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 #1302 VENEZUELA 1859 Medio Real, unissued design, imperf. essay in rose, fine E | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1303 VENEZUELA 1859 two FLs, one with 1r blue canceled in red, used June 19, 1859 from Porto Cabello to Maracaibo, the other from La Guaira to Caracas, blue Jan.4 departure pmk, minor cover wear, the former with APS certificate  Catalog #2,4a | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #1304 VENEZUELA 1859 (19 Mar) FL from Puerto Cabello to Marseille, franked with 2r red, fine print with clear to large margins on three sides, just shaved at right, unusually tied in transit by framed "GB 1F60c" accountancy mark applied in London, oval merchant's cachet alongside, French entry (15 Apr), arrival pmks on back, charged "8" (decimes), usual filing fold away from the stamp, fine, Catalog #3 Catalog Value $1,500 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #1305 VENEZUELA 1862 1r, 2r, 3r horizontal strip of three, composite essay of unissued design and values, h.r., fine E | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1306 VENEZUELA 1876 (12 May) FL from Puerto Cabello to Bordeaux, with "Ship Letter" hs, endorsed "per Bavaria", with Plymouth Ship Letter (Ju 5) and red Calais entry cds alongside, triangle "T" and charged "12" (decimes) on arrival, with additional London transit and Bordeaux arrival pmks on back | Price Realized $260.00 |
