Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
March 8-9, 2022
This 1,338 lot sale features collections formed by the late John Abrams, Dr.M.K. Blumenthal and other prominent collectors. We begin with United States and Possessions, featuring 19th & 20th Century single rarities, graded items, proofs, essays and back of book material. A-Z countries include specialized Bulgaria, Ottoman Bosnia & Herzegovina, China with Liberated Areas covers, Germany with a focus on WWII Occupation Issues, Great Britain and British Commonwealth, including Boer War postal history. There are numerous rarities from Italy, Old States and Italian Colonies, as well as classic covers and individual rarities from South and Central America. This auction concludes with solid section of Large Lots and Collections ranging from single country albums to specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact. For those visiting London 2022, please stop by our both to chat, pick up an auction catalogue or discuss possible sale of your philatelic holdings.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #282 AUSTRIA AUSTRIAN LEVANT 1867 10kr dark blue (Austria) Coarse Print, used in combination with Austrian Levant 2sld orange and 3sld green (slightly overlapped), on outer FL from Constantinople to Vienna, with oval merchant's cachet, endorsed "Franco", sent via Varna, where the stamps were added and tied by framed "Lettere Arivate per Mare VARNA" (7.10.71) datestamps, with 14.10.71 Vienna arrival pmk, minor filing fold and paper discoloration left of the 3sld adhesive, completely of no importance and mentioned for accuracy's sake only. A fine and truly remarkable mixed currency and franking combination Austria+Austrian Levant (Kronen/Soldi), with 2005 Dr.Ferchenbauer certificate (ex-Arthur Linz collection, sold in 1961. This rarity is illustrated in "Osterreich-Ungarn, 125 Jahre Ausgabe 1867", Puschmann, Konig and Schindler, Wien 1892, page 187)  | Unsold |
 | Lot #283 AUSTRIA AUSTRIAN LEVANT 1867 FL to Syros, franked with 10sld perf. 9 1/2, tied by Smyrna departure pmk, with Greek 20L pasted over and canceled on arrival, with "Lloyd Agency Smyrne" and Syros arrival pmks on back, Greek stamp lifted and replaced, fine cover, signed Vlastos and Scheller | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #284 AUSTRIA AUSTRIAN LEVANT 1916 (18 Oct) picture postcard from Constantinople, with oval "Oest-Ung.Spital Constantinople Osztr.Magy.Korrat. Konstantinapoly" bilingual (German/Hungarian) handstamp, sent to Vienna, with red "Gepruft" censor handstamp | Price Realized $90.00 |
