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.

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Lot #1329
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS and POSTAL HISTORY
1790-1950 balance of the John Abrams collection in three cartons, 5,000+ covers and cards, postal stationery, etc., excellent selection of France and Colonies, Austrian Levant, with disinfected mail, WWII German Fieldpost, covering all fronts, also mail from Police units, Eastern Front, Foreign Contingents, SS Fieldpost, mail from German occupied Europe, also other countries, with various censor markings, etc., some better United States, Territorial (New Mexico) covers, Scandinavia, British Commonwealth, including Anglo-Boer War covers and cards, Russia, Flight Covers, and much more, including some stamps and proofs, many covers with write-ups and information, some older stampless letters (including 17th Century Venice), hundreds of covers in $50-$100 price range (some on original auction lot sheets), with excellent range of interesting material put together by a knowledgeable postal historian, mostly fine-v.f.
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