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 #1267 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH HONG KONG 1897 Chauvin, Chevalier & Co Correspondence from Canton to France, seven large commercial letters, one used May 11, paying $1.00 with 20x5c Victoria, including a block of fourteen, sent via Hong Kong (May 12), with "Ligne N Paq Fr. No.1" cds on front, also endorsed par "Yangtze,"; another used May 19, paying $1.30 with 10c, 30c and 20x5c Victoria, including blocks of 14 and strips and pairs, sent via Hong Kong, with red "Modane a Paris" entry pmk, par "Cromwell" ship endorsement; another sent on 14 July, paying $1.30 with 10x2c, 2x5c and 10x10c Victoria, including blocks of 10, pairs and strips, par "Ravenna" ship endorsement, others with similar large franking, usual cover wear and some faults, scarce group with seven different ships represented  | Unsold |
