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 #1173 VENEZUELA 1861 Coarse Impression, 2r red brown, right sheet margin vertical Tete-beche pair, just clear to large margins, unused without gum, showing the constant plate flaw affecting the "EO" of CORREO at the upper right corner of the bottom stamp, while the top stamp shows missing top left corner variety, minor flaws, including ironed out crease at bottom and small corner crease at top, still the most spectacular of the two marginal tete-beche pairs recorded, ex-Hall, Hubbard and Heister collections, with 1968 Royal, 1989 Holcombe and 2011 Moorehouse certificates (*) Catalog #6b | Unsold |
