair included for comparison ** Catalog #800var | Unsold |
 | Lot #511 SWEDEN 1900 1kr King Oscar II, imperforate plate essays, two different, one in orange and blue, and the other in brown and blue, each with center inverted, large margins all around, v.f., signed Nils Strandell and accompanied by his 1955 opinion, also with 2002 Gunter Wahl certificates P | Unsold |
 | Lot #512 SWITZERLAND Semi-Postals 1933 Pro-Juventute, 20c red and greenish brown, variety with groundwork (greenish buff) inverted, cancelled "Zurich Briefversand", well centered, with slightly irregular perforation at bottom, v.f., with normal used (pairs of the entire set) and unused stamp included for comparison, accompanied by certificates from Eichele ("one of the rarest modern Switzerland varieties, only a few copies known") and 2007 and 2008 Marchand certificates O Catalog #B67var | Unsold |
 | Lot #513 SWITZERLAND Military Issues 1918 Fest. Art. Abt. 3 Artillery Sentry, vertical pair, top stamp blue color and "1918" missing, bottom with blue color and "1918" inverted, v.f. and unusual variety * Catalog #Wittver 23a,23k | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #514 SWITZERLAND Military Issues 1939-45 Gr. Subs. 2 Helmet and Bird issue, seven sheetlets of six, without border inscriptions, one perforated with green inverted and black displaced to the right, with another perf. and imperf. normal sheets, also four imperf. stage proof sheetlets, minor flaws, mostly fine-v.f., interesting group, with 2007 Alex Rendon certificate for the invert (Wittwer 12b,var) PCatalog #Sulser 6avar | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #515 SWITZERLAND Military Issues 1939-45 Cp.Motocyc.10 and “Mob.De Guerre 1939” at bottom, three sheetlets of four incl. imperf. proof in yellow only printed twice, once inverted; imperf. tete-beche sheetlet of four in black, plus regular perforated sheetlet, fine-v.f. P | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #516 SWITZERLAND Military Issues 1939 Geb.Gz.Fus.Kp.V/208 Soldier climbing, imperf. horizontal pair in yellow, blue and black, blue background inverted, also missing red and other colors, printed on back of newsprint (due to paper shortages), v.f., unusual and scarce item P | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #517 SWITZERLAND Military Issues 1939 Ground Troops Unit 5, imperf. proof single, brown color printed twice, one inverted, tied by philatelically inspired (by Max Suter who was in charge of stamp sales) markings on an army postal card, also with four perforated singles (one on cover) in different shades, v.f., with Marchand opinion (*)Catalog #Sulzer 38P | Unsold |
 | Lot #518 SWITZERLAND Military Issues 1939 Ter. Battalion 150, two imperf. singles on white and yellowish papers, each background inverted, Red Cross omitted, v.f., also the perforated vignette cancelled on a philatelically inspired army postal card, v.f. PCatalog #Wittver 258P2 | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #519 SWITZERLAND Military Issues 1939 Geb. Fus. Bat 42 Arms of Willisau, yellow, gray, brown and red, imperf. plate proof on white paper, gray color double, one inverted, v.f. P Catalog #Wittver 328P | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #520 SWITZERLAND Military Issues 1939 Ter.Fus.Ko.II/170 Soldier at gate, proof in green, brown, blue, yellow and red, imperf. left sheet margin single, yellow color inverted, also another imperf. single, red color shifted dramatically, plus the normal perforated stamp on army post card, v.f. PCatalog #Wittver 330v | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #521 SWITZERLAND Military Issues 1940 HD.BEW.KP.10 (Auxiliary Observers Service Unit 10) soldier in olive, green and black, imperf. single, olive double one inverted and light green inverted (with 2007 Alex Rendon certificate), also three additional varieties incl. variety imperf. at bottom, also imperf. proof without inscriptions, plus another with double background, v.f. (Wittver 46w,var) (*) | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #522 TRUCIAL STATES 1967 Ajman, 2r Kennedy imperf. souvenir sheet of four, vignette omitted at upper left, vignette inverted and displaced at lower left, n.h., small faults, also Fujeira unlisted Winston Churchill imperf. souvenir sheet with gold stamp inverted, n.h., fine-v.f. ** Catalog #Mi. Block 12B | Unsold |
