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.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #2014
ITALIAN COLONIES - Hawkins Collection Eritrea
1893 2c red brown, overprint inverted, l.h., fine, signed Diena, Colla, also Sismondo, with his 2008 certificate (Sass. €1,000)
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Catalog #2a
Catalog Value $725
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #2015
ITALIAN COLONIES - Hawkins Collection Eritrea
1922 Italian stamps Mazzini, set of three overprinted "Somalia" in black or red, n.h., usual centering, signed Diena, with his 1991 certificate. A rarity from the Italian Colonies, only 10 (!) sets printed,
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Catalog #Sass.P1-3
Catalog Value €27,000
Price Realized
$4,000.00

Lot #2016
ITALIAN COLONIES - Hawkins Collection Eritrea
1924 1c brown, vertical pair, bottom stamp without overprint, l.h., signed Bolaffi, also Sismondo, with his 2008 certificate (Sass.77e, €2,800)
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Catalog #88b
Catalog Value $1,850
Unsold
Lot #2017
ITALIAN COLONIES - Hawkins Collection Eritrea
1924 2c orange brown, vertical pair, bottom stamp without overprint, n.h., signed Bolaffi, also Raybaudi, with his 1985 certificate (Sass.78e, €5,600)
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Catalog #89b
Catalog Value $2,750
Unsold
Lot #2018
ITALIAN COLONIES - Hawkins Collection Eritrea
1925 1L dark blue, variety imperf. at bottom, l.h. (if at all), v.f. (Sass. 97a)
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Catalog #92var
Catalog Value €1,800
Price Realized
$240.00

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