U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
September 9-10, 2014

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #805
LITHUANIA
1811 outer FL addressed (in French and Russian) to Prince Lubecki, Marshall of Grodno in St. Petersburg, with a good strike of "Telshi" in tall Cyrillic caps (35x10mm), part of wax seal removed, fine, scarce strike, ex-Kurt Adler and Matuzas
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #806
LITHUANIA
1812 (8 July) FL (four page) sent by Capt. de Castellane to his father, General de Brigade, count de Castellane in Paris, forwarded to chateau a Reuil, charged "3" (deci) as postage was paid only to Paris, with triangular "P" handstamp, contents incl. references to the army being in the vicinity of Dinanburg and the river Dwina, 500 leagues away from Moscow….Adolphe de Maussien was in Warsaw and announced that the King is returning…the food here is excellent, although the soldiers have no bread and horses are without feed…" (full text copies in French and German on request)
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #807
LITHUANIA
1918 10sk-50sk, complete set of six, each with the inverted "h" for "u" in "Skatiku", tied by Kaunas (21.1.19) cds on unaddressed cover
Envelope
Catalog #3-8var
Unsold
Lot #808
LITHUANIA
1918 15sk-50sk, five sheets of 20 (5x4), unused without gum as issued, showing varieties inverted "h" for "u", inverted "n" for "u", missing "i" in "Lietuvos", plus other small varieties, fine-v.f., rare multiples (catalogue value for singles)
Box (*)
Catalog #4-8
Catalog Value $ 4,500
Price Realized
$2,500.00

Lot #809
LITHUANIA
1918 40sk (inverted "n" for "u" in "skatiku"), also 50sk, used in combination with First Kaunas issue 10sk-30sk (first one with clear double impression) on unaddressed Kaunas (19.3.19) cover, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #7,8,9-12
Unsold
Lot #810
LITHUANIA
1919 3auk brown & carmine, two imperf. blocks of four on buff unwatermarked paper, one triple center, double inverted, the other double center one inverted, v.f., impressive
Box P
Catalog #38P
Unsold
Lot #811
LITHUANIA
1919 3auk and 5auk imperf. horizontal pairs on buff unwatermarked paper, the former triple center, double inverted at right, left stamp normal, the latter double center, one inverted, v.f.
P
Catalog #38P,39P
Unsold
Lot #812
LITHUANIA
1919 75sk imperf. horizontal pair, center omitted at left, inverted at right, v.f.
*
Catalog #57var
Unsold
Lot #813
LITHUANIA
1919 75sk imperf. top sheet corner margin block of six, center inverted and displaced to right, actually eight (!) impressions, l.h. in margin only, stamps n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #57var
Unsold
Lot #814
LITHUANIA
1919 75sk imperf. top sheet corner margin block of four, center double, l.h. in margin only, stamps n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #57var
Unsold
Lot #815
LITHUANIA
1919 1auk imperf. lower right sheet corner margin block of four, center double, hinged at top, bottom stamps n.h., v.f.
Box */**
Catalog #58var
Unsold
Lot #816
LITHUANIA
1919 1auk imperf. sheet margin block of four, center omitted, hinged at top, bottom stamps n.h., v.f.
Box */**
Catalog #58var
Unsold
Lot #817
LITHUANIA
1919 1auk perf. single, center inverted, used on piece, fine and rare
O
Catalog #58var
Unsold
Lot #818
LITHUANIA
1919 5auk green & red, two imperf. top sheet margin blocks of four, one center shifted to top, the other center omitted, different shades, v.f.
Box */**
Catalog #60var
Unsold
Lot #819
LITHUANIA
1920 complete set of 11, tied on unaddressed cover by Kybartai (16.2) First Day of Issue pmks, backflap missing, otherwise fine and scarce FDC
Envelope
Catalog #70-80
Unsold
Lot #820
LITHUANIA
1920 10sk-5auk imperf., ten different singles (there were no imperforates of the 15auk value), all with large margins, used, v.f., rare
O
Catalog #70/80var
Unsold
Lot #821
LITHUANIA
1920 complete set of 11, tied by Sakiai (30.8) cds on registered cover to Switzerland, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #81-91
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #822
LITHUANIA
1921 10sk, 15sk, 20sk, 2auk and 5auk, imperf. at left, right, top or bottom, five different, fine-v.f.
*(*)
Catalog #97/109var
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #823
LITHUANIA
1922 surcharges on granite paper, three different, h.r., fine-v.f., signed Bloch,
*
Catalog #120-122
Catalog Value $ 490
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #824
LITHUANIA
1923 1L imperf. block of four, cancelled on piece, v.f., signed Matuzas
Box
Catalog #171var
Unsold
Lot #825
LITHUANIA
1923 25c blue, watermarked wH intersecting mesh, block of four, top stamps h.r., slight crease, bottom stamps n.h., fine-v.f., with handstamped guarantee. One of the rarest stamps of Lithuania, only 1200 issued, few blocks extant (Mi.215),
Box */**
Catalog #207
Catalog Value EUR 2,400
Unsold
Lot #826
LITHUANIA
1927 Vytis, six different perforated essays, including three with numeral "1", and three without numeral, few small faults, otherwise fine-v.f.
E
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #827
LITHUANIA
1927 selection of nine different essays including 2c perf., imperf. (three), 50c (imperf.), plus four perforated and gummed, value omitted, v.f. and scarce group (Lithuanian Handbook E3/14)
E
Unsold
Lot #828
LITHUANIA
1927 2c green, imperforate sheetlet of 16, unused without gum as issued, large margins all around, folded horizontally between stamps, natural wrinkles, v.f., rare (Lithuanian Handbook E6)
Box E
Unsold
Lot #829
LITHUANIA
1927 watermark wG. (parquetry), 5c green, 30c blue blocks of four, the former n.h., with red handstamp showing though at upper right, the latter without gum, fine-v.f., scarce, especially in blocks,
Box **(*)
Catalog #216-17
Unsold
Lot #830
LITHUANIA
1930 Grand Duke Vytautas, perforated and gummed essays 2c (four different), 10c gray blue, also imperf. 2c dark grayish green, v.f. set (Lithuanian Handbook E21-26)
E
Unsold
Lot #831
LITHUANIA
1930 Grand Duke Vytautas, 60c blue & lilac rose, center double, used, v.f., rare
O
Catalog #250var
Unsold
Lot #832
LITHUANIA
1934 10c chocolate, affixed on card and signed by artist Jouzas Gaucas, also seven photo proofs of other designs proposed but not accepted, v.f.
E
Unsold
Lot #833
LITHUANIA
1937 National Emblem, 50c brown, four blocks of four, two imperf. (one without network), one imperf. vertically, another with double horizontal and vertical perforations (second printing), with or without gum, fine-v.f.
Box **(*)
Catalog #304var
Price Realized
$250.00

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