 | Lot #523 TRUCIAL STATES 1970 Ajman, 20r Napoleon souvenir sheet, gold stamp inverted, n.h., with normal for comparison, v.f. ** Catalog #Mi. Block 177var | Unsold |
 | Lot #524 TRUCIAL STATES 1970 Ajman, 20r Apollo souvenir sheet, gold stamp inverted, n.h., with normal for comparison, v.f. ** Catalog #Mi. Block 187var | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #525 TRUCIAL STATES 1971 Ajman, 20r Munich Olympics souvenir sheet, gold stamp inverted, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #Mi. Block 292var | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #526 TRUCIAL STATES 1970 Manama, 20r Apollo 15 souvenir sheet, gold stamp inverted, plus single stamp on registered cover to New York, with Ajman registration postmark and arrival on reverse, v.f., with APS certificate Catalog #Mi. Block 125var | Unsold |
 | Lot #527 TRUCIAL STATES 1971 Manama, National Moon Walk Day souvenir sheet with golf stamp inverted, also Sharjah Future Space Achievement souvenir sheet with silver stamp inverted, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #Mi. Bl. 125var | Price Realized $110.00 |
 | Lot #528 TRUCIAL STATES 1972 Umm al Qiwain, Kings and Queens of England, perforated sheet of 44 (with three labels), green color inverted, cancelled to order, with normal sheet included for comparison, v.f. Catalog #Mi.768-808var | Unsold |
 | Lot #529 TURKEY 1876 10pa-25pi imperforate, six different, each with background inverted, v.f. * Catalog #53-58var | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #530 TURKEY 1876 20pa black and rose, perf. 13 1/2, background inverted, h.r., small tear at top, with 1999 APS cert. stating "background inverted variety produced by Corpi and Glavany during late 1800s" * Catalog #61var | Unsold |
 | Lot #531 TURKEY 1970 International Education Year, 130k ultramarine, pink and rose lilac Ultramarine, top sheet margin single, center inverted, also imperf. top sheet corner margin block of four, black double, one inverted, n.h., single stamp with minor mount disturbance on back, v.f., with APS certificates, stating "printer's waste" for the block ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #532 TURKEY 1973 50th Anniversary of the Republic, 2.50L multicolored, misperforated variety, black color shifted to top and inverted, n.h., v.f., with 2011 PFC. This is a discovery copy (by Mr. Sagar), previously unrecorded invert ** Catalog #1957var | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #533 TURKEY 1998 150L International Day, center inverted and misplaced, the right single from the souvenir sheet of two, cancelled on piece. A spectacular variety, incorporating elements of both stamps, one of only two (!) reported, with 2006 APS certificate stating “2703b, incorporating elements of 2703a in inverted position, used on piece, genuine in all respects”, with a regular stamp and souvenir sheet included for comparison O | Unsold |
 | Lot #534 UKRAINE 1918 Kiev II, 1r light brown, brown and orange, imperforate block of four, basic stamps with background inverted, n.h., v.f., rare, signed UPV **Catalog #40f,var | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #535 UKRAINE 1920 History of Ukraine, imperforate singles and blocks of four and six, with 60gr and 100gr singles, each with center inverted, also trial colors of 60gr and 80gr blocks of four, incorrect centers inverted (the latter printed on both sides), 100gr block of four, center inverted and shifted, also printed (inverted) in back, plus an additional block of six of 100gr, printed on both sides, triple and double impressions, one inverted, v.f. and impressive group (total of 20 inverts) P | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #536 URUGUAY 1895 25c red brown and black, center inverted, horizontal pair, left stamp with a small thin, nibbed perfs, otherwise fine, with 1999 APS cert. It is believed that only 40 examples were sold at a post office counter before the error was discovered, and the remaining copies were destroyed. Of the 40 that were used, only a small percentage were