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 #339 DANZIG 1920 5m slate and carmine, both the center and "Danzig" overprint inverted, additional variety broken "a" in "Danzig", unused with some original gum, which has been redistributed and to some extent manipulated and enhanced, minute soiling, h.r., centered to left, fine, with 2007 Sergio Sismondo certificate. Only one sheet of 20 was discovered with both the center and overprint inverted. One can argue that in this case, it is the frame which is inverted, hence both the center vignette and overprint are correctly positioned to one another. Only 12 examples of this error have been documented, this one being the only known broken type variety (according to Sismondo "unique") (Mi.15BK1, €18,000+) * Catalog #15a,var Catalog Value $15,000 | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
