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 #694 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOLOMON ISLANDS 1939-45 selection of seven covers or cards, including captured Japanese Naval stationery cards used by Rev. Harry Voyce (later associated with the Barakoma Airfield), and franked with 2p and 1sh respectively, a 6c US airmail cover used by Voyce and sent to Australia, an American Red Cross cover to New Zealand, and three incoming covers with various frankings and censor markings, fine-v.f. group  | Unsold |
 | Lot #695 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOLOMON ISLANDS 1944-45 Australian Field Post Office, four covers, including one from Fauro Island, two from Bougainville (one with "FPO 180" manuscript), and one from Tarokoma with a registered postmark, fine-v.f. | Unsold |
 | Lot #696 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOLOMON ISLANDS 1953-58 Barakoma Airfield Postal Agency, collection of 36 covers or aerogrammes, with the provisional handstamp cancels of Barakoma as well as manuscript cancels of several members of the Methodist Mission (Sister Poole, Rev. Shepherd, Miss Clark, Miss Fraser, etc.), most are philatelic, but at least six are commercial, plus "The Postal History of Barakoma Airfield" handbook by Rev. A.H. Voyce. The Airfield was located on the island of Vella Lavella where there was weekly mail service for the Methodist Mission located there, plus three covers from England, each 1 1/2p George VI adhesive, one First Flight to British Solomon Islands, another with "Empire Air Mail Scheme" cachet, also a cover from Surrey to Tulagi, each with Solomon Islands arrival and with "Return to Sender" handstamp, fine-v.f. and difficult collection to assemble | Unsold |
