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 #1032 POLAND 1853 Russian 10k stationery entire envelope, indicia on back, pen canceled and addressed to Wilno, intact wax seal and indistinct arrival pmk, message in Polish on reverse mentions money for daily needs of an officer, fine  | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1033 POLAND 1860 10k general issue stationery entire envelope, indicia at upper left, canceled by indistinct numeral in concentric circles and sent to Finland, with ANK 18/6 arrival datestamp at bottom, filing fold at right away from the markings | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #1034 POLAND 1860 10k blue & rose, canceled "DP" in concentric rings (Dworzec Praga), usual centering, nice color, signed Wiatrowski O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #1035 POLAND 1860 10k blue & rose, canceled "282", well centered and beautiful pastel colors, minor perf. mending, signed Wiatrowski (Fi.1b) O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #1036 POLAND 1860 10k rose red & blue, sharp colors and impression, usual centering, tied by "1" in concentric circles on outer FL from Warszawa to Berdyczew, with red Warszawa 10/1 (1860) departure pmks below, little oily area away from the stamp, oval "N. Guttmann Varsovie" merchant's cachet, departure and arrival docketing inside, fine and attractive first printing of Poland Number One on cover, very early date (stamp was issued on 1 January, 1860), with 1999 Mikulski certificate ("first printing is rare, sound and very nice condition") Catalog #1 | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #1037 POLAND 1860 10k blue & rose, placed upside down and tied by "1" numeral cancel on outer FL used in 1862 from Warszawa to Bialystok, red "16/6" departure pmk in Cyrillic letters below, filing fold and some overall ageing, otherwise fine cover from Warszawa, signed Wiatrowski Catalog #1 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #1038 POLAND 1860 10k dark blue & carmine, canceled and tied by "1" in concentric rings on small cover from Warszawa to Brest Litewsk, red "2/12" departure pmk in Cyrillic letters alongside, intact wax seal on back, fine usage to uncommon destination, signed Wiatrowski (Fi.1ac) Catalog #1 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #1039 POLAND 1860 10k light blue & rose, added blue frame for inner oval, canceled "1" of Warszawa, exceptionally well centered for issue, fine stamp, signed Wiatrowski (Fi.1as) O Catalog #1c | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1040 POLAND 1870 outer FL from Lowicz to Warsaw, franked with Russian 10k, with "L. Czamanski Commission & Spedition Lowicz" label on reverse, v.f. | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1041 POLAND 1872 (10 May) outer FL from Warszawa to Germany, franked with Russian 1k, 3k (unwatermarked) and 10k (vertically laid paper), tied by departure cds (in Cyrillic), with "Aus Russland Franco" in red, fine and scarce combination franking, with arrival pmk | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1042 POLAND 1916-18 five different poster stamps, issued to collect charity for Polish War orphans, scarce | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1043 POLAND 1919 (5 Apr) Postal Money Order (69kr30h), franked with 3h and 70h Arms, tied by Krakow departure pmks, sent to Borrzecin, with 20h added on arrival and handstamped "Porto", fine | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1044 POLAND 1919 (9 Jan) Postal Money order (20kr), franked with Austrian 20h, 50h and 2h Parcel Post on back, tied by Cieszyn departure pmks and sent to Krakow, with 11 Jan 19 arrival and single-line "Krakow" in italics, fine usage of unoverprinted Austrian stamps (valid until 20 January), ex-Dr.Kamienski | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1045 POLAND 1919 (16 June) Postal Money order (1,000kr) from Strzyzow to Czorsztyn, franked with two unoverprinted Austrian 1kr Postage Dues, used in combination with 50h Arms, tied by departure pmks, with 28.6.19 arrival pmks on back, | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1046 POLAND 1919 Krakow Issue, 5h green, pos.67, h.r., v.f., with 2023 Korszen certificate, * Catalog #42 Catalog Value $550 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #1047 POLAND 1919 10kr violet, position IVB-17, perfectly centered with wide margins all around, lightly hinged, fresh and v.f. example of this popular rarity, only 440 printed, signed Mikstein, etc. (Fi.49aa, cat. 50,000zl) * Catalog #55 Catalog Value $14,000 | Price Realized $9,000.00 |
 | Lot #1048 POLAND 1919 (26 Mar) Postal Money order (70kr), franked with 2h and 70k, sent from Rajcza to Krakow, with 20h green added on arrival and tied by a provisional "Porto" handstamp, with arrival pmks (27 Mar) alongside, fine and interesting item | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1049 POLAND 1920 (20 Sep) registered cover from Denmark to Bielitz, franked with four different adhesives (paying 41 ore), tied by Copenhagen departure cds, charged "5.60" (blue crayon), with the addition of 5zl, 10gr, 50gr Postage Dues tied by "Bielitz Osterr. Schlesien" cds, also "Kr" transit, minor flaws, fine Postage Due cover to present-day Bielsko (after the 1920 division of Cieszyn Silesia between Poland and Czechoslovakia it became, despite the protests of local Germans, a part of Poland) | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1050 POLAND 1978 Argentina Football, imperforate souvenir sheet, unused without gum, value crossed out, 27 copies, v.f., only 20,000 printed (Fi.2410-11nd) P Catalog #2265-66var | Price Realized $450.00 |
