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 #1291 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JAMAICA 1860-1962 advanced collection mostly on pages, with 1860-63 1p-1sh including additional 6p and 1sh shades, 1870-73 1p-1sh, 1875 2sh and 5sh, 1883-97 to 5sh, with additional shades and varieties including "$" for "S" in "Shilling" variety, 1903-4 set of four with "Serv et" variety, 1905-11 sets to 5sh and 2sh, with additional shades noted, George V 1912-20 set to 5sh, with additional 1sh and 5sh shades, George V sets to 10sh with additional shades noted, Silver Jubilee 1 1/2p (2) and 6p with "Extra Flagstaff" varieties, 1940 booklet (staple removed but with contents, cat. £500), George VI to 10sh with additional shades and perforations; selection of War Tax including 1/2p green with overprint double, also same with overprint inverted (with Rendon and APS certificates), 1 1/2p orange with "Tamp" variety, also same with double overprint (Rendon certificate) and block of four with overprint inverted, 3p with overprint inverted (7, including block of four), Officials, etc., mostly l.h. or h.r., few minor faults possible, generally fine-v.f. and useful lot * | Price Realized $2,700.00 |