recovered and saved, making this an exceptionally rare error This is the only known multiple of this rare inverted center, ex-Lee (YT 109a, catalogue value for singles), also with a newspaper clipping of an article by Martin Sellinger O Catalog #120a Catalog Value €5,500 | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #537 URUGUAY 1895 25c red brown and black, center inverted, cancelled on piece in combination with additional 5c adhesive, neat 28 April 1896 Montevideo cds, v.f., with handstamped guarantee marks, 1995 APS cert., ex-Col. Green collection and illustrated in Lee (E.J.Lee formed a Grand-Prix collection of Uruguay in 1936). It is believed that only 40 examples were sold at a post office counter before the error was discovered, and the remaining copies were destroyed. Of the 40 that were used, only a small percentage were recovered and saved, making this an exceptionally rare error (YT 109a) O Catalog #120a Catalog Value €2,750 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #538 URUGUAY 1908 Cruiser "Montevideo," 1c, 2c and 5c set of three, each with center inverted, h.r., usual slight gum toning, otherwise fine-v.f., with APS certificates (YT 174a-176a) * Catalog #174a-176a Catalog Value €1,350 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #539 URUGUAY 1908 Cruiser "Montevideo," 5c orange and dark green, center inverted, cancelled August 25, 1908, v.f., with 1987 PFC (YT 176a) O Catalog #176a Catalog Value €425 | Unsold |
 | Lot #540 URUGUAY 1909 Port of Montevideo, 2c and 5c centers inverted, selection including two small die proofs of 2c, one in issued colors, the other trial color in blue and chestnut brown; also 2c imprint block of six, imperf. plate proof on card, trial color in venetian red and gray green; plus two imperf. part imprint blocks of 4x5c, plate proofs trial colors on card, one black and orange, other green & blue, v.f. and scarce lot, with Brian Moorhouse cert. and PFC (for last) PCatalog #177-178Pvar | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #541 URUGUAY 1920 Montevideo Harbor Lighthouse and Ships, 1c green and slate blue, imperforate block of four, center double, one inverted, apparently a plate proof on thin unwatermarked paper, minor toning and slight creases, with 2007 Carlos Hernandez Rocha certificate stating “original, only known copy” (!) A discovery copy, by Mr. Sagar, with regular perforated blocks included for comparison PCatalog #226P | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #542 URUGUAY 1974 Precursors of Uruguay Aeronautics, N$100 bottom sheet margin horizontal strip of four, black color printed twice, once inverted in mirror image, with a normal sheet of 20 for comparison ** Catalog #897-900var | Unsold |
 | Lot #543 URUGUAY 1987 N$51 Exports, imperforate sheet of 25 stamps on watermarked, gummed paper with impression of black color of a different stamp (Scott's 1241) and inverted impression of colors, with normal issued perf. sheets of the two stamps, n.h., v.f., with 2007 Carlos Hernandez Rocha certificate **Catalog #1241-42var | Unsold |
 | Lot #544 URUGUAY 1988 N$66 Euskal Erria, imperforate sheet of 25 stamps on watermarked, gummed paper with misplaced inverted impression of black, n.h., v.f., also a normal issued perforated sheet of 25 included for comparison, with 2007 Carlos Hernandez Rocha cert. **Catalog #1249var | Unsold |
 | Lot #545 URUGUAY 1988 Postal Messenger of Peace, $66 imperf. top sheet margin block of four, black color inverted, n.h., v.f., with Alex Rendon and Carlos Hernandez Rocha certificates, also a normal perforated block included for comparison **Catalog #1259var | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #546 URUGUAY 1988 N$51 Centenary of Fire Department, imperf. sheet of 25 stamps on watermarked, gummed paper with double impression of black, once inverted and misplaced, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #1275var | Unsold |
 | Lot #547 URUGUAY 1989 N$210 Map, imperforate sheet of 25 stamps on watermarked, gummed paper with misplaced inverted impression of the red color (Map), folded along the middle row (five stamps creased), otherwise v.f. with a normal issued perforate sheet of 25 included for comparison, with 2007 Carlos Hernandez Rocha cert. **Catalog #1286var | Unsold |
