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 #1524
ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES FEZZAN - French Occupation
1943 (18 June) registered cover franked with vertical pair of 5fr on 50c, used on combination with two vertical pairs of 1fr on 50c orange, horizontal block of two pairs of 1fr on 1L lilac, also two singles (one on back), plus pair of 1fr on 5fr brown, all tied by Sebha, Fezzan departure postmarks, with registry label, sent to Yaounde Cameroun, with "Controle Postal Commission A Territoire du Cameroun" censor handstamp applied to both sides, censor label, with Douala transit (25 Sep) and Yaounde (28 Sep) arrival postmarks on back, fine and rare cover, signed Bolaffi (YT 7,21,23,24)
Envelope
Catalog #Sass.13,16
Catalog Value €90,800
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