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 #1515 ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN CHINA - Peking 1918 "2 DOLLARI Pechino" on 5L blue & rose, local surcharge type II, lightly hinged and well centered, v.f., signed Diena, etc., with 1968 Alberto Diena certificate. A rarity from Italian China, one of only 15(!) recorded examples (Sass.30, €240,000) * Catalog #30a Catalog Value $70,000 | Price Realized $29,000.00 |
