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 #361 ETHIOPIA 1911 Dire-Dawa provisionals, complete set of seven canceled on piece, fine (YT 93-99) Catalog #94-100 Catalog Value €700 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #362 ETHIOPIA 1917 Coronation of Empress Zauditu, 1/4g blue, double overprint, one inverted, sheet corner margin block of nine, n.h., v.f.  **Catalog #108var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #363 ETHIOPIA 1919 Issue, imperforate pairs, complete set, few without gum, others mostly n.h., few thin spots, otherwise v.f. *(*) Catalog #120-34var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #364 ETHIOPIA 1930 Coronation of Haile Selassie, imperforate sheet margin singles, complete set, n.h., couple of minor gum disturbances entirely in outer sheet margin, v.f. and rare, signed Bileski, only 200 imperf. sets produced (YT 181-87) ** Catalog #210-16var Catalog Value €1,400 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #365 ETHIOPIA 1943 Obelisk surcharges, complete set of five, canceled on two pieces by 4.1.43 pmks, v.f., scarce used (Mi.207-11) O Catalog #258-62 Catalog Value €500 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #366 ETHIOPIA 1965 Flowers, 5c, 10c, 25c, 35c and 60c, three imperforate strips of five, composite and gummed trial color proofs, one in green, another in blue, last one central colors omitted, all n.h., v.f. P Catalog #434-438P | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #367 ETHIOPIA 1985 Birds, imperforate stage proofs, seven gummed sheetlets of four, various colors and progressive stages, some with comments by pen, last dated and approved, corner creases away from the stamps, v.f., rare PCatalog #1110-13P | Price Realized $700.00 |
