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 #1271 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS SPAIN 1860-1950 collection on album pages and auction/dealer lot sheets, housed in six 3-ring binders, collected unused, with strong 19th Century, with imperf. and perf. issues, including different shades, high values, varieties, many obtained in Spanish auctions, with CEN or Comex certificates, some sets (222-30, 237-41), better singles (250, 270), 20th Century more complete, with King Alfonso XIII (272-86), Don Quixote (287-96), Madrid Post Office (318-30), Regular Issues, with imperfs, trial color and unissued values, Railway Congress, Montserrat, Submarine set of six, Militia; Semi-Postals, mostly complete, with souvenir sheets (Toledo, Historical Monuments, Army & Navy perf. and imperf.), Virgin of the Pillar; Air Post, with 1920 varieties, including unissued 30c green through 1950 Franco Visit (CB18), some back of the book; Local Issues, Barcelona, Beneficencia, Civil War issues, etc., with many souvenir sheets, varieties and much more. A solid collection of Spain * | Price Realized $10,000.00 |
