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 #1778 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS POLAND 1944-59 collection of 1,200+ unused, n.h. stamps and 44 souvenir sheets, in two Lindner albums, issues complete, also proofs, imperf. errors and gutter pairs, color, perforation and watermark varieties, including 1944 Leaders, cover with 25gr and 50gr used in Lublin, Goznak issue, horizontal strip of four of 25gr light red brown canceled Krasnystaw, 1945 Traugutt registered First Day card, unissued 20gr pair (Krakow), rare Warszawa orange red, City overprints, Lodz issue imperf.,1zl sheet, 5zl on registered cover to USA, Krakow Landscapes, including imperf. proofs and varieties, Maritime League sheet with gutters, errors, Port Gdansk unissued, Grunwald and Westerplatte imperfs (with certificates), inverted overprints, proofs of the Air Post issue, "Warszawa Accuses" special booklet prepared for the Polish Ambassador to Moscow, 1946 Air Post imperfs, July Manifesto special booklet prepared for the Postal Director in Sweden, Bedzin Castle, double paper variety (with certificate), International Bureau of Education set of three, also sheetlets of 12 and souvenir sheet, 1947 Skiing complete sheets, Kultura souvenir sheet, Probus imperf., Air Post, Bierut 10zl imperf., TB set of strips with labels, FDR set and souvenir sheet, also covers, 1950 Groszy, 1953 Engels, Marx proof, Boxing, Copernicus, Warszawa, 1954 PZF two souvenir sheets, one with double impression, blue souvenir sheet, Slania printer's waste on cover, also fold-over,10th Anniversary issue with varieties, 1.40zl double impression, 1955 Races seven imperf. Proofs, Poznan six imperf. Proofs, also souvenir sheets, six different varieties, 1957 United Nations, two Wings sheetlets, plus a ticket to the exhibition. All better items are signed or are accompanied by certificates from Jendroszek, Jungjohann, Korszen, Mikulski and Schmutz. Owner's catalogue value Fischer 120,000zl = $31,500   ** | Unsold |
