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 #586 GREAT BRITAIN 1670 (6 Aug) FL from Bristol to London, with divided Bishop's mark at right, part of wax seal on back, fine  | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #587 GREAT BRITAIN 1840 (6 May) FL to Edinburgh, with framed "Arbroath May 6,1840" departure datestamp, with red Paid 7 May 1840 alongside, boxed "Paid" hs at top, fine usage (the world's first-ever postage stamp, The Penny Black was officially issued on May 6, 1840. This letter from Arbroath in Scotland is a fine collateral item) | Unsold |
 | Lot #588 GREAT BRITAIN 1840 1p black, Plate 5, horizontal pair, lettered "K-H/K-I", neat red Maltese Cross cancel, full to close but clear margins, fine, O Catalog #1 Catalog Value $1,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #589 GREAT BRITAIN 1841 1p red brown, lettered "A-K", h.r., full to large margins all around, nice color, v.f. (SG 8) * Catalog #3 Catalog Value £600 | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #590 GREAT BRITAIN 1859-62 three outer FLs to Lima, Peru, each franked with a horizontal pair of 1sh green, with red London and "Panama" transit pmks, minor flaws, mostly fine Catalog #SG 71-73 | Unsold |
 | Lot #591 GREAT BRITAIN 1862 4p pale red, Plate 3, unused with part original gum (certificate harshly states "traces of original gum"), some toning, otherwise fine, with 2014 BPA certificate (SG 80) * Catalog #34 Catalog Value £2,000 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #592 GREAT BRITAIN 1865 3p rose, Plate 4, lettered E-F, unused (regummed), nice color, with 2013 BPA certificate (SG 92) (*) Catalog #44 Catalog Value £2,500 | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #593 GREAT BRITAIN 1866 (18 Sep) outer FL from London to RIGA, franked with single 1p red and four 2p blue, tied by indistinct pmks, with red "PD" and blue "England per Aachen Franco" (19.9) forwarding handstamp, another framed "Franco" in red, London dispatch and Riga arrival pmks on back | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #594 GREAT BRITAIN 1867 5sh rose, Plate 2, lettered G-H, unused and well centered, fresh color, signed Diena, etc., with 2013 BPA certificate ("unused, with small part original gum, which has been spread over a thin at upper left"). A rare stamp unused, fine appearance (SG 127) * Catalog #57 Catalog Value £15,000 | Price Realized $2,900.00 |
 | Lot #595 GREAT BRITAIN 1882 5sh rose, Plate 4, lettered A-F, bluish paper, watermarked Anchor, heavy cancel, small faults, fine appearance (SG 130) O Catalog #90 Catalog Value £4,000 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #596 GREAT BRITAIN 1882 £5 orange, White Paper, barest trace of a hinge (appears n.h.), beautiful color, fresh and v.f. example of this high value, with 1958 BPA, 1973 Diena and 2015 Royal certificates (SG 137) * Catalog #93 Catalog Value £12,500 | Price Realized $6,500.00 |
 | Lot #597 GREAT BRITAIN 1884 £1 brown violet, watermarked Crowns, central cancel, few light perf. stains, otherwise fine (SG 185) O Catalog #110 Catalog Value £3,000 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #598 GREAT BRITAIN 1887 5p lilac and blue, Die I, l.h., fresh and fine, with 1994 Brandon certificate (SG 207) * Catalog #118a Catalog Value £800 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #599 GREAT BRITAIN 1914-18 Lord Roberts Memorial Fund for Disabled Soldiers, collection of 129 multicolored patriotic vignettes, portraits of various notable Allies of the Empire, Royal family, Rulers, Statesmen, etc., including Edith Cavell, Churchill, Cardinal Mercier, Kitchener, Generals Foch and Joffre and others * | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #600 GREAT BRITAIN 1934 Seahorses, Waterlow Printing, set of three, n.h., well centered, fresh and v.f., ** Catalog #222-224 Catalog Value $1,275 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #601 GREAT BRITAIN 1935 Silver Jubilee, two unexploded 3sh booklets, fine-v.f.  | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #602 GREAT BRITAIN 1961 3p Post Office Savings Bank, orange omitted, l.h., v.f., with 2002 APS certificate (SG 624Aa) * Catalog #380a Catalog Value £600 | Price Realized $150.00 |
