The Winterfell Collection of German Occupation; The Pottow Collection of Great Britain; The Kulczycky Collection of Western Ukraine
February 20-21, 2019
The Winterfell Collection has been carefully assembled by a discerning philatelist, with a keen eye for the various overprints applied by the Nazi postal authorities over the sovereign stamps of occupied countries. There are many rarities from Estonia, Lithuania, Bohemia and Moravia, Sudetenland, Poland, Soviet Union, Kotor, Montenegro and others. Highlights are too numerous to mention, with 480 lots of used and unused singles, sets and covers. Virtually all stamps and covers are accompanied by expert certificates from the recognized authorities.
The Brian Pottow Collection of Great Britain is an impressive holding of some of the finest stamps of Great Britain and includes unused Penny Blacks, a single and a pair of the iconic VR Official, unused 2p blue, with marginal inscription and many others. You will also find unused, original gum 1878 £1 Brown Lilac (SG £90,000) in splendid condition, £5 Orange, numerous high value KEVII and George V singles and £1 blocks of four, followed by a handsome group of the ever-popular Seahorses. In addition, there are Specimen overprints, varieties and proofs.
Dr. Ihor Kulczycky needs no introduction to collectors of Ukraine. Author of dozens of definitive research articles on Western Ukrainian Philately, Dr. Kulczycky assembled what is universally considered to be the finest collection of this intriguing philatelic area. There are over 400 lots of stamps and covers, beginning with postal history under the Austrian monarchy and ending with Soviet Ukraine. Highlights include a partial reconstruction of the famous Ekonomat document, plus many used and unused rarities of Lviv, Kolomyia and Stanyslaviv issues. Postal history of Western Ukraine is exceptionally well represented, illustrating usages during the short-lived Republic, followed by Polish, Romanian, German and Russian Occupations, military mail, a variety of censor markings, mail from the Ukrainian Legion and much more. Collected over a lifetime, many of the items are offered for the first time at Public Auction.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #4389 WESTERN UKRAINE Soviet Occupation 1939-41 1939 (28 Nov) censored cover with Soviet franking, tied by Polish "Tarnopol 28.XI.39" cds, paying 55k from Tarnopol to the International Red Cross in Geneva, censor label at left, with violet handstamp ("opened by National Commisar of Internal Affairs USSR"), fine  | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #4390 WESTERN UKRAINE Soviet Occupation 1939-41 1939 (24 Nov) cover franked with Polish 25gr commemorative, tied by "Stanyslaviv - Ukraine" 24.XI.1939 Ukrainian language cds, repeated alongside, addressed to Drohobycz, fine example of Ukrainian language postmark | Unsold |
 | Lot #4391 WESTERN UKRAINE Soviet Occupation 1939-41 1939 (28 Nov) cover from Tarnopol to Brody, paying 50k with a combination of Polish and Russian adhesives, tied by Polish cds, fine | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #4392 WESTERN UKRAINE Soviet Occupation 1939-41 1939 (28 Nov) registered cover (slightly reduced at top) from Bolechow to Tarnopol, paying 55 with Soviet adhesives, tied by Polish cds, fine, with arrival pmk | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #4393 WESTERN UKRAINE Soviet Occupation 1939-41 1940 (2 Feb) cover from Melnytsia to Ternopil, paying 25k with Russian adhesives tied by framed provisional departure handstamp in Ukrainian Cyrillic, Polish "8 Lut 1940 (8 Feb)" departure datestamp alongside, bilingual Russian/Ukrainian Tarnopol/Ternopil arrival pmk on back | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #4394 WESTERN UKRAINE Soviet Occupation 1939-41 1940 (16 Nov) registered 30k stationery entire with additional 1r franking from Lwow to the Red Cross in Geneva, bilingual Lwow/Lviv departure pmks, Polish registration handstamp, with Geneva 2 Jan 1941 arrival pmk on back, signed Mikulski | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #4395 WESTERN UKRAINE Soviet Occupation 1939-41 1940 (26 Feb) registered cover from Ternopil to Brody, paying 60k with two 30k definitives, tied by Ukrainian/Soviet Tarnopil/Tarnopol cds, initial Polish registry cachet invalidated and replaced with Russian "Tarnopol" above, bilingual Brody arrival pmk on back, interesting usage | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #4396 WESTERN UKRAINE Soviet Occupation 1939-41 1941 (17 Apr) registered cover from Lwow to the International Red Cross in Geneva, paying 1r with Soviet definitives, tied by Russian/Ukrainian Lwow/Lviv cds, Polish Registry handstamp alongside, minor flaws, fine usage, with arrival pmk on back, signed Mikulski | Price Realized $160.00 |
