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 #1284 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND 1923 (3 Feb) cover from Monkstown in West Cork, franked with left half of 4p gray green, with red 5-line Dollard overprint, tied by departure pmk and addressed to Blackrock Co. Cork, some overall toning and filing fold away from the stamp. An unusual and unchallenged way to pay the normal 2 pence local rate. IRA raids on Monkstown Post Office left them with no low value postage. One of only four known bisects, ex-Pedneault  | Unsold |
