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 #379 FRANCE 1809 (1 Aug) FL from Liverpool to Paris (addressed to a member of Imperial Library), with "Prusse Par Neuss" French entry and backstamped Sept 1 1809 on arrival, manuscript "83" and charged "18" (decimes) due. Also included an 1814 (6 Sep) FL from London to Bolzane, straight-line "Angleterre" origin handstamp and "via Calais" routing at bottom, red ms 1/11 (1 shilling 11 pence postage paid) crossed out by red "48" crayon (48 soldi due), with red "Foreign 22 1814" departure on back, fine pair of Napoleonic covers, the latter carried after the fall of Napoleon, before "100 days"  | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #380 FRANCE 1814 (10 Dec) FL originating from Coruna, addressed to London, sent via Calais, with "Espagne Par Bayonne" routing hs, indistinct red departure pmk, "Foreign De 31, 1814" arrival at the British Post Office, Cholera disinfection slits on both sides, charged "2/2" (2sh2p) on arrival, fine usage from Napoleonic France (between Elba and "100 Days") | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #381 FRANCE 1852-64 two FLs to Portugal, first sent unpaid from Le Havre to Porto and charged "480" (reis) and another 20 Rs in oval, the other franked with 20c perforated Napoleon (YT 22), prepaying the internal French postage to the Spanish border and charged "240" (reis) in Lisbon (showing the partial prepayment scheme required for sending mail to Portugal via the overland route, prior to the Franco-Portuguese Convention in 1866) | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #382 FRANCE 1853-60 1fr carmine, canceled Paris Star "DS2", ample margins all around, good color, fine, handstamped guarantee marks, 1991 Schollmeyer certificate, O Catalog #21 Catalog Value $2,450 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #383 FRANCE 1855 (3 July) FL from Le Havre to Philadelphia, franked with 20c and 40c Empire, the former slightly cut in at left, tied by grids, with red Bureau Maritime departure cds alongside, endorsed "Pr Ericsson", New York "5Cts" Aug.5 on arrival, fine Transatlantic letter | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #384 FRANCE 1855 (30 Sep) outer FL from Paris to Veracruz, paying 30c (three imperf. 10c Empire, poor margins, one with a small archival punch), forwarded at Le Havre by "M.J. De Rigoyen & Fils," with "Bureau Maritime" cds in red, carried by the "Leontine" to Mexico Catalog #14 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #385 FRANCE 1861 (Oct) outer FL from Marseilles to Alicante, franked with 40c orange, tied by "Estrangero Barcelona" hs, charged "3" due, with arrival pmk, v.f. usage in Spain Catalog #18 | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #386 FRANCE 1862 Reissues, 10c bister "Repub. Franc.", unused with full original gum, h.r., fresh and v.f., signed Brun, etc., * Catalog #10b Catalog Value $525 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #387 FRANCE 1862-67 two stampless letters from Calais and Le Havre to Helsingor, Denmark, with "F.34" and "F.42" accountancy marks, charged "30" and "28" respectively in red crayon, Hamburg transit and additional markings on back, fine | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #388 FRANCE 1863 (21 Aug) outer FL from Paris to Mexico, paying 30c (10c and 20c Empire) for commercial ships rate (in force until October 1863), sent through the Maritime Bureau at Le Havre (cds), August 21st and placed aboard the "Montevideo" to Veracruz, red "P.D." (paid to destination), fine Catalog #25,26 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #389 FRANCE 1865 (11 Sept) FL from Paris to Estravayer, Switzerland, franked with vertical pair of 40c perforated Napoleon, tied by Paris Star grids, with red "Insufissant Affranchisement" and charged "40" rappen on arrival, with Neuchatel and Bern transit pmks on back | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #390 FRANCE 1866 (15 June) FL from Paris to Veracruz, paying 4fr with perforated strip of four and single 80c "Empire" (one faulty), with "Paris a Nantes 15 June" departure cds on back, via "St. Nazaire", with "P.P." (paid to port) in red, charged "6" reales on arrival, fine letter to Mexico Catalog #28 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #391 FRANCE 1869 5fr Napoleon, imperf. sheetlet in gray, value omitted, v.f., rare E | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #392 FRANCE 1869 5fr gray lilac, lavender, perfectly struck "20" Paris Star cancel, minute thin specks, fresh color and premium quality stamp, O Catalog #37 Catalog Value $750 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #393 FRANCE 1869 5fr gray lilac, sheet margin at left, "5" and "F" in blue, small h.r., v.f., with 2015 Scheller certificate (YT 33b, €9,500) * Catalog #37d Catalog Value $6,800 | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #394 FRANCE 1871 (30 Sep) FL from Paris to Mexico City with 8 francs postage prepaid by applying strip of 3x80c, 2x30c and single 5fr "Empire", via London (2 October) and sent per "Nile" October 20th, arriving St. Thomas October 16th, then by "Eider" October 17th via Havana (October 22 transit), arriving at Veracruz on 27th October, lettersheet cleaned with part of addressee's name redrawn, stamps lifted and replaced, with some additional small faults, otherwise fine usage of 5fr Empire, from Continental Europe, via England to Mexico, with extraordinary franking, ex-Rosenthal Catalog #37 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #395 FRANCE 1869 (30 Aug) FL from Marquise to Stockholm, franked with strip of 3x20c Laureated, tied by "2234" large numerals, with corresponding cds alongside, Calais a Lille transit pmk on reverse, fine | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #396 FRANCE 1913 (10 Aug) Boy Scouts picture postcard "Eclaireurs Unionistes", with special red label, used locally in Epinal, Vosges, fine and rare Boy Scout item | Unsold |
 | Lot #397 FRANCE 1922 (25 Jan) cover from Eclaireurs Unionistes de France to Mr. Baden Powell c/o Boy Scout Headquarters in London, fine, with 26 January arrival pmk, scarce Boy Scouts item | Unsold |
 | Lot #398 FRANCE 1925 Paris Exhibition souvenir sheet of four, l.h., v.f.,  *Catalog #226 Catalog Value $1,100 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #399 FRANCE 1944 Liberation Issues, De Gaulle design, vertical strip of four, top two blue & red, bottom two red & blue, n.h., v.f. ** | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #400 FRANCE 1947 Boy Scout Jamboree, 5fr carmine and brown, two Signed Artist (Piel) die proofs (vertical format), one with minor toning, still v.f., Maury €2,500 P Catalog #587P | Unsold |
 | Lot #401 FRANCE 1976 Montreal Olympics (Sailing), two imperf. corner margin panes of 15 (30 stamps), n.h., v.f. (YT 1889a) **Catalog #1493var Catalog Value €2,310 | Price Realized $290.00 |
