Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World
November 12-13, 2024
Our November 12-14, 2024 auction features solid selections of United States stamps and proofs (including further material from the Larry Brasler stock), Canada (with a fine example of 12p black), Great Britain & British Commonwealth, Israel, European Countries, with collection of Wayne Demarest's Germany and Colonies, an old-time holding of Zbigniew Cianciara's Poland, Western Ukraine, solid Russia and rest of the world. There is an additional section of Mixed Frankings and Redirected Mail, formed by a European gentleman, with many interesting combination usages. As always, the sale contains 220+ large lots and collections, with individual country albums, worldwide accumulations in cartons, cover lots and much more
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
| Lot #966 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS and BALANCES 1840-2000 Albania-Zanzibar, large collection in 72+ volumes, three ring-binders, computer-generated album pages, arranged in alphabetical order and covering the entire world, 50,000+ used and unused singles and sets, strong showing of European Countries, Andorra, Belgium, France and Colonies, Germany, German States, Plebiscite Areas, Danzig, Memel, Saar, Italy and Colonies, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Scandinavian Countries, Netherlands, Portugal and Colonies, Switzerland, East European Countries, particularly Albania, Poland, Romania, South and Central America, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Colombia, British Commonwealth, with better Australia and States, British Africa, British North America, also Independent Africa, Japan, Korea and much more. Condition is mixed, with some faults noted, there are many short or incomplete sets, few volumes of no commercial value, but there is substantial value in better items, hundreds cataloguing $100+, with souvenir sheets, occasional covers, solid holding with great potential for expansion or break by individual areas or countries, substantial value *O | Unsold | |
 | Lot #967 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS and BALANCES 1841-1970 thousands of used and unused on pages, folders, glassines, many on the original auction lot sheets, with selections of Greece, Turkey, Austria, France, Netherlands, better 19th Century, Japan, Great Britain, Belgium, also hundreds of sheets and multiples from United Nations (29-30 and other sets), topicals (FDR), Germany, local issues, various sets in glassine envelopes, United States Plate Blocks, etc., mixed condition, housed in five cartons (banker's boxes) *O | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #968 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS and BALANCES 1850-1950 selection of better singles and sets neatly arranged on cards, with British Commonwealth, including Canada, European countries, France & Colonies, South America, etc. There are many auction items including Aegean Islands World Cup, Antigua Seal of the Colony, Australia Coat of Arms set of four, France 5fr Napoleon (5), 50fr Burelage, Great Britain 10sh (No.74 used, with clear APS certificate), several Queen Victoria £1 singles, PUC £1, Greece Olympics, Greenland 1945 set (2), Hong Kong George VI to $10, French Indochina to 5fr, Iran Shah set to 20r, Israel 1-6 with Tabs, Italy Manzoni, 2L Postage Due (with 1974 Fiecchi certificate), Nyasaland George VI, Switzerland NABA souvenir sheet, Singapore George VI, South Africa George V £1 (used), San Marino 134-138, Vatican City 35-40 (with PFCs), etc., mixed condition, faults noted, mostly fine or better, owner's cat. $115,000 *O | Price Realized $10,000.00 |
| Lot #969 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS and BALANCES 1850s-1960s balance of a consignment, thousands of singles, sets, covers, varieties, in glassines, dealer's cards, stock pages and loose, with better Canada, Mexico with early issues, Iran, United States, British Commonwealth, French Offices in China, also New Zealand souvenir sheets (duplicated holding, cat. $2,000+), mixed condition, excellent potential, inspection recommended  *O | Price Realized $2,300.00 | |
| Lot #970 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS and BALANCES 1852-1990 balance of a consignment in carton, including Canada in a Scott album, beginning with 1950, then back of the book including Air Post, Postage Dues, Special Delivery, Registration, etc., some Newfoundland including DO-X Surcharge used, plus two envelopes of modern mint postage; a collection of Netherlands in Scott album, with First Issues complete and a nice selection of early material, plus back of the book including Aruba; a collection of Spanish Colonies in Scott album, with scattered early material, later complete sets from Ifni and Fernando Po, etc.; also two albums of Korea from the 1960s and 70s, with souvenir sheet, mixed condition, generally fine *O | Price Realized $950.00 | |
 | Lot #971 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS and BALANCES 1859-1970 balance of a consignment in five cartons, with collections of Eastern and Southern Europe, thousands of used and unused, collection in three large albums (Scott and Minkus), with Romania, Hungary, Yugoslavia, including Croatia, also Crete, Montenegro, Epirus, Eastern Rumelia, many complete sets and souvenir sheets, plus miscellaneous albums including Channel Islands, United Nations, balances on pages and loose, some Russia, United States Duck Stamps, etc. *O | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #972 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS and BALANCES 1860s-1950s show dealer's selection on 725 small cards in a red box and loose, used and unused, with Albania (J40-44), Bahamas (158-73), Belgium (B69-77, B558-60), Bermuda, Egypt (105-07), French Polynesia (160-78), Greece (549-55), plus many others from Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Jamaica, French and British Colonies, European Countries, etc., mixed condition, some faults noted, owner's cat. $30,000+ *O | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
