U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
November 1-2, 2017
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #756 POLAND 1833 (3 Jan) FL to France, with "Cracovie Pologne" in black, also red "Autriche Par" transit and "11", charged 18 (deci), with arrival pmk  | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #757 POLAND 1858-1866 Russia 10k brown & blue (four), 20k blue & orange (four) and 30k carmine & green (two, each perf. 12 1/2), different issues including Russia No.2, mostly different "1" cancels, one in blue, fine lot O | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #758 POLAND 1860 10k blue & rose, unused without gum, fresh colors and intact perforations, fine and most attractive example, (*) Catalog #1 Catalog Value $2,400 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #759 POLAND 1860 10k blue & rose, unused (with gum which is not original), minute flaws, good color and intact perforations, signed Stolow, (*) Catalog #1 Catalog Value $2,400 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #760 POLAND 1860 10k blue & carmine, canceled "1" in concentric rings (Warszawa), nice colors, fine O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #761 POLAND 1860 10k blue & carmine, canceled "1" (ornamental foot at base of numeral) in six squares, vivid colors and intact perforations, expertly repaired, fine appearance, signed Stolow, O Catalog #1 Catalog Value $250 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #762 POLAND 1860 10k blue & carmine, canceled by a perfect strike of "Kibarty 21/5", beautiful colors, short perforations at bottom, still a fine and attractive copy O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #763 POLAND 1860 10k carmine & blue, canceled "1" in concentric circles (Warszawa), beautiful colors and perforations, fresh and splendid example of this stamp O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #764 POLAND 1860 10k blue & rose, selection of 12 used examples, four canceled on pieces, all color combinations represented, one thin paper variety with plate showing defective frame-line at right, numerals missing, cancels include "1", "16" (Ruda Gozowska, stamp repaired), "28" (Suwalki), "70" (Sokolow), "169" (Pradla), "179" (Piotrkow), "182" (Lodz), "221" (Konin) "236" (Ozorkow) and "DP" (Dworzec Praga), occasional minor flaws, mostly fine or better O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $4,850.00 |
 | Lot #765 POLAND 1860 10k blue & carmine, brilliant colors, canceled by "1" in concentric rings on complete FL written entirely in Polish from "Warszawa w Cytadelli", 25 Dec 1861 to an Imperial Minister in St. Petersburg, with red Cyrillic "Warszawa 17/12" departure pmk alongside, backstamped 24 Dec. 1861 on arrival, filing folds away from the stamp, fine Catalog #1 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #766 POLAND 1860 10k blue & rose, tied by "68" in concentric rings on small cover to Warszawa, with corresponding red "Garwolin" departure alongside, "6/4" filled in by pen, with red "Warszawa 7/4" and "3/P" (3:00 P.M.) arrival pmks on back, filing folds away from the stamp, fine cover from Garwolin, Bojanowicz rated "3", ex-Rachmanow Catalog #1 | Price Realized $5,000.00 |
 | Lot #767 POLAND 1860 10k blue & carmine, tied by "75" in concentric rings on small cover to Warszawa, with corresponding bilingual "Kurow" departure handstamps, "30/4" filled in by pen, with red "Warszawa 1/5" and "3/P" (3:00 P.M.) arrival pmks on back. As often with Umber One from Kurow, this stamp was used twice, fine example of clever postal-fraud, ex-Rachmanow Catalog #1 | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #768 POLAND 1860 10k dark blue & carmine, magnificent colors, large part of sheet margin at left, carelessly torn, resulting in rounded lower left corner, previously faintly canceled in red and used again (postal fraud) on coverfront to Lublin, stamp tied by "105" in concentric rings, with corresponding "Bilgoray" straight line pre-philatelic handstamp alongside, "3/3" date in manuscript, Bojanowicz rated 7. Marginal examples of Poland Number One are very rare, especially on cover, ex-Rachmanow Catalog #1a | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #769 POLAND 1860 10k blue & carmine, tied by "182" (Lodz) in concentric rings on large part of cover (reduced at right and part of backflap missing) to Warszawa, stamp previously used (postal fraud), in fact the bilingual "Lubien" handstamp struck at bottom, interesting and scarce (Lubien rated Bojanowicz 6) Catalog #1 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #770 POLAND 1860 10k blue & carmine, deep intense colors, tied by "223" in concentric rings on outer FL to Warszawa, with "Kolo 7/12" departure pmk alongside, red "Warszawa 8/12 - R" (morning) arrival pmk on back, filing folds away from the stamps, Bojanowicz rated 9 ("cover ex-Faberge - RR"), ex-Rachmanow Catalog #1 | Price Realized $4,250.00 |
