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 #889 JAPAN - Covers and Postal History Mail addressed to an Italian ship 1882 (28 Feb) cover franked with 5s brown Koban, canceled by segmented black cork pmk, supported by Yokohama cds alongside, addressed to Commissaire de la "Corvette Italienne Vettor Pisani", with Nagasaki in red crayon and showing arrival "Nagasaki Japan" on back, interesting combination of local and foreign mail cds. Internal rate was only 2s, this cover franked with 5s, in case the corvette sailed on to Shanghai ("Vettor Pisani" was an Italian naval corvette that left Italy in 1882 for a three-year voyage round the world)  Catalog #59 | Price Realized $750.00 |
