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 #2091 SPANISH COLONIES Mariana Islands 1899 stamps of the Philippines handstamped "Marianas Espanoles", complete set of six, with or without gum (5c, 8c), usual centering, 6c dark blue with 1987 COMEX certificate, also 3c brown with 2010 Sismondo certificate. A rare set, only 50 (!) possible, *(*) Catalog #1-6 Catalog Value $9,300 | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