 | Lot #771 POLAND 1860 10k blue & carmine, light colors, large and even margins all around, incredibly well centered, tied by "241" in concentric rings on outer FL used in 1863 to Warszawa, with corresponding bilingual "Wloclawek" departure pmk in red, with red "Warszawa 31/3 - R" (morning) arrival pmk on back. As usual with Number One from Wloclawek, the stamp was probably washed and re-used, with minor flaws, nevertheless rare, ex-Rachmanow Catalog #1 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #772 POLAND 1860 10k blue & carmine, two examples placed upside down on outer FL sent in 1861 from the firm of S.Jakubowski in Warszawa to Heismann in Wilna, stamps canceled by "1" in concentric circles, with red "Warszawa 9/2" alongside, arrival docketing, numerous filing folds, one through the right stamp, the other lifted and replaced, fine Catalog #1 | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #773 POLAND 1860 10k dark blue & carmine, block of four, tied by four strikes of "1" in concentric circles on outer FL sent in 1862 from the firm of M. Rubinstein, with red Warszawa 6/7 departure pmk alongside, addressed to Elzbietow, with 8 July arrival docketing. Stamps have been separated by scissor, resulting in clipped and trimmed perforations on all sides, otherwise good colors and fully intact letter, paying 40k from Warszawa to Elzbietow. This is the only known cover franked with a block of four of 10k Poland Number One. A legendary and iconic item, it is illustrated in the book published by Bojanowicz in 1979 and is without doubt one of the top rarities of Polish philately, ex-Rachmanow  Catalog #1 | Price Realized $70,000.00 |
 | Lot #774 POLAND 1860 10k blue & rose, variety double red and blue oval around the Coat of Arms (added blue frame for inner oval), cliche Type I, unused (with gum which is not original), usual small flaws, good color, fine and extremely rare unused (Fi.1as, 15,000zl) (*) Catalog #1c Catalog Value $6,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #775 POLAND 1860 10k blue & carmine, variety double red and blue oval around the Coat of Arms (added blue frame for inner oval), cliche Type I, brilliant colors, tied on outer FL by "1" (ornamental foot at base of numeral) in six square, sent from the firm of Wilhelm Landau in Warszawa, with corresponding red departure "Ekspedycja Poczt Dworzec Praga 10/12" pmk below, addressed to J.E. Gunzburg in St. Petersburg, with 30 Nov 1864 (difference of 13 days between Julian and Gregorian calendars) arrival pmk, exceptional quality, lettersheet without the usual folds and creases, fine and very rare on cover (Fi.1bs, 50,000zl) Catalog #1c | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
 | Lot #776 POLAND 1860 10k blue & rose, unused (regummed over small faults), variety showing deformed frame at left, good color and fine appearance, (*) Catalog #1var Catalog Value $2,400 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #777 POLAND 1860 10k blue & rose, plate flaw - left frame completely deformed (numerals missing), sheet margin at left, tied by "197" in concentric rings on large part of a FL (reduced at left, sideflaps missing, part of the address portion excised) to Warszawa, with "Zdunska Wola" departure pmk alongside, "26/5" date in manuscript and red "Warszawa 27/5" arrival pmk on back, Bojanowicz rated "6". Marginal examples of Poland Number One are very rare, especially on cover, ex-Rachmanow Catalog #1var | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #778 POLAND 1870 Russia 10k brown & blue (horizontally laid paper), tied by "234" in concentric rings on small cover to Warszawa, framed straight line "Gombin" departure at upper right, date (28/8) entered by hand, with red all Cyrillic arrival postmark on back, fine and relatively scarce usage from Gombin | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #779 POLAND 1870 Russia 1k, 3k and 10k (horizontally laid paper), all tied by "1" in concentric squares on small cover from Warszawa to Berlin, red departure and "Franco", also "Aus Russland Franco" in blue (scarce), arrival pmk on back, mild filing folds and creases through the stamps, fine 14k rate from Poland to Prussia | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #780 POLAND 1918 surcharged on German stamps 60pf magenta, surcharge inverted, l.h., v.f., signed Mikstein (Fi.16No, 5,000zl) * Catalog #26var | Unsold |
 | Lot #781 POLAND 1919 40h inverted overprint, l.h., v.f., signed Dr.Kronenberg, etc. (Fi.40No, 2,200zl) * Catalog #46a | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #782 POLAND 1918 50h green, horizontal block of 10, four stamps n.h., others l.h., v.f., signed Taipale, etc. */**Catalog #47 | Unsold |
 | Lot #783 POLAND 1918 50h, 60h, 80h, 1kr and 25h on 80h, five different used in combination with additional franking on a philatelically inspired cover Catalog #47/60 | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #784 POLAND 1919 Krakow Issue, selection of 151 used and unused on six pages, with 50h blue green (44), 60h deep blue (48) and 80h (59), many different positions, varieties including shifted overprints, thin "Z", broken "A", "double dot", inverted (pair of 60h, block of 4x80h and four singles), well researched and annotated, few signed, h.r., generally fine-v.f., scarce old-time holding (Fi. zl 20,000+) *Catalog #47,48,48a,49,49a,var | Price Realized $2,700.00 |
 | Lot #785 POLAND 1919 80h inverted overprint, n.h., v.f., signed Schmutz, etc. (Fi.43No, 3,500zl) ** Catalog #49a | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #786 POLAND 1919 80h variety missing "PO" in "Poczta" ("Czta Olska"), l.h., v.f., signed Dr.Kronenberg, etc. * Catalog #49var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #787 POLAND 1919 15h Plate I, position 30, variety damaged "A" in "Poczta", v.f., signed Bojanowicz, etc., with Dr.Kronenberg certificate (Fi.35B3, 1,300zl) * Catalog #56var | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #788 POLAND 1919 surcharged on German stamps 5pf on 2 1/2pf orange, double surcharge, h.r., v.f., signed Mikulski (Fi.67Np, 6,000zl) * Catalog #73a Catalog Value $1,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #789 POLAND 1944 Wodzowie, set of three complete horizontal gutter panes of 60 (includes six sets of gutter pairs), each sheet of 1zl include two "large head" varieties, unused without gum as issued, n.h., sensibly folded between stamps, v.f. Only 915 sets of sheets were printed, just a few sets of sheets still remain intact, ex-Oleg Minc collection **Catalog #341-43 | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
