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 #583 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COOK ISLANDS 1893 Queen Takau, three die proofs of the vignette only, with surrounding frame not incorporated into the final design, one in black on stout paper, one in black on wove paper and one in red brown on wove paper, the first numbered "42" in lower margin by the engraver, A.E. Cousins, also 2 1/2p trial color proof and 2x10p trial color proofs in black, v.f. P | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #584 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COOK ISLANDS 1902 1/2p blue green, top sheet margin block of six, imperforate horizontally, l.h., top stamp folded horizontally between stamps, usual centering, fresh, very good. A rarity, with 1990 Holcombe certificate stating this 1/2p on "Pirrie paper", unwatermarked, perf. 11 in a blue green shade, exists only in an imperf. between vertical pair (catalogued as two vertical pairs imperf. between) (SG 23a,£2,600+)  *Catalog #27a Catalog Value $2,800 | Unsold |
 | Lot #585 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COOK ISLANDS 1963 1p-5sh, complete set of ten imperforate blocks of four, n.h., 1sh6p with minor adhesion and slight offset, otherwise v.f. **Catalog #148-158var | Price Realized $450.00 |
