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 #1047 POLAND 1773 (20 Dec) entire FL endorsed "V.Jaroslaw", sent from Jaroslaw to Leipzig, with "3" in red crayon (charged on arrival in Leipzig) and additional "8" charge mark on reverse (8 Kreuzer due), fine early letter  | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1048 POLAND 1775 (13 Apr) FL from Warszawa to Peter de Their in Leipzig, ms "10" at upper right and annotated in Leipzig on arrival, faint manuscript "W" (Warsaw) and "5" (groschen) due, fine | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1049 POLAND 1789 two FLs to Krakow, one from Augsburg, another from Regensburg, various charges due in crayon or manuscript, fine | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #1050 POLAND 1791 FL from Lemberg (Lwow) to Leipzig, transit route via Jaroslaw, Tarnow, Myslenice, Breslau, Gorlitz, Dresden, charged "4" (groschen), fine | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #1051 POLAND 1808 (8 May) FL from Braunsberg (Braniewo) to France, with red "Premier Corps Grande Armee No.4", charged "6" (decimes), intact red wax seal on back, outstanding Napoleonic usage from present-day Poland | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1052 POLAND 1852 incoming mail cover sent from Rome to Warsaw, franked with Roman States 8b vertical pair, some cover wear, otherwise v.f. and scarce | Unsold |
 | Lot #1053 POLAND 1860 10k blue & carmine rose, canceled "1" in concentric rings, beautiful colors, fine, with 2011 Ceremuga certificate O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1054 POLAND 1868 (Warszawa Railroad Station - Vienna Line) 1k, 3k and 10k, tied by "BW" in concentric rings on outer FL used to Berlin, with "Ekspedycja Poczt Dworzec Warszawa" departure cds, red "Aus Russland uber Eisenb.Post. Bur.XI" RPO and arrival pmk on back, little toning and faint filing fold through the 1k, fine cover, ex-Kossoy | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #1055 POLAND 1916 (24 July) Russian 3k stationery card (written in Polish, asking for money) uprated with 1k yellow, sent from Hailar, Manchuria to the Polish Committee in Stockholm, two oval "Manchuria 261 Harbin" Chinese Eastern Railway pmks, boxed censor and Petrograd transits, with Stockholm arrival | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1056 POLAND 1918-19 3h on 3h olive gray, perf. 11 1/2, block of four, n.h., some surcharge offsets on both sides, v.f., signed Bojanowicz (Fi.20, 1,800zl)  **Catalog #30a | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #1057 POLAND 1918-19 3h on 15h bright rose, used in combination with 5h emerald (imperf.) on 8h Austrian stationery card, sent from Ostrowiec (4.II.19) to Wien, fine usage, signed "M.Gorny" Catalog #31 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1058 POLAND 1918-19 (11 Feb) registered cover from Radom to Zawiercie, franked with 3x3h on 15h rose, one variety missing star at left and first two letters of "Polska", pair of 45h on 80h, used in combination with 1h unoverprinted, tied by cds, with "K.u.k. Etappenpostamt Radom 2314" Registry label, filing fold away from the stamps, with Zawiercie 13.II.19 arrival pmk Catalog #31,36 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1059 POLAND 1918-19 45h on 80h dark blue, used in combination with 5h emerald on registered cover from Checiny (24.II.19) to Kielce, with departure pmk repeated below, hand-drawn Registry box, number filled in by red crayon, with Kielce (26.II.19) arrival pmk on back, rare usage, signed Mikulski Catalog #36 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1060 POLAND 1953 Engels, horizontal pair with "Specimen" at bottom (Fi.657, 600zl), also 1954 60gr Kosciuszko, perforated and gummed trial color in gray olive, n.h., v.f., signed Dr.Kronenberg (Fi.741MK, 1,200zl) P | Price Realized $180.00 |