 | Lot #548 URUGUAY 1992 Entrance to Sacramento Colony, $600 brown and yellow colors misplaced, black color inverted, fine used, with 2007 Carlos Hernandez Rocha certificate #357 stating “original and the only stamp known.” A regular stamp is included for comparison O Catalog #1377var | Unsold |
 | Lot #549 URUGUAY 1991 N$360 Margarita Xirgu, two imperforate sheets of 25, one with light brown color completely omitted and yellow inverted, the other with brown color inverted, n.h., v.f., with a normal issued perforate sheet of 25 included for comparison, with 2006-7 Carlos Hernandez Rocha and Alex Rendon certificates **Catalog #1400var | Unsold |
 | Lot #550 URUGUAY 1993 WWF Greater Rhea Bird, imperf. sheet of 25 with margins on four sides, double impression, one inverted, inverted impression is from the 0.20 value stamp of the same issue, inverted impressions are also displaced, with a normal sheet of 25 (misperforated in the 4th row, also with a set of four plate No.top right corner margin blocks), plus an additional 0.50 imperf. sheet of 25, double impression, one inverted, inverted impression is from the 0.20 value stamp of the same issue, inverted impressions are also displaced, v.f. **Catalog #1509-1512var | Unsold |
 | Lot #551 VENEZUELA 1877 Simon Bolivar, 2c orange, imperf., frame inverted, pen cancelled, cut close in places, vertical crease, good color and fine appearing example of this rare invert (Hall & Fulcher type C), with 1988 Peter Holcombe cert. (YT 2a) O Catalog #23e Catalog Value €5,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #552 VENEZUELA Local Issues for La Vela de Coro 1889 1/2r, 1r, 3r (two) "Porto Libre", "official", six singles, also 2r and 4r horizontal pairs, "Porto Libre" vertical pair, all with centers inverted, also "Official" vertical tete-beche pair, for a total of 12 inverted centers, with or without control marks, also "Porte Libre" vignette with upright center, few minor flaws, mostly fine-v.f., seldom offered complete set of inverts (missing in most major collections), with eleven 2010/11 Philatelic Foundation Certificates (Valera 10/16 varieties, Blanco 46a/52a,var) O | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #553 VIETNAM, NORTH 1957 Fourth World Trade Union Congress, 300d purple value tablet inverted in mirror print on the upper right stamp, in block of four with three normal stamps, unused without gum as issued, v.f., with 2005 Alex Rendon certificate (Michel states only about 15 examples recorded, unpriced unused) (*)Catalog #Mi.63K | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #554 VIETNAM, NORTH 1957 Fourth World Trade Union Congress, 300d purple value tablet inverted in mirror print on the upper right stamp, in block of four with three normal stamps, central postmark, v.f., with 2007 Alex Rendon certificate (Michel states only about 15 examples recorded) Catalog #Mi.63K Catalog Value €500 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #555 VIETNAM, NORTH 1967 Vase and basket, 1.50pi misperforated single, black bamboo basket inverted, also the basic portion of the design in greenish blue and carmine is strongly shifted to the bottom right, creating spectacular error, n.h., v.f., with 2006 Alex Rendon cert. ** Catalog #312var | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #556 VIETNAM, NORTH 1978 Flower, horizontal block of 20 (10x2) with margins on both ends, yellow printed double once inverted, inverted yellow printed diagonally from bottom left to top right leaving left five stamps in the top row normal, with a back stamp in the bottom row margins with a red "L" in circle, with 2008 APS certificate stating “printer’s waste, ungummed as printed, genuine” (also a note stating “There are double yellow printings with one inverted and struck at approximately 13 degrees angle to the horizontal. There is an authentication hand stamp on the back in the selvage, a red circle with an L by Lucian Lu. As to how the inverted color came into existence, it was most likely done intentionally. There is a lot of printer’s waste from this period now in collector hands. This block was perfed after the second yellow was applied, suggesting the printer wanted to complete the preparation of the press." (*)Catalog #923var | Unsold |
