Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
January 9-10, 2024
Welcome to our January 9-10 Sale of U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History. The sale contains 1,508 lots and will be offered in four sessions, beginning with United States and U.S. Possessions. Worldwide sections include France, Germany, Italian Area, with many individual rarities. British Commonwealth, with a further selection of G.R.I. errors and varieties. There are solid selections from rest of the world, with additional items from the Carl A. Kilgas and Martin Stempien estates, plus nearly 200 Large Lots and Collections, ranging from single country albums, specialized holdings and featuring a comprehensive collection of British Commonwealth (estimated to realize $100,000), multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #198 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE BENES, Eduard (1884-1948), Czechoslovak statesman; forced into exile by Hitler after the Nazi occupation of Sudetenland; president of the Czechoslovak government in exile, with headquarters in England (1939-45). ALS dated 29 May, 1918, in French on imprinted "Conseil National des Pays Tcheques" stationery, 4 pages, octavo, Paris. Benes writes: "Mon Colonel", regarding the Czech prisoners, including those in Russia, fine and very rare ALS, with full English translation | Price Realized $250.00 |
| Lot #199 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE COOLIDGE, Calvin (1872-1933), 30th U.S. President, signed photo by Harris & Ewing (9 1/2:13 1/2inches), with dedication at bottom and dated 1929, fine | Price Realized $230.00 | |
 | Lot #200 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE COOLIDGE, Calvin (1872-1933), 30th U.S. President, signed photo by Underwood & Underwood (9 1/2:13 1/2inches), with dedication at bottom "to Theodore J. Krokus, with regards", fine | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #201 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE GILBERT, William and SULLIVAN, Arthur. (The Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the dramatist W. S. Gilbert (1836-1911) and the composer Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900). The two men collaborated on 14 comic operas between 1871 and 1896, of which H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado are among the best known). A selection of relevant letters including an 1872 ALS from Gilbert, 1883 4-page letter, also signed carte de visite (1880) and printed lithographed 6x9 portrait with facsimile signature from Sullivan, additional ALS by Sir Edward German (completed "Ivanhoe"), Sabine Baring-Gould ("Onward Christian Soldiers"), George Grossmith (actor), Richard D'Oyly Carte (manager), Sir Bernard ("Cox and Box"), Henry Irving (actor), a wonderful assembly | Unsold |
 | Lot #202 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE HOOVER, Herbert (1874-1964), 31st U.S. President, signed full-face, bust-pose photo (9x12inches), inscribed "To Harley C. Moore Jr, with the good wishes of Herbert Hoover", v.f. | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #203 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE HUMPHREY, Hubert H (1911-1978), U.S. Political leader, Vice President (1965-69), two typewritten letters headed "The Vice President, Washington", addressed to Mr. Pollock, President, Textile Workers Union of America, dated May 31, 1968 and April 19, 1968, the latter discussing the death of Martin Luther King, also accompanied by a copy of Humphrey's speech following Dr.King's assassination | Unsold |
 | Lot #204 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE KENNEDY, Jacqueline, Onassis. Two items, one typewritten letter dated Nov.9, 1960 to Mr. Fuller thanking him for a donation to the party; the other is the donation itself: a cashed check for $2, endorsed by Mrs. Kennedy, v.f., scarce | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #205 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE LINDBERGH, Charles Augustus (1902-1974), an American aviator who made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean on May 20-21, 1927. A check from Charles A.Lindbergh, Sr. payable on the First National Bank of Little Falls, Minn., to (his later famous son) "Chas A Lindbergh, Jr", dated Dec.14, 1918 in the amount of $25, stamped "Paid" and signed on the back "C A Lindbergh Jr." An early autographed item, signed by the 16-year old Lindbergh | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #206 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE MADISON, James (1751-1836) Fourth U.S. President, large folded Naval Commission, undated, with name left blank, beautifully engraved, signed by President James Madison and his Secretary of State, Robert Smith, a fine showpiece, with embossed Government seal, rare | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #207 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE MEANY, George (1894-1980), U.S. Labor Leader, president of AFL-CIO, typewritten letter dated Feb.3, 1970 to William Pollock, President, Textile Workers Union of America, v.f. | Price Realized $130.00 |
