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- Lots 4001-4333: Al Kugel Collection Part II - United States - Allied Intervention in Russia - Afghanistan - Germany — Tuesday, September 10, 2024 10:00 AM [CLOSED]
- Lots 4334-4622: Al Kugel Collection Part II - G.B. and British Commonwealth - Italy - Russia - Ottoman Empire - Large Lots and Collections — Wednesday, September 11, 2024 10:00 AM [CLOSED]
- Lots 1-376: U.S. & Worldwide - United States - Afghanistan - China — Tuesday, September 24, 2024 10:00 AM [OPEN]
- Lots 377-761: U.S. & Worldwide - Colombia - Germany - Great Britain and Commonwealth through Hong Kong — Tuesday, September 24, 2024 1:00 PM [OPEN]
- Lots 762-1152: U.S. & Worldwide - British Commonwealth India through Uganda - Greece - Romania — Wednesday, September 25, 2024 10:00 AM [OPEN]
- Lots 1153-1507: U.S. & Worldwide - Russia - Yugoslavia - Large Lots and Collections — Wednesday, September 25, 2024 1:00 PM [OPEN]
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #800 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEW ZEALAND Semi-Postals 1961 Birds, 2p+1p Kotuku and 3p+1p Karearea, four imperforate plate proofs, separately frames and vignettes only, in black on glazed paper, fine-v.f. P Catalog #B61-2P | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #801 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEW ZEALAND Air Post 1931 7d imperforate plate proof in black on cream wove paper, to margin block of four, v.f.  P | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #802 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NORTHERN NIGERIA 1898-99 two covers, both franked with Great Britain 2 1/2p and tied by boxed "The Niger Company Chartered and Limited, Post Office Burutu" handstamps, and addressed to Malcolm Maclean in London, with Liverpool transits and London arrivals, heavy cover wear and faults affecting the stamps, otherwise fine and rare, * Catalog #SG 25ba Catalog Value £650 | $220.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #803 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NORTHERN NIGERIA 1900 Victoria, 1/2p-10sh, complete set, l.h. or h.r., few pencil notations on gum, fine-v.f., * Catalog #1-9 Catalog Value $641 | $220.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #804 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NORTHERN NIGERIA 1905 KEVII, 6d dull purple & violet, variety "damaged frame & crown", small h.r. and tiny natural gum inclusion speck, fine, with 2023 APS certificate, * Catalog #SG 25a Catalog Value £500 | $220.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #805 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NORTHERN RHODESIA 1925-29 George V, 1/2p-20sh, complete set, l.h., occasional toning mostly affecting lower values, fine-v.f. (SG £800) * Catalog #1-17 Catalog Value $922 | $280.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #806 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NORTHERN RHODESIA 1925 George V, complete set used, fine-v.f., scarce used (SG 1-17) O Catalog #1-17 Catalog Value £900 | $280.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #807 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NYASSALAND 1913-19 George V, 2sh6p-£10, five high values, Fiscal cancels, 4sh with faint toning on reverse, fine-v.f. O Catalog #20-24 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #808 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NYASSALAND 1938 George VI, £1 black and violet, variety with "serif on "G" of "Postage" variety, unused large part original gum, but with paper adhesion on reverse, fine and rare (SG 143c) * Catalog #67var Catalog Value £1,100 | $350.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #809 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PAKISTAN - Bahawalpur Revenue Stamps 1933-34 Pictorials, three different including 8a black & purple, 1r black & orange and 2r black & blue, perf. 14 without "Official" overprints, n.h., fine-v.f. These stamps were intended for Postage use but were unauthorized (see SG notes paragraph 3 at the beginning of the Bahawalpur listings). A scarce trio, with 2024 BPA certificate ** | $350.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #810 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE 1921 Third Jerusalem Overprint, 1m dark brown, perf. 14, lightly canceled, fine and attractive example of this rare setting, approximately 25 copies recorded, with 2008 Kaufmann certificate (SG 58) O Catalog #15cf Catalog Value £2,250 | $750.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #811 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE 1939 (8 Sep) cover from New York to Jerusalem, franked with 5c blue, with 13 Oct 39 arrival pmk and three handstamped "Passed by Censor Jerusalem" handstamps, fine and scarce usage in the early days of Second World War  | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #812 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1973 "Stamp on Stamp" proof of the "British New Guinea" first stamp, three different stages including frame only, vignette only and finished design of 1sh Lakatoi, all in indigo, blocks of four, v.f. PCatalog #393P | $1,600.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #813 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH RHODESIA 1892 Coat of Arms, complete to £10, used occasional shorter perfs, mostly fine or better, O Catalog #SG 1-3,18-26 Catalog Value £2,055 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #814 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH RHODESIA 1910 Double Heads 3sh deep bluish green & deep purple, 5sh vermilion & deep green, 10sh slate green & orange red and £1 carmine red & bluish black, long gash headplate, position 46 on the sheet, four different, each showing the "King's extra curl" variety, plus a normal 5sh value included for comparison, l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f. (catalogued as normal stamps) * Catalog #SG 158,159,164,165var Catalog Value £3,000 | $2,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #815 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ST. HELENA 1922-27 Badge of the Colony, 1/2p-15sh, complete set, h.r., 5sh with faint toned spots on gum, fine-v.f., * Catalog #79-84 Catalog Value $1,577 | $575.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #816 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ST. HELENA 1934 Tercentenary, complete set of ten, used, fine-v.f. (SG 114-123) O Catalog #101-10 Catalog Value £475 | $180.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #817 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ST. KITTS-NEVIS 1923 Caravel, complete set to £1, mostly l.h., fine-v.f., * Catalog #52-64 Catalog Value $1,402 | $575.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #818 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SAMOA 1877-80 1p blue, Plate V, pane of 20, imperf. on all sides as issued, one stamp showing stop after "PENNY", h.r., faint toning as often, scarce, *Catalog #SG 15,15a Catalog Value £800 | $180.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #819 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SARAWAK 1874 the renowned Forgery by Benjamin & Sarpy ("the London Gang") "Two Cents" on 3c brown, yellow, with boxed "Sarawak P.O." and "London" cds in red, minor faults, attractive | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #820 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SARAWAK 1945 B.M.A. Overprints, complete set, n.h., fine-v.f., ** Catalog #135-154 Catalog Value $625 | $240.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #821 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SIERRA LEONE 1896 (Nov) cover to France, franked with 2 1/2p blue, tied by grid cancel (faded), red "Br.Packet Paid Liverpool" transit in Grenoble, where 25c Type Sage was added to pay for further transmission to London, with Dec 20, 96 arrival on back, fine appearing readdressed cover from Sierra Leone to France to England | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #822 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SIERRA LEONE 1912-21 Watermarked Multiple Crown & CA, 1sh-£5, seven different, also single 3d, l.h. or h.r., £2 with a faint natural gum inclusion, fine-v.f., * Catalog #SG 124-30 Catalog Value £5,900 | $2,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #823 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SIERRA LEONE 1933 Wilberforce, complete set, l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f., * Catalog #153-165 Catalog Value $1,209 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #824 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Cape of Good Hope 1879 (5 June) cover from Transvaal to France, with single 6p slate Queen Victoria, imperf. at bottom, tied by target pmk and used in combination with Cape of Good Hope 4p blue (3) and 6p bright violet, tied by Cape Colony pmks, charged 2 1/2d, with red London transit and French entry pmks, Thonon (16 July) arrival on back, some overall cover ageing, fine Transvaal+Cape of Good Hope combination | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #825 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Mafeking Siege Issues 1900 Mafeking Besieged surcharges on Cape of Good Hope and Bechuanaland Protectorate, nine different used, six canceled on pieces, fine-v.f., various handstamped guarantee marks and three APS certificates (SG 1-9,£2,035) O Catalog #162-170 Catalog Value $1,850 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #826 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Mafeking Siege Issues 1900 Mafeking Besieged surcharges on British Bechuanaland, 6p-1sh five different, each canceled on piece, fine-v.f. (SG 10-14, £680) O Catalog #171-175 Catalog Value $535 | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #827 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Mafeking Siege Issues 1900 Mafeking Besieged surcharges on Bechuanaland Protectorate, 1sh on 6p violet rose, unused with original gum, h.r., vertical crease and slight soiling at right (both of which barely affect overall appearance), well centered, fresh and v.f. example of this rarity, with 1996 Holcombe certificate (SG 14, £8,500) * Catalog #175 Catalog Value $7,500 | $2,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #828 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Mafeking Siege Issues 1900 Mafeking Besieged surcharges on British Bechuanaland, 1sh on 6p violet rose, 2sh on 1sh green, each canceled on piece by "Mafeking C.G.H. My 11 and Ap 25" respectively, v.f., with 2004 APS and 2014 Sismondo certificates (SG 15-16, £1,600) O Catalog #176-177 Catalog Value $1,500 | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #829 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Mafeking Siege Issues 1900 Sgt. Major Goodyear, 1p blue, horizontally laid paper, unused, h.r., well centered, faint perf. toning, otherwise v.f., scarce unused, with clear 1978 Royal certificate (SG 17) * Catalog #178 Catalog Value $1,200 | $550.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #830 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Mafeking Siege Issues 1900 Sgt. Major Goodyear, 1p blue, deep blue, two distinct shades, three of each, used, various dates, mostly fine-v.f. (SG 17,18 £2,250) O Catalog #178 Catalog Value $2,550 | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #831 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Mafeking Siege Issues 1900 Sgt. Major Goodyear, 1p blue, deep blue, two distinct shades, each canceled on piece, well centered, v.f., the latter with 1995 APS certificate (SG 17,18 £750) O Catalog #178 Catalog Value $850 | $300.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #832 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Mafeking Siege Issues 1900 Gen. Baden-Powell, 3p dark blue, l.h., fresh, well centered, v.f., * Catalog #179 Catalog Value $1,750 | $525.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #833 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Mafeking Siege Issues 1900 3p Baden Powell (small format), horizontally laid paper, unused with much original gum, h.r., well centered, faint corner crease at upper left, still v.f., signed Raybaudi, with clear 1984 certificate (SG 19) * Catalog #179 Catalog Value $1,750 | $550.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #834 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Mafeking Siege Issues 1900 3p Baden Powell (small format 18 1/2 mm wide), six used singles, different dates, from Apr 14 through May 17, four canceled on pieces, various shades, couple of small faults, otherwise fine-v.f. (SG 20) O Catalog #179 Catalog Value $2,700 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #835 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Mafeking Siege Issues 1900 3p Baden Powell, single (defective, upper left corner missing), tied by Apr 14, 1900 Mafeking C.G.H. cancel on locally addressed cover ("Bechuanaland Protectorate" embossing on backflap), overall toning and cover faults, still scarce usage, Catalog #179 Catalog Value $8,250 | $500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #836 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Mafeking Siege Issues 1900 Gen. Baden-Powell, 3p blue, large format, used, well centered, fresh, v.f., with 2007 Sismondo certificate (SG 22), O Catalog #180 Catalog Value $1,350 | $475.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #837 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Mafeking Siege Issues 1900 3p Baden Powell (large format 21mm wide), horizontally laid paper, central "Mafeking C.G.H. Apr 26, 1900" pmk, leaving design unobstructed, fine and scarce stamp, with 2004 APS certificate (SG 21) O Catalog #180 Catalog Value $1,350 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #838 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Mafeking Siege Issues 1900 3p Baden Powell (large format 21mm wide), horizontally laid paper, tied on small piece by a perfectly struck central "Mafeking C.G.H. May 11, 1900" pmk, perfectly centered, v.f. and attractive stamp (SG 21) O Catalog #180 Catalog Value $1,350 | $550.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #839 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Mafeking Siege Issues 1900 3p Baden Powell (large format 21mm wide), horizontally laid paper, "Cracked Plate" variety, position 8, tied on small piece by a perfectly struck central "Mafeking C.G.H. May 10, 1900" pmk, well centered, v.f., with 1991 Peter Holcombe certificate (SG 21var) O Catalog #180var | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #840 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Natal 1869 6p violet, Postage overprint, h.r., fine (SG 36) * Catalog #20 Catalog Value £1,200 | $400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #841 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Natal 1899 (30 Dec) officer's mail, cover from Pretoria to Calcutta, with large "Commandant General" datestamp and departure pmks, redirected on arrival, with seven different transit pmks applied in India, fine | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #842 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Natal 1902-3 KEVII, £5 black and violet, Durban cds, v.f. and rare used high value (SG 144) O Catalog #98 Catalog Value £2,000 | $750.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #843 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Natal 1904 KEVII, £1 10sh violet and orange brown, l.h., fine (SG 162) * Catalog #109 Catalog Value £2,250 | $1,000.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #844 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Natal 1908-9 KEVII, set of seven, mostly l.h., fine-v.f., high value with 1970 Royal certificate, * Catalog #110-116 Catalog Value $679 | $270.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #845 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Orange Free State 1900 2 1/2p on 3p ultramarine, with thick "V" and level periods, no left serif and square period after "V" variety, unused without gum, v.f., with 2004 BPA certificate (catalogue value for regular stamp without varieties) (*) Catalog #SG 126var Catalog Value £850 | $270.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #846 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Orange Free State 1901 (14 May) registered cover to Cape Town, attractively franked with nine different 1/2d-2 1/2 V.R.I. surcharges, type 31 and 32, all tied by Bloemfontein cds, filing folds away from the stamps, fine | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #847 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Orange Free State 1903-4 KEVII, 4p olive green and carmine, "IOSTAGE" variety, n.h., fresh and v.f., seldom seen in such condition, with 2015 Ceremuga certificate (SG 144a; catalogue value for hinged) ** Catalog #66a Catalog Value £1,200 | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #848 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Transvaal 1900 (23 Apr) cover to Switzerland, franked with 1p and 2p, tied by three-line "Veldpost, ZAR New Castle" datestamp, sent via Pretoria, with Hochdorf (25 May 1900) arrival pmk on back, fine | $130.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #849 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Transvaal 1902 (10 Jan) cover "On Active Service No Stamps Available" cover endorsed "Lieut Lord James Murray, Scottish Horse", with Army Post Office, Wonderfontein cds alongside, addressed to Scotland, with red London transit, also arrival pmk on back. Wonderfontein was occupied by the British Army on 24 August, 1900 | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #850 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 1959-71 six complete sets in blocks of four, with Animals to 5sh (221-28), Republic Issues, five different sets (254-66,269-77,289-98,317-324,326-342), all n.h., fine-v.f., **Catalog #221/342 Catalog Value $1,400 | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #851 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SWAZILAND 1890 two top sections of "ZAR Telegraf" forms, with "Swazieland" handstamped or in manuscript, with two-line oval rubber datestamps of "Bremersdorp" and "Embekelweni", fine and uncommon | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #852 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TANGANYIKA 1927-31 George V, complete set, mostly l.h., 50c with some toning, otherwise fine-v.f., * Catalog #29-44 Catalog Value $567 | $200.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #853 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH UGANDA 1898 (12 Oct) cover to Algeria, franked with vertical pair of 2 Annas Typeset, tied by oval "Smith, Mackenzie & Co." handstamp, with British East Africa 2 1/2a Queen Victoria added alongside and tied by Mombasa cds, with Zanzibar, Suez and Alger transits, "La Maison Caree, Alger" (14 Nov) arrival, redirected to France, with Lyon (17 Nov) arrival pmk, filing fold and minor cover faults away from the stamps, fine and rare (Smith Mackenzie Mombasa office was established in 1871 and the British Postmaster General awarded them a contract for a service to convey mails between Aden and Zanzibar, linking the East African coast to the growing network services) Catalog #55 | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #854 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH UGANDA 1898 (30 Dec) cover to Manchester, franked with 1a (thick "1") and 3a without overprint, used in combination with 2 1/2a Queen Victoria, all tied by "Lubas Dec 30 98" cds, with Mombasa transit and Manchester arrival pmks on back, small piece of address panel excised and covered by paper, otherwise fine usage from Lubas Catalog #62,64 | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #855 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH UGANDA 1899 (20 Feb) legal size cover to England, franked with a horizontal pair of the 1896 2 annas Typeset, pos. 9-10, left stamp small "o" in postage, used in combination with British East Africa 5a Queen Victoria, all tied by Kampala departure pmks, sent via Mombasa (Mar 23), with Paddington (Apr 15) arrival pmks on back, filing folds away from the stamps, fine and scarce mixed franking Uganda+BEA, with 1988 Holcombe certificate Catalog #55,55a | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #856 GREECE 1901 2d bronze, die proof on white wove paper, prepared by the Johnsonian Engraving Co., few pinholes from archiving process, v.f., with 2005 Sismondo certificate P Catalog #176P | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #857 GREECE 1901 3d silver, die proof on white wove paper, prepared by the Johnsonian Engraving Co., few pinholes from archiving process, v.f., with 2005 Sismondo certificate P Catalog #177P | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #858 GREECE 1901 5d gold, die proof on white wove paper, prepared by the Johnsonian Engraving Co., few pinholes from archival process, light soiling, otherwise v.f., with 2005 Sismondo certificate P Catalog #178P | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #859 GREECE 1933 3d Eagle and Cross, large die essay in dark brown on buff paper (115x78mm), one of only 14 produced by the artist Nady Winos, v.f. and scarce, with 2005 Sismondo certificate E | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
   | Lot #860 GREECE 1945 Allegorical Figures, nine diff. imperforate blocks of four, complete set with additional 1d rose violet, five with double impressions, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #459-66var | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #861 GREECE 1945 "OXI" Issue, 40dr imperforate block of four printed on gummed side, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #468var | $180.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #862 GREECE 1945 Roosevelt, three different varieties including 30d double impression, frame inverted; 60d frame double and imperf., also 200d frame inverted, all horizontal pairs, n.h., fine-v.f. ** Catalog #469/71var | $130.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #863 GREECE 1945 Roosevelt, 30d double impression, sheet corner margin imperf. block of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #469var | $130.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #864 GREECE 1945 Roosevelt, 60d double impression, sheet corner margin imperf. block of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #470var | $130.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #865 GREECE 1945 Roosevelt, 60d imperf. upper left sheet corner margin block of six, spectacular double impression, black frame omitted, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #470var | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #866 GREECE Air Post 1933 Bari Exhibition overprints, set of four, each with a control handstamp on back, l.h., fine-v.f. (Hellas A1A-4A) * Catalog #C1-4var Catalog Value €2,500 | $270.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #867 GREECE Air Post 1943 Boreas, North Wind, 25d, 100d and 200d imperforate blocks of four, each double impression, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #C62,64,65var | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #868 GREECE Postal Tax Semi-Postals 1943 Children, two diff. imperf. blocks of four, each printed on gummed side, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #RAB1,3var | $130.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #869 GREECE Dedeagatch 1913 1L-50L blue, se-tenant sheet of eight, unused without gum as issued, with two blue control marks, folded between the stamps, few marginal inclusions, fine-v.f., scarce sheet, with 1988 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Hellas F7, €4,800) (*)Catalog #N188-195 Catalog Value $2,200 | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #870 GREECE Dedeagatch 1913 1L-50L blue, se-tenant sheet of eight, red straight-line pmks, with two blue control marks, folded between the stamps, fine-v.f., scarce sheet, Catalog #N188-195 Catalog Value $1,000 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #871 GREECE North Epirus 1941 National Youth Issue, Postage only, complete set in sheet corner margin blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f., **Catalog #N219-28 Catalog Value $670 | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #872 GREENLAND 1938-45 issues, two complete sets (two of each), n.h., fine-v.f., ** Catalog #1-18 Catalog Value $830 | $190.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #873 GUATEMALA 1843 stampless letter sent by diplomatic pouch from the U.S. via Panama, taxed "14" (corresponding to over 3-3 1/2 oz at 2r per 1/2 oz), with "98" (grams or approx. 3 1/4 oz) in manuscript on back, with large part of consular seal, fine sevenfold rate letter, with part of consular seal on back, ex-Madden | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #874 HAITI 1896 cover sent to Bordeaux, France, franked with 2c, 3c and 5c Palm (second issue), tied by Jeremie cds, with New York transit and Bordeaux arrival on reverse, fine-v.f. | $180.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #875 HAITI 1898 (5 May) cover to France, franked with pair and strip of 3x2c red brown, New York transit and Le Havre arrival pmks | $130.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #876 HUNGARY 1889 (23 June) mourning cover to Vienna, franked with 5f carmine, tied by FIUME departure cds, redirected on arrival (24 June), with Austria 2x5kr numerals added for further transmission to Paris, arriving the next day, fine and interesting usage from Fiume to Vienna to Paris, intact wax seal and arrival markings on back | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #877 HUNGARY Zeppelin Flights 1931 Polar flight card, Budapest cancels, with Icebreaker Malyguin cachet, v.f. | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #878 ICELAND 1920-22 King Christian, 1e-5k, set of 21, h.r., fine-v.f., * Catalog #108-128 Catalog Value $987 | $250.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #879 ICELAND 1930 Parliament Millenary, complete set of 15, plus Air Post, used on two registered covers to Austria, 26.VI.30 "Ringvellir" cancels, Reykjavik and Edinburgh transits, v.f. Catalog #152-66,C3 | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #880 ICELAND 1931-33 King Christian X Issue, complete set of 12, mostly n.h. (2kr l.h.), fresh, well centered, fine-v.f., */** Catalog #176-87 Catalog Value $3,400 | $500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #881 ICELAND Flight Covers 1933 picture postcard (actually a photograph of Charles Lindbergh and his wife disembarking from the motor boat "C.C.G. Androe" at Thule, where the Lindberghs visited with Knud Rasmussen), franked with 2x5a, canceled Reykjavik, 16 August, v.f. and scarce Lindberghiana item | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #882 ICELAND Flight Covers 1933 (18 Aug) bilingual card from Reykjavik to USA, with preprinted cachet "Welcome to Colonel Lindbergh", v.f. | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #883 ICELAND Flight Covers 1933 (15 Aug) cover flown from Greenland to Iceland with Styrelse hs on reverse, arrival cachet "Lindbergh Post Gronland Reykjavik" to Copenhagen where it arrived on August 24th, v.f. A rarity, one of only three covers carried on the Lindbergh survey flight Catalog #AAMC TO118a | $4,500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #884 ICELAND Flight Covers 1935 (18 Oct) cover franked with strip of 3x10a, used from Reykjavik to USA, fine-v.f. | $130.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #885 ICELAND Zeppelin Flights 1931 Iceland flight cover addressed to the United States, franked with 30a and 2k, with Friedrichshafen (3.7) and various other transit postmarks on reverse, fine Catalog #C9,11 | $130.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #886 ICELAND Officials 1930 Parliament Millenary Issue, complete set, l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f., signed Buhler, etc., */** Catalog #O53-67 Catalog Value $1,730 | $290.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #887 IRAN 1879-80 Nasser-eddin Shah Qajar, 1k, 5k, 1s-10s complete set of six, mostly unused without gum, usual irregular perforations, fine-v.f., last two signed Sadri, (*) Catalog #41-46 Catalog Value $2,035 | $350.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #888 IRAN 1891-1922 selection of six different singles, n.h., fine-v.f., signed Sadri, four with Persiphila card certificates (84, 315, 538, 607, 649, 649a) (catalogued as hinged), ** Catalog #85/649a Catalog Value $1,350 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #889 IRAN 1903 complete set of nine "Satdjian fancy surcharges" on 5kr and 10kr, n.h., fine-v.f., with Sadri certificate (Persiphila 342-350, $585 for hinged) ** | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #890 IRAN 1903 5kr silver (4) and 10kr rose (1), five different inverted Satdjian fancy surcharges, h.r., fine-v.f., signed Sadri (Persiphila 342a-345a, 349a) * | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #891 IRAN 1907-09 Mohammed-Ali Shah Qajar, complete set, n.h., fine-v.f. (catalogued as hinged), ** Catalog #428-445 Catalog Value $1,198 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #892 IRAN 1907-09 Mohammed-Ali Shah Qajar, 4k bister-50kr gold, blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. (catalogued as hinged singles), **Catalog #440-45 Catalog Value $1,914 | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #893 IRAN 1915 Coronation of Shah Ahmed, 1ch-12ch, also 24ch, printed on both sides, one with centers inverted, nine different sheets of 50 (450 stamps), fine-v.f. and impressive group, offered here as unauthorized reprints (*)Catalog #560/570var | $2,300.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #894 IRAN 1915 Coronation of Shah Ahmed, 1ch carmine & indigo, printed on both sides, one inverted, sheet of 50, imperf. vertically, with Holcombe notation at bottom right "possibly original" (unauthorized reprints exist of all such varieties and this lot is offered as is) (*)Catalog #560var | $1,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #895 IRAN 1919 Coat of Arms, 4kr overprinted "1337", block of 10, also a single 24c on 4kr surcharge, all canceled by Meched cds on large piece, fine and scarce multiple | $600.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #896 IRAN 1924 Ahmad Shah last portrait, blocks of four, n.h., occasional natural gum creases, mostly fine-v.f. (catalogued as hinged singles) **Catalog #667-80 Catalog Value $812 | $280.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #897 IRAN 1931 3ch, variety center shifted to top, also 1ch double impression of the frame, the former n.h., latter h.r., fine-v.f. (Persiphila 806c, 808c, $1,500) */** | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #898 IRAN Officials 1903-06 12ch blue, block of 16, 5kr brown, block of 20, 10kr rose red, block of 30, mostly n.h., fine-v.f., signed Sadri (catalogued as singles) */**Catalog #O13,16,17 Catalog Value $2,792 | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #899 IRAN Parcel Post 1981 Posthorn, 100 Rials yellow, 100 Rials dull orange, each printed on both sides (one inverted), n.h., v.f., scarce (regular stamps cat. $800) ** Catalog #Q68var | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #900 IRAN Postal Stationery 1916 2ch on 6ch on 5ch red postal card, used from Yezd to Isfahan, with arrival pmk at bottom, fine (Persiphila PC28, $1,000) | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #901 IRAN Soviet Republic of Persia 1921 Gilan, imperf. set of four blocks of four, one without gum, others n.h., v.f. *(*) | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #902 Iran - covers & postal history 1881 10 shahi violet and black, tied on a Registered Parcel Delivery form with Naskh, inscription (Type II) and the Post emblem on top, sent from Teheran (5.5.81) to Tabriz (10.5.81), fine and extremely rare, only a few examples reported | $1,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #903 Iran - covers & postal history 1897 (29 Dec) Parcel Post receipt from Tauris (Tabriz) to Teheran, bearing a strip of four 10kr (1894 issue), used together with strip of three of 1kr on 5kr overprints, fine and scarce postal document with a mixed franking of Nasser-Eddin Shah issue (after his assassination in 1896) and the newly issued provisional stamps | $1,100.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #904 Iran - covers & postal history 1902 cover to Hamadan, franked with 5sh (type II), tied by purple "Khiaban Sepah Salar" native pmk, repeated alongside, with Hamadan (11/10) arrival on front, filing folds away from the stamp, fine. Also included is a cover to England, franked with single 13ch Ahmad Shah, perf. 11 1/2 x 11, tied by "Bamm" cds, with Bender-Ammas and Kerman transits, arriving Esher Nov.13,1911 | $280.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #905 Iran - covers & postal history 1912 (Muhammed Ali-Shah Senneh Rebellion Issue), double internal rate cover bearing a 10sh and 2x1sh overprinted "Al-Sultan Mohamad Ali-Shah Qajar", tied by Senneh (25.IV.12) cds, with "Hamadan (Depart)" (28.IV.12) alongside, addressed to Imperial Bank of Persia in Kermanshah, with a large handstamp across the cover obliging the authorities to return the cover to Senneh, also a large "C" control handstamp, fine and scarce item | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #906 Iran - covers & postal history 1912 cover franked on back with pair of 3ch Ahmad Shah stamps overprinted "Official", sent from Urumia, via Kazvin to Hamadan, fine (after the occupation of Iranian Azerbaijan by Russian forces, the local authorities decided to overprint the remaining stock of stamps at their disposal and supplied them for use for a short period in selected cities in the Azerbaijan province) | $150.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #907 Iran - covers & postal history 1914 two covers, one paying double internal rate of 12 Shahis overprinted on the 13sh value of 1909 Coat of Arms, sent from Teheran to Tauris, the other cover with pair of "2 Shahis 1915", violet "T" due marking, with "Sad" sign showing that it was dropped in a mailbox in Teheran, fine | $180.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #908 Iran - covers & postal history 1916 two covers from Constantinople to Tauris, with Ottoman franking, each with red censor handstamp on front, one showing an additional green military censor seal, with "Hadji Abdoullah Hadji Youssouf Hadji Semed Halidji" departure datestamp, unusual example of double censor marking | $270.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #909 Iran - covers & postal history 1916 (22 Jan) cover from Bender-Nasseri to a local merchant in Isfahan, franked on back with 1ch, 2ch and 3ch Ahmad Shah, with arrival pmk on back (Bender-Nasseri was the name for the city of Ahwaz during the Qajar period) | $120.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #910 Iran - covers & postal history 1917 (13 Sep) cover to Chahround, franked on back with "1335" on 1ch, used in combination with unoverprinted 5ch Ahmad Shah, tied by bilingual "Bender Guez" departure and arrival pmks alongside, showing return address of a Russian merchant in Benderguez, minor cover tears at bottom, fine and scarce usage | $500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #911 Iran - covers & postal history 1919 (17 Nov) Petition cover to Teheran, franked on back with single and pair of 2ch Ahmad Shah, tied by departure cds, with British "Passed By Censor No. 550" handstamp applied in Enzeli, showing local mailbox and "T" due handstamp, fine | $260.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #912 Iran - covers & postal history 1919 (Jan) cover from Teheran, addressed to a police station in Kazvin, franked on back with 1kr overprinted "6 Shahis 1337", used in combination with 1sh Tehran Famine Relief stamp, opened and sealed by paper tapes in Kazvin by the British Dunsterforce representative based at the local Post Office, with Dunsterforce Censor pmk on front, filing fold away from the stamps, fine example of British Military presence in Kazvin | $325.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #913 Iran - covers & postal history 1920 (Sep) registered Ministry of Finance in Khurasan cover to Teheran (16.IX.20), with the imperial coat of arms on front and mostly a clear and intact wax seal of the Khurasan ministry on back, franked with a 2ch, 12ch and 2kr, paying high postage for double weight envelope | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #914 Iran - covers & postal history 1921 (25 May) Parcel Post receipt, franked with a horizontal pair of "1921 Coup d'etat" overprints, used with Ahmad Shah adhesives, with seal of Teheran Municipality "Baladieh Teheran", fine and rare, signed Dr. Dadkhah (in May 1921, in order to commemorate the Coup d'etat of 21st February, Moshir Moazzam, the Minister of Posts and Telegraphs agreed to a special overprint on a certain number of remainders of the 1914 Coronation stamps. However, upon his return from Europe, Camille Molitor, Director-General of Post declared the action "illegal" and ordered the destruction of the entire stock of stamps with this overprint) | $1,500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #915 Iran - covers & postal history 1922 (20 Feb) cover (The Imperial Bank of Persia, Bushire) franked with "Benaders" Ports issue, 1kr and 10sh surcharges, tied by "Bouchir (Depart)" cds, sent via Busra and Baghdad to R. W. Grey, the bank director at The Imperial Bank of Persia in Teheran, fine and unusual route (taken to avoid the troubled southern Fars province where mails were intercepted by rebels) | $575.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #916 Iran - covers & postal history 1924 (28 July) registered cover franked on back with 2kr, addressed to Malta, returned to its sender Mr. Mo'Addebe Homayouni via Egypt, with Malta arrival and return pmks, Egyptian purple "Returned Letter Office" seal, fine and well traveled cover, with the original registered letter receipt | $325.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #917 Iran - covers & postal history 1926 (May) registered cover franked on both sides with Provisional Ahmad Shah Issue with defaced portraits (used after the installation of Pahlavi Dynasty), pair of 6ch and two blocks of 4x3ch, sent from Seidabad (Sirdjan), via Chiraz, addressed to the Minister of War in Teheran, filing folds away from the stamps, fine cover with transit and arrival pmks | $325.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #918 Iran - covers & postal history Flight Covers 1942-45 group of four registered Pan-American Air Mail service covers to USA, franked with 20r and 30 Rials from Reza Shah definitives, different Anglo-Soviet-Persian censor handstamps and sealing labels, scarce Catalog #902-905 | $290.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #919 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND French Offices in the Holyland 1878 (17 Oct) cover from Jaffa to Paris, with a good JERUSALEM CROSS strike in blue, franked with French 25c Type Sage, tied by "Jaffa Syrie" departure cds, repeated alongside, red "Pa. Ang." (25 Oct) cds at bottom, Alexandria (20 Oct) transit and Paris arrival pmks on back, minor backflap tears, fine and attractive example of Jerusalem Cross with Type Sage franking from Jaffa | $2,300.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #920 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND German Offices in the Holyland 1910 (31 Dec) German Levant 20pa on 10pf stationery card with "Aus Sarona bei Jaffa Deutsche Post" handstamp, sent via the German Post Office in Jaffa to Wurttemberg, datelined "Walhalla 30.12.1910", fine and uncommon family correspondence, with 2000 Muentz certificate, ex-Cihangir collection (Sarona is today a neighborhood of Tel Aviv. It started as a German Templar colony in 1871 and was one of the earliest modern villages established by Europeans in the Holyland) | $150.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #921 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Italian Offices in the Holyland 1909-11 Jerusalem 10pa-40pi surcharges, complete set of eight, n.h., post office fresh, fine-v.f., 20pi on 5L with 2001 Raybaudi certificate (Sss.1-8, €5,000) ** Catalog #1-8 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #922 ISRAEL 1940s Irgun propaganda label, sheetlet of 12, with inscriptions in Yiddish, French, English and Hebrew, n.h., v.f. ** | $270.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #923 ISRAEL 1948 (16 July) registered cover used locally in Jerusalem, franked with Interim Period 10m (2), tied by local departure pmk, with "Jerusalem 2 No.4243" Registry label, departure datestamp alongside, official Income Tax Office handstamp, with Jerusalem (18.7.48) arrival pmk on back, cover somewhat toned, with faults, nevertheless scarce early registered mail | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #924 ISRAEL 1948 (21 June) printed matter wrapper with Jerusalem III Interim local stamp, sent from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, minor toning, otherwise fine, with "Central Committee for Nourishment" handstamp on back, posted the day after the official end of the military siege of Jerusalem | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #925 ISRAEL 1948 Doar Ivri, 250m-1,000m set of three with tabs, n.h., post office fresh, top value with natural gum disturbance on tab, well centered, v.f. ** Catalog #7-9 | $1,500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #926 ISRAEL 1948 Doar Ivri, 250m-1,000m left sheet margin tab blocks of four, perfectly centered, n.h. and post office fresh, white gum without any fingerprints which usually afflict this issue, v.f. and absolutely ideal set of tab blocks, undoubtedly the finest quality possible, for a quality discriminating collector (Bale $14,000) **Catalog #7-9 | $7,000.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #927 ISRAEL Air Post 1955 (27 July) flown cover (somewhat defective) from Vienna to Tel Aviv, with three-line cachet in Hebrew: "This piece of mail survived from El-Al airplane which was shot down over Bulgaria on 27.7.55", with the original envelope in which the recovered mail was forwarded, both attractively presented on two exhibit pages (El-Al Flight 402 was an international passenger flight from London to Tel Aviv, via Vienna and Istanbul. On 27 July 1955, the flight strayed into Bulgarian airspace and was attacked by two Bulgarian MiG-15 jet fighters, crashing near Petrich. All 7 crew and 51 passengers on board the airliner were killed) | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #928 ISRAEL Interim Period - Jerusalem Locals 1948 local registered cover, Jerusalem 6 (Mahane Yehuda Branch office), franked with 5m (single and pair) and 10m of the second issue, tied by Minh. Haam Jerusalem pmk, with two strikes of 10 May 1948 (day of Issue) datestamps on back, vertical filing fold away from the stamps, fine, with 1984 Muentz certificate | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #929 ISRAEL French Consular Post in Jerusalem 1948 20m surcharge, two different, first one l.h., stains, other n.h. (Bale 127-28). Also included is the 1948 "Helmet Essay", sheet margin single */** | $90.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #930 ITALIAN STATES Lombardy-Venetia 1858 2s yellow, type I, used on folded Journal (interesting contents discussing imports from China), sent from Como to Mesenzano, filing folds away from the stamp, fine (Sass.23) Catalog #7a Catalog Value €3,250 | $475.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #931 ITALIAN STATES Roman States 1852 1sc rose, full to clear margins all around, original gum, small faults, fresh and v.f. appearance, with 2004 Dr.Helmuth Avi certificate (SG 11) * Catalog #11 Catalog Value €7,500 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #932 ITALIAN STATES Roman States 1865 (10 May) outer FL from Rome to Athens, franked with 5baj and horizontal pair of 8baj, tied by diamond grids, with departure cds alongside, charged "20" in red crayon, Greece 20L Large Hermes head (three ample margins, in at left) added and tied by arrival cds, fine and rare Roman States/Greece combination cover | $2,300.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #933 ITALIAN STATES Tuscany 1861 coverfront from Firenze to London, franked with three imperforate stamps, Sardinia 10c and 20c, used in combination with Tuscany 1860 40c carmine, three ample margins, just in at left, tied by Firenze departure cds, signed Bolaffi, also Diena, with his 1991 certificate ("Granda Rarita sua affrancature tricolore") Catalog #Sass.14Ca,15Db,21 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #934 ITALIAN STATES TWO SICILIES - Naples 1860 Trinacria, 1/2t blue, large margins all around, tied by black "annullato" cancel to a large top portion of a newspaper "L'Omnibus", sent from Naples to Trani, v.f. usage of this scarce classic stamp in near perfect condition, with 1935 Richter (non-photo), 1989 Diena and 2006 Colla certificates (Sass.15, €60,000) Catalog #8 Catalog Value $25,000 | $4,500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #935 ITALIAN STATES TWO SICILIES - Naples 1860 Savoy Cross, 1/2t blue, large margins all around, black "Annullato" cancel, v.f. and exceptional stamp, with 1987 Diena certificate (Sass.16, €7,000) O Catalog #9 Catalog Value $3,250 | $1,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #936 ITALIAN STATES TWO SICILIES - Naples 1860 Savoy Cross, 1/2t dark blue, pos.5, showing double impression of "T" variety (shifted horizontally), margins just in at upper left, full on all other sides, black "Annullato" cancel, fine and rare variety, with 1986 Diena certificate (Sass.16d) O Catalog #9var Catalog Value €14,000 | $1,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #937 ITALIAN STATES TWO SICILIES - Naples 1861 20g yellow, variety "double head", margins all around, h.r., fine, with 2001 Raybaudi certificate * Catalog #26var | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #938 ITALY 1863 5c slate green, 40c carmine, both unused with full original gum, h.r., natural gum wrinkles, fresh and fine stamps, * Catalog #26,31 Catalog Value $8,325 | $650.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #939 ITALY 1865 20c on 15c blue, type III (no dots, Sassone type I), well centered, h.r., v.f., with 1983 Diena certificate (Sass.23, €3,250) * Catalog #34b Catalog Value $1,750 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #940 ITALY 1865 20c on 15c, surcharge partially omitted variety, on FL from Florence to Torino, with "Firenze 10.Apr" departure and "Torino 11.Apr.67" arrival on reverse, filing fold away from the stamp, fine, signed Dr.Avi (Sass.25f; catalogued as used, off cover) Catalog #34var Catalog Value €6,000 | $475.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #941 ITALY 1869 (17 Sep) cover from Volterra to New York, franked with 10c, 30c and 60c (2), faint red New York arrival, Milan transit on reverse, cover somewhat defective, otherwise a fine three color franking | $240.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #942 ITALY 1871 (26 Oct) FL from Napoli to Athens, franked with 60c lilac, canceled by grids, with departure cds at upper right, "Affrancattura Insuficiento" handstamp, charged "25" in red crayon, Greece 5L and 20L Large Hermes Heads (usual margins) added on arrival and tied by Athens (25 Oct 71) cds, additional pmk on back, with Messina transit, filing fold away from the stamps, uncommon Italy/Greece combination | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #943 ITALY 1879 10c, 20c and 30c, three different, h.r., well centered, fine-v.f., with 2006 Raybaudi certificate, * Catalog #46-47,49 Catalog Value $1,025 | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #944 ITALY 1891-96 Arms of Savoy, 5c green, block of four, n.h., usual centering, signed Diena, with 1996 Raybaudi certificate (Sass.59; catalogue value for poorly centered singles) **Catalog #67 Catalog Value €3,200 | $325.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #945 ITALY 1901 1.25L blue, three imperforate pairs, one vertical, others horizontal, also top sheet margin block of six, plus proof of frame of 2.50L in sepia, single and two blocks of four, signed Oliva, v.f. (Sass. €8,060+) PCatalog #88P,90P | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #946 ITALY 1927 St. Francis, 5L+2.50L olive green, imperforate horizontal pair, trial color proof (intended for one of the Colonies, not to be confused with "prove d'archivio" which come without gum and in issued colors), with full original gum, h.r., v.f., rare (Sass.197P) * Catalog #183P Catalog Value €4,000 | $325.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #947 ITALY 1928 1.25L blue & black, two imperforate horizontal pairs, proof on stamp paper, v.f. (Sass. €1,520) P Catalog #206P | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #948 ITALY 1932 Garibaldi, complete set, each stamp overprinted SAGGIO (Specimen), l.h., fine-v.f. S Catalog #280-89S | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #949 ITALY 1943 prepared in Tunisia and not issued, El Djem amphitheater "Franchigia Militare" perf. 11 1/2, sheetlet of six in blue, n.h., v.f. This is also considered to be the first souvenir sheet from Italy (after the Italian forces surrendered in Tunisia, the prepared stamps were destroyed and only a small quantity survived) **Catalog #Sass.1 Catalog Value €1,600 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #950 ITALY 1944 (3 Jan) cover franked with "Governo Militare Alleato" overprinted 2x20c, used in combination with regular Italian franking 5c and Parcel Post, sent to Palagianello, with arrival pmk, some cover toning, fine and interesting mixed franking, signed Sismondo, with his 2013 certificate | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #951 ITALY 1944 50c proof of background, imperforate block of four, also imperforate single with double impression of groundwork, plus perforated variety printed on both sides, fine-v.f. PCatalog #440var | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #952 ITALY 1944 (27 Apr) locally used Bari cover with interesting franking which includes "Governo Militare Alleato" overprints, 50c "Lupa di Roma" and Parcel Post adhesives, little toning, otherwise fine, with 1996 Sorani certificate Catalog #Sass. 515 | $240.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #953 ITALY 1944 "Lupa Capitolina" 50c lilac, triple impression, horizontal strip of three, with full offset on back, right stamp with fold-over, causing an additional offset, unused without gum as issued, with 1996 Raybaudi certificate. Listed but unpriced in Sassone ("e noto anche con il decalco di due delle tre stampe"). A rarity (*) Catalog #Sass. 515Aq | $1,000.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #954 ITALY 1944 Badoglio, 50c violet, imperf. single, l.h., v.f., * Catalog #Sass.515Bb Catalog Value €4,750 | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #955 ITALY 1945 2L brown lilac, imperforate horizontal pair, n.h., v.f., signed Oliva, with his 1998 certificate (Sass. 552h) ** Catalog #470var Catalog Value €2,250 | $350.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #956 ITALY 1945 15L blue, double paper, vertical strip of four, n.h., v.f., with 1987 Diena certificate (Sass. 560t) ** Catalog #473var Catalog Value €2,000 | $350.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #957 ITALY 1945 Republica, 100L carmine, variety imperf. at right, sheet margin single, l.h., v.f. (Sass.565ap) * Catalog #477var | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #958 ITALY 1945 100L (Democratica), variety imperf. at top, upper left sheet margin example, n.h., v.f. (Sass.565aI) ** Catalog #477var Catalog Value €2,750 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #959 ITALY 1945 10c brown, pane of 50 with margins at top and bottom, A.M.G. VG shifted diagonally to left, leaving five stamps with only partial letters of the overprint, others with somewhat double overprint, etc., n.h., couple of tiny gum specks, v.f. and striking variety (Sass.1var) **Catalog #1LN1var | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #960 ITALY 1947 A.M.G. V.G. 25L blue, overprint inverted, ten singles, n.h., fine-v.f., signed Bolaffi, Diena, Raybaudi, etc. (Sass.PA6b) ** Catalog Value €5,000 | $240.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #961 ITALY 1947 A.M.G. V.G. 2L blue, overprint inverted, ten copies, including two blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f., signed Diena, Raybaudi, etc. (Sass.PA3var) ** | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #962 ITALY 1955 5L imperforate vertical and horizontal pairs (2), n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #674var | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #963 ITALY 1955 100L brown, sheet margin horizontal pair, variety imperf. at right, double perforations in the middle, n.h., v.f. (Sass.785/Ifaa, €800) ** Catalog #688var | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #964 ITALY 1955 25L Pascoli, imperf. sheet corner margin block of four, v.f., signed Raybaudi (Sass.792, Spec.356Ea) **Catalog #704var Catalog Value €1,600 | $170.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #965 ITALY Air Post Officials 1933 Servizio di Stato triptych, complete "E" watermark, n.h., v.f., with 2021 Dr.Avi certificate (Sass.1a) ** Catalog #CO1var Catalog Value €8,700 | $1,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #966 ITALY Pneumatic Post Stamps 1913-25 15c brown, 40c rose, imperforate plate proofs, singles and vertical sheet margin pairs, v.f. (Sass.P1,9) P Catalog #D1P,8P Catalog Value €2,280 | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #967 ITALY Flight Covers 1925 de Pinedo World Flight, Calcutta to Melbourne, franked with 1/2a and 1 1/2a India King George V definitives, with a red handstamp reading "Italian Consul General's (Melbourne) letter of 12-11-25. / No. 750/11. / Calcutta to Melbourne by Seaplane, 13/5/1925.". Back shows a purple cachet with map "ITALIAN / WORLD AIR / FLIGHT" (also another strike partly visible on front), with green initials of Stephen Smith and the president of the Aero Philatelic Club of India H.A. Outhwaite (these, apparently to prevent duplication). This is the right half of the cover only, as the 93 existing covers had all been intentionally cut in half, as they had been signed by de Pinedo after a promised charity donation had failed (the half with his signature is missing). Accompanied by a copy of a fairly contemporary article written on these interesting covers. This one is numbered 77 (out of 93), v.f. | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #968 ITALY Zeppelin Flights 1933 Rome Flight to Rio de Janeiro, franked with 12L Zeppelin, used in combination with additional regular franking, tied by departure cds, with blue cachet, June 7, 1933 arrival pmk on back, little toning, otherwise fine | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #969 ITALY Special Delivery 1946 10L dark blue, vertical bottom sheet margin pair, rejoined double paper (carta rocongiunta), n.h., v.f., signed Diena, with his 1987 certificate, ** Catalog #Sass.E1d Catalog Value €4,400 | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #970 ITALY Postage Dues 1870 (27 Mar) FL from Paris to Italy, franked with 20c Laure, tied by Paris Star pmk, with departure cds alongside, with Italian Postage Dues 10c red brown and 30c Numerals added on arrival in Torino (29 Mar), filing fold away from the stamps, rare mixed issues combination Catalog #J2,J8 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #971 ITALY Postage Dues 1871 (26 Sep) complete FL from Parana, Argentina to Italy, franked with 5c Rivadavia, tied by departure cds, Buenos Aires transit, charged 10 (decimes) on arrival, with the addition of 1 Lire Postage Due, tied by Genova cds, filing fold away from the stamps, signed Sorani Catalog #J13 | $180.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #972 ITALY Postage Dues 1874 10L blue and brown, large part original gum, usual centering, creased, otherwise fine example of this Postage Due rarity, with clear 2006 Sorani certificate, * Catalog #J19 Catalog Value $9,500 | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #973 ITALY Postage Dues 1890-91 Surcharges, set of three, h.r., fine-v.f., with 2006 Raybaudi certificate, * Catalog #J25-27 Catalog Value $2,655 | $290.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #974 ITALY Postage Dues 1890 30c on 2c orange, well centered for this difficult issue, l.h., fresh and fine stamp, * Catalog #J27 Catalog Value $2,000 | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #975 ITALY Parcel Post 1953-55 Authorized Delivery, 50L-110L, three values, plus 75L brown and 110L lilac rose, l.h., fine-v.f., * Catalog #QY2-4,8-10 Catalog Value $1,070 | $120.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #976 ITALY Postal Stationery 1887 2c red brown with "CI" perforations, affixed to unused "Francalettere" publicity lettersheet, xontents complete, filing fold away from the stamp, fine and extremely scarce, with 2024 Dr.Avi certificate, Catalog #Sass. 1 Catalog Value €22,000 | $1,600.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #977 ITALY Postal Stationery 1951 20L green, "Barbus Impermeabili" advertising, grayish tint ("camoscio Grigio"), postal stationery card, unused and in perfect condition, v.f. While 100,000 cards were printed, virtually all were used, with only a few unused cards still remaining, most with defects; signed, with 2011 Raybaudi certificate ("ottimo stato di conservazione, data la sua grande rarita") (Filigrano R9/1A) (Interitalia 148/1) Catalog Value €10,000 | $4,750.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #978 ITALY Italian Social Republic Parcel Post 1944 Issue, complete set, also Authorized Delivery Stamp, 10c unissued overprint, two different, n.h., fine-v.f., with Raybaudi certificates (Sass.PP38-37,Recapito 3A,3B) ** Catalog #EY1,var,Q1-12, Catalog Value €5,250 | $350.