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 #1282 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND 1914-22 "Affects of the Civil War on the Mails of Ireland" collection of 27+ different items, written-up exhibition style on pages, with political satire, registered parcel post label with handwritten note "Cash of Arms came today April 7, 1916" (The Easter Rebellion started on April 16, 1916 in Dublin), Irish Republican Army Local Post cancel, undated and unsigned 1918 letter of protest against DeValera, card with handstamp "Republican Censor Spies & Informers Beware", censored cover from Canada to Dundrum, "Raided Mail Correspce", salvaged mail, cover addressed to New York, with "Salved From Fire GPO Dublin" handstamp; cover to prisoner with "Passed by I.R.A. Prison Censor" handstamped, "Recovered from Raided Mail" covers, cover addressed to General D.A. MacManus, Easter Rebellion covers, Emergency cancels, cover from Ireland to Algeria, redirected to Malta, again to Smyrna and Constantinople to Liverpool (three countries postage via six countries), recovered mail, Suspended Service, etc. A fascinating group of Irish Postal History, ex-Pedneault  | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