 | Lot #557 VIETNAM, NORTH 1978 Fourth Trade Union Congress, 10xu variety black color inverted, horizontal pair, unused without gum as issued, v.f., with 2008 APS cert., rare (*) Catalog #934var | Unsold |
 | Lot #558 VIETNAM, NORTH 1975 Liberation of Saigon, 6xu variety blue color inverted, unused without gum as issued, v.f., with 2007 APS cert. (*) Catalog #947var | Unsold |
 | Lot #559 VIETNAM, NORTH 1979 Einstein, 12xu variety black color omitted, sheet corner margin block of four, unused without gum as issued (also a regular block of four), also imperf. horizontal pair, used, plus the very rare imperf. pair, black color inverted, used, v.f., the latter with APS cert. (*)OCatalog #983var | Unsold |
 | Lot #560 VIETNAM, NORTH 1980 Coat of Arms, 6xu variety, background inverted, unused without as issued, v.f., with 2005 Alex Rendon cert. (*) Catalog #1090var | Unsold |
 | Lot #561 VIETNAM, NORTH 1982 Agriculture, 30xu horizontal sheet margin pairs, one with yellow background double, one inverted, the other with dark blue printing inverted; also imperf. block of four with yellow background double, one inverted, plus 30xu blue imperf. pair, plus two singles, one with light blue background complete omitted, unused without gum as issued, fine-v.f., with Alex Rendon certificates for the first two pairs (*)Catalog #1243-44var | Unsold |
 | Lot #562 VIETNAM, NORTH 1984 Vietnamese-Soviet Culture Palace, 20xu imperf. top left sheet corner margin block of eight, yellow background inverted, unused without gum as issued, v.f. and striking error, with 2006 Alex Rendon cert. (*)Catalog #1360var | Unsold |
 | Lot #563 VIETNAM, NORTH 1985 Hai Phong Bridge, 5d block of four, variety blue color inverted; also an additional block of four, blue color completely omitted, unused without gum as issued, v.f. (*)Catalog #1508var | Unsold |
 | Lot #564 VIETNAM, NORTH 1985 Elections, 1d orange and black, imperf. pair, black color (center and inscriptions) inverted; also 50xu imperf. pair, printed on both sides, double and once inverted (without inscriptions) on back, both obviously printer's waste but rare, v.f., with 2010 Philatelic Foundation Certificates (*) Catalog #1596-97var | Unsold |
 | Lot #565 VIETNAM, NORTH 1986 Ernst Thalmann, 2d imperf. block of four, printed on both sides, one with black color double, reverse with red printed twice, one inverted, v.f. and interesting variety, with 2006 Alex Rendon cert. (*) Catalog #1622var | Unsold |
 | Lot #566 VIETNAM, NORTH Military Issues 1984 30th Anniversary of Dien Bien Phu, center inverted, imperf. block of 12, unused without gum as issued, v.f. (*) | Unsold |
 | Lot #567 YEMEN 1963 Red Cross Centenary, 4b imperf. single printed on both sides, one with green flame inverted; 20b imperf. pair printed on both sides, one without background, green flame inverted, v.f. P | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #568 YEMEN 1963 Troops in Action, souv. sheet, red color (flag, inscriptions and stars) inverted, n.h., little toned spot on gum, fine and unusual item, with two additional souvenir sheets, one with shifted red inscriptions ** | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #569 YUGOSLAVIA Postal Tax Stamps 1987 Red Cross, 4d with black color (country name, value and frame) inverted, perf. and imperf. varieties, unused without gum as issued, the former signed on back by P. Zrinjscak, with his 1992 certificate, the latter with Peter Acanski cert., also PFC (stating printer's certificate stating printer's waste) (Listed but unpriced in Michel), also normal perforated and imperforate sheets of 12 included for comparison (*) Catalog #Mi.124K | Unsold |
 | Lot #570 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES Local Issues 1945 (ca) label inscribed in blue with "U.S.Postage Free" and "For the Armed Forces", red eagle and shield in the middle, red color inverted, on the Federal Stamp Company approval card that notes No. S32 and Price $1.35, v.f. * | Unsold |