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #979 ITALY Italian Social Republic - Basa Atlantica 1943 10c brown, 20c carmine, 25c green, 30c brown and 50c violet, horizontal pairs, each with one stamp unoverprinted, l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f., signed Roger Calves, only 20 pairs issued, * Catalog #Sass.6d,8d-11d Catalog Value €16,000 | $2,300.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #980 ITALY Italian Social Republic - Basa Atlantica 1943 25c green and 50c violet, overprinted "Republicana" instead of "Repubblicana", small h.r., v.f., signed Bianchi, etc., * Catalog #Sass.9e,11e Catalog Value €2,750 | $300.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #981 ITALY TRIESTE - ZONE A 1950 Fiera di Trieste 15L blue, horizontal pair, overprinted on back of only one of the stamps, n.h., v.f., signed Oliva, with his 2001 certificate. A rarity, possibly the only one recorded, ** Catalog #Sass.81e Catalog Value €8,500 | $750.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #982 ITALY TRIESTE - ZONE A 1950 Italy at Work, 50c violet blue, variety perforations shifted with "Poste Italiane" at bottom instead of at top, AMG-FTT inverted, l.h., v.f., only 10 (!) printed, * Catalog #Sass.90/Iab Catalog Value €8,000 | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #983 ITALY TRIESTE - ZONE A 1950 Italy at Work, 200L olive brown, perf. 14 1/4 x 13 1/4, l.h., v.f., signed Oliva (catalogued as hinged) * Catalog #Sass.107/II Catalog Value €1,500 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #984 ITALY TRIESTE - ZONE A 1952 60L Armed Forces Day, overprint inverted, l.h., v.f., only 56 printed (Sass.159a) * Catalog #159var Catalog Value €4,500 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #985 ITALY TRIESTE - ZONE A 1952 60L Armed Forces Day, overprint inverted, n.h., fine, only 56 printed, expert signed (Sass.159a) ** Catalog #159var Catalog Value €3,500 | $550.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #986 ITALY TRIESTE - ZONE A Parcel Post 1947 50L rose, pair with displaced overprint, l.h. at top, bottom pair n.h., fine-v.f. */** Catalog #Q8var | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #987 ITALY TRIESTE - ZONE A Parcel Post 1947-48 200L-500L, three high values, n.h., fine-v.f. (Sass.10-12) ** Catalog #Q10-12 Catalog Value €1,400 | $260.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #988 ITALY TRIESTE - ZONE A Parcel Post 1947-48 200L green, two unsevered pairs, one n.h., the other h.r., fine-v.f. (Sass.10) */** Catalog #Q10 Catalog Value €1,450 | $180.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #989 ITALY TRIESTE - ZONE A Parcel Post 1949 50L rose, overprint double, l.h., usual centering, fine, signed Raybaudi. Only 100 discovered, all poorly centered, with irregular perforations, * Catalog #Sass.PP 21b Catalog Value €1,300 | $120.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #990 ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES ABROAD - GENERAL ISSUE (Estero) 1874 10c buff, lower corners not altered variety, used, fine and rare, with 1929 Royal and 1986 Diena certificates (Sass. 4c, €20,000) O Catalog #4c Catalog Value $12,000 | $1,800.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #991 ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN CHINA Naval and Maritime Mail 1915 (29 May) registered cover to Spezia, franked on back with unoverprinted Italian pairs of 5c and 15c definitives, tied by "Distaccamento Marina Italiana in Cina" departure pmks, with arrival in Italy (13.7.15), scattered tone spots and filing fold away from the stamps, fine usage during Italian Naval presence in China, signed Sorani | $180.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #992 ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN CHINA - Peking 1917 20c on 45c olive, unofficial surcharge, used with 1c on small piece, fine and rare, with 2021 Avanzo certificate (Sassone notes that prices are for defective examples, those in perfect condition are valued at double the quoted catalogue value) O Catalog Value €50,000 | $4,500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #993 ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN CHINA - Peking 1919 $2 on 5L blue & rose, Type III, exceptionally well centered with wide margins all around, n.h., post office fresh and v.f., with 1984 Dr. Enzo Diena certificate. A rarity, one of the finest known (the ordinary 5 Lire unoverprinted Italian stamp is priced with 500% premium for perfect centering) (Sass. 29, €52,500++) ** Catalog #30b Catalog Value $30,000 | $6,000.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #994 ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN CHINA - Tientsin 1917 2c on 5c green, 4c on 10c claret and 6c on 15c slate, set of three, n.h., fresh and v.f., with 2015 Cilio certificate (Sass.1-3, €17,500) ** Catalog #1-4 Catalog Value $3,200 | $1,100.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #995 ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN CHINA - Tientsin 1918-21 $2 "dollari Tientsin" on 5L blue & rose, surcharge type II, l.h., remarkably well centered for this difficult issue, v.f. and rare, as only 300 were issued between types II and III, with 1989 Bolaffi certificate graded "100" (Sass.24, €35,000) * Catalog #23a Catalog Value $20,000 | $3,500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #996 ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1870 FL from the French Post Office in Salonika, franked with strip of 3x20c Laure, canceled by large numerals, with "Italie-Salonique" 29 Mars 1870 departure cds alongside, addressed to Napoli, with transit and arrival pmks, little toning, otherwise fine | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #997 ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1908 10pa on 5c green, vertical pair, lower stamp without surcharge, n.h., fine, with 2024 Avi certificate (Sass. 1b; €11,250) ** Catalog #6a Catalog Value $8,000 | $1,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #998 ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1907 20pa on 10c, left half used as 10pa, additionally franked with 30pa on 15c and 1pi Special Delivery on cover from Smirne to Cairo, with Alexandria transit and Cairo arrival on reverse, some cover staining, stamps fine-v.f. (Sassone €1,900+) Catalog #Sass. 10e | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #999 ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1908 2pi on 50c violet, n.h., post office fresh, usual centering, fine, signed Diena, etc., with 1991 certificate (Sass.5, €12,000) ** Catalog #10 Catalog Value $6,500 | $750.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1000 ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1908 Second Printing, 20pi on 5L blue & rose, n.h., usual centering, rare stamp, signed Diena, with his 1991 certificate (Sass.14, €24,000) ** Catalog #19 Catalog Value $14,500 | $1,100.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1001 ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1908 20pi on 5L blue and rose, large space between "20" and "Piastre" variety, l.h.. fine and rare, with 1989 Diena certificate (Sass.14p) * Catalog #19var Catalog Value €32,000 | $2,800.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1002 ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1908 4pi on 1L, with "4" omitted, used on large registered cover from Constantinople to Specco, additionally franked with 30pa on 15c double surcharge and 1pi on 25c block of four, lower left stamp with "1" omitted, filing folds away from the stamps which have some usual toned spots, fine-v.f., the 4pi on 1L variety is unpriced in Sassone and possibly unique, undoubtedly a rare "triple" error cover, with 2005 Sorani certificate Catalog #Sass. 10a,11e,13cb | $1,800.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1003 ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE Postage Dues 1922 Italian Postage dues overprinted "Constantinopoli", 10c-1L blocks of four, 2L and 5L singles, each with a control cancel as issued, n.h., fine-v.f., signed Diena, etc., with 1985 Raybaudi certificate (Sassone 1-6, €10,000+) **Catalog #J1-6 | $800.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1004 ITALIAN COLONIES General Issues for all Colonies 1932 Garibaldi, postage, Air Post and Special Delivery, 17 different, sheet corner margin irregular blocks of nine, n.h., post office fresh, fine-v.f., **Catalog #13-22,C8-12,CE1-2 Catalog Value $2,529 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1005 ITALIAN COLONIES General Issues for all Colonies Air Post Semi-Postal Official Stamps 1934 Rome-Mogadiscio Flight, set of four including Cyrenaica, Eritrea, Somalia and Tripolitania, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f., only 750 of each issued, signed Bolaffi, etc., with 2021 Dr.Avi certificate (Sass.SA1, €28,000) ** Catalog #CBO1 | $4,750.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1006 ITALIAN COLONIES General Issues for all Colonies Air Post Semi-Postal Official Stamps 1934 Rome-Mogadiscio Flight, set of four including Cyrenaica, Eritrea, Somalia and Tripolitania, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f., only 750 of each issued, with 2023 Dr.Avi certificate, ** Catalog #CBO1 Catalog Value €28,000 | $4,500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
    | Lot #1007 ITALIAN COLONIES Aegean Islands - Rhodes 1940-43 selection of 20 covers or cards, used during WWII to Geneva, Marseilles, Zurich, one to USA, another franked with pair of 50c and 3x1.25L, tied by "Posta Aerea Castelrosso Egeo" cds and sent to Australia, framed "Passed by Censor" handstamp and "opened by censor" seal, some normal cover wear, mostly fine | $1,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1008 ITALIAN COLONIES Eritrea Semi-Postals 1926 Colonial Institute Issue, set of six plate proofs on card, mounted on carton, little adhesive toning, otherwise v.f. P Catalog #B11-16P | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1009 ITALIAN COLONIES Fezzan Air Post 1943 50c brown, lower left corner block 15, n.h., fine-v.f., signed Calves, **Catalog #Sass. PA1 Catalog Value €9,000 | $1,900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1010 ITALIAN COLONIES Fezzan Air Post 1943 50c brown, bottom margin block 15, n.h., tiny toned spot, still fine-v.f., signed Calves, **Catalog #Sass. PA1 Catalog Value €9,000 | $1,800.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1011 ITALIAN COLONIES Fiume 1918 Hungary, 10f rose, Machine-made overprint, n.h., v.f., with 2009 Martinas certificate (Sass.22, €30,000) ** Catalog #1 Catalog Value $11,000 | $1,900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1012 ITALIAN COLONIES Fiume 1918 Hungary, 6f green, handstamped type 6, h.r., fine, with 2009 Martinas certificate (Sass.7/VI, €3,800) * Catalog #6a | $350.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1013 ITALIAN COLONIES Fiume 1918 10f red, machine-made overprint, centered to left and tied on piece by Jan 9, 1919 Fiume pmk, extremely rare, with 2013 Martinas certificate (Sass.8, €26,000) O Catalog #7 Catalog Value $11,000 | $1,900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1014 ITALIAN COLONIES Libya 1912 5L variety, basic stamp shifted background, h.r., fine, * Catalog #Sass.11a Catalog Value €1,500 | $150.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1015 ITALIAN COLONIES Libya 1921 5c black & green, variety center very light and not completely printed, canceled Benghazi, fine and apparently rare unlisted variety, signed Colla, with his 2014 certificate (Sass.23var) O Catalog #22var | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1016 ITALIAN COLONIES Libya 1932 6th Tripoli Fair, plate proofs on glazed card in issued colors, complete set in sheet corner margin blocks of four, fresh, v.f., PCatalog #Sass.108-17,A4-7P Catalog Value €6,160 | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1017 ITALIAN COLONIES Libya 1934 8th Tripoli Fair, selection of 18 different imperf. and gummed trial color proof sheetlets, two each of 20c, 25c, 30c, 75c, 1.25L, 2.25L, 4.50L, also single of 5L, 10L and 25L, v.f., with 1987 Dr. Enzo Diena certificates P Catalog #Sass.125/1,A14/20P | $1,500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1018 ITALIAN COLONIES Somalia Air Post 1934 75c brown and red orange, imperf. sheet margin horizontal pair, n.h., v.f., signed Sismondo, etc., with 2023 Dr.Avi certificate (Sass.A3a) ** Catalog #C3a Catalog Value €21,000 | $2,800.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1019 ITALIAN COLONIES Somalia Air Post Officials 1934 Servizio Aereo Speziale, unissued overprints on 50c, 75c, 80c, 1L and 2L Air Post stamps, five different, mostly n.h., fine-v.f. signed Sanabria and "Brava 1934", Sassone €6,250 */** | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1020 ITALIAN COLONIES Somalia Air Post Officials 1934 25c blue and red orange, n.h., v.f., with expert handstamp and 2024 Dr.Avi certificate (Sass. 2; €7,500) ** Catalog #CO1 Catalog Value $3,500 | $1,300.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1021 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Yugoslav Occupation of Istria and Slovenia 1945 Issues complete (19 different stamps), n.h., few faint toned spots, fine-v.f., few handstamp guarantee markings on reverse, ** Catalog #Sass.22-40 Catalog Value €800 | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1022 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Polish Corps in Italy - Corpo Polacco 1946 2nd Corps souvenir sheet of four, uncut horizontal pair, canceled "Poczta Polowa 1.I.46 / 119", applied on 45g and 55g values, folded between sheets, fine-v.f., extremely rare unsevered pair, the only known example with the 1.I.46 /119 cancel, 2002 Raybaudi certificate confirming the unique status of this item O Catalog #Sass. 1Ab Catalog Value €26,000 | $7,000.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1023 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Polish Corps in Italy - Corpo Polacco 1946 2nd Corps souvenir sheet of three(!), 45g omitted, canceled "Glowna Poczta Polowa 1-I-46 / 104" , without gum as issued, hinged in several places, tiny stain at top, otherwise fine, this being the only known souvenir sheer error with this cancelation, (*) Catalog #Sass. 1Aca Catalog Value €15,000 | $4,000.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1024 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Polish Corps in Italy - Corpo Polacco 1946 2nd Corps souvenir sheet of one (!), three other values omitted, leaving only 2zl Bologna, unsevered horizontal pair, unused without gum as issued, v.f., with 2002 Raybaudi certificate. Only three varieties known with three values omitted (this pair of souvenir sheets comprising two of them), (*) Catalog #Sass. 1Ag Catalog Value €26,000 | $7,000.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1025 JAPAN 1871 (21 Feb) small cover to Lyon, franked with 2sen yellow, transferred to the French Post office Yokohama/Japan, with Ceres 5c, 10c, 15c and 80c canceled by large "5118" numerals, paying 1.10fr, with arrival (7 Apr) on back, Madame Lebon's name partly erased, Degron cachet and additional markings on reverse, faint toning, fine and remarkable small five-color France/Japan combination cover from the Lebon correspondence | $7,000.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1026 JAPAN 1874 2s yellow, Syllabic 16, h.r., fine, with Eichele opinion, * Catalog #28 Catalog Value $425 | $240.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1027 JAPAN 1874 6s violet brown, Syllabic 2, h.r., good color, small natural brown spot on gum, with Eichele opinion, * Catalog #29 Catalog Value $1,900 | $400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1028 JAPAN 1892 (29 June) cover from Kobe to Shanghai, franked with 5r (2), 1s and 3s adhesives, tied by Kobe Meiji departure pmks, with Shanghai Meiji P.O. arrival, cover wrinkles, otherwise fine | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1029 JAPAN Zeppelin Flights 1929 LZ 129 return flight to Germany, ppc franked with 6s red, canc. on board 21 Aug. 1929 in red, with appropriate cachet, v.f., rare Catalog #Si.31m | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1030 JAPAN Military Stamps 1904-45 military mail, selection of eight items incl. Russo-Japanese War (4), also World War II Philippines Army Mail (2), repatriation mail (2), all neatly written-up on pages, interesting markings, fine-v.f. | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1031 KOREA 1905 (31 May) cover addressed to the French Legation in Tokyo, franked with 4c Falcon, tied by Seoul No.1 cds, with Fusan transit and Tokyo arrival pmks, fine | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
    | Lot #1032 NORTH KOREA 1946-53 selection of 54 different, imperforate proof sheetlets, single of double dies, usually on thin wove paper, occasional tone spots, mostly fine-v.f., rare P | $8,500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1033 LATVIA 1938 Twenty Years of Independence, unexploded "Ls 2,02" booklet with panes of 3s, 5s, 10s, 20s and 35s separated by five interleaves with printed postal, telephone and telegraph instructions, 100,000 printed, with "Uzd.9921.1938g" year date on back cover, fine-v.f.  Catalog #200a-205a | $150.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1034 LATVIA Zeppelin Flights 1932 3rd SAF card to Brazil, card creases, otherwise v.f., with red Berlin connecting cachet | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1035 LATVIA Zeppelin Flights 1932 4th SAF card to Brazil, v.f., with red Berlin connecting cachet | $240.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1036 LATVIA Zeppelin Flights 1933 3rd SAF to Brazil, with Berlin connecting cachet, faint toning, otherwise v.f. | $120.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1037 LATVIA Libau 1919 2 1/2pf-50pf overprinted in red (6) and in violet (7), two stamps unused (5pf and 25pf with red overprints), others used, mainly on pieces, couple of minor flaws, many signed Schlegel, Richter, etc., fine and scarce lot, *O Catalog #Mi.1-6, Ia-b Catalog Value €4,480 | $1,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1038 LIBERIA 1936 surcharges, selection of 20 Bileski cards, with double, inverted, shifted and other varieties of surcharge, fine-v.f., interesting group ** | $500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1039 LIECHTENSTEIN 1894 Forerunners, 13 September edition of newspaper "Monica", franked with Austrian 1kr newspaper stamp, cancelled Vaduz 21.9.94, fine | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1040 LIECHTENSTEIN 1912 Prince Johann, imperforate, set of three horizontal pairs, 10h unused without gum, others n.h., v.f. **(*) Catalog #1-3var Catalog Value $4,200 | $950.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1041 LIECHTENSTEIN 1934 Vaduz Exhibition souvenir sheet, cancelled 8.X.34 and used on registered cover to Wil, with wax seals and arrival pmk, minor inclusions, fine-v.f., scarce commercial usage of the Vaduz souvenir sheet, Catalog #115 Catalog Value $3,500 | $1,000.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1042 LITHUANIA Flight Covers 1933 Darius-Girenas Transatlantic flight cover franked with United States 3c Washington, tied by Brooklyn July 15 cds, also "Lituanica" and corresponding violet cachets, Kaunas July 18 arrival pmk on back, some adhesive toning as always, otherwise fine | $180.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1043 LITHUANIA Zeppelin Flights 1934 (19 May) Deutschland Flight card from Kaunas, via Berlin to Sweden, red connecting flight cachet, Blotbert arrival, redirected to Stockholm, v.f., with appropriate markings | $260.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1044 LUXEMBOURG 1855 1sgr carmine rose, unused without gum, margins all around, good color, v.f., signed FRPL, with 2009 Calves & Jacquart certificate (YT 2, €2,750) (*) Catalog #3 Catalog Value $1,350 | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1045 MANCHUKUO 1937 4f light olive green, unexploded booklet containing five panes of six, n.h., v.f. (catalogue value for individual panes) Catalog #88a Catalog Value $300 | $160.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1046 MARIENWERDER 1920 50pf violet and black, upper left corner margin single, n.h. (hinged in selvage), fine, signed Keiler, Kosack (Mi.17x, €1,000) ** Catalog #28 Catalog Value $800 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1047 MEXICO 1865 (15 May) stampless letter from Mexico City to France, with "Mexique Louisiane" maritime datestamp, endorsed "Voie St. Nazaire", with "Franco Mexico" and corresponding departure pmk on front, charged "8" (deci), fine cover, ex-Dubus collection | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1048 MEXICO 1868 100c brown, Mazatlan district name overprint, unused without gum, minute thin speck not mentioned on the accompanying 2013 MEPSI certificate, (*) Catalog #51 Catalog Value $1,750 | $350.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1049 MEXICO 1871 (25 June) outer FL from Tampico to Vera Cruz, franked with 12c Hidalgo, in combination with Great Britain 4p vermilion canceled by "C63" duplex, British Post Office departure pmk below, filing fold away from the stamps, fine and attractive mixed franking | $1,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1050 MEXICO 1872 (11 Dec) FL datelined "Papantla" and addressed to Bordeaux, franked with imperf. 12c blue Hidalgo, almost completely covered by the horizontal strip of 6x25c Ceres, additional pair alongside, canceled by Anchor, framed "PD" and "Mexique" 24 Dec. 72 below, with octagonal maritime "Vera-Cruz Paq. Fr.B No.2" pmk on back, overall aging, with signs of erasures from the address panel, nevertheless a rare double weight mixed franking letter from Vera Cruz | $1,100.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1051 MEXICO 1875 (18 Apr) FL from Mexico City to Havana, franked with 10c Hidalgo (Vera Cruz), tied by cds, sent via the French Post Office where pair of 30c Ceres was added, canceled by Anchor, with "Vera-Cruz Paq. Fr.B.A. 1" octagonal maritime, red "P.P." and charged "3" on arrival, with arrival (21 Apr) on back, filing fold away from the stamps, fine and attractive combination franking, signed S.Aguirre, also Brun, with his 2024 certificate | $2,800.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1052 MEXICO 1875 (18 May) FL from Vera Cruz to Havana, franked with 25 blue (overprinted 25 75), tied by blue oval, sent via the French Post Office where horizontal strip of 4x30c Ceres was added, canceled by Anchor, with octagonal "Vera-Cruz Paq. Fr.B.No.4" (18 May 75) maritime pmk, boxed "P.P." and ""Mexique" datestamps, charged "4" on arrival in Havana (21 May), horizontal filing fold slightly affecting the 25c stamp, little toning, still a fine combination franking | $2,800.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1053 MEXICO 1877 (14 Nov) complete FL from Vera Cruz, franked with 10c Hidalgo, tied by "Vera Cruz" departure pmk, sent to Genova, endorsed "Via U.S. of A.", with New Orleans (19 Nov) and New York (22 Nov) transits, arriving in Genova (12 Dec), where it was charged penalty rate of 1.15L postage due, with 5c, 10c and 1L Italian Postage Dues, filing fold through the 10c, otherwise fine and attractive letter, with 1992 Robineau certificate Catalog #107 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1054 MEXICO 1879 (27 Aug) FL from Vera Cruz to New York, franked with 5c orange "379", tied by departure cds, endorsed "Per City of New York", arriving there on Sept 8, with 3c green Bank Note added and canceled "F" duplex, re-addressed to New London, Conn., with same-day arrival pmk on back, fine Mexico-USA combination | $270.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1055 MEXICO 1916 60c on 2c green, Carranza overprint, block of four, well centered, heavy h.r., v.f., with 2011 MEPSI certificate (catalogue value for singles) *Catalog #590 Catalog Value $1,800 | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1056 MEXICO Zeppelin Flights 1930 Pan-America Flight card, Mexico to New York where 65c Zeppelin was added for further transmission to Germany, v.f., with appropriate markings, autographed by Dr. Eckener. Only 10 cards prepared, very few exist Catalog #Si. 64VII | $5,000.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1057 MEXICO BRITISH SHIPS - 1875-78 Porte de Mar 1878 (Apr) outer FL to France, franked with 25c Hidalgo (Jalapa), tied by framed "Franco Teziutlan", with 10c Porte de Mar similarly tied on back, endorsed "Vapor Yngles", charged "17" (decimes) and "T-10" on arrival, London (Apr 27 78) transit and Bordeaux arrival pmks on back Catalog #109,JX10 | $950.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1058 MEXICO FRENCH SHIPS - 1877-78 Porte de Mar 1877 (21 Apr) cover (opened for display) sent from Tabasco, franked with 25c Hidalgo, tied by oval "San Juan Bautista" departure pmk, used in combination with France 1fr Type Sage, tied by octagonal "Mexique" datestamp, endorsed "Paquete Frances" and addressed to Victoria, Spain, marked "1P.30" in blue, on reverse 3x10c and diagonal half of 2c Porte De Mar adhesives added, mostly uncanceled as always, except one tied by "Vera-Cruz Paq. Fr. B.No.2" (22 Apr 77), with Santander 22 May 77 arrival, fine and truly exceptional Porte de Mar combination cover with Mexico and Type Sage 1fr, one of only two covers recorded paying this rate, signed Calves and Roumet. (With the end of the Consular Agencies in Mexico, the post office had to deal directly with shipping lines. Each company negotiated different rates for the various routes they served. The Porte de Mar adhesives were used because the public wanted proof of payment of these fees. Since the French Porte de Mar fees were much higher than the British, their service was seldom used) Catalog #109,JX10 | $7,000.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1059 MEXICO FRENCH SHIPS - 1877-78 Porte de Mar 1877 (19 July) small cover (torn in places) to Malaga, franked with 50c green (Mexico), used in combination with France 1fr Type Sage, tied by octagonal "Mexique" departure pmk, charged "1 P 30", on back 25c Porte de Mar, tied by arriving Santander (15 Aug) pmk, showing "Ligne N Paq. Fr. No.4" (20 July) maritime datestamp, fine appearance, rare combination Catalog #1110,JX13 | $1,500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1060 MONACO 1774 (21 June) FL from Monaco to Modena, with arrival "MOD 26" hs in red, intact wax seal on back, fine | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1061 MONACO 1776-89 two outer FLs to Marseilles, each with "de Monaco" ms, various charge markings, fine | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1062 MONACO 1793 (13 Apr) FL to Paris, endorsed "de Monaco" in ms, with red "78 Monaco" (26mm) hs, fine and very rare marking, with "24" hs on arrival | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1063 MONACO 1805 French Republican calendar date "Le Germinal 22", FL addressed to the President of the Criminal Tribunal of Alpes Maritimes, with black "85 Monaco" (30mm) hs, fine | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1064 MONACO 1806 (13 October) FL with black "P.85.P Monaco" hs, fine and rare | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1065 MONACO 1821 (6 Nov) FL to Marseille, with straight line "Monaco" (33mm) in black, plus "Cs.1R" and boxed "Italie Par Antibes" hs, both in red, fine | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1066 MONACO 1822 (7 June) FL to Marseille, with straight line "Monaco" (33mm) in black, plus "Cs.1R" and boxed "Italie Par Antibes" hs, both in red, fine | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1067 MONACO 1824 (4 Apr) FL to Marseille, with straight line "Monaco" (33mm) in black, plus "Cs.1R" in red and boxed "Italie Par Antibes" hs in black, fine | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1068 MONACO 1826 (30 Oct) FL to Aix, with straight line "P.P. Monaco" in red, black "Italy Par Antibes" boxed hs, with arrival pmk | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1069 MONACO 1911 ppc from Monte Carlo to USA, franked with Great Britain 1p Edward, tied by Napoli Porto 8.2.11 cds, with boxed "Paquebots" hs, fine | $130.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
    | Lot #1070 MONACO 1947 Centenary, F.D.Roosevelt, etc., 13 different imperforate deluxe sheets, also additional items, including 1956 Dr.Schweitzer imperforate trial color strips of five (three different), plus Air Post 300fr-1,000fr imperforate sheet corner margin singles, n.h., v.f. P | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
    | Lot #1071 MONACO 1954 Coat of Arms, duplicated selection of 15 imperf. collective sheetlets in black, showing various unfinished stages, each signed by the artist, fine-v.f. P Catalog #312-17P | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1072 MONACO 1954 Arms of Monaco, 50c-5fr progressive stages, six different die proofs, last one showing four parts, signed by the artist, v.f. P Catalog #312-318P | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1073 MONACO 1954 Arms of Monaco, 5fr signed artist die proof in black, showing four stages of frame, all on black background, printed in block form, folded between dies, v.f. P Catalog #318P | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
   | Lot #1074 MONACO 1956 George Washington, 1fr selection of 10, mostly different artist signed die proofs in various colors, including three with value tablets blank, occasional corner creases, mostly v.f. P Catalog #354P | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1075 MONACO 1961 Automobiles, 20c-50c imperforate and gummed trial color, five different vertical strips of five, also 1975 Issue, 22 imperforate pairs, various colors, n.h., also three different artist signed die proofs, v.f. P | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1076 MONACO 1968-70 Art, three different imperforate horizontal strips of five, various colors, including the unfinished first stage, n.h., also 1fr rose (positive) and black (negative) artist signed die proofs, v.f. P Catalog #710-11,736,774P | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1077 MONACO 1974 Europa, imperforate gutter sheetlet of 10, gummed trial color proof, n.h., v.f. P | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1078 MONACO Semi-Postals 1949-51 Red Cross, set of four perf. and imperf. sheets of four blocks each, n.h., some marginal creases, still v.f. (YT Block 3A-4B, €3,050). Also included are three perforated and gummed UPU souvenir sheets of three and four, h.r., fine-v.f., **Catalog #289-91b,B96-99a Catalog Value €2,050 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1079 MONACO Postage Dues 1926-43 horizontal gutter sheets of 50, n.h., fine-v.f. (YT T18-26) **Catalog #J6/15A Catalog Value €3,500 | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1080 MONGOLIA 1924 50c and $1 Scepter, two imperforate singles of each, all with invalidating perforations, l.h. or n.h., v.f. * Catalog #6,7var | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1081 MONGOLIA 1924 $1 Scepter, perf. 10, horizontal invalidating perforations, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #7b | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1082 MONGOLIA 1925 (6 Nov) registered cover from URGA to Kalgan, franked with pair of 10c and single 5c, tied by square Registry datestamps, franking not recognized by the Chinese, with 6x2c Postage dues on back and 3c Junk added on front, fine | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1083 MONGOLIA 1926 50c brown & olive green, two singles, each with boxed black handstamp, used, fine-v.f., O Catalog #21a Catalog Value $650 | $180.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1084 MONTENEGRO 1906 (24 Mar) registered cover (opened for display) from the Montenegrin Post Ministry in Cetinje to Salzburg, attractively franked on both sides with 20 stamps (one mostly trimmed off), with arrival pmks, also 1910 cover (opened for display), registered from Cetinje to Red Lodge, Montana, U.S.A., franked on back with 2x25p gray blue, transit and arrival pmks, returned undelivered, some faults, but unusual | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1085 MONTENEGRO 1915 (30 Aug) parcel card for insured C.O.D. parcel, franked with 10pa rose carmine and 50pa blue (2), sent from Cetinje to Goransko, with three different postal labels on front and ms receipt on back, also registered cover (opened for display) sent (12.7.15) from Cetinje to New York, straight-line "Pregledano" (Censored), Bologna transit, undelivered and returned back, with 12 datestamps on back, some faults, but impressive | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1086 MONTENEGRO 1915 (May) A.R. cover to Greece, franked on back with strip of 5x10pa rose carmine, straight-line "Pregledano" (Censored) handstamp, Athens arrival, but addressee not found, with "Agnostos Inconnu" markings and returned to sender | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1087 MONTENEGRO Issued under Italian Occupation 1942 25p-16d, overprinted in red, 25p with disturbed gum, balance n.h., fine-v.f., only 200 complete sets issued, ** Catalog #Sass.49-59 Catalog Value €10,000 | $1,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1088 NETHERLANDS 1862 (30 Aug) FL franked with single 10c and pair of 15c, margins all around, tied by boxed "Franco" hs and used from Rotterdam to Belfast, minor cover tears, otherwise fine and scarce first issue usage to Ireland, with arrival pmk, with Dr. Albert Louis certificate Catalog #2,3 | $950.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1089 NETHERLANDS Flight Covers 1928 (16 Oct) registered and flown cover Amsterdam-Batavia, fourth experimental flight from Rangoon, the plane and mail were taken aboard the "SS Borneo" and arrived in Batavia on 26th, 1928, v.f., with appropriate markings | $120.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1090 NETHERLANDS COLONIES Netherlands Antilles Air Post 1946 Issue, complete set, n.h., fine-v.f., ** Catalog #C32A-50 Catalog Value $501 | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1091 NICARAGUA Zeppelin Flights 1930 cover, sent from Managua to Havana, Cuba; from there to New York and on to Friedrichshafen, franked on both sides, with proper markings, U.S. stamp (probably $1.30 Zeppelin) which was supposed to have been added in New York has apparently been removed (the stamp would have been covering the "Habana a Lakehurst" handstamp, with the duplex cancel still showing), fine-v.f., rare cover | $950.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1092 OMAN 1971-72 5b on 3b reddish purple block of four, 25b on 40b black & red orange, marginal pair, also 25b on 1r blue & red orange, top sheet margin block of four, n.h., v.f. (SG 138,144-45) **Catalog #133A-133C Catalog Value $1,840 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1093 OMAN 1973 Government Buildings, pair with "1973" Date omitted error, used and unused sets, v.f. (SG 170a,171a) **O Catalog #151-52var | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1094 OMAN 1978 surcharges, set of three used, two canceled on pieces, fine-v.f. (SG 212-14) O Catalog #190A-C Catalog Value $3,425 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1095 PANAMA Air Post 1963 Lions International, 21c imperforate, two blocks of four, ultramarine and light blue, the latter signed Sanabria, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #C247var | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1096 PANAMA Air Post 1963 Lion's International, 5c sheet margin block of 20, green overprint shifted to left, also two additional strips of three, another horizontal strip of four, all from the original sheet, with different stages of the overprint shift, n.h., some toning, scarce **Catalog #C286var | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1097 PERU 1870 (12 Feb) outer FL from Callao, franked with 1d green (margins all around), tied by "C33" in oval of bars, sent to Genova, red London transits and "G.B.1F.90c" accountancy, along with "P.58", charged "28" (decimes) on arrival in Genova, 2 Lire and 2x40c Postage Dues added, filing fold away from the stamps, minor vertical wrinkles, fine Trans-Atlantic letter from Peru to Italy Catalog #14 | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1098 PERU 1874 (14 May) cover to Denmark, franked with 10c Vermilion (Llama), used in combination with Great Britain 2p dark blue, 6p slate gray (Pl.13) and 1sh green (Pl.8), all tied by "C38" duplex pmks, with red "PD" and London Paid (12 June) transits, Callao departure and Roeskilde (14.6.74) arrival pmks on back, some hinge margins on reverse, otherwise fine and attractive mixed franking Peru/GB combination to uncommon destination | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1099 PERU 1877 (10 Dec) cover to Italy, franked with 10c Arms, tied by Lima departure cds, with Great Britain 2p dark blue, pair and strip of eight (last stamp folded over) added in Callao (Dec 13), tied by barred oval cancels, arriving in Genova (16 Jan 78), red London transit pmk on front, cover somewhat worn, still quite impressive and uncommon combination | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1100 PHILIPPINES Air Post 1950 Fifth World Congress of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, 30c and 50c imperf. plate proofs on card, vertical gutter blocks of four, creases between stamps, otherwise v.f. PCatalog #C68-69P | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1101 PHILIPPINES Postage Dues 1947 3c-10c numerals, imperf. plate proofs on card, upper right sheet corner margin blocks of four, v.f. PCatalog #J23-26P | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1102 PHILIPPINES Revenue Stamps 1946 Large master die proof in green, die sunk on card, v.f. P | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1103 PHILIPPINES Revenue Stamps 1947 Documentary Revenue Tax, 2c-100p, set of 15 different large die proofs, die sunk on full cards, fresh, v.f. P | $2,300.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1104 PHILIPPINES Revenue Stamps 1947 Internal Revenue Documentary Tax Stamps, 2c, 5c, 10c and 20c, large die proofs, card mounted and signed by John Hay (the designer), fine-v.f. P | $270.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1105 PHILIPPINES Revenue Stamps 1950 Internal Revenue Stamps, 50 pesos red brown, 200 pesos green and 20,000 pesos black, large die proofs, each die sunk on card, v.f. P | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1106 PHILIPPINES Revenue Stamps 1950 Internal Revenue Stamps, "centavos" and "Pesos" master die proofs in green, each showing a different design, value tablets blank, die on card, v.f. P | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1107 POLAND 1850 (25 Aug) FL originating from London and addressed to Odessa, forwarded by agents "Franconi & Wolff A Cracovie", with "Krakau 23/8" pmk, sent further to Odessa, fine and most unusual routing | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1108 POLAND 1860 10k carmine rose & blue, brilliant colors and well centered, canceled by "1" (ornamental tail) in four squares, on small piece, v.f. A splendid stamp O Catalog #1 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1109 POLAND 1914 (19 July) registered cover from Lodz to Vienna, franked on back with pair of Russia 10k Romanov stamps, tied by Lodz central departure cds (in Cyrillic), with two handstamps "Detained by War Censor" and "Returned Due to War Conditions" on front, opened by Austrian Censor, with handstamps and label at right, additional handstamp on reverse "Returned to Sender due to War Conditions", with additional markings indicating that this cover was actually returned in 1918, four years after departure | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1110 POLAND 1918 5pf on 3pf brown, surcharge double, fine and scarce stamp, signed Dr.Kronenberg, etc., with 2012 Schmutz certificate (Fi. 9 Inp) (*) | $160.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1111 POLAND 1919 15h on 10h stationery card used with additional franking from Krakow to Wien, also 15f stationery card, with "Zum Russichen Freimarke" overprint, cancelled Warszawa 24.3.19, fine-v.f. | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
   | Lot #1112 POLAND 1919 10kr violet, pos. F-IVB-23, well centered with wide margins all around, original hinge at top, fresh and v.f. example of this popular rarity, only 440 printed, signed Taipale, Philatelia Krakow and Dr.Kronenberg, with his 1993 certificate (Fi.49aa, 50,000zl) * Catalog #55 Catalog Value $14,000 | $9,500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1113 POLAND Flight Covers 1929 (8 July) first flight cover from Katowice to Venice, corresponding cachet, transit (Vienna) and arrival pmk, some toning | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1114 POLAND Flight Covers 1931 (20 July) first flight from Sofia (Bulgaria) to Gdynia, v.f., with 21.7 Warszawa transit and 22.7.31 Danzig arrival pmks, returned to sender, v.f., only five (!) carried | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1115 POLAND Flight Covers 1931 (20 July) first flight from Sofia (Bulgaria) to Warszawa, v.f., with 21.7 arrival pmk, charged 10gr postage due (deemed unnecessary, hence "Uniewazniono" (cancelled) hs applied), only five (!) carried | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1116 POLAND Flight Covers 1936-37 first flight covers from Warszawa to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, each with corresponding cachets and arrival pmks, v.f., signed Gryzewski | $90.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1117 POLAND Postage Dues 1921-22 Numerals of value, imperforate horizontal pairs, 4m, 8m, 20m (2) and 100m (2), unused without gum, different paper varieties, v.f. (*) Catalog #J42,44,45,47P | $160.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1118 POLAND Officials 1945 "Poczta Zwykla" and "Poczta Polecona" (Regular and Registered Mail), (5zl) blue and (10zl) carmine, six imperforate horizontal pairs of each, different paper varieties, shades, also some double impression, etc., with (n.h.) or without gum, v.f. **(*) Catalog #O21-22var | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1119 POLAND Polish Locals - Bialystok 1916 25pf dark blue on bluish paper, imperforate proof, unused with gum, h.r., violet control handstamp, v.f., one of only a few known, signed Bojanowicz and Rachmanow (Fi. Zl.8,000) P | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1120 POLAND Polish Locals - Bialystok 1916 25pf brown, red brown, two different, each signed ("R.Wolfsohn"), also unsigned 25pf red brown and 1m red brown, all used, fine-v.f., signed Dr.Kronenberg O | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1121 POLAND Polish Locals - Kowel (Wolyn) 1919 50fen on 20hr, vertical tete-beche pair, l.h., v.f., signed Bulat. A rarity * | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1122 POLAND Polish Locals - Kowel (Wolyn) 1919 30fen on 30sh blue, red overprint, h.r., v.f., signed Bulat (Fi.1b, 2,800zl) * | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
   | Lot #1123 POLAND Internment of Polish Soldiers in Switzerland 1941-45 selection of 15 covers or cards mailed from military camps Astano, Burgdorf, Celigny, Fehraltof, Fribourg, Herisau, Haftli be Buren, Losone, Meilen, Reichenburg, Senneburg, etc., sent mostly to other Polish officers in neighboring camps, also incoming mail, plus six food parcel receipts to families in Occupied Poland or German camps. In addition, there is "Internment en Suisse" stationery card with Soldier's stamp label, three perforated stamps and souvenir sheet of four, plus 10c Swiss card to Capt. Potoczek at Meilen camp, variety of pmks and censor markings, fine lot | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
   | Lot #1124 POLAND Polish Army in France 1940 Camp Coetquidan, souvenir sheet of five, group of 12 imperf. proofs in various colors including carmine, green, magenta, purple, yellow, etc., v.f., extremely rare (the main military camps for Polish formations in France were in Coetquidan) P | $2,300.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1125 POLAND Polish Army in France 1940-42 cover with "Armee Polonaise/Le Commandant du Camp de Saint Loup" handstamp, addressed to Ministry of Polish Military Matters in Paris, also 1940 unaddressed card with sample handstamps used for the Polish Army in France, plus another card, used in 1942 from a POW Camp in Neuville | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1126 POLAND Generalgouvernement - WWII German Occupation 1943 Krakow, 10zl brown & black, imperforate top right sheet corner margin, imprint block of four, n.h., v.f. A rarity (catalogued as singles), **Catalog #Mi.116U Catalog Value €20,000 | $7,000.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1127 POLAND Generalgouvernement - WWII German Occupation 1944 unissued "Gorale" set of three, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #Mi.I-III Catalog Value €1,800 | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1128 POLAND Generalgouvernement - WWII German Occupation Revenue Stamps 1941-43 Coupons "50 punkt" for steel, leather, cigarettes, textiles etc., vert. strip of 10 in orange, folded between stamps, very rare (*) | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1129 POLAND Generalgouvernement - WWII German Occupation Revenue Stamps 1941-43 Ration coupons, surcharged "1 punkt" for steel, leather, cigarettes, vodka, soap, textiles, etc., pane of 40 in blue, unused without gum as issued, folded between stamps, fine-v.f. (*) | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1130 POLAND Generalgouvernement - WWII German Occupation Revenue Stamps 1941-43 Coupons "1 punkt" for sugar, sheet of 25, in red and pink, fine-v.f., unused without gum as issued, very rare (*) | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1131 POLAND Murnau - Offlag VIIA 1942 Camp Building, 10f black, three blocks of four, one imperf. on toilet tissue paper, others rouletted or imperf. on white ungummed paper, fine-v.f. (*) | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1132 POLAND Murnau - Offlag VIIA 1942 Barbed Wire, 10f blue (rouletted) and gray blue (imperf.) blocks of four, unused without gum as issued, v.f., signed Perzynski, rare (*) | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1133 POLAND Murnau - Offlag VIIA 1942 Posthorn, 15f brown and 15f blue green, rouletted blocks of four, unused without gum as issued, v.f., signed Perzynski (*) | $280.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1134 POLAND Murnau - Offlag VIIA 1942 Fishermen's Exhibition,15f red brown, 10f light brown, two different sheet margin blocks of four, unused without gum as issued, handstamped guarantee marks, first one signed Perzynski (*) | $280.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1135 POLAND Murnau - Offlag VIIA 1942 Issues, selection of seven different reprints made in 1944 on two types of paper, with the original booklet titled "Poczta Obozowa", one stamp with minor toning, otherwise fine-v.f., only 80 of each printed (*) | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1136 POLAND Murnau - Offlag VIIA 1944 Red Cross, block of four, unused without gum as issued, corner perf. fault at bottom right, otherwise fine-v.f. * | $290.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1137 POLAND Displaced Persons Camps 1945 Dachau-Allach, Red Cross, perforated and imperf. souv. sheets of six, each with green 25pf value inverted at upper left, v.f. ** | $260.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1138 POLAND Displaced Persons Camps 1945 Dachau-Allach, Red Cross, perf. and imperf. souv. sheets of six, each with green 25pf value inverted at upper left, v.f. ** | $260.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1139 PORTUGAL 1880 (4 Sep) FL from Marseille to Porto, franked with 10c and 25c Type Sage, re-directed on arrival in Portugal, with 25r added in Porto, with transit and arrival pmks on back, fine and uncommon France/Portugal combination | $250.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
   | Lot #1140 PORTUGAL 1923 Portugal to Brazil Flight Issue, group of 16 perf. and 16 imperforate blocks of four (128 stamps), each stamp with a control punch PCatalog #299/314P | $1,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
    | Lot #1141 PORTUGAL 1924 Camoens, group of 31 imperforate blocks of four (121 stamps), value tablets blank, various colors, each stamp with a control punch PCatalog #315/45P | $1,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
   | Lot #1142 PORTUGAL 1925 Issue, group of 25 imperforate blocks of four (100 stamps), value tablets blank, various colors, each stamp with a control punch PCatalog #346/76P | $1,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
    | Lot #1143 PORTUGAL 1926 Ceres, 2c-$10 die proofs in black, the complete set of 25, most dated and handstamped "before hardening", plus an extra 48c with "After Striking" handstamp, v.f. and rare group of die proofs P | $2,300.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1144 PORTUGAL 1947 Surrender of the Moors, group of 6 perf. and 6 imperforate blocks of four (48 stamps), each stamp with a control punch, PCatalog #683-88P | $1,300.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1145 PORTUGUESE COLONIES Portuguese India 1877 two native covers from Goa, each franked with 20r vermilion and used in combination with India 1/a Queen Victoria, canceled Bombay, showing "Sawantwaree", Bombay "Dec 6 Postage Due 1 Anna" and "Pancim" (9.12) arrival pmks Catalog #49 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1146 PUERTO RICO 1868 (29 Feb) cover (backflap missing) from France to Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, franked with single 80c Empire, tied by Paris Star departure pmk, supported by "Place de La Bourse" cds, red London Paid (2 Mar), charged "10", with Cuba 10c ultramarine added, Puerto Rico (19 Mar) arrival pmk on back, minor cover flaws, otherwise fine | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1147 PUERTO RICO 1868 (14 May) small cover from France to Aguadilla, franked with pair of 40c 80c Empire, tied by Paris Star departure pmk, supported by departure cds, red London Paid (15 May), charged "10", with Cuba 10c ultramarine added, Puerto Rico (2 June) arrival pmk on back, minor cover flaws, backflap missing, fine and attractive combination, signed Brun, with his 2024 certificate | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1148 PUERTO RICO 1871 (24 June) FL from Mayaguez to Genoa with fine oval blue cachet of Forwarding Agent "Viuda de Vias y Ca-San Juan, Puerto Rico" and sent via British PO with black "Puerto Rico" and London (Jul.14) to Genoa where taxed at 1L 70c rate with 1870 30c, 40c and 1L neatly tied, rare and appealing entire | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1149 PUERTO RICO Air Post 1940 Second Aerovias Issue, 1c (4) and 50c (1) triangles, selection of five sheetlets of five, part perf. or misperforated, some creases, otherwise fine-v.f. * | $850.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1150 ROMANIA 1870 (23 Apr) outer FL from Galatz to Corfu, franked with Prince Carol 50b blue & red, margins all around, tied by bold Galatz double circle departure pmk, framed "P.D." and P.P. handstamps, charged "20" in blue crayon, 20L Hermes Head (ample margins to cut in at bottom) added on arrival and tied by Kerkura (21.4.70, note the difference between Julian and Gregorian calendars), with "Lloyd Agenze Constantinopoli" (28.4) transit and Kerkura markings on back, additional docketing on the inside flap, vertical filing fold not affecting the stamps, fine and scarce cover combination franking from Galatz to Kerkura | $3,250.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1151 ROMANIA 1870 (10 Oct) cover from Ismail to Syra, franked with Prince Carol two each 10b blue and 15b vermilion, all with margins all around, tied by blue Ismail double circle departure pmks, "P.P" handstamp, charged "20" in blue crayon, 20L Hermes Head (ample margins to cut in at bottom) added on arrival and tied by Syros (5.10.70, note the difference between Julian and Gregorian calendars), with "Galata" (14.10), "Lloyd Agenze Constantinopoli" (15.10) and Constantinople transits, Syros arrival markings on back, peripheral toned specks, fine cover combination franking to Greece | $3,500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1152 ROMANIA Austrian Lloyd Post Office in Kustendje 1868 (6 May) outer FL from Kustendje to Genova, franked with DBSR 20pa black on green (used to pay for the local train service from Kustendje to Czernawoda), used in combination with horizontal pair of Austrian Levant 15 soldi brown, perf. 9 1/2, tied by two well struck "Lloyd Agenze Kustendje 8/5" cds, red "PD" handstamp above, with transit markings of Wien (12.5), Milano Stazione and Partenze (14.5) and Genova arrival (16.5), minor filing fold at bottom, slightly through the lower left corner of 20pa, faint adhesive toning, fine and most attractive Kustendje-Czernawoda letter (DBSR (the Danube and Black Sea Railway) covered a distance of 46 miles between Kustendje, a port on the Black Sea, and Czernawoda on the Danube, forming a link between the mail boats of the Danube Steam Navigation Company at Czernawoda and those of the Austrian Lloyd Company at Kustendje. DBSR issued a single 20 paras stamp for the conveyance of loose letters over the route) (Sass. €42,500) | $11,000.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
      | Lot #1153 RUSSIA 1849-1934 Romanovs and Entourage, collection of 83 covers or cards on pages, each accompanied by a detailed description regarding original and destination, sender's and letter (if enclosed) details, etc. The story begins with a mourning envelope sent by Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (1798-1860), wife of Emperor Nicholas I, registered cover containing a secret report sent from Baku to Emperor Nicholas I, 1876 wrapper sent from England to Emperor Alexander II, 1890 registered cover to Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich on his yacht "Tamara" (care of Russian Consulate in Colombo, Ceylon), registered cover sent by the future Emperor Nicholas II to his cousin Prince George of Greece in Athens (inscribed "from the heir apparent Tsarevitch"), autograph covers sent by Grand Duke George Alexandrovich from Abas-Tuman to Gatchino, plus countless others, including letters to Imperial tutors, coverfront from the office of the Postal Director in St. Petersburg sent in 1907 to Empress Maria Feodorovna in Biarritz, France, incoming mail from Norway, Switzerland, Greece, England, etc. A remarkable insight into the Imperial Romanovs, many of the items illustrated in Rossica and other publications, truly an uncommon opportunity to obtain a ready-made collection of letters and cards, each outstanding on its own merits View PDF of Entire Lot | $14,000.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1154 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, tied by "1" numeral cancel on outer FL from St. Petersburg to Riga, red departure datestamp alongside, "Polucheno" (received) (8 Sep 1858) handstamp on back, fine, Catalog #2 Catalog Value $650 | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1155 RUSSIA 1858 20k blue & orange, thin paper, well centered, good color, fresh and fine stamp, O Catalog #3 Catalog Value $1,700 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
