U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
March 17-18, 2015

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #211
BULGARIA
1879-1889 Issues, handstamped or overprinted Obrazets and Specimen, selection of 28, mostly different (accounting for shades and types of overprint), with Large Lion, Small Lion, Postage Dues and Eastern Rumelia, some with handwritten "Obr", occasional minor flaws, generally fine or better. A scarce group
S
Catalog #5/36S
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #212
BULGARIA
1879 5c black & orange, 10c black & green, 25c black & purple, 50c black & blue, 1fr black & red, complete set of five, fresh colors and good perforations all around, unused with original gum, h.r., fine-v.f., pencil signed, scarce,
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Catalog #1-5
Catalog Value $2,180
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #213
BULGARIA
1885 two stampless covers cancelled "Plovdiv Philippople", military usage with negative handstamps, one addressed to Haskovo, filing folds, otherwise fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #214
BULGARIA
1903 (24.6) registered cover from the Royal Palace, headed "Intendance de la Liste Civile de S.A.R. Le Prince de Bulgarie", with large corresponding label on reverse, franked with 50s and addressed to Munich, filing folds away from the stamp, with arrival pmk
Envelope
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #215
BULGARIA
1912 5s yellow green (error of color), n.h., v.f., with photocopy of a 1957 Karaivanoff certificate for a block of four, from which this originated. Of the 500 stamps printed, the majority were destroyed, with only about 40 unused examples saved (some of those defective) (YT 91a)
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Catalog #101a
Catalog Value €1,120
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #216
BULGARIA
1931-33 Balkan Games, complete sets, l.h., fine-v.f.,
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Catalog #237-250
Catalog Value $833
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #217
BULGARIA
1934 Shipka Pass Battle, set of two souvenir sheets of six, containing six stamps each, h.r. in the ungummed portion of the margins, minor paper wrinkling and perf. Separations (as often), fine-v.f., signed Karaivanoff. Of the 100 of each printed, only a small portion survive today,
Box *
Catalog #253-264
Catalog Value $3,000
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #218
BULGARIA
1935 Football (Soccer) tournament, complete set cancelled on large sheet by special 16 June postmarks; also 1935 Yunak Gymnastics, complete set cancelled on large cover by special 19 July postmarks
Envelope
Catalog #267-278
Unsold

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