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 #1487 ISRAEL 1883-1939 collection on 60+ pages, postal history written-up exhibition style with Austrian Offices, Ottoman "Camp Imperial Jerusalem" cancelation on card to Switzerland, Ottoman fiscals on receipts, incoming mail to Haifa, via Ottoman Hejaz railway, 1910 Jericho to London, Safed to Switzerland, Tiberias to Jaffa, 1914 cover with Ottoman franking from "Jerusalem 9" to England, other covers and cards to European countries, "Quart Israelite" cancels, Palestine selection with 23 covers and cards, various usages, also Postage Dues on mail from Egypt, Germany (received 25 May 39), England, other incoming mail to Jerusalem (from Belgian Congo, Russia, Finland, USA, one from Paris to a Rabbi in Tiberias), some historical notes and supporting materials, fine collection, possibly a nucleus for study and further expansion  | Unsold |