   | Lot #1156 RUSSIA 1860 commercial letter with printed text, headed "Bergen in Norwegen, 1 November 1859", franked with 10k brown & blue, perf. 12 1/2, addressed to Pernau. The letter was sent unfranked from Bergen, Norway and bears the oval "J.H.Fasner & Sohn, Bergen" merchant's cachet in oval. The 10k adhesive was added in Riga and canceled by "38" in circular dots, with boxed "2 Jan 60" transit, dispatch and "Polucheno" arrival datestamps, fine and undoubtedly unique letter from Norway, with Russian adhesive added in Riga | $2,300.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1157 RUSSIA 1863 St. Petersburg Local Issue, 5k black & blue, gutter sheet of 100, partly separated along the gutter in middle, few hinge reinforcements, mostly in margin, stamps generally n.h., some natural inclusions, fine-v.f. (catalogued as singles) **Catalog #11 Catalog Value $5,250 | $1,800.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1158 RUSSIA 1872 (19 Dec) outer FL from Taganrog to Greece, franked with 2x10k brown & blue tied Postal Car departure cds, sent via Odessa, with Postal Car and "Kharkov-Odessa" pmks, arriving Syra where it was charged "45" in blue crayon, Greek Large Hermes 5L and 40L (margins all around) were added, with arrival pmk on back, filing fold though 40L, otherwise a fine Russia-Greece combination | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1159 RUSSIA 1874 (9 July) small cover from St. Petersburg to France, franked with 3k and 10k (horizontally laid paper), tied by departure cds, with 25c Ceres added on arrival in France and redirected to another destination, with French entry markings, Russian "Oplacheno" (Paid), various transit and arrival pmks on back, minor backflap tears, colorful cover | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1160 RUSSIA 1889 7k, 14k and 20k die proofs on card, each reduced to stamp size, fresh and v.f., rare P | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1161 RUSSIA 1908 (14 July) 3k stationery card cancelld by Kostroma cds, sent by a political prisoner in Kaluga City jail to his wife, with violet "Prosmotreno/ KGG" prison censor in oval, fine and scarce | $170.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1162 RUSSIA 1913 3k rose red, double impression, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #90b Catalog Value $700 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1163 RUSSIA 1914 cover to Sweden, franked with 7k Arms and 3k Romanov, tied by a mute cancel (probably Warszawa), with Petrograd censor and Stockholm arrival pmks, v.f. | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1164 RUSSIA 1917 10r scarlet, green & gray, green background inverted, 1919 cds, v.f., rare stamp (Zverev $4,000) O Catalog #135a,var | $2,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1165 RUSSIA 1918 (31 July) cover from Vladivostok to Harbin, franked with 35k Arms, tied by departure cds, with large oval datestamp cachet of Religious Consistory in Vladivostok, additional cachet below and another on back, Russian language Harbin arrival marking and returned back to sender, with 8 August arrival. While this cover traveled between Vladivostok and Harbin, Japanese forces landed in Vladivostok on 3rd August 1918, fine | $90.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1166 RUSSIA 1918 (10 Sep) registered (legal size) cover from Vladivostok to USA, franked with 60k Imperial Arms, sent via Yokohama, with "Via Japan" in Cyrillic, addressed to Hearst Pathe News in New York, opened by censor label and arrival pmks on back. Also included is another cover from the same correspondence, franked with imperf. strip of 4x15k, sent from Vladivostok on 11 September, with San Francisco transit pmk, filing folds away from the stamps, fine | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1167 RUSSIA 1918 Chainbreakers, 35k blue, imperforate horizontal pair, l.h., minor gum toning, slightly showing on front, also 70k brown, top sheet margin imperf. single, l.h., offered as a trimmed "fantail", plus a set of singles (catalogue value for 149a only) * Catalog #149-50,149a Catalog Value $1,600 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1168 RUSSIA 1921 100r olive, imperforate essay ("Proletariat of all Republics Unite"), top sheet margin block of four, v.f., rare (Zverev Handbook $7,000) E | $2,300.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1169 RUSSIA 1922 20r on 15k brown & deep blue, l.h., v.f., signed Romeko, Dr.P.Jemchouhin, etc. A rare stamp, * Catalog #224 Catalog Value $9,500 | $2,800.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1170 RUSSIA 1923 definitives (typographed), 50k red brown, imperforate proof on glazed card, sheet margin block of four, v.f., rare block, only one sheet of 100 printed, with Mikulski certificate (this block is illustrated on page 123 of Zverev Handbook) PCatalog #275A/P | $4,500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1171 RUSSIA 1925 Lenin Mausoleum, 7k deep blue, olive bister and magenta, three different imperforate plate proofs on card, v.f. P | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1172 RUSSIA 1926 Popov, imperforate proofs on card, two different shades of 7k blue, plus unissued 20k bister brown, v.f. P | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1173 RUSSIA 1926 Lenin, 2r black violet, perf. 12 1/2, l.h., minute toning, otherwise fine, * Catalog #343a Catalog Value $2,250 | $475.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1174 RUSSIA 1932 Moscow Exhibition, set of two used with additional franking on illustrated envelope, registered 2.4.33 from Leningrad Philatelic Exhibition, addressed to Helsinki, with 14.4.33 arrival pmk on back, signed Mikulski Catalog #485-86 | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1175 RUSSIA 1935 Definitives (unwatermarked), 10k gray black, 15k green, 30k dark blue, first one imperf. at right, others imperf. at left, n.h., fine ** | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1176 RUSSIA 1935 Frunze, Bauman and Kirov, 2k, 4k and 40k gray brown, imperforate plate proofs on watermarked stamp paper, unused without gum, some adhesions on back (these were probably mounted on presentation sheet and removed) P Catalog #580-82P | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1177 RUSSIA 1944 Heroes of the Civil War, 30k Schors, corner margin block of four, double vertical perforations between stamps, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #942var | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
             | Lot #1178 RUSSIA 1945 collection of 13 original photographs (mostly 12 1/2 x 17 1/2 cm) from Soviet press-archives, each with official handstamp and signature, some marked "Secret", fine and incredibly rare holding, illustrating the May 8th 1945 official surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany, in a former army officers' canteen, in the Berlin suburb of Karlshorst. Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov, who had led the 1st Belorussian Front into Berlin in April 1945 attended on behalf of the Supreme High Command of the Soviet Red Army, with Marshal Arthur Tedder of the Royal Air Force, representing the Allied Expeditionary Force. Three representatives of OKW, Col. Gen. Hans Jurgen Stumpf (Air Force), Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel (Chief of General Staff) and Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (Navy), had arrived earlier in the day from Flensburg and were met by the Allied representatives | $4,500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1179 RUSSIA 1946 Sochi, 30k green, variety imperf. at left, also 45k Moscow (Kremlin), variety imperf. at right, used, fine-v.f. O Catalog #1054,1063var | $190.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1180 RUSSIA 1947 Moscow Subway, 60k yellow green, horizontal pair variety imperf. at top, used, v.f. (Zagorsky 1065Pa) O Catalog #1158var | $180.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1181 RUSSIA 1958 Radio Day (May 7), 40k line perf. 12 1/2, top sheet margin single, showing double perforations at top, l.h. in margin, stamp n.h., exceptionally well centered for this difficult issue, v.f., with 2007 Mandrovski certificate (Zagorsky 2063A, 300,000Rub $3,500). Also included Khachatur Abovian, 40k perf. 12 1/2 (Zagorsky 1776A) ** Catalog #1799var,2063var | $1,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1182 RUSSIA Air Post 1932 2nd International Polar Year, 50k carmine perf. 12 1/4, 1r green perf. 10 3/4, blocks of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #C34-35 | $475.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1183 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 set of three, used 3.12.33 on registered cover from Moscow to Switzerland, v.f., with Lucerne arrival pmk on back Catalog #C37-39 | $250.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1184 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 set of three, with additional 20k, used 4.6.34 on registered and flown cover from Moscow to Berlin, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk Catalog #C37-39 | $240.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1185 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 set of three, used with additional franking on separate registered covers from Leningrad, Moscow and Sverdlovsk, one to Czechoslovakia, others to Germany, with 1934 arrival pmks Catalog #C37-39 | $200.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1186 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 set of three, used in 1934 on registered cover from Moscow to New York, minor cover stains and creases, otherwise fine-v.f., with arrival pmk Catalog #C37-39 | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1187 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, 1r surcharge, block of four, bottom stamps lower case letter "f" in "San Francisco", upper left stamp (pos.2) short Cyrillic "p" of "Francisco", never hinged and post office fresh, v.f., pencil signed and handstamped Goznak, with 2008 Buchsbayew certificate (Zagorsky 420,420Ka) **Catalog #C68,68b | $14,000.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1188 RUSSIA Air Post Officials 1922 1,200m on 10k, Type I, position 21, lower left sheet corner margin single, l.h., v.f., signed Goznak, Brun, etc. A rare positional piece, * Catalog #CO5 | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1189 RUSSIA Air Post Officials 1922 1,200m on 2,25r, Type II, position 4, l.h., v.f., signed Goznak and Mikulski, * Catalog #CO7 Catalog Value $1,950 | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1190 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1931 (4 May) picture postcard and cover, each with First Flight Leningrad-Berlin cachet, appropriate markings, fine-v.f., signed Mikulski | $500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1191 RUSSIA Dornier Do-X Flights 1933 (7 July) Leningrad, via Berlin to Passau, from there via DOX to Budapest, appropriate cachets and franked with German adhesives on reverse, v.f. | $240.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1192 RUSSIA Dornier Do-X Flights 1933 (7 July) Leningrad, via Berlin to Passau, from there via DOX to Budapest, appropriate cachets and franked with German adhesives on reverse, v.f. | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1193 RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights 1933 3rd SAF from Leningrad to Brazil, with appropriate cachets including red Berlin forwarding handstamp on back, fine-v.f. | $500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1194 RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights 1934 Airships, complete set of five used 17.10.34 on picture postcard flown 20.10.34 on 10th South America Flight to Brazil, v.f. Catalog #C53-57 | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1195 RUSSIA Telegraph Stamps 1867 10k on 20k black and brown, unused with original gum, h.r., fresh colors, fine (Zagorsky T2) * | $1,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1196 RUSSIA Ship Mail 1898 (Aug) cover from Pavlovsk, via Odessa to Talienwan, addressed to a Russian Naval ship "Navarin", routed via Brindisi, with "Obezzarazheno" (Disinfected) handstamp, "Sea Post Office" (Aug 21) pmks on back, cover roughly opened at left, otherwise fine (Talienwan, is a bay on the southeast side of the Liaodong Peninsula of Northeast China. Russia coerced a lease of the bay from China in 1898 along with Port Arthur, from which it is 40 miles away. The lease was transferred to Japan in 1905 following the Russo-Japanese War) | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1197 RUSSIA Ship Mail 1909 (6 Apr) picture postcard (Vladivostok) franked with 4k red, tied by oval "Parakh. Obsh. P.B.A.P." (Steamship Company R.V.A.P. - Russia East Asiatic Ports) datestamp, addressed to Yokoyama, with 22.4.09 arrival pmk alongside, v.f. | $90.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1198 RUSSIA Ship Mail 1909 (June) picture postcard from Vladivostok, franked with 4k red, tied by oval "Parakh. Obsh. P.B.A.P." (Steamship Company R.V.A.P. - Russia East Asiatic Ports) datestamp, addressed to Berkeley, USA, with Kobe, Japan 20.6.09 transit pmk alongside, v.f. | $90.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1199 RUSSIA Ship Mail 1912 (11 Sep) cover to Isfahan, Persia, franked on back with 10k dark blue, canceled by oval "BAKU-ENZELI Parakh" (Baku-Enzeli Ship), repeated on front, with Teheran arrival (28 Nov), cover faults, otherwise fine | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1200 RUSSIA Wenden 1863 4k blue green & black, background inverted, unused without gum, large margins all around, fresh and v.f., signed Kosack, etc., with 1998 Mikulski certificate ("without any thin spots and other faults common to these stamps"), ex-Faberge. A beautiful example of this rare stamp (Mi.2aIK) * Catalog #L3c Catalog Value $950 | $350.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1201 RUSSIA Russia - Russian Far East (Asia Pacific Region) 1900 (24 Jan) registered cover from Vladivostok to a German Naval officer in Kiauchau, franked on back with1k and 10k (2), tied by departure cds, with transit pmk of Russian Post Office in Chefoo (7 Feb), oval Kiaochow (3 Mar 1900) datetamp and German Tsingtao arrival pmk, fine usage from Vladivostok to Kiauchau during the Boxer Uprising | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1202 RUSSIA Russia - Russian Far East (Asia Pacific Region) 1910 (27 Apr) red-band cover from a Chinese merchant in "Selenginsk" to Sanchuan, Shansi, via Peking, franked with pair of 7k Arms, tied by "Seleginsk" departure cds, with Peking, Taiyuanfu, Fengchow transit and Sanchuan arrival pmks, fine and remarkable usage from a small village of Selenginsk, north of Ulan-Ed, present day Buryatia, with clear transit and arrival pmks | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1203 RUSSIA Russia - Russian Far East (Asia Pacific Region) 1918 (29 June) 3k stationery card with additional franking, paying 20k from Verkneudinsk to Irkutsk, written in Swedish and addressed to the Royal Swedish Mission in Irkutsk, with July 1, 1918 arrival pmks | $130.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1204 RUSSIA Russia - Russian Far East (Asia Pacific Region) Ship Mail 1914 (8 Nov) "American Consular Service Vladivostok, Siberia" cover franked with 7k blue and 3k Romanov, tied by "Vladivostok-Tsuruga Parakh." ship line in oval, with "Via Japan to America" in Cyrillic handstamped at bottom, addressed to New York City, with Yokohama (24.11) transit pmk on back, fine cover (Volunteer Fleet Ship Mail Vladivostok-Tsuruga Line) | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1205 RUSSIA Russian Offices in China 1916 (30 May) 3k stationery reply card used from Moscow to Tientsin, written by a German resident, with violet censor handstamp and arrival pmk, fine and uncommon usage of Russian "Kitai" stationery outside of China | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1206 RUSSIA Chinese Eastern Railway 1903-04 two picture postcards to Russia, each with Pochtowyj Wagon No.266 (Chinese Eastern Railway Line 266) cds, minor card flaws, otherwise fine (Tchilingirian Types 1C,1E) | $150.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1207 RUSSIA Chinese Eastern Railway 1905 (15 Jan) unfranked military card to Pskov, with Pochtowyj Wagon No.265 (Chinese Eastern Railway Line 265) cds, Pskow arrival (5.2.05) and Red Cross military cachet at upper right | $110.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1208 RUSSIA Chinese Eastern Railway 1915 (2 May) registered cover (slightly reduced at right) to Zemtchino, franked on back with 2x10k dark blue, tied by two perfect strikes of CHALANGTUNG 2.5.15 Station of the Chinese Eastern Railroad cancels, with arrival pmk alongside, also a complete (torn) Registry label "No.494 Chalangtun Station Chinese Eastern Railroad" (abbreviated), additional departure postmark, some cover toning and minor flaws, still an exceptional and rare usage from this small outpost | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
   | Lot #1209 RUSSIA Chinese Eastern Railway 1921 (July) two registered covers to USA, each franked with Far Eastern Republic Vladivostok Arms adhesives 2k, 4k (2) and 5k (2), paying 20 gold kop (the correct registered foreign letter rate in the Provisional Government of the Priamur), tied by "St. Sedanka Ussur. Otd. K.V.Zh.D." (Sedanka Station, along the Ussuri part of the Chinese Eastern Railway), one with the Registry label, with Seattle Aug.10 arrival pmks, usual cover wear, fine and rare usage from Ussuriysk Siberian Railroad station which was a division of Chinese Eastern Railway, main line of which was the short cut from Chita across Manchuria to Vladivostok (most known mail from Far Eastern Republic came from Vladivostok or Nikolsk-Ussuriysk) | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1210 RUSSIA Russo-Japanese War 1904 (22 Oct) 10c stationery card from Paris to Manchuria, Liaoyang (written in Russian), with Shanghai transits (20 Nov) and arrival pmk of the HQ (Glav.Centr. Pocht. Polev. Kont.) Main Field Post Office pmks, two stars at sides (not listed in Tchilingirian), card toning at top, uncommon inward usage to Russian Military Post Office in Liaoyang during the early phase of Russo-Japanese war | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1211 RUSSIA Russo-Japanese War 1904 (19 Jan) 3k postal card with a splendid strike of "Dalny Field Telegraph Office", repeated below, addressed to Helsingfors, with bilingual arrival pmk (22.II.04) alongside, interesting contents (in German), v.f. | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1212 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1874 (24 Mar) FL from Constantinople to Liverpool, franked with 3k Levant, used in combination with Russian 20k blue & orange, sent via Odessa, with transit and arrival pmks, fine mixed franking Russian Levant cover, with Eisold certificate | $1,300.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1213 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1874 (8 Dec) outer FL from Constantinople to France, paying 16k with Russian Levant 3k Numeral, used in combination with Russian Coat of Arms (horizontally laid paper) 3k and 10k adhesives, tied by blue Constantinople departure cds, handstamped "Oplacheno" (Paid), with Odessa and Paris transits, arriving Lyon (22 Dec), portion of address panel excised and covered-up, otherwise fine mixed-franking combination | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1214 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1875 (3 Mar) FL from Constantinople to Germany, franked with 3k Levant, used in combination with Russian 3k and 10k, sent via Odessa, with transit and Fischhausen arrival pmks, fine mixed franking Russian Levant cover, with Eisold certificate | $1,300.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1215 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1876 8k on 10k carmine & green, blue surcharge inverted, used, fine, signed Stanley Gibbons O Catalog #17b | $260.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1216 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1891 commercial cover (M.C. Rangos, Batoum) franked with ordinary Russian 10k dark blue, canceled at Constantinople (indicating the letter was probably carried from Batum privately and entered the mail in Constantinople), with oval receiving "ROPIT AGENST. XIOCA" (Ropit Agency of Chios) at bottom, also Constantinople pmks and faint merchant's oval on back, filing folds away from the stamp, fine (Tchilingirian Type 11) | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1217 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1910 picture postcard to Constantinople, franked with 20pa/4k Levant, canceled by violet ROPIT Samsun 19 Dec. 1910 cds, repeated alongside, some water stains at bottom, otherwise fine | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1218 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1912 (15 Dec) cover to Athens, with negative "Chios Poste Russe Gratuit" and violet ROPIT Chios departure pmk alongside, minor overall toning, fine (after Greek forces occupied Chios during Greco-Turkish War in 1912, Russian authorities permitted free-franking privileges from their offices in Chios) | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1219 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire Ship Mail 1900 (ca) cover addressed to Alexandria, Egypt, franked with 1p/10k Levant, tied by framed "Paquebot" handstamp, repeated alongside, cover somewhat stained, interesting usage | $90.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1220 RUSSIA Russian Post Office in Beirut 1913 (27 Apr) cover to the United States, franked with 1pi on 10k Romanov, tied by violet ROPIT BEIRUT cds, repeated alongside, fine | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1221 RUSSIA Russian Post Office in Beirut 1917 (Apr) picture postcard attractively franked with Ottoman and Russian 1pi "Beirut", locally addressed, with Ottoman "Beyrouth" bilingual departure cds, v.f. | $130.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1222 RUSSIA Russian Post Office in Jaffa 1914 (13 May) postcard to Egypt, franked with 20pa on 4k Romanov, tied by violet ROPIT JAFFA cds, with Port Said transit pmk alongside, filing punch holes at right, fine card, with arrival pmk on back, ex-Sacher (Tchilingirian Type 9) | $325.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1223 RUSSIA Russian Post Office in Jerusalem 1905 (21 Jan) ROPIT Jerusalem, struck on 20pa/4k stationery card addressed to Vienna, with arrival pmk, fine | $90.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1224 RUSSIA Russian Post Office in Alexandretta 1905 (30 Dec) picture postcard to Alexandria, Egypt, franked with pair of 1pa on 2k green, tied by violet ROPIT ALEXANDRETTA departure pmks, with Port Said transit and Alexandria arrival pmks, little toning, otherwise fine (Tchilingirian Type 9B) | $150.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1225 RUSSIA Russian Post Office in Kerasunde 1909 (12 Mar) picture postcard addressed to Gand, with ordinary Russian 2k franking canceled ROPIT KERASUND cds in violet, v.f. (Tchilingirian Type 10B) | $110.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1226 RUSSIA Russian Post Office in Trebizond 1900 (22 Mar) 14k stationery entire envelope canceled "ROPIT Trapezond", used locally, fine and scarce (Tchilingirian, type 10B) | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1227 RUSSIA Russian Post Office in Trebizond 1912 (3 Apr) cover franked on back with 1pi/10k dark blue, tied by violet "ROPIT Trebizond", addressed to Tauris, Persia, with violet departure cds repeated on front, v.f. (Tchilingirian, type 12A) | $150.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1228 RUSSIA Russian Post Office in Trebizond 1913 (27 Apr) cover to Chalon, France, franked with Romanov surcharges (20pa and 2x10pa), canceled by violet "ROPIT Trebizond" cds, repeated on back, with Ropit Constantinople transit pmk, fine (Tchilingirian, type 13) | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1229 RUSSIA Russian Post Office in Trebizond 1914 (2 Nov) cover addressed "via Batum" to Taganrog, franked on back with pair of 20pa/4k red, tied by violet "ROPIT Trebizond" departure cds, repeated on front, with Taganrog arrival alongside, late usage (Tchilingirian, type 14) | $150.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1230 RUSSIA Russian Post Office in Trebizond 1917 (19 Jan) cover to Boston, franked with Imperial 10k dark blue, sent from the Field Post office during World War I Occupation, canceled "Polevaya Zapasnaya P.K.No.159" (Field Reserve Post Office 159), censor tape label at right, corresponding censor handstamp and Petrograd transits, rare usage | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1231 RUSSIA Russia Used in Asia 1907 (17 July) cover franked on back with 7k Arms, tied by oval "Chardzhui - 206 - Tashkent" and addressed to Staraya Bukhara (Old Bukhara) with arrival cds alongside, additional departure on front, cover roughly opened, fine Trans-Caspian Railway Line 206 markings (Tchilingirian Type 3C) | $90.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1232 RUSSIA Russia - used in Romania 1847 (17 Mar) complete FL from Galatz to Odessa, with "V.Galatze 1847 God/Mar" (Galatz 1847 Year/Mar) departure datestamp in red (Tchilingirian Type 2, Dobin 1.02a), fine and scarce | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1233 RUSSIA Russia - used in Romania 1861 (10 Mar) complete FL from Jassy to Kishinev, with blue "Jassy Mar.10 1861" departure (unusual date order Month/Day/Year), with 13 Mar.1861 arrival pmk below, minor paper erosion, otherwise fine | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1234 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ARDATOV 1885 (2 May) cover from Minsk to Ardatov, with 7k Imperial franking on back, tied by departure cds, Zemstvo 3k green added alongside and tied by blue ornamental pmk, with additional arrival pmks, fine | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1235 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ARDATOV 1885 (25 Apr) registered cover from Nizhny-Novgorod to Ardatov, franked on back with 2x7k Imperial Arms, tied by departure cds, repeated on front where Zemstvo 3k green added and tied by blue ornamental pmk, filing fold just between the two Imperial stamps, fine and scarce registered cover to Ardatov | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1236 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO BELEBEY 1909 (10 Feb) 2k Zemstvo local used on Imperial 3k postal stationery card from Belebey to Warszawa, with "Polucheno 15.II.1909" arrival datestamp, large violet "Kocy 1913" handstamp alongside, some faults, still a fine combination card | $260.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1237 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO PSKOV 1896 (16 Aug) registered cover from Pskov to St. Petersburg, franked with 2x5k Zemstvo, used in combination with 2x7k Imperial Arms, tied by departure cds, with bold arrival St. Petersburg (17 Aug 96) alongside, little ageing, otherwise fine and attractive cover | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1238 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO SAPOZHOK 1897 (7 Oct) registered cover from Sapozhok to Tambov, franked on reverse with 10k Zemstvo adhesive, canceled by pen cross and used in combination with 14k Imperial Arms, tied by departure pmks, with 9.X.97 arrival cds alongside, some adhesions on the 14k stamp, mostly intact wax seal, fine and rare cover from Sapozhok | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1239 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO TIKHVIN 1888 (2 Mar) small cover from St. Petersburg, franked on back with 7k dark blue, arriving in Tikhvin, where 5k Zemstvo adhesive was added to pay for local transmission, 5 Mar 88 arrival cds alongside, v.f. | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1240 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO TWER 1883 (17 Nov) stationery 7k entire envelope from Twer to Moscow, with 2k Zemstvo local canceled by straight-line datestamp, paying local delivery fee to the Imperial Post Office (19 Nov), with additional 20 Nov 1883 and Moscow arrival cds on back, v.f. | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1241 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO URZHUM 1903 (2 Apr) registered cover to Vyatka, sent from the village located in Kuknurskiy Volost, franked on back with vertical pair of 2k brown (S9) Urzhum Zemstvo stamps, tied by the Volost Administration oval datestamp, sent via Urzhum City Imperial Post Office, where pair of 7k dark blue was added, canceled 9 Apr 1903, with Vyatka arrival pmk, fine cover | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1242 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO URZHUM 1906 (24 Nov) cover to Moscow, sent from the village located in Senurskiy Volost, franked on back with 2k brown (S9) Urzhum Zemstvo stamp, tied by the Volost Administration oval datestamp, sent via Urzhum City Imperial Post Office, where 7k dark blue was added, canceled 24 Nov 1906, with Moscow arrival pmk alongside, filing fold away from the stamps, fine | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1243 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO URZHUM 1906 (14 July) registered cover to Vyatka, sent from the village located in Toktayblyaskskiy Volost, franked on back with pair of 2k brown (S9) Urzhum Zemstvo stamps, tied by the Volost Administration oval datestamp, sent via Urzhum City Imperial Post Office, where pair of 7k dark blue was added on front, canceled 17 July 1906, with arrival pmk on back, cover somewhat reduced at right, with minor faults, otherwise fine | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1244 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO URZHUM 1908 (4 Oct) large part of registered cover to Vyatka, sent from the village located in Kokshinskiy Volost, franked on back with pair of 2k brown (S9) Urzhum Zemstvo stamps, tied by the Volost Administration oval datestamp, repeated below, sent via Urzhum City Imperial Post Office, where 14k and 7k (partially trimmed off) were added, canceled 8 Oct 1908, with arrival pmk alongside, most of markings intact, fine usage from Kokshinskiy Volost Administration | $290.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1245 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO URZHUM 1909 (27 June) registered cover to Vyatka, sent from the village located in Konganurskiy Volost, franked on back with pair of 2k brown (S9) Urzhum Zemstvo stamps, tied by the Volost Administration oval datestamp, repeated above, sent via Urzhum City Imperial Post Office, where pair of 7k light blue was added, canceled 3 July 1909, with arrival pmk alongside, cover roughly opened, otherwise fine | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1246 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO URZHUM 1909 (5 Sep) registered cover to Vyatka, sent from the village located in Toktayblyakskiy Volost, franked on back with pair of 2k brown (S9) Urzhum Zemstvo stamps, tied by the Volost Administration oval datestamp, sent via Urzhum City Imperial Post Office, where 14k Arms was added on front, canceled 7 July 1909, repeated alongside, arrival on back, v.f. cover from the Toktayblyakskiy Volost Administration | $650.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1247 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO URZHUM 1909 (10 Nov) registered cover to Vyatka, sent from the village located in Sernurskiy Volost, franked on back with pair of 2k brown (S9) Urzhum Zemstvo stamps, tied by the Volost Administration oval datestamp, sent via Urzhum City Imperial Post Office, where 14k Arms was added, also on back, canceled 14 Nov 1909, repeated at top, with arrival pmk, all markings on back, otherwise fine | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1248 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO URZHUM 1911 (21 Feb) registered cover to Vyatka, sent from the village located in Kosolapovskiy Volost, franked on back with pair of 2k brown (S9) Urzhum Zemstvo stamps, tied by the Volost Administration oval datestamp, sent via Urzhum City Imperial Post Office, where 2x7k light blue Arms were added on front, canceled 25 Feb 1911, repeated below, with arrival pmk on reverse, fine and attractive combination cover from the Kosolapovskiy Volost Administration | $550.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1249 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO URZHUM 1911 (2 Aug) cover to Vyatka, sent from the village located in Turekskiy Volost, franked on back with single 2k brown (S9) Urzhum Zemstvo stamp, tied by the Volost Administration oval datestamp, sent via Urzhum City Imperial Post Office, where 7k light blue was added, canceled 28 Aug 1911, with arrival pmk alongside, some cover mending, otherwise fine usage from Turekskiy Volost Administration | $550.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1250 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO USTSYSOLSK 1914 (26 June) cover from Paris to Russia, franked with 25c dark blue (Sower) tied by departure cds, with Zemstvo 2k brown added on reverse and tied by (24 June) Zemstvo local to pay for delivery to destination, v.f. and scarce incoming cover from France, signed Calves, ex-Liphschutz | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1251 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO VESSIEGONSK 1883 (20 Nov) cover from Twer to Vessiegonsk, franked on back with Imperial 7k carmine and gray, arriving at the Zemstvo post office on 23 Nov., with local 5k black on lilac affixed alongside, tied by blue "Neoplocheno" (unpaid) due handstamp, corresponding arrival cds, small hinge marks on coverfront, fine and attractive combination with stamps and markings on the same side (Schmidt 15) | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1252 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO VESSIEGONSK 1885 (22 Mar) cover to Vessiegonsk, franked on back with Imperial 7k blue, tied by Postal Car No.3 departure pmk, arriving at the Zemstvo post office on 24 March, with local 5k black on lilac affixed alongside, tied by blue "Neoplocheno" (unpaid) due handstamp, with corresponding arrival pmk, small hinge marks and tone specks on coverfront, fine and attractive combination (Schmidt 15) | $260.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1253 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO VESSIEGONSK 1885 (20 Feb) small cover from St. Petersburg to Vessiegonsk, franked on back with 7k Imperial Arms, Postal Card 1 (21 Feb) transit and arrival pmks alongside, 5k Zemstvo local added and tied by "Neoplocheno" hs, blue arrival pmk, fine and attractive cover | $400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1254 Far Eastern Republic 1920 (13 Nov) registered cover from Vladivostok to Italy, franked on back with 2x15k Arms, paying 30 Gold Kopecks, the correct Far Eastern Republic rate for a double weight letter (20 gold kopecks for postage and 10k for registration), with London transit and Verona (31.12.20) pmks, two different Registry labels on front, fine usage just before the issue of "DVR" overprints | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1255 Far Eastern Republic 1922 (27 May) commercial cover to Latvia, franked with 2x10k dark blue, each with clear double impression, tied by Vladivostok departure pmk, with Liepaja (1.7.22) arrival on back, fine | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1256 Far Eastern Republic 1922 (3 Oct) card from "Priamur Zemstvo Region" (PZK), franked with 2x4k red, paying 8k from Vladivostok, via United States to Hemme, Estonia, text on both sides "everybody in Soviet Russia has a very bad time. When will they be free? Here in the Priamur region we have the National Russian Government. The Japanese will leave Vladivostok on 26 October and then we will be thrown back upon ourselves. Since a month there is fighting here with the Red Army. Our White Army is successful and we have approached near Khabarovsk. There are many fugitives here from all the areas in the former Russia. It is difficult to find a job and there are many unemployed here." | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1257 Far Eastern Republic 1922 (19 Dec) cover to USA, franked with 5k Arms, used in combination with 15k Chita Arms issue, tied by Vladivostok departure cds, addressed to the "Morrisville Messenger" newspaper in Vermont | $130.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1258 Far Eastern Republic Air Post 1923 (26 July) cover endorsed "Vozdushnaya Pochta" (via air mail), franked with 20k on 15k carmine & blue, tied by Vladivostok 26.7.23 pmk, additional strike below addressed to Nikolsk Ussuryjsk, with same day arrival pmk on back, filing fold and scattered toning away from the stamp, signed Forrester, Calves, Roumet, etc. A major Air Post rarity from a well known correspondence | $7,000.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1259 Siberia 1920 group of four parcel cards used from Sannikovskoe Akmol., Kutulinsk, Kainsk Gorod and Usole Irkutsk, each properly franked with a combination of RSFSR and Kolchak surcharges (used by the victorious Red Forces as "Trophy Stamps"), with detailed write-up, parcel labels and arrival markings, fine and scarce | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1260 Siberia Kolchak government 1919 (14 Nov) YMCA bilingual POW free frank card sent to Vienna, with oval Vladivostok Railway Station departure pmk, four-line Vladivostok Censor No.7 cachet, interesting text (the writer comments that he was transferred from Krasnoyarsk in August, presumably as the Red Army was advancing eastward, now is eating well and getting paid as a barber to the General Staff), unusual dispatch from an Austrian POW | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1261 Siberia Kolchak government 1919 (15 Nov) cover franked on both sides with two each 15k, 25k and 50k, plus single 20k paying the correct 2r rate from Achinsk, addressed to the Welfare Committee for Prisoners of War in New York, Vladivostok censor hs, opened and resealed, fine usage from Achinsk, just west of Krasnoyarsk on the Trans-Siberian Railway | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1262 Siberia Kolchak government 1919 (25 Dec) registered cover franked on back with imperforate strip of 4x1r, paying correct postage (2r postage and 2r registry fee), sent from Vladivostok to George Kestlin at Russian Bank for Foreign Trade in Paris, with rare internal style Vladivostok (city) registry label "Vladivostok I Gor.Primorskoi Obl" and boxed censor cachet of Censor No.12, cover forwarded to London, with 31 Jan 1920 arrival, signed Mikulski | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1263 Siberia Kolchak government 1919 (16 Aug) registered cover from Kansk, franked on back with imperf. 1r and perforated block of 4x10k/7k paying old rate 70k postage and 70k for registration, addressed to YMCA in Bern, Switzerland, boxed rectangle cachet of the Vladivostok censor, scarce "Kansk Yenisseisk Prov." registry label, with Bern arrival Oct.13 on back, fine | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1264 Siberia Kolchak government 1919 (21 June) registered cover from Kansk (Yeniseysk prov), sent via Vladivostok to Switzerland, franked on back with pair of 15k,10k/7k and 1r imperf. Imperial Arms, paying the correct 1.40r (70k postage and 70k Registry), addressed to the "International Peace Bureau, department for help for Prisoners of War", San Francisco and New York transit, Bern arrival pmks on back, Vladivostok Military Censor No.6 and sealing tape, fine | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
       | Lot #1265 Siberia Kolchak government 1919-1920 (Dec-Jan) collection of 17 commercial covers or cards from Vladivostok, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Nikolsk-Ussuriysk, Blagoveshchensk to Austria (card written on Christmas eve by a free Austrian POW traveling on Irkutsk 241 Postal Wagon on the Trans-Siberian Railway, hoping to get to Nikolsk-Ussuriysk and home from there), commercial covers to USA, registered mail from Ufa to Moscow, others from Krasnoyarsk to London, censored card from a freed German POW, sent from Irkutsk to Berlin. Other destinations include Switzerland, Denmark, each cover with a detailed write-up with respect to rates, franking, registry labels, contents and censor markings. A fine group | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1266 Siberia Kolchak government 1920 (17 Feb) Prisoner of War card from Alexandrovskoye Zab(aikal) franked with 50k and 25k Arms, paying internal rate to Harbin, Manchuria, addressed to the Swiss Red Cross, advising of the transport of 25 invalids from Krasnoyarsk to a concentration camp in Vladivostok, fine and interesting card | $130.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1267 Siberia Attaman Semenov Territory 1920 (2 June) Esperanto postal card from Chita Railway Station to Dundee, Scotland, written in Esperanto, paying 3r Semenov rate for a foreign postcard, with 10k, 50k and 70k on front and additional 10k (3), 20k, 35k (2) and 70k on back, all tied by oval "Vokzal" departure pmks, fine and rare usage from Semenov territory | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1268 Siberia Attaman Semenov Territory 1920 (3 June) registered cover (opened for display) from Olovyanoe (Zabaikal Obl) to USA, franked on back with two imperforate strips of 3x5r Imperial Arms, paying 30r(!), with 30 June arrival pmk, cover wear and slightly reduced, otherwise fine and quite rare. The letter was sent from Olovyannaya, a small town along the Chinese Eastern Railway (between China and Manchuli) | $180.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1269 Siberia Priamur Provisional Government 1921 (19 Sep) registered cover from Vladivostok to New York, franked with imperf. 1r overprinted "Respublika" in red, tied by cds, with Registry label "Vladivostok Siber. Russie d'Asie" label, v.f. and unusual item. The "Respublika" overprint is obviously a private creation, a Civil War "Cinderella" stamp marking the wish to settle a White Russian autonomous republic in Vladivostok | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1270 RYUKYU ISLANDS 1964-65 Specimen overprints, 16 different, n.h., some pencil signed, v.f., S Catalog #120a-129S Catalog Value $1,190 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1271 RYUKYU ISLANDS 1969 Statue of Kyuzo Toyama, wide-spaced bars, left sheet margin vertical pair, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #192b Catalog Value $1,400 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1272 SAAR 1921 5fr on 25m blue, vertical pane of 25, hinged in margin, stamps n.h., fine-v.f. (catalogued as singles) (Mi.83, €600) **Catalog #98 Catalog Value $525 | $120.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1273 SAAR Dornier Do-X Flights 1934 "Europa" flight card to New York, 7.5.34 cds, red cachet, v.f. | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1274 SAAR Dornier Do-X Flights 1934 "Europa" flight to New York, violet cachet dated 15-16.6.34, v.f. | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1275 SAN MARINO 1932 General Post Office, 2.75L orange, perforated "Specimen", n.h., v.f., only 160 printed (Sass.P163) S Catalog #138S Catalog Value €900 | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1276 SAN MARINO 1996 Christmas, minisheet in unsevered pair, n.h., v.f. and possibly unique **Catalog #Sass. 44 | $750.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1277 SAN MARINO 1971 Etruscan Art, 50L, 80L, 90L and 180L imperforate proofs in different colors (other than issued stamps), superimposed on perforated background, card mounted, v.f., with 1994 Diena certificate P | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1278 SAN MARINO 1971 Etruscan Art, 50L and 80L imperforate proofs in different colors (other than issued stamps), printed without value and superimposed on perforated background, with separate transparencies containing name of the country, description and value in black, card mounted, v.f., with 1994 Diena certificate P | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1279 SAN MARINO Semi-Postals 1918 Proofs of center (Statue of Liberty and View of San Marino), imperforate blocks of four, v.f. P | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1280 SAN MARINO Air Post 1933 Zeppelin overprints, complete set of six, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #C11-16 | $150.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1281 SAN MARINO Air Post 1950 500L lilac & green, horizontal pair, imperf. between, n.h., v.f., with 1991 Raybaudi certificate (Sass.91e, €5,500) ** | $1,000.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1282 SAUDI ARABIA 1921 1pa lilac brown, date omitted at left, lower right sheet corner margin block of four, usual dried gum, fine-v.f., rare (catalogued as singles) *Catalog #L14b Catalog Value $1,000 | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1283 SERBIA 1866 1pa deep green, pale rose, thick paper, First Printing, Plate Position 3, l.h., bright colors, margins all around, v.f., signed Velickovic, with his 1998 certificate. A rare stamp, * Catalog #2b Catalog Value $2,750 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1284 SERBIA 1866 Prince Michael, Vienna Printing, perf. 12, 10p orange, 20pa rose and 40pa blue, set of three, full original gum, first one oxidized, others fresh, well centered, with 1999 Tomerlin and 2019 Ceremuga certificates, * Catalog #4-6 Catalog Value $4,150 | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1285 SERBIA 1866 2p bister brown, imperforate single, l.h., natural gum wrinkles, v.f., with Velickovic certificate (Mi.10cB) * Catalog #15a Catalog Value $425 | $120.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1286 SPAIN 1852 2r pale red, unused without gum, ample and clear margins all around, exceptionally nice color for this difficult stamp, signed E.Coro, Barcelona, additional handstamped guarantee marks, with 1990 Bergua certificate, fine example of one of the rarest stamps of 19th Century Spain (Ed.14, €22,600) (*) Catalog #14 Catalog Value $15,000 | $3,500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1287 SPAIN 1872 4p red brown, l.h., fresh and fine, signed Buhler, with 1987 EXFIMA certificate (Ed.128, €815) * Catalog #188 Catalog Value $740 | $170.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1288 SPAIN 1877 (16 Oct) FL from Vigo to Genova, franked with 25c brown, tied by rectangular dot cancel, used in combination with 4x10c Type Sage, canceled by red Anchor, added to pay French maritime fees, with red 18 Oct. "Paq. Fr.1 Nr.2 Vigo" cds, arriving in Genova on 22 October, filing fold at bottom, well away from the stamps, fine and rare combination franking | $1,000.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1289 SPAIN 1938 Submarine souvenir sheet of three, n.h., usual gum toning, partially showing on front, with 1992 Raybaudi certificate. Also included is Defense of Madrid, 45c+2p+5p blue, n.h., v.f., with handstamped guarantee mark, ** Catalog #605G,CB6 Catalog Value $900 | $270.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1290 SPAIN 1938 Militia, complete set, n.h., fine-v.f., with 1991 CEM certificate, ** Catalog #606-614 Catalog Value $750 | $240.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1291 SPAIN 1939 unissued, set of ten imperforate singles, unused without gum as issued, fine-v.f. (*) | $325.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1292 SPAIN Carlist Stamps 1874 (27 May) FL from San Sebastian, with French 70c franking, consisting of a vertical pair of 15c bister and single 40c orange, addressed to Beasain, which was at the time inside the Carlist-Controlled territory, with imperforate 1r single (cut in at left) and horizontal pair, all canceled by pen cross, with "Espana Elizondo" (30 May) transit mark and additional "Alsasua" (31 May 74) on reverse, with 1 June arrival docketing. There is a filing fold just between the pair of 1r, otherwise fine and spectacular combination franking Carlist/France Ceres issues, with 1999 Graus certificate ("extremely rare, of maximum consideration of a major specialized collection"). This letter took several days to reach a destination of only 50 miles away. To get to Elizondo, the letter was handled by French Postal officials, who did not use their cancels in order to avoid criticism from the Germans, who objected to French cooperation with Carlist Post Office at Bayonne. A Spanish Philately showpiece | $14,000.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1293 SPAIN Spanish Local Issues - Canary Islands Air Post 1938 surcharges in various colors (8 values), 50 sets in large panes, n.h., fine-v.f. (Ed.44-51) **Catalog #9LC44-53 Catalog Value $10,125 | $2,900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1294 SWEDEN 1838 Outer FL addressed to Stockholm, showing departure cachet of the Swedish Embassy in Tripoli, transit markings "K.S.N.P.C. Hamburg" and "T.T. Hamburg", French entry pmks of Strasbourg, Lyon and Marseille, unusual incoming letter from Tripoli in Ottoman Tripolitania to Sweden | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1295 SWEDEN 1855 6s gray black, thin paper, neat Stockholm cds, well centered, repaired (also sealed tear and thin), v.f. appearing example of this rare stamp, with 1974 Sojman and 2015 Smith certificates, O Catalog #3a Catalog Value $4,450 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1296 SWITZERLAND 1843 Zurich, 6r black, red horizontal lines, black rosette cancel, margins all around, fine, O Catalog #1L4 Catalog Value $1,775 | $350.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1297 SWITZERLAND 1850 5c black & red, the so-called "Waadt 5", margins all around, showing full dividing lines at bottom, tied by Geneva grids (AW No.101) on FL addressed locally to Mr. Henry Gogel, with 31 January 1851 departure cds alongside, filing folds away from the stamp, some toning, fine and sound cover, with 1973 Nussbaum and 2011 Eichele certificates (Zu.10) Catalog #2L6 Catalog Value $3,750 | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1298 SWITZERLAND 1862 (2 Aug) outer FL datelined "Trieste", franked with 10kr and 15kr Franz Josef, tied by departure cds and sent via Vienna to Switzerland, with 40rp Sitting Helvetia (margins cut close) added and tied by Basel (6 Aug) arrival, redirected to Baden, with same day arrival pmk on back, fine and scarce redirected Austria/Switzerland combination Catalog #15,16 | $550.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1299 SWITZERLAND 1864 (28 Sep) outer FL from Udine, franked with Lombardy-Venetia 10sld and 15sld perf. 9 2/s, tied by "Franca UDINE" departure datestamps, addressed to Locarno, redirected to Milan, with Switzerland 10rp Sitting Helvetia canceled by Locarno cds, St. Gallen and Innsbruck transits, additional pmks on back, fine and rare Lombardy-Venetia/Switzerland combination | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1300 SWITZERLAND 1871 (22 June) complete FL from Bordeaux, franked with imperf. 10c (slightly cut in at upper left) and 20c Bordeaux Issue, addressed Mulhouse (Alsace Lorraine) through the forwarding agent in Basel, where the letter was redirected just across the border, with 10rp Sitting Helvetia added and tied by Basel (24.VI.71) cds, repeated alongside, also on back, framed "R.L." (border rate) handstamp, with Mulhouse arrival, fine and rare Franco-Prussian War Postal History item | $1,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1301 SWITZERLAND 1871 (25 July) cover from Pontarlier to Aix-en-Provence, franked with 3x10rp carmine, used in combination with France 20c Ceres, each stamp canceled by "BESP" in lozenge, departure pmk alongside, Aix arrival on back, some cover mending at left and tears at right, otherwise fine mixed franking Switzerland+France, signed Diena, Calves | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1302 SWITZERLAND 1871 (27 Feb) coverfront with single 10rp carmine, tied by Basel departure cds, addressed to Auch, handstamped "Affr. Insuf.", with vertical pair of 10c Laure added in Auch (2 Mar 71), filing fold through one of the stamps, otherwise fine. Also included is a picture postcard from Rorschach (9.9.02) to Italy, where it was charged penalty rate Postage Due, with addition of 2x5c carmine & magenta stamps, tied by Scotti arrival pmks | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1303 SWITZERLAND 1874 (Aug) cover from Switzerland to France, franked with single 30rp Sitting Helvetia, used with France 30c Ceres added on arrival in Paris, both stamps canceled by Paris Star departure, with oval "Forwarded by Munroe & Cie Rue Scribe Paris", redirected to Interlaken, with Bern transit and arrival (6.VIII.74) pmks, fine combination | $250.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1304 SWITZERLAND 1896 (Sep) cover from Margaux ("Marquis de Terme") to Switzerland, franked with 25c Type Sage and 25c Standing Helvetia added on arrival in Geneva, redirected to Bordeaux, with arrival (30 Sep), v.f. combination cover | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1305 SWITZERLAND Air Post 1913 Forerunners, eleven different, unused, l.h. or h.r., some disturbed gum, mostly fine or better, * Catalog #Zu.I-VII, X,Xa,XI Catalog Value SFr 4,455 | $1,500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1306 SWITZERLAND Air Post 1913 Forerunners, Lugano, 25c green & red, h.r., well centered, minute thin speck, fine example of this rarity, with 2017 Marchand certificate, * Catalog #Zu.IX Catalog Value SFr 4,000 | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1307 SWITZERLAND Air Post 1913 Forerunners, Lugano, 25c green & red, h.r., well centered, fresh and fine, with 1988 von der Weid certificate, * Catalog #Zu.IX Catalog Value SFr 4,000 | $1,500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1308 SWITZERLAND Air Post 1913 50c carmine (Sitten-Sion), shiny paper, canceled 18.V.13 on picture postcard (Oscar Bider) to Liestal, fine, Catalog #Zu.Xa Catalog Value SFr 3,200 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1309 SWITZERLAND Air Post 1913 Forerunners, 50c red, canceled Sierre Siders (19.V.13) on flown card (Oscar Bider), some creases, minor toning, fine, Catalog #Zu.Xa Catalog Value SFr 3,200 | $500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1310 SWITZERLAND Air Post 1919 30c brown & green, two singles, used on piece, in combination with two additional stamps, canceled "Islikon 24.XI.21", v.f., with 1984 von der Weid certificate (Zu.1, SFr 3,600) O Catalog #C1 Catalog Value $2,500 | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1311 SWITZERLAND Air Post 1932 15rp green, double impression, h.r., minor gum toning, signed Locher, Tegna, with 1994 Renggli certificate (Zu.16.1.09) * Catalog #C16var | $1,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1312 SWITZERLAND Air Post 1935 10c on 15c green, surcharge inverted, l.h., v.f., with 1999 Eichele certificate. Only one sheet of 50 printed (Zu.20.1A.09, SFr. 17,000 for n.h.) * Catalog #C20a Catalog Value $6,500 | $3,000.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1313 SWITZERLAND Flight Covers 1932 (14 Nov) Zurich-Alternrhein flight, three covers and one card, different destinations and frankings, each with appropriate cachet, fine-v.f. | $280.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1314 SYRIA 1878 (4 Apr) cover to Smyrna (opened for display), franked on back with strip of 3x20pa pale green (surcharged), tied by "Alep Turquie" double circle departure pmks, sent through the French Post Office in Alexandretta, where 30c Type Sage was added on front, tied by blue "Alexandrete Syrie 5 Avril 78" cds, with arrival (10 Apr) and small Ottoman seal on back, cover mending on reverse, otherwise fine | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1315 SYRIA 1869 (Mar) mostly complete outer FL to Marseille, originating from Aleppo, franked with two Ottoman adhesives (20pa green and 1pi yellow), sent via the French Post Office in Alexandretta, where 40c orange Laure was added and tied by "5079" large numerals, with corresponding "Alexandretta Syrie" (4 Mar) cds alongside, also framed "Paquebots de la Mediterrane" in red, boxed "PD", on back "Smyrne Turquie" and Marseille (17 Mar) arrival pmks, fine and uncommon all stamps on front combination | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1316 SYRIA 1869 (Mar) mostly complete outer FL to Marseille, originating from Aleppo, franked with two Ottoman adhesives (20pa green and 1pi yellow), sent via the French Post Office in Alexandretta, where vertical pair of 20c blue Laure was added and tied by "5079" large numerals, with corresponding "Alexandretta Syrie" (4 Mar) cds alongside, also framed "Paquebots de la Mediterrane" in red, boxed "PD", on back "Smyrne Turquie" and Marseille (17 Mar) arrival pmks, fine and uncommon all stamps on front combination | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1317 SYRIA 1934 Autonomous Republic, complete set, mostly n.h., occasional minor toned spots, otherwise v.f. */** Catalog #232-50 | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1318 SYRIA 1945 Issues, selection of 24 different oblique perforations (Palace Printing varieties), n.h., v.f., each with a handstamp on back ** | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1319 TANNU TUVA 1943 25k black, vertical strip of five (sheet) with gum, also 25k and 50k green, vertical pairs, unused without gum as issued, part perf., fine-v.f. **(*) Catalog #121-123 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1320 THAILAND 1885 1t on 1sol blue, h.r., perf. thins, otherwise fine, signed Stolow, * Catalog #8 Catalog Value $3,000 | $750.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1321 THAILAND 1947-49 5s-20b, set of ten, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #264-273 Catalog Value $1,114 | $475.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1322 TURKEY 1935 (30 July) registered cover from Samsun to Zagreb, franked on back with 2x10k brown, tied by cds, with attractive "International Fair in Izmir" label, arrival pmk, fine | $120.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1323 TURKEY Postal Tax Air Post Stamps 1930-31 5L on 15k green & yellow, red "Bes Lira" overprint, h.r., v.f., scarce stamp, * Catalog #RAC23 Catalog Value $2,000 | $1,000.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1324 TURKEY TURKEY IN ASIA 1920 20pi blue black Theatre Revenue stamp on yellowish wove paper overprinted "Postalari 1337", Mayo type "‘M" inverted, n.h., fine (Mayo 76Mn) ** | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1325 TURKEY TURKEY IN ASIA 1922 10pa-500pi ten different, bilingual "Specimen" handstamps, also Mosque of Selim set of eight, without overprint, but bilingual "Specimen" handstamps, h.r. or l.h., fine-v.f. S Catalog #78/89S,90-97S | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1326 UKRAINE Military Stamps 1920 20hr on 20sh, block of ten, positions 1-10, h.r. at top, v.f., signed Cecil Roberts. A rare multiple */**Catalog #M7 | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1327 URUGUAY 1869 (10 Feb) FL to Lima, franked with 2x5c Numerals, canceled by grids, with imperf. France 80c Empire, tied by Anchor, endorsed "Por Vapor Panama", small "Correos Montevideo" departure cds below, on reverse "Correo Del Rosario" (13 Feb) and Lima (20 Feb) arrival, fine and attractive combination from Uruguay via French ship to Peru | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1328 URUGUAY 1872 (1 Oct) cover (missing part of top portion on back) from Montevideo to France, endorsed "Paquet Francais", franked with 10c green, canceled by "A" duplex, used together with 40c Siege and pair of 80c Ceres (all mostly defective), tied by Anchor cancels, with Correos Montevideo departure, octagonal maritime "Montevideo Paq. Fr. No.1 No.3" (11 Oct 72), Bordeaux and Auch (28 Nov) arrival cds on back, fine appearing mixed franking maritime cover from Uruguay | $290.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1329 URUGUAY 1873 (26 Jan) complete FL from Montevideo to France, initially intended for Steamer "Lusitania", franked with 10c green, canceled by duplex, used together with block of 4x25c blue Ceres, canceled by large "2240" numerals, endorsed "Pr Mendoza", Correos Montevideo departure and red 15 Feb entry pmk, various transits and Graulhet (28 Feb) arrival pmks on back, filing fold away from the stamps, fine and scarce mixed franking combination from Uruguay | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1330 VATICAN CITY 1955 100L blue, imperforate block of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #196var | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1331 VENEZUELA 1865 (3 Nov) FL from Le Havre, via Paris to Caracas, paying 2.40fr with 3x80c rose, tied by "1769" large numerals, endorsed "Steamer de Liverpool du 6 Nov", with departure cds below, red "P.D." and London transit pmks, arriving in La Guaira, where 1/2r orange (small flaw at upper right) was added and canceled on Dec.2 1865, forwarded by "Hernandez & Rivodo" two days later to destination, fine and outstanding mixed franking, signed Brun, with his 2024 certificate | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1332 VENEZUELA 1876 (7 Nov) outer FL to Vera Cruz, franked with 1r carmine, three ample margins to just cut in at bottom, canceled by negative "Correos de La Guaira" and used in combination with 2x15c and 30c Ceres, tied by "Guayra" (7 Nov 76) pmks, repeated alongside, with "Venezuela Paq. Fr.", endorsed "Port de France", small "Paq. Fr.No.1 Ligne B" (7 Dec) transit, filing fold through one of the French stamps, otherwise fine mixed franking Inter-Antilles 60c letter rate from Venezuela to Mexico, signed Brun, with his 2024 certificate | $1,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1333 VENEZUELA 1876 (6 Nov) complete FL from La Guaira to Malaga, Spain, franked with 2r orange yellow (margins all around, small nick at right), tied by "Correos La Guaira" undated double circle pmk, sent through the French Post Office, where 40c Ceres and pair of 30c Type Sage, canceled by octagonal La Guaira datestamps, with "Venezuela Paq. Fra. No.2" (7 Nov) at top, French entry and Malaga arrival pmks on back, usual filing fold away from the stamps, fine mixed franking combination letter, signed Brun, with his 2024 certificate | $1,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1334 VENEZUELA 1878 (17 Jan) FL to Caracas, franked with 1r carmine, three ample margins, cut in at top, tied by Puerto Cabello, Venezuela cds, used in combination 40c Ceres, canceled by two strikes of maritime Porto Cabello (17 Jan 78), repeated below, arrival docketing (next day), filing fold through the 1real, otherwise, exceptional example of the 40c inter-port rate, stated to be the only known, signed Calves, with 2020 Roumet certificate (ex-Soler y Llach June 2021 sale, €3,000 hammer) | $1,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1335 VENEZUELA 1878 (20 Apr) cover to Paris, franked with 1r carmine, margins all around, canceled by pen cross and bold "3" handstamp, used in combination with 1fr Type Sage, tied by "La Guayra" (20 Apr 78) pmk, repeated alongside, with undated Correos La Guaira cancel, maritime octagonal "Venezuela Paq. Fr. B. No.2" (30 Apr) and Paris arrival (15 May) on back, small pieces of backflap missing, fine and rare combination franking from La Guaira to Paris, signed Calves | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1336 YEMEN 1939 Arab Alliance (Flags of Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Iraq), imperforate, 6b single and pair, others blocks of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #SG 21-26var | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1337 YEMEN 1967 handstamped "For Poison Gas Victims", selection of 21 stamps, some Type I and II (with or without the plus "+" sign), also block of four and souvenir sheet, all n.h., v.f., scarce group ** | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1338 YUGOSLAVIA 1972 Summer Olympics, two imperf. sheetlets containing the six values, v.f. PCatalog #1093-98P | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1339 YUGOSLAVIA Rocket Mail 1935 "Jug II" flimsy with appropriate markings, franked with 50p green block of four, canceled Hoce (20.VIII.35), v.f. | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1340 YUGOSLAVIA Croatia-Slavonia Postage Dues 1918 SHS overprints, marginal blocks of 25, n.h., fine-v.f. set of multiples, with Fleck certificate, **Catalog #2LJ2-9 Catalog Value $6,775 | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1341 YUGOSLAVIA Trieste - Zone B Air Post 1953 1L greenish blue and 2L red brown, imperf. blocks of four, n.h., faint marginal gum skips, v.f. (Sass. 3a-4a) **Catalog #C3-4var Catalog Value €2,400 | $650.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                       | Lot #1342 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES 1847-1901 collection on Scott hingeless pages, mostly used, with 1847 5c red brown, 1851 Issue 1c-12c, including 5c and three different 10c green, 1857-61 perforated 1c (18,19), 5c red brown, 10c green four different of each, 1861-62 to 90c, some Grills, 1869 Pictorials complete set of eleven, 1870-75 National bank Note Company Issues to 90c, Bureau Issues, Columbians to $5 (complete without $1), 1894-95 Regular Issues to $5 (two different), also complete Trans-Mississippi and Pan-Americans. Back of book is well represented with used and unused Postage Dues, Officials and Newspaper stamps, mixed condition, faults noted throughout, high catalogue value, 30+ certificates included * | $13,500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                                                | Lot #1343 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES 1847-1938 collection of used singles and sets on Scott album pages, first issues with 5c and 10c (1,2), 1851 1c, 3c, 5c, 10c and 12c (7/17), mostly sound, with full margins, 1857-61 1c-90c, last one signed Bartels, 1861-62 complete to 90c, including No.67, selection of 2c Blackjacks, different pmks, also a nice group of 3c red, 1869 Pictorials complete (112-122), Bank Note Issues (145-218), Bureau Issues (219-229), Columbians complete (230-245), 1895 Regular Issues to $5 (278), Trans-Mississippi complete (285-293), 1902-03 $5 (313), Commemoratives, Coil singles, Washington-Franklins, Air Post (C1-6), some Special Delivery, usual minor faults noted, overall fine or better, high catalogue value O | $7,000.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1344 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES 1860s Selection of five different 3c Washington essays, various colors, one large die, fine E | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
