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 #2293 CHINA Special Delivery 1906 10c grass-green, perforated 11, serial no. 937, unsevered strip of four (folded between stamps in the middle), Dragon's head facing downward, unused, v.f., extremely rare (Chan E2, cat. $12,000). Complete unused strips of four are exceptionally scarce because the first section (#1) was to remain in the Post Office receipt book, (*) Catalog #E1 Catalog Value $ 12,000 | Price Realized $9,000.00 |
