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.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #3328
Siberia
1904 (4 July) picture postcard (view of Petropavlovsk, railroad station), franked with 3k red and tied by "Station Lebyazhya" Siberian Railroad pmk, repeated below, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #3329
Siberia
1918 picture postcard to France, with military cachet "Mission Militaire Francaise en Siberia As-Am-Hg" in violet, mailed from Oakland, Calif. by a member of the French detachment en route to Siberia, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #3330
Siberia
1918 piece franked with strip of 4x7k blue, with a good strike of "R.R. Poste Italiane Corpo Di Spedizione in Estremo Oriente", v.f., with Bolaffi certificate, rare
Unsold
Lot #3331
Siberia
1919 military postcard from FPO No.103 dated Jan.1, 1921 from Spasskaya to Japan with censor hs and return military address on reverse, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$220.00

Lot #3332
Siberia
1921 20r on 5r indigo, green & blue, cancelled on piece, fine (unpriced used)
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Catalog #62
Price Realized
$675.00

Lot #3333
Siberia
1921 20k on 7r dark green and pink, bottom sheet margin single, neat cds, with full original gum, light toning and clipped perforations at bottom right, away from the stamp, v.f., rare positional piece (Mi.20A)
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Catalog #63
Catalog Value €400
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #3334
Siberia
1921 20k on 3k+4k semi-postal stamp, surcharge inverted, used, v.f., rare (Mi.16var)
O
Catalog #64var
Unsold
Lot #3335
Siberia
1921 20k on 1r brown and red orange, imperforate block of four, upper left stamp with overprint and surcharge shifted diagonally, central cancellation, with full original gum, minor faint toning and creases at lower right, v.f., rare multiple (Mi.15B)
Box
Catalog #70
Unsold
Lot #3336
Siberia
1921 20k on 7r dark green and pink, imperforate horizontal pair, right stamp double overprint and surcharge, cancelled to order, with full original gum, faint toning, v.f., signed Papadoupolo, undoubtedly unique!
O
Catalog #72,72var
Unsold
Lot #3337
Siberia
1921 20k blue and carmine, imperforate single, cancelled on piece, v.f.,
O
Catalog #Mi.1B
Catalog Value €1,500
Unsold
Lot #3338
Siberia
1921 15k on 20k blue and carmine, vertical pair, top stamp surcharge inverted, bottom stamp only part of the numeral showing, large part of the double circle cancel (to order), with full gum, folded between stamps, faint overall toning, signed Papadoupolo, v.f., undoubtedly unique. A fabulous rarity!
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Catalog #Mi.1F1,2var
Unsold

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