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 #1305
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS SOUTH AFRICA Boer War
1900-02 Prisoner of War covers or cards, group of 53 censored items, Pretoria to England, Portugal, from Bloemfontein to POW Camps in Pretoria, Cape Town, others from Natal, Port Elizabeth, variety of censor markings, including "Passed Censor Refugee Camp, Springfontein, O.R.C.", mail to and from Camps in St. Helena, including cover from USA, others to and from Germany and Holland, mail from Camps in Ceylon, showing Diyatalawa censor markings, also incoming mail, cover from Hamilton, Bermuda to Pretoria, with outgoing and incoming censor markings, etc., mixed condition, interesting and scarce group, ex-John Abrams
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Price Realized
$2,700.00

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