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 #566 POLAND Polish 2nd Corps in Italy 1946 souvenir sheet of four, n.h., but with dried gum, autographed at bottom by General Wladyslaw Anders, v.f. (General Anders let the Polish II Corps throughout the Italian Campaign, including the capture of Monte Cassino. After the war, he remained in England, working for the Polish Government in Exile and various charities. He died in 1970 and only in 1989, after the collapse of communist rule in Poland, his citizenship and military rank were posthumously reinstated) * Catalog #Sass.1 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #567 POLAND Polish 2nd Corps in Italy 1946 souvenir sheet of four, n.h., but with dried gum, autographed at bottom by General Wladyslaw Anders, v.f. (General Anders let the Polish II Corps throughout the Italian Campaign, including the capture of Monte Cassino. After the war, he remained in England, working for the Polish Government in Exile and various charities. He died in 1970 and only in 1989, after the collapse of communist rule in Poland, his citizenship and military rank were posthumously reinstated) * Catalog #Sass.1 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #568 POLAND Polish 2nd Corps in Italy 1946 2zl brown, dark (chocolate) brown, two different imperforate sheet corner margin blocks of four, unused without gum as issued, v.f.,  (*)Catalog #Sass.13A,B Catalog Value €10,800 | Unsold |
 | Lot #569 POLAND Polish 2nd Corps in Italy 1946 souvenir sheet of four, unused without gum as issued, without the customary "Poczta Polowa" datestamp, autographed at bottom by General Wladyslaw Anders, v.f. (Euro 1,400 for unsigned souvenir sheet) (*) Catalog #Sass.1A | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #570 POLAND Polish 2nd Corps in Italy 1946 souvenir sheet of four, white paper, without gum as issued, canceled "Poczta Osiedli Polskich Barletta-Trani", little toning at right, otherwise fine and scarce cancel applied on this souvenir sheet O Catalog #Sass.1A | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #571 POLAND Polish 2nd Corps in Italy 1946 Souvenir sheet on white, ungummed paper, missing 45gr value, minor wrinkles, otherwise fine and very rare, only two (!) recorded, (*) Catalog #Sass.1Ac Catalog Value €12,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #572 POLAND Polish 2nd Corps in Italy 1946 souvenir sheet of four, with strong offset of 2zl brown (General Anders) on back, n.h., but with glazed gum, fine, * Catalog #Sass.1Ak Catalog Value €1,800 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #573 POLAND Polish 2nd Corps in Italy 1946 balance of a specialized collection, with 50 souvenir sheets on gummed paper and two on ungummed white paper, various shades, minor varieties, showing printing flaws, dots, values shifted or unevenly spaced, etc., hinged or n.h., some with gum flaws or stuck down, also some stamps and color proofs, varieties imperf. between, blocks, etc., mostly stuck down to stock cards, Sass. Euro 15,000+ * Catalog #Sass.Block 1,1A | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
