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.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #916
IRAN Air Post
1928 large registered cover from Recht to New York, sent via Kermanshah, franked with 1kr-5kr air post, affixed to Persiphila page, with Baghdad and London transits and New York arrival on reverse, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #C8,C10-13
Unsold
Lot #917
IRAN Air Post
1928-29 two complete sets, mostly l.h., fine-v.f.,
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Catalog #C17-21,29-33
Catalog Value $555
Unsold
Lot #918
IRAN Air Post
1942-46 four registered covers with various censor labels, all sent via Pan American, one to London, the other three to the United States including one with rare 10r and 20r Shah franking (Scott 902, 904), two covers with misspelled Pan American labels (one with "Sekvice" error, the other "Nail" instead of mail), usual wear, fine-v.f. group
Envelope
Unsold

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