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 #471 GERMAN COLONIES German East Africa 1901 3r dark carmine and greenish black, upper right sheet corner margin single, l.h. in margin, stamp n.h., some typical oxidation, fresh color, also 3r dark red and gray black included for comparison, n.h. (but some natural gum loss noted), v.f., the former with 2021 Steuer opinion, ** Catalog #Mi.21a,b Catalog Value €1,900 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #472 GERMAN COLONIES German East Africa 1915 cover franked with strip of 4x4h green, tied by Tabora departure pmks and sent to Germany, violet censor handstamp alongside, minor backflap faults, fine war-time usage  | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #473 GERMAN COLONIES German East Africa 1915 cover franked with single 15h ultramarine, tied by "Pangani" (12.7.15) pmk and sent to "Deutschen Hilfsverein in Stockholm", with violet censor cachet, endorsed "Pelo paquete Portuguez", forwarded via Portuguese East Africa (where the cover sat out the war), arriving in Sweden on 21 September, 1919, with three Stockholm pmks on back, fine cover, Steuer certificate (Mi.33b) | Unsold |
 | Lot #474 GERMAN COLONIES German East Africa 1915 (20 Dec) cover from Tanga to Daressalam, with framed "Fr.it.Einn Nachw. In Tanga" handstamp, showing "7 1/2H" endorsement, departure pmk below, with German Post Office in Daressalam arrival on back, fine provisional franking from war-time Tanga | Unsold |
 | Lot #475 GERMAN COLONIES German East Africa 1916 (21 June) cover from Daressalam, with provisional "Frankiert mit 7 1/2H" handstamp in red, "Deutsche Postampt Daressalam" below, fine | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #476 GERMAN COLONIES German East Africa 1916 (17 July) cover from Tabora, with provisional "Frankiert mit 7 1/2H" handstamp in red, "Kaiserl. Postdirektor" alongside, addressed to Pangani and sent back to Tabora, filing fold away from the markings | Unsold |
 | Lot #477 GERMAN COLONIES German East Africa 1917 Belgian Occupation, registered cover endorsed "Via Daressalam / Troupe Belges de L'Est Tabora le 19 Fevrier 1917 / Brigade Nord Censure Militaire", franked with 25c with bilingual overprinted, canceled "Tabora 20 Feb 17", with "Congo Belge" Registry label alongside, sent to England, with arrival pmk | Price Realized $250.00 |
