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 #1488
ISRAEL
1909 (24 Mar) large cover addressed to Switzerland, franked with 56 different stamps, representing the German (14), French (13), Italian (7), Austrian (7), Russian (5) and Ottoman (10) Offices in the Turkish Empire, each stamp canceled at their respective post offices in Jerusalem, 24 March 1909, with two additional Deutsche Post cds on back, minor peripheral cover flaws, fine and undoubtedly one of the most impressive Holyland "mixed offices" covers
Envelope
Price Realized
$650.00

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