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 #501 GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau 1900 (16 Nov) Chinese 1c stationery card datelined Kaumi, tombstone cancel, sent via Kiauchau, where unoverprinted 5pf Reichspost was added (22/11/00) for further passage to Greifswald, with (2.1.01) arrival pmk below. There is some toning and indicia at right is faded, otherwise fine and rare card, with 2000 Steuer certificate (the German Post Office in Kaumi was equipped with a fieldpost No.1 pmk, but this card was carried by the Chinese Post to the neutral zone, where a large "Kiautschou" pmk was applied for the outgoing mail to Germany)  | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #502 GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau 1903 (6 June) picture postcard (Taputur, Landungsplatz v.Kiautschou) franked with single 5pf green, tied by departure cds with semi-circular red "Tsingtau China" handstamp (struck three times), addressed to Germany, with Lowenberg arrival pmk, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #503 GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau 1910 registered cover franked with $1/2, used from Litsun to Krombach, v.f., with Registry label and "Krombach Bohmen" arrival pmk, signed Brandes, etc. Catalog #39 | Price Realized $160.00 |
