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 #1582 POLAND 1862 Russia 10k brown & blue (perf 12 1/2) used several times (postal fraud, the original stamp was probably Poland Number One), finally canceled by "282" numeral in concentric circles on FL from Kibarty to St. Petersburg, with "Gebruder Levi & Co Wirballen" company handstamp at left, bilingual Kibarty departure pmk at right, with 29 Jan 1862 St. Petersburg arrival pmk, fine example of Postal Fraud, signed Mikulski, with 2018 Korszen certificate  | Unsold |
