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 #2076 PORTUGUESE COLONIES Portuguese India 1871-1938 extensive collection on PALO album pages, unused, missing only the few rarities and items offered individually in this sale, with impressive showing of numerals, variety of papers and perforations, Portuguese Crown, range of surcharges and overprints, King Luiz and King Carlos, Provisional Issues, Republica overprints, Ceres and Commemorative issues, Specimen overprints, Postage Dues, also a group of Revenues in blocks of four, several certificates included, mixed condition among early items, mostly fine-v.f. * | Price Realized $13,000.00 |
 | Lot #2077 PORTUGUESE COLONIES Portuguese India 1871 100r yellow green, unused without gum, good color, usual perforations, with 1999 PFC, (*) Catalog #4 Catalog Value $500 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2078 PORTUGUESE COLONIES Portuguese India 1876 900r violet, type IV, unused with original gum, l.h., fine and rare stamp, with 1995 Nucleo Filatelico and 1996 I.S.P.P. certificates, * Catalog #44 Catalog Value $1,200 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #2079 PORTUGUESE COLONIES Portuguese India 1881 5r on 10r black, straight edge at right, unused without gum, fine, signed Herbert Bloch, with 1975 Friedl certificate, (*) Catalog #83 Catalog Value $600 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #2080 PORTUGUESE COLONIES Portuguese India 1912 1r on 5t brown, h.r., with handstamped guarantee mark, 2010 APS certificate, * Catalog #285A Catalog Value $825 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
