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 #243 ALBANIA 1915 Skanderbeg Issue in Turkish currency, used at the beginning of Essad Pascha's second regime, just before the stamps were overprinted with his seal, complete set of six, all stamps tied by the star type seal of the post office of Mollas ("Zyra e Postes Mollas"), with date 15-9-15 added by hand, sent via Elbasan, where it was handed over to the Serbian Post Offices and sent via Qukes to Debar, with circular censor marking, v.f., with 2008 Otto Graf certificate ("the use of unoverprinted Skanderbeg stamps by the posts of Essad Pascha's second regime as well as the Mollas cancel are very rare")  Catalog #47-52 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
