James R. Simon Collection
June 12, 2019
The James R. Simon collection is comprised of over 600 volumes, well researched by a historian and student of philately of very diverse areas, starting with Afghanistan and Albania, continuing with extensive Austro-Hungarian Empire, impressive Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Montenegro and Yugoslavia, as well as Croatia, Fiume and Trieste. There are specialized collections of Honduras, Liberia, Poland, Russia and Ukraine, Armenia, Georgia and many others. Most of the collections are offered intact and include United States & Possessions, Independent Asia, Benelux and British Commonwealth, Canada, Croatia, Cuba, Germany, Greece, Italy and Italian Colonies, as well as South and Central America, Japan, Korea, Portugal and Colonies, Turkey, Uruguay and many others. Many of the collections are highly specialized and viewing is recommended, either in person (by appointment prior to the sale) or here on our website, where additional scans are added continuously.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #4036 AUSTRIA 1850 1kr yellow, hand paper, printed on both sides, vertical pair, margins all around, v.f. O Catalog #1a | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #4037 AUSTRIA 1850 6kr brown, type Ia, margins all around, pen canceled and tied by Wien sunburst cancel on refolded letter 30 July, 1851 to Hollenstein, with departure and arrival datestamps on back, filing folds away from the stamp, fine cover  Catalog #4 | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #4038 AUSTRIA 1860 Imperial Eagle, large die essay in black, Eagle design horizontal pair, value tablets obliterated, printed on Japan paper in block form, some wrinkles, signed Matl, with his certificate E | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #4039 AUSTRIA 1867 Coarse Print, 2kr, 3kr (2) used on 5kr stationery entire envelope paying 13kr from Schladming, via Bremen and New York to San Francisco, 6 August departure datestamps, red Paid All New York arrival, additional Salzburg and Badstaad transits on back, docketing (San Francisco) 31 Aug 1873, overall toning and backflap repairs, colorful franking to uncommon destination | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #4040 AUSTRIA 1867 Coarse Print, 3kr, 5kr, 10kr, 15kr and 25kr imperforate proofs on card, with or without gum, couple of small thins, fine-v.f. P Catalog #28/32P | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #4041 AUSTRIA 1890 Numerals in black, 5kr red, 15kr lilac, perf. 11, 11 1/2, vertical pairs imperf. between, usual centering, the former with three short perfs at left, l.h. or h.r., signed Dr.Ferchenbauer, with his 1983 card certificates (ANK 53,56G, Euro 1,300) * Catalog #54a,57a | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #4042 AUSTRIA 1890 Numerals in black, 24kr gray blue, interesting variety with inverted "4" of "24" at upper right, l.h., fine * Catalog #59var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4043 AUSTRIA 1893 two registered covers used locally in Vienna, each with combination franking and bisected 10kr or 12kr value to pay the required 8kr rate, with arrival pmks | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #4044 AUSTRIA 1900 two 2kr postal stationery cards used locally in Vienna, each with additional bisect of 1kr, reflecting the Monetary System change, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #4045 AUSTRIA 1916 5h green and 10h magenta, Wartime Espionage forgeries, perf. and imperf. singles, the former n.h., latter h.r., fine-v.f., rare */** | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4046 AUSTRIA 1917 Emperor Karl I, 15h and 20h trial color proofs, one imperf. pair (20h magenta), also perforated single with large margins at bottom, 15h imperf. trial in black, plus two perforated and gummed singles in carmine and brown, v.f. (ANK Euro 900) P | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #4047 AUSTRIA 1918 Prisoner of War "Japan" Issue, six different artist signed Ludwig Hesshaimer die essays, with original booklet cover (numbered 47/1000), also an additional set of six different imperf. essays in orange, v.f., scarce E | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #4048 AUSTRIA 1919 80h and 5h Postage Due, each with inverted overprint, l.h., fine-v.f., * Catalog #193a,J64a Catalog Value $ 625 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4049 AUSTRIA 1919-21 selection of proofs, including Arms+Posthorn 5h+15h blue green, vertical gutter pair, also five additional imperforate combination gutter pairs 15h Agriculture, imperf. Black gutter pair, v.f., rare E | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #4050 AUSTRIA 1922 Symbols of Art and Science, 20kr-10,000r imperforate horizontal pairs, 10 different (complete less 1000kr black violet), unused without gum, v.f. (*) Catalog #288/98var | Unsold |
 | Lot #4051 AUSTRIA 1935 Mother's Day, imperforate sheet margin horizontal pair, unused without gum, v.f. (*) Catalog #376var | Unsold |
 | Lot #4052 AUSTRIA 1937 Mother's Day, imperforate sheet margin horizontal pair, unused without gum, v.f. (*) Catalog #381var | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #4053 AUSTRIA 1937 Centenary of Austrian Railways, imperforate singles, l.h., also "Good Wishes" imperforate singles, n.h., v.f. * Catalog #385-89var | Unsold |
 | Lot #4054 AUSTRIA 1950 Costumes, photo-proofs, 11 different values, four singles, one strip of three and another block of four, v.f.  P | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #4055 AUSTRIA 1950 Costumes, 10sh imperf. single on ungummed yellowish paper, also two imperforate horizontal pairs in issued colors, both on horizontally ribbed paper, slightly different shades, n.h., v.f. (ANK 923PU, Euro 1,060) ** | Unsold |