   | Lot #1345 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES 1861 1c-90c, two complete sets of plate proofs on card, each including 3c scarlet and 24c brown violet, plus another set to 30c (missing 90c), fine-v.f., P Catalog #62/73P4 Catalog Value $3,465 | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
          | Lot #1346 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES 1861 1c-90c, ten complete sets of 12 plate proofs on card, each including 3c scarlet and 24c brown violet, fresh, mostly v.f. A tremendous holding of 1861 proof sets, P Catalog #62-73P4 Catalog Value $11,850 | $3,500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
   | Lot #1347 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES 1861 3c Essay, selection of approximately 90, including singles, strips and blocks, with two panes of 25, with a nice showing of varieties and "sub-letter" listings, with a nice selection of colors, fine-v.f. ECatalog #79-E25 | $1,800.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
            | Lot #1348 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES 1893 1c-$5 plate proofs on card, 10 complete sets, fresh, mostly v.f., scarce holding of Columbian card proof sets, P Catalog #230-245P4 Catalog Value $21,100 | $7,000.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1349 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES 1942 China Resistance, 5c bright blue, ten sheets of 50, n.h., mostly v.f. (catalogued as singles) **Catalog #906 Catalog Value $2,000 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                                                                 | Lot #1350 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES 1943-44 Overrun Countries, two complete sets of sheets of 50, plus additional 100 sheets, various countries, including Korea (13), n.h., mostly fine-v.f., unchecked for varieties (catalogued as singles) **Catalog #909-21 Catalog Value $1,920 | $280.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1351 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES 1986 AMERIPEX, black omitted, 100 unexploded booklets (200 error panes), n.h., v.f., Catalog #2201b Catalog Value $10,000 | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1352 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES Air Post 1952 Hawaii, 80c bright red violet, twelve sheets of 50, n.h., mostly v.f. (catalogued as singles) **Catalog #C46 Catalog Value $2,250 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                            | Lot #1353 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES Postage Dues 1879-95 large collection/accumulation on stock cards and pages, housed in five binders and loose, duplicated stock of many hundreds of used and unused singles, 1c/50c brown, red brown, claret, deep claret, shades, cancelations, proofs on card and on india, many interesting Postage Due covers, domestic and incoming mail from foreign origins, mixed condition, faults noted, many exceptional singles as well. Overall an excellent working stock, or nucleus for a specialized Postage Due exhibit, owner's cat. $50,00+ *O | $6,000.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
      | Lot #1354 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES Officials 1873 Post Office-War, imperforate plate proofs on india (except 1c-90c War, plate proofs on card), 107 different, fresh, fine-v.f. P Catalog #O1-93P | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1355 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES Revenue Stamps Alcohol Tax Paid, Revenue Bonded Warehouse 100 proof in green wholesale lot 376 sheets of 12 (4,500+ in total), at least 300 sheets in good condition, others with some flaws but can still be cut up, fine-v.f. | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1356 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES Revenue Stamps 1953-55 Cigar Stamps, Series 123-125, Class B200-G500 in quantities, 25 complete sets (700 stamps in total), few slightly discolored, still fine-v.f. * | $475.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
      | Lot #1357 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES - Covers and Postal History 1850s-80s selection of 100+ covers and cards, including 1852 embossed "Wade Telegraph Co." cover from Cincinnati, various Bank Note Issues on cover, fancy cancels, Postal Stationery, 1869 Issues, etc., mixed condition, retail $1,000+ | $210.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
     | Lot #1358 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES - Covers and Postal History 1923-32 collection of 111 Frank W. Wright FDCs, including multiple official cities, complete sets of 614-16, 617-19, 704-15, also different printed cachets, also with blocks of four, most addressed to Frank Wright, several interesting items incl. photo cachets (similar to those produced by Crosby) on the Yorktown commemorative (accompanied by an article in the Journal of the American First Day Cover Society), etc., fine-v.f. Catalog #611/715,C10/QE4 | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
        | Lot #1359 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS Canal Zone 1928-79 carton with 1,000+ covers and cards, with commercial mail, FDCs, flight covers, some Panama franking addressed to Canal Zone, etc., APOs and foreign usages, World War II mail, different towns and censor markings, SCADTA, Postal Stationery, many better items, mixed condition | $2,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                 | Lot #1360 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS Hawaii 1861-96 collection on pages, with used and unused singles, mixed condition, some with graded certificates, also unused postal stationery, with envelope, paid reply cards, etc. (this section alone catalogues $3,200+), US C46 graded Superb-98, few covers, including three US Pan-American covers, etc. *O | $1,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
          | Lot #1361 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS Philippines 1858-1940 large holding, mostly in stock book, hundreds of used and unused, including Spanish issues, imperf. and perf., overprints, some better, U.S."Philippines", many multiples, Plate Blocks, Regular issues to 10p in blocks of four, 1936-37 "Commonwealth" overprints, used and unused, duplicated sets of blocks, Officials, Air Post, "OB" and Postage Dues, etc., mixed condition, many with tropicalized gum, others fine-v.f., substantial value *O | $1,800.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
           | Lot #1362 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS ALBANIA 1913-60 collection in Scott album, with Regular Issues including some early items, souvenir sheets, Semi-Postals, Air Post and Postage Dues, with Italian Dominion and German Occupation including Laibach, mixed with used and unused (hinged), fine-v.f. *O | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1363 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS ARMENIA 1992 souvenir sheet, 100 copies, n.h., v.f. (Mi. Block 1, €6,000) ** Catalog #431 Catalog Value $5,000 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
       | Lot #1364 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS ASCENSION 1922-68 collection on stock pages, with George V, George VI and QEII complete, with additional shades, mini-sheets, booklet panes, l.h. or h.r. pre-QEII, then mostly n.h., fine-v.f. */** | $500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                 | Lot #1365 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS AUSTRIA 1850-1945 collection in two Lindner albums, with selection of First Issues, Coat of Arms, Franz Josef, 1910 Birthday, Views, Dollfuss (n.h)., 1945 Overprints (including some Locals), etc., Semi-Postals with Rotary, WIPA 50g, Skiing, etc., with Air Post, Postage Dues, mixed with used and unused (some n.h. noted) throughout, few faults possible among early stamps, generally fine-v.f. */**O | $1,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
              | Lot #1366 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS AUSTRIA 1850-1991 collection in Scott album, mostly complete, used to 1904, mostly unused from 1910 Jubilee set, with 1936 10sh Dollfuss (n.h.), 1945 Hitler overprints, Semi-Postals complete, WIPA souvenir sheet (B111) l.h., Renner souvenir sheets (B185-88) n.h., Military Stamps, Austrian Offices in Crete, Turkish Empire, Lombardy-Venetia, Italian Occupation Venezia-Giulia and Trentino overprints, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, used or unused, occasional minor flaws possible, fine-v.f. and attractive collection *O | $3,250.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
            | Lot #1367 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BARBADOS 1892-1965 selection on pages and stock card, with 1892-1903 set to 2s6d (both), 1905 and 1909 sets, 1920 Victory to 3sh, later sets to 1965 QEII, etc., SG £1,100 *O | $250.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1368 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BELGIAN CONGO 1960 "Congo" inverted, 1.50fr (15) and 10fr (9), n.h., v.f. **Catalog #330var,337var | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                 | Lot #1369 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BERMUDA 1865-1979 collection on Vario stock cards, with some scattered Victoria, George V including 1920 Seal of the Colony, 1921 set to 1sh, 1932 12sh6p, George VI to 10sh (used), QEII sets, some covers, additional shades, etc., mostly hinged (some unused and used noted), few minor faults possible, generally fine-v.f. *O | $400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
        | Lot #1370 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BERMUDA 1865-2009 collection on large stock pages, early Queen Victoria to 1sh, George V to £1 and 12sh6p (two of each), Specimen overprints, good showing of George VI Scrolls, with better shades, mostly complete from there, generally fine-v.f. * | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                                   | Lot #1371 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH 1900-1960s Queen Victoria-QEII, used and unused country collections in a large stock book, Aden largely complete including 1937 Dhow set with extra 5r aniline (used), George VI and QEII sets, Antigua KEVII and George V sets to 5sh, 1921 to £1, 1932 Tercentenary, George VI and QEII sets, with shades, Ascension 1922, 1924 and 1934 sets, 1938 set to 10s with perf. varieties, Bahamas KEVII £1, other definitives, Barbados with Britannia unused 6d and 1sh (3) values, 1882 5sh, 1897, 1916, 1920, 1921 sets with later definitives, Basutoland 1933 and 1938 sets, 1961 surcharges, including 10c type II marginal single, Bechuanaland 1932, 1938, 1955, 1961 sets, Bermuda, British Guiana, British Honduras, Virgin Islands 1899, 1904, 1913 and 1922 sets and later definitives, Canada 1897 Jubilee set to 50c (2), with shades, 1908 Quebec, 1911 Admirals to 50c, with better 7c, 10c and 20c shades, mostly complete thereafter, Cayman Islands KEVII to 5sh, 1907 1/2d on 5s, 1d on 4d, George V sets to 10sh, 1935 and later issues, largely complete, Dominica, Fiji, Gambia 1869 4d and 6d, 1886 set to 1sh with shades, 1898-1906 surcharges, George V sets, Gibraltar Queen Victoria-QEII, George V to £1, Gold Coast, Grenada, etc. Also included is an additional stock book with auction cards, better sets and values, Falkland Islands, St. Helena Badge to 10sh, plus Great Britain, Hong Kong, etc., mixed condition, mostly fine or better. Owner's SG £40,000+ *O | $8,000.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
           | Lot #1372 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH 1900-1960s balance of a consignment on cards, used and unused singles and sets, including New South Wales 1850 2d indigo, Queen Victoria Laureate Essay 1d brown-red on gummed paper, 1854 imperf. 5d, Antigua 1884 4d "Detached triangle" variety, Basutoland 1935 Silver Jubilee 6d "dot by Flagstaff", Nova Scotia 1860-63 12 1/2c block, one stamp missing part of design, Canada 1924 Admiral 5c violet, dry printing, top Plate No.22 block of 10 n.h, 2c yellow green booklet pane of 6, Great Britain KEVII 2sh6p, 5sh,10sh used, 1938 George VI brown purple Essay, marginal block of four, Grenada 1938-50 George VI, group of six unused with listed perfs and color varieties, including the scarce perf.12, KUT 1919 4c on 6c surcharge unused group with overprint varieties, pair, one without bars, inverted, double (2), Specimen overprints, etc., George VI 50c "Rope not joined to sail", dot removed in a strip of 3, Straits Settlements 1906-07 on Labuan, duplicated set to $1, 1c and 2c fine used, Morocco Agencies 1899 set to 2p, 1903-05 set to 2p, 1907 2s6d, 1907-12 12p on 10s and 1914-31 2sh6p, all overprinted Specimen, also North Borneo Specimen overprints, St. Vincent 1882-83 1d drab unused block of four, wmk reversed, 1913-17 set to £1 overprinted Specimen (n.h.), Samoa 1877-80, Third State, perf. 12 1/2 5sh green, used with BPA certificate, Sierra Leone 1894-96 £1 purple & red, Southern Rhodesia with 1937 set to 5sh, large multiples, etc., mixed condition, some faults noted, generally fine or better, very useful assembly, owner's SG £14,000++ *O | $1,800.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
        | Lot #1373 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH 1900-60s balance of a consignment, with selections from various areas, including Newfoundland singles and sets (cat.$2,300), stock book with a nice selection of Australia, with blocks of four and larger, gutter panes, etc. Also included is a collection of used and unused singles on pages, with Bahrain, India, Sudan, Malaysian States, early St. Helena, Cape of Good Hope, etc., additional sets on cards, with blocks of four, definitives, etc., mixed condition, owner's cat. $16,000+ *O | $1,100.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                      | Lot #1374 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH 1910-70s extensive predominantly unused dealer's stock of sets to high value and better values, etc. on cards contained in a large stock book with better items from Australia, Falkland Islands, Hong Kong, Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Natal, New Zealand, Tristan Da Cunha etc., mixed condition, high catalogue value, useful and attractive holding *O | $1,800.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                                                                                                    | Lot #1375 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH 1937-43 George VI, advanced collection on pages, six volumes, comprehensive showing of singles and sets, color, perforation and Plate varieties, Aden (Dhow complete), Ascension (better perforations), Australia, Bahamas, Bahawalpur (1947 Nawab Sadiq Mohammad Khan Abbasi V Star & Crescent overprint (SG 15,£7,000), Bahrain, Bechuanaland, Bermuda (Keyplates), Falkland Islands, Gambia, Gibraltar, India & Indian States, with values to 25r, some blocks of four, gutter pairs, Jamaica 5sh slate blue & yellow orange, small thin (SG 132a,£7,000), Kenya, Uganda & Tanganyika, Kuwait with complete sets, good showing of Malaysian States, Malta, Nauru, Nigeria, Seychelles, Singapore, etc., occasional "Specimen" perfins, some blocks of four, also hundreds of additional singles, sets and multiples in glassines, with much Omnibus material, l.h. or h.r., some used, few minor faults noted, generally clean, fine-v.f., cat. £100,000++ *O | $24,000.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1376 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH 1939-55 balance of a consignment, mostly complete George VI sets on cards or in glassine envelopes, India (150-67), Jind State (108-23), Gwalior, Bahrain (20-37), Kuwait (36-51), Great Britain (249-51A), Pakistan (1-19,O1-13), mostly l.h., few n.h., fine-v.f., cat. $2,500+ */** | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1377 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH 1960s-70s unexploded booklets, wholesale stock of approximately 500, quantities of up to 100+ of each, from Fiji (SG SB5-7), St. Helena (SG SB2-3), Ascension (SG SB1x20 £1,400), also SB2, plus Australia (Famous Australians, Prime ministers), Ireland, Singapore (19xSB1,£1,045), Tristan, etc., fine-v.f., useful accumulation | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1378 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH - Omnibus sets 1935 Silver Jubilee, issues complete (without Egypt), l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f., SG £1,350 * | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
            | Lot #1379 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH - Omnibus sets 1937-53 Coronation, four complete sets of each, n.h., fine-v.f., SG £1,700 ** | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
     | Lot #1380 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH - Omnibus sets 1949 U.P.U., three mostly complete sets, singles (two minor sets missing) and pairs, n.h., fine-v.f., SG £1,425 ** | $400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
    | Lot #1381 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH - Omnibus sets 1953 Coronation, 62 values, basic set, singles and sheet corner margin blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. ** | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
     | Lot #1382 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH - Covers and Postal History 1858-1940 carton with 420+ covers and cards, better Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, Tonga Tin Can Mail, Postage Dues, dual frankings, Air Post, some earlier items, foreign destinations, flight covers, Special Delivery, Registered, etc., many better items, Also included additional 180+ covers, foreign countries, Censored Mail, plus modern Great Britain, collection of 280 cacheted RAF Museum covers, interesting cachets, advertising, many autographed by RAF pilots, dignitaries, etc., mixed condition, nice lot, retail $7,000+ | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                                                                                                                                                                                      | Lot #1383 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH AFRICA 1890-1970 collection on Vario stock pages, Basutoland including George V, Bechuanaland including Overprints and George V Seahorses, George VI and QEII sets; British Central Africa with £1 Specimen; British Middle East Forces and Morocco Agencies; Gambia with Queen Victoria, Gold Coast including KEVII to 20sh; KUT with George V and George VI sets to £1 (the latter with several additional perfs and shades); Niger Coast with Victoria to 10sh; Northern Nigeria and Nigeria George V to £1; North Borneo George VI and QEII; Northern Rhodesia George VI; Nyasaland George VI to £1; Rhodesia with some Double Heads and Admirals; Sierra Leone with KEVII to £1; Somaliland; South Africa with Cape of Good Hope, Transvaal and Union of South Africa; Southern Rhodesia; South West Africa; Sudan and Zanzibar, mostly hinged with some used stamps as well, quite a few covers, some faults possible but generally fine-v.f. and useful lot *O | $4,500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1384 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH AFRICA 1920s-60 selection of singles and sets on stock cards, with better items, including unused Tanganyika Giraffe set to £1, George V £1 used, Kenya, Uganda & Tanganyika George V £1 orange & black used, also pictorials set to £1 unused, plus several miscellaneous items, fine-v.f., SG £2,000+ *O | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                                                                                                                                                                                   | Lot #1385 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH NORTH AMERICA 1890-1970 collection on black stock pages, with Antigua including Seal of the Colony with KEVII and George V 5sh, George V set to £1, George VI, QEII, etc.; Bahamas with Victoria, KEVII, George V, George VI and QEII with sets to £1; Barbados with 1897 Jubilee, plus additional complete sets; British Guiana with Surcharges, few better sets; British Honduras including George V and George VI sets to $5; British Virgin Islands; Canada with 1928-29 set to $1 (including 5c Bluenose); Dominica with KEVII, George V to £1; Grenada with Victoria, George V to 10sh; Jamaica with George V sets; Leeward Islands with Victoria, KEVII sets to 5sh, George V to £1, George VI to £1 (with duplication); Montserrat; St. Helena including George V to £1, Tercentenary set; St. Kitts-Nevis; St. Lucia; St. Vincent; Trinidad with Victoria to 5sh; Tristan da Cunha with George VI and QEII, and Turks and Caicos, mostly hinged with some used stamps as well, quite a few covers, some faults possible but generally fine-v.f. and useful lot *O | $4,500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
               | Lot #1386 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH ASIA 1890-1970 collection on black stock pages, with Aden including George VI and QEII (with both shades); Brunei; Burma; Ceylon; Maldives; Malayan States including Straits Settlements with KEVII and George V to $5, Johore with values to $5, Malacca, Penang, Perak with set to $5; Mauritius; Sarawak with some complete sets; Seychelles including George VI to 5r; and Singapore with George VI to $2, mostly hinged with some used stamps as well, quite a few covers, some faults possible but generally fine-v.f. and useful lot *O | $1,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
           | Lot #1387 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH AUSTRALASIA AND OCEANIA 1890-1970 collection on black stock pages, with Australia including Kangaroo Specimen set of three, Arms set of four; North West Pacific Islands with £1 vertical strip of three; British Antarctic Territories with Surcharged set; Cook Islands; Fiji with George V to £1, George VI and QEII; Gilbert & Ellice with George V to 5sh; Nauru; New Guinea including 1931 Airmail to £1; New Hebrides with Beach Scene, Postage Dues; New Zealand with sets to 3sh, Officials and Flight Covers; Niue; Norfolk Island; Papua New Guinea; Pitcairn Islands; Samoa; Solomon Islands with War Canoe set; and Tonga, mostly hinged with some used stamps as well, quite a few covers, some faults possible but generally fine-v.f. and useful lot *O | $1,600.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                 | Lot #1388 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS CANADIAN PROVINCES AND NEWFOUNDLAND 1861-1935 balance of a consignment on pages, scattered New Brunswick, Newfoundland, with first issues, perforated stamps, better Prince Edward Island, attractive section, including imperf. Die proof (10TC1a, with Gratton certificate), 15a (Holcombe certificate), ten die proofs (Bileski reprints), etc., mixed condition *O | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1389 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS CANADA 1911-35 Admirals complete set to $1, Scroll 1c-$1 (three sets), plus 1c-$1 Mt.Cavell, complete, l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f., * Catalog #104-22,149-177 Catalog Value $3,927 | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
   | Lot #1390 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS CANADA 1911-60 various singles and sets, including Admirals 1c-$1 complete (104-22), later issues, with blocks of four of 8c-$1 Ferry (268-73), Champlain sets (217-27), 1949-50 O.H.M.S. overprints (O1-10), "G" overprints in blocks of four (O16-25), etc., l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f., cat. $3,200+ */** | $350.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
        | Lot #1391 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS CAYMAN ISLANDS 1900-2001 collection on large stock cards, including 1907-08 surcharges (four different (SG 17-19 and SG35, £2,460), 2 1/2p on 4p (Scott 20 with 1988 Royal and 2003 PFC), some duplication, Specimen overprints, Centenary and Pictorial sets, War Stamps, including SG 55 with BPA certificate (£800), mixed condition, mostly fine-v.f. An attractive collection of Cayman Islands * | $1,800.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                             | Lot #1392 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS CAYMAN ISLANDS 1900-76 collection on pages, mostly unused, with singles and sets, George VI-QEII, few better items, mostly fine-v.f. *O | $120.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
           | Lot #1393 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS CHINA 1900-30 balance of a consignment, variety of covers and cards, including Imperial, French Intervention during Boxer Rebellion, Manchukuo, Japanese Occupation, Italian Expedition Force in Siberia, Postal Stationery, Hong Kong card to Brazil, C.E.F. covers, International Reply Coupon used from Liutaokow in 1920, French Missionary covers used in 1856 from "Kouy-Tscheou", etc., mixed condition, fascinating lot | $1,000.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1394 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS CHINA 1904-38 selection of 11 covers and cards, four incoming, one from USA to Shanghai, another from Netherlands to Tientsin, two from Germany to Tientsin or Shanghai, others from German Post Offices in China, one from Harbin to Buenos Aires, also 1904 red-band cover from Tsingtau to Shanghai, etc. | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                         | Lot #1395 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS CHINA - PROVINCES 1945-46 Local overprints of North-East Provinces, large collection on pages, hundreds of singles, pairs, blocks of four, full sheets, generally identified by "Kerr" handbook and "Chan" catalogue, included are occasional errors, inverted overprints, etc., mixed condition, some faults or gum toning, generally fine or better, valuable collection */** | $2,300.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1396 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS CHINA - PRC 1960s small selection of used singles and sets, including Tropical Fish, Chrysanthemums, Mao, etc., fine-v.f. O | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                                 | Lot #1397 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS CHINA - PRC 1963-2011 collection in three Schaubek and two (brand new and mostly empty) Lighthouse hingeless albums, with better items such as Mountains (716-31), Chrysanthemums (767-81) and others (no Cultural Revolution), mostly complete 1976-82, with 8f Monkey (1586), 18 different souvenir sheets (1383a/1844, Horses, Girl with Book and others), also various singles and sets in glassines, some better items, special presentation albums, old catalogues, etc., apparently n.h., fine-v.f., inspection recommended ** | $5,250.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
     | Lot #1398 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS CHINA - PRC 1980s-90s issues in stock book, some sets, souvenir sheet, older items, few better, mixed condition, mostly fine *O | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
            | Lot #1399 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS CROATIA 1941-45 collection on Lindner album pages, Regular Issues, Semi-Postals (including Nezavisna), 1944 Storm Division set of three (with letter from the Croatian Philatelic Society) and souvenir sheet (n.h., corner crease, APS certificate), Postage Dues, Officials, etc., plus a small selection of covers on dealer's cards, some items signed, fine-v.f. */** | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
            | Lot #1400 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS CYPRUS 1880-1960 collection on Vario stock cards, with early Victoria, 1894-96 set to 45pi, KEVII 1904-07 set to 45pi, George V 1921-23 set to 45pi, 1924 to £1, 50th Year as a British Colony, 1934 set to 45pi (used), George VI used, QEII 1955 definitives (l.h. and used sets), also 1960 Overprints (n.h.), etc., mostly unused, few faults possible in early material, generally fine-v.f. *O | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
          | Lot #1401 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS CZECHOSLOVAKIA Postage Dues 1918 Provisional Issues, large specialized collection of hundreds of stamps and covers, partly written up on pages, excellent variety of handstamps and surcharges, with errors, unusual usages and much more. A good opportunity to acquire a comprehensive collection of these interesting issues, with potential for further study and expansion *O | $2,300.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
      | Lot #1402 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS ETHIOPIA 1895-1960s accumulation of singles, sets, covers, occasional varieties, two government catalogues, etc., some better items. Also included is a small group of Confederate States of America, with older auction catalogues, reprints, collateral material, mixed condition, intriguing lot *O | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                                        | Lot #1403 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS ETHIOPIA 1928-43 selection of 41 covers or cards, written-up exhibition style on pages, each with full description of origin, destination, rates, censor markings, etc., starting with 1928 registered cover to France, others showing progression of rate changes to various destinations, including 1944 flown cover to Teheran, showing Egyptian and two Soviet-Persian censorship markings, in Cyrillic and Latin characters, also a military transit; another cover via Egypt to England, with round "Censorship dept" handstamp; "V" overprint on cover to London, 1946 registered cover (opened for display) to French India, others to Czechoslovakia, Somalia, Austria, Germany, Italy, China and others, few minor flaws noted, mostly fine-v.f., ex-Roberto Sciaky | $4,500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
            | Lot #1404 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FALKLAND ISLANDS 1900-90s balance of a specialized collection on black Vario stock pages, album pages, cover album and others, with some earlier items, sheets, singles and sets, Ephemera (news clips, photographs, etc.), unused Postal Stationery, cards, aerogrammes, covers and FDCs, postcards, OHMS, censored and commercial mail, Falkland Islands Dependencies, etc., clean and useful accumulation *O | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
           | Lot #1405 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FINLAND 1910-30s large accumulation of straight line cancelations on Russian Grand Duchy issues to 1917, over 750 stamps with pieces, multiples, etc., many different types, color pmks, also Lion type "Saarinetyp" selection of straight line cancels, many hundreds, many on pieces, some multiples, interesting pmks, excellent treasure trove for a specialist O | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                    | Lot #1406 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FIUME 1918-20 large selection of machine and typographed overprints on Hungarian stamps, with pairs, strips, blocks and sheets, showing numerous types, different letters, unlisted varieties, also Postage Dues, and 1919-20 "Franco" surcharges. Assembled by an astute collector, all stamps are genuine, apparently n.h., fine-v.f. */** | $4,750.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                | Lot #1407 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1849-1988 collection in three Kabe albums, extensive 19th Century, mostly used, later issues include Commemoratives, souvenir sheets (1925 Paris, 1937 PEXIP, also No.1100), Semi-Postals, Air Post (C1-2, 5-17 used), some back of book issues, etc., mixed condition *O | $750.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
          | Lot #1408 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRANCE - Covers and Postal History 1812-1940s selection 210 covers or cards, with pre-philatelic, imperf. or perf. Napoleon and Ceres franking, military, Peace & Commerce and Type Sage frankings, etc. | $350.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
   | Lot #1409 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRANCE - Covers and Postal History 1850s-1950s selection of 140+ covers or cards, mostly individually acquired, some better Semi-Postals, Flights, censored mail, destinations, 1870 Franco-Prussian War Ballon Monte FL (interesting contents) etc., interesting group, retail $1,500+ | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                                                | Lot #1410 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRANCE - Covers and Postal History 1860s-70s selection of 100 covers or FLs, Napoleon or Ceres franking, various Paris Star dispatch markings, mixed condition, mostly fine-v.f. | $375.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
      | Lot #1411 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRENCH COLONIES 1900s-80s collection in two albums and on dealer's cards, with a good showing of various singles and sets, Lebanon overprints, virtually complete Dahomey in a PALO album, also Syria, Monaco, French Polynesia, Mauritania, Tunisia, etc., mixed condition, mostly fine-v.f., cat. $12,000+ *O | $1,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                     | Lot #1412 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GERMAN STATES 1851-1920 Baden-Wurttemberg, collection on Scott album pages, mostly complete used or unused, with Baden, Bavaria including No.1 unused, imperf. and Arms issues, Postage Dues and Officials, Bergdorf, Brunswick, Bremen, Hamburg, Hannover, also Heligoland, Lubeck, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Oldenburg, Prussia, Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Thurn and Taxis, Wurttemberg, with values to 18kr, Officials, etc., mixed condition with minor faults, excellent degree of completion, with many scarce items included, high catalogue value *O | $4,500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1413 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GERMAN STATES Postal Stationery 1874-1920 Bavaria, selection of used and unused entires and postal cards, also wrappers, double reply cards, some duplication, generally fine-v.f., Mi. Catalog Value €1,500 | $250.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                           | Lot #1414 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GERMANY 1868-1960 collection of many hundreds of used singles and sets on Scott album pages, North German Confederation, 1872 Large and Small Shields, Weimar Republic Third Reich, with Commemoratives, Semi-Postals, Air Post (C40,42,43-45), back of book, Allied Occupation, Federal Republic, mostly fine or better O | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
               | Lot #1415 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GERMANY 1872-1945 collection in a large Schwaneberger (1953 edition) album, collected both unused and used, starting with North German Confederation, continuing with complete Small and Large Shields, including No.10 Plate Flaw variety (Mi.10, PFV, €3,500), unused without gum, with 2002 Sommer certificate, "Pfennige" 5pf-50pf complete (29-39), Reichspost to 5M, multiple examples of the Wartime printings, 1920 "Kreuzbluten" watermark 1 1/4m used (210), issues complete from there, with Regular Definitives, Semi-Postals, with souvenir sheets (B33,B58,B68), Air Post, including 1912 "Gelber Hund" and "E.EL.P" overprints unused, also "Gelber Hund" on card (CL1-6), with all Zeppelin sets (C38-45), both used and unused of each, plus Officials. Back of book includes German Occupation of Bohemia and Moravia, Generalgouvernement (Poland), Luxemburg, Elsass, Fieldpost issues for Rhodes, Tunis (Palm stamp) and U-Boat Hela. A well rounded, comprehensive assembly, with many plate flaws and minor varieties, cancels, etc.. Also included are some se-tenants, booklets and postal stationery, occasional mixed condition, few faults noted, otherwise a fine old-time collection, substantial value *O | $5,500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
              | Lot #1416 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GERMANY 1872-1945 collection fairly complete in two Lindner albums, mixed with both used and unused with Small and Large Shields, Reichspost to 5m, Deutches Reich to 5m, Inflation Issues, Semi-Postals including IPOSTA sheet, Wagner set, Ten Year Souvenir sheet, OSTROPA souvenir sheet, etc., Air Post including Gelber Hund on piece, E.EL.P. set of two, Polar and South America Flights (the latter used), Chicago Flight (hinged), Officials, Fieldpost, Occupation Issues including Kurland, France Bear souvenir sheet, Propaganda set from Operation Cornflakes, etc., mixed condition with some faults possible mostly among early issues, fine-v.f. *O | $1,900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
     | Lot #1417 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GERMANY - Covers and Postal History 1880s-1930s selection of 250+ covers and picture postcards (used and unused), Weimar Republic, Semi-Postals, German Colonies, New Year's "hold to light", Esperanto, Nazi Party forerunner, censored mail, Officials, Stationery, Revenues, Propaganda cards, political leaders, etc., mixed condition, minor faults noted, otherwise fine and scarce group, retail $4,000+ | $800.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
     | Lot #1418 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GERMANY - Covers and Postal History 1900-50s group of 500+ covers and picture postcards, WWI scenes, WWII propaganda cards, later FDCs, flown covers, censor markings, etc. | $350.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                      | Lot #1419 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GERMAN COLONIES 1897-1916 comprehensive collection in a Lindner album, used and unused, fairly complete with German Offices in China including 5pf on 10pf sheet margin single (hinged) with APS certificate, Tientsin Issue 3pf-20pf used, each with APS or Royal certificates (20pf with short perfs), Reichspost used to 5m (small faults, signed Mansfeld), German Offices in Morocco with Reichspost used to 5m (signed Steuer), German Offices in the Turkish Empire, with Deustches Reich set n.h.; New Guinea Yacht used to 5m (signed Steuer); German East Africa 1900 Yacht used to 3r (signed Bothe); German South West Africa Yacht set n.h.; Caroline Islands and Cameroon, Kiauchau Yacht Issues complete; Mariana Islands Yacht used to 5m; Marshall Islands with 5pf Jaluit Issue (2012 Jashke-Lantelme certificate), Yacht used to 5m; also Samoa and Togo; mixed condition, some faults noted, but generally fine-v.f. *O | $4,500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
               | Lot #1420 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GERMAN COLONIES 1897-1918 Cameroun-Togo, mostly complete collection on Scott album pages, mostly unused, with Yacht sets to 5M, including Kiauchau set to $2 1/2 (slight toning), occasional British G.R.I. overprints, Belgian Occupation of East Africa issues, some minor flaws possible, generally fine or better *O | $2,900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                          | Lot #1421 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GERMAN AREA 1920-39 Plebiscite Regions, collection on Scott album pages, complete, mostly unused Allenstein, Danzig, including 60pf, 1m and 2m "Grosse Innendienst", last two slightly discolored and partly regummed, with Kniep certificate, Marienwerder, Memel, with Lithuanian Occupation issues, Saar 1920-58, with overprints to 10M, also unissued 2pf gray, signed Burger, balance of the issues, Semi-Postals, Officials, also Schleswig, including C.I.S. overprints, Upper Silesia complete, including Officials (reprints), mixed condition, generally fine or better *O | $4,500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                       | Lot #1422 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GERMAN AREA 1939-44 collection on Scott album pages, with complete Bohemia & Moravia, Slovakia, German Occupation of Luxembourg, Montenegro complete (except 10Lire), Serbia, with souvenir sheets, etc. Also included are issues from WWI Occupation of Belgium and Romania, with some better items, mixed condition, mostly unused, occasional faults noted, generally fine or better *O | $1,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
         | Lot #1423 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GERMANY - WORLD WAR II Occupation Issues 1939-45 collection in Lindner album, mostly used, with Bohemia and Moravia including a Theresienstadt cover and some currency, Generalgouvernment with Officials, Channel Islands including a few covers, Serbia sets of souvenir sheets, and a selection of Zara, with Air Post and Postage Dues, mostly n.h. with many signed Ludin, fine-v.f. *O | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
    | Lot #1424 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GREAT BRITAIN 1864 3p rose red, Plate 165, complete reconstruction (240 stamps), used, mixed condition, faults noted, O Catalog #33 Catalog Value $720 | $90.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
             | Lot #1425 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS HONG KONG 1863-1962 collection on Vario stock cards, used or unused (at times both), with Victoria (mostly used), KEVII with values to 50c, George V to $2 (used), George VI to $10 mint or used (better $10 unused without gum), with many additional shades, QEII with sets to $10 and $20 (all hinged, with additional used values), some British Offices in China, etc., mixed condition with some faults possible, generally fine-v.f. *O | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
            | Lot #1426 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS HUNGARY Occupation Issues 1919 collection in album, Szegedin complete including key items, with Newspaper Stamps (including one with overprint inverted), Special Delivery and Postage Dues, and Transylvania fairly complete with Semi-Postals and Postage Dues, mixed condition with few doubtful items, generally fine-v.f. * | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
          | Lot #1427 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS ICELAND 1902-40s accumulation of nearly 500 used stamps, showing numeral cancels, high values, multiples, two complete sets of 1907-08 1e-5kr (71-85, cat. $1,200), etc., mixed condition, mostly fine or better O | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                     | Lot #1428 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS IRAN 1868-1925 collection of mostly used Qajar period stamps on Farahbakhsh pages, includes mostly questionable Meched and other issues, also some unused and later items, excellent reference O | $1,300.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                                        | Lot #1429 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS IRAN 1876-1924 collection on stock cards, hundreds of used and unused, singles, many blocks of four, better surcharges, Postage Dues, Revenues, Fancy surcharges, etc., mixed condition, high catalogue value */** | $3,500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
   | Lot #1430 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS IRAN 1894 Nasser-edin Shah Qajar, 2kr, 5kr and 50kr sheets of 50, n.h., couple of minor flaws, mostly fine-v.f. (catalogued as hinged singles) **Catalog #97,98,100 Catalog Value $3,150 | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
         | Lot #1431 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS IRAN 1915 Coronation Issue, 1ch-24c Imperial Crown, nine different sheets of 50, printed on both sides, one side each, with centers inverted, fine-v.f., attractive group **Catalog #560/570var | $1,800.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
     | Lot #1432 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS IRAN 1924 Ahmad Shah Qajar, 1kr-30kr, seven different sheets of 100, n.h., some perf. separations, fine-v.f. (catalogued as hinged singles) **Catalog #674-80 Catalog Value $18,000 | $1,800.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1433 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS IRAN 1924 Ahmad Shah 5kr-30kr top values, five full sheets of 100, n.h., sensibly folded between stamps, fine-v.f. (catalogued as hinged singles) **Catalog #676-80 Catalog Value $17,000 | $1,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1434 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS IRAN 1999 Birds, two different sheets of 100, including 1,000 Rials misperforated, with colors shifted and 4,500 Rials, misperforated, folded between stamps, n.h., v.f. (catalogued as normal stamps $1,100) **Catalog #2781,2784var | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
              | Lot #1435 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS IRAN Semi-Postals 1948-54 Issues, complete sets in large panes of 70, n.h., fine-v.f., **Catalog #B1-16,17-21,31-35 Catalog Value $4,830 | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
            | Lot #1436 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS IRAN Officials 1974 Coat of Arms, sheets of 50, n.h., fine-v.f., **Catalog #O72-82 Catalog Value $1,400 | $350.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
        | Lot #1437 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS IRAN Postal Stationery 1878-1940s collection of 41 different unused Coat of Arms and Kings stationery cards (21) and entire envelopes (15), plus 5 wrappers, mostly fine or better (Persiphila $2,945) | $350.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
   | Lot #1438 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS IRAN Postal Stationery 1894-1940s selection of 18 stationery postal cards, many uprated and sent to Austria, Netherlands, Germany, United States, some with censor markings, generally fine or better | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1439 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS IRAN Postal Stationery 1904-06 selection of six different stationery picture postal cards, different views, various surcharges, one unused, others sent to France, Germany, Hungary, Italy and Great Britain, fine and scarce group | $500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
           | Lot #1440 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS IRAN - Covers and Postal History 1900-30s selection of 50 covers, including 20 franked with various surcharges, some registered mail, different combinations, origins and destinations, mixed condition, mostly fine-v.f. | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
        | Lot #1441 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS IRAN - Covers and Postal History 1911-40s selection of 30 covers or cards, variety of origins and destinations, early WWI and WWII British, Russian and American censor marks, labels, etc., mostly fine-v.f., interesting lot | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
     | Lot #1442 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS IRAN - Covers and Postal History Officials 1910-23 selection of 20 different Waybill Parcel Delivery Permit slips, excellent variety of frankings, used from Kerman, Teheran, Resht, Tauris, etc., mixed condition, mostly fine or better | $350.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
    | Lot #1443 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS IRAN - Covers and Postal History Parcel Post 1915-16 selection of 10 Parcel Post receipts, franked with different Ahmad Shah and Coronation stamps, others overprinted "Colis Postaux", variety of origins, mostly fine and desirable lot (Persiphila $3,250+) Catalog #569/76,Q27/34 | $280.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                         | Lot #1444 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS IRAN - Covers and Postal History Revenue Stamps 1920s-30s selection of 45 documents, mostly Judicial and legal, including power of attorney and others, with Revenue frankings, different Cities and dates overprints, interesting lot | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
           | Lot #1445 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS IRAQ 1918-69 collection on Farahbakhsh album pages, with unused sets of 1918-20 British Occupation, King Faisal II souvenir sheets, Officials, also used King Faisal I, King Ghazi, and early republic overprints, excellent starting point for expansion *O | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
            | Lot #1446 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS ISRAEL 1948-2022 collection in five Minkus albums, issues with Tabs, complete (missing a few later sets), 7-9 l.h. (Muentz certificate), J1-5 n.h. (Tsachor certificate stating "20m scratch on tab"), 28-30 (regummed), 33-34 (l.h.), balance n.h., with Tete-Beche sheets, booklets, etc. Also included is a Lindner album with a complete collection of unused postal stationery, fine-v.f. */** | $2,800.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
          | Lot #1447 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS ISRAEL 1948-71 collection of singles with TABS in White Ace album, issues complete with 1-9 (1,000m with minor adhesion at bottom), n.h., except 28-30 (regummed), postage dues (missing J1-5), souvenir sheets, etc., fine-v.f. ** | $1,900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1448 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS ISRAEL 1951-2000 balance of a consignment, stamps in a Minkus album, occasional better items (No.25 Camel with tab, n.h.), prestige booklet, some FDCs, modern tabs (used), etc. *O | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
      | Lot #1449 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS ISRAEL - Covers and Postal History 1898-1907 selection of six picture postcards, various subjects, also 200+ Interim Period and other labels, fine-v.f. | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                        | Lot #1450 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS ISRAEL - Covers and Postal History 1918-60 balance of a consignment, 60+ covers and cards, each acquired individually, some still on auction lot sheets, with several forerunners (Austrian, Ottoman military), Palestine, including censored mail, 1936 Arab Revolt air mail from British FPO Tulkarem to UK, also better origins, incoming mail to Yeshiva Torath Hayim in Jerusalem, Postage Due covers, some quite scarce, Interim Period, especially Jerusalem locals, including imperforate proofs, several unused sheetlets, also scattered Israel singles, tabs and few sheets, mixed condition, interesting lot | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
            | Lot #1451 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS ITALY 1863-1937 cancelations study, 500+ stamps canceled on pieces, plus 45 covers and folded letters, plus additional items, Austrian Occupation postmarks, some later items, etc. An interesting lot for a specialist O | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
      | Lot #1452 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS KENYA 1937-54 selection of unused varieties, some in blocks of four and larger, 1937 Coronation set perforated "Specimen", 1938 1c "Damaged value tablet", "Retouched value tablet", "Break in bird's breast", "Tadpole flaw" varieties, 10c black & green "Mountain retouch" (R6/7), 50c top marginal block of four, one stamp showing "Rope not joined to sail" variety, "Dot omitted" varieties (5), 1941 surcharges with broken letters in the overprint, 70c on 1sh with the "Crescent moon" flaw, etc., SG £1,560 * | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
