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 #99 United States 1902-08 Issue 1902 2c carmine, booklet pane of six, n.h., fine-v.f., with 1999 PFC,  Catalog #301c Catalog Value $950 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #100 United States 1902-08 Issue 1902 6c claret, n.h., well centered with wide margins, fresh color, with a photocopy of a 2021 PFC for a block of four from which this originated (SMQ $1,150) ** Catalog #305 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #101 United States 1902-08 Issue 1902 $5 dark green, l.h., fresh color, v.f., with 2018 PFC, * Catalog #313 Catalog Value $2,100 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #102 United States 1902-08 Issue 1902 4c brown, imperforate, Schermack type III, wavy line machine cancel, design fully clear of the margins on all sides with Schermack perforation at right, trivial toned spot not mentioned on accompanying certificate, only 40 examples recorded, with 1972 PFC. (With the rising popularity of vending and affixing machines, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing received numerous requests from manufacturers for supplies of imperforate stamps, which could then be privately perforated to conform to each firm's machine. In May 1908, a supply of 25 sheets (400 stamps per sheet) of the 4c 1902 Issue, without perforations, was delivered to the Schermack Mailing Machine Co. in Detroit. The entire supply was cut into coils with Schermack Type III perforations, designed for the firm's patented affixing machine and delivered to the Winfield Printing Co. for use on mass mailings of advertising material. Approximately 6,000 were used on a mailing for Hamilton Carhartt Manufacturer, and almost all of the 4,000 balance were used on a mailing for Burroughs Adding Machine Co.) O Catalog #314A Catalog Value $50,000 | Price Realized $27,000.00 |
 | Lot #103 United States 1902-08 Issue 1908 5c blue, n.h., large margins all around, v.f., with 2016 PSE certificate, ** Catalog #315 Catalog Value $600 | Price Realized $325.00 |
