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 #2071 PORTUGUESE COLONIES Portuguese Guinea 1881 5r black, unused without gum as issued, signed Herbert Bloch, etc., (*) Catalog #1 Catalog Value $1,000 | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #2072 PORTUGUESE COLONIES Portuguese Guinea 1881 20r bister, unused without gum as issued, excellent color, fine and rare stamp, signed Champion, etc., (*) Catalog #2 Catalog Value $500 | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #2073 PORTUGUESE COLONIES Portuguese Guinea 1881 40r blue, bottom sheet margin single, unused without gum as issued, signed Brun, fine, with 1993 PFC, (*) Catalog #4 Catalog Value $1,250 | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #2074 PORTUGUESE COLONIES Portuguese Guinea 1881 100r lilac, 200r orange and 300r brown, unused without gum as issued, with Sismondo, Philatelic Foundation and Alex Rendon certificates, (*) Catalog #5,6,7 Catalog Value $1,500 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #2075 PORTUGUESE COLONIES Portuguese Guinea 1881-1939 balance of the collection, unused on 20 PALO album pages, with No.3 (with Diena certificate "thin and soiled"), overprints on Portuguese Crown and rest of the issues mostly complete, Postage Dues (missing J25), back of the book, Specimen overprints, mostly fine-v.f. * | Price Realized $2,200.00 |