           | Lot #1453 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS KOREA 1901-05 selection of 20 covers or cards, variety of frankings, used locally in Seoul, or to France, maritime markings, franking combinations, etc., mostly fine or better. An excellent group of Empire-period postal history | $6,500.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
    | Lot #1454 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS NORTH KOREA 1950s selection of 10 different, oversized covers to Europe, many with multiple stamps, including scarce overprints, fine-v.f. | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1455 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS NORTH KOREA 1950s selection of 12 different picture postcards to Europe, some very unusual and mixed franking combinations, mostly fine-v.f. | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
   | Lot #1456 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS NORTH KOREA 1950s selection of 10 covers, franked with regular issues, used domestically, fine and scarce | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                   | Lot #1457 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS LIBERIA 1906-50 balance of a consignment, with an interesting official cover to Germany, "Sea post Hamburg West Africa cancel", embossed Consular Seal at bottom, also selection of the Ashmun sheets, proofs, Specimen overprints, etc., fine-v.f. ** | $260.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1458 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS LIBERIA 1952 United Nations World Health Conference, imperf. souvenir sheet of three with Control (Serial) Number at bottom, 275 pieces, n.h., v.f. (cat. $962, not listed without Serial Number) ** Catalog #340a,var | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1459 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS LIBERIA Registration Stamps 1921 Vipers, selection including overprints, with First Issue, four complete sets (one n.h.), plus Greenville (9), Harper (2), Monrovia (18) and Robertsport (7); and Overprints with two complete sets (one with overprints inverted), Buchanan (4 including two inverted), Harper (2), Monrovia (21 with many inverted) and Robertsport (4 including three inverted), mostly l.h. or h.r. (some n.h. or unused), fine-v.f., */** Catalog #F21-29 Catalog Value $3,400 | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
         | Lot #1460 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS MALTA 1863-1960 collection on black stock pages, with Victoria to 1sh, 1879 2sh6p and 10sh, George V sets to 10sh, George VI and QEII sets, with some Postage Dues and covers, mostly hinged (QEII set n.h.), some used, fine-v.f. *O | $300.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
      | Lot #1461 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS MIDDLE EAST 1960s selection of 31 covers from UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan, Bahrain, Syria, Lebanon, USA, some with better franking, registered, mostly to Teheran, also included are four original Palphot photographs, with Israel franking, showing various native scenes, fine-v.f. | $375.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
    | Lot #1462 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS MONACO 1921-99 collection in a Scott Specialty album, complete sets and singles, also souvenir sheets, miniature sheetlets, Semi-Postals, Air Post and Postage Dues, generally l.h., fine-v.f. * | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1463 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS MONACO 1947-51 souvenir sheets, with 1947 200+300fr bluish, UPU perf. and imperf. (4), Red Cross perf. and imperf. large sheets of four blocks (4), n.h., marginal wrinkles, mostly fine or better ** | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
             | Lot #1464 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS MONTENEGRO 1941-44 Italian and German Occupation issues, collection on pages, used and unused, some better items, l.h. or n.h., usually expertized, occasional covers, fine-v.f. */** | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
               | Lot #1465 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS NEW GUINEA 1925-39 extensive postal history collection, 51 covers or cards, mostly early 1930s items, franked with a variety of issues, several censored and registered, sent from at least 20 different Post Offices including Madang, Kokopo, Kavieng, Aitape, Rabaul, Kieta, Manus, Talasea, Gasmata, Salamaua, Buka Passage, Marienberg, Newak, Edie Creek, Wau, Lae, Bulolo, Bulwa and Finchhafen, also two covers with "Ship letter" and "Paquebot" cancels, two flight covers (Inaugural flight Australia-New Guinea and a 1938 Australia-New Guinea-Greece-Germany cover from Salamaua), mixed condition, mostly fine, excellent basis for study and expansion | $2,800.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                       | Lot #1466 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS NEW HEBRIDES 1911-80 mostly unused, collection on Minkus album pages, including KEVII to 1sh, 1911, 1925 and 1938 sets, Postage Due overprints, various sets, commemoratives, etc., mostly fine-v.f. *O | $290.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1467 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS NICARAGUA Air Post 1937 75th Anniversary of Postal Service in Nicaragua, selection of error souvenir sheets of four, including centers inverted (7), color errors perf. (27) and imperf. (25), unused without gum as issued, few minor flaws, mostly fine-v.f., scarce holding, ex-Serebrakian **Catalog #C221f,C221m | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1468 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS NORTH INGERMANLAND 1920 Commemoratives 1m-10m, sheets of 100 of each, folded between stamps, n.h., fine-v.f. (catalogue for hinged) **Catalog #12-14 Catalog Value $3,650 | $1,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
   | Lot #1469 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS NYASALAND PROTECTORATE 1895-1921 selection of used singles and sets on stock cards, with 1895 Coat of Arms (unwatermarked) 1d-1sh, 1896 1d-5sh, 1897 1d-4sh, 1901 new colors. 1903-21 KEVII and George V to £1, mixed condition, occasional minor flaws noted, mostly fine, O Catalog #SG 21/113 Catalog Value £4,200 | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1470 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS OMAN 1966 selection on stock card, with 1966 set to 10r (2), h.r., 5b type II (3 used) and 1970 set to 1r, n.h., SG £850 *O | $180.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
     | Lot #1471 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS PALESTINE 1918-42 collection of used and unused singles on pages, with No.1, various Jerusalem 1,2 and 3 settings, Postage Dues, etc., mixed condition *O | $280.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
            | Lot #1472 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS PALESTINE 1918-42 advanced collection of used and unused singles on pages, with No.1 unused, No.3a (SG 2) unused pair (with SIP certificate for a block of four from which it originated), double and inverted overprints (Bale 71c,77), E.E.F. error (Bale 83a), thin paper variety (Bale 72a), coil stamps, vertically ribbed paper variety, Postage Dues, plus additional duplicated selection on stock cards, mostly fine or better *O | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                        | Lot #1473 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS PALESTINE 1918-47 collection of 26 covers or cards, mostly on exhibit pages, showing censored and registered mail, unusual destinations, one to Chile, others to France, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, various frankings, 1944 cover from Bat Yam to a soldier with Jewish Brigade, M.E.F., with violet censor mark, POW cover to Germany, with "Exempt from Postage" handstamp and oval "Palestine Police Force" censor mark, mixed condition, some outstanding items | $525.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
       | Lot #1474 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS PORTUGUESE COLONIES Revenue Stamps 1900 Nyassa. 10r-500r Fiscal stamps of Mozambique, overprinted "Nyassa", accumulation of hundreds, singles, pairs, blocks of four and larger, with and without gum, some varieties, mostly fine-v.f. * | $1,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                                | Lot #1475 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS RUSSIA 1857-1930 collection on Scott album pages, mostly used, 19th Century with No.1, 5-39, much duplication, vertically laid paper, shades, pmks, other issues perf. and imperf. to 10r, RSFSR, Soviet Union, definitives, occasional Commemoratives, some Semi-Postals and Air Post, mixed condition *O | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
      | Lot #1476 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS RUSSIA 1922-23 Workers and Soldiers, imperf. 5r blue (x234), 10r gray(x588), also unissued 1r buff 2r green, perf. and imperf. (x200 each), mostly horizontal pairs, n.h., v.f. (catalogue value does not include the 1r and 2r) ** Catalog #240b,241d Catalog Value $8,631 | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                                                  | Lot #1477 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS RUSSIA - Covers and Postal History 1807-68 pre-philatelic, selection of 96 stampless FLs, mostly St. Petersburg, Riga, Dorpat, Narva, Odessa, Moscow, Pernow, Revel, many interesting items, mostly fine-v.f. | $2,300.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
  | Lot #1478 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS RYUKYU ISLANDS 1960s-70s accumulation on dealer's cards, with singles and sets, Christmas seals in sheets, varieties, stationery and FDCs, etc., mostly fine-v.f. */** | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
     | Lot #1479 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS RYUKYU ISLANDS 1971 unissued 4c Iriomote Park single on Emergency Conversion Confirmation Certificates, 10 copies, various red seals and chops, fine (see footnote in Scott following No.RQ8) Catalog Value $2,250 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1480 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS SAMOA 1877-1919 selection on card and loose, with 1877 2sh brown 2nd state (used), 3rd state 1d used single and an unused pair, duplicated range of 1914 GRI overprints to 9d, including 3d pair on piece, a range of overprinted New Zealand Postal Fiscals (including SG 128 and 166c), Admiral 2sh and 3sh, both printings, etc., mixed condition, SG £3,200 *O | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                          | Lot #1481 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS SAN MARINO 1887-1999 collection of many hundreds on pages, some 19th Century, with 20th Century mostly complete from 1926, with Commemoratives and Air Post sets, Garibaldi, Post Office, Zeppelin, some Postage Dues and Parcel Post, some minor faults noted, mostly fine-v.f. * | $1,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
               | Lot #1482 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS SAUDI ARABIA 1916-45 collection on pages, used and unused, with a good showing of Hejaz and Nedj overprints, including Postage Dues, Kingdom, with imperforate set of 1934 Proclamation, Officials, etc., mixed condition, mostly fine or better, high catalogue value *O | $2,900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1483 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS SINGAPORE 1955 QEII definitives, three complete sets, also 1969 1c-$10 five different, ten of each, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #SG 38-51,101/116 Catalog Value £1,050 | $270.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1484 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS SINGAPORE 1970 Osaka Exposition, 90 souvenir sheets of four, n.h., v.f., **Catalog #SG MS 132 Catalog Value £2,160 | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
    | Lot #1485 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS SOUTH-WEST AFRICA 1927-31 selection on stock cards, mixed settings, pairs to 10sh (2) 1927 set to 10sh, 1927 single £1 George V, 1931 set to 20sh, Air Post, Officials, Postage Dues, mostly fine * | $290.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
             | Lot #1486 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS SPAIN AND COLONIES 1936-54 collection in Lindner album, with 1936 30c dark blue (perf., signed Brun), then mostly complete sets, including Submarine set of six, also souvenir sheet used on cover, General Franco, with Semi-Postals including better souvenir sheets, with Alcazar imperf. set of two, Cathedrals perf. and imperf., Lepanto set of two perf. and imperf., Virgin of the Pillar set, some Air Post, plus a selection of Civil War overprints and labels, mixed with hinged and n.h. (some used noted), generally fine-v.f. */**O | $1,700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                  | Lot #1487 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS SWITZERLAND 1854-1999 balance of a collection in albums and stock books, with imperf. Sitting Helvetia, perforated issues, including numerals, Wilhelm Tell, other regular issues, semi-postals, air post, souvenir sheets, dozens of better gutter and tete-beche se-tenant pairs and strips, Officials, Postage Dues, used and unused blocks of four, much duplication, occasional booklets and panes, mixed condition, high catalogue value *O | $2,300.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1488 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS TANNU TUVA Air Post 1934 2t ultramarine, large size (61x31mm), 100 copies, canceled to order, all in large multiples, n.h., couple of small perf. faults, mostly fine-v.f., also two unused examples, smaller size (54.4x29mm), n.h., one crease, otherwise fine-v.f. Catalog #C9,9a | $230.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
             | Lot #1489 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS THAILAND 1863-1904 accumulation of hundreds of used singles on stock cards, some better surcharges, occasional unused singles, mixed condition, high catalogue value O | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
           | Lot #1490 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS THAILAND 1900-80s hundreds of used and unused singles, also sets and souvenir sheets, some duplication, mostly fine-v.f., housed in a large stock book, high catalogue value *O | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                            | Lot #1491 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS TIBET 1912-50 Forgeries, large collection of many hundreds, mostly displayed on pages and written-up with respect to attribution, all issues represented, singles, multiples, sheets with a variety of settings, errors, spectacular covers, combination usages, also Officials, Chinese Offices in Tibet, showing genuine stamps with forged cancels, forged stamps with genuine cancels, fakes produced as late as 1990, etc. Assembled by an astute and knowledgeable student of this fascinating philatelic area. An incredible collection | $2,400.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                         | Lot #1492 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS TURKEY 1880-1970s selection of 4,600+ used and unused on 48 pages, many n.h., fine-v.f. *O | $350.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                       | Lot #1493 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS TURKEY 1938-70s selection of 1,100+ stamps, mostly complete sets, occasional multiples, duplication, Air Post, etc., n.h., fine-v.f., **Catalog Value $1,269 | $180.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #1494 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS VATICAN CITY 1997 Earthquake souvenir sheet, 100 copies, n.h., v.f. ** | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
   | Lot #1495 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS YEMEN 1945 Hospital Issue set of four values, stock of 500+ stamps with privately prepared overprints from President Harry Truman's Visit to Yemen in 1946, red and black bilingual overprints, mostly blocks of four, some imperf. sets unoverprinted, varieties, etc. (President Harry Truman sent the first American diplomatic mission to Yemen in 1946. It was led by Bill Eddy, a former Marine who arranged President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's famous meeting with Saudi King Abdul-Aziz al Saud in Egypt a year earlier.) Interesting old-time holding, ex-Serebrakian **Catalog #49-52,var | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
      | Lot #1496 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS and BALANCES 1850-1950 accumulation of used and unused singles and sets in glassine envelopes, 19th and 20th Century France, Italy, Great Britain and British Commonwealth, South America, occasional varieties, much of the material has been catalogued in the 1950s, mixed condition, inspection recommended, high catalogue value *O | $1,200.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
     | Lot #1497 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS and BALANCES 1860-1960 large accumulation in two cartons, British Commonwealth, singles and sets, some better items still on auction lot sheets, we note New Zealand, Cook Islands, Zanzibar, Canada, with values to $1 (Admirals), Jubilees, better regular issues and Commemoratives, many still on the original dealer cards, etc. Also included are thousands of glassines and cards with mostly singles from Germany and German Area, somewhat disorganized, plus some U.S. covers, etc., mixed condition, intriguing holding *O | $1,800.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
          | Lot #1498 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS and BALANCES 1865-1960 balance of a consignment in carton, stock books with United States, Japan, with Regular issues and used high values, some commemoratives, also Hong Kong, China, occasional Great Britain, India, Revenues, U.S. Plate Blocks and a few sheets, mixed condition *O | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
       | Lot #1499 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS and BALANCES 1870s-1950s accumulation of hundreds of singles and sets in glassines, dealer's cards and stock book, good showing of Scandinavian countries, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Netherlands and Colonies, Russia, with better Air Post, Belgium souvenir sheets, Greece, mixed condition, some usual faults to be expected, many better items, owner's cat. $15,000 *O | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
             | Lot #1500 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS and BALANCES 1890-1950s selection on stock cards with Albania 1913 10para green, Postage Dues with 1936 10q overprinted "Takse" with hyphens, 1940 set, Brazil "Spiro" forgery block of 56 (2), French Consular Post in Jerusalem 1948 20m surcharge signed Brun, Germany, Prussia, Holyland 1900 card to Switzerland, canceled with Bethlehem negative seal, Greece Hermes Heads, Liechtenstein 1912-15 set unused and used, Luxembourg 1944-46, 5c-20fr, set of 23 blocks of four overprinted Specimen, each stamp with security punch, Nepal, Poland locals, Spain 1950 Stamp centenary set, Saudi Arabia 1964-72 Boeing 200p unused, Switzerland 1950 U.N. overprints to 10fr, U.N.NY souvenir sheets used and unused, China cards with Coiling Dragons, etc., mixed condition, diverse lot *O | $700.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
   | Lot #1501 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS and BALANCES 1900-1955 balance of a consignment in a small box, mostly German Area, including Bund, French Zone perf. and imperf. souvenir sheets, Local Issues with Finsterwalde souvenir sheets, Berlin with Currency Reform souvenir sheet, UPU, Liberty Bell, few Berlin overprints, some booklets and booklet panes, World War I Occupation issues, some Italian Area with Italy Fascists set, Fiume set, Rhodes with 5c-10L used, etc., also a selection of Iran, with mostly short sets or reprints on stock cards, mixed condition, fine-v.f. */**O | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
    | Lot #1502 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS and BALANCES 1900s-50s collection/accumulation of Austria, Germany, Saar, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Netherlands Colonies (Curacao), Ireland, French Southern Antarctic Territory, etc., with a good showing of classics, souvenir sheets, better semi-modern singles and sets, premium material, booklets, etc., housed in glassines, dealer's cards, stock pages, usual mixed condition among early issues, others fine or better, useful group, owner's cat. $33,000+ *O | $1,800.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
       | Lot #1503 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS and BALANCES 1920s-80 selection of errors and varieties from Panama, including 1929 overprint varieties, 1958 Organization of American States, 1c imperforate block of 21, frame omitted, also 1962 Church of St. Ann, imperforate panes of 15 and 25, center omitted; Nicaragua 1981 Fish, imperforate blocks of four, part perf. varieties from Ecuador, large block of 26 from Ghana, 1965 New Currency overprint displaced diagonally, partly omitted from many of the stamps (rare), numerous Air Post errors and varieties from different countries, Portuguese Colonies, Equatorial Guinea, some 19th Century odds and ends, French Colonies, France Libre overprints from French India, Algeria, modern imperf. Deluxe sheetlets, etc. Also included is a group of interesting covers and cards, mixed condition, interesting assembly, ex-Serebrakian */** | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
   | Lot #1504 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS and BALANCES 1960s-80s accumulation of mostly complete sets on 1,900 dealer's cards, housed in corresponding black boxes, sets from British Commonwealth, European Countries, South America, etc., mostly 1960s-80s, but there are some better older items, including Ascension 48A-49A, Belgium B99-105, Bermuda 128A, British Antarctic, Denmark, Greece 604-17, C8-14, Italy, Mexico, St. Lucia, Salvador, Italian Colonies, etc., mostly n.h., fine-v.f. and clean stock, owner's cat. $23,000+ */** | $1,900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
               | Lot #1505 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS and BALANCES Revenue Stamps 1880-1940s American Bank Note Company, Proofs & Essays, massive holding of 10,000+ proofs of stock certificates & bonds, coupons, headers, proposed designs, proofs of lettering, stationery, labels, etc., neatly arranged on cards, with vignettes for individual companies, allegorical figures used for commerce and industry, Communication, Manufacturing, Foods, Railroad Companies, hundreds of different Banks and Financial Institutions, etc. Some of the companies include American Natural Gas, Power & Light, various Utilities from different cities and states, also Specimen overprints for stamps issued for South American countries, some Postal Stationery, Revenues and much more. There are hundreds of rejected dies, correspondence from various Bank Note Company and Post Office officials, some duplication, but still tremendous variety and historical commentary, since most of the companies for which they were produced no longer exist, mixed condition, fascinating group P | $2,300.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
      | Lot #1506 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS and BALANCES Revenue Stamps 1880-1900s selection of 80+ items, mostly production file proofs or essays, with nice variety of vignettes and partial engravings, a few foreign, American Bank Note Co., Security Columbian Bank Note, Hamilton Bank Note Co., etc., some topicals including Trains, Dog, etc., mostly fine-v.f. P | $900.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
    | Lot #1507 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS Worldwide Souvenir Sheets 1940s-60s selection of 140+ better souvenir sheets, including Albania, Argentina, Belgium (B466A-B), Chile, Germany, Hungary perf. and imperf., Portugal, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, etc., occasional faults noted, mostly fine-v.f., clean and useful lot, cat. $6,500+ */** | $450.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
                 | Lot #4001 United States - Postal Stationery Postal Cards Postal Cards sent by Special Delivery, 1887-1904, single Frame (16 pages) exhibit, 30+ cards, starting with 1c Jefferson with 10c franking, used locally in Cincinnati,1892-93 "Columbian" Special Delivery cards, Bicycle Messenger stamps, Double Special Delivery fee, Parcel Post and Postage Dues, also definitives paying Special Delivery fees, etc., various origins and destinations, mostly fine-v.f., interesting collection | $5,000.00 Bidding Closed |
                | Lot #4002 United States Intervention in China China Relief Expedition - Boxer Rebellion 1900-01 single Frame (16 pages) exhibit with 24 covers or cards, showing Military Postal Stations Peking, Tientsin, Registered mail, including one of only five recorded "Military Postal Station No.1 China" registered via New York to Germany, cover from Shanhaikuan Station (only recorded example), other Registered mail, Military P.Sta.No.1 Taku, covers to Fiume and Hong Kong, earliest and latest recorded pmks; only recorded example of Registered Mail from Taku to USA, Naval Mail from "Flagship Brooklyn", sent via the Japanese Post Office in Chefoo to Nagasaki; covers from a U.S. Warship "U.S.S. Monocacy", Marines mail covers, one sent from a Marine Lieutenant on the "U.S.S. Brooklyn", another forwarded from Chefoo via the French Post office to Cavite, Philippines, etc., mixed condition, superb presentation of U.S. presence in China during the Boxer War, with many rare and elusive items | $15,000.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4003 United States Intervention in China China Relief Expedition - Boxer Rebellion 1900 (19 Nov) German "Feld-Postkarte" franked with single 2c carmine, tied by "Mil. P.Sta.No.1, Pekin, China", endorsed "Soldier's Letter", with "Mil. Postal Sta. No.1 China" and Manila transit pmks, addressed to Sweden, charged "15 Ctms T" due on arrival in Malmo (18.1.1901), unusual foreign destination from an American soldier in China | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4004 United States Intervention in China China Relief Expedition - Boxer Rebellion 1900 (8 Nov) 2c stationery entire envelope, additionally franked with 4c Trans-Mississippi, tied by "Mil. P.Sta. No.1 Tientsin" cds, sent to Birmingham, Ala, with San Francisco transit and Dec.16 arrival pmks on back, fine example of civilian mail paying international rate of 5 cents, used during China Relief Expedition | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4005 United States Intervention in China China Relief Expedition - Boxer Rebellion 1900 (6 May) 2c stationery entire envelope with additional 1c, 2c and 8c franking, tied by "Mil Postal Sta. No.1 Tientsin China" cds, registered to Germany, with corresponding "Registered Mil. Postal Sta. No.1, China" departure cds, New York Registry exchange label, transit and arrival pmks on back, fine. Registered mail from the Military Stations is relatively scarce, only 25 (!) have been recorded over the past century, including those from Peking and Taku | $1,200.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4006 United States Intervention in China China Relief Expedition - Boxer Rebellion 1901 (9 Jan) 2c stationery entire envelope with additional 8c franking, tied by "CHINA" handstamps, registered to Atlanta, with corresponding "Registered Mil. Postal Sta. No.1, China" departure cds, further handstamped "Return Receipt Demanded", "R No.66" alongside, with San Francisco transit and arrival (Feb15 1901) pmks on back. This is the only recorded example of this Return Receipt handstamp, fine. (It should be noted that Registered mail from the Military Stations is relatively scarce, only 25 (!) have been recorded over the past century, including those from Peking and Taku) | $6,000.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4007 United States Intervention in China China Relief Expedition - Boxer Rebellion 1901 (12 Jan) Post Office Department Military Station No.1, China Official Business envelope marked "M.O.B." (Money Order Business), with "Military Postal Sta. No.1, China" departure pmk, addressed to Michigan, also a receipt for U.S.Postal Money Order, with corresponding Apr 4 1901 pmk, small cover tears, stated to be the "only recorded example of M.O.B. postmark" | $1,700.00 Bidding Closed |
               | Lot #4008 United States Intervention in China Yangtze River and South China Naval Patrols 1907-39 collection on exhibit pages, 25 covers or cards showing postmarks of the U.S. Naval patrols on the Yangtze and Pearl Rivers. There are pmks from "U.S.S. Concord", "U.S.S. Wilmington", "U.S.S. Villalobos", "U.S.S. Elcano" (one sent through the U.S.Postal Agency Shanghai), "U.S.S. Palos", registered mail from "U.S.S. Isabel", plus others, mixed condition, scarce lot. (The U.S. Navy's Yangtze Patrol was a naval force with minor combat power, mostly serving as a constabulary and diplomatic force. "YangPat" was gunboat diplomacy made manifest, with "U.S.River Rats" doing their best to defend American lives, interests, and property in China, until WWII) | $2,100.00 Bidding Closed |
                | Lot #4009 United States Intervention in Northern Mexico 1916-17 single Frame (16 pages) Exhibit with 26 covers or cards documenting the postal history of the American Involvement in Northern Mexico prior to U.S. entry into World War I, with "On the Way to Mexico Camp Brumbaugh" patriotic cover, Columbus and Deming, N.Mex 1916 cards; advance into Mexico, The First U.S. Military Air Mail Service, two covers flown from Mexico to Columbus, where they were postmarked (27 Mar and 5 Apr 1916), each mailed by Lt. Baird to his wife, endorsed "Soldier's Mail" and as no stamps were available, both were charged "Due 2c", or with the actual 2c Postage Due (AAMC 92, $5,000), also a ppc depicting the actual Aircraft. In addition, there are covers showing use of Civilian post offices, Forwarded Mail, "U.S. Army on Mexican Border" letterhead and cover posted on a railway car of a train enroute to El Paso; Military Branch markings, Official War Department cover, etc. A fascinating collection (during the Mexican Revolution 1910-20, the United States had varied involvements, supporting and then repudiating Mexican regimes. Beyond Vera Cruz, the US sent thousands of troops led by General John Pershing deep into northern Mexico between 1916-1917 to capture Pancho Villa after his forces raided US border towns) | $8,500.00 Bidding Closed |
                                           | Lot #4010 United States Intervention in the Caribbean 1899-1906 balance of the collection, mostly written-up on pages, good showing of 60+ covers, cards, some coverfronts and pieces, U.S. military and Naval mail from Cuba (including "U.S. Army Hospital Ship Missouri" War Dept cover), incoming mail, "Rough Riders in Action" illustrated cover, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti, one from Nicaragua, with a variety of frankings and cancels, some better, including commercial mail, etc., mixed condition, excellent foundation for expansion or break-up | $2,600.00 Bidding Closed |
                | Lot #4011 United States Intervention in Dominican Republic 1916-24 single Frame (16 pages) Exhibit of 31 covers or cards, starting with the earliest recorded example of U.S. military mail from the Dominican Republic, written on board the "U.S.S. Neptune", while anchored off Santo Domingo and then posted nine days later from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. There are forerunners, "Military Government of Santo Domingo" ("Passed by Censor U.S.N." handstamp), covers sent by military pouch to Puerto Rico or the U.S., earliest recorded "San Domingo Dominican Republic U.S. Marines" cancel (17 Nov 1917), YMCA covers, "U.S.M.C. Br.Santo Domingo" cancels, Naval dispatches "U.S.S.Nokomis", Registration marks, various Earliest and Latest Recorded examples, registered cover from U.S.M.C. Santiago (extremely rare), "La Vega, D.R." and "U.S. Marine Barracks, La Vega" (only five examples recorded), "U.S.M.C. Br.Puerto Plata", two covers, one registered and censored (discovery copy and still the only example recorded), "San Pedro de Macoris", etc. A splendid presentation (the first U.S. occupation was aimed to force the Dominicans to repay their large debts to European creditors, whose governments threatened military intervention. The U.S. Marines landed on 16 May, 1916 and established effective control of the country within two months. Three major roads were built, largely for military purposes, connecting for the first time the capital with Santiago in the Cibao, Azua in the west, and San Pedro de Macoris in the east. With the inauguration of a new President on July 13, 1924, control of the republic returned to Dominican hands and U.S. forces withdrew on September 18th) | $1,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4012 United States Intervention in Dominican Republic 1921 (30 May) cover to Portsmouth, Va., franked with 2c carmine tied by "U.S. Marines Pto. Plata" between two killer bars, supported by "New York (U.S.M.C. Br.Puerto Plata) N.Y." departure pmks, fine. Stated to be the only recorded example of this marking | $350.00 Bidding Closed |
      | Lot #4013 United States Intervention in Haiti 1916-22 selection of ten covers from Haiti to the United States, including registered "Banque Nationale de la Republique d'Haiti" cover franked with 2c and 12c Washington-Franklins, tied by "U.S.S. Washington" departure datestamps, two "Marines Mail" covers from Port-au-Prince, cover with 3c franking from Capt. Whaley, U.S.M.C., with earliest recorded "New York U.S.M.C. Br/Port-au-Prince 26 Nov 1917" pmk from Haiti, two covers, each endorsed "No Stamps Available", with "U.S. Marine Corps. Port-Au-Prince Haiti" departure pmks, charged "Postage Due 2 Cents", another with 2c added on arrival, "Gendarmerie D'Haiti" corner card cacheted cover, censored by Major J.K.Tracy, U.S.M.C., etc., mixed condition | $2,600.00 Bidding Closed |
                                | Lot #4014 United States Intervention in Haiti 1919-34 Exhibit collection, two-frames (32 pages), with 54 covers and cards, showing various markings used by the U.S. Marine Corps in Haiti, with Earliest and Latest Recorded cancels, "U.S.S. Kittery" cover to USA, "Aeroplane Mail", Registered covers, including the only recorded example of "New York (U.S.M.C. Br. Port-au-Prince) NY", Registry boxes, "Return Receipt Requested", plus many others. (The U.S. Marines landed at Port-au-Prince in 1915, after the National City Bank of NY convinced President Wilson to take control of Haiti's political and financial interests. This invasion and ensuing occupation resulted in years of socioeconomic instability, during which Haiti had three new presidents. The U.S. rule was a military regime, with martial law imposed by the Marines and the Haitian Gendarmerie. Most Haitians lived in poverty, while American personnel were well-compensated. In 1934, the United States, in concert with President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Good Neighbor Policy", officially withdrew from Haiti while retaining economic connections. The last contingent of marines departed on August 15,1934) | $4,250.00 Bidding Closed |
            | Lot #4015 United States Intervention in Nicaragua 1912-33 selection of 21 covers or cards on exhibit pages, starting with U.S.S. Annapolis, cover sent on Oct 24, 1912 to Cavite, Philippines, franked with 2c carmine, tied by blue "Annapolis" departure datestamp, others from Corinto, one showing the U.S.S. Annapolis departure and "Ensign Thoms/Headquarters U.S. Forces/Leon, Nicaragua" sender's address, 1924-25 "Marine Detachment, American Legation, Managua" cds used on two covers with commemorative franking to USA, covers marked "U.S. Marine Mail", one "No Stamps Available", still charged Postage Due on arrival in El Paso, various Expeditionary Forces cancels, Earliest and Latest Recorded examples of postmarks, Only Recorded examples of "Marine Barracks Exp. Forces" Registered Mail, etc. mixed condition, scarce | $4,500.00 Bidding Closed |
                | Lot #4016 United States Intervention in Nicaragua 1928-32 single frame Exhibit Collection, 16 pages, with 35 covers and cards, showing earliest and latest recorded usages of various pmks provided for the U.S. Marine Corps, sent from HQ Aircraft Squadrons, medical units, Registered mail, including the only recorded example of the 11th Regiment Second Brigade USMC to San Pedro, Calif., covers from HQ Puerto Cabezas, Money Order markings, unrecorded "Rec'd" handstamps, Evacuation of the Marines from Nicaragua 1932-33, with cover the "U.S.S. Henderson" with the last contingent of U.S. Marines leaving the country, etc. A well researched and definitive collection (The United States Intervention/Occupation of Nicaragua from 1912-1933 was part of the "Banana Wars" and was meant primarily to prevent any other nation except the US from building a Nicaraguan Canal. There were of course many other reasons, including internal rebellions, insurgents, bandits, etc. Due to budgetary considerations related to the depression in the US, President Hoover ended the American intervention in 1933) | $3,250.00 Bidding Closed |
                | Lot #4017 U.S.Postal Agencies in Latin America 1922-42 single frame (16 pages) exhibit with 17 covers or cards from U.S. Postal Agencies in Havana, Barranquilla and Cali. Also included is a proof strike of postmark and killer prepared for use at a U.S. Postal Agency in Panama (one of only two reported), earliest known U.S. Postal Agency in Havana (Apr 8, 1922), U.S.Postal Agency Barranquilla, U.S.Postal Agency Cali Colombia, various origins and destinations, processed by the Postal Agency, various markings, some apparently very elusive, with detailed descriptions provided by Mr. Kugel, who spent over a decade to assemble this presentation | $1,800.00 Bidding Closed |
          | Lot #4018 Spanish-American War 1898-1904 selection on pages and loose (partial exhibit), 30 covers or cards, with "Troops in Transit", two covers from Honolulu to USA, one "The Flag we want waving over "Hawaii Net" patriotic cachet, each with Postage Dues assessed on arrival, covers from various training camps, Patriotic cachets including "On to Havana", "On to Porto Rico" and others, early letter (8 May 1898) from Key West, endorsed "Marines Letter", registered cover addressed to Major General Gonzales Parrado in Havana (the General served as the second-in-command of the Spanish army in Cuba and was also the President of the Spanish Commission, which played a crucial role in the policy decisions related to Cuba's future), also large part of a registered cover from Yokohama, Japan to a U.S. officer in Manila, etc., mixed condition, excellent nucleus for further study and expansion | $2,100.00 Bidding Closed |
                | Lot #4019 World War I - American Expeditionary Force (AEF) Registered Mail 1917-23 single frame (16 pages) exhibit showing various postmarks used by the AEF on registered mail, 26+ covers or cards, presented chronologically, including 1919 cover addressed to General John J. Pershing, Commanding AEF in France, franked with 3c Victory and 10c Franklin, with Minerville, Pa (Apr 21) departure pmks; there are APO No.2, 3 and 7, one from Indian FPO 40 at 2nd Division HQ in France, sent to a French interpreter assigned to the AEF, provisional double circle pmks, Registry boxes, Censored mail, MPES markings, "U.S. Army Postal Service No.1" handstamp (one of only three examples recorded), Officer's mail, parcel wrappings, YMCA cover with MPES No.705, another from MPES No.716B, Military Mission in Berlin, "Postal Express Registered" cover to NY, franked with pair of 13c Franklin (possibly the only known AEF mail franked with 13c stamps), cover with "American Commission to Negotiate Peace" corner card cacheted, with single 10c franking, U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai, China, registered from A.E.F. Siberia, single 10c franking, canceled Oct.2, 1918, censored Lieut. Lester K. Ade (this being the only recorded registered "U.S.Postal Agency Shanghai China" registered from Siberia), also small YMCA cover registered U.S.P.A. Siberia (July 11, 1919), also Official Mail sent by Courier, Postal Express Service covers, Registration forms, latest recorded AEF postmark (May 11, 1923), mixed condition, an exceptional presentation (considering the vast amount of AEF mail available to collectors, only a few registered covers are known) | $9,500.00 Bidding Closed |
                                                                                                                                                            | Lot #4020 United States Army at War (World War II) "The U.S. Army and its Postal Service Abroad during World War II 1941-45" Exhibit, offered mostly intact (a few items were removed and are offered in this sale), 390+ covers and cards illustrating APO numbers, Military Postal Markings from American Base Forces, BPO markings, RPS markings and Auxiliary markings, Postal Rates for U.S. Troops and Official Mail, APO use by Non-US Army Personnel (including Civilian personnel, Foreign and UN Officials, Red Cross, etc.), APO Incoming Mail, Army Censorship, V-Mail, POW mail, various Offensive Operations in the Western Hemisphere, Europe and Africa, China-Burma-India Theater, South West Pacific Area, Central Pacific Area, etc. The collection begins with an unused Japanese stationery postcard depicting bombing of Pearl Harbor and ends with "Japanese Forces Surrender U.S.S. Missouri Tokyo Bay Sep 2 1945" cover. A spectacular insight into the scope of the heroic operations of U.S. Armed Forces during World War II, basically a 100-volume library/PBS Documentary series presented through a Postal History exhibit, curtesy of Al Kugel | $9,000.00 Bidding Closed |
                                | Lot #4021 United States Army at War (World War II) Army Post Offices, Mail to Foreign Destinations and incoming mail to APOs from foreign senders during WWII, collection of 50 covers or cards, forming a two frame (32 pages) exhibit, destinations include Aruba, Barbados, Colombia, India, Mexico, Honduras, Peru, Venezuela, Sweden, Iceland, Italy, Switzerland, Yugoslavia, Egypt, Northern Rhodesia, South Africa, India, Belgian Congo, Palestine, China, Manchuria (marked "Mail Route Blockaded, Return to Sender"), Australia, New Zealand, many with U.S. franking, various origins (Egypt, Austria, Antigua, Germany, Italy, Tokyo, Dutch New Guinea), censor cachets or labels and more. The incoming origins include Tonga, Antigua, St. Lucia, Brazil, in-transit from St. Lucia to Trinidad, Iceland, Russia, Morocco, Tunisia, Uganda, Palestine, India, Japan, Dutch New Guinea, New Caledonia, Wallis & Futuna, etc., various censor markings, excellent insight into the extent of APO presence in the world during World War II | $950.00 Bidding Closed |
                 | Lot #4022 United States Army at War (World War II) "Prexies Go To War", single frame (16 pages) Exhibit offered intact, showing the individual Presidential Series issue on cover or card, used from various APO locations throughout the world, including Newfoundland, Virgin Islands, Post-War Military Mission in China (1948), Hawaii, U.S. Occupation Army in Germany, Morocco, Australia, New Caledonia, Egypt, England, Trinidad, Tunisia, Post War Occupation A.P.O. in Japan, 1945, Fiji, New Hebrides, Philippines, "U.S.S. Henderson" and U.S. Navy FPOs, domestic usages, tag for registered mail franked with single $2, strip of 3x$5, other stamps and a meter for $99.99, paying total $117.76 postage. Also included is a previous definitive $1, $2, $5 Liberty on registration tag, plus cover with $2 Capital and pair of 17c Buchannan on registered cover to Canton, China, backstamped San Francisco on December 6, 1941, Honolulu 9 July, 1942 and back to Yakima, Wash. on 3 Aug 1942. An interesting and well selected presentation | $2,100.00 Bidding Closed |
                | Lot #4023 United States Army at War (World War II) Registered Mail 1941-48 single frame (16 pages) exhibit showing Registered Mail of the American Base Forces, 24 covers, with American Forces in Newfoundland (APO 801, 801A, 801B, 801-C), including "Marine Det. Argentia, Newfoundland", Bermuda (APO 802, "Marine Det. Bermuda Br."), Trinidad (APO 803, 803-A, "Mar.Det.Trinidad"), Jamaica (American base Forces A.P.O.804, Mar.Det.Portland Bight Jamaica Br.), St. Lucia (American Base Forces A.P.O. 804 and "Mar.Det.St.Lucia, Windward Islands"), Antigua, Greenland, Iceland, Aruba, Northern Ireland (American Base Forces A.P.O. 813 at Victoria Barracks in Belfast), Australia (July 1945) and Japan (American Base Forces APO 929, Dec.17, 1948, latest recorded example from Fukuoka, Japan), a remarkable presentation | $1,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4024 United States Army at War (World War II) Military Mail 1942 General Headquarters Southwest Pacific Area Office of the Commander-in-Chief corner card cacheted cover sent by General MacArthur in Australia, marked "Safe Hand Courier", addressed to General Vandergrift on Guadalcanal, likely immediately after the landing there on August 7th, 1942, as it is designated "G.H.Q.Item No.1". The Marine Unit 730 operated on the island from that date until December 22, 1942 | $210.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4025 United States Army at War (World War II) Military Mail 1943 (13 Mar) "HQ 1 Army Corps. USA Office of the Commanding General", corner card cacheted cover from Lt.General R.G. Eichelberger, APO 301 (Rockhampton, Australia) addressed to General George G. Marshall, Chief of Staff at the Pentagon, marked "Personal", "Passed by Base 1600 Army Examiner" and self-censored by sender, franked with 6c Air Mail stamp tied by magenta APO cancel, scarce (Gen. Eichelberger first saw action in World War II in December 1942 in Buna, on the island of New Guinea and with support of the 18th Australian Brigade, achieved what was then one of the first ground victories against the Japanese. In September 1944 he took command of the newly activated U.S. Eighth Army in Netherlands New Guinea. The following months saw him effectively employing amphibious tactics to lead his forces through many severe island engagements on New Guinea and New Britain. In 1945 he launched the Philippines re-occupation campaign, mopping up Japanese resistance in Mindanao. With the Japanese surrender, Eichelberger landed a small detachment at Atsugi Air Field to begin the Allied occupation of Japan) | $240.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4026 United States Army at War (World War II) Military Mail 1944 (3 Nov) cover from APO 500, Office of the Commander in Chief, addressed to NY, with the original letter from a 10 year-old stamp collector addressed to General MacArthur, requesting that his sent stamped and self addressed cover be returned, postmarked from Manila or Bataan, remarkably complied, letter signed at bottom: "Good Luck to you Saul / Douglas MacArthur", sent back to the determined stamp collector. APO 500 was at Hollandia, New Guinea and MacArthur rarely provided his autograph | $220.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4027 United States Army at War (World War II) Military Mail 1944 (21 Apr) U.S. Army APO 442, cover from General Walter Krueger, HQ Sixth Army corner card cachet, endorsed "Free", sent to Springfield, Ohio, fine. APO 442 was located at Leyte | $160.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4028 United States Army at War (World War II) Military Mail 1945 (29 Mar) "Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force Office of the Supreme Commander" stationery letter signed by Dwight D.Eisenhower, with cover from APO 757, sent Apr 1, 1945, endorsed "Free", censored and sent to Lansing, Mich. SHAEF was located in Versailles, when this letter was sent | $500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4029 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Cuba 1897 (17 Nov) cover franked with Insurrectionist stamps, pair of 2c brown, tied by "Prefectura de Guaimarillo Camaguey" departure cds, with oval "Jefature Superior de Sanidad Militar Ejercito Libertador" (HQ of the Medical Corps of the Liberation Army), addressed to the head of medical activity of the First Corps at Jatico-Tunas in Oriente Province, arrival pmk No.22, 1897, filing fold and some toning, otherwise fine, endorsed on back "this envelope was received by me from Cuba and used inside of Cuban lines", signed Seybold. According to Mr. Kugel, fewer than five (!) covers with this issue are recorded Catalog #Ed.2 | $800.00 Bidding Closed |
                         | Lot #4030 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Cuba 1898-1901 balance of an exhibit, 43 covers or cards on pages, showing many interesting and scarce markings, including a "discovery example" of previously unrecorded auxiliary "Received in Bad Order Havana P.O. Cuba" on cover from Madrid, "Military Sta. No.13 Cienfuegos", cover from "U.S.S. Columbia 1st Rate" from Guantanamo Bay to San Mateo, Calif., another from "U.S.S. Resolute" to a Naval Hospital in Norfolk; Quarantine Mail, including cover with the only recorded example of 3-line "Mil't'y Sta./Montauk N.Y." provisional handstamp, card from Columbia Barracks to Germany, "Military Station No.27 Matanzas, Cuba" card to Germany, Registered card and two covers, one endorsed "Soldier's Letter Moro Castle, Santiago, Cuba", "Military Sta. No.33 Sagua la Grande" and "Military Sta. No.34 Caibarien" handstamps (only a few recorded), "Military Station No.29" from Placetas, with two privately overprinted "Cuba 2 1/2c de. Pso" in manuscript (one stamp damaged), plus many others | $5,250.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4031 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Cuba 1898 (18 July) 1c stationery card from Maj.Henry Clay Cochrane, second in command of the First Marine Battalion in Cuba, to his wife in Newport. Written at Guantanamo on 14th July, noting that "Santiago surrendered today". The card was delivered by ship to the post office at Key West and placed in the mails four days later. This is the only recorded piece of Marine mail from Guantanamo during the Spanish-American War | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4032 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Cuba 1898 cover to Norway, franked with vertical strip of 5x2c carmine, tied by "United States Post Office Military Station No.1, CUBA" handstamps, showing on back New York July 9, 1898 transit and "Kristiania" (23.7.98) arrival markings, trivial cover wrinkling, otherwise fine. The first military station opened at Daiquiri, Cuba on 23 June, 1898. The first postmark was undated, so "Earliest Use" cannot be documented. Based on an average of about 2 1/2 weeks delivery time from Cuba to U.S., this cover, which transited NY on 9 July, would possibly have been included in the first mail dispatch from Daiquiri. It is furthermore a cover to a foreign destination, possibly the only one sent during that time | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4033 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Cuba 1899 (24 Jan) cover to New York, franked with 2c and 3c Bureau issues (the latter with straight edge), canceled duplex and "Military Sta. No.7 Gibara", Havana (30 Jan) transit and New York (Feb 3) arrival pmks on back. A rare usage from Gibarra (at the time a small village on the northeast coast), only a few recorded with this marking | $230.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4034 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Cuba 1899 3c on 1c black violet, tied by blue oval grid of Santa Cruz del Sur on cover addressed locally to Puerto Principe, blue company oval datestamp (15 Jan 1899) at bottom, stamp unfortunately defective, cover with folds and slightly reduced at right, fine appearance of one of the only two recorded Puerto Principe covers with "Santa Cruz del Sur" postmark (the other cover from the same correspondence, ex Robertson), Catalog #196 Catalog Value $ 3,000 | $1,300.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4035 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Cuba 1899 (3 July) registered Patriotic cover (45-star design) to Chicago, franked with 6x2c carmine, tied by "Military Station No.26 Buena Vista" and Duplex markings, with corresponding Registry datestamp, Jacksonville, Fla. Transit and Chicago (10 July) arrival markings, backflap missing, otherwise fine. Ex-Molesworth | $280.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4036 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Cuba 1899 (3 Aug) registered cover to Boston, franked with 10x2c carmine, tied by "Isabel de Sagua S.C." cds, supported by Registry datestamp, Havana transit and Boston (18 Aug 1899) Registry Division arrival, cover roughly opened with backflap faults, otherwise fine and impressive | $200.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4037 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Cuba 1899 5c on 1c black violet, tied by Puerto Principe (2 Jan 1899) cds on cover to New York, insufficiently franked and marked "T" (Havana, Cuba) and on arrival in New York (Jan 14) and "Due 10 Cents", implemented by adding a 10c Postage Due on reverse, tied by cds, with additional markings, cover roughly opened and defective at right, additional filing folds, still fine and incredibly rare, Catalog #198 Catalog Value $ 6,000 | $1,700.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4038 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Cuba 1899 (2 May) registered cover to Spain, franked with 5c and 10c surcharges, with "Military Station No.1 Santiago de Cuba" departure datetamp, registry oval and label added in New York, arriving Madrid 24 May, cover with corner repair, otherwise v.f. Catalog #225,226 | $160.00 Bidding Closed |
    | Lot #4039 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Cuba 1906-09 American Troops in Cuba, eight covers or cards neatly displayed on four exhibit pages, showing markings from Marianao, Guanajay, Columbia Barracks, including registered letter from the post hospital at Columbia Barracks to USA, Marines mail from Sancti Spiritus and Baracoa, incoming mail from Lajas, forwarded mail, etc., mixed condition, mostly fine | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
        | Lot #4040 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Cuba 1917-22 a small exhibit of 16 covers or cards, neatly written-up on eight pages, with Station Ship at Guantanamo Bay, Marine Mail U.S. Navy, 9th Regiment covers, with censor markings, Earliest and Latest Recorded examples of 7th Reg. U.S.M.C. Santiago, Cuba, also "U.S. Marine Detachment Camaguey Cuba", Censor markings "Passed by Censor Second Lieut. U.S.M.C." and others, two Registered covers, each used 7 May 1919 (these are the only two recorded examples of Registered Mail from this U.S. Intervention) | $950.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4041 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Cuba Prisoner of War Mail 1898 two covers from Annapolis, Md and Washington, D.C., showing "U.S.N.A. Censored" and "Prisoner's Letter Censored and Forwarded Navy Department Bureau of Navigation, Washington, D.C.", the latter with Spanish Red Cross handstamp applied on arrival, fine and extremely rare pair of covers from Spanish naval officers captured during the battle of Santiago Harbor. They were transported to the US and held briefly at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, pending repatriation to Spain following the signing of Armistice agreement on 12 Aug, 1898 | $1,000.00 Bidding Closed |
