U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
February 1-2, 2022
We are pleased to present our February 1-2 sale featuring the collections formed by Clive Metcalfe, Dr.M.K. Blumenthal and other prominent collectors. This 1,307 lot auction begins with United States and Possessions, including 19th and 20th Century single rarities, graded items, proofs, essays and back of book material. The Foreign section includes a collection of Large Dragons of Shanghai, as well as strong sections of France and Colonies, Germany and British Commonwealth. On the second day of the sale we are pleased to offer an outstanding collection of Persia and Iran, with certified rarities. This will be followed by Japanese Postal History, featuring rare covers, many not seen for decades. The sale concludes with Large Lots and Collections, with hundreds of albums ranging from single country to specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide groups and excellent 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 #554 GREAT BRITAIN 1840 Charles Whiting Beaufort House Congreve composite essay sheet, from the 1848 Arts Journal, with four different essays, one embossed in very pale pink, two Beaufort House designs and Royal Cypher in fancy engine-turned background, the whole page in a fancy embossed design within a green frame, the reverse panel with "For Protection Against Forgery", some toning and marginal tears, otherwise fine E | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #555 GREAT BRITAIN 1840 Charles Whiting Beaufort House Congreve composite essay sheet, from the 1848 Arts Journal, with four different essays, one embossed in very pale pink, two Beaufort House designs and Royal Cypher in fancy engine-turned background, the whole page in a fancy embossed design within a green frame, the reverse panel with "For Protection Against Forgery", fine and beautiful composite essay E | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #556 GREAT BRITAIN 1840 Charles Whiting Beaufort House Congreve 1p blue & orange red, also another in red & black, two Essays, each with large margins all around, fresh and v.f., rare E | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #557 GREAT BRITAIN 1840 Charles Whiting Beaufort House Congreve 1/2 Ounce 1d red & black, Essay with large margins all around, fresh and v.f., rare E | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #558 GREAT BRITAIN 1840 1p black, lettered I-K, also 2p blue, lettered S-G, each with red MC cancel, margins all around, fresh and v.f., O Catalog #1,2 Catalog Value $1,325 | Unsold |
 | Lot #559 GREAT BRITAIN 1840 1p black, lettered T-G, ample margins all around, canceled by red MC on FL to Norwich, with Oct.14, 1840 (London) departure datestamp on back, fine  Catalog #1 | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #560 GREAT BRITAIN 1841 2p deep blue, first stage die essay, top sheet margin single, bottom tablets blank, v.f. (SG Spec. DP4), also a used example of the finished adhesive E | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #561 GREAT BRITAIN 1847 Embossed, 1sh pale green, large margins all around, neatly canceled and fresh, v.f. and exceptional stamp, O Catalog #5 Catalog Value $900 | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #562 GREAT BRITAIN 1864 1p rose red, Plate 225, lightly canceled, good color and clear impression of the plate, minor perf. flaws, otherwise fine, O Catalog #33 Catalog Value $825 | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #563 GREAT BRITAIN 1872 1sh green, plate 5, lettered "E-L", the so-called "Stock Exchange" forgery, neatly canceled and well centered, rebacked, fine appearance (SG £850) O | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #564 GREAT BRITAIN 1878-83 10sh greenish gray and £1 brown lilac, watermarked Maltese Cross and Anchor, heavy cancels, minor creases or closed tears, overall fine appearing and affordable group of high values O Catalog #74,75, 91,92a | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #565 GREAT BRITAIN 1880 Queen Victoria, photograph mounted on "Alex Bassano" card | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #566 GREAT BRITAIN 1880 1/2d, 1 1/2d and 2d (3) essays of the 1880 Tender (tender documents were sent out 7 January 1880), engraved by William Ridgeway in blue, perforated, vertical strip of five, in blue, on gummed unwatermarked paper, fresh, with paper adhesions on back, still v.f., with Karl-Albert Louis certificate E | Unsold |
 | Lot #567 GREAT BRITAIN 1880 1p violet brown, three different Perkins, Bacons essays, including one imperf. in mauve (no corner letters); also 1p red brown and 2p violet, three different perforated of each, all nine on ungummed paper, fine-v.f. E | Unsold |
 | Lot #568 GREAT BRITAIN 1882 5sh rose, bluish paper, two used singles, well centered, minute flaws, still fine and attractive, O Catalog #90 Catalog Value $10,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #569 GREAT BRITAIN 1882 £5 orange, lettered D-G, perfectly struck Glasgow Apr 14, 94 postmark, nice color, imperceptible perf. thin at bottom right, fresh and fine example of this popular high value, O Catalog #93 Catalog Value $5,000 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #570 GREAT BRITAIN 1884-91 £1 brown violet, watermarked Three Crowns and another watermarked Three Orbs, also £1 green, all three well centered, with perforations intact on all sides, heavy cancels and minor creases or other small flaws, otherwise fine appearing trio of high values, O Catalog #110,123,124 Catalog Value $8,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #571 GREAT BRITAIN 1901 KEVII 10sh ultramarine, £1 green, used, well centered, good colors, minor flaws, fine appearance, O Catalog #141,142 Catalog Value $1,350 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #572 GREAT BRITAIN 1913 De La Rue Seahorses, 10sh deep blue, h.r., irregular perforations at top, beautiful color, fine, * Catalog #175c Catalog Value $3,150 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #573 GREAT BRITAIN 1919 Bradbury, Wilkinson 5sh carmine rose, 10sh blue, also 1934 Re-engraved, 2sh6p and 10sh dark blue, l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f., * Catalog #180,181,222,224 Catalog Value $1,070 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #574 GREAT BRITAIN 1929 Postal Union Congress, £1 black, l.h., fresh and v.f., * Catalog #209 Catalog Value $750 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #575 GREAT BRITAIN 1929 Postal Union Congress, £1 black, minor h.r., well centered, v.f., * Catalog #209 Catalog Value $750 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #576 GREAT BRITAIN 1929 Postal Union Congress, £1 black, violet cancel, well centered, fine, O Catalog #209 Catalog Value $675 | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #577 GREAT BRITAIN 2002 Liberation of the Falklands Islands, 20th Anniversary commemorative cover, signed by Sir Rex Hunt and Margaret Thatcher, v.f. | Price Realized $230.00 |
