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 #770 HAITI 1884 (8 June) incoming Austrian 2kr stationery card, sent from Graz to Cap Haitien, redirected back to Graz, with added 1881 1c vermilion, 2c dark violet and 3c bister olive, tied by Cap-Haitien cds (8 June), with transit and arrival cds alongside, v.f., signed Matl, also with Brian Moorhouse certificate ("a fine rare 3-colour first issue franking and the only known such combination of values"). A splendid exhibition piece showing Austria and Haiti combination franking, ex-Hubbard  Catalog #1-3 | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
