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 #638 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BRITISH EAST AFRICA 1890 1/2a bister brown, imperf. horizontal pair, h.r., full to clear margins all around, fine (SG 4ba) * Catalog #14a Catalog Value £900 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #639 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BRITISH EAST AFRICA 1890 1/2a bister brown, imperf. vertical pair, h.r., margins all around, v.f. (SG 4ba) * Catalog #14a Catalog Value £900 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #640 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BRITISH EAST AFRICA 1890 2a vermilion, imperf. sheet margin single, watermarked (papermaker's initials), h.r., fresh and v.f., with 2017 APS certificate (SG 6a,4,750 for imperf. pair) * Catalog #16a | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #641 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BRITISH EAST AFRICA 1890 4 1/2 brown violet, imperf. horizontal pair, used, margins all around, fine (SG 11ab) O Catalog #20a Catalog Value £450 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #642 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BRITISH EAST AFRICA 1890 1r rose, imperf. single, used, margins all around, v.f. (SG 14a, £1,700 for a pair) O Catalog #25a | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #643 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BRITISH EAST AFRICA 1896 1r gray, with three minor varieties (inverted "S", dropped "H" and broken top of "A" in "Africa"), tied by Mombasa cds on locally addressed cover, fine, a scarce and attractive cover, with 2010 Sismondo certificate (SG 59)  Catalog #66var Catalog Value £840 | Price Realized $350.00 |
