Santa Fe Collections of South America and the Middle East
January 11, 2012
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #301 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1920-1965 the much duplicated collection formed by a foremoust expert in Jordianian philately, housed in 10+ stock books, arranged by Scott's catalogue order, thousands, including blocks and some complete sheets, predominantly mint, compilation of one major collection acquired in 2003 as well as additional items added along the way. Using Stanley Gibbons catalogue, the first issue (SG 1/19) includes the rare perf. 15x14 2m silver overprint (SG 2a), also double overprint, one albino, numerous "extra dot" and "screw head" varieties, also different types of overprint; 5p purple horizontal pair, right stamp overprint type 1a, pos. 95-96 (SG 7,7a), 9p ochre (SG 8 two unused, signed), full panes of 2m and 4m (2,3), also forgeries. SG 20-36 features 2m block of four, upper left stamp without surcharge (SG 29a), multiple varieties, several 2p value unused, surcharges in different colors including the rare violet, others with value omitted, one vertical (ex-Maj. Darlow collection, SG 33var, used, small tear, with Ro */**O | Price Realized $120,000.00 |
 | Lot #302 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1920 1m dark brown, perf. 15x14 and 14, overprint inverted, sheet corner margin block of four of each, first one n.h., the latter (1979 BPA cert) with some toning at top, otherwise fine-v.f. and scarce positional multiples (SG 1a,9a)  */**Catalog #1a,1c Catalog Value £ 1,240 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #303 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1920 1m dark brown, overprint inverted, block of four, top left stamp h.r., other three n.h., some toning on reverse, otherwise v.f., with clear 1979 BPA cert. (SG 1a) */**Catalog #1a Catalog Value £ 560 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #304 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1920 2m blue green, silver overprint, used along with nine additional stamps on piece of parcel, fine, listed but unpriced O Catalog #SG 2a | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #305 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1920 3m light brown, overprint type 1a, h.r., slight overall toning, otherwise fine, with clear 1979 Royal cert. (SG 3a) * Catalog #3var Catalog Value £ 1,100 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #306 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1920 1m dark blue, silver overprint, perf.15x14, l.h., fine, with 1992 BPA cert. (SG 5a) * Catalog #6a Catalog Value £ 2,000 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #307 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1920 5pi plum, perf. 15x14, overprint type 1a, l.h., v.f., with 1995 Holcombe cert. (SG 7a) * Catalog #8a,var Catalog Value £ 1,400 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #308 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1920 9pi bister, perf. 15x14, used, v.f., with 1983 Brandon and BPA certs (SG 8) O Catalog #9a Catalog Value £ 1,400 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #309 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1920 Kerak Provisional, Moab District Seal, horizontal pair, (1p) pale blue, with initials "A.K." (Alex Kirkbride), h.r., v.f., ex-Asch collection, extremely rare (taking the official seal of the Majlis Idara, the adviser impressed it on plan sheets of gummed paper in green ink, each impression falling within a pencil-ruled square 3.5cm in size. Several hundred of these stamps, valued at one piaster each, were so printed, each being initialed “A. K.”, in violet ink, by the adviser, Alek S. Kirkbride, later British Resident and eventually first British Ambassador to Jordan. They were put into immediate use, and eventually a few copies straggled through to Jerusalem where the postal authorities, now realizing that the need for Transjordan stamps at Kerak was a very real one, took effective steps to get through a small supply, by November 1920, when the new definitives came into general use throughout the country, * Catalog #SG 19a Catalog Value £ 7,000 | Price Realized $15,000.00 |
 | Lot #310 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1920 Kerak Provisional, Moab District Seal, vertical pair, (1p) pale blue, with initials "A.K." (Alek Kirkbride), cancelled "Kerek 24.11.02" (incorrect year date), with full gum, v.f., with 1985 Robson Lowe certificate, ex-Major J.J. Darlow collection, very rare, O Catalog #SG 19a Catalog Value £ 8,000 | Price Realized $9,500.00 |
