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 #3620 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS Boy Scouts 1906-90 Picture Postcards collection of 2,000+ different, arranged in eight binders, with two volumes each United States and Great Britain, others include France, Switzerland, Belgium, etc., incredible variety, also original photographs, different Jamborees, Scout Leaders, Baden-Powell, military and Presidents, both used and unused, generally fine-v.f.  | Price Realized $2,500.00 | |
 | Lot #3621 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS Boy Scouts 1910-66 United States Boy Scout collection of postal history, 100 covers and cards, with many better, rare and quite valuable items, starting with Treasure Island Camp Philadelphia Boy Scouts of America R.F.D.1 Pipersville, 1914 Scout picture postcard, 1915 Fred Spurgin ppc, 1916 Scout Gum Company cards, 1916 W. D. Boyce cover (founder of the Boy Scouts of America), other covers from various Scout Camps in the 1920s, Council cachets, one signed by Dr. James E. West, chief Scout Executive, early flights and Scout advertising covers, interesting labels, cachets, two Byrd Expedition covers signed by Paul Siple (an American Antarctic explorer and geographer who took part in six Antarctic expeditions, including the two Byrd expeditions of 1928-1930 and 1933-1935, representing the Boy Scouts of America as an Eagle Scout), 1953 hand-painted cachets, two 1957 FDCs, each signed Richard Nixon (as vice president), 1959 cover with Russian Scout label, 1960 FDC signed Norman Rockwell, original photograph signed Lady Baden | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #3622 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS Boy Scouts 1919-56 United States Boy Scouts, collection of Boy Scout cachets, 750+ different covers and cards arranged by Sheldon S. Levy and Frank L.Jones "Boy Scout Cachets of the United States" on large lot sheets, with penciled descriptions, housed in seven large volumes, with selection of Paul A. Siple material, homecoming from the Byrd Expedition covers signed, printed and handstamped cachets, also "Welcome Read Admiral Richard E. Byrd", Zeppelin training exercise and Naval training covers, plus much later material, including rare and colorful covers. A substantial and impressive holding housed in two cartons | Price Realized $4,250.00 |
 | Lot #3623 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS Boy Scouts 1925-80 Afghanistan-Yemen, collection of covers, FDCs, events, etc., two volumes with 210+ different, special cancelations, imperf. sets and souvenir sheets on cover, Hungary, Liechtenstein 1933 with blocks, maximum cards, Lithuania 1938 covers and special cards, Netherlands 1937 Issue, Nicaragua, Cyprus, Turkey, Greece, Australia, Romania, etc., many scarce and interesting items, mostly v.f. | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #3624 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS Boy Scouts 1971-90 Imperforate errors and other varieties, collection on specially prepared pages, issues from Ajman, with 1971 trial colors, unissued designs, proofs, pairs and sheetlets, imperf. sheetlets of 12 and others, corresponding issues from Manama, including spectacular issues, Bhutan 1982 and 1986 imperf. singles and souvenir sheets, Montserrat 1986 imperf. pairs, Tuvalu 1986 progressive stage proofs, Libya 1962 imperf. blocks of four, also 1986 imperf. sheet of 25, St. Vincent and St. Lucia imperf. souvenir sheets, Tonga 1987 Stage proofs, former French Colonies with 1987 imperf. souvenir sheetlets from Chad, Guinea, also imperf. singles from Paraguay, Afghanistan, Panama, Yemen, with uncut margin souvenir sheets, etc. A splendid lot for a specialist  **P | Unsold |
