U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
May 5-6, 2015

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1244
POLAND
1807 (2 March) partly printed letter headed "Empire Francaise, Garnier, Commissaire des Guerres", sent from "Varsovie" (Warsaw) addressed locally to a missionary with the Hospitaliers, little ageing, otherwise fine Napoleonic Army letter
Envelope
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1245
POLAND
1844 (July) small folded letter to France, with red "Warta" town handstamp, Kalisz 23/7 cds, handstamped "C.R.P.F." on front, also red "Sieradz" (19/7) and "Breslau 24/7" in black, arriving in Blois on 31 July, various manuscript charge margins, fine and interesting letter, ex-Kossoy
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1246
POLAND
1853 (March) FL to Berlin, with "Iwaniska" town handstamp (date filled in by hand), additionally bearing red "Opatow" and Warszawa on back, framed "Aus Russland Franco" and "Breslau/Berlin" entry datestamp, with 29/3 arrival, some overall ageing, fine and interesting letter
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1247
POLAND
1859 (16 May) FL from Zboyno (red town handstamp), sent via Warszawa and per railway to Czestochowa, charged "10" and endorsed "Na koszt" (reversed charges)
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1248
POLAND
1860 10k dark blue and rose, thin paper variety, cancelled "171" (Pilica) intense colors and intact perforations, fine, signed Dr.Kossoy
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Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1249
POLAND
1860 10k blue and rose, cancelled "244" (Izbica), well centered, irregular perfs at top, fresh and attractive example of this scarce postmark, signed Roig etc.
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Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #1250
POLAND
1860 10k blue & rose, vivid colors, usual centering, tied by "DP" in concentric rings on blue, outer FL to St. Petersburg, with corresponding "Ekspedycya Poczt Dworzec Praga" 13 July departure and St. Petersburg (3 July) 1864 arrival pmk on back (note difference of 12 days between Julian and Gregorian calendars), intact wax seal, fine
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #1251
POLAND
1860 Russia 1858 10k brown & blue (Scott's No.2), used in Poland, cancelled "168" (168) Myszkow, used twice (postal fraud), fine
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Catalog #1
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #1252
POLAND
1905 (19 Sep) cover headed Warszawa, registered from Skalmierzyce to Saxony, franked with German 30pf adhesive, minor cover creases & stains, otherwise fine and unusual usage of an unoverprinted German stamp in the Polish territory, with Leipzig arrival pmk, signed Mikulski
Envelope
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #1253
POLAND
1918 25fen on 2gr brown (error), surcharge well centered, block of four, n.h., fine-v.f., with Mikulski certificate. Only two sheets of these errors are known; first sheet with surcharge shifted, second with surcharge centered (Fi.4P1, cat. 60,000zl for singles)
Box **
Unsold
Lot #1254
POLAND
1919 (8 Apr) cover used locally in Wowroclaw, franked with two German 7 1/2pf orange (cut squares from postal stationery), fine usage, probably by a German soldier on Polish territory, signed Mikulski
Envelope
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #1255
POLAND
1919 (14 Jan) large registered cover from Lublin to Vienna, franked with four diff. surcharges, three in black (Fi.20a,22a,24) also the rare 10h violet surcharge on 30h green (Fi.22b), filing fold away from the stamps, Austrian registration label, filing fold away from the stamps, backflap missing, fine and very rare usage, signed Mikulski
Envelope
Catalog #32b
Unsold
Lot #1256
POLAND
1919 Krakow Issue, 6h deep orange, album page with four pairs and block of six, all used, varieties include two "double dots" and 6xthin "Z", v.f. and attractive group
Box
Catalog #43,43var
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #1257
POLAND
1919 10kr violet, l.h., exceptionally well centered, with deep color, v.f., handstamped guarantee marks and pencil signature, with 2010 Schmutz certificate (Fi. 49aa)
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Catalog #55
Catalog Value $12,000
Price Realized
$10,000.00

Lot #1258
POLAND
1919 10kr dark violet, position IVB-10, l.h., v.f., signed in pencil, also by Mikstein, Dr.Kronenberg and Mikulski, with their certificates. A rarity (of the 440 overprinted, only 50 or so were applied on the dark violet stamps, size 25x30mm) (Fi.49Ba, cat. 45,000zl)
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Catalog #55var
Price Realized
$10,000.00

Lot #1259
POLAND
1919 Polish Eagle, composite proof with 15h+10h+5h values in black, folded between stamps, wide margins, fine-v.f., probably unique, signed Schmutz, Mikulski
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Catalog #63,65,66P
Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #1260
POLAND
1919 Gniezno surcharges, set of two, n.h., v.f., signed Schmutz
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Catalog #77-78
Unsold
Lot #1261
POLAND
1927 Pilsudski, 20g red brown, imperf. horizontal pair, n.h., v.f., signed Krawczyk
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Catalog #242P
Unsold
Lot #1262
POLAND
1932 George Washington, 30gr blue, vertical imperforate pair, unused without gum, v.f., signed Mikulski
P
Catalog #267P
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #1263
POLAND
1933 Torun, 60gr olive, large die proof, v.f., signed Schmutz
P
Catalog #275P
Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #1264
POLAND
1943 flown cover to USA, franked with 2sh KUT George VI adhesive, tied by faint cds, with return address of "Africa Uganda Koja, Polish Settlement," censor seal at left, some cover wear, fine and rare (located in a beautiful setting on a peninsula jutting out into Lake Victoria, surrounded by water on three sides and jungle and savanna on the fourth, Koja was some 30 kilometers from the nearest railway station and 60 kilometers from Kampala, too far to allow for much contact with the outside world. At its peak, Koja accommodated around 3,000 Polish refugees)
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1265
POLAND
1944 1zl (1943-1944) on 25gr deep red, double surcharge, l.h., v.f., signed Schmutz (Fi.344Np, cat. 2,500Zl)
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Catalog #345Avar
Unsold
Lot #1266
POLAND
1978 Interkosmos, set of two unissued sheetlets of six (plus two labels), n.h., v.f., only 50 sets printed, with Petriuk certificates (Fi.Ark.XXI-XXVII, cat. 12,000 Zl)
Box **
Catalog #2270-71var
Unsold

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