 | Lot #311 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 20pi on 20pi gray, used with 1/10pi on 1m dark brown on small piece, bilingual Amman cancel, fine, with 1983 Royal cert. (SG 28,34) O Catalog #12,27 Catalog Value £ 879 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #312 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 1/10pi on 1m dark brown, violet surcharge, block of four, l.h., v.f., with 1988 BPA cert. (SG 28c) *Catalog #13A Catalog Value £ 1,000 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #313 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 3/10pi on 3m light brown, vertical pair, top stamp overprint type 1a, n.h., usual overall gum toning, fine-v.f., rare se-tenant pair, with 1979 Royal cert., ex-Najjar (SG 22b) ** Catalog #17var Catalog Value £ 1,200 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #314 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 10pi on 10pi ultramarine, used on piece with 3/10pi on 3pi light brown, tied by violet "20.11.1922 Amman" cds, fine, with 1983 Royal cert. (SG 22,33) O Catalog #17,26 Catalog Value £ 1,014 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #315 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 20pi gray, black overprint, h.r., v.f., with 1986 BPA cert. (SG 34) * Catalog #27 Catalog Value £ 650 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #316 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 10pi on 10pi ultramarine, h.r., well centered, v.f., with 1982 Friedl cert. (SG 35) * Catalog #28 Catalog Value £ 1,800 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #317 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 9p on 9p ochre perf. 14, violet surcharge, h.r., v.f., with 1997 BPA cert. (SG 32a) * Catalog #25a,var | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #318 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 20pi on 20pi gray perf. 14, violet surcharge, h.r., v.f., signed Ela, with 1988 BPA cert. (SG 34a) * Catalog #27A Catalog Value £ 900 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #319 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 20pi on 20pi gray perf. 15x14, violet surcharge, h.r., v.f. Listed but unpriced in Gibbons, with 1979 BPA and 1982 Friedl certs. A major rarity from Jordan, regular surcharge cat. £2,500 (SG 36a) * Catalog #29var | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #320 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 3m yellow brown, violet overprint, horizontal pair, right stamp overprint type 1a, heavy h.r., some slight toning, otherwise v.f. and rare se-tenant, with 1954 BPA cert. (SG 39bb) * Catalog #36var Catalog Value £ 1,500 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #321 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 9pi bister, violet overprint, right margin horizontal pair, right stamp overprint type 1a, n.h. (hinged in margin), v.f. and rare with 1953 BPA cert. (SG 44ab; catalogue value for hinged singles) ** Catalog #50var Catalog Value £ 2,450 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #322 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 10pi ultramarine, violet overprint, h.r., v.f., with 1960 BPA cert. (SG 52a) * Catalog #51 Catalog Value £ 1,100 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #323 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 10pi ultramarine, violet overprint, n.h., v.f., various signatures, with 1990 Holcombe cert. (SG 52a; catalogue value for hinged) ** Catalog #51 Catalog Value £ 1,100 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #324 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 20pi gray, violet overprint, n.h., v.f., various signatures, with 1990 Holcombe cert. (SG 53a; catalogue value for hinged) ** Catalog #52 Catalog Value £ 1,100 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #325 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 20pi gray, red overprint, l.h., v.f., with 1989 BPA cert. (SG 53) * Catalog #52A Catalog Value £ 1,600 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #326 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 20pi gray, red overprint, lightly cancelled, slight toning, otherwise v.f., with 1991 BPA cert. (SG 53) O Catalog #52A Catalog Value £ 2,000 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #327 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 20pi gray, violet overprint inverted, small h.r., v.f., various handstamp guarantees, signatures, with 1989 BPA cert. (SG 53a; catalogue value for normal stamp) * Catalog #52var Catalog Value £ 1,100 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #328 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 1m dark brown, perf. 15x14, h.r., fine, with 1983 Friedl cert. (SG 54) * Catalog #53a Catalog Value £ 1,500 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #329 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 5m orange perf. 15x14, double overprint, one in black, the other albino impression of the earlier 1920 overprint, h.r., fine, with 1979 BPA cert. (SG 58a) * Catalog #57a,var Catalog Value £ 1,200 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #330 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 1pi dark blue, black