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.
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 | Lot #772 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA 1922-27 1sh purple and gray, perforated and gummed trial color (the issued color of £75), l.h., v.f., rare P Catalog #29S | Price Realized $950.00
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 | Lot #773 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA 1922-27 1sh red and green, perforated and gummed trial color (the issued color of £20), l.h., v.f., rare P Catalog #29S | Price Realized $950.00
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 | Lot #774 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA 1922-27 1sh black and magenta, perforated and gummed trial color (the issued color of £4), l.h., v.f., rare P Catalog #29S | Price Realized $1,200.00
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 | Lot #775 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA 1922-27 4sh, 5sh, 10sh, £2 and £5, each with "Registrar of Documents" cancel, fine-v.f. and scarce O Catalog #33-34,36,38,41 | Price Realized $800.00
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 | Lot #776 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA 1922-27 £5 black and blue, fiscal cancel, v.f., O Catalog #41 Catalog Value $375 | Price Realized $180.00
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 | Lot #777 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA 1922 £10 green & black, l.h., well centered, slightly irregular perfs at left, fresh and v.f., with 1997 Brandon certificate (SG 100) * Catalog #41A Catalog Value $15,000 | Price Realized $7,500.00
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 | Lot #778 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA 1922 £20 green & red, overprinted "Specimen" , n.h., some irregular perfs at top, fine and scarce, S Catalog #41B Catalog Value $1,300 | Price Realized $2,000.00
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 | Lot #779 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA 1922 £50 brown & black, overprinted "Specimen" in red, l.h., pencil mark on back, fresh and v.f. S Catalog #41D Catalog Value $1,750 | Price Realized $2,400.00
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 | Lot #780 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA 1975 40sh on 20sh, surcharge inverted, complete pane of 25, n.h., fine-v.f., rare modern error
** Catalog #55var | Price Realized $575.00
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