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 #2027
ITALIAN COLONIES Libya
1915 20c+5c orange overprint at bottom instead of top, 20c on 15c+5c black, double overprint, also 10c Victory, overprint inverted, fine-v.f.,
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Catalog #Sass.15d,16c,35a
Catalog Value €3,260
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #2028
ITALIAN COLONIES Libya
1928 1,25L blue & ultramarine, bottom sheet margin, inscription single, overprint ("Libia") inverted, l.h., well centered for this difficult issue, fresh and fine, signed Bolaffi and Colla, with their 1996 and 2014 certificates (Sass.79b, €7,000)
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Catalog #63a
Catalog Value $3,750
Price Realized
$750.00

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