overprint, used, v.f., with 1999 BPA cert. (SG 65b) O Catalog #58b Catalog Value £ 850 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #331 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 5p deep purple, black overprint inverted, h.r., fine, handstamped guarantee, with 1991 BPA cert. (SG 60c) * Catalog #60a Catalog Value £ 1,500 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #332 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 10p ultramarine (gold overprint), block of 12, n.h., fine-v.f., scarce multiple (SG 67) **Catalog #62 Catalog Value £ 960 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #333 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 20pi gray, gold overprint inverted, right sheet margin horizontal pair, l.h., v.f., with 1979 BPA cert. (SG 68a) * Catalog #63a Catalog Value £ 750 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #334 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 20pi gray, overprint double, one inverted, small h.r., v.f., with 1988 BPA cert. (SG 68c) * Catalog #63c Catalog Value £ 450 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #335 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 20pi gray, overprint double, one gold, one black, the latter inverted, small h.r., v.f., with 1979 BPA cert. (SG 68e) * Catalog #63var Catalog Value £ 750 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #336 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 20pi gray, overprint double, one gold, one black, the latter inverted, small h.r., v.f., with 1979 Friedl cert. (SG 68e) * Catalog #63var Catalog Value £ 750 | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #337 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 20pi gray, vertical pair, bottom stamp with overprint triple, one inverted (misplacement of one surcharge plus a second misplaced and an inverted overprint), l.h., v.f. and rare, with 1990 Holcombe cert (SG 68f) * Catalog #63var Catalog Value £ 1,100 | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #338 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 5/10pi on 3m light brown, black surcharge, small h.r., v.f., with 1988 BPA cert. (SG 78a) * Catalog #84var Catalog Value £ 750 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #339 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 5/10pi on 3m light brown, black surcharge, small h.r., v.f., with 1988 BPA cert. (SG 78a) * Catalog #84var Catalog Value £ 750 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #340 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 5/10pi on 3m light brown, black surcharge, block of four, top stamps hinged, bottom stamps n.h., upper left stamp thin, otherwise v.f., rare multiple, with 1998 BPA cert. (SG 78a) */**Catalog #84var Catalog Value £ 3,000 | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #341 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 5/10pi on 3m light brown, horizontal pair, left stamp with surcharge inverted, right stamp without surcharge, small h.r., v.f. and rare combination se-tenant, possibly even unique, with 1989 BPA cert. (SG 78var) * Catalog #84var | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #342 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 5/10pi on 3m yellow brown, black overprint, small h.r., v.f., with 1994 BPA cert. (SG 84a) * Catalog #85var Catalog Value £ 750 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #343 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 5/10pi on 5pi plum, black overprint inverted, small h.r., v.f. and rare unlisted variety, with 1990 Holcombe cert (SG 79var) * Catalog #87var | Unsold |
 | Lot #344 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 1pi on 5pi plum, violet overprint, h.r., v.f., signed Bloch, with 1979 Friedl cert. (SG 83b) * Catalog #89 Catalog Value £ 2,000 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #345 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 1pi on 5pi plum, surcharge inverted, heavy h.r., v.f. and rare unlisted variety, signed Bloch, with 1979 Friedl cert. (SG 83var) * Catalog #89var | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #346 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 1/2pi on 5pi plum, surcharge inverted, h.r., v.f. and rare unlisted variety, with 1960 BPA cert. (SG 74var) * Catalog #94var | Unsold |
