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 #1709 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS CANADA 1852-2017 collection in two Scott Specialty and four Lighthouse hingeless albums, 19th Century with used No.4,5,7,8,9, perforated issues with unused No.19 and 20, large Queens mostly used (22-30,29a), unused from 1870 including Small Queens (34-57), Jubilees (50-65), Maple Leafs and Numerals (66-84), Quebec (97-103), KEVII (89-95), Admirals (104-22), coils, surcharges, 1928-29 Scrolls (149-59), other commemoratives and regular issues, modern booklets and special items (high face value), Postage Dues, Officials, occasional mixed quality among earlier issues, balance fine-v.f. An excellent comprehensive collection of Canada *O | Price Realized $5,000.00 |
| Lot #1710 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS CANADA 1867-2007 extensive collection in six, mostly "North Star" albums, with beautifully illustrated pages, generally unused, with solid representation of Large and Small Queens, Jubilees to $1, Queen Victoria Maple Leaf and Numerals, KEVII (50c used), apparently complete from there, with Quebec Tercentenary, Admirals, numerous coils, Scroll Issues, booklet panes, definitives and sets to $1, later issues include numerous sheetlets, booklets and much more (huge face value), mixed condition among early issues, mostly fine or better, high catalogue value *O | Price Realized $2,400.00 | |
| Lot #1711 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS CANADA 1899-1977 large Elbe stock book with hundreds of Plate No. Blocks of four and six (few larger), earlier numbers include 1c and 2c Maple Leaf (Scott 67,68) top Plate no. blocks of eight, 2c on 3c (87) top margin Plate no. block of six, 2c imperf. Plate no. block of eight (90), later issues include 50c dull blue block of four (176), other higher values to $1, plus modern blocks and multiples, mixed condition, many n.h., faults noted, many fine or better, high catalogue value  */** | Price Realized $1,000.00 | |
| Lot #1712 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS CANADA 1922-2015 booklets, specialized collection of hundreds of different regular issues and commemoratives, nicely displayed on pages in 10 large binders, with various positions, plate numbers, etc., high face value  | Unsold |
