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.

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Lot #1777
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS POLAND
1860-1945 collection of 1,300+ stamps, 24 souvenir sheets and sheetlets, plus seven covers or cards, neatly arranged in two Lindner albums, mostly unused, covering 90% of pre WWII issues from Poland, including all the souvenir sheets, plus numerous errors and varieties. Some of the highlights include No.1 on FL from Warszawa to Moscow (stamp defective), Warsaw Issue with 297 stamps, including HAN numbers, plus 1918 Statue proof of 25f/2gr, Lublin issue with 46 stamps including errors, Krakow overprints, including errors, 100 stamps, including multiples and varieties, Gniezno surcharge 10/7 1/2pf, 1921-21 Eagle and National Assembly perf. And imperf., also 21 proofs, large multiples, Red Cross, Tabromik Air Post stamps and varieties, 1924 Eagle, imperf. Proof of 30.000m, 1925 Na Skarb (n.h.), 1928 souvenir sheet (n.h.), 1933 Challenge, Torun, Sobieski, Katowice set on registered cover from the Exhibition, Challenge overprints, King Carol souvenir sheets, Moscicki 1zl imperf. Pair, 1938 perf. And imperf. Souvenir sheets on covers, Stratosphere souvenir sheet on Balloon flight cover, independence issue, also sheets and varieties, Legion souvenir sheet, 1941-45 London issues complete, all better items signed by various experts including H.Jendroszek, H.Jungjohann, Z.Korszen, Z.Mikulski L.Schmutz, etc., many descriptions, few minor flaws possible, generally fine-v.f. A splendid collection of pre-WWII Poland, Fischer (owner's) cat. 120.000zl = $31,500
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Lot #1778
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS POLAND
1944-59 collection of 1,200+ unused, n.h. stamps and 44 souvenir sheets, in two Lindner albums, issues complete, also proofs, imperf. errors and gutter pairs, color, perforation and watermark varieties, including 1944 Leaders, cover with 25gr and 50gr used in Lublin, Goznak issue, horizontal strip of four of 25gr light red brown canceled Krasnystaw, 1945 Traugutt registered First Day card, unissued 20gr pair (Krakow), rare Warszawa orange red, City overprints, Lodz issue imperf.,1zl sheet, 5zl on registered cover to USA, Krakow Landscapes, including imperf. proofs and varieties, Maritime League sheet with gutters, errors, Port Gdansk unissued, Grunwald and Westerplatte imperfs (with certificates), inverted overprints, proofs of the Air Post issue, "Warszawa Accuses" special booklet prepared for the Polish Ambassador to Moscow, 1946 Air Post imperfs, July Manifesto special booklet prepared for the Postal Director in Sweden, Bedzin Castle, double paper variety (with certificate), International Bureau of Education set of three, also sheetlets of 12 and souvenir sheet, 1947 Skiing complete sheets, Kultura souvenir sheet, Probus imperf., Air Post, Bierut 10zl imperf., TB set of strips with labels, FDR set and souvenir sheet, also covers, 1950 Groszy, 1953 Engels, Marx proof, Boxing, Copernicus, Warszawa, 1954 PZF two souvenir sheets, one with double impression, blue souvenir sheet, Slania printer's waste on cover, also fold-over,10th Anniversary issue with varieties, 1.40zl double impression, 1955 Races seven imperf. Proofs, Poznan six imperf. Proofs, also souvenir sheets, six different varieties, 1957 United Nations, two Wings sheetlets, plus a ticket to the exhibition. All better items are signed or are accompanied by certificates from Jendroszek, Jungjohann, Korszen, Mikulski and Schmutz. Owner's catalogue value Fischer 120,000zl = $31,500
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