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 #676 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE 1918 Turkish Ottoman period in the Holy land, 33 pages from an original post office record book with multiple uses on every page of the bridged double-circle BENI-SAAB (a district 25 miles north-east of Jaffa), pmks in black or blue (Bale type T-10), canceling 5,6,10,12 and 14 copies of Ottoman 1pi stamps (SG 637,651) on each page, fine-v.f. (Steichele 07/02 recorded 1911-18 in black), some usual faults noted, fine and rare opportunity to obtain a definitive holding of these documents (high catalogue value) | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #677 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE 1921 1m dark brown, perf. 14, used, slight creasing, otherwise fine, with 1971 PFC (SG 38) O Catalog #15e Catalog Value £950 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #678 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE 1921 1m dark brown, perf. 14, light Jerusalem cds, v.f., with 1979 Dorfman certificate (SG 38) O Catalog #15e Catalog Value £950 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #679 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE 1921 Third Jerusalem Overprint, 1m dark brown, perf. 14, lightly canceled, fine and rare, approximately 25 copies recorded, with 2008 Kaufmann certificate (SG 58) O Catalog #15cf Catalog Value £2,250 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #680 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE 1921 2m blue green, bottom sheet margin vertical pair, each stamp missing large portion of Hebrew and Arabic overprint, fine * Catalog #16a,var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #681 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE 1927 3m black, imperf. proof on ungummed paper, left margin block of four, top stamps creased, otherwise v.f. and rare, with 1994 Royal cert. (Dorfman P91, value $1,800 for singles)  PCatalog #64P | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #682 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE 1947 Paris UPU Congress, special presentation (hard-bound) folder with 2m-500m definitives (16 different) adhered inside, fine-v.f., scarce * | Unsold |
