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 #755 GUATEMALA 1846 outer FL from Salama (double box) to Guatemala, fine  | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #756 GUATEMALA 1852 FL from Solola to Guatemala, with "Franco" (scarce) and "Solola" handstamps, also "Corregimento de Solola" in oval, fine | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #757 GUATEMALA 1871 5c bister brown (defective), tied by Guatemala July 74 cds on large part of outer FL to Antigua, red "Correos de Guatemala Paquetes" (3 July 74) cds alongside, rare, Catalog #2 Catalog Value $3,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #758 GUATEMALA 1871 10c blue, tied by "1" in oval on FL from Guatemala to San Salvador, blue departure 5 July 1873 datestamp, 7 August arrival docketing, minor paper discolorations, filing fold well away from the stamp, fine 10c rate (Central America and Caribbean) on cover to Salvador, Catalog #3 Catalog Value $3,000 | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #759 GUATEMALA 1871 20c rose (small faults), tied by "1" in oval of dots on FL used 5 July 1872 from Guatemala to New York, endorsed "Per Steamer via Panama", with blue departure and July 31 arrival pmks alongside, "20 U.S. Notes", docketing on back, filing fold away from the stamp, fine cover from the Lanman & Kemp correspondence, Catalog #4 Catalog Value $5,000 | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #760 GUATEMALA 1881 (10 Oct) cover franked with 2x5c Quetzal, canceled by violet grids, with octagonal "Guatemala Oct 10, 1883", addressed to Retalhuleu, some toning and filing fold away from the stamps, fine double interior rate, Catalog #23 Catalog Value $750 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #761 GUATEMALA 1881 (10 Sep) cover headed Henry S. Wardlaw, Commission Agent, franked with 2x5c Quetzal, canceled by violet "Livingston Sep 27, 1885" cds, sent via New Orleans (3 Oct) and New York (6 Oct) to London (16 Oct), additional oval "Commission Agent" handstamp on back, fine and attractive foreign letter rate from Livingston to London, Catalog #23 Catalog Value $750 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #762 GUATEMALA 1881 (27 Oct) cover franked with 10c Quetzal, canceled by 3-ring target duplex, used October 27, 1884 from Escuintla to Guatemala City, fine double interior rate, Catalog #24 Catalog Value $650 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #763 GUATEMALA 1881 (21 Feb) cover to Paris, franked with single 10c Quetzal, canceled by violet target, with corresponding "Champerico Feb 21 1884" departure alongside, New York (Mar 15) transit cancel on back, vertical and horizontal folds away from the stamp, toning on back, still a fine single 10c rate to Paris, ex-Hennan, Catalog #24 Catalog Value $650 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #764 GUATEMALA 1881 (4 Jan) cover franked with single 10c Quetzal, canceled by red pmk, with corresponding oval datestamp alongside, also octagonal violet departure pmk, sent via London to Berlin, transit and arrival markings on back, fine 10c single rate to Germany, Catalog #24 Catalog Value $650 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #765 GUATEMALA 1886 (11 Dec) small cover used locally in Guatemala City, franked with provisional 1c on 2c Second Setting (period after "1886"), only a few covers exist with this franking Catalog #42f | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #766 GUATEMALA 1897 (10 Jan) cover franked on back with 6c issued for Central American Exposition, tied by "Jalapa" departure pmk, with Guatemala City (18 Jan) arrival, fine 6c internal rate Catalog #62 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #767 GUATEMALA 1900 (2 June) registered cover to Germany, franked on both sides with 2c, 5c, 6c (4), 10c, 1c on 10c (4), fine and attractive cover, with arrival pmk | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #768 GUATEMALA 1922 12 1/2c green, vertical pair imperf. between, h.r., plus the only known used (but defective) block of four with vertical pairs imperforate between *O Catalog #202a | Price Realized $230.00 |
