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 #615 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1906-07 two pieces with Ottoman franking, each with clear "Katrana" bilingual pmks, one with "A.R" Registry markings alongside, v.f. The Hejaz railway reached Katrana in 1904, but these early postmarks are not recorded by Coles Walker (they do list later 1910 Arabic markings) O | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #616 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1908 cover to Turkey, franked with pair of 20pa carmine, tied by violet "Mohan" (Maan) pmk, with transit and arrival pmks on back. The Najjar handbook records only a loose block, Isfila mentions another cover, but with a black pmk  | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #617 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 registered cover to London, attractively franked with 11 different overprinted Palestine Mandate adhesives, tied by violet pmks, with London Registry handstamp, Jerusalem (4 Apr 22) and London (13 Apr 22) arrival pmks, v.f. | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #618 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 (Apr) large registered cover from Amman to Jerusalem, franked with four horizontal pairs of 5m orange, canceled by perfect violet seals of Amman, paying 40m rate, with Jerusalem (18 Apr) arrival oval on black, filing fold and minor cover toning and tears away from the stamps, rare usage | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #619 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 selection of 15 covers, variety of Mandate overprinted adhesives, used from Salt to Jerusalem, addressed to the "American Colony Stores", Capt. Crawford and others, some with Registry labels on front or back, different arrival pmks, mostly fine-v.f., splendid group of covers | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #620 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 selection of 14 covers or picture postcards, variety of Mandate overprinted adhesives, used from Amman to England, Switzerland, Egypt, Es Salt, etc., some with Registry labels, different arrival pmks, mostly fine-v.f., splendid group of covers | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #621 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 (Aug) registered cover to Cairo, franked with Hejaz 1pia overprinted horizontal pair, tied by the former Arab Kingdom negative seal "Ajloun Post and Telegraph Office 1919" in violet, sent via Haifa (31.8) and Kantara-Haifa TPO South (1.9), with Cairo (2.9) arrival pmk, filing fold away from the stamps | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #622 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 (18 Dec) cover from Salt to England, franked with 1 1/2Pia "Arab Government of the East" overprinted adhesive, tied by oval datestamp (Proud D2), sent via Jerusalem (18 Dec), redirected on arrival in London, minor cover flaws, fine commercial usage | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #623 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 (29 Nov) registered cover from Amman to Alexandria, franked with Hejaz Postage Due overprints 1/2pia to 5pia, six different, sent via Jerusalem (1.12), Port Said (2.12), with Alexandria arrival on back, fine usage or Postage Dues during stamp shortage period | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #624 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1924 (25 Sep) registered cover from Amman to Alexandria, franked on back with 1 1/2pia, 2pia and 1/2pia red "Arab Government of the East" overprinted adhesives, last one overprint inverted, all tied by Amman District departure cds, with Haifa transit, also TPO Kantara-Haifa and Alexandria arrival pmks, fine and possibly the only known 1/2pai inverted overprint used on cover Catalog #SG 122c | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #625 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1924 (25 Sep) cover from Amman to Cairo, franked with 1/8pi (2), 1/4pi and 1pi with additional "Due" handstamp, all with "Arab Government of the East - 921" overprints, last one inverted (!), all tied by Amman District departure cds, paying the correct 1 1/2pia rate to Egypt, with Haifa transit and Cairo arrival pmks on back, minor backflap mending, otherwise fine and rare 1pia inverted overprint used on cover Catalog #SG 122c | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #626 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1925 two covers to Egypt, one Registered, each with "Government of the Arab East 1342" overprinted adhesives, each canceled by provisional "May 1925" datestamps, one redirected to USA, showing "Maadi (15.6 and 3.6) arrival pmks, numerous transits include Haifa-Registered, Haifa-Kantara, Cairo, fine-v.f. | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #627 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1925 (22 July) Labratoires A. Bailly advertising postcard addressed to Paris, with 1m franking, tied by Amman departure pmk, with datestamp alongside, fine | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #628 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1928 (Feb) unpaid letter from a prisoner in Damascus to Salt, where Palestine Mandate overprinted Postage Dues 1m (2), 2m (6), 4m (2) and single 8m were added and canceled by Salt cds, with "T" handstamp on front, also "Vu L'interprete Boutros" (seen by the interpreter) censor handstamps on front, with Damascus and Amman pmks on back, fine and remarkable usage from a prison inmate in Syria, charged 3pia postage due | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #629 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1928-29 two covers, one from Amman to Zerka, single 5m franking, showing "El Zarqua" (5 Apr 28) arrival pmk on back, the other with violet seal, sent from the Transjordan Posts and Telegraphs Department to Zumstein & Cie. in Berne, Switzerland | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #630 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1931 (9 Nov) registered cover from Amman (sent by the British Resident Lt.Col. C.H.F. Cox) to Malta, franked with 15m and 20m, tied by "Amman" on oval, with Jerusalem transit and Malta arrival pmks, fine cover to uncommon destination | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #631 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1933 Tourism Issue, complete set, l.h. or h.r., fresh, fine-v.f. (SG 208-221) * Catalog #185-98 Catalog Value $1,012 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #632 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1933 Tourism Issue, complete set, perforated specimen, h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 208-221s) S Catalog #185-98S Catalog Value £950 | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #633 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1960 Christmas, six imperforate photo proofs, unissued designs, mounted on a Courvoisier archive page, v.f., undoubtedly unique P | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #634 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1964 Pope Paul, King Hussein and Patriarch Athenagoras, 10f sepia & orange, imperforate sheet of 30, missing green background and showing only the three heads and black inscriptions, n.h., v.f. and spectacular item  PCatalog #471P | Unsold |
 | Lot #635 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1981 Supporting the Blind and I.T.U., four imperforate pairs and nine blocks of four, various progressive color stage proofs, v.f., unique group, ex-Courvoisier archives PCatalog #1077-79,1092-94P | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #636 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1982 Peaceful uses of Space, imperforate proofs, set of five mounted on a Bradbury-Wilkinson presentation page, with manuscript "Approved - subject to amendments in telex dated 24-5-82" and signed, unique P Catalog #1124-28P | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #637 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1982 Antiquities, imperforate collective proof sheetlet of three, including 24f instead of the issued 25f value, v.f., unique, ex-Courvoisier archives P Catalog #1095-97P | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #638 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1984 Massacre of Sabra and Shatila, imperforate proofs, set of five mounted on a Bradbury-Wilkinson presentation page, with manuscript "Not Appr.", with issued stamps showing altered text P Catalog #1145-49P | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #639 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1999 Royal Issue, five numbered pages from the Courvoisier archives, with 50 imperforate stage proofs of stamps and souvenir sheets of the King and Queen of Jordan, various colors and different inscriptions, v.f., obviously unique P Catalog #1667-70D | Price Realized $900.00 |
