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 #860 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - BOER WAR 1902 (Jan) cover from Natal, paying 3p with a horizontal strip of 3x1p Victoria, tied by Army Field Post Office Code B, Braamfontein pmks, sent to London, where further 2 1/2d was added on 22 February to pay for transmission to Beirut, arriving "British Post Office March 3, 1902" pmk on back, fine and scarce redirected mail from Natal to Great Britain to Beirut, Boer War usage  | Price Realized $200.00 |
