U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
October 16-17, 2018
Welcome to our October 16-17, 2018 Sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World. With 1,627 lots, this auction features properties of various owners and estates from all over the world, including Ernest Wheeler’s flight and space covers and autographs, additional selections from the Scouts of the World collection, Vito Bianco’s stock of Italian area and many others. There are solid selections of United States, Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Latin and South America, European Countries with Austria, Belgium, France, Germany & Italy, with their respective Colonies, also Poland, Russia, Spain and Switzerland; rarities from China and other Asian material. As always, the sale contains 150+ large lots and collections, with individual country collections, worldwide accumulations in cartons, cover lots and more. A limited number of printed catalogues are available on request.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #2770 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MALTA 1860-1880 selection of 13 FLs from Malta to London, Messina, Marseilles, Rome, Palermo and Livorno, franked with different Great Britain adhesives, mostly "A25" duplex postmarks, with corresponding departure cds alongside, one tied by the scarcer "M" (SG Z20) strike, different rates and combinations noted, mostly fine and scarce group  | Unsold |
 | Lot #2771 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MALTA 1861 (Sep 30) FL from Malta to Porto, with Malta departure and Gibraltar transit cds struck alongside, hs "150" charge in Portugal, boxed "Por Alexandria" at bottom, with Lisbon transit and Porto arrival pmks on reverse, v.f. and scarce routing | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #2772 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MALTA 1861-1883 selection of five FLs from Malta to Italy, franked with different Great Britain adhesives, three tied by clear "A25" duplex postmarks, with corresponding departure cds alongside, others by "M" (SG Z20) strikes, also "Piroscafi Postali Italiani", endorsed "Par Vapeour Anglais" with French transits, one disinfected, with some residual defects | Unsold |
 | Lot #2773 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MALTA 1908 (4 Nov) Germany - 3pf commemorative stationery entire (opened for display), additionally franked and registered from Wertheim, via San Marino (6 Nov) and Athens (Greek stamps added on both sides), where it was again registered and sent via Malta (2x1/2p, 1p and 2p added in Valetta) and forwarded to the Patriarch of the Latin Church in Jerusalem, arriving on 23 November, minor faults, well travelled and impressive cover | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2774 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MALTA 1923 (23 Mar) cover from Sliema to Constantinople, franked with 1d and 2d adhesives, tied by cds, with British Post Office Constantinople arrival pmk, forwarded to the French Post Office in Galata, with 50c Sower added to pay for further transmission to New York and Newark, N.J, with several handstamps indicating addressee not found, returned to Malta, with Valetta arrival 28 Sep (six months in the mails) | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #2775 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MALTA 1965 4 1/2p variety showing "Maltese Navy" printed at right (instead of left), n.h., v.f., with Stolow certificate ** Catalog #319var | Unsold |
