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 #878 GREECE IMBROS 1913 cover franked with three Ottoman adhesives, each overprinted by hand and used from Imbros to Tantah, Egypt, with Alexandria transit and Tantah arrival pmks. In 1912 during the First Balkan War, the Greek Navy invaded the island of Imbros, which at the time had an absolute Greek majority population of 8,500 people. After the signing of the Treaty of Athens in 1913, all of the Aegean islands (except Bozcaada and Gokceada were ceded to Greece). A rare cover  | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
