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 #898 NORTH KOREA 1946 50ch violet, vertical tete-beche strip of three, imperf. horizontally, unused without gum as issued, v.f., rare (catalogued as a normal vertical tete-beche pair) (*) Catalog #5e Catalog Value $1,250 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #899 NORTH KOREA 1948 Third Anniversary of Liberation from Japan, 50ch carmine, imperforate sheet margin horizontal pair, unused without gum as issued, n.h., v.f. Only a few multiples of this rarity recorded, (*) Catalog #12var Catalog Value $8,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #900 NORTH KOREA 1948 Constitution, 50ch indigo & red, unused without gum as issued, n.h., v.f., (*) Catalog #13 Catalog Value $2,500 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #901 NORTH KOREA 1948 Constitution, 50ch indigo & red, imperforate horizontal sheet margin pair, unused without gum as issued, n.h., v.f., rare multiple, (*) Catalog #13var Catalog Value $5,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #902 NORTH KOREA 1949 Kim IL Sung University, 1w green, unissued color variety, rouletted horizontal sheet margin pair, unused without gum as issued, n.h., v.f. (listed but unpriced in Michel), rare (*) Catalog #18var | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #903 NORTH KOREA 1951 Soviet & North Korean Flags, 1w red, top left sheet corner margin block of 16, rouletted, except imperf. at top, creased/folded in two places between stamps, fine-v.f. (catalogued as rouletted singles)  **Catalog #37var Catalog Value $3,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #904 NORTH KOREA 1953 8th Anniversary of Liberation from Japan, 10wn carmine red, imperforate single, unused without gum as issued, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #69 Catalog Value $4,000 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #905 NORTH KOREA 1952 flown cover to Berlin, East Germany, attractively franked, violet "Par Avion" handstamp, with Hamhung return address, fine-v.f..  Catalog #24/49 | Unsold |
 | Lot #906 NORTH KOREA 1953 (13 Sep) 5w green stationery postal card datelined "Chong-jin", additionally franked with five imperforate singles, tied by Chosen departure cds and sent to Sweden, fine | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #907 NORTH KOREA 1953 (8 Dec) flown cover (with letter) from Keson to Prague, attractively franked with three different imperforate stamps, v.f. | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #908 NORTH KOREA 1954 (20 May) registered cover (with letter) franked with three imperf. stamps (two different), flown from Keson to Czechoslovakia, little toning and tape stains on back, otherwise fine | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #909 NORTH KOREA 1954 6th Anniversary of the Korean People's Army, 10w deep carmine red, rouletted vertical tete-beche pair, used (with full original gum), minor wrinkles and creases, otherwise v.f., unrecorded in any literature, with 2013 Dr.Maeda letter O Catalog #73b,var | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #910 NORTH KOREA 1955 flown cover to Magdeburg, East Germany, attractively franked, endorsed "Samolotem" (Air Post), with Hamhung return address, fine-v.f. | Unsold |
 | Lot #911 NORTH KOREA 1955 (11 Mar) cover to Budapest, with imperf. and perf. adhesives on front, also block of four and strip of four uncanceled on reverse, departure address "Phenjan International Hotel Vengertorg" Catalog #41/86 | Unsold |
 | Lot #912 NORTH KOREA 1957 illustrated registered cover franked with imperf. 10k and pair of 70k, tied by cds and flown to Czechoslovakia, Jun Peng registry handstamp, Brno arrival pmk on back, v.f. | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #913 NORTH KOREA 1958 (10 Mar) picture postcard to Budapest franked 5w imperf. Tabo Pagoda, tied by red bilingual chop, fine Catalog #112c | Unsold |
 | Lot #914 NORTH KOREA 1969 Chess, 10ch prepared but never issued commemorative, perf. and imperf. blocks of four, n.h., v.f. (see footnoted in Scott following No.906) **Catalog Value $8,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #915 NORTH KOREA 1970 5th Congress of the Worker's Party, complete souvenir sheet of ten, full size (153x189mm), margins all around, unused without gum as issued, v.f., extremely rare. This sheet is normally offered without the bottom right error stamp, only a few intact sheets survive, (*)Catalog #996 Catalog Value $900 | Price Realized $900.00 |
