U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
September 20-21, 2016

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #820
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
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #821
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 include 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 #822
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
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #823
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
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #824
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
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #825
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
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #826
LITHUANIA
1919 75sk imperf. horizontal pair, center omitted at left, inverted at right, v.f.
*
Catalog #57var
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #827
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
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #828
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
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #829
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
Price Realized
$100.00

Lot #830
LITHUANIA
1919 1auk imperf. sheet margin block of four, center omitted, hinged at top, bottom stamps n.h., v.f.
Box */**
Catalog #58var
Price Realized
$80.00

Lot #831
LITHUANIA
1919 1auk perf. single, center inverted, used on piece, fine and rare
O
Catalog #58var
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #832
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
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #833
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
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #834
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
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #835
LITHUANIA
1923 1L imperf. block of four, cancelled on piece, v.f., signed Matuzas
Box
Catalog #171var
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #836
LITHUANIA
1923 25c blue, watermarked wH intersecting mesh, block of four, top stamps h.r., slight crease, bottom stamps n.h., fine, with handstamped guarantee. One of the rarest stamps of Lithuania, only 1200 issued, few blocks extant (Mi.215),
Box */**
Catalog #207
Catalog Value €2,400
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #837
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
$240.00

Lot #838
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
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #839
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
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #840
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
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #841
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
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #842
LITHUANIA
1930 Grand Duke Vytautas, 60c blue & lilac rose, center double, used, v.f., rare
O
Catalog #250var
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #843
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
Price Realized
$450.00

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