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.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1475
IRAN
1915 The Kings and Historical Buildings, complete set of 19 with gold borders, prepared but not issued (due to the outbreak of WWI), h.r., fresh and fine-v.f., with 2009 Guy de Vachat certificate. A rare set, most of the printed stamps were destroyed, leaving around 130 complete sets or less (Persiphila C91-109, $2,600)
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Price Realized
$1,500.00

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