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 #1729 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRENCH COLONIES - INDEPENDENT AFRICA 1960s-90s former French Colonies, imperforate singles and sets, some souvenir sheets, dealer's stock of 6,500+ stamps in stock books, mostly commemoratives and Air Post issues from Gabon, Ivory Coast, Upper Volta, Guinea, Chad, Togo, Niger, Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Comoro Islands, Afars & Issas, etc., various quantities up to 15 of each, many blocks of four and larger, excellent representation of topicals, Famous Men, Space, Chess, Sports and Olympics, Animals on Stamps, Birds, Flowers, Paintings, n.h., v.f. In addition, there is a folder with 1,200+ imperf. and gummed trial color proofs, strips, blocks and some sheets, all topicals. A useful lot  ** | Unsold |
