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 #830 JAPAN 1871 48m brown, 100m blue, 200m vermilion and 500m blue green, four different, Plate I, unused without gum as issued, 100m slightly thin at top, margins all around, fresh colors, fine-v.f., (*) Catalog #1-4 Catalog Value $1,375 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #831 JAPAN 1871 48m red brown, Plate I, also on wove paper, 48m brown Plate II, also on wove paper, four different, unused without gum as issued, margins all around, good colors, v.f., seldom offered as a unit, (*) Catalog #1a,1b,1c,1d Catalog Value $1,400 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #832 JAPAN 1871 100m blue, Plate I, laid pair, faint postmark, large margins all around, v.f., with 1976 ISJP certificate, O Catalog #2 Catalog Value $225 | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #833 JAPAN 1871 100m blue, Plate I, laid paper, also on wove paper, two different unused without gum as issued, margins all around, good colors, fine-v.f., (*) Catalog #2,2a Catalog Value $575 | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #834 JAPAN 1871 200m vermilion, wove paper, Plate I, unused without gum as issued, v.f., with ISJP certificate, (*) Catalog #3a Catalog Value $500 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #835 JAPAN 1873 4s rose, Type I, government printing, native wove paper, unused without gum, fresh and v.f., with 2002 Eichhorn card opinion, (*) Catalog #14a Catalog Value $210 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #836 JAPAN 1874 6s violet brown, foreign wove paper, Syllabic "17" ("re"), h.r., well centered, fine, signed Tyler, with 2002 ISJP certificate (JSCA 32) * Catalog #36var Catalog Value $225 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #837 JAPAN 1874 45s lake, Syllabic 3, unused with large part original gum, some album page adhesions, well centered, fine, * Catalog #50var Catalog Value $1,200 | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #838 JAPAN 1875 4s dark gray green, unused with original gum, h.r., well centered, v.f., with 2010 ISJP certificate, * Catalog #52 Catalog Value $375 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #839 JAPAN 1937 Empress Jingo, 5y gray green and 10y dull violet, l.h., 10y with tiny natural inclusion, v.f. (Sakura 211-12, 190,000 Yen) * Catalog #253-254 Catalog Value $950 | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #840 JAPAN 1937 10y Empress Jingo, n.h., perfectly centered, v.f. (catalogued as hinged) ** Catalog #254 Catalog Value $550 | Price Realized $575.00 |