 | Lot #571 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES Local Issues 1979 Colorado Local Post, 30c blue and yellow Colorado Glider Mail issue, yellow inverted, imperf. gutter press sheet of 20, v.f., with Stephen Datz certificate stating "genuine and also unique." This imperf. Press sheet on which the yellow impression was inverted was discovered during the perforating operation, v.f., interesting group with regular perf. and imperf. sheets included for comparison * | Unsold |
 | Lot #572 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS GERMANY - PRIVATE LOCAL POST 1889 Essen, selection including 2pf horizontal pair, also 3pf 5pf and 10pf blocks of four, all with centers inverted, also Zittau, 5pf, 50pf and 100pf "Express Packet Beforderung" used singles, each with red brown numerals inverted, fine and unusual lot *O | Unsold |
 | Lot #573 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS GREAT BRITAIN Local Issues 1999 Alderney, Solar Eclipse over Alderney se-tenant rouletted left margin block of four, with eclipse on the top right hand stamp inverted putting the diamond ring effect under the wording, with a normal rouletted left margin block (this error was discovered part way through the print run and corrected); also 1sh Battle of Hastings, the prow of William's ship, perforated 11 line with center inverted, cancelled with a partial cds (printed by the Commodore Shipping Company for the small parcel service); also 1996 25p Conveyance Fee, imperf. sheet of 10, red color inverted (locomotive and top inscription), inverted top inscriptions | Unsold |
 | Lot #574 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS PORTUGUESE COLONIES 1882-1902 Portuguese India Crown, green "6 Reis" double, one inverted at top, also 1902 1t carmine rose (King Carlos), value inverted, plus selection of four additional varieties from Angola and Mozambique Ceres 1/4r, each with name and value inverted; Cape Verde 25r (King Carlos) value and name of country inverted, plus Portuguese Congo Ceres 1/4c olive brown "Congo" and value double, one inverted, h.r., fine lot * | Unsold |
 | Lot #575 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS VIETNAM, NORTH 1984-89 balance of the collection, with four imperf. singles, each with red or black colors double, one inverted, also two imperf. blocks of four of 150d (order of Lenin), printed on both sides, one with inverted yellow, plus two additional items, v.f. and appealing lot P | Unsold |
| Lot #576 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE Christmas Seals 1908-1989 United States and Foreign Countries (mostly Scandinavia), collection of centers inverted, displaced, missing and double impressions, some inverted, proofs etc., many in sheets of 12-30, all neatly described with interesting varieties from Norway, Denmark, Iceland, also single items from Spain and Ukraine (1946 Relief Committee in Rome), U.S. proofs, etc., many with normal labels included for comparison. An interesting collateral collection for a specialist of Inverted Centers of the World *O | Unsold | |
| Lot #577 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE ATM and FRAMA labels 1990-2010 Computerized Post Office Labels, United States and foreign issues, collection of 300+ including U.S. "Stamps.com" centers and inscriptions inverted, used and unused, with Argentina, France, Germany Israel (First Klussendorf, also Masad etc., four with Ury Shalit certificates), Malaysia, Singapore, Spain, Portugal (substantial collection including International Expo Lisbon 98, Bicycle and Sailboat ATM, Galeon, Popular Toys, Birds, Euro, Football and others) with a selection of Test Stamps, also some covers, all with inverted inscriptions, indicia, values etc., fine-v.f., incredible offering of these fairly unknown and desirable items, many discovered by Mr. Sagar *O | Unsold | |
| Lot #578 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE 1920-2006 balance of the Sagar Collection, hundreds of items ranging including regular issues, back of the book material, private and local issues, labels and other Cinderella type items, and more, all with inverted centers, inscriptions, values and more. We note items from Trucial States, Liberia, Montserrat, Mozambique, Mongolia, British Locals, Russia, Cambodia, some sheets, few covers etc. *O | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
