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 #724 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS 1891 1/2p on top and bottom diagonal halves, each canceled by cds, fine-v.f., O Catalog #19E Catalog Value $650 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #725 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS 1891 George V and Penguin, complete set, h.r., fine-v.f., * Catalog #54-64 Catalog Value $847 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #726 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS 1933 Centenary, 5sh black & yellow, two copies, h.r., slightly brownish gum, one with a small thin, otherwise fine-v.f. (SG 136) * Catalog #74 Catalog Value £2,000 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #727 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS 1933 Centenary £1 black & carmine, n.h., post office fresh, v.f. (SG 138) (catalogued as hinged) ** Catalog #76 Catalog Value £2,500 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #728 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS 1938-50 George VI portrait, two different die essays in red and brown, on wove paper, v.f., rare E | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #729 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS 1938-50 George VI, 1/2p-£1 used, selection on cards, with at least three complete sets (only 2x2sh6p) and including 5sh (10 copies, various shades, some canceled on pieces), different shades and cancels, mostly fine-v.f. (SG 143-63) O Catalog #84-96 Catalog Value £1,350 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #730 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS 1938-50 George VI, 1/2p-£1 complete set of 16 different perforated "Specimen", l.h. or h.r., fresh, fine-v.f., rare (SG 146-63s) S Catalog #84-96S Catalog Value £2,500 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #731 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS 1938-50 George VI, 1/2p-£1 complete set of 16 different perforated "Specimen", l.h. or h.r., fresh, fine-v.f., rare (SG 146-63s) S Catalog #84-96S Catalog Value £2,500 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #732 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS 1938-50 George VI, 1/2p-£1, twelve different, tied by 3 January 38 Port Stanley cds pmks on unaddressed First Day Cover, some faint toning, otherwise fine-v.f.  Catalog #84/96 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #733 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS 1938-50 George VI, 1/2p-£1, thirteen different, tied by 26 March 42 Port Stanley cds pmks on locally addressed cover, filing fold away from the stamps, fine-v.f. Catalog #84/96 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #734 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS 1938-50 George VI, 1sh blue, deep blue (25), 2sh6p (25), 5sh (26), 10sh (14) and £1 (17), selection with positional singles and blocks of four, many with imprint or Plate No., variety of issues and shades, mostly n.h., few minor toned specks or irregularities, generally fine-v.f. (catalogued as least expensive) (SG 158,160-63)  **Catalog #91,93-96 Catalog Value £9,460 | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #735 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS 1938-50 George VI, 2sh6p and 5sh, used on registered, flown cover from Stanley 12 Ap 48 to England, filing fold through 5sh, also picture postcard (Ross Road and Cathedral in Stanley) to England, stamp removed, otherwise fine Catalog #93,94 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #736 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS 1938-50 2sh6p, 5sh indigo & yellow brown, 10sh and £1, four different, tied by violet "Falkland Islands Dependency Graham Land 2 February 1946" cancels on cover addressed to Manchester, England (original penciled address has been erased), with Port Stanley cds on back, v.f., with 1987 BPA certificate (SG 160,161b,162,163) Catalog #93,94a,95,96 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #737 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS 1938-50 George VI, 2sh6p, 5sh, 10sh and £1, four different, each canceled "South Georgia 30 Mr 38/10-AM" on unaddressed cover, apparently First Day of Issue in South Georgia, showing the use of South Georgia "Time" datestamp (Type SG4), v.f., apparently applied only on a few covers dated 7 May 35, 12 May 37 and these 30 March 38 examples Catalog #93-96 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #738 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS 1938-50 5sh indigo & yellow brown, left sheet margin block of four, top pair l.h., bottom stamps n.h., fresh and v.f. multiple, with 1994 BPA certificate. A rarity from Falkland Islands, one of only a handful of known blocks of four of 5sh indigo & yellow brown (SG 161b) (catalogued as singles) */**Catalog #94a Catalog Value £4,400 | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #739 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS 1938-50 5sh indigo & yellow brown, tied on piece by violet "Falkland Islands Dependency Graham Land 5 Apr 1948" cancel, fresh, v.f., with 1994 BPA certificate (SG 161b) O Catalog #94a | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #740 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS 1938-50 5sh indigo & yellow brown, block of four, canceled Port Stanley 10.9.45, fresh, v.f., with 1997 BPA certificate (SG 161b) (catalogued as singles) Catalog #94a Catalog Value £360 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #741 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS 1938-50 George VI, 10sh black & red orange, grayish paper, used in 1950 on registered cover from Stanley Falkland Islands to USA, with Mar 9, 1950 arrival pmk, v.f. (SG 162b, £500 for used, 5x for used on cover) | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #742 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS 1938-50 £1 black & violet, block of four canceled on piece by 23 March 1938 cds, v.f. Catalog #96 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #743 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS 1938-50 £1 black & violet, block of four, faint cancels, well centered, fresh and v.f. Catalog #96 | Price Realized $230.00 |
