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 #381 FRANCE 1852-64 two FLs to Portugal, first sent unpaid from Le Havre to Porto and charged "480" (reis) and another 20 Rs in oval, the other franked with 20c perforated Napoleon (YT 22), prepaying the internal French postage to the Spanish border and charged "240" (reis) in Lisbon (showing the partial prepayment scheme required for sending mail to Portugal via the overland route, prior to the Franco-Portuguese Convention in 1866)  | Price Realized $140.00 |
