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 #2540 GERMAN COLONIES Caroline Islands Postal Stationery 1899-1915 collection of 80+ used and unused postal cards, unsevered reply cards, proofs, various types, cancels, overprints, some duplication, mostly fine-v.f., Mi.  Catalog Value €4,900 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #2541 GERMAN COLONIES Caroline Islands Postal Stationery 1899 10pf carmine, postal card from Ponape (14.X.99) addressed to SMS "Jaguar" in Shanghai, cancelled Ponape (date unclear but day-date inverted), fine and early usage from Caroline Islands, stated to be one of only two recorded cards with inverted date Catalog #Mi.P2 | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #2542 GERMAN COLONIES Caroline Islands Postal Stationery 1899 10pf carmine, postal card from Yap (6.12.99) addressed to Berlin, with violet Saipan, Marianen (31.12.99) transit and arrival in Germany (2.4.00), fine card, signed Mansfeld Catalog #Mi.P2 | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #2543 GERMAN COLONIES Caroline Islands Postal Stationery 1899 5pf green, 10pf carmine, two unsevered postal reply cards sent from Ponape and Yap to Germany, fine-v.f., each with arrival pmk, Catalog #Mi.P3,4 Catalog Value €525 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #2544 GERMAN COLONIES Caroline Islands Postal Stationery 1900 5pf green, unsevered postal reply card, up-rated with 5pf green, registered from Ponape to Germany, fine, with Domitz (9.8.03) arrival Catalog #Mi.P6 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #2545 GERMAN COLONIES Caroline Islands Postal Stationery 1901 10pf postal reply card from Gotha (27.2.05), addressed to Ponape, v.f., with arrival pmk Catalog #Mi.P10A | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #2546 GERMAN COLONIES Caroline Islands Postal Stationery 1901 5pf green, postal card addressed to Solingen, with clear "Angaur Palau-Inseln" (11.12.09) departure cds, fine usage from Angaur, an island in the island nation of Palau. The island, which forms its own state, has an area of 8k, its population was 130 in 2013 Catalog #Mi.P7 | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #2547 GERMAN COLONIES Caroline Islands Postal Stationery 1901 5pf green, postal card addressed to Munich, with clear "Angaur Palau-Inseln" (11.12.09) departure cds, fine usage from Angaur, an island in the island nation of Palau. The island, which forms its own state, has an area of 8k, its population was 130 in 2013 Catalog #Mi.P7 | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #2548 GERMAN COLONIES Caroline Islands Postal Stationery 1901 10pf carmine, postal card addressed to Zoppot bei Danzig, with clear "Angaur Palau-Inseln" (26.4.12) departure cds, endorsed "(Dpfr.) Coblenz zwischen Angaur und Manila", fine usage from Angaur, an island in the island nation of Palau. The island, which forms its own state, has an area of 8k, its population was 130 in 2013 Catalog #Mi.P8 | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #2549 GERMAN COLONIES Caroline Islands Postal Stationery 1901 5pf unsevered postal reply card from Ponape (7.03.09), uprated with 5pf green, used via Herbertshohe, German New Guinea (26.3.09), Nagasaki, Japan and Victoria, Hong Kong (1 May) to Vladivostok, with arrival (23.4.09) pmk on front, fine and unusual route via New Guinea to Vladivostok Catalog #Mi.P9 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #2550 GERMAN COLONIES Caroline Islands Postal Stationery 1901 5pf unsevered postal reply card from Ponape (7.03.09), uprated with 2x3pf brown, used via Herbertshohe, German New Guinea (26.3.09) and Nagasaki, Japan (6 May) to Vladivostok, with arrival (23.4.09) pmk on front, fine and unusual route via New Guinea to Vladivostok Catalog #Mi.P9 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #2551 GERMAN COLONIES Caroline Islands Postal Stationery 1901 5pf and 10pf unsevered postal reply cards, each side overprinted Specimen, fine-v.f., scarce, Catalog #Mi.P9,10S Catalog Value €500 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #2552 GERMAN COLONIES Caroline Islands Postal Stationery 1908 5pf green, postal card addressed to Frankfurt, with clear Palau (20.5.08) departure cds, with arrival (7.7.08) pmk alongside, fine usage from Palau Catalog #Mi.P7 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #2553 GERMAN COLONIES Caroline Islands Postal Stationery 1914 unused transmission form "Model T", with red "Via Jap." overprint. This was for the newly opened German-Netherlands telegraph office on Yap, which was connected world-wide over Dutch Colonial possessions in South Asia. Its role was to link the German Pacific Colonies into the main submarine telegraph networks. The cable ran from Menado, Dutch East Indies to Yap and Guam. At Yap a spur was run into Shanghai. At Menado links to the Eastern Extension cables were available and at Guam cables owned by the Commercial Pacific Cable Company provided connections to the USA and Philippines | Price Realized $230.00 |
