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 #882 ICELAND 1906 Danish stationery 10o entire envelope, showing Thorshavn (Faroe Islands) return address, handstamped "Fra Island" and addressed to Copenhagen, also cover used in 1916 from Copenhagen, with "Fra Island" handstamp  | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #883 ICELAND 1908 (14 July) registered cover to USA, franked with 1eyr (3), 10aur (1) and 4aur (8), New York and Newton, Mass. arrival pmks, censor or customs seal removed from back, some cover wear, otherwise fine | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #884 ICELAND 1914 (25 July) registered picture postcard to Germany, boxed "Undeliverable L.P.S." handstamp, Munich (4 Sep) cds, v.f. (WWI began on July 28th, hence this card was not delivered to addressee) | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #885 ICELAND 1921 registered cover from Reykjavik to Germany, franked with eight different adhesives, opened by fiscal censors on arrival in Erfurt, resealed and backstamped, fine | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #886 ICELAND 1930 Parliament, 30a, 45a, 1kr, two composite die proofs of six, one in black, the other in olive brown, printed on thick cards, v.f.  P | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #887 ICELAND 1930 (Aug) registered cover from Reykjavik to Germany, attractively franked, with Koln (6.8.30) arrival pmk on back | Price Realized $140.00 |
