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 #1066 CUBA Air Post 1956 Birds, 30c olive, imperforate vertical pair, unused without gum, v.f. P Catalog #C142P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1067 CUBA Air Post 1956 Madonna souvenir sheet of two, yellow color omitted, unused with gum but glassine interleaving partly adhered on back, faint toning at bottom, still v.f., with 2002 Philatelic Foundation certificate. A rarity, one of only 16 (!) recorded (Edifil 673ef) (*) Catalog #C149avar Catalog Value €1,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1068 CUBA Air Post 1961 Declarations of Havana, complete set of nine different (background in Spanish, English and French) imperforate vertical pairs, unused without gum, v.f. P Catalog #C219-21var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1069 CUBA Air Post 1961 Declarations of Havana, uncut horizontal gutter pair of imperf. souvenir sheets of three, unused without gum, folded between, v.f., unusual item  PCatalog #C221aP | Unsold |