                                        | Lot #4042 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Philippines "Postal Markings of the U.S. Military Stations in the Philippines 1898-1902", partially prepared exhibit of 60+ covers or cards, mostly on pages, including Transport Post Office Forerunners, "Remember the Maine" patriotic cacheted cover from Hong Kong to Ilolo, Military Station markings, Registered cover from "U.S. Military P.O. Sta San Francisco, Cal. U.S.A. No. 1 Philippines" to Hong Kong, others to Wei-Hai-Wei and Tonkin, red violet arrival pmk, incoming registered cover from Mauritius to Manila, "M.O.B." marking, disaster mail ("Damaged Mail off S.S. Morgan City, Manila P.I. 9.30.99") cover addressed to Ilolo (The U.S. Army transport "Morgan City," a chartered steamship, sank while making passage through the Inland Sea of Japan. The ship was en route from San Francisco to the Philippines, carrying recruits for the U.S. Army), Military Station Dagupan, Jolo, Luzon, San Fernando, Military Station Siassi, Zamboanga, etc. Also included is a card from Hungary addressed to Aguinaldo, "chief of the rebels of Manila", plus a cover with Revolutionary franking, paying postage and Registry fee between two Rebel-held towns, mixed condition, remarkable assembly | $26,000.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4043 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Philippines Military Mail 1941 three covers, one from Kahuku, Hawaii to USA, showing return address of HQ 192nd Tank Bn., designation "PLUM", plus two covers addressed to "PLUM C/o Postmaster", sent October and December 1941, both "Returned to Sender Service Suspended" handstamps, scarce group ("PLUM" was the code name for the U.S. Army in the Philippines in the buildup to World War II) | $280.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4044 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Philippines Military Mail 1943 (ca) cover from A.C. Jumauan, franked with specially prepared local label inscribed "USAFFE 2 centavos SCF" (denoting U.S.Armed Far East), tied by Badian/Cebu (16 Mar,194?) pmk, sent to Moalboal, censored by hand at Badian by MP Officer, some toning and cover wrinkles, rare (a small quantity of these labels was printed locally to serve as postage stamps in the areas held by the Philippine Guerilla fighters) | $1,400.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4045 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Philippines Military Mail 1944 (30 July) legal size cover franked with 2c "Guerilla Postal Service", tied by oval "Posted in the Free Philippines 30 July 1944 M.D.No.10 Mindanao Guerilla Area", addressed to The Saturday Evening Post in Philadelphia, boxed "We Defend upon Gen.MacArthur's Pledge to Return" handstamp, "Tenth Military District" censor cachet, showing return address of Raul Celeste C/o Major Leo Hipe USFIP APO 500, wrinkled, with some toning, nevertheless a fine cover (released in 1943, this Philippine guerilla stamp was intended for use on the island of Mindanao. It is referred to as the "Free Philippines Guerilla Stamp" and was approved by General Douglas MacArthur. The stamps were printed in Brisbane and were delivered by the U.S.S Naval submarine to the 10th Military District at Esperanza, Agusan province, Mindanao. Colonel Wendell Fertig received the stamps on 15th November 1943, at the time he was the commander of the largest group of guerillas in the Philippines. A few covers were prepared, canceled at HQ at Esperanza and delivered by courier internally or forwarded to Australia) | $4,250.00 Bidding Closed |
         | Lot #4046 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Puerto Rico 1898-1900 collection of 19 covers or cards, written-up on exhibit pages, various frankings and destinations, Military Station No.5 Coamo, Military Station No.4 San Juan, showing "Advertised", "Dead Letter Bureau" and "Address supplied and forwarded", auxiliary markings applied in San Juan (not recorded in literature), "Official Business" Post Office Department envelopes to NY, Military Station No.3 Mayaguez, No.2 Guayama, incoming mail to Ponce, one handstamped "Military Station No.1 Washington, D.C. Ponce, Porto Rico" on cover from Canada, also Military Station No.6 Utuado, two covers with Trans-Mississippi adhesives sent from Caguas Station and Camuy, others from Bayamon and Arecibo, mixed condition, some extremely rare | $4,500.00 Bidding Closed |
            | Lot #4047 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Puerto Rico 1898-1901 balance of an exhibit,18 covers neatly displayed on pages, including letter posted Aug.4, 1898 from an officer in transit to Puerto Rico, cover from "Mil.Sta. No.1 Aug 3 98" (Opening Day of the Military Post Office, one of only three examples recorded), others showing "Military Station No.1 Porto Rico" provisional RPO pmks, one an attractive Patriotic design, also "Mil.Sta. No.7 Yauco P.R." provisional and normal steel duplex (with 2c Trans-Mississippi, rounded lower right corner), Naval Mail from "U.S.S. Panther" and "U.S.S. Monongahela", Military Station markings from Cayey Station, Fajardo Station, Humucao Station, Lares Station, Rio Pedras Station, San German Station, Vicques Station, some marked as "the only recorded" | $5,250.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4048 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Puerto Rico 1898 (10 Oct) cover with framed "Soldier's Letter 1 Reg. U.S.V.E. Camp near Coamo Puerto Rico" ms endorsement, addressed to Baltimore, franked with 2x1c green, tied by unclear skeleton-type military pmks, sent from either Juana Diaz or Mayaguez (Military station "8" or "3"), extremely rare usage, with arrival (Oct 18) pmk on back, overall toning | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4050 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Puerto Rico 1899 (12 May) commercial cover to Germany, franked with 1c and 2x2c, tied by duplex pmks supported by "Aguadilla Sta. Porto Rico" departure cds, with Military Station transits and Hamburg arrival pmk, little toning, otherwise fine | $140.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4051 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Puerto Rico 1899 two covers to USA with Trans-Mississippi franking, one with pair of 1c green, the other single 5c blue, Military Station San Juan Porto Rico departure pmks, with arrival pmks, fine-v.f. | $140.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4052 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Puerto Rico 1900 (25 Nov) Official Business Post Office "M.O.B." envelope to New York, with "Aibonito Sta Porto Rico" departure cds, San Juan transit and Dec.2 arrival pmks. Aibonito is a small mountain town and municipality, east of Coamo. It is the most obscure military station marking from Puerto Rico, one of only a few recorded | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
                | Lot #4053 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Wake Island 1933-45 single Frame (16 pages) exhibit with 23 covers or cards, showing various types of mail to and from Wake, including ship mail, Pan-Am flight covers, contractors' mail and military usages. There are two Japanese Occupation covers, civilian internee and Marine POW items from WWII. Naval mail is from U.S.S. Chaumont (Dec 27 1933), Flight covers include a cover from U."S.S.Nitro", Pan-Am Survey flight from Honolulu to Wake and Midway, only recorded Special Delivery mail to Wake Island, letter from a Marine on Wake sent on the last Pan-Am outbound flight Dec 5,1941, cover to Pearl Harbor, "Transferred to Wake Island", returned to sender "Undeliverable", two Japanese Occupation covers, identified by address coded "U-103" ("Otori-Shima") (less than 10 pieces recorded), finally "Surrender Plea Flight Wake Island" cover with U.S. Navy 1 Sep 1945 pmk | $3,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4054 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - NORTH RUSSIA United States forces in North Russia 1919 YMCA cover to USA, endorsed "American Soldier", with a perfect strike of "Army T.P.O. No.1 / 12 Jy 19 / N.R.E.F.", violet "Passed as Censored A.E.F." cachet at bottom, fine. This is one of only four recorded covers from American troops showing use of the postmark of the British TPO in North Russia | $2,700.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4055 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - NORTH RUSSIA United States forces in North Russia 1919 (24 Feb) cover franked with Russian 2x15k adhesives, tied by Archangel departure cds, addressed to a Private Percy Collar, HQ 339th Infantry American North Russian Expeditionary forces, violet "Censure Militaire Archangel 4" and Archangel (29 Feb) transit markings on back. This is one of only five (!) examples recorded of local mail to U.S. soldiers in North Russia. Censorship of Russian civilian mail was under the control of an allied commission headed by the British, American and French officers | $1,400.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4056 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - NORTH RUSSIA United States forces in North Russia Naval and Maritime Mail 1918 (6 Nov) cover to Rhode Island, sent by E.M.Palmer in Murmansk, with "U.S.S. Olympia Foreign Service" pmk, violet "Passed by Censor" hs, fine. ("U.S.S.Olympia became famous as the flagship of Commodore George Dewey when he said "you may fire when ready, Gridley" during the Battle of Manila Bay) | $550.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4057 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - NORTH RUSSIA United States forces in North Russia Naval and Maritime Mail 1919 cover to Decatur, Ill., endorsed by "C.A.Risley, A.E.F.", censored by Lt. Harry Mead at Archangel, carried on a British ship with "Received from H.M.Ship No Charge to Be raised" applied in London, dated Jun 12, 19 and endorsed "Soldier's Mail O.A.S.", fine cover sent during withdrawal of the AEF from North Russia (Lt. Mead later recalled his experience in North Russia in "The Polar Bear Expedition: The Heroes of America's Forgotten Invasion of Russia, 1918-1919", by James Carl Nelson) | $1,200.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4058 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - NORTH RUSSIA British forces in North Russia 1919 Incoming mail, two covers, one from London to "North Russian E.F.", with boxed "Base Record 3 May 1919" arrival, Army Base markings and "Unable to Trace Base A.P.O.P.B.", the other cover is from Colchester to Archangel, N.R.E.F., with "Force Evacuated to UK/Return to Sender" handstamp, P.B.2 pmk on back. A fine pair of incoming covers to the British soldiers in North Russia, both markings are "discovery" examples, only two recorded | $2,000.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4059 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - NORTH RUSSIA British forces in North Russia 1919 (16 June) registered cover from Archangel to "the Illustrated London News", paying 50k with 3x10k and 20k Russian Arms, tied by departure cds, Registry handstamp alongside, Base Censor No.13 label and additional "The British Censorship is not responsible for the absence of stamps from the cover of this postal packet" typewritten flimsy, stapled at left, fine and rare, actually the only recorded example of this typeset form produced in Archangel for use on civilian mail | $500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4060 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - NORTH RUSSIA British forces in North Russia 1919 (30 July) free-frank cover from Field Post Office P.B.66 to England, opened Base Censor No.16 label, additional "Passed by censor" in black and red, also "P.C." and arrival pmks, fine soldier's letter from Archangel to England | $250.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4061 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - NORTH RUSSIA British forces in North Russia 1919 (20 July) "On His Majesty's Service" official, legal-size envelope to D.A.A.G. Archangel, with Field Post Office P.B.14 departure cds, "Passed by Censor No.59R" and oval "North Russian Relief Force 45th BN. The Royal fusiliers Orderly Room" cachet, backstamped on arrival "Army Post Office 27 July", fine (FPO 14 serviced Sadlier-Jackson Brigade at Troitsk and Yakolevsk from 4th July to 31 August 1919) | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4062 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - NORTH RUSSIA British forces in North Russia 1919 (16 Aug) "O.A.S." cover to England, "Field Post Office P.B.13" departure pmk, Opened by Censor P.W.576 label and violet "Passed by Censor No.84R" handstamp alongside, fine (FPO 13 was established at Troitsk, 200 miles southeast of Archangel to serve Grogan's Brigade, from 1 July to 16 August, 1919) | $240.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4063 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - NORTH RUSSIA British forces in North Russia 1919 "On His Majesty's Service" cover, marked "very urgent", with typewritten message from a Lt. Col. R.L.Lake to Lt. Macpherson, Veterinary officer in Ust-Vaga (a village in Bereznikovskoye Rural Settlement of Vinogradovsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast), asking if he is willing to remain in North Russia for additional three months, "A.D.V.S. Archangel" and "Army Signals" markings, extremely rare example of Courier mail | $675.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4064 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - NORTH RUSSIA British forces in North Russia 1919 four covers or cards displayed on exhibit pages, with Field Post Office P.B.33 and P.B.44 (Pechenga and Bakhariza), the former a "tobacco card" addressed to Malaya (with Kuala Lampur arrival), also FPO P.B.88, "On His Majesty's Service" from "Kem" and "Medvezhyegorsk" (the latter, sent to Murmansk), fine dispatches from uncommon origins | $900.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4065 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - NORTH RUSSIA British forces in North Russia 1919-20 two free-frank covers with "Field Post Office 201" departure pmks, one YMCA to Yokohama, with arrival pmk, the other to New York (addressed to a person who ran a mail forwarding service between POWs in Siberia and Austria), each with arrival pmk, some wear, unusual examples of unpaid international mail from the British soldiers in North Russia | $700.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4066 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - NORTH RUSSIA British forces in North Russia Naval and Maritime Mail 1919 (8 June) cover (with letter) to England, posted on board "H.M.S. Hyderabad", datelined "Ukansky Bay", sent by Surgeon Commander Wm.Keir, forwarded by Naval pouch, with 25 June 1919 arrival and "Received from H.M. Ship / No Charge to be Raised" handstamp, fine | $350.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4067 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - NORTH RUSSIA Canadian forces in North Russia 1919 (10 June) cover with Russian franking sent from Archangel to Toronto, endorsed "On Active Service" (Russian stamps were unnecessary), showing return address of the 16th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery, oval censor handstamp, fine | $375.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4068 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA United States forces in Siberia 1918 (7 Nov) picture postcard (U.S. Soldiers on the march) to Chicago, endorsed "Somewhere in Siberia, Soldier's Mail", written in Czech, canceled "U.S. Postal Agency Siberia", with a bold red-violet "Passed by Military Censorship A.E.F. Siberia" (Type C-14 (No.5) handstamp, fine and rare, only 6 (!) recorded | $500.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4069 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA United States forces in Siberia 1918 (2 Oct) "Knights of Columbus War Activities" corner card cacheted cover to Los Angeles, endorsed "Soldier's Mail", canceled "U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai, China", A.E.F. Siberia Censored cachet, fine (U.S.P.A. Siberia borrowed the USPA "Shanghai, China" cancel and used it from 25th September to 17 October, 1918. Altogether, 57 (!) examples are recorded (of which 17 are in the Smithsonian), all struck in black, poor to barely legible strikes are the norm) | $190.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4070 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA United States forces in Siberia 1918 two covers, endorsed "Soldier's Mail" or "Officer's Mail", each with "U.S.Postal Agency Shanghai, China" departure pmks, boxed A.E.F.Censored handstamps, neatly displayed on exhibit page | $500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4071 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA United States forces in Siberia 1918 (18 Dec) Headquarters American Expeditionary Forces, Siberia corner card cacheted cover from Major General William S. Graves, commander of the AEF, Siberia, sent to his wife, endorsed "Soldier's Mail", with framed censor handstamp, self-censored by the General, fine cover, one of only three known with HQ corner card, latest recorded use of this "U.S. Postal Agency Siberia" rubber postmark | $1,900.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4072 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA United States forces in Siberia 1918-19 Personal "Soldier's Mail" printed stationery envelopes, three different, Lieut. Lester K.Ade, Lt. Col. T.W. King and O.P. Robinson, Col. General Staff, each with U.S.Postal Agency Siberia departure cds, different censor handstamps, one roughly opened at right, otherwise fine. A rare group (only 5 covers from four different officers have been recorded. This out of nearly 1,300 AEF Siberia covers) | $900.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4073 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA United States forces in Siberia 1919 U.S. 3c stationery entire envelope, Registered from Vladivostok to San Francisco, with violet registry box, "A.E.F. Siberia Censored M.R. Barrow, Base Censor" hs, "Supposed Liable to Customs" and oval "Free of Duty" handstamped on arrival, minor backflap flaws, extremely rare | $900.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4074 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA United States forces in Siberia 1919 (21 July) Japanese stationery lettersheet canceled "U.S.Postal Agency Siberia", endorsed "Soldier's Mail", censored, addressed to Portland, datelined "Suchan Mines" (the Suchan Campaign involved clearing and subsequent occupation of the mining region around Suchan (currently Partizansk) in a climatically-unforgiving region of Siberia during the Russian Civil War. The letter describes difficulties with mosquitos, etc.) (Japanese lettersheets were rarely used by the American Troops in Siberia) | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4075 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA United States forces in Siberia 1919 (1 Sep) "Compliments of American Red Cross Canteen Service" stationery lettersheet, endorsed "Nurse's Mail", canceled "U.S.Postal Agency Siberia", censored and sent to USA, with "Siberian Commission American Red Cross" handstamp on back, scarce example of the donated special stationery to the U.S. Troops in Russia | $800.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4076 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA United States forces in Siberia 1919 Russian Railway Service Corps, two covers to USA., each with Russian franking, sent from Harbin, one from Col. G.H. Emerson (general manager of the Great Northern, head of the RRSC), sent via the British Field Post Office 201 (22 Aug 19), A.E.F. Siberia (self) censored, the other from Lt. Turner to Reynolds, N.D., "Opened by Censor" label, with violet Russian censor handstamp on back | $3,250.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4077 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA United States forces in Siberia 1919 (12 Feb) U.S.Postal Agency Siberia, registered cover, franked with 10c orange, tied by violet departure pmk, addressed to Manila, P.I., A.E.F. Siberia censor handstamp at left, with additional departure and arrival pmks on back. There are only 25 recorded Registered letters sent from A.E.F. Siberia, this being the only known cover addressed to a destination other than the United States | $950.00 Bidding Closed |
    | Lot #4078 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA United States forces in Siberia Naval and Maritime Mail 1919-21 selection of 10 covers and cards, from "U.S.S. Helena" and "U.S.S. Sacramento" (both are the only recorded examples from the Siberian Intervention), "U.S.S. Brooklyn", three covers, including a registered cover (with letter), "U.S.S. Albany" and "U.S.S. New Orleans", all described on exhibit pages, mixed condition, fine showing of U.S. Naval presence in Siberia | $4,750.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4079 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA United States forces in Siberia Naval and Maritime Mail 1920 "U.S.S. South Dakota", two covers to USA, one YMCA "Sailor's Mail", the other with 2c franking, fine. (In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson ordered the U.S. Army's 27th and 31st infantry regiments to Siberia to help the White Army against the Red Army. In the summer of 1919, the "U.S.S. South Dakota" was ordered from Europe to the Pacific to serve as flagship of the Asiatic fleet and during the winter of 1920, the ship was stationed off Vladivostok, along with the "U.S.S. Albany" to aid in the withdrawal of American troops from Siberia) | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4080 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA United States forces in Siberia Naval and Maritime Mail 1920 "U.S.S. South Dakota", registered, legal size cover sent by a Naval Surgeon from the ship to Grand Rapids, franked with 10c orange, showing "U.S.S. South Dakota Feb 4 1920 Registered" departure pmk and arrival (Feb 23) on back, minor cover tears, probably the only recorded Registered mail from U.S. Naval Forces, Vladivostok, Siberia. Also included cover from "U.S.S. Saturn", canceled U.S. Postal Agency Siberia, with "U.S.S. Saturn" handstamp, officer's censor signature alongside | $950.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4081 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA United States forces in Siberia Naval and Maritime Mail 1922 (14 Aug) American Consular Service Vladivostok, Siberia, registered cover to Seattle, franked with 2c and 5c (2) definitives, tied by violet "U.S. N.R. Sta. Russian Isl. Vladivostok, Siberia" departure pmk, repeated twice on back, with arrival (29 Aug), cover roughly opened at right, scattered tone specks, fine and the Only Recorded example of this postmark on cover. (U. S. Naval Radio Station, Russian Island was located on Russian Island, Siberia (Vladivostok). The station established communication with Peking, Cavite, Guam and with ships within range of the station and as far as Paul and Cordova, Alaska. Cable was laid from the station to Vladivostok, a distance of about fifteen miles, for both telephone and telegraph service at the headquarters of the American Expeditionary Forces and at the Russian Island Red Cross Hospital. As Government traffic. The station remained in U.S. control, furnishing communication to and from the American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia and with vessels of the Fleet in Chinese and Japanese waters) | $4,750.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4082 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA British forces in Siberia 1918 "On Active Service" cover from a member of the 9th Hampshire Regiment in transit to Omsk, sent though the Chinese Post Office in Harbin to England, dated 22/12/18, franked with 10c Junk on back, departure pmk on front, fine example of use of local post office prior to the establishment of the British postal facilities in Siberia | $300.00 Bidding Closed |
     | Lot #4083 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA British forces in Siberia 1918-19 collection of nine covers or cards, displayed on exhibit pages, including On His Majesty's Service cover sent through the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Corps Post Office, various "British Military Mission/Post Office" markings, censored mail, Earliest Date of use of "British Military Post Office Vladivostok" pmk, Canadian YMCA cover and HQ British Military Mission to Siberia stationery, cover from "H.M.S. Kent", British Warship used as a station ship for the Royal Navy in Vladivostok, etc. A fine collection | $1,600.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4084 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA British forces in Siberia 1919 cover and card addressed to members of the British forces in Vladivostok, the former from Madras, India, with King George V franking, "British Mission Post Office Vladivostok" (Ju 18, 1919) arrival markings, redirected back to Madras, Hong Kong and Shanghai transit pmks on back, the latter from Hong Kong (15 Apr 1919) to Sgt. Cunningham 25th Middx Regt., Vladivostok, extremely rare incoming mail to British soldiers in Siberia | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4085 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA British forces in Siberia 1919 (16 June) "Field Service" cover (opened for display) to India, with "British Mission Post Office Vladivostok" departure pmk, censored at bottom, transit pmks on back include "Shanghai Br.P.O." (Jy 26), Hong Kong and Bombay (Aug 19) arrival pmk | $180.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4086 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA British forces in Siberia 1919 (May) "On Active Service" cover to India, franked with Russian 20k and 50k, tied by Vladivostok departure pmk, sent through the British Consulate in Irkutsk, with Czechoslovak Field Post handstamp, censored in Vladivostok and by the British, with Hong Kong transit and "Dhanushkod 4 July, 19" arrival, fine (British forces were stationed in Omsk, Irkutsk and Ekaterinburg supporting the Czech Legion. After departure of the Canadians in May 1919, the British used Czech traveling FPOs to move mail across Siberia) | $190.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4087 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA British forces in Siberia 1919 "On His Britannic Majesty's Service" cover, with letter from the Acting British Consul in Krasnoyarsk to British Military Mission in Vladivostok, showing "Ceskoslovenske Vojsko Polni Posta, Cis.5" FPO mark, arrival "British Mission Vladivostok Post Office" July 19, 1919 arrival, part of backflap missing, fine example of British Official mail sent through the Czech Field Post | $290.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4088 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Canadian forces in Siberia 1918 (23 Nov) Canadian YMCA cover to St. Catherine's, Ontario, "Canadian Field Post Office Siberian Exp.Force" departure pmk, boxed "Headquarters C.E.F. Siberia" censor handstamp, endorsed "On Active Service", minor backflap tears, fine cover with exceptionally clear strikes | $250.00 Bidding Closed |
      | Lot #4089 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Canadian forces in Siberia 1918-19 collection of eight covers or cards, displayed on exhibit pages, including "En Route Mail" from members of the second contingent that sailed from Vancouver to Vladivostok, forwarded mail from Bahamas, with "C.E.F.S. Vladivostok" handstamp (one of only five (!) recorded), "Base Depot Siberia" cover with FPO Canadian Siberian Exp. Force cancel, another "on active service" cover from Omsk, "Canadian Siberian Expedition", etc., fine lot | $1,400.00 Bidding Closed |
   | Lot #4090 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Canadian forces in Siberia 1918-19 collection of eight covers to Canada, each showing a different Censor cachet, numbers 1,2,4,5,6,7,9 and 10, written-up on three exhibit pages, Field Post Office Canadian Siberian Exp. Forces cachets, locations identified "Egerscheldt", "East Barracks", "West Barracks", Naval Hospital Vladivostok, etc., mixed condition, rare group, only 3-11 of each recorded | $1,600.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4091 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Canadian forces in Siberia 1919 (23 Apr) Registered free-frank cover from Harbin to Capt Le Hain, c/o British Consulate, Vladivostok, with Harbin Railway Station P.O., manual "Registered" and oval "Postage Due" ("1r" inserted by hand), "British Military Mission Post Office" and Russian censor markings, showing "6th Signal Company C.E.F. (Siberia)" in blue of the Canadian Forces, manual "255" inserted in pencil, fine and rare cover | $425.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4092 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Chinese forces in Siberia 1918 (4 Nov) native cover from Nikolsk Ussuriysk, sent via Harbin to Peking, franked with Russia 15k red brown & blue, perf. pair, tied by double ring departure cds, with red handstamp indicating "Chinese Army, 3rd Company, 3rd Regiment, 9th Division", directional tape on reverse "Harbin, Chinese Postal Service", with Peking arrival pmk. fine. (Russian General Dmitry Leonidovich Horvat invited Chinese troops into the Russian-controlled areas of Manchuria to secure the Chinese Eastern Railway against the Bolshevik forces. No Chinese field post offices were established, so mail was sent through the Russian civil postal service. Personal mail required stamps, while some official mail was sent free). This cover is one of only seven (!) recorded examples of mail to/from Chinese Intervention forces | $5,000.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4093 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Chinese forces in Siberia 1919 (18 Sep) cover (opened for display) franked with 50k lilac & brown, tied by "Iman Prim." departure pmk and sent to Nanyuan, China. Red handstamp is the unit marking of the 1st Battalion, 33rd Regiment, 9th Division of the Chinese Army. The cover was sent to the base office of the 9th Division Army Service Supply Company in Nanyuan, probably a requisition for provisions, with Harbin transit markings, also bold bilingual "Nanyuan" and Peking arrival pmks, fine and incredibly rare cover (Iman is located on the left bank of the Bolshaya Ussurka River, about three miles from the Chinese border. Nanyuan was a township and area situated on the eastern side of Fengtai District, Beijing) | $2,300.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4094 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Chinese forces in Siberia 1919 two native covers, one official registered mail sent unfranked from the 9th Division Commissariat Administration in Harbin to the unit Commissariat in Nikolsk Ussuriysk, Registry label mostly missing, handstamped "Zakaznoye" alongside, with departure (4.3.19) and arrival (5.3.19) markings. The second cover is franked with strip of 3x20k dark blue & red, tied by Khabarovsk (11 Apr) departure pmks, addressed to the Chinese Army Headquarters in Nikolsk Ussuriysk | $4,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4095 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Chinese forces in Siberia 1919 (30 July) registered, red-band cover (opened for display), franked with two pairs of imperf. 15k red brown & blue, with perf. pair of 70k brown & red, paying 2 Rubles from the Garrison of the Chinese Headquarters in "Spasskoye", via Harbin to Peking, with Registry label, well struck departure, transit and arrival markings, fine and extremely rare registered cover from the Chinese Intervention Army in Siberia | $4,500.00 Bidding Closed |
      | Lot #4096 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA French forces in Siberia 1919-20 collection of 14 covers or cards, neatly written-up on six exhibit pages, showing variety of military handstamps used by the French forces, Fieldpost markings, censor and unit handstamps, mail via Japan, U.S. Postal Agency, Siberia, Colonial Battalion from Tonkin Naval cachet, "Artillerie Coloniale Batterie Siberienne" handstamps, Automobile and Aviation units, French Ski troops, incoming mail from United States and a registered cover from Japan, addressed to the Commandant, French Military Mission in Irkutsk, etc. A splendid representation of the French Army in Siberia | $2,000.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4097 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA French forces in Siberia 1919 two Canadian YMCA corner cacheted covers to France, each endorsed "Mission Francaise en Siberie" and "F.M.", two different types of "Mission Militaire Francaise en Siberia Service Postal" cachets, Paris transit pmks, minor cover wear, otherwise fine, one with a faint censor handstamp | $230.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4098 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA French forces in Siberia 1919 (Jan) free frank cover from Capt. Lelong "Mission Francaise Siberie" to Seine et Oise, sent through the Czech fieldpost system, handstamped "Ceskoslovensko Vojsko Polni Posta", redirected on arrival in France. Also a picture postcard to Paris, sent through the Canadian Fieldpost, showing framed "Passed by Censor 009" handstamp, corresponding signature and faint "Canadian Expeditionary Corps" pmk alongside, cover somewhat ragged, otherwise fine and unusual pair of French Army dispatches through Czechoslovak and Canadian Fieldpost services | $280.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4099 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA French forces in Siberia 1919 (3 Mar) YMCA corner cacheted cover to France, sent from Nagasaki, with 10sen adhesive, violet "Mission Militaire Francaise en Siberia / Armee Tcheco-Slovaque Hydro-Glissesurs / Le Commandant" (French Hydrofoils), small Japanese chop (censor mark?), with arrival (17.4.19), backflap mostly missing, filing fold away from the stamp, fine and interesting usage via Japan | $170.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4100 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA French forces in Siberia 1920 (6 Feb) Canadian Siberian Expedition "On Active Service" corner cacheted cover to France, sent from Nagasaki, with 10sen adhesive, showing "H.Logis, Marechal de Logis Mission Militaire Francaise en Siberie" (Logistics officer), minor tape stains, fine usage via Japan | $150.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4101 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Italian forces in Siberia 1919 (14 Apr) cover, with letter from "R.R.Truppe Italiane in Estremo Oriente Comando" to Lt. Padley, commanding the British Troops, Krasnoyarsk, delivered by courier, clear violet handstamps, cover with tape stains at sides, otherwise fine | $230.00 Bidding Closed |
      | Lot #4102 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Italian forces in Siberia 1919-20 collection of 12 covers or cards, neatly written-up on six exhibit pages, with "R.R. Truppe Italiane in Estremo Oriente" stationery postcards, sent from Krasnoyarsk to Italy, one with Russian franking, censored in Vladivostok, cards with oval "R.R. Poste Legione Redenta di Siberia Comando", boxed censor cachets applied on arrival in Bologna, mail sent through the Italian Post Office in Tientsin, other cachets include "Distaccamento Italiani Irredenti", "Missione Militare Italiana in Siberia", the latter applied on corresponding corner card cacheted envelope franked with Russian 1r imperf. tied by Vladivostok departure pmk and sent to Tientsin | $1,500.00 Bidding Closed |
            | Lot #4103 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Japanese forces in Siberia 1919-20 collection of 29 covers or cards, neatly written-up on twelve exhibit pages, numerous Field Post Office markings, "Japonski komendant in Vladivostok" (Japanese commandant in Vladivostok) handstamp, military markings applied in Khabarovsk, Nikolsk, Pogranichnaya, Manchuli, Chita, Razdolnoye, Spasskoye, Ushumun, Verhneudinsk, Blagoveshchensk, Zeya, Nechinsk, Ushumun, Sretensk, etc. In addition, there are FPO markings from the Sakhalin Expeditionary Force (in March 1920, Bolshevik bandits massacred civilians in Nikolayevsk, including some Japanese. In response, the Japanese army occupied northern Sakhalin island), Naval Agency pmks, etc. A most comprehensive collection. (The Japanese deployed 70,000 troops under the command of General Kikuzo Otani and penetrated as far west as Lake Baikal and Buryatia. By 1920, industrial conglomerates such as Mitsubishi, Mitsui and others had opened offices in Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Nikolayevsk-on-Amur and Chita, bringing with them over 50,000 civilian settlers. After the international coalition withdrew its forces, the Japanese army stayed and continued to support Admiral Kolchak, later Ataman Semenov, whose government collapsed by 1922. In March and April 1922, the Japanese Army repelled large Bolshevik offensives against Vladivostok. Japanese casualties from the Siberian Expedition included some 5,000 dead from combat or illness, and the expenses incurred were in excess of 900 million Yen) | $2,400.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4104 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Japanese forces in Siberia Prisoner of War Mail 1920 Exhibit page with a postal card and front of a lettersheet to Austria and Germany, sent by POWs in "Pervaya Rechka" camp administered by the Japanese, showing special censor marks by the Russian and Japanese authorities | $550.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4105 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Polish forces in Siberia 1918 (Sep) cover sent from the "Headquarters of the Polish Army in East Russia" to Samara, with 2.10.18 arrival pmk, red violet Army HQ handstamp, extremely rare, one of only a few recorded | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4106 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Polish forces in Siberia 1920 (ca) cover (reduced at top) with three strikes in red violet (one on reverse) of the rare "Polski Komitet Wojenny w Rosjii" (Polish Military Committee in Russia) handstamp, faint (undecipherable) arrival pmk, fine, extremely rare, only a few recorded | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4107 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Polish forces in Siberia 1920 cover addressed to a Colonel Le Magney in Vladivostok, endorsed "Personelle", with "Mission Militaire Francaise en Siberie Armee Polonaise de Siberie" cachet struck on front and back, carried through the "Ceskoslovenske Vojsko Polni posta Cls.2", "A Repondre" in red crayon, fine and incredibly rare example of the Polish Army in Siberia unit embedded with the French Forces, sent through the Czech Legion post | $750.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4108 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Polish forces in Siberia 1920 (9 Mar) Red Cross POW card sent by a Hungarian prisoner of war in a Russian Camp in Nikolsk-Ussuryjsk, mail via the delegate of the Polish Committee, with corresponding violet military cachet, censored in Warsaw, fine, extremely rare, if not the only known card from the Polish Army in Nikolsk-Ussuryjsk, signed Mikulski. The Polish Committee was arranging for repatriation of Polish ex-POWs in Siberia | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4109 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Yugoslav forces in Siberia 1918 (May) cover sent by Emil Gazdic "Kommandant des I.R. No.122 Feldpost", to another officer of Slovenian origin, with Austrian Fieldpost No.304 (5.V.18) arrival pmk, showing negative seal on front and cachet on back reading "Serb-Croat Slovene Military Control Headquarters in Siberia", fine, signed Mikulski. Described as being the "discovery example, the only recorded to date" | $1,100.00 Bidding Closed |
          | Lot #4110 Czechoslovak Legion in Siberia 1918-20 collection of 21 covers or cards on exhibit pages, showing large Circular Bilingual postmarks, unit cachets, Field Post markings, YMCA labels, straight-line handstamps, Official Mail cover from the Czech Ministry of War, section in Irkutsk, soldier's free-franks, Registered Money letter, mail through the Russian Post Office, cards with "President Grant" postmarks (The "S.S. President Grant" made two trips from Vladivostok to Trieste, each time repatriating about 5,000 Legionnaires), mail to United States and to Yugoslavia, excellent representation of the Czech Army markings, mixed condition, some extremely rare items | $2,800.00 Bidding Closed |
     | Lot #4111 Czechoslovak Legion in Siberia 1918-20 selection of 10 covers or cards, neatly written-up on five exhibit pages, including "Polni Posta/Poste Militaire", "Polni Posta Ceskoslovenskych Vojsk", unit cachet of the Epidemiological and Bacterial Diseases Research Institute (Vladivostok), "President Grant" ship markings (Czech troops on the way home via Tobolsk and Port Said), two covers from the Czechoslovak Purchasing office in Kobe, Japan, sent to Harbin, incoming mail from Prague and Japan, with Legion arrival markings, etc. | $800.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4112 Czechoslovak Legion in Siberia 1919 cover from Hiroshima to Harbin, franked with 2x3sen red, showing return address of the Supplying Dept of the Czechoslovak Army in Hiroshima "Mizoguchi Hotel", various I.J.P.O. transit and Harbin arrival pmks, fine. (The Legion maintained supply offices in Japan) | $280.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4113 Czechoslovak Legion in Siberia 1919 (ca) cover sent free of charge from Prague to a Czech Legionnaire in Siberia, forwarded three times, showing three different Legion FPO markings, fine and exceptional cover, signed Mikulski | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4114 Czechoslovak Legion in Siberia 1919 (26 Nov) picture postcard (Czech Army in Russia) datelined Irkutsk, endorsed "Polni Posta Ceskoslovenska vojska na Russi", addressed to Olomouc, with framed "Od Ceskoslovenskeho vojska Postovneho presto" (From the Czechoslovak Army Postage Free), some card toning and minor faults, scarce and unusual marking | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4115 Czechoslovak Legion in Siberia 1920 (24 Mar) picture postcard from Yokohama to "Czechoslovak Staff" Vladivostok, franked with 4sen red, tied by Yokohama pmk, with Vladivostok arrival, framed censor cachet, fine (incoming mail from countries other than Czechoslovakia had to be paid at international rates and was delivered by the Russian post office to the Czechoslovak field post) | $140.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4116 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - AZERBAIJAN 1919 two covers and picture postcard from Baku to England or Scotland, showing Field Post markings of Indian FPO 81, Indian FPO 136 and Indian FPO 410, censor and arrival markins, fine and rare group (Baku was occupied by the 39th Brigade, detached from the North Persia Force in November 1918 and evacuated in summer 1919) | $1,700.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4117 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - BATUM and TIFLIS British Occupation of Batum 1919 (24 Jan) picture postcard (Constantinople), endorsed "On Active Service", date-lined "Batoum Russia", with British FPO 80 departure cds, addressed to China ("We are at Batoum at present, its not a bad place"), with Hong Kong transit and Peking (25 Mar) arrival pmk, fine card from Batum to a most uncommon destination | $300.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4118 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - BATUM and TIFLIS British Occupation of Batum 1920 (14 Apr) YMCA corner card cacheted cover, "On Active Service" endorsement, Indian FPO 406 departure pmk, sent to England, fine (Batum was occupied by the 80th Brigade of the 27th Division from 23 Dec 1918 until 8 July 1920) | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4119 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - BATUM and TIFLIS British Occupation of Tiflis 1919 three covers or cards from British FPO 81, British FPO D.27 and British FPO T.27, all used from Tiflis, Georgia, showing different departure and censor markings, fine and scarce group, neatly written-up on exhibit page | $750.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4120 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SOUTH RUSSIA Belgian Intervention in South Russia 1920 cover from the representative of the Belgian Military Mission in South Russia (backflap imprint "Le Representant Militaire de Belgique en Russie Commandant du Genie Marcel de Roover") and corresponding cachet on front, franked with South Russia block of 4x35k dark blue, transported by military pouch to England, where it entered the mails in London on 22 January, 1920. (There is no mention in literature of the Belgian Military Mission in South Russia, this cover is one of only two recorded) | $1,400.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4121 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SOUTH RUSSIA British Invervention in South Russia 1919 (29 Sep) "Comite International de La Croix-Rouge" cover (with letter) from the Red Cross tracing service in Geneva, seeking information concerning a T.A.Kasarkosny at Ekaterinodar, handed by Royal Air Force office ("Squadron Royal Air Force" datestamp), forwarded to Taganrog, returned to Geneva (The 47th Squadron F.A.F. was assigned to the Army of the Black Sea, with HQ at Ekaterinodar. The oval unit cachet is previously unrecorded). Also included is the original envelope to Geneva, marked "Franc de Port" | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4122 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SOUTH RUSSIA British Invervention in South Russia 1919 (9 Apr) The North Caucasian Oil Fields Company Limited Grozny, South Russia, Registered cover to British Military Mission in Ekaterinodar, handled by the Russian Postal System, with 12x15k and 6x5k Imperial Arms issues, with arrival pmk on back, cover faults, rare incoming mail from Grozny (today capital of Chechnya, Russia) | $190.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4123 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SOUTH RUSSIA British Invervention in South Russia 1919 "On His Majesty's Service" official cover to London, undated "British Aviation Mission South Russia" and "Received from H.M.Ship No Charge to be Raised" cachets, London (25 Jy 19) arrival, filing fold and cover wear, this is the only recorded example of the British Aviation Mission cachet used in Russia | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4124 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SOUTH RUSSIA British Invervention in South Russia 1919 cover from Rostov to London, with oval "British Military Mission" cachet and censor markings, faint departure pmk at upper right, filing fold, fine cover from BMM with General Denikin's army | $1,200.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4125 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SOUTH RUSSIA British Invervention in South Russia 1919 cover to England, with large "Army Signals NS K 18 XII.19" marking of "Novorossiysk", delivered to the nearest British Military Mission Post Office for onward transmission to London, abbreviated sender's details at bottom left, rare if not only known example of Courier Mail from South Russia | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4126 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SOUTH RUSSIA British Invervention in South Russia 1919-20 two registered covers from Novorossiysk to England, Army Post Office BMM 1 markings, fine and extremely rare, if not only recorded examples of Registered Mail from British Military Mission in Novorossiysk, neatly written-up on exhibit page | $1,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4127 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SOUTH RUSSIA British Invervention in South Russia 1920 two covers from APO BMSR1 (Sevastopol) to England, sent by members of the much reduced British military mission attached to Baron Wrangel's forces in Crimea, fine and scarce pair of covers, neatly written-up on exhibit page | $500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4128 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SOUTH RUSSIA British Invervention in South Russia 1920 New East Relief, two covers representing the American Intervention in South Russia, one mailed via the French FPO 506 in Constantinople, the other via British Post Office, originating from Batum, sent by Dr. Emily Clark MacLeod, fine and very unusual usage | $1,400.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4129 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SOUTH RUSSIA British Invervention in South Russia Naval and Maritime Mail 1920 (14 Jan) cover from the Royal ship "Marlborough", addressed to England, "Received from H.M.Ship No Charge to be Raised", endorsed "On Active Service" handstamp, London transit, fine (British warships the Black and Caspian Seas before, during and after the British Army presence in the region. The Royal Navy delivered supplies to Denikin's forces in Novorossiysk and was involved in evacuating Russian refugees from the Crimea in October 1920) | $150.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4130 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SOUTH RUSSIA Trans-Caspian Force 1919 (8 Mar) "On Active Service" cover to England, with "FPO Nr.409" dated handstamp on back, "Via Baku and Batum thro O.C. Krasnovodsk" routing endorsement at left, officer's signature, minor tear at top, fine cover from Krasnovodsk, occupied by the elements of Malleson Mission and used for the evacuation of that force in March, 1919. The Indian Field Post Office No.409, was later moved to Petrovsk | $675.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4131 AFGHANISTAN 1885 (6 Mar) legal size envelope (opened for display), endorsed "On Her Majesty's Service", with 2x1/2a OHMS overprints tied by grid cancels, sent from Gulran by Sir Peter Lumsden, the head of Afghan Boundary Commission, to General Steward, the Commander of the Army in India, with letter, providing a detailed account of the Russian Annexation of Panjdeh, with Rawalpindi (27 Mar) and Quetta (28 Mar) arrival markings. Cover is dirty and somewhat defective, nevertheless fine and only recorded from "Commission in Afghanistan" during this period (the Afghan Boundary Commission (or Joint Anglo-Russian Boundary Commission) was established to determine the northern border of Afghanistan. The commissioners traveled and documented the northern border area from 1884 to 1886. Tensions between Russia and Afghanistan grew in 1885, in the aftermath of the Panjdeh incident, in which several hundred Afghans were killed by Russian troops, as witnessed by several members of the commission. From March until September, it seemed likely that this would lead to war between Russia and Britain, with the Commission at the epicenter (Britain controlled Afghanistan's foreign affairs following the Treaty of Gandamak). Between 1885 and 1888, the Commission agreed that he Russians would relinquish the most remote territory captured in their military advances, but would retain Panjdeh. The agreement delineated a permanent northern Afghan frontier at the Amu Darya, with the loss of a large amount of territory, especially around Panjdeh) | $1,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4132 AFGHANISTAN 1921 (27 Sep) On His Majesty's Service cover (backflap missing), sent by Major Fennel of the Kabul Mission to a fellow officer in Peshawar, North West Frontier Province, boxed "Field Service Postage Free" handstamp, Indian Field Post Office 148 and Peshawar arrival pmks on back (on occasion British forces were dispatched to Afghanistan, illustrated by this 1921 usage) | $280.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4133 AFGHANISTAN 1928 (Oct) cover sent from Kabul to a Countess in Alessandria, Italy, franked with 40p ultramarine, tied by departure pmk, showing return address of "Alberto Inviziali, Artillery Colonel with the Italian Military Mission", sent via Landikhana, arriving in Italy (29.10.28), minor cover tears, otherwise fine (a small force of Italian officers were sent to Afghanistan in the late 1920s as military advisers to help the King's troops against tribal unrest) | $140.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4134 ALBANIA 1913 (27 Dec) cover from Durres to Trieste, franked with 2x20pa Ottoman revenues handstamped with violet Double Eagle, also piece of envelope with 4x2pa carmine, black Double Eagle handstamps, Durres 1914 departure and New York arrival pmks, rare usage | $350.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4135 ALBANIA 1913 four covers from Vlone to Germany, Austria, etc., neatly written-up on exhibit pages, including a newspaper wrapper to Zagreb, cover with the complete set of six, registered to Bremen and forwarded to Hannover, etc., mixed condition, mostly fine Catalog #21-26 | $675.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4136 ALBANIA 1914 Skanderbeg Issue, complete set of six, used on registered Otto Bickel cover from "Tchay-Aghzi", bilingual 10 Jan 14 departure pmks, further endorsed "Medua" by hand (The Ottoman "Tchay-Aghzi" denotes a small river, marking deemed inappropriate after Independence, hence the Italian name "Medua" was used), fine and scarce usage | $325.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4137 ALBANIA 1914 Skanderbeg Issue, cover from Shkoder to Varese, single 50q franking, tied by departure cds, with red "A R" label for return receipt below, filing folds, otherwise fine, with arrival pmk on back | $350.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4138 ALBANIA Air Post 1929 Kingdom of Albania overprints, complete set of seven used on First Day Cover (Vlone Dec 1, 1929), addressed locally, v.f. (catalogued as used off cover) Catalog #C22-28 Catalog Value $ 1,151 | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4139 ALBANIA Postal Stationery 1913 Provisional Government, four stationery entire envelopes, two first issue from Qukes and Vlone, other from the second issue, with "Of Albania" instead of the Eagle in center, Pequin and Shijak departure pmks, filing folds, otherwise fine | $500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4140 ALBANIA Postal Stationery 1913 two stationary cards, one with Double Eagle handstamp on 20pa red, canceled Vlone 16.11.13 and addressed to Buenos Aires, also a registered Skanderbeg 10q card with additional 1fr, canceled Vlone and addressed to Vienna, fine | $240.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4141 ALBANIA Albanian Locals - Elbasan 1919 two stationery entire envelopes, used from Tirana to Elbasan and from Elbasan to Pequin, used in the early days of the Durres government when postal service was reduced to a bare minimum, with seals of the finance office in Elbasan and other provisional markings, fine and rare, Catalog #Mi.U1 Catalog Value €12,000 | $1,000.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4142 ALBANIA Albanian Locals - Korce 1920 (25 May) cover franked with French 5c and 10c adhesives, tied by violet "Territoire Pogradec Poste" handstamps, with local "Korytsa Albania" cds at bottom, cover wrinkles, otherwise fine usage during French Administration (during WWI, Pogradec became a battlefield divided between the enemy fronts. From 1914-20 Austro-Hungarian, Serbian, Greek, Bulgarian and French armies, captured the city, replacing each other from time to time) | $230.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4143 ALBANIA Albanian Locals - Korce 1920 (14 July) cover from Scutari to Constantinople, franked with French Timbre Taxe 25c, tied by violet "Territoire Pogradec Poste" handstamp, with local "Korytsa Albania" cds at bottom, fine usage at the end of French Administration | $700.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4144 ALBANIA Albanian Locals - Shkodra 1919 (1 Sep) registered cover from Shkoder to Paris, franked with 3x1gr on 25q overprinted "Shkoder 1919" above the portrait, tied by bilingual Scutari pmks, large portion of wax seal remaining on back, fine | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4145 ALBANIA Albanian Locals - Shkodra 1919 (27 Apr) cover from Obot to Shkoder, franked with 50q with red overprint and large handstamped "T", tied on arrival by bilingual Shkoder/Scutari pmk, additional "T" due mark, fine and rare usage from Obot | $160.00 Bidding Closed |
      | Lot #4146 ALBANIA Allied Occuption of Albania during World War I 1916-20 selection of 12 covers or cards on exhibit pages, with mail from Albanian Volunteers in militia units of the Italian Army, American Red Cross Commission to Albania cover, also a card to New York, covers from French Forces, including registered mail, card sent by a member of a French Aviation unit serving with the Serbian Army, renamed "Escadrille d'Albanie", official cover sent from Tresor et Postes 511 at Itea to Santi Quaranta, other Field Post markings from Epirus, Korytza, etc. A fine presentation, with several extremely rare items | $4,000.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4147 ALBANIA French Occupation of Albania 1919-20 two covers, one headed "Detachement Francais de Scutari", canceled "Tresor et Postes" (23 Jan 19), sent to France, the other with French franking, canceled by red "Territoire de Pogradec" May 1920 departure pmks addressed to Korce, with 25 May 20 arrival pmk alongside | $240.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4148 ALBANIA British Contingent in Albania 1916-19 cover and card from Field Post Office W.3 and Army Post Office S.100, sent to Ireland and Surrey, marked "A.O.S." and showing different censor markings, fine. Field Post Office W.3 operated at Valona for four months and only a few examples have survived | $270.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4149 ALBANIA British Contingent in Albania 1916-18 four cards from British Army Post Offices S.100, SZ25, Field Post Office F.D.9, used from Scutari, sent to England, various censor markings, fine-v.f. | $270.00 Bidding Closed |
   | Lot #4150 ALBANIA Greek Occupation of Albania 1913-14 three covers from Korytsa, Biglitza and Delvinon to Athens, Tunisia and Constantinople, various transit markings, also five Greek pictorials, canceled Agios, Argirokastron, Liaskovikion, Premeti and Tepelonion, fine | $1,600.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4151 ALBANIA Serbian Occupation of Albania 1915 (16 Dec) Fieldpost card mailed from Scutari to Novi Pazar and a cover from Tirana to Elbasan, franked with both Serbian and Central Albania regional stamp, with Star handstamp in center, plus a 5p Serbian stamp canceled on piece by Elbasan pmk, fine group neatly described on exhibit page | $400.00 Bidding Closed |
