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 #1805 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE TOPICALS 1974 Cambodia, Nicholas Copernicus Issue, complete set of nine, six different colors of each value for a total of 54 (!) different artist die proofs, also 18 composite die proofs of three, various colors, each with printer's embossing at lower left corner, v.f. and colorful group of die proofs from Cambodia P Catalog #324-330,C46-47P | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #1806 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE TOPICALS 1975 Cambodia, UPU and Olympics, selection of 180 artist die proofs, six different colors of each value, also 54 composite die proofs of three, various colors, each with printer's embossing at lower left corner, v.f. and colorful group of die proofs from Cambodia P Catalog #333/367P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1807 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE TOPICALS 1975 Laos, UPU, Space, United States Presidents, etc., selection of 96 artist die proofs, six different colors of each value, also 30 different composite die proofs of three or four, various colors, each with printer's embossing at lower left corner, v.f. and colorful group of die proofs from Laos P Catalog #266/269I/P | Price Realized $5,750.00 |
 | Lot #1808 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE TOPICALS 1960s-80s Mostly Space, selection of perf. and imperf. singles, sets, blocks, trial color proofs from the former French Colonies, also Dubai, including errors and varieties, inverted overprints, Germany "Muster" overprint, Panama, signed artist die proofs from France (Scott 1485P, two different, also 1500P), Polynesia (Scott C33,C41), Comores (C16, two different), Mauritania (C25 printer's inspection die proof in sepia), Monaco 10fr trial color imperf. strip of five (C62), stage proofs of Equatorial Guinea, etc., v.f. and interesting lot  **P | Price Realized $750.00 |
