Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
September 13-14, 2022
We are pleased to present our September 13-14 auction of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World. An important sale, with a number of highlights, starting with United States graded stamps, 1847 Issue on cover, 1869 Pictorials Proofs and Essays, including a complete set of Atlanta Trial Colors, two different sets of Columbian Large Die Proofs, a collection of rare Plate Blocks, a newly discovered holding of sheets, blocks of four of the CIA and Stock Exchange Inverts, Flight covers and U.S. Possessions. There are rarities from Bolivia, China including an Inverted Hall of Classics, France and French Colonies, with better Zanzibar, Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Dr. Leslie Rose's collection of Germany and Colonies, Hungary with First Issues on cover and pre-WWII Imperforate souvenir sheets. From Latvia, there is a world-renown collection formed by Imants Timma, with stamps and covers, Occupation Issues, Kurland and a splendid collection of Wenden. The sale also includes a sensational, long-forgotten collection of Imperial Russia. Brought to the United States just after WWII, this collection, only recently unearthed, includes the remarkable unused pair of Russia Number One with original gum, a splendid holding of proofs and essays, (including a collection of 140 different Romanov Proofs) and much more. Many of these items were exhibited in New York in 1927 and until now, had been presumed lost during the War. Finally, the sale includes close to 300 large lots and collections.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1394 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1849-1940 collection of hundreds, used and unused singles on cards, solid group of classics, some on cover, values to 1fr (No.9), Empire and Bordeaux issues, 5fr (2), later issues in glassines, with better items, Semi-Postals, Merson and Type Sage, Air Post (C1-2,C15x3 used,C6b on card (creased), several booklets, occasional gutter pairs, few modern imperforate singles, etc., mixed condition with faults noted, high catalogue value  *O | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #1395 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1853-1988 collection of used and unused singles and sets in old Thiaude album, good mixture of imperf. and perf. 19th Century, mixed quality, with 3x5fr Empire, Type Sage, better 20th Century, including used and unused 20fr Pont du Gard, 1930s Semi-Postals, Air Post, with two unused sets of C1-2, C15, plus others, mixed condition, high catalogue value *O | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #1396 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1876-1900 Type Sage, postmarks of Paris, collection of 1,600+ (Type Sage, plus a few others: Sower, Merson, Mouchon), displayed on album pages (three white binders plus loose leaves), vast range of postmarks on a variety of issues, good lot for a specialist O | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1397 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1878-1900 Type Sage, collection of 6,800+ stamps, various cancelations, colors shades, types and sub-types (unsorted), all quality checked (no faults), mostly fine or better, high catalogue value O | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #1398 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1930-49s selection of sets and better values, including 50fr Plane over Paris (C14), 1936 Air Post, 1937 Samothrace set Pexip souvenir sheet, 50fr Ader, 1937 80c on 1fr block of four one stamp with thin bars variety, FM overprints, 10c with inverted overprint (M5a), 65c block of 4 with missing stop (M8a), etc., l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f. */** | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #1399 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1961-99 collection apparently complete in five Lindner albums, with sets, souvenir sheets, booklets, etc., mostly n.h., occasional used, fine-v.f. */** | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1400 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1972-1991 collection of imperforate deluxe proof sheetlets, 629 different, v.f., with many better sets, YT €28,000+ P | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #1401 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1979-95 selection of imperforate stamps, 157 different, all complete sets, plus 6 imperf. booklets, with commemoratives, Paintings, se-tenants, some regular issues, all in quantities of 10 each, mostly in blocks, n.h., v.f., YT €55,480  ** | Unsold |