 | Lot #347 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 1/2pi on 5pi plum, bottom margin horizontal pair, 1/2pi surcharge inverted, heavy h.r., v.f. and rare unlisted variety, with 1979 BPA cert. (SG 74var) * Catalog #94var | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #348 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 1/2pi on 5pi purple perf. 15x14, h.r., fine, with 1978 Royal cert. (SG 81a) * Catalog #96 Catalog Value £ 1,000 | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #349 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 1/2pi on 5pi purple, h.r., v.f., with 1983 Friedl cert. (SG 82) * Catalog #95 Catalog Value £ 2,000 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #350 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 1/2pi on 9pi bister, well centered, h.r., small part of surcharge shifted to bottom perfs, v.f., signed Bloch, with 1979 Friedl Expert Committee cert. A rarity from Jordan (SG 75) * Catalog #97 Catalog Value £ 3,500 | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #351 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 1/2pi on 9pi bister, 1/2pi surcharge inverted, h.r., fine unlisted variety, with 1957 BPA cert. (SG 75avar) * Catalog #98var | Unsold |
 | Lot #352 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 1/2pi on 9pi bister, 1/2pi surcharge inverted, h.r., fine unlisted variety, with 1988 BPA cert. (SG 75avar) * Catalog #98var | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #353 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 1/2pi on 9pi bister, block of four, top stamps hinged, bottom stamps n.h., v.f., with 1988 BPA cert. (SG 86) */**Catalog #99 Catalog Value £ 680 | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #354 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 5/10pi on 9pi ocher, overprinted in black and further surcharged in red, l.h., fine and rare, unlisted in Scott's, with 1979 BPA cert., * Catalog #SG 73b Catalog Value £ 1,300 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #355 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 5/10pi on 9pi ocher, overprinted in black and further surcharged in violet, violet cancel, fine and rare, unlisted in Scott's, with 1982 BPA cert., O Catalog #SG 79da Catalog Value £ 1,300 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #356 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 2pi on 20pi gray, overprinted in black, l.h., v.f., fine, with 1982 BPA cert. (SG 88a) * Catalog #102var Catalog Value £ 2,000 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #357 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 2pi on 20pi gray (gold), surcharge inverted, l.h., v.f. unlisted variety, with 1960 BPA cert. (SG 88var) * Catalog #102var | Unsold |
 | Lot #358 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 2pi on 20pi gray (gold), surcharge double, l.h., fine unlisted variety, with 1975 Royal cert. (SG 88var) * Catalog #102var | Unsold |
 | Lot #359 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1924 overprinted on Saudi Arabia 10p brown purple and mauve, basic stamp center inverted, n.h., faint tone spots, fine and extremely rare (SG 134a) ** Catalog #121var Catalog Value £ 2,500 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #360 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1925 10pi light blue, bottom sheet margin pair, left stamp "E.F.F." variety, l.h., fine-se-tenant, * Catalog #SG 156a Catalog Value £ 800 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #361 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1927 New Currency, 2m-1000m, complete set in corner margin blocks of four, h.r. (few lower value stamps n.h.), 1000m with light toned spots, otherwise fine-v.f. (SG 159-171) *Catalog #145-157 Catalog Value £ 760 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #362 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1928 New Constitution, complete set in blocks of four, two sets hinged, two n.h., pencil notations on reverse, fine-v.f. (SG 172-182) */**Catalog #158-168 Catalog Value £ 640 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #363 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1930 1m-£1, complete set in sheet margin blocks of four, mostly n.h. (few stamps hinged), 5m with some toned spots, otherwise fine-v.f. (SG 194b-207) */**Catalog #169-184 Catalog Value £ 560 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #364 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1930 1m-20m, perf. 13 1/2x13, complete set in sheet margin blocks of four, mostly n.h. (few single stamps hinged), fine-v.f. (SG 194c-201a) */**Catalog #169a-178a Catalog Value £ 1,980 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #365 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1933 Tourism Issue, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 208-221) * Catalog #185-198 Catalog Value £ 750 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #366 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1933 Tourism Issue, complete except for 4m, sheet margin blocks of four, top stamps hinged, bottom stamps n.h., some toning affecting few low values, otherwise fine-v.f. (SG 208/221) */**Catalog #185/198 Catalog Value £ 3,000 | Price Realized $6,750.00 |
 | Lot #367 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1955 Royal Wedding, 15f blue, 100f brown lake, imperforate vertical pairs, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #SG 443a,b Catalog Value £ 4,500 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
