Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World; Hawkins II - European Colonies
May 12-13, 2020
Our May 12, 2020 sale was prepared in anticipation of London 2020 World Stamp Exhibition. While the show has been rescheduled, this auction will take place as scheduled. There is an important collection of Great Britain and British Commonwealth, with many individual Colonies offered intact. In addition, there are hundreds of better individual lots of Inverted Centers of the World, French Colonies Postal History selection from the Lorenz correspondence to Trieste, excellent range of European countries, with Italy and Colonies, especially Fezzan, Poland, Russia, as well as rarities from Japan, Korea and more. There are many attractive and substantial Large Lots and Collections, often fully scanned.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1050 CUBA 1859 (17 Mar) outer FL "Certified" from Havana to Guanajay, franked with three mostly full margined examples of 1/2 real blue, paying the correct 1 1/2r rate (1/2r interior and 1r Certified mail), red "Certif" and Havana departure cds alongside, with arrival pmk, very rare Certified Mail from the Spanish Antilles, one of only four known, with 2005 CEM certificate (Ed.7)  Catalog #12 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #1051 CUBA 1859 folded Judicial document franked with three horizontal pairs of 1/2 real blue, mostly with full margins, tied by oval grills, with official handstamp alongside, some ageing, fine Catalog #12 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1052 CUBA 1864 folded Judicial document franked with a horizontal pair of 1 real green, full margins, tied by oval grills, also by 30 Apr 64 pmk, also oval Alouizar Catalog #13 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1053 CUBA 1867 (20 Mar) FL from Havana to Paris, with French Consular departure date stamp, charged "10" (decimes), "Ligne B Paq Fr No.2" (21 Mar) and Paris arrival (12 Apr) on back | Unsold |
 | Lot #1054 CUBA 1874-96 War of Independence, 10c green, also 2c, 5c, 10c and 25c set of five, blocks of four (except 10c red two horizontal pairs), unused without gum, overall toning, fine-v.f. (Ed.1-5, €750)  (*) | Unsold |
 | Lot #1055 CUBA 1878 (15 Sep) FL franked with 1p carmine, tied by black grids on FL from Havana to Santander, filing folds away from the stamp, fine cover with arrival pmk, 2013 COMEX certificate (Ed.49) (this cover was illustrated on page 152 of 2007 edition of Edifil Spain Volume V catalogue and described as "Unica Conocida" - the only known), ex-Ignacio Prats collection Catalog #81 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1056 CUBA 1900 10c on 10c brown, type II, l.h., fresh and fine example of the Cuba 10 cent on 10 cent Special Printing, with 1965 Philatelic Foundation and 2014 Baschwitz certificates (in March 1900 one pane of each denomination was prepared for the Paris and Pan-American Expositions. For the 10c the Type II design was used, and it is only known as a Special Printing). A rarity from Cuba, * Catalog #226A Catalog Value $6,000 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #1057 CUBA 1910 1c green & violet, center inverted, unused without gum, exceptionally well centered, v.f., (*) Catalog #239a Catalog Value $350 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1058 CUBA 1914 Map of Cuba, 2c carmine rose, large die proof, die sunk on card, fine-v.f. P Catalog #254P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1059 CUBA 1950 UPU, 5c light blue, red "UPU 1847-1974" overprint inverted, block of four, usual gum toning showing through, fine and very rare multiple, with 2010 Baschwitz certificate (Ed.438hi, €4,000 for singles) *Catalog #451var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1060 CUBA 1951 Christmas, imperf. proofs on frame only in green and in purple, blocks of nine, v.f. PCatalog #469-70P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1061 CUBA 1953 3c on 2c carmine rose, surcharge inverted, used, usual tropical toning, well centered, fine and very rare, only a few recorded, ex-Marcet (Ed.561hi, €600) O Catalog #512var | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #1062 CUBA 1954 Portraits, 2c-$1, eight mostly different large die proofs on thin card, each in green, with die numbers at bottom, some with additional pen markings, marginal staple holes, fine-v.f., rare P Catalog #520/28PP | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1063 CUBA 1960 Christmas, 2c ultramarine, se-tenant sheet of 25, imperforate horizontally, n.h., folded between stamps, minor wrinkles and faint toning, v.f., rare sheet **Catalog #653-57a,var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1064 CUBA 1960 Christmas, imperforate sheetlets of 20, set of three, 1c cut in places and rejoined, others intact, unused without gum, some wrinkles, fine-v.f., one of only four imperf. sets of sheetlets recorded PCatalog #658-62a,var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1065 CUBA 1965 Butterflies, 2c, 3c and 13c imperforate proof sheetlet of 15, comprised of three se-tenant strips of five of each value, marginal security punches, minor toning on back of one, fine-v.f., undoubtedly very rare PCatalog #996-1010var | Unsold |
