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 #1538 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE 1840-1985 large collection in 26 blue Scott International albums, covering the entire world, also 2 additional Scott Specialized albums of the United States, with used 1847 5c and 10c (1,2), additional 1851-56 issues, No.67, 1869 Pictorials to 90c, Bank Note Issues to 90c, Grills including 100,101, Columbians complete to $5, Trans-Mississippi with $1 and $2, Regular Issues (278 unused), balance of pages well filled, used or unused, also Air Post, generally unused with a nice set of C13-15, good showing of Duck Hunting stamps, etc. Rest of the world, includes upwards of 100,000 different used and unused singles and souvenir sheets, China, with a few better items, Great Britain and British Commonwealth, great many definitive sets to £1, including complete set of unused Silver Wedding, solid Canada, loads of souvenir sheets, earlier issues include better items, but often incomplete sets (the albums do not provide spaces for high values), substantial value throughout, mixed condition, generally fine or better *O | Price Realized $25,000.00 |
 | Lot #1539 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE 1840-1965 single property offered intact, large old-time collection formed by a European collector, mostly in old Borek and Behrens albums (10) and smaller supplements (7), with Albania, Austria, mostly used to 1920, unused thereafter, with 10sh Dollfuss (Scott 380), Hitler overprints to 5M and Semi-Postals, Belgium, 19th Century used, mostly complete to 5fr, souvenir sheets, Parcel Post, Semi-Postals from 1935 on, extensive Bulgaria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Denmark with Greenland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, with Karelia, Fiume (many signed Behrens), France, Ceres, Napoleon to 5fr, Bordeaux, Type Sage, Merson, Semi-Postals and Air Post, Postage Dues, French Colonies General Issue, Andorra mostly complete to 20fr, French Post Offices Abroad, Greece, Large and Small Hermes Heads, 1896 Olympics to 5dr, 1906 complete (used), various overprints, commemoratives and Air Post mostly unused (Scott 378-80,C8-21), also Epirus, Crete and Ionian Islands. There is Great Britain, mostly used with Queen Victoria and George V to £1, plus Morocco Agencies and British Levant, as well as Malta, Ireland and Gibraltar. There is Iceland (Hopflug-Itala 1kr, 5kr), Italy early issues used, later commemoratives and Air Post unused (CO2), Post WWII Issues, Parcel Post (including Q76), AMG-VG, Trieste Zone A, Aegean Islands, Rhodes, Italian Colonies (sparse), Vatican City (mostly complete, with 35-40), Roman States, Modena, Romagna (complete), Hungary, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, with some Local Issues, Port Gdansk, Central Lithuania, Ukraine, Portugal, Romania, Russia, some better unused (Metro set, C68), others c.t.o., also Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland (all souvenir sheets, Pax issue, Officials), plus Turkey and Yugoslavia, mixed condition, generally clean and fine-v.f. and comprehensive collection *O | Price Realized $19,500.00 |
 | Lot #1540 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE 1850-1960 single property offered intact, five cartons with better United States, regular issues and commemoratives, used and unused Plate Blocks, some in Scott Specialty albums, also covers and FDCS, postal stationery, miscellaneous balances on pages, collections in albums, with Russia (Minkus album), Romania, substantial Canada and Newfoundland, many in glassine envelopes, Silver Jubilees, later commemoratives, values to $1, etc., mixed condition, valuable and useful lot  *O | Price Realized $6,000.00 |
 | Lot #1541 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE 1850-1970 balance of a consignment in two cartons, with collections in albums and on pages, France (used 19th Century, mixed condition, huge catalogue value), Russia (with No.1 and miscellaneous items used), some covers and cards, including 23 receipts addressed to the State Bank of Foreign Trade in Moscow, confirming receipts of payments of parcels, covers to USA, with attractive franking (B5-8), some early Finland, collection of Europa complete from 1956-80, with all better sets, Germany Federal Republic and DDR, with Semi-Postals, large album with Worldwide, extensive French Colonies, etc., early stamps with faults, later issues fine-v.f. *O | Unsold |
 | Lot #1542 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE 1850-1970 balance of a consignment in carton, singles and sets, souvenir sheets, booklets, occasional errors and varieties, Eastern Europe, British Commonwealth, Germany with better sets, Austria, Saar, Netherlands and much more, mixed condition, many n.h., fine-v.f. *O | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #1543 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE 1870-1990 large accumulation in 16 cartons (banker's boxes), with thousands of stock cards and glassines in red boxes arranged by country, with Asia, Europe, South America, United States, British Commonwealth, plus single Country albums and stock books, three well filled (and oversized) 1940 Scott International albums, a set of Scott Master Global Albums, several cartons of folders with stock pages organized by country, etc., truly a tremendous holding acquired over many years, huge catalogue value *O | Unsold |
 | Lot #1544 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE 1913-99 single property offered intact, with neatly mounted collections of Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Austria, Japan, Finland, Australia, New Zealand and Germany, mostly complete sets and souvenir sheets, many n.h., with Semi-Postals and Postage Dues, generally fine-v.f. */** | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #1545 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE 1920-90 collection of many thousands in glassine envelopes, singles and sets neatly arranged by Scott catalogue order, purchased at auction, countries include Albania, Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Guatemala, Mexico, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Paraguay, El Salvador, etc., mostly unused, generally n.h., fine-v.f. */**O | Unsold |
 | Lot #1546 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE 1920s-60s selection of used and unused singles and sets on lot sheets in two small binders, European Countries, British Commonwealth with Falkland Islands definitives, U.S. Philippines, German Colonies, etc., mixed condition with minor faults noted, owner's cat. $4,500+ *O | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #1547 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE 1970s-2000 unexploded booklets, thousands in three banker's boxes, European Countries, with France, Spain, Scandinavian countries, also British Commonwealth, much Channel Islands (Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey), Ireland, plus many others, some inevitable duplication, but still excellent variety, topicals, etc., v.f.  | Unsold |
