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.
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 | Lot #1777 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS POLAND 1860-1945 collection of 1,300+ stamps, 24 souvenir sheets and sheetlets, plus seven covers or cards, neatly arranged in two Lindner albums, mostly unused, covering 90% of pre WWII issues from Poland, including all the souvenir sheets, plus numerous errors and varieties. Some of the highlights include No.1 on FL from Warszawa to Moscow (stamp defective), Warsaw Issue with 297 stamps, including HAN numbers, plus 1918 Statue proof of 25f/2gr, Lublin issue with 46 stamps including errors, Krakow overprints, including errors, 100 stamps, including multiples and varieties, Gniezno surcharge 10/7 1/2pf, 1921-21 Eagle and National Assembly perf. And imperf., also 21 proofs, large multiples, Red Cross, Tabromik Air Post stamps and varieties, 1924 Eagle, imperf. Proof of 30.000m, 1925 Na Skarb (n.h.), 1928 souvenir sheet (n.h.), 1933 Challenge, Torun, Sobieski, Katowice set on registered cover from the Exhibition, Challenge overprints, King Carol souvenir sheets, Moscicki 1zl imperf. Pair, 1938 perf. And imperf. Souvenir sheets on covers, Stratosphere souvenir sheet on Balloon flight cover, independence issue, also sheets and varieties, Legion souvenir sheet, 1941-45 London issues complete, all better items signed by various experts including H.Jendroszek, H.Jungjohann, Z.Korszen, Z.Mikulski L.Schmutz, etc., many descriptions, few minor flaws possible, generally fine-v.f. A splendid collection of pre-WWII Poland, Fischer (owner's) cat. 120.000zl = $31,500  *O | Unsold |
