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 #24 United States 1861-68 Issues 1861 3c Washington, Lowenberg Essay on onionskin paper, printed in reverse, block of four, se-tenant with France 1c Empire, block of four, all in red brown, usual creases, fine, scarce  E | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #25 United States 1861-68 Issues 1861 10c dark green, full original gum, l.h., natural straight edge at left, beautiful color, fresh and fine, rare unused, with 2001 PSE certificate, * Catalog #62B Catalog Value $8,500 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #26 United States 1861-68 Issues 1861 3c brown rose, "Premiere Gravure", beautiful color, h.r., fresh and fine, with 2004 PFC (formerly Scott 56) * Catalog #65-E15h Catalog Value $550 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #27 United States 1861-68 Issues 1861 24c steel blue, neat "PAID" cancel, well centered, excellent color, fresh and v.f., with 1999 PFC, O Catalog #70b Catalog Value $840 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #28 United States 1861-68 Issues 1861 5c red brown, unused without gum, centered to top, deep rich color, fine, (*) Catalog #75 Catalog Value $2,100 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #29 United States 1861-68 Issues 1863 Carte de Visite, signed and dated by General George H. Thomas, framed under glass, v.f. (George Henry Thomas (1816-1870) was an American general in the Union Army during the Civil War and one of the principal commanders in the Western Theater. His defense at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863 saved the Union Army from being completely routed, earning him his most famous nickname "the Rock of Chickamauga." In the Franklin-Nashville Campaign of 1864, he defeated the army of General John Bell Hood, his former student at West Point) | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #30 United States 1861-68 Issues 1863 (26 June) small letter from Camp Dennison to Green Co., Ohio, franked with 3c rose, tied by black target, with matching "Camp Dennison Miamiville" pmk alongside, fine, with 2001 PSE certificate (Camp Dennison, named for the governor of Ohio, was used throughout the Civil War as a general training and recruiting depot for Ohio troops. The camp also featured one of the largest hospitals of the Union Army)  Catalog #65 | Price Realized $130.00 |
