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 #1265 SWITZERLAND 1850 2 1/2rp Orts Post, without frame around the cross, ample margins, just touching in places at top and left, with minor flaws, canceled "P.P." (not tied) on "Nachnahme" (Cash on Delivery) cover from Fraubrunnen to Kirchberg, with departure pmk alongside and July 19, 1851 arrival cds on back, cover somewhat unfresh and heavily refolded, small part (wax seal) missing on back, various charge markings, include "20" in red, rare usage between two small towns near Bern, with 1968 Buhler certificate,  Catalog #3 Catalog Value $7,725 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1266 SWITZERLAND 1850 5rp blue & red, 10rp yellow, black & red, each with margins all around, used on FLs from Bern to Fribourg and from Schaffhausen to Basel, usual filing folds, away from the stamps, fine-v.f., the latter with 1988 Rellstab certificate, Catalog #7,8 Catalog Value $1,535 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #1267 SWITZERLAND 1850 10rp orange brown ("mittel tabak"), ample margins except just in at top, showing part of adjoining stamp at bottom, tied by "P.P." in violet, "Charge" alongside, used from Solothurn to Obersdorf, with 12 Oct. 1850 departure cds alongside, fine example of this scarce color variety on cover, with detained 2018 Urs Hermann certificate, also 1998 Rellstab certificate (Zu.16IIa) Catalog #8var | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1268 SWITZERLAND 1859 cover from Vevey to USA, franked with Standing Helvetia 20r and 1fr lavender, margins all around, endorsed "via Liverpool", with Lausanne, "Paris a Calais" transits, red "Am. Service" and New York Paid, v.f. and rare cover Catalog #30,34 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