| Lot #973 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS and BALANCES 1890-1960 balance of consignment in carton, with United States in two stock books, with some early 1900s lower values used and unused, Air Post with C18, some blocks and multiples from the 1930s, face value in sheets, etc., a collection of Spain in two stock books, with Goya, Columbus, etc., (owner's cat. $2,900), plus three albums of miscellaneous British Commonwealth, including Hong Kong, Malaysian States, etc., PRC, with Paris Commune, Five Year Plan, etc., Memel, Germany, Russia, Turkey, and more, mixed condition, but overall a fine-v.f. group  *O | Price Realized $950.00 | |
| Lot #974 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS and BALANCES 1890-1990s large balance of a consignment, housed in 6 cartons (banker's boxes), with collections of European Countries, mostly unused, Luxembourg (two Lighthouse albums, issues to 1991), Aland Island (apparently complete in PALO album), Austria 1945-99 (two Lighthouse albums), Lithuania collection, Albania, Independent Nations of Africa, many hundreds of singles and sets, collections of Algeria, Morocco, Angola, Chad, Cameroun, including German Occupation, Upper Volta, South Africa, Togo, Swaziland, Tanzania, Gabon, plus others. Also included are topical collections of Ships on Stamps, Wine on Stamps, plus a large holding of Worldwide used and unused singles, sets and multiples, 3-volume collection of United Nations to 2005 (face value $800+), mixed condition, fine and desirable holding *O | Unsold | |
| Lot #975 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS and BALANCES 1900-90s balance of a consignment, with numerous collections, including Monaco 1922-72 unused, hinged and n.h. singles and sets in a well-filled Lighthouse hingeless album, Spain & Colonies collection in two Scott albums, some better souvenir sheets and Air Post (B106b,B108E,B108K, B108P,C72A,C91, plus others), other Commemoratives and Semi-Postals, plus Spanish Morocco, Sahara, Guinea; Romania, collection on Scott album pages, mostly unused 1952-62 period, with better Semi-Postals, souvenir sheets, etc.; collections in stock books of Palau and Tuvalu (high new issue cost); New Caledonia, holding of New Issues in glassines, other French Colonies on pages, plus Greenland 1945-60s complete, mostly fine-v.f. *O | Unsold | |
 | Lot #976 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS and BALANCES 1920-90 collection of many thousands in glassine envelopes, singles and sets neatly arranged by Scott catalogue order, purchased at auction, countries include Albania, Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Guatemala, Mexico, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Paraguay, El Salvador, etc., mostly unused, generally n.h., fine-v.f. (housed in seven cartons) */**O | Unsold |
 | Lot #977 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS and BALANCES 1923-80 balance of a consignment in small box, with Liberia, United States, errors and minor varieties, test stamps, proofs (Peru, France, few better, including 1947 Stamp Day printer's trial color proofs, 1945 Liberation, 4fr Signed Artist Die Proof, plus others), Air Post Semi-Officials, including tete-beche and gutter panes, former French Colonies, Germany Thuringen cross-gutter sheet of 200, folded between stamps (Mi.Euro 800), Lithuania, with few early sets and German Occupation overprints, Displaced Persons Camps imperf. singles and a few blocks of four, also Afghanistan Scott 473a error cliche in sheet of normal stamps, selection of Albania errors and varieties, especially on the early Air Post overprints, Paraguay imperfs and other Waterlow & Sons issues, Colombia and other South America trial color proofs, including Costa Rica imperfs, Belgium covers, China, some reference items and much more, interesting and useful group, ex-Serebrakian *OP | Unsold |
| Lot #978 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS and BALANCES 1930s-60s six large Elbe stock books, with singles and blocks of four, many hundreds of mostly complete sets arranged by Scott Catalogue order, some Canal Zone, Argentina, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Panama, Nicaragua, Uruguay, Mexico; Great Britain & British Commonwealth, miscellaneous George VI and QEII, Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Egypt, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, India, Kenya, Iraq, New Zealand, Tristan, China, Korea, Hungary, French Colonies, Laos, Cambodia, various European Countries, etc. Stamps are mostly n.h., some unfortunately stuck down, generally fine */** | Price Realized $1,400.00 | |
 | Lot #979 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS and BALANCES 1949 Universal Postal Union, collection on pages, with British Commonwealth Omnibus set, French and Portuguese Colonies, Germany Berlin Stephan set, Monaco perf. and imperf. (singles and pairs), also two perforated and gummed souvenir sheets, imperf. deluxe sheets, Hungary booklet, plus perf. and imperf. souvenir sheets of four (C81), San Marino set of four perf. and imperf. souvenir sheets of four, etc., n.h., fine-v.f. ** | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #980 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS and BALANCES 1952-2011 collection on pages, with mostly complete selections of Burundi and Cambodia, hundreds of sets and souvenir sheets, extensive modern issues, Commemorative sets, topicals, etc., l.h. or n.h., high catalogue value */** | Unsold |
