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 #3 United States 1847 Issue 1847 5c dark red brown, neat red grid cancel, full margins all around incl. sheet margin at left, parts of adjoining stamps at right and bottom, minute flaws which in no way detract from the stamp's superb appearance, signed Calves, etc. A rare positional piece O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #4 United States 1847 Issue 1847 5c red brown, margins in at top and at right, part of adjoining stamp at bottom, paying 5c Postage Due on Swarts Post Office wrapper to Poughkeepsie, NY, with red oval "Swarts Post Office Chatham Square" handstamp and New York cds alongside, manuscript "9 Jan.1848" at bottom, filing fold away from the stamp, scarce usage  Catalog #1 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #5 United States 1847 Issue 1847 10c black, full margins all around, v.f., tied by red grid cancel on cover from Pittsburgh, PA to Burlington, NJ, with red Pittsburgh Dec.28 cds, Catalog #2 Catalog Value $1,000 | Unsold |
