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 #1275 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS SWITZERLAND 1850-1998 collection on Lighthouse hingeless album pages, there are no Cantonals, but there is 2 1/2rp black & red, with frame around cross (No.1), unused, without gum, with margins all around, Sitting and Standing Helvetias, Numerals, 1882-1904 with various perforations, used and unused, Helvetias and William Tell apparently complete, 1908-25 set to 3fr, Naba souvenir sheet, some tete-beche combinations, Commemoratives with 1914-31 3fr-10fr (six different, missing 3fr green), Pax set, Semi-Postals and Air Post complete, with souvenir sheets including the 1953 Pro-Juventute tete-beche sheet of 24, some varieties, etc., most of the unused stamps and souvenir sheets are n.h., generally fine-v.f. *O | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
