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 #1431 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GUATEMALA 1845-1970 Specialized collection in two well-filled albums, one dedicated exclusively to the Provisional Surcharges beginning with 1881, showing overprint varieties such as double, shifted, inverted (including 4x1886 1c on 2c strips of five with surcharge inverted), various positions, multiples, cancels, all noted on pages; another album with 20+ stampless covers, 1871 Issue including imperfs (1c blocks of 10 and 61), 20c blue error of color (unused), various cancelations, 1873 16x4r and 6x1p dull yellow (all used), Indian Woman selection of cancels and plate varieties, trial color proofs, Quetzals with multiples, cancels, fairly extensive 1886 through the 1930s including pages from 1897 souvenir booklet, Semi-Postals, Air Post, Officials, Postal Tax, etc., also 35+ covers, some reference material noted, mostly fine-v.f. An excellent collection of Guatemala   *O | Unsold |
