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 #1598 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS Space on Stamps 1960-80s Russian Cosmonauts, duplicated accumulation of 574 autographs on variety of covers, original photographs (some rare), picture postcards and official documents. Included are original signatures of Yuri Gagarin (12), Herman Titov (8), Valentina Tereshkova (7), Pavel Belyayev (4), Vladimir Komarov (3), Aleksei Leonov, Leonid Popov and other early Cosmonauts through the 1980s, including International participants from other countries, Cosmonauts who died in Space or on re-entry, etc., all guaranteed genuine, mostly v.f. An incredible group of Space autographs, difficult to assemble  | Price Realized $9,000.00 | |
 | Lot #1599 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS Space on Stamps 1960s selection of perf. and imperf. sets and souvenir sheets from Albania, Dubai and Gulf States, also FSAT, North Korea, Hungary, Vietnam, etc., minor duplication, n.h., fine-v.f. (Mi.€3,750)  ** | Price Realized $700.00 |