                     | Lot #4152 ALBANIA Italian Occupation of Albania 1939-44 collection of 42 covers or cards, neatly displayed and written-up on exhibit pages, starting with military mail "Ufficio Concentramento P.M.402", "Ufficio Postale Militare 22", "95" and "202" sent from Coriza, Durazzo and Tirana, also Military Mail cards "P.M. 402" and "52", the latter from Porto Edda (Sarande), "Constituent Assembly" Postage and Air Post overprints on covers, First Flight via L.A.T.T. from Tirana to Rome and from there to Seville, Pictorial definitives, including complete set of 14 on FDC, censored mail to Graz, Nice, wrapper to England, mail to USA and Switzerland, Official card to Firenze, Third Anniversary, Anti-Tuberculosis Semi-Postals, Branch postmarks (Durres/Banja, Shkoder-Treg, Vlone/Skele), village postmarks from Himare, Kelcyre, Librazhad, Italian re-named "Porti Edda", "Borgo Constanzo Ciano", Diplomatic Mail from Tirana to Vienna, Fascist Militia Legion mail, etc. A comprehensive collection | $6,750.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4153 ALBANIA Italian Occupation of Albania 1940 (27 Apr) registered cover from Tirana to Allessandria, franked with four different stamps, including Air Post and Special Delivery, part of backflap missing, minor toning, otherwise fine, with arrival pmks | $260.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4154 ALBANIA Italian Occupation of Albania 1942 (19 Dec) cover from Brindisi to Tirana, franked on back with Italian 10c and 20c (8), with arrival (18.I.43) pmk, returned to Italy, where it remained at the post office for one year and sent back, arriving on 10 July, 1944 and franked with 10q Postage Due and German semi-postal 10+5q, opened and resealed by censor, fine and unusual combination franking featuring both the Italian and German Occupation issues | $750.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4155 ALBANIA Italian Occupation of Albania 1943 (11 Feb) registered cover from Tirana to Prague, franked with three different definitives and 50q Special Delivery, tied by departure cds, with Registry and Air Mail labels, opened by censor, with additional violet censor marks, backstamped on arrival (24.II.43), rare usage from Italian Occupied Albania to German Occupied Czechoslovakia | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4156 ALBANIA Kosovo Region 1944 (17 June) registered cover from Prizren to Istanbul, franked on both sides with 8x10q brown (including a block of four), also a single 2q and 3q (defective), all tied by "Prizren" double circle departure pmks, cover (missing backflap) opened and resealed by censor, Tirana transit and Istanbul (30 June) arrival datestamp, filing fold away from the stamps, extremely rare commercial usage from Prizren (in present day Kosovo) Catalog #Mi.2,3,5 | $4,250.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4157 ALBANIA Kosovo Region 1944 (10 Aug) cover from Peje to Korce, franked with single 15q red, tied by double-circle "Peje" cds, boxed "Postverkehr eingestellt - Zuruck / Service Suspendu - retour" (returned, service suspended) handstamp, cover opened and resealed by censor, fine and extremely rare commercial usage from German Occupation of Kosovo (after the war, Peje again became part of Yugoslavia as part of the Autonomous Region of Kosovo and Metohija, an autonomous unit within the Socialist Republic of Serbia) Catalog #Mi.6 | $3,750.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4158 ALBANIA Kosovo Region 1944 (24 June) cover from Tetovo to Maribor ("ex-Jugoslavia, Slovenia, Italien" crossed out, with only "Germania" remaining in the address portion), franked with single 30q violet, tied by double-circle "Tetovo" cds, cover opened and resealed by censor, filing fold away from the stamp, fine and extremely rare commercial usage from Tetovo (after the war, the town became part of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia. Many of Tetovo's Albanians were subjected to repression) Catalog #Mi.6 | $4,000.00 Bidding Closed |
      | Lot #4159 AUSTRIA Issued under Italian Occupation - Venezia Giulia 1918-23 selection of 12 covers or cards on exhibit pages, with "Aviazione R. Marina/Trieste", "Pola" and "Trieste" cachets applied on Trans Adriatic Air Mail route using military seaplanes, military postmarks, Austrian Parcel Card handstamped "Venezia Guilia", franked with unoverprinted Italian stamps, other covers from Abbazia, Brioni and Porto Rose, with unoverprinted Italian definitives, canceled by old Austrian pmks, fine group | $1,100.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4160 AUSTRIA Austrian Occupation of Montenegro Military Stamps 1917 Prepared but not issued, Austrian Military Post, 3h-90k Franz Josef stamps, 15 different, also four Newspaper Mercury stamps, and Bosnian 5h postage due stamp, each overprinted with a horizontal "Montenegro" in black, blue or red, l.h. or h.r., fresh, fine-v.f., only 40 of each printed, * Catalog #ANK V-XVII Catalog Value €6,850 | $1,700.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4161 AUSTRIA Austrian Occupation of Montenegro Military Stamps 1917 Prepared but not issued, Austrian Military Fieldpost card, overprinted "Montenegro" in blue, used in combination with the issued 10h stamp, canceled Cetinje, 1 March 1917, sent to Zagreb, with March 5 arrival pmk alongside. This card, overprinted with a horizontal "Montenegro" in blue is, according to Mr. Kugel, the only known used example of the five (!) cards recorded | $3,750.00 Bidding Closed |
            | Lot #4162 AUSTRIA Austrian Occupation of Montenegro Military Stamps 1916-18 collection of 25 covers or cards on 12 exhibit pages, with variety of FPOs (308, 337, 338, 343) and "K.K.Etapenpostampt" from various cities, including Andrijevica, Berane, Cevo, Djakova, Ipek, Matasevo, Peja, Rijeka, Stari Bar, Ulcinj-Naval Telegraph station, Virpazar-Naval administration of Lake Scutari. Also included are the overprinted stamps of the 1st of March 1917 issue on registered cover, First Day of usage from Kolasin and much more. An exciting exhibit, truly a treasure trove from Montenegro during WWI | $1,200.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4163 BELGIUM German Occupation 1914 picture postcard (Ruins of Louvain) franked with 20c olive brown "Le Courier Provisoire", perforated 13, with 19.10.1914 datestamp, addressed to Brussels, fine (during the early days of German Occupation, a Mr.Armand Berhaut organized a private mail and parcel transport service for Brussels and suburbs, which functioned from 15-21 October,1914. He was was arrested by the Germans and sentenced to prison for competing with the Imperial Post Office) | $950.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4164 BELGIUM German Occupation 1916-17 two Fieldpost cards from Brussels to Germany, with "Pfadfinderabteilung der Feldpost Kommandatur" and "Polizei-Kommando Sect.II" markings, each endorsed "Feldpost", fine and rare examples of delivery service provided by a unit of Boy Scouts which handled mail from the Occupation Headquarters to the main post office | $190.00 Bidding Closed |
                 | Lot #4165 BELGIUM German Occupation 1916-18 collection of 44 covers or cards displayed on exhibit pages, showing selected cachets of various military units and agencies in Brussels, Antwerp, Gent, Hasselt, Brugge, Arel, Namur, Charleroi, Loewen, Liege, Spa, Ostende, Kortrijk, etc. There are German markings and Registry labels from "Feldpostampt des Grossen Hauptquartiers" (Supreme HQ), Naval Stations, postal stationery and issued stamps on covers, special commemorative pmks, etc. | $1,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4166 BELGIUM German Occupation 1917 3c-6fr25c surcharges on German stamps, overprinted "Flandern" instead of "Belgien", 13 different, complete as printed, unused without gum, couple of minor perf. flaws, fresh, fine-v.f., with 1986 Lundin certificate (in the summer of 1917, Belgium was divided into two political administrative areas. As a result, two independent postal administrations were set up on 21 October 1917. Brussels was the main postal center in Flanders, and Namur in Wallonia. Presumably it was planned in Berlin to replace the "Belgien" overprints with "Flandern" and "Wallonien". Trial printings were made at the end of 1917 and in early 1918. This project never came to fruition. Only two or three sets of these proofs exist, including those in the Berlin Postal Museum) (*) | $30,000.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4167 BELGIUM German Occupation Postal Stationery 1917 8c on 7 1/2pf and 10c on 10pf unused stationery postal reply cards, overprinted "Flandern" instead of "Belgien" and "Wallonien" instead of "Belgien", four different, folded between, each handstamped "Mustersamml. - Abt.III", fine-v.f. Only a few copies of these trial overprints on Postal Stationery have been found in the archives | $6,000.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4168 BELGIUM French units in Belgium 1919 cover and card with "Liquidation des Stocks Francaise de Belgium" and "Base Francaise de transit Anvers" cachets, sent from Bastogne and Antwerp, fine and scarce examples of mail from French units in Belgium at the end of WWI | $230.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4169 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Austro-Hungarian Consular Post 1850-60 four FLs with Austrian franking, two sent from Mostar to Metkovich, where Austrian franking was added for further transmission to Trieste, others from Banjaluka to "Konstainiza", where 9kr and 15kr adhesives were added and sent to Trieste, filing folds, one through the stamp at top, otherwise fine group of mail forwarded via Metkovitch and Konstainica, with first and second Austrian Issue stamps | $2,400.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4170 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Austro-Hungarian Consular Post 1852 (7 May) FL from Buna, delivered to Metcovich for further delivery in Vienna, franked with 9kr blue, tied by Metkovich 7 May datestamp, fine and attractive cover, backstamped in transit at Karlstadt, arriving in Vienna (15 May) | $350.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4171 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Austro-Hungarian Consular Post 1859 (27 July) FL from Banja Luka, taken across the border in diplomatic pouch and posted through the Austrian mails, franked with 1858 15kr type II (Scott 11), tied by "Okucane" cds, sent via Agram to Trieste, some minor cover tears, otherwise fine, with transit and arrival pmks | $280.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4172 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Military Mail 1879 (18 May) 5kr Money Order sending 150gld from Field Post Office No.18 in Mostar to Trieste, additionally franked with 5kr and 10kr Franz Josef, fine print, tied by cds, Trieste 24.5.79 arrival pmk on back, fine "Feldpost Expositur" forerunner with Austrian franking | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4173 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Military Mail 1879 (11 Aug) Money order for 115 gld from Field Post Office No.18 in Mostar to Metkovic, franked with a vertical pair of 15n brown, tied by "Feldpost-Expositur No.18" pmk, repeated alongside, with Metkovic arrival (22.8) on back, usual filing folds well away from the stamps, only one other pair of this value has been recorded on cover | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4174 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Military Mail 1879 (26 June) cover (with letter) marked "Franco", with "K.u.K. Feldpostampt 26/6 SERAJEVO" departure pmk, sent by Stephan Frh. von Jovanovic (Austrian Feldmarschallleutnant, commander of the occupation of Herzegovina and military commander of Bosnia & Herzegovina, governor of Dalmatia and military commander of Zara) to a nobleman in Vienna, with "Wieden in Wien" and "Wien" arrival pmks on back, fine example of the old-spelling of Sarajevo pmk, not used elsewhere in Bosnia & Herzegovina | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4175 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Military Mail 1887 (10 Feb) 5n stationery entire envelope additionally franked with a horizontal strip of 5x2n yellow, all tied by framed "K.K.Milit.Post XI/Banjaluka", paying 15kr Registry rate to Vienna, with 12.2.1887 arrival pmk on back, v.f. and attractive usage with all stamps and markings on front | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4176 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Military Mail 1888 (15 Sep) 5n stationery entire envelope additionally franked on back with horizontal pairs of 2n yellow and 3n green, tied by "K..K.Milit.Post VII/Travnik", paying 15kr Registry rate to Budapest, with 17.9.88 arrival pmks, v.f. and attractive usage | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4177 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Ottoman Forerunners 1876 (8 May) FL from Mostar to Sarajevo, postal charge of 1 1/2 piasters, paid with 1pi and 2x10pa, fine. Also a pair of Ottoman adhesives with Mostar postmarks | $400.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4178 BULGARIA 1879 10c black & green, used in combination with 15st on FL from Sofia (12.11.81) to Vienna, minor cover erosion and filing fold away from the stamps, fine mixed franking Centimes + Stotinki issues Catalog #2,9 | $6,000.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4179 BULGARIA 1879 25c black & violet, vertical pair, tied by bilingual "Lovitcha" 1 Nov 1881 departure pmk on registered cover, sent via Roustchouk and St. Petersburg to Viborg, Finland, fine cover, with part of wax seal on back Catalog #3 | $5,750.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4180 BULGARIA 1879 1fr black & red, used in combination with 50c black & blue (on reverse) of registered cover from "Lom Palanka" 13 Mar 81 to Munich, bilingual departure pmks, filing fold away from the stamps, extraordinary quadruple weight UPU rate to Bavaria, with Munich arrival (29 Mar) on back Catalog #4,5 | $5,500.00 Bidding Closed |
   | Lot #4181 BULGARIA 1882-87 Issues, selection of three items, including two Parcel Address forms, one used in 1890 with 15s, pair of 30s and 10s Fiscal, canceled "Rustchuk", the other used in 1889, with 50s and 1L, additional 10s Fiscal, canceled "Russe", plus 1895 "Noviny" newspaper with single 1s tied by bilingual "Seymen" cds, paying printed matter rate, fine | $500.00 Bidding Closed |
   | Lot #4182 BULGARIA 1885 four covers or cards neatly displayed on exhibit pages, with Military Mail, covers carried free of postage with South Bulgarian Negative seals inscribed "Military Headquarters Plovdiv", 5s stationery card used from Bulgarian Occupied Pirot to Plovdiv, plus a cover with blue circular cachet of the "Commander of the Eastern Army Corps", sent from Plovdiv to Pirot, in occupied Serbia, with arrival pmk and "First Military T.P.O." marking, stated to be one of only two recorded, fine and very scarce. (The Serbo-Bulgarian War lasted from November 14, 1885 to March 3, 1886. The war demonstrated the instability of the Balkan peace settlement imposed by the Congress of Berlin. Serbia started the war but was decisively defeated, with a major Bulgarian victory at Slivnitza and subsequent advance into Serbia. Despite Bulgaria being a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire, the Turks did not intervene and it was Austria that demanded Bulgaria stop its invasion, and a truce resulted) | $1,400.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4183 BULGARIA Russo-Turkish War 1877 (29 Dec) cover from London, addressed to an English nursing sister at the Red Cross hospital in "Sistova, Bulgaria, Turkey", endorsed "if departed, please forward to destination", mailed via Bucharest (3 Jan), showing Russian F.P.O.15 (23 Dec 1877) transit (Julian calendar, 12 days earlier than the Gregorian calendar used in the West). This FPO 15 was then located at Zimnica (today Zimnicea, Romania, a port on the Danube, opposite the Bulgarian city of Sistov), used as a forwarding center for mail between Russia and the occupied areas of Northern Bulgaria. A rarity (Tchilingirian states that "no postal material from this FPO appears to have been recorded) | $1,300.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4184 BULGARIA Russo-Turkish War 1878 (17 July) FL from Tirnovo, canceled by a bilingual "Tyrnovskaya Pocht. Kont." pmk, addressed to Gabrovo, with arrival cds alongside, letter with handstamp of a Police archival mark Tirnovo, fine, neatly described on exhibit page | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4185 BULGARIA Russo-Turkish War 1878 (13 Sep) official letter sent to the postmaster at Tirnovo, through FPO 1, showing clear "Polevaya Pocht. Otdel." departure pmk, fine post-war usage (the Russians maintained a significant military presence in Bulgaria pending the implementation of territorial decisions of the Great Powers at the Congress of Berlin) | $180.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4186 BULGARIA Russo-Turkish War 1880 (23 Feb) large portion of wrapper to Constantinople, franked with First Issue 25c black & violet, tied by Bulgarian "Tirnovo" departure cds, with Russian Post Office "Tirnovo" (24 Feb), "Varna" transit and Constantinople (11 Mar) arrival markings on back, fine example of Russian Post Office in Bulgaria, still in operation even after the Bulgarian postal system started | $1,700.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4187 BULGARIA Eastern Rumelia 1880 (1 Dec) cover (opened for display) from Karlovo to Koprivshtitsa, franked on reverse with Ottoman 10pa lilac and 4x20pa pale green (the overprinted stamps were not yet issued for Eastern Rumelia), tied by four negative seals and "Pochta Karlovo" departure cds, Adrianople transit and TPO "Istoch.Rumelis.Pochta ot Vlakad" (12.12.80) clearly struck on front, cover slightly reduced at left, fine example of the Russian Traveling Post Office mark, with 2009 Sismondo certificate (when Russian army occupied Eastern Rumelia in early 1878, they provided postal cars for the railway line. Mail processed on-board was canceled by special TPO markings inscribed in Cyrillic "Eastern Roumelian Post From Train 1") | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4188 BULGARIA Eastern Rumelia 1880 (4 Dec) cover posted on the Russian Railway post office for delivery in Philippople (Plovdiv), postmark in Cyrillic reads "Pochta Plovdiv" ("Post" at top, "Plovdiv" at bottom, instead of the listed bilingual Russian and Bulgarian), also Russian Traveling Post Office mark in Cyrillic ("Eastern Roumelian Post From Train 1"), "Franco" hs indicates postage was paid in cash, cover missing backflap, otherwise fine, with 2001 Sismondo certificate | $1,300.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4189 BULGARIA Eastern Rumelia 1881 two covers used from "Tatar Pazardchik" and Plovdiv, each with Turkish stamps overprinted in blue "R.O." ("Roumelie Orientale"), sent to Elisavetgrad (Russia) and Leskovac (Serbia), transit markings include Sofia, Rustchuk, Ungeni and Russian TPO, as well as arrival of Leskovac, usual cover wear, otherwise fine | $1,100.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4190 BULGARIA Eastern Rumelia 1883 two special formula postal cards, one to Plovdiv, with "Roumelie Orientale Du Train" (17.V.83) TPO cancel, the other sent from Plovdiv | $1,300.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4191 BULGARIA Eastern Rumelia 1885 (21 Sep) cover from Pechtera to Plovdiv, franked with pair of 1pi black & blue, overprinted in black, tied by bilingual departure pmks, with arrival pmk on back, minor cover mending, otherwise fine, extremely rare usage of provisional issue on cover, as opposed to the usual postcards | $260.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4192 BULGARIA Eastern Rumelia 1885 five cards, displayed on exhibit pages, including a registered card from "Tchirpan" to "Tchepelare", franked with 20pa black & rose, blue overprint (stamp slightly defective), formula card from Plovdiv to Sofia, franked with 20pa rose, three cards with the final issue, including a Registered card from Aitos, franked with 20pa rose, card from "Hadji Elles", with 5pa lilac and a card from Pazardjik to Seymen, with 10pa green, fine and scarce group, with two Registered cards Catalog #22,29,38-40 | $900.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4193 BULGARIA Eastern Rumelia 1885-88 two covers from Plovdiv and Pazardjik to Constantinople, each with Bulgarian franking, which was not recognized (The Turkish authorities refused to accept the Bulgarian annexation of Eastern Rumelia) and charged postage due at double the normal postal rate, indicated by "T", with Ottoman stamps added to reflect the amounts collected from the recipients, mixed condition, some cover faults, markings intact, very rare | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
       | Lot #4194 BULGARIA Turkish Administration 1900-13 collection on exhibit pages, showing forerunner covers or cards from small villages in the Bulgarian area, including "Palaz", "Petridj", "Moustapha Pacha" (Svilingrad, Gare), "Sjoumaai-Bala", "Eyri-Dere", "Kirdje Ali", "Nevrocope", "Tamrache", "Gumuldjina", "Dede-Aghaj", "Feredjik", etc. There are 13 covers or cards, plus stamps on pieces, fine and elusive holding | $1,600.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4195 BULGARIA Bulgaria in World War I 1917 (15 Jan) registered cover sent through the German Fieldpost Station No.227 in Constantinople, with cachet of the "Regimental Headquarters of the German Troops with the Bulgarian 2nd Army", with additional "Imperial Ottoman Staff Officer with the Staff of the Royal Bulgarian 2nd Army" bilingual handstamp, appropriate Registry label, "Feldpost Mil. Mission Konstantinopel" pmk on back, fine example of the cooperation between Germany and its allies of the Central Powers | $230.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4196 BULGARIA French Forces in Bulgaria 1919-21 selection of six covers on two exhibit pages, showing variety of French Forces in Bulgaria markings, including "Tresor et Postes 524", "524A", "524B", "Vag. Etapes 35"; two covers with "Entrepot 5" and "Entrepot 6" (located at Sofia, Giurgevo and Rustchouk), fine and seldom offered markings used by French Forces in Bulgaria | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4197 CENTRAL LITHUANIA 1921 Parcel card franked with 3m and 10m Commemoratives, tied by "Wilno 2" (11.6.21) departure cds, with Jaroslaw 17.VI.21 arrival pmk alongside, also on reverse, fine and rare commercial usage, with 1993 Schmutz certificate | $260.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4198 CENTRAL LITHUANIA 1921 Parcel card franked with 1,000m Commemorative, tied by "Wilno 1" (26.11.21) departure cds, with Kolomyia (30.XI.21) arrival pmk, fine and rare, with 1993 Schmutz certificate | $1,300.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4199 CENTRAL LITHUANIA 1921-22 three covers or cards, the latter Registered from Landwarow, others from Oszmiana and Swieciany, the latter Registered to Vienna, one cover roughly opened at left, otherwise fine, scarce commercial usage from small towns/villages | $1,200.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4200 CENTRAL LITHUANIA 1922 (24 Jan) cover from Nowa Wilejka to Finland, franked with eight Commemoratives, violet departure pmk and traces of arrival, backflap missing, otherwise fine | $300.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4201 CENTRAL LITHUANIA 1922 (22 Feb) registered cover to Paris, franked with 50m dark blue, tied by "Wilno 1" departure cds, violet "Wilno-Sejm" Registry box, with Commercial Press cachet and arrival (26.2.22) pmk on back | $260.00 Bidding Closed |
    | Lot #4202 CENTRAL LITHUANIA Military Mail 1921 (Jan) large piece of a wrapper, plus a postal card showing "Poczta Polowa No.23" and "Frontowa Poczta Polowa No.23" pmks, the latter Registered, boxed "Poczta Polska R.No." handstamp and Minsk HQ arrival, the former with "Dowodztwo Baonu Zapasowego Minskiego p.p." HQ arrival hs on reverse. Also included are four additional cards and cover, various military markings, soldier's mail, etc., all displayed on exhibit pages | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
             | Lot #4203 CHINA Japanese Occupation of China 1940-41 selection of 26 covers or cards, well described on exhibit pages, including military mail from North China to Yokohama, Tientsin military branch, First Naval Post Office on HIJMS "Izuma" moored in the Whangpoo River in Shanghai, cards from Central China, flown cover from Hankow to Shanghai, franked with surcharged Air Mail stamps, covers from Hopei Province, Honan, Shansi, Shantung, including registered cover from Tsingtao to New York, covers from Supeh to Tientsin and Peking, registered cover from Meng Chiang (Inner Mongolia) to Tientsin, interesting usages | $1,300.00 Bidding Closed |
            | Lot #4204 CRETE 1897-1907 collection on 12 exhibit pages, with 23 covers or cards, including British contingent cover to London, sent unfranked through the Italian Post Office in Canea, charged "5d" on arrival, another cover endorsed "Stamps not available", sent from "H.M.S.Harrier" to London, cover and card with "Camp Post Office Candia" and "Headquarters Crete" markings (the latter to Malta), mail from French forces in Canea and Hierapetra, military markings, others with French 15c Type Sage, registered cover endorsed "Corps Francaise d'Occupation de Crete", Italian stationery card overprinted "La Canea" with "Commandement des Troupes Internationales La Canea/Le Commandant Superieur" cachet, Cretan Gendarmerie markings, Russian Administration covers (3), used locally, Austrian Infantry Battalion, registered cover from Canea to Pola, etc. | $3,250.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4205 CRETE British Administration 1898 cover mailed by I. Griffith, the military commander of Monofatsi to Candia, with "Governor Monofatsi International Occupation" seal, with corresponding Flag indicia alongside, endorsed "20 Paras" and dated 9.12.98, addressed to a Captain Edgar at Candia, with Austrian Post Office 12.12.98 arrival pmk on back, filing folds, fine and rare cover, only 24 examples of the provisional marking were prepared prior to the issuance of the new Cretan stamp | $900.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4206 CRETE British Administration 1898 20pa violet, margins all around, canceled by straight-line "Archanes" in blue and manuscript 1/10/12.98 (presumably covering both Julian and Gregorian calendars) on small cover addressed to Maj. General H.Chermside (commander of the British troops and military commissioner from 1896-99), v.f., with sender's note on back ("Inscription on stamps in Greek Provisional post of Kandia"), with 1988 Peter Holcombe certificate: "This is the only British cancelation other than Heraklion used and is the only known cover", ex-Lewis and Friend collections Catalog #1 | $1,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4207 CRETE Russian Administration 1899 cover used locally in Rethymno, franked with 1gr and 1m black, each tied by 2 July 99 pmks, repeated below, cover slightly reduced at bottom, with hinge remnant at lower right, fine and very rare, signed Spanos (catalogued as used off cover) Catalog #32,34 Catalog Value $ 2,300 | $950.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4208 CRETE Russian Administration 1899 1m blue (with Stars at Sides), tied by Rethymno (11 July 99) cds on picture postcard to Ekaterinoslav, Russia, with Odessa (20 July). Postal Car No.221 (22 July) and Pokrovskoye arrival (23.VII.99) pmks, minor perf. toning, rare usage (Russian administration ended on 29 July) Catalog #35 | $3,500.00 Bidding Closed |
    | Lot #4209 CRETE French Offices in Crete 1898-1903 five covers or cards from "Corps D'Occupation de Crete", stampless usages from La Canee and Sitia, others with French franking, used from Candia, San-Nicolo (5c stationery entire envelope to Paris, signed Calves), various pmks and endorsements, fine | $850.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4210 CROATIA 1941 two registered covers, each mixed franking with unoverprinted Yugoslav stamps, used from Daruvar and Jezerane to Zagreb, fine-v.f., one with 1998 Wieneke opinion | $525.00 Bidding Closed |
                                                                                                                                             | Lot #4211 CROATIA 1941-45 Postal History exhibit, 245+ covers or cards displayed on 168 pages, starting with a postcard mailed on 12 April 1941, the first day of issue of the "Independent State of Croatia" issue, mixed with unoverprinted Yugoslavia adhesive, cover from Dubrovnik to Zagreb, mailed 10 April 1941 (Independence Day of Croatian State), other examples of unoverprinted stamps of Yugoslavia on commercial mail from Stara Pazova, Crikvenica, Dubrovnik, manuscript overprints from Jelenje, Postire, handstamp overprints from Nova Gradisca, Dubrovnik, Zemun, Metkovic-Split, etc. There are registered covers with first issue provisionals used from Zagreb, Senj, Osijek, Kiseljak, Registered mail to Portugal, Trial Printing in black on 1d stationery card (one of only a few known), registered mail with unissued Armed Forces overprints, numerous mixed frankings, censored mail (various destinations and incoming mail), Cash frankings (two covers from Bosnjaci and Tesanji), Registered and commercially used covers franked with Commemoratives, souvenir sheets, Air Post, Postage Dues, Officials, numerous slogans and cachets, Propaganda postcards, Fieldpost cards, including Military Franchise stamps on cards sent by soldiers, mail from Croatian soldiers serving with the Germans, including SS units, Diplomatic Mail, Red Cross letters, including two cards from Italian POWs in Croatia, cards from Stara Gradisca and Jesenova Concentration Camps, Local Issues from Sibenik and Split used on covers, and much more. A scholarly presentation, some certificates included, many extremely rare items. An important collection of WWII Croatian postal history | $15,000.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4212 CROATIA Semi-Postals 1944 (May) three covers with "Third Anniversary of Croatian Independence" franking, one with the imperf. set of three, registered to Bohemia & Moravia, others with Francetic 12.50+287.50Kn perforated single on censored cover from Osijek to Germany, plus imperf. trial color proof in dark green on registered cover from Novi Cice to Zagreb, fine | $230.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4213 CROATIA Naval and Maritime Mail 1941 Fieldpost card from No.23713, assigned to the Croatian Navy Division on the Sea of Azov, sent to Kutjevo, also a cover from Fieldpost No.52705, this from the Croatian Torpedo Boat Flotilla on the Black Sea, sent via "M.P.A" (Marine Post Office) to Vienna, rare pair of Croatian Naval mail from the Eastern Front, the former with 1991 Zrinjscak certificate ("fieldpost from Croatian Legion on the Eastern Front is very rare") | $1,100.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4214 CROATIA Military Mail 1942 (15 Aug) military letter sheet to Zagreb sent by a member of the Croatian Legion attached to the Italian Army, various censor marks, endorsed on back "Legione Croata 88", fine. Mail from Croatians serving with the Italian Troops is exceedingly scarce | $425.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4215 CROATIA Military Mail 1944 (25 May) special Anti-Soviet propaganda lettersheet, sent by a member of the Croatian Battalion in Stockerau, addressed to Osijek, censored in Vienna, with arrival pmk, roughly opened with some resulting tears, still fine, one of very few recorded, with 1999 Wieneke certificate | $230.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4216 CROATIA Local Issues - Banja Luka 1941 overprinted "Slobodna Bosanska Hrvatska" 1d, 2d set of two, tied by Banjka Luka (21.VI.41) cds on cover locally addressed to Maj.Gen. Dippold, the German commander in Banja Luka, some toning, cover missing backflap, filing fold away from the stamps, pencil signed (catalogued as used off cover) Catalog #Mi.1-2 Catalog Value €1,800 | $1,300.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4217 CROATIA Local Issues - Banja Luka 1941 overprinted "Slobodna Bosanska Hrvatska" 1d, 2d blocks of four, tied by Banjka Luka (13.VI.41) cds on registered cover to Zagreb, v.f., with arrival pmk, 1964 Marjanovic certificate (catalogued as used singles off cover) Catalog #Mi.1-2 Catalog Value €7,200 | $7,500.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4218 CROATIA Local Issues - Dalmatia (Sibenik) 1943-44 two covers, one registered from Curzola to Konjevrate, franked with four surcharged Yugoslav stamps, tied by "Curzola Poste Dalmazia" departure cds, "Commandatur Curzola" and "Geprueft" censor markings, repeated on back, with arrival pmk, Raybaudi certificate. The second cover is franked with four Yugoslav stamps overprinted "Hvar", surcharged with new value, used in combination with Croatian 20kn adhesive, all canceled by Hvar (6.V.44) departure pmks, with "Cognorata Zara" arrival pmk on back, with 1968 Chiavarello certificate | $1,000.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4219 CROATIA Local Issues - Dalmatia (Sibenik) Postal Stationery 1943-44 handstamped "Nezavisna Drzrva Hrvatska" and "N.D.H." on Italian stationery cards, 75c unused, 30c used from Sibenik, fine-v.f., the former with Ercegovic certificate, rare (Filigrano 1,3, €1,400) | $1,000.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4220 CROATIA Local Issues - Dalmatia (Sibenik) Postal Stationery 1944 overprinted "Nezavisna Drzrva Hrvatska" and surcharged "Kn 1 Ratni Doprinos" on Italian 30c stationery cards (1), one used from Sibenik to Zagreb, the other upgraded with additional franking for Special Delivery service, fine and rare, the former signed Raybaudi (Filigrano 4, €1,800) | $600.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4221 CROATIA Local Issues - Medimurje 1941 locally overprinted "Drzava Hrvatska Medimurje", seven stamps used on two covers from Cakovec to Zagreb, fine-v.f., with 1980 Ercegovic certificate | $1,700.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4222 EGYPT Turkish Occupation 1915 piece franked with 2pa and 4pa Ottoman adhesives, tied by bilingual "Ibin" 26.5.15 pmks, fine (Ibin was the only other Post Office to operate in the Sinai) O | $130.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4223 EGYPT Turkish Occupation 1915 picture postcard from Aleppo to El-Arish, franked with 10pa and 20pa Ottoman pictorials, tied by departure and arrival pmks, fine, uncommon usage, signed Nakri. Only a few examples of the bilingual El-Arish pmk have been recorded on cover (one of the first objectives of the Turks was to take El-Arish, the principal town in the Sinai. This was accomplished at the end of October 1914 and El-Arish remained in Ottoman control until early 1916, when the Egyptian Expeditionary Force was able to clear the Sinai Peninsula) | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4224 EGYPT Turkish Occupation 1915-16 Sinai Campaign, selection of 13 different postmarks on pieces, including Asludj, Bir ul Abid, Birin, Daika, Wadi Sherif, Wardi, etc., all identified and neatly displayed on exhibit page, fine O | $375.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4225 EPIRUS 1914 (21 Feb) registered cover from Chimarra to Athens, franked on front with 5L and 10L and on reverse with 25L Double Headed Eagle, Skull and Crossbones, each with appropriate "SP" control marks, violet seal and arrival pmk (7 Mar 14) on back, fine and rare genuine Chimarra issue on cover Catalog #2-4 | $5,500.00 Bidding Closed |
   | Lot #4226 ESTONIA Military Mail 1919 selection on exhibit pages, with six Field Postcards, various unit markings and destinations, also two covers from "American Relief Organizations", sent from Tallinn in 1921, fine | $240.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4227 ESTONIA Military Mail 1918 selection of five covers or cards, including "Feldpost" usage from Narva to Berlin, with "Stadhauptmann Narva Briefestempel" handstamp, card with "Kaiserliche Marine Reval" mark. Also two registered covers from Narva and Reval, plus a newspaper wrapper with single 3pf Ob Ost surcharge, used from Dorpat to Wenden | $350.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4228 ESTONIA Military Mail 1918 registered cover to Germany, franked with 2x20pfg on 10k dark blue, tied by "Dorpat" single line handstamp, used in combination with Postgebiet Ob.Ost 15pf Germania, tied by Riga departure cds, with framed "Gepruft" censor handstamp and signed in red ink, additional "R" in circle. Also included is another cover from the same correspondence, franked with 40pfg on 20k blue & carmine, plus a 20pf on 5k stationery card, fine and scarce properly used and correctly franked Dorpat covers and postal stationery Catalog #N1-2 | $1,700.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4229 ETHIOPIA 1936 (3 June) registered cover from Addis Abeba to Asmara franked with Eritrea adhesives with unofficial "Italia Addis Abeba" handstamps, also an unused propaganda card showing Italian troops entering the city | $150.00 Bidding Closed |
            | Lot #4230 FRANCE World War I 1916-18 collection of 33 covers or cards displayed on exhibit pages, showing German and Bavarian stamps used in Lile and St. Quentin, Belgian overprinted stamps used in Aubrives, POW cover sent from Fumay to Bavaria, Fieldpost cover from Givet to Wittenberg, covers from Haybes, Maubeuge and Vireaux-Molhain (rare), others from locations in the occupied pars of Provinces of Aisne, Ardennes and Nord, Fieldpost markings from Maubeunge, Roubaix, Valenciennes, Thiaucourt and others. In addition, there is a good selection of used Postal Stationery cards, as well as overprinted stamps on cover. A fine collection | $750.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4231 FRANCE World War I Local Issues 1914 cover franked with 10c vermilion, used from Valenciennes, 10 Oct 1914 departure datestamp, oval Chamber of Commerce cancel, Mayor of Valenciennes and "Etappen Commandatur" handstamps, filing fold away from the stamp, fine Catalog #2L1 | $280.00 Bidding Closed |
    | Lot #4232 FRANCE French Offices in China - Kwangchowan Military Mail 1900-08 selection of eight covers or cards on exhibit pages, with military and naval cachets, used from Haiphong, Quang Tscheou, Port Bayard, Kouan-Tscheu-Wan, including a registered cover to Hong Kong, fine-v.f. | $1,200.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4233 FRANCE French Forces Abroad - China 1900 (24 Dec) "Corps Expeditionnaire du Petchili" cover to Saigon, with Tresor et Postes 5 departure and "Corps Exped. Tonkin Ligne 1" transit, Saigon Cochinchine (3 Jan 01) arrival pmk on back, Le Colonel Commandant censor cachet and signature, fine usage from the North Chihli Province, where the Boxer forces provided the greatest threat | $140.00 Bidding Closed |
      | Lot #4234 FRANCE French Forces Abroad - China 1900-03 six covers or cards, with Tresor et Postes 1,2,5,6,7 markings, also stampless letter endorsed "Corps d'Occupation de Chine", sent from Tientsin to Chamberry, others "Corps Expedit.re de Chine Regiment de marche de Zouaves", with cds "Corps exp. Tonkin Ligne N.7" transit cds, plus others, mostly fine | $260.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4235 FRANCE French Forces Abroad - China 1901 (11 Feb) "Corps Expeditionnaire de Chine" official cover to the French Legation in Tokyo, canceled "Tresor et Postes Aux Armees 5 Chine", with arrival pmk, cover wear, otherwise fine. FPO No.5 was open in Tientsin from October 1900 to May 1902. This cover was not entitled to free franking, but postage due was not charged by the Japanese postal authorities | $140.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4236 FRANCE French Forces Abroad - China 1901 (5 Jan) "Chine-Armee Internationale Corps Francais" patriotic cover to France, with Tresor et Postes 5 departure and "Corps Exped. Tonkin Ligne 2" transit cds alongside, filing fold, otherwise v.f., scarce French Forces in China printed stationery entire envelope | $325.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4237 FRANCE French Forces Abroad - China 1901 (29 May) "Division Navale d'Extreme Orient" cover to France, with "Corr.D.Armee Shanghai" departure pmk at right, faint violet "Service de la Mer" cachet, transit and arrival pmks on back. (Shanghai, far removed from the turmoil in North China did not have a field post office. Mail sent by French soldiers was marked with a "Military Correspondence" pmk to indicate acceptance of free letters) | $140.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4238 FRANCE French Forces Abroad - China 1901 (4 June) native cover (opened for display), registered to Reims, franked with 5c, 10c ("Chine" overprint) and 25c Type Sage, tied by "Tresor et Postes 2" cds markings, with arrival (22 July) on back, fine cover (Tresor et Postes No.2 was open in Paotingfu from October 1900 to mid-1901) | $140.00 Bidding Closed |
   | Lot #4239 FRANCE French Forces Abroad - China 1928-34 six covers or cards, with "Troupes de l'indochine/detachment de Changhai" and "Detachement Francais de Changhai" markings, "Infanterie Coloniale Detachment Pekin Chine" cover sent "Via Siberia" through the Chinese Post Office, another "Yokohama a Marseille No.5" on French steamer to Paris, cover with "Base de Shanghai" and "Marine Francaise Service a Le Mer" cachets, another from Cruiser "Primauguet" with French Naval Forces in the Far East markings, fine | $600.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4240 FRANCE French Forces Abroad - China Naval and Maritime Mail 1900-01 card and cover to France, each with "Marine Francaise Service a la Mer" markings, the latter sent from Shanghai, with military correspondence pmk to indicate acceptance of free letters | $150.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4242 FRANCE French Forces Abroad - Thailand 1893 cover to Grenoble, endorsed "Corps Expeditionnaire du Siam", franked with 15c Indo-Chine, canceled on arrival at base post office, some toning, with arrival pmk | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4243 FRANCE French Forces Abroad - Thailand 1894 (28 Jan) cover endorsed "Chantaboun Occupation Detachment", addressed to Chief of Colonial Services in Paris, showing "Saigon Cochinch. Corps Exped." departure cds, with "Corps Exp.Tonkin" (10 Feb) transit and handstamp of the senior postal official, arrival markings on back, fine (Chantabun was occupied in 1893 by a French force of four hundred men, a step taken by France as a guarantee for the execution by Siam of undertakings entered into by the treaty of that year. The occupation, which was merely military and did not affect the civil government, lasted until January 1905, when, in accordance with the provisions of the Franco-Siamese treaty of 1904, the garrison of occupation was withdrawn) | $140.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4244 FRANCE French Forces Abroad - Thailand 1896-1904 four covers or cards to France, including mourning envelope with "Corps d'occupation de Chantaboun" handstamp, others with "Detachement du Siam" and "Poste de Pak-Nam/Siam" markings, mixed condition, all neatly described on exhibit pages | $1,300.00 Bidding Closed |
           | Lot #4245 FRENCH COLONIES French Forces in the Turkish Empire 1915-21 collection of 24 covers or cards, showing French Forces in Dardanelles, including registered and fieldpost covers, Allied Forces in Turkey in Europe/Base of Constantinople cachets, Tresor et Postes 502, established at the HQ of the Allied Orient Army, cover franked with overprinted and unoverprinted French stamps, censor markings, Fieldpost cards, Air Mail service "Armee Alliees en Orient Poste Aerienne" covers to France, with special cachets, Naval Mail, including maritime hospital cachets, French fieldpost in Western Anatolia, etc. | $750.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4246 FRENCH COLONIES French Occupation of Castellorizo 1916-21 "Occupation Francaise", four covers, one with Greek 50L, another with French Levant 1pi franking, canceled by distinct Naval cachets, two others franked with six different "O.F. Castellorizo" overprints, tied by framed departure datestamps, delivered by the gunboat "Malicieuse" to Cilicia, Censor label, various endorsements, mixed condition, fine (the French Navy led by the cruiser "Jeanne d'Arc" occupied Castelorizzo in 1915 and held it until 1921, when in the "Treaty of Sevres", the island was assigned to Italy) | $1,000.00 Bidding Closed |
          | Lot #4247 FRENCH COLONIES French Occupation of Cilicia 1919-23 collection of 15 covers or cards on exhibit pages, including "Territoires Ennemis Occupes Zone Nord (Cilicie)" corner card cachet sent by an adjutant to the French Governor of Adana, using Tresor et Postes 600A, covers with Ottoman stamps handstamped "Cilicie", registered, censored cover to Cairo, Parcel Address card from Adana to Caesarea, covers and cards from Mersine and Tarsus, "T.E.O." Cilicie overprinted stamps, Registered cover from Tarsus to USA, with small oval "Censure Tarsus" handstamp, "O.M.F." overprints, Official mail, including 1923 cover with Turkish franking, another with a red "Mission Francaise en Cilicie" cachet, sent to Scutari, Albania (unusual destination), fine and interesting collection | $950.00 Bidding Closed |
   | Lot #4248 FRENCH COLONIES French Occupation of Ile Rouad 1916-20 selection of six registered covers, various frankings and destinations, showing use of standard Levant issues, overprinted "Ile Rouad", high values, censored mail, provisional Registry markings, etc. | $1,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4249 GERMANY Semi-Postals 1945 NSKK/NSFK prepared but unissued set of two rose red, perforated and affixed on gray card together with the SS-SA set, v.f., card numbered "I", with closed tear at bottom, signed Buhler. A great rarity from Germany (The two unissued stamps were planned for May 1945 and were printed at the government printing offices in Vienna, but they were never delivered to the postal service in Berlin, due to the collapse and surrender of the German Third Reich. The stamps were to have commemorated the Motor Corps (NSKK) and the Flying Corps (NSFK). Some of these stamps were discovered by Allied forces in Vienna after the end of World War II and were destroyed. A few cartons did escape destruction, probably via the pockets of Allied soldiers returning home after the war, and they are certainly prized philatelic rarities today) P Catalog #Mi.VK Catalog Value €80,000 | $29,000.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4250 GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in Morocco Ship Mail 1891-98 Exhibit page with two postal cards, one with "Aus Westafrika" "Shiffsbrief", the other "Aus Wes Africa mit Hamburger Dampfer" markings, the former with manuscript "Mogador" origination and postmarked on arrival in Hamburg, fine | $300.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4251 GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in the Turkish Empire 1875 (3 Dec) cover to Marseille, franked with 2x20pf and 25pf, tied by "Deutsche Post Constantinople" cds, minor cover faults, with transit and arrival pmks, signed Bothe | $280.00 Bidding Closed |
              | Lot #4252 GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in China Military Mail 1900-02 collection of 28 covers or cards neatly displayed on 14 exhibit pages, showing side markings, including "Deutsches Lager Shanghai", "Postdienst Langfang", violet "I. Ostasasiat Infantere Regiment II Bataillon" handstamps, two-line "Garrison Verwaltungs Commission Yangtsun", "Deutsche Abteilung der Internat. Polizei", Naval Hospital Yokohama special datestamp, also a fieldpost letter from Tsingau (9.II.00) addressed to German Hospital Yokohama, provisional "Tschoutsun", including a registered cover "via Suez" to Wiesbaden, registered covers from Tianfu, Swatau, "Shanghai-Tientsin" Seepost, Fieldpost forerunner cancels, registered cover "K.D.Feldpostexped.des Osiatischen Expeditionscorps", Feldpost station No.2 (sent by Graf. Feldmarshall von Waldersee, the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in China), No.3 (Yangtsun), No.4 (Tongku), No.5 (Tientsin), No.6 (Fuping), No.7 (Paotingfu), No.8 (Shanhaikuan), No.9 (Peithaho), No.10 (Kaiping), "Peking Kaiserpalast", "Taku-Sudfort", "Kaiserlich Deutsche Bahnpost Peking-Taku", etc. A superb presentation, with many scarce items | $10,000.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4253 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Albania 1943 Issue, two registered covers franked with 14 different surcharges (the complete set), used locally in Tirana, scattered toning, otherwise fine-v.f. Catalog #Mi.1-14 | $425.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4254 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Albania 1944 (16 Aug) registered cover from Tirana to Milan, franked with single 5q and vertical pair of 25q, opened and resealed by German military censors, with (11.Sep) arrival pmk on back, Registry label partly torn-off, cover tears at bottom, rare commercial usage Catalog #Mi.4,7 | $3,000.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4255 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Albania 1943 (12 Nov) registered cover used locally in Tirana, franked with 3fr and 25q, with "Express" and Registry labels, backstamped on arrival, v.f. Catalog #Mi.13,14 | $950.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4256 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Albania Semi-Postals 1944 complete set of seven, used on FDC from Tirana (22.9.44) to Germany, opened and resealed by censor, with Wuppertal (29.9.44) arrival pmk on back Catalog #Mi.15-21 | $650.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4257 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Albania Postal Stationery 1944 10q stationery card to Zurich, upfranked with 15q and 30q adhesives, tied by Tirana 25.4.44 departure cds, Registry label alongside, censored, arrival Zurich (9.V.44), fine and rare usage (catalogue value for used card only) Catalog #Mi.P2 Catalog Value €1,750 | $4,750.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4258 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Albania Postal Stationery 1944 5q stationery card to Sarajevo, canceled "Prizren" (12.4.44), additionally franked with 11 different surcharges and three postage dues on reverse, fine and scarce usage from present day Kosovo, with arrival pmk (15.IV.44) Catalog #Mi.P1 | $950.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4259 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Albania Postal Stationery 1944 10q double stationery reply card to Struga, inquiry portion upfranked with 65q adhesive, canceled Tirana (27.8.44), minor corner wrinkle, fine and rare usage from present-day Macedonia, with 1996 Krischke certificate Catalog #Mi.P6 | $1,000.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4260 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Brac 1944 Brac overprints and surcharges on stamps of Yugoslavia, the complete set of six, tied by Nerezisce 15.V.44 cds on cover addressed to Ljubuski, Herzegovina, filing folds between stamps, backflap mostly missing, fine cover, signed Ludin, with his 1969 certificate. A rarity (Nerezisca is a village and a municipality on the island of Brac in Croatia) Catalog #Mi.I-VI Catalog Value €4,000 | $3,500.00 Bidding Closed |
   | Lot #4261 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Denmark 1941-45 selection of 6 covers or cards, including "Reichs Representive in Denmark" official cover sent by diplomatic pouch to Berlin, cover with Naval Quartermaster's Payment office cachet; cover from the German Police, with the complete cachet, sent through Danish Post Office, covers with Danish National Socialist Party labels and cachets | $625.00 Bidding Closed |
           | Lot #4262 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France 1941-45 collection of 23 covers or cards on exhibit pages, showing various markings from German re-annexed Alsace-Lorraine, mail from Vichy France, one with "Delegation Generale du Gouvernement Francais dans les Territoires Occupes", mail from Alpes Maritime, censored mail, registered covers from St. Nazaire, including two stationery entire envelopes "ILOT de St-Nazaire", others with 40c and 2fr Ship franking, plus two covers from Dunkerque, with type II handstamps, fine and representative collection of German Occupied France | $700.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4263 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Dunkirk 1940 25c green, vertical pair overprinted Type I, used with unoverprinted pair of 25c on cover from Ghyveide to Dunkirk, with arrival pmk on back, signed Pierre Mayer and Krischke, Catalog #Mi.11/I Catalog Value €1,000 | $230.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4264 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Dunkirk 1940 25c green, upper right sheet corner margin block of four, overprinted Type I (inverted) in the middle, used on cover from Ghyveide to Dunkirk, with arrival pmk on back, signed Roumet, Tust, etc., Catalog #Mi.11/IK Catalog Value €1,200 | $375.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4265 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Dunkirk 1940 25c green, block of four, overprinted Type I (catalogued as two vertical pairs), used on cover from Dunkirk to Bergues, with arrival pmk on back, fine, Catalog #Mi.11/IK Catalog Value €1,700 | $230.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4266 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Dunkirk 1940 50c rose, vertical and horizontal pairs, each overprinted Type I, used on covers from Dunkirk to Arneke and from Saint Paul sur Mer to Dunkirk, with arrival pmks, one with small marginal tear, otherwise fine-v.f. variety "Besetztes Gebiet Nord Frankreich" split to sides, used on cover from Zeggers-Cappel to Vichy, fine and unusual variety on cover (catalogued as the normal stamp on cover) Catalog #Mi.2 I Catalog Value €1,600 | $250.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4267 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Dunkirk 1940 1fr green, overprinted Type I, variety "Besetztes Gebiet Nord frankreich" split to sides, used on cover from Zeggers-Cappel to Vichy, fine and unusual variety on cover (catalogued as the normal stamp on cover) Catalog #Mi.20/I,var Catalog Value €1,500 | $240.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4268 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Festung Lorient 1945 Mercury Head, 10c ultramarine, 30c red, 40c gray violet and 50c greenish blue, four different, each canceled on piece by "Festung Lorient Zensur 10 Marz 1945" datestamp, pencil signed on back, minor perf. toning, otherwise fine-v.f., O Catalog #Mi.1-4 Catalog Value €3,700 | $700.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4269 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Festung Lorient 1945 30c red used on 1.20fr Petain stationery card, both overprinted "Festung Lorient", canceled by violet Censor cachet, 20 Apr 1945 datestamp, addressed to St. Nazaire, with La Baule (4.5.45) arrival cds alongside, message on reverse completely obliterated by violet ink (censor), v.f., rare usage from German held Lorient Fortress, signed Pickenpack, also Tust, with his 1990 certificate (this card is illustrated in Michel "Ganzachen Deutschland" 2021-22 edition) (catalogue value for Mi.P2 only) Catalog #Mi.2, P2 Catalog Value €2,500 | $750.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4270 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Festung Lorient 1945 (22 Apr) cover franked with single 50c Mercury, used with unoverprinted strip of three, tied by Le Palais Morbihan cds to La Baule, with censor markings on both sides, backstamped on arrival (30.4.45), addressee's name blacked out, some tape reinforcements at top, fine, signed Pickenpack, with his 1964 certificate ("with additional franking very rare"), Catalog #Mi.4 Catalog Value €1,000 | $260.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4271 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Festung Lorient 1945 Petain, 60c violet, 70c orange and 80c green, three different, each canceled on piece by "Festung Lorient Zensur" 10 Marz 1945 datestamp, pencil signed on back, first one with faint toning away from the stamp, fine-v.f., O Catalog #Mi.5-7 Catalog Value €4,200 | $900.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4272 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Festung Lorient 1945 Petain, 1fr rose, 1.20fr red brown, two different, each canceled on piece by "Festung Lorient Zensur" 10 Marz 1945 datestamp, pencil signed on back, minor perf. toning, otherwise v.f., O Catalog #Mi.8,9 Catalog Value €3,100 | $700.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4273 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Festung Lorient 1945 Petain, 1,50fr red brown, 2fr green, 4fr ultramarine, three different, each canceled on piece by "Festung Lorient Zensur" 10 Marz 1945 datestamp, pencil signed on back, minor perf. toning, otherwise v.f., O Catalog #Mi.10-12 Catalog Value €4,000 | $950.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4274 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Festung Lorient 1945 1.50fr Petain overprinted "Festung Lorient", canceled by violet Censor cachet, 5 Feb 1945 datestamp, addressed to La Baule (St. Nazaire), filing fold away from the stamp, v.f., Catalog #Mi.10 Catalog Value €1,000 | $300.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4275 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Festung Lorient 1945 Coat of Arms (Flanders), 5fr black & orange, canceled on piece by "Festung Lorient Zensur" 10 Marz 1945 datestamp, pencil signed on back, minor toning, otherwise v.f., only 75 printed, O Catalog #Mi.14 Catalog Value €6,000 | $900.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4276 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Festung Lorient 1945 5fr gray black (AMG stamp for France Arch of Triumph) overprinted "Festung Lorient", canceled by "Le Palais Morbihan" (5.3.45), with a violet Censor cachet, 13 Mar 1945 datestamp, addressed to La Baule (St. Nazaire), with arrival pmk (19.3.45) on back, v.f., signed Roger North, Pickenpack and Tust, with their 1974 and 1981 certificates. Only 30 (!) stamps overprinted, extremely rare on cover, Catalog #Mi.15 Catalog Value €16,000 | $4,750.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4277 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Festung Lorient 1945 2fr+4fr carmine brown (Colbert), stamp and sheet margin overprinted "Festung Lorient", tied by violet Censor 20 Apr 1945 datestamp, addressed to La Baule (St. Nazaire), with arrival pmk (30.4.45), taxed "T", red "Republique Francaise 1.oo" charged, v.f., signed Tust. Only 15 (!) stamps overprinted, extremely rare on cover, Catalog #Mi.20 Catalog Value €14,000 | $3,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4278 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Festung Lorient 1945 4fr ultramarine (AMG stamp for France Arch of Triumph), canceled on piece by "Festung Lorient Zensur" 10 Marz 1945 datestamp, fine and rare stamp, only 25 (!) issued, signed Tust, BPP, O Catalog #Mi.A12 Catalog Value €12,000 | $2,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4279 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Festung Lorient 1945 10fr orange (AMG stamp for France Arch of Triumph) overprinted "Festung Lorient", canceled on piece by a violet Censor cachet, 10 Mar 1945 datestamp, faint toning, otherwise fine, signed Dr.Schmitt, also Tust, with his 1990 certificate. Only 4 (!) stamps overprinted, O Catalog #Mi.A15 Catalog Value €20,000 | $8,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4280 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Festung Lorient 1945 1.20fr+2.80fr gray black (Pascal), sheet margin example, used together with 80c Petain, each overprinted "Festung Lorient", on cover to La Baule (St.Nazaire), stamps tied by violet Censor and 20 Apr 1945 datestamps, with arrival pmk (30.4.45), taxed "T", red "Republique Francaise 1.oo" charged, v.f., signed Tust. A rarity, only 15 (!) stamps overprinted, extremely rare on cover, Catalog #Mi.A17 Catalog Value €14,000 | $3,750.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4281 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Festung Lorient 1945 Petain, 4.50fr green, two different, each canceled on piece by "Festung Lorient Zensur" 19 Marz 1945 and 10 Marz 1945 datestamps, the former with red overprint, pencil signed on back, faint toning away from the stamps, v.f., rare, O Catalog #Mi.B12a,B13 Catalog Value €11,500 | $4,250.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4282 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES St. Nazaire 1940 cover franked with 1fr red, left sheet margin single, tied by a red "Best. Geb.Wesb." (swastikas on the sides) (Occupied Territory West) handstamp, addressed to a Dr.Helm, Dunkirk (O.T.-Revier), handstamped "Kurier Nr.120" and Fieldpost handstamp, with framed "Org. Todt" hs on back, v.f., rare cover, signed Beaudois, also Tust BPP, with his 1980 certificate (Organisation Todt (OT) was a civil and military engineering organization in Germany from 1933-45, named for its founder, Fritz Todt, an engineer and senior member of the Nazi Party. This conglomerate was responsible for a huge range of engineering projects in Germany and in occupied territories from France to the Soviet Union. The organization was notorious for using forced labor and from 1943, they administered all constructions of concentration camps). A rare cover, Mi. €13,000 | $6,250.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4283 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES St. Nazaire 1945 Ship, 50c and 1fr, imperforate "Chambre de Commerce de Saint-Nazaire" proof sheetlets on watermarked paper, fine-v.f., very rare, P Catalog #Mi.1Sb-2Sb II Catalog Value €12,000 | $4,500.00 Bidding Closed |
