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 #1090 LATVIA German Occupation during World War II 1941 "Latvian Legion" set of 15 imperforate proofs each in blue, green, orange and carmine (total of 60), also four additional items, v.f. These stamps were privately produced and not issued. The Germans apparently authorized private charity stamps for the benefit of a Latvian war charity, but the progress of war prevented the printing of the stamps. The 15 different designs were the accepted essays, v.f., scarce P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1091 LATVIA German Occupation during World War II 1941 20k and 30k on thick paper, n.h., the latter sheet margin at right, signed Krischke, ** Catalog #Mi.4x,5x Catalog Value €400 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1092 LATVIA German Occupation during World War II 1942 cover from Concentration Camp Salaspils, addressed to Mazsalaca, showing part of departure pmk, stamp was removed, as censors looked for messages hidden under the stamps, handstamped "Gepruft", with military censor cachet alongside, showing return address "Darba Nometne Salaspili" (in the Salaspils work camp), with sender's date of birth penciled below. A rare cover from Salaspils concentration camp (established at the end of 1941 as a Police Prison and Work Education Camp. It was also known as Camp Kurtenhof, German name for the city of Salaspils. The camp site was prepared in October 1941 by Soviet prisoners of war from the Salaspils branch camp Stalag 350/Z of the Riga of base camp 350 and by deported Czech Jews as well as a few German Jews from KZ Jungfernhof. About 12,000 prisoners went through the camp during its existence. In addition to the German Jews who perished during the construction phase about 2,000 to 3,000 people died here due to illness, heavy labor, inhuman treatment, epidemy, etc. Starting in 1949 legal proceedings were brought against some of the persons responsible for the Nazi crimes in Latvia, including the Riga Ghetto, and the Jungfernhof and Salaspils concentration camps. Some accused were condemned to life imprisonment)  | Unsold |
 | Lot #1093 LATVIA German Occupation during World War II 1943-44 (24 Sep) registered cover from Nogale to Graz, franked with strip of 4x3pf brown overprinted Ostland, used in combination with unoverprinted block of 6x5pf Hitler stamp, tied by departure pmks, with arrival on back; also unfranked registered military mail from Riga to Hainburg, with Transport Regiment handstamps and unoverprinted Registry label, fine | Unsold |
