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 #1292 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE 1840-1970 balance of a consignment in 20 cartons, with hundreds of album pages and glassine envelopes, mostly used, collections intact as purchased in auctions in 1970s-2000, albums and album pages, also new issues from the same time period, many still in the original service envelopes from Great Britain and Channel Islands, Gibraltar, Iceland, Greenland, Sweden, Luxembourg, Faroe Islands, Finland, Germany, etc., used or unused, some covers, many better items, Saar, German Colonies, French Zone, Schleswig, Sweden with commemoratives and used booklet panes, British Commonwealth, with used QEII definitives (Falkland Islands, Ascension, Tristan da Cunha and others), British Europe, much more, considerable acquisition cost  *O | Price Realized $8,500.00 |
 | Lot #1293 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE 1880-1960 balance of a consignment housed in carton, albums and loose, some Germany, Luxembourg Specimen blocks of four, Newfoundland, Russian sets (canceled to order), occasional Shanghai local Post, Greece, some covers, first flights, some United States, etc. | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #1294 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE 1900-60 balance of a consignment, two cartons with individual country collections covering South and Central America, including two volumes of Costa Rica, single binders with Dominican Republic, Mexico, Haiti, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador, plus collections of Jordan, San Marino back of the book issues, also a collection of Albania, some better items, good nucleus for further expansion * | Price Realized $2,700.00 |
 | Lot #1295 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE 1920-1990 balance of a consignment in 8 banker's boxes, with various albums and stock cards, topical collection of Sports and Olympics, miscellaneous United States, including 1983-95 issues on pages, some sheets, covers, used bundleware, Canada, Germany, collection of Micronesia, Palau, Great Britain 1971-82 commemoratives, Belgium, some covers, etc., mixed condition *O | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
