U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
December 7-8, 2021
Welcome to our December 7-8 sale of U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History. This 1,554 lot sale begins with United States, with 19th and 20th Century single rarities, graded items, proofs, essays and back of the book material. European countries are well represented, with a good showing of Great Britain & British Commonwealth. South America is highlighted by classic Colombia. Other noteworthy areas include the late Roy Koczarski's award-wining collection of Poland, plus Russia, with an unused Number One. The sale concludes with Large Lots and Collections, with single country albums to specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide groups and cover lots. Scans of most of the lots are available on our website and additional scans are being added daily
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1095 POLAND 1783 home-made envelope, with a large letter "W" surmounted by a crown (type II, Bojanowicz "b") sent from Warszawa to Krakow, manuscript "12gr" and "117", largely intact wax seals on back, some ageing and raster markings at bottom  | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #1096 POLAND 1783 cover from Warszawa, via Poznan to Skwirzyn, clear strike of "W" (type II, Bojanowicz "b"), charged "24", with wax seal on back | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1097 POLAND 1792 (21 May) entire FL (four pages of text in Polish) addressed to Warszawa, with straight-line LISSA (Leszno) departure hs (type IV, size 10mm), endorsed "Franco", nearly intact wax seal and arrival docketing, fine and scarce usage | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1098 POLAND 1807 (29 Aug) Warszawa to Paris, FL with "Grande Armee No.43" hs, charged "8" (decimes), red arrival pmk, fine usage from the Duchy of Warsaw during Napoleonic occupation | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #1099 POLAND 1811 (15 Mar) Incoming Mail, small FL from Paris to Count Lubienski ("mon cher Papa") in Warszawa, with an excellent three-line strike of "Miedzyrzec" and "P.Z.Gr.Sr." (Porto Zagraniczne Groszy Srebrem) and "P:K: Zt." (Porto Krajowe Zlotych), actual amount "16zl" filled in by manuscript, indicating domestic postage collected at border, intact wax seal, various charge and due markings on front, fine early cover with splendid Duchy of Warsaw markings | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #1100 POLAND 1850 (25 Aug) FL originating from London and addressed to Odessa, forwarded by agents "Franconi & Wolff A Cracovie", with "Krakau 23/8" pmk, sent further to Odessa, fine and most unusual routing | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1101 POLAND 1860 10k carmine rose & blue, brilliant colors and well centered, canceled by "1" (ornamental tail) in four squares, on small piece, v.f. A splendid stamp O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1102 POLAND 1860 10k carmine rose & blue, beautiful distinct colors, canceled "282" (Kibarty), fine O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1103 POLAND 1860 10k carmine & blue, splendid color and nice centering, canceled "131" (Miechow) on small piece, v.f. O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #1104 POLAND 1865 Russia 10k brown & blue (unwatermarked), tied by a perfect strike "196" in concentric circles on cover to Warszawa, with corresponding "Dobra" (18/10) departure pmk alongside, red 19/10 arrival pmk on back, boxed "3 P" (3:00 pm), also Poland 10k carmine & blue (Number 1), defaced and canceled in red, filing fold away from the stamps, black wax seal on back, fine and interesting cover ("196" Bojanowicz rated "10") | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1105 POLAND 1914 (19 July) registered cover from Lodz to Vienna, franked on back with pair of Russia 10k Romanov stamps, tied by Lodz central departure cds (in Cyrillic), with two handstamps "Detained by War Censor" and "Returned Due to War Conditions" on front, opened by Austrian Censor, with handstamps and label at right, additional handstamp on reverse "Returned to Sender due to War Conditions", with additional markings indicating that this cover was actually returned in 1918, four years after departure | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1106 POLAND 1918-19 Lublin Issue, complete set of 10, used on two locally addressed registered covers, fine-v.f. Catalog #30/40 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1107 POLAND 1919 15h on 10h stationery card used with additional franking from Krakow to Wien, also 15f stationery card, with "Zum Russichen Freimarke" overprint, cancelled Warszawa 24.3.19, fine-v.f. | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1108 POLAND 1919 5h light green, h.r., v.f., signed Mikulski, etc., with APS certificate, * Catalog #41 Catalog Value $550 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #1109 POLAND 1919 5h light green, unused without gum, small thin, v.f., signed Schmutz, Landre, etc., (*) Catalog #41 Catalog Value $550 | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #1110 POLAND 1919 10kr violet, pos. F-IVB-23, well centered with wide margins all around, original hinge at top, fresh and v.f. example of this popular rarity, only 440 printed, signed Taipale, Philatelia Krakow and Dr.Kronenberg, with his 1993 certificate (Fi.49aa, 50,000zl) * Catalog #55 Catalog Value $14,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1111 POLAND 1945-46 Provisional Period, selection of 34 covers or cards to the United States, usually franked with Gdansk and Warszawa commemoratives, many on return 3c U.S. stationery cards to "American International Transaction Corp" (thanking the senders for gifts), variety of departure markings, three different types of military censor handstamps, some registered, one flown, others sent by ship | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #1112 POLAND 1946 First anniversary of Victory (3zl brown), Baltic Sea (3+7zl blue) and Henryk IV (6zl gray), imperf. sheet margin singles, h.r., last one at top only, stamp n.h., v.f. (Fi.405,406,409nz, 2,900zl) */** Catalog #390,394,B47var | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #1113 POLAND 1946 2nd Anniversary of July Manifesto, two imperforate singles, also Gdansk Post Office, imperforate sheet margin single, l.h., v.f., signed Mikstein, etc. (407,411nz, 1,800zl) * Catalog #391,B48var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1114 POLAND 1950-51 Currency Reform, "Groszy" overprints, collection of used and unused singles and sets on pages, few covers, souvenir sheet (Kultura) canceled on piece, Postage Dues, etc., fine-v.f. *O | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1115 POLAND 1956 Olympic Games Melbourne, 20g light brown & dull violet (Boxer), center inverted, bottom sheet margin example, n.h., v.f. A superb modern rarity from Poland, only 14(!) examples are known to exist, ** Catalog #751a Catalog Value $17,500 | Unsold |
