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 #1302
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH LABUAN
1879-1904 collection on pages, with 1879-82 16c, 1883 to 40c (without 8c carmine), Surcharges, some varieties including 1892 6c "missing dot" variety (in regular sheet of ten), 1894 1c-24 with additional shades and perforations noted, 1895 4c-40c Surcharges, 1896 25c-$1 set of three both with and without overprint, 1896-97 Issues with various perforations noted, "4 Cents" Surcharges with perforations noted and a few Specimen overprints, 1902 Crown Colony, 1904 Surcharges with perforations noted, with Postage Dues, mostly l.h. or h.r., few minor faults possible, generally fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #1303
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH LABUAN
1899 4c brown & black, vertical pair imperf. between, h.r., fine-v.f.,
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Catalog #SG 112a
Catalog Value £1,400
Price Realized
$750.00

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