   | Lot #4284 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of the Channel Islands 1940 with the Fall of France, German forces took St. Malo on 22 June and Britain decided that defending the islands was impracticable. Jersey was demilitarized, British troops withdrew, but on28th June, German aircraft machine-gunned the island and dropped bombs, killing ten civilians. On July 1st, a warplane dropped copies of a two-page letter to the "Chief of the Military and civil offices on Jersey (St. Hellier)", an ultimatum demanding that white flags be flown and white crosses be painted on the ground. An envelope addressed to the Governor of the Island of Jersey, with the ultimatum letter, signed by the Commanding General of the German Air Force in Normandy, rare historical document | $1,400.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4285 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of the Channel Islands 1940 King George VI 1937 definitives, set of 13, also 1940 Centenary set of five, plus the so-called "Bigwood Essay", the complete set of 19, with the swastika stamped over the head of the King, n.h., mostly v.f. (1/2p with a tiny corner perf. irregularity), fine-v.f., with 1998 Michael Wieneke certificate (in July 1940, the German commandant for Jersey, ordered Messrs. Bigwoods, the official State printers to prepare a metal casting inscribed "Jersey 1940" and depicting a swastika. This device was used to overprint 60 copies each of the regular definitives 1/2p-1sh, 40 each of the Centenary stamps, except for the 1p value, which was unavailable. Bigwood overprinted a new 1p imperf. stamp ("the Bigwood essay") to fill in. The Bailiff of Jersey objected and the decision was eventually made not to issue the amended set, as it was feared that this would offend Jersey's inhabitants and make it more difficult for the German forces to prevail over them. Most of the prepared stamps were destroyed and only four (!) sets survived. One was purchased in auction for the Jersey Postal Museum in 1974, another is in the archives of the "Jersey Evening Post", leaving only two in private hands) ** | $40,000.00 Bidding Closed |
      | Lot #4286 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of the Channel Islands 1940-41 collection of 15 covers or cards, Guernsey, used locally, franked with unoverprinted British adhesives, bisected George V 2p orange, diagonal halves of 2d Centenary stamps, issued Coat of Arms stamps, Jersey Landscapes on registered covers, German Feldpost covers to France, those with German franking, violet "Bei der Feldpost Eingeliefert" handstamp, etc. | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4287 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Kotor 1944 surcharges, complete set of six, used on locally addressed "Hercegnovi 10.II.44" cds, "Expres" label below, folded between stamps, fine-v.f., Catalog #Mi.1-6 Catalog Value €800 | $425.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4288 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Kotor 1944 (7 Aug) registered cover to Zagreb, franked with 1.50L on 50c violet (two singles and strip of three), tied by Kotor departure pmks, Registered label and censor markings "Platz Kommandatur Cattaro", another "Prufungstelle in Cattaro" and Zagreb arrival pmk on back, minor filing fold through one of the stamps, otherwise fine and rare Catalog #Mi.3 | $280.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4289 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Kotor 1944 unissued Pictorials, set of six, n.h., v.f., signed Sieger, ** Catalog #Mi.I-VI Catalog Value €5,400 | $4,250.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4290 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Kotor Postal Stationery 1944 Italian stationery cards 30c and 75c, overprinted and surcharged for Kotor, canceled "Baosic" and "Josica", v.f. (Michel unpriced used) Catalog #Mi.P1-2 | $230.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4291 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Laibach 1944 issue, the complete set of 12, used on registered, locally addressed Ljubljana cover, with 2.VIII.44 pmks, registry label, handstamped "Predano pri okenou" (handed at window) handstamp, v.f., with 1992 Krischke certificate ("this issue used is very rare") (catalogued as used off cover) Catalog #Mi.33-44 Catalog Value €6,000 | $1,800.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4292 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Laibach Air Post 1944 Issue, complete set of eight used on registered, Special Delivery cover from Ljubljana to Switzerland, Laibach (12.VII.44) pmk on back, also military censor label and cachet, Luzerne (10.VIII.44) arrival, v.f., Catalog #Mi.21-28 Catalog Value €1,800 | $650.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4293 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Laibach Postal Stationery 1944-45 four different Italian stationery cards and lettersheet, surcharged and overprinted in Laibach, used from Grosslupp, Laibach and Jeschza, one registered, fine and scarce group, Catalog #Mi.K1,P2II,3-4 Catalog Value €1,000 | $350.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4294 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Lithuania 1941 Vilnius overprints, complete set of nine, used on locally addressed Registered cover, with arrival pmk, v.f., signed Zierer, with his 1966 certificate, Catalog #Mi.10-18 Catalog Value €1,500 | $625.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4295 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Montenegro 1943 overprints, 25c-5L set of five, canceled by Cetinje 14.12.43 pmks on large, locally used registered cover, v.f., with 1986 Krischke certificate (catalogued as used off cover) Catalog #Mi.10-14 Catalog Value €3,000 | $3,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4296 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Montenegro 1944 overprints, complete set of nine, canceled by Cetinje 26.V.44 pmks on locally used registered cover, v.f., with 1986 Krischke certificate ("genuine used, these stamps are rare") Catalog #Mi.20-28 Catalog Value €2,400 | $1,200.00 Bidding Closed |
      | Lot #4297 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Norway 1941-45 selection of 11 covers, including "Der Reichskommissar fur die Besetzen Norwegischen-Gebiete Dienstelle Stavanger" (Reichs commissioner for occupied Norway in Stavanger) official cover sent free of charge, others from Bergen, Kristiansand, Narvik, Tromso, Drontheim and Oslo, including one with "Organisation Todt Einsatzgruppe Viking", censored mail to Denmark, cover with Norwegian Legion stamp, etc. A fine group displayed on exhibit pages | $300.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4298 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Russia - Pleskau 1941 20k on 1pf Hindenburg, red and black surcharges, used in combination with surcharges on 5k, 10k and 15k on 20k/20k stationery card, canceled 10.9.41 Pskov, addressed locally, minor tone spots, otherwise v.f., with 1993 Krischke certificate, Catalog #Mi.1a,b,4-6,P5 Catalog Value €1,970 | $650.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4299 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Russia - Pleskau 1941 20k on 10k stationery card, additionally franked with 60k on 20k, 60k on 30k, tied by Pskov (27.9.41) pmks, Registered and addressed locally, v.f. Catalog #Mi.7,8 | $230.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4300 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Russia - Pleskau 1942 Red Cross imperforate souvenir sheet of four, canceled by Pskov 12.3.42 pmk on back of registered cover, addressed locally, minor wrinkles, v.f. (catalogued as the least expensive variety) Catalog #Mi.Block 2 Catalog Value €1,500 | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4301 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Russia - Pleskau Postal Stationery 1941 10k red, 20k green, stationery cards overprinted PLESKAU in violet, canceled by Russian "Pskov" 7.8.41 pmks, addressed locally, v.f., rare | $1,100.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4302 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Serbia 1941 (1 May) cover used locally in Pancevo, franked with six Yugoslavia adhesives (1.50d King Peter II and five Postage Dues), each handstamped "Post Pantschowa" with swastika in violet, tied by bilingual "Panchevo/Pancevo" cds, v.f., signed Jbar, also Mirko Verner, with his 1974 certificate ("these handstamps were prepared in anticipation of the occupation by the German minority in Pancevo. Only 6 such covers have been recorded") | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4303 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Serbia 1941 (8 May) cover franked with single Yugoslavia 1.50d King Peter II, used together with horizontal pair of 0.25f handstamped with large "Post Pantschowa" in circle, all tied by bilingual "Panchevo/Pancevo" cds, addressed to Scervenka, cover mending on reverse, otherwise fine and rare usage of this provisional handstamp, with 1987 Novakovic certificate | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4304 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Serbia 1941 "Serbien" overprints, 0.25d-30d complete set of 15, used on four registered covers, mostly fine-v.f. (catalogued as used off cover) Catalog #Mi.1-15 Catalog Value €2,000 | $375.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4305 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Serbia 1944 Prepared but not issued, 4d magenta (Obradovic) and 12d gray blue (Vuk Karadzic), imperforate (engraved) die proofs on wove paper, v.f. E | $7,000.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4306 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Serbia Semi-Postals 1941 Semendria perf. and imperf. souvenir sheets used locally in Belgrade, each with additional "Serbien" definitives on registered, censored covers with 27.XI.41 departure pmks, backstamped the same day, some toning, otherwise fine and extremely rare, with 1998 Krischke certificates, Catalog #Mi.Block 1-2 Catalog Value €2,000 | $1,600.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4307 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Serbia Semi-Postals 1944 Prepared but not issued, imperforate sheetlet of 16, unused, printed without gum, v.f., rare, (*)Catalog #Mi.I-IVB Catalog Value €16,000 | $10,000.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4308 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Serbia Air Post 1941 "Serbien" overprints on Air Post stamps, 0.50d-50d complete set of 10, tied by bilingual Nish (30.VI.43) pmks on cover addressed to Germany, censor handstamps and label at left, v.f., Catalog #Mi.16-25 Catalog Value €4,500 | $1,000.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4309 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Serbia Air Post 1941 "Serbien" overprints and surcharges on Air Post stamps, 1d-12d complete set of five, used on three registered covers locally addressed in Belgrade, with bilingual departure, Registry labels, censor markings and labels, v.f., with three parcel receipts, Krischke 1996 (photocopy) and 2000 certificates ("sehr selten") Catalog #Mi.26-30 Catalog Value €5,000 | $2,200.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4310 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Serbia Postal Stationery 1944 2d green (Vuk Karadzic) stationery card canceled by bilingual "Sahile" (8 Aug 1944) cds, addressed to Baranda, with arrival (11 Aug) pmk alongside, violet censor handstamp, v.f., with 1995 Krstic certificate. A rare stationery card issued late in the war, with very limited use, Catalog #Mi.P6 Catalog Value €1,000 | $150.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4311 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Ukraine Postal Stationery 1943 5pf and 6pf reply card overprinted "Ukraine", the latte inquiry and reply portions of reply cards, used from Werchne-Dnjeprowsk, Luck, Rowno and Pinsk, rare, Catalog #Mi.P1,P3F,A Catalog Value €3,000 | $700.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4312 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Alexanderstadt 1942 1.50r on 30k dark blue, canceled 14.5.42 on window-envelope addressed to Berehove, straight-line Alexanderstadt departure handstamp, fine, Catalog #Mi. 7 III Catalog Value €1,200 | $500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4313 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Sarny 1941 3.00 Krb black on gray, Type IV, position 18, used on registered cover from Dabrowica (11.11.41) to Sarny, with arrival pmk (12.11.41) on back, filing fold away from the stamps, fine and rare commercially used cover, with 1998 Krischke certificate, Catalog #Mi.6 Catalog Value €4,500 | $3,000.00 Bidding Closed |
      | Lot #4314 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES South Ukraine 1944 Issue, the complete set of seven, plus additional shade (Dolinska), used on individual registered covers, registered, mostly in combination with Hitler stamps overprinted "Ukraine", paying proper 42pf rates to Brest-Litowsk, Nikolayev, one to Passau, paying 12pf rate, another without the Hitler stamps, each with "Deutsche Dienstpost Ukraine" markings, violet "Der Gebietskommisar" cachets for Kriwoj Rog, Nowo-Mirgorod, Kamenka, Golowanewsk, Cherson, Bobrinez and Dolinska, fine-v.f., extremely rare set on covers, with five 1993 Krischke certificates, Catalog #Mi.1-7 Catalog Value €12,500 | $9,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4315 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Luboml 1944 Issue, set of four, canceled on cover by violet "Der Gebietskommissar Luboml" and swastika handstamps, fine-v.f., Catalog #Mi.8-11 Catalog Value €900 | $850.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4316 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Wladimir-Wolynsk 1944 Issue, set of four, canceled on locally addressed cover by violet "Der Gebietskommissar Wladimir Wolynsk" and swastika handstamps, fine-v.f., Catalog #Mi.12-15 Catalog Value €900 | $850.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4317 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Gorochow 1944 12+28pf Map of the District, tied by "Der Gebietskommissar in Gorochow" handstamp on registered cover to Bialystok, used in combination with 12pf and 30pf Hitler stamps (the latter overprinted "Ukraine"), tied by Bialystok 3.7.44 pmks, with corresponding Registry label, tied by "Reichskommissar fur die Ukraine" datestamp applied on arrival, cover tears and folds away from the stamps, rare usage, signed Keiler. Only 192 stamps issued, few recorded on cover, Catalog #M9.16A Catalog Value €12,000 | $8,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4318 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Gorochow 1944 Issues, three different sets of four, used on three covers, two in combination with Hitler stamps overprinted "Ukraine", canceled "Brest Litowsk", fine-v.f., Catalog #Mi.17-28 Catalog Value €2,100 | $2,500.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4320 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Zante 1943 registered cover from Zakynthos to Athens, franked with 25c green (red overprint) and strip of 3x50c violet (black overprint), tied by cds, Athens (18 Nov 1943) arrival pmk on back, minor cover tears and flaws, otherwise fine, rare usage, with 1957 BPA certificate Catalog #Mi.1,2 | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4321 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Zante 1943 10c brown, handstamped "ELLAS" in red and in black, unused, partly adhered on exhibit page, also Italian "Isole Jonie" stationery card, invalidated and franked with 25c green and 50c lilac, red and black handstamps of each, canceled "Zakynthos", fine *Catalog #Mi.I/I-II,1-2 I,II | $350.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4322 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Zante Postal Stationery 1943 30c Ionian Islands stationery card with "ELLAS" handstamp in black, unused, v.f., signed Ludin, etc. | $140.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4323 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Zara 1943 three covers franked with a total of 23 different stamps, various types, one with "Besetzuag" error (2000 Carraro certificate), used locally, one with a Registry label, fine-v.f. | $350.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4324 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Zara 1943 large registered cover franked with 29 different stamps, 5c-10 Lire, with Propaganda stamps (50c 1-4), Air Post, Special Delivery overprinted Types I, II or III, canceled by Zara Succ.Barcagno 19.11.43 pmks, Registry label alongside, fine-v.f., each stamp signed (on the inside of the cover) by Krischke (catalogued as used) Catalog #1/31 Catalog Value €6,500 | $3,000.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4325 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Zara 1943 20c red, overprinted "Zara" between bars, n.h., v.f., signed, ** Catalog #Mi.I Catalog Value €7,000 | $4,250.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4326 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Zara Postage Dues 1943 5c-5L mostly type I (5c, 50c and 2L type II), complete set of 11, tied on registered, locally addressed cover by "Zara Arrivi e Partenze" 17.10.43 pmks, with next day arrival pmk, some scattered tone spots, otherwise v.f., with 1995 Krischke certificate, Catalog #Mi.P1-11 Catalog Value €7,500 | $2,100.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4327 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Zara Postal Stationery 1943 30c brown, stationery postcard overprinted "Zara" (first type), additionally franked with four different stamps, tied by 11.12.43 pmks, addressed to Trieste, little hinge adhesions, fine | $325.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4328 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Zara Postal Stationery 1943 30c brown, stationery postcard overprinted "Zara" between bars, additionally franked with 2L Air Post, tied by departure pmks, addressed to Rome, v.f., signed Diena, etc., rare used, Catalog #Mi.P2 Catalog Value €2,500 | $1,100.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4329 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German WWII Fieldpost - Tunis 1945 Palm Tree adhesive, canceled on complete front of a parcel addressed to Berlin, endorsed "Feldpost" and used in combination with 20pf Hitler stamp, both tied by appropriate violet handstamp, with Fieldpost cancel alongside, signed Richter, rare (the so-called Africa Corps stamps permitted soldiers to send parcels home upon payment of 20pf postage), Catalog #Mi.5a Catalog Value €7,000 | $1,200.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4330 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German WWII Fieldpost - U-Boat "Hela" 1945 cover franked with the U-Boat adhesive, canceled Feldpost 03.4.45, addressed to Hamburg, with violet "Briefstempel Offentliche Feldpost Nummer 18305 D", showing return address of "Feldw. Kurt Hinnrichs M/18 305 P Marinepoststampt Berlin", minor cover tears and folds, still fine and extremely rare usage (in early 1945, the German 31st Infantry Division was trapped on the Hel Peninsula, a heavily fortified 35-km long sand bar peninsula off of Gdansk, Poland. In March 1945, the Hela U-Boat stamp was printed by the Division's mapping unit, intended for use on mail transported by U-boats supplying the Germans. Since conventional naval traffic never ceased, the stampd were not used as intended, but are sometimes found used on surface mail), Catalog #Mi.13 Catalog Value €15,000 | $4,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4331 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German WWII Fieldpost - Kuban 1943 (during the German retreat from the Caucasus, special permission stamps were issued allowing soldiers in the Kuban to mail one 1kg package per month upon payment of 20pf postage). A type III label, affixed together with 20pf Hitler stamp and tied by violet "Bei der Feldpost Eingeliefert" markings on a complete parcel front addressed to Gera, fine, extremely rare, Catalog #Mi.14 IIII Catalog Value €22,000 | $6,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4332 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German WWII Fieldpost - Crimea 1943 (During the German retreat from Crimea, special permission stamps were issued allowing soldiers in the Crimean Peninsula to mail parcels home upon payment of 20pf postage). A Type II perforated adhesive. affixed together with 20pf Hitler stamp, tied by boxed red "Bei der Feldpost Eingeliefert" handstamp on a complete parcel front addressed to Thale-Harz., fine, signed Pickenpack, Catalog #Mi.15 II Catalog Value €9,000 | $4,500.00 Bidding Closed |
                   | Lot #4333 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Propaganda - "V for "Viktoria" Campaign 1941-42 collection of 40+ covers or cards, mostly on exhibit pages, with extensive showing of labels and "V" motif slogan cancelations, including Feldpost usages, origins include Austria, Bohemia & Moravia, Poland, Norway, including a "V" label canceled on cover to Dresden, also Netherlands and Luxembourg, Belgium and Serbia, mixed condition, some rare items included (The "V for Viktoria" German campaign was in direct response to Churchill's "V for Victory" effort to boost the morale among the Allies as well as in the German occupied countries) | $2,400.00 Bidding Closed |
                | Lot #4334 GREAT BRITAIN Military Mail 1919 single frame (16 pages) exhibit entitled "The British Main Line Military Railway Post Office in Europe in 1919", showing 25 covers or cards (plus two photographs), all examples of mail from the British APOs transported by the BEF trains from soldiers in the Rhineland area of Germany, arriving in Boulogne, making stops at Duren, Namur, Charleroi, Valenciennes, Lille and Calais. There were Postal Markings involved, but many indicated "UP" or "DOWN" depending if the train was travelling East or West. A fine insight into this little known aspect of WWI British military Postal History | $1,000.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4335 GREAT BRITAIN Channel Islands - Guernsey 1918 (2 Feb) picture postcard (Jersey Court House) to France, datelined "Guernsey Service Aerienne", with "Escadrille D'Aviation Maritime de Guernsey" cachet, v.f. (primarily for the purpose of anti-submarine warfare, the British authorities allowed the French to establish a Seaplane base on Guernsey. It was short lived and modest operation) | $525.00 Bidding Closed |
     | Lot #4336 GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in the Turkish Empire 1919-20 selection of 13 covers or cards on exhibit pages, various Field Post Office markings, including FPO 83, 84, 85, Army Post Office Y, Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4 and Field Post Office H.12, D.28, used from Bostanji, Galata, various censor markings, different destinations, fine and interesting group | $2,700.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4337 GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in the Turkish Empire Military Mail 1920 (7 July) Army Post Office TPO1, "On Service Abroad" cover to England, roughly opened at top, fine. (To carry mail for British Occupation troops after the end of WWI, a traveling post office was placed in operation between Haidar-Pasha and Konia, later extended to Eskishehr and Afion Kirahissar, intended to serve scattered detachments and small parties of officers stationed in the hinterland of Western Anatolia) | $140.00 Bidding Closed |
      | Lot #4338 GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in China Military Mail 1927-39 nine covers with British or Chinese franking, showing usage from Field Post Office 1, YMCA Shanghai Defense Force corner card cachet, Registered "Field P.O." label, with "1" inserted by hand, "A.P.O.1" and "Army P.O.1" Registry labels on covers used in 1928 and 1939 from China to Scotland, cover from "Accounting Officer Yangtse Flotilla" at the Royal Navy Office in Hankow, 1938 "Royal Naval Mail Office Shanghai" covers, etc., fine | $750.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4339 GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in China Military Mail 1928 Shanghai Defense Force, two postcards sent by members traveling on board "H.M.T. City of Marseilles" to China, one from Lata, the other from Suez, each with British franking canceled "Field Post Office 5" (Ted Proud listed as "not seen"), fine examples of "En Route Mail" | $1,000.00 Bidding Closed |
   | Lot #4340 GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Anatolia - Cilicia 1919 five covers, cards, parcel cards with E.E.F. franking, used from Adana, Mersine and Tarsus, used locally or to to Italy and USA, one with "Controle Postal Militaire Mersina/Cilicie" censor hs, mixed condition, scarce group of mail from Cilicia franked with E.E.F. stamps | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4341 GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Anatolia - Cilicia Military Mail 1919 (21 Feb) registered cover franked with seven different EEF stamps, tied by Army Post Office SZ50 cds, addressed to a Major Beaumont in Cairo, additional departure pmk on back, along with Field Post Office and Army Post Office SZ10 arrival markings, cover severed between stamps, restored, fine appearance. Examples from British Army Post Office SZ50 are very elusive, having been replaced by Indian FPOs early in 1919 | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4342 GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Anatolia - Cilicia Military Mail 1919 four covers or cards, showing Field Post Office markings, including FPO C13, FPO 310, FPO 7 and FPO 97, used to England or Egypt, one with British and I.E.F. franking, the latter registered and censored, fine | $900.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4343 GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Greece 1923 (16 Aug) cover to England, with "Ministry of Marine British Naval Mission Athens" corner cachet, four Greek adhesives tied by Athens departure pmks, violet Marine Ministry cachet at bottom, rare usage from a member of a British Naval Mission sent to aid the Greeks in their conflict with the Turks in Asia Minor | $140.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4344 GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Greece Military Mail 1917 (23 Sep) cover from Imbros in the Aegean, sent through the British censor office on Lemnos to the addressee in Zaqaziq, Egypt, with 1d British stamp canceled by "Base APO Z" at Alexandria and turned over to the civilian post office there on the following day, with arrival pmk, minor cover flaws on back, very unusual usage | $425.00 Bidding Closed |
      | Lot #4345 GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Italy 1918-20 collection of 13 covers and cards neatly described on exhibit pages, variety of Army Post Office markings, including APO L.1,L.2, L.3 (servicing Arquata, Tortona and Genova), Naval Balloon Station (Brindisi), Naval Transport Office/Spezia, Genoa, Trieste, Venezia, Civitavecchia, also Field Post Office F.D.1, variety of censor cachets, British Red Cross Order of St. John, On Active Service, Naval Transport Office and other markings, splendid representation (at the time of the Armistice, the British Army had three divisions on the Italian Front. Most of those troops were demobilized, but some remained in Italy to complete various military activities) | $700.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4346 GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Lebanon 1919 registered cover to Cairo, franked with the complete set of 11 EEF stamps, tied by Beyrouth departure cds, "R" and "Recommande" handstamps, British and French Censor markings, Cairo arrival pmk on back, attractive cover | $240.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4347 GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Lebanon 1919 two covers with EEF franking, one from Tripoli to USA, the other from Beyrouth, registered to Switzerland, each with French censor markings, some wrinkles, otherwise fine | $250.00 Bidding Closed |
   | Lot #4348 GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Lebanon Military Mail 1918-19 five covers or cards from British forces operating in Lebanon, markings include "Field Post Office H21", "Army Post Office SZ8" (Beirut) and "Army Post Office SZ9" (Tripoli), including registered letter to Cairo, censor markings, all written-up on exhibit pages, fine and scarce group of British Military mail from Lebanon | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4349 GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Romania 1919 (26 Sep) picture postcard (of the port), mailed from Galatz, endorsed "On Active Service" to London, sent by a seaman off "H.M.S. Senator", via Naval pouch to London, "Received from HM Ship No Charge to be Raised" handstamp | $140.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4350 GREAT BRITAIN British Forces in Romania 1919 cover and card, the latter inbound from Greece to a Lieutenant in the British Military Mission in Bucharest, with special negative seal, the former is a cover with the official cachet of the mission, bold "British Military Mission in Roumania" cachet, War Office and censor cachet, fine-v.f. | $575.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4351 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ADEN Military Mail 1920 (1 Feb) free-frank cover to India, with bold F.P.O. No.330 pmk, fine and rare (because of the Arab uprising against the Turks in Hejaz, Yemen was not considered to be important enough to warrant attention of the Allies during the war. However, in 1919-20, a small contingent of Indian troops was there pending the selection of the new ruler) | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4352 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ADEN Military Mail 1920 (20 Oct) picture postcard from Hodeida to Scotland, short message "Don't know how long we will be here, will write soon", censored by officer at bottom, bold F.P.O. No.330 pmk, fine and very rare, only a few pieces of mail from this Field Post Office have been recorded, this one being the latest recorded date | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4353 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ADEN Military Mail 1920 (15 Oct) large envelope endorsed "OFS" (On Field Service), addressed to London, with "FPO 324" dated pmk and violet "Orderly Room Yemen Infantry" hs alongside, filing folds and toning, otherwise fine. This is probably the only recorded military mail from the 1st Yemen Infantry (likely in Sanaa, which did not have its own field post office), sent through FPO 324, located at Sheikh Othman in the Aden Protectorate | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4354 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA 1900 (Apt 9) cover from Woolwich, England, addressed to a Private E. Lincoln, with Yukon Field Force Fort Selkirk, Yukon, Canada, faint arrival pmk "Pelly P.O." (which served Fort Selkirk), minor backflap tears, otherwise fine (The Yukon Field Force was a unit of 203 officers and men from the Permanent Force of the Canadian Militia that served in the Yukon between 1898 and 1900. The force was created in response to fears that the United States might attempt to seize the region in the wake of the Klondike Gold Rush) | $850.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4355 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRAQ 1917 (12 May) cover (opened for display) sent from Aviation Company attached to the 6th Army at "Kut-Ul-Amarra", Red Cross cachet and Istanbul (8 June) arrival pmk on back, fine and rare | $3,500.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4356 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1900-18 Ottoman Administration, cover and nine pieces, written-up on two exhibit pages, showing pmks of Adjiloun, Amman (Salt), Kerek, Maan, Madia, Salt, Tafile and Mohan, representing all seven different locations in Transjordan, fine and extremely rare group O | $2,300.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4357 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1921 (June) registered cover to Switzerland, franked with four overprinted EEF stamps, tied by negative Amman pmks, with the very elusive Registry label below, Jerusalem transit and Bern arrival pmks on back | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4358 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1921 (Jan) two covers from Salt to Jerusalem, one franked with 2pi olive, showing arrival pmk below, the other with three pairs of E.E.F. 1pi dark blue overprinted in silver, with arrival pmk on back, fine-v.f. | $525.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4359 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN Military Mail 1918 (6 Sep) Ottoman 20pa stationery entire envelope additionally franked with pair of 20pa adhesives, tied by FPO 43 dated "6/9/1334" (Crescent & Star in the middle) cancel of the 8th Army Corps located at Salt, sent by an officer to the 53rd division, 163rd regiment, FPO 72 in the Jaffa area, backstamped on arrival, overall toning, signed Nakri, with his 1999 certificate ("This is the only recorded item with FPO 43 cancelation used from Jordan. A Postal History Gem from Jordan") | $500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4360 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN Military Mail 1918 (Sep) Ottoman free frank card to Beylerbey (Istanbul) sent by a soldier with the 4th Army, 146th Regiment, showing a negative handstamp of FPO 69, with FPO 43 transit and arrival (28 Sep) pmks, fine usage from El-Salt (located between Amman and the Jordan river. It was the only center of military activity in the area which subsequently became Transjordan. Military mail is very scarce, officers' mail had to be prepaid, enlisted men had free-frank privileges), signed Nakri, with his 1997 certificate ('This is the only recorded item with negative type field post office 69 seal. A Postal History Rarity from Jordan") | $500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4361 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN Military Mail 1918 (8 July) "On Active Service" cover to Cairo, with bold "FPO No.28" dated pmk, with censor cachet, backstamped on arrival 10.VII.18, fine. Indian FPO 28 was used for a few months at the Ghoraniyeh Bridgehead | $240.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4362 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN Military Mail 1919 (14 Feb) "OS" cover to England, with bold "Field Post Office C.12" pmk, sent by a member of the 12th Cavalry Brigade, which operated in Daraa, located in the Jordan valley, about 30 miles east of the Sea of Galilee. This cover represents the only recorded example of the use of this marking (as the Allied troops moved to occupy former Ottoman territories in the Palestine area, a small detachment was ordered to advance into what became designated as Transjordan) | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4363 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MALTA Military Mail 1915-17 French Forces in Malta, selection of five covers or cards on exhibit pages, various cachets, including "Marine Nationale Centre de Ravitaillement de Malte", "1re Armee Navale Centre de Malte", Valetta cds, "Poste Navale/Medit.C" and others. (By the end of August 1914, the French fleet in Malta included 14 battleships, 6 armored cruisers, destroyers, and submarines. They patrolled the southern Adriatic Sea to prevent attacks by the Austrian Fleet) | $850.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4364 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE 1919 (4 Apr) registered cover franked with set of 11 different E.E.F. stamps, canceled O.E.T.A.- E.E.F. Jerusalem and sent to England, opened by censor label and arrival pmks on back | $270.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4365 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE 1919-20 two covers, one "Jewish Legion" bilingual header, with Field Post Office SZ30 departure pmk, addressed to USA, the other "American Red Mogen David" corner card cachet, with E.E.F. franking, sent from Ramleh to Ludd, mixed condition | $700.00 Bidding Closed |
       | Lot #4366 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE 1919-20 selection of 14 covers or cards written-up on exhibit pages, showing various markings, including "O.E.T.A. - E.E.F.", incoming cover to deputy military governor of Acre, with Haifa and OETA E.E.F. Acre arrival pmk (rare), military markings, registered mail to Egypt, another to India, American Red Cross outbound and incoming mail, registered covers with "Palestine" overprinted adhesives, printed matter (including "The Warschau-Polen Jewish Congregation Jerusalem" cover to USA), mixed condition | $950.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4367 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE Military Mail 1917-18 British TPO in Palestine, Australian YMCA cover, endorsed "On Active Service", with large "PAL T.P.O." pmk (5 Sep 17), addressed to London, boxed "Passed by Base Censor E.E.F." handstamp and censor signed; also a registered cover with British 2p franking, tied by small "PAL T.P.O." (16 Nov 18) pmk, repeated alongside and again on reverse, triangular "Passed by Censor No.3759" hs, signed Nakri, fine (apparently considered to be the most elusive military marking from Palestine, only four examples recorded) | $1,600.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4368 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE Military Mail 1917-18 British TPO in Palestine, five covers or cards, showing "RAK T.P.O.", "LAK T.P.O." and "PAL" and "JAP T.P.O." markings, including a 2p Registration envelope with blank type registration label, both with F.P.O. D74 skeleton datestamps, used from Gaza to Alexandria, backstamped "RAK T.P.O", used on the Kantara to Rafa TPO route, others with censor markings, one to Cairo, mixed condition, fine lot | $325.00 Bidding Closed |
           | Lot #4369 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH French Expeditionary Corps in Palestine 1917-19 collection of 22 covers or cards on exhibit pages, showing usages from the French Detachment in Palestine during World War One, markings include "Tresor et Postes 601", Garrison Francaise de Jerusalem, registered cover with EEF franking to Limoges, "Palestine-Syrie" cachet on cover from Beirut, with "Tresor et Postes 600" cds, cachet of French Flying Corps, another with "9th Battalion of 2nd Algerian Sharpshooters", postcard from Jaffa with "Secteur 601A/D.F.P." with Jerusalem Cross cachet (previously unrecorded), Fieldpost marking of the French Military Telegraph Station at Khan Yunis (coverfront only), internal mail between French units, using EEF franking, one being a card from the French High Commissioner in Palestine, canceled by British Army Post Office SZ44 pmk, with British censor cachet, card endorsed "Legion Armenienne", showing Jerusalem Cross pmk, canceled "Tresor et Postes 601-B" (stated to be the rarest of all French FPO markings in Levant), also a cover with similar cancel addressed to Cairo, opened by censor, registered cover with oval "Detachement Francaise/Cooperative/Palestine" cachet, registered via Port Said to Cairo, British "Passed Censor 1" cachet, plus other markings, including elusive "Detachement Francaise de Palestine-Syrie" unit cachets from the Provost and Automobile Service units. A superb presentation, with many rarities | $4,750.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4370 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH Italian Expeditionary Corps in Palestine Military Mail 1918 registered cover to Rome, with large red "Distaccamento Italiano di Palestine" military cachet, sent through the British Army Post Office SZ47, with Registry label and British 2p George V added to pay the fees, red Censor markings, also an Italian military card to Spezia, with appropriate cachets, fine-v.f. | $500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4371 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH Italian Expeditionary Corps in Palestine Military Mail 1918 (8 Dec) cover sent from Damascus, with 5pi EEF franking, tied by bilingual departure pmk, addressed to Colonel Pesanti, Commandant of the Italian troops in Jaffa, "Passed by Censor No.10" and negative seal markings, Army Post Office SZ2 and SZ62 arrival cds on back, filing fold away from the stamp, some adhesion on back, still a fine and highly elusive usage to a very small Italian unit, known as Bertoni Group, attached to the British force which advanced from Palestine into Syria, signed Diena | $625.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4372 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH Italian Expeditionary Corps in Palestine Military Mail 1918 two registered covers to Italy, one sent free through the British Army Post Office SZ18, with Registry label and 29 Oct 18 departure pmks, with two red "Distaccamento Italiano di Palestina Carabinier Reali" military cachets, the other cover is franked with 2x1pi E.E.F. dark blue, tied by O.E.T.A - E.E.F. Jerusalem (27 Dec 18) pmks, with Registry label alongside, red "Guardia Italiana Gerusalemme" military cachet, British "Palestine Censorship" handstamp, numerous markings on back, including Field Post Office GM1, Army Post Office SZ32 and others, part of backflap missing and address panel partly restored, extremely rare usage, signed Nakri | $2,000.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4373 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH Italian Expeditionary Corps in Palestine Military Mail 1919 picture postcard (Jerusalem) addressed to USA, with Italian and EEF franking, each canceled by smaller red "Distaccamento Italiano di Palestine" military cachet, boxed Censor handstamp, fine | $230.00 Bidding Closed |
   | Lot #4374 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH Italian Expeditionary Corps in Palestine Military Mail 1919-20 seven covers or cards, showing various military cachets, including "1a Campagnia Cacciatori Italiani di Palestina Comando" (1st Company of Italian Scouts in Palestine) and "Corpo Spedizione Militare Italiano-Palestina Comando", the latter in violet (stated to be one of only two recorded), Army Post Office SZ17 pmks with three different types of Censor markings used as both unit cachets and censor verification, "Distaccamento Italiano C.C.R.R. di Gerusalemme Comando" (Royal Italian Carabinieri Detachment in Jerusalem Headquarters) cachet on card to Italy, also "Corpo Spedizione Militare Italiano in Palestine" two line handstamp on card sent via Port Said to Naples | $2,600.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4375 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ZULULAND Military Mail 1906 (Mar-May) two "On Active Service" covers and postcard, one endorsed "Active Service Cpl. Whiteside 1st TMR ZFF" (1st Transvaal Mounted Rifles-Zululand Field Force), with Nkandhla datestamp, "2c" due marking overstruck with 5c (Hart type S5) applied at Durban, with London arrival; postcard canceled "Eshowe", endorsed "Fort Tollaced Zululand" and "No Stamps Available", censored and taxed on arrival; finally a cover to Natal, censored "Natal Carbineers", rare group of mail sent by members of the Zululand Field Force during Bambatha Rebellion. Also included are two picture postcards showing "Natal Native Rebellion prisoners in cage" (Chief Bambatha, with the support of other chiefs in the area, refused to accept a new tax that was being implemented by the colonial administration. Together with a small group of supporters, he launched a series of attacks against the British troops, using the Nkandla Forest as a base. The campaign, later known as the Bambatha Rebellion, culminated in a pitched battle against the colonial forces at Mome Gorge, where Bambatha and his followers were finally defeated. In general terms, the Rebellion was a response to the harsh policies that the Zulu population was subjected to by the colonial administration in Natal, as well as a number of other contributing factors) | $1,400.00 Bidding Closed |
                  | Lot #4376 GREECE Turkish Administration 1900-12 single Frame exhibit (16+ pages), showing Ottoman administration over Southern Epirus, Southern Macedonia, various islands off the coast of Anatolia, etc. There are 38 covers and cards, good showing of Salonica, various markings, including "Salonique Dept. Militaire", "Avrat-Hissar", "Cavalla", "Daphne" (Echelle), "Drama", "Florina", "Guerebina", "Kara-Ferie", "Livadia", "Khourpechta", "Mont-Athos", "Ayion Oros", "Polygros", "Pursidjan", "Seres", "Tchotil", "Zilhova", "Aidonat", "Janina", "Zagoritz" (only recorded example on cover), "Thassos", "Chio", "Voliso", "Metelin", "Petra", "Samos", "Kariot", plus countless others on pieces, with many extremely rare pmks, truly a remarkable collection | $4,750.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4377 GREECE Greco-Turkish War 1897-98 four covers with Ottoman franking, used during the Greco-Turkish War, including Turkish Occupation of Thessaly covers from Pharsala and Larissa to Constantinople, the latter with negative registry seal in Arabic. In addition, there is the only recorded (!) cover with postage canceled by Ottoman negative seal of "Tirnova" (signed Nakri), with "Tournavos" bilingual pmk alongside, plus a cover from Volos, mixed condition, fine and very scarce group | $1,600.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4378 GREECE Dedeagatch 1913 two covers from the Bank of Salonique to Janina and Piraeus, one with single 40L, the other with 5L and 25L blue, each with control marks and tied by red "Dedeagatch" departure handstamps, Athens transits and arrival pmks, cover wear and some tape mending, fine and very scarce commercial usage, one signed Nakri, the other with 1988 Holcombe certificate | $550.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4379 GREECE Thrace 1913 exhibit page with two postal stationery envelopes, showing Ottoman negative handstamps of "Dede-Agatche" and "Xanthy", also a small piece with two strikes of 10 para stamps with "Soufli" handstamp, as well as an unusual cover franked 1Pi+2Pi imperforate stamps tied by Ottoman "Gumuldjina" seals, sent to Salonica, where the Greek Post office refused to accept this postage and assessed 3dr Postage Due on arrival, fine | $700.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4380 GREECE Thrace 1913 (Oct) cover (missing backflap and small portion excised from back) to Dedeagatch, franked with a block of four of 20pa on 2s (Upper right stamp missing "20para" surcharge), tied by negative "Giumurdjina" seals, rare usage | $290.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4381 GREECE Balkan Wars 1912 (16 Oct) cover from Kozana franked with a vertical strip of Greece 3x10L regular issue, tied by Ottoman bilingual cancels of "Kozana". (Town was liberated but the Greek cancelation did not arrive at the Post Office), with Greek military postmark of the 18th of October added alongside, fine | $190.00 Bidding Closed |
      | Lot #4382 GREECE French Forces in Greece 1915-19 selection of eleven covers or cards displayed on six Exhibit pages, showing variety of French Forces in Greece markings, including a cover with "Postes Navales/Medit.D", another from "Kapyai" with French boxed MONT-ATHOS censor handstamp, also "Yenidje Vardar", French Mission Athens for training of the Hellenic Army; "Tresor et Postes 502, 505, 506, 602", exceptionally rare "Thasos" French censor mark, Rhodes Military correspondence cachet, Naval base Seaplane Base Salonica ("Aviation Maritime Escadrille de Salonique", one of only three (!) examples recorded), Aegean Islands, etc. A superb assembly with unusual rarities | $1,500.00 Bidding Closed |
                | Lot #4383 IRAN 1900-23 a single frame (16 pages) exhibit design to show postal markings in Persia, arranged alphabetically, 26 covers or cards, franked with stamps of India, used from Abadan to Bombay and Scotland, Money order receipts, one showing a special "Abadan Money Order" pmk, registered cover from Ahwaz to Canada, another to India, opened by censor, with Agra arrival, mail from Bandar-Abas, one incoming from Karachi, large "Opened by Censor" label, three covers from Bushire, used 1900-06 to Brussels, Hants and Zurich, plus two covers used 1914 and 1922, covers with "Chahbar Persian Gulf" departure cds, registered coverfront from Henjam, Jask Agency mail to India and Scotland, Linga Agency covers showing different types of pmks, cover from "Maidan-i-Naphtun" to USA, "Mohammerah" (today "Khorramshahr") pmks on cards and covers, also block of 6x2a tied by piece by squared-circle pmks. Finally, there are two covers from Seistan Arbitration Committee, one to Bombay another to London (Perso-Afghan Arbitration Commission (1902-05), was tasked to Col. Henry McMahon who established a camp and a Field Post office No.4, disbanded after a satisfactory agreement was reached between the two countries). An interesting showing of the early British Postal Agencies in Persia ("The Indian Postal Agencies in the Persian Gulf Area" by Alan Parsons was credited as the reference source by Mr. Kugel) | $6,250.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4384 IRAN 1916-18 two covers with Shah Ahmad franking, one from Senneh, franked on back with 6ch franked on arrival in "Cherveh" (25.8.16), showing framed "Sansur Edilmistir" (has been censored) mark (with Nakri "Opinion Report" stating that this is "one of the rarest post cancelations used in the area during Turkish occupation"). The second cover was used in 1918 (Sep) from Bonab to Tauris, where stamps were added and tied by cds, small negative seal with star (censor mark) applied on front | $1,500.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4385 IRAN 1917 (15 Feb) cover from Kermanshah to Hamadan, franked on back with Provisional Issue, 12 Chahis and 24 Chahis on 1k, tied by "Kermanchah No.1 15.II.17" and "Kermanchah No.1 (Depart) 15.II.17" pmks, censored by Turkish (rectangular box) and Persian (negative seal) authorities, fine and scarce cover (Persiphila $4,000) (catalogued as used off cover) Catalog #586-587 Catalog Value $ 5,250 | $1,500.00 Bidding Closed |
           | Lot #4386 IRAN 1918-20 Censored Mail, collection of 18 covers or cards on exhibit pages, various frankings, showing variety of British Censor handstamps, including "Passed by British Military Censor", "Opened by Censor" labels, "Passed by Censor Norperforce", one on cover from Baku to Teheran, other Dunsterville's markings, such as "Censure Dunsterforce", "Dunsterforce/Censor Posts 101" on covers from Tauris, Recht, Jazvin, Ardebil, Teheran, Hamadan, also British Occupation markings, with a rare "Army Telegraphs KVN 6.XII.18" cds, marked "D.R.L.S. (Dispatch Rider Letter Service), FPO 110 and FPO 120, Russian Censorship on mail from Tauris, additionally censored by the British; cover from American Persian Relief Commission in Tauris, censored by "British North Persian Force", as well as cover from French Mountain Ambulance unit in Urmia, endorsed "Aux Armees du Caucase / F.M.", with cachets of the "Head of the French Mission" and "French Sanitary Mission in Russia/Mountain Ambulance Service", mixed condition, mostly fine or better. A definitive showing of British and Russian activity on Northern Persia post WWI | $1,600.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4387 IRAN Consular Mail 1920 commercial cover (slightly reduced at right) sent from Baku, franked on back with 24ch Ahmad Shah, tied by a perfect struck violet "Postes Consulaires Persannes Bacou" handstamp, Enzeli arrival and various additional markings, fine and unusually nice Baku Consular mail (Persiphila A1, $2,000+) | $625.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4388 IRAN Consular Mail 1923 commercial cover from Baku to Teheran, with violet "Postes Consulaires Persannes Bacou" handstamp on reverse, 1kr "Controle 1922" added in Enzeli and tied by 27.III.23 pmk, paying for further transmission, arriving Teheran 2.IV.23, fine Baku Consular mail (Persiphila A1, $2,000+) | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4389 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND German Offices in the Holyland 1906-13 Exhibit page with four covers or cards from Jewish settlements in Sarona, Ramleh, Wilhelma and Rishon le Zion, sent via the German Post Office in Jaffa, with "Aus Sarona by Deutsche Post", "Aus Ramleh (Palestina)","Tempel-Kolonie Hamidide Wilhelma Deutsche Post Jaffa" and "Rishon Le Zion Bei Jaffa Durch Deutsche Post" markings, fine | $1,800.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4390 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire 1900 (16 June) cover to Constantinople, franked with single 2 1/2pi tied by Jaffa departure pmk, with bilingual Registry label alongside, backstamped "Yeni-Djami" on back, minor backflap faults, uncommon example of the Jaffa Registry label on cover, signed Nakri | $6,000.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4391 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire 1900 (9 May) picture postcard (Bethlehem) to Trieste, franked with 20pa magenta, tied by Ottoman Jaffa (shuk) pmk, addressed to Trieste, with arrival (22.X.00) at bottom | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
           | Lot #4392 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire 1900-17 selection of 20 covers and cards on exhibit pages, with Jaffa and district markings, "Aloun-Cara" (Rishon le Zion), Petah-Tikvah, Rehoboth, "Led" (Ramle), "Remle", military mail from FPO 53 and FPO 61 (between Jaffa and Jerusalem), all-Arabic "Beersheba" cancel on cover sent by an officer to Istanbul, round negative seal of the unit marking (Cavalry 2nd machine Gum HQ) (stated to be one of only three examples recorded), Gaza to Jaffa cover, another with unusual marking on card to Turkey, money order from Hafir (one of only a few examples recorded on commercial mail), stationery card from "Khan-Younesse" to Rosh-Pinna near Saffed, different markings of Haifa, including a card to the German Post office in Constantinople, another with bilingual "Caiffa", also stamps on pieces showing pmks of "Beni-Saab", "Djenine", "Zamarin", inbound cover from Beirut to 16th Division Fieldpost Office (near Nablus), plus others. A fine and scarce group | $16,000.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4393 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire 1901 (30 Nov) 20pa stationery card sent from Ashkelon to Jaffa, with "Medjdil" departure cds (Steichele 38/02), v.f., signed Sorani and Nakri, with certificates from each ("very rare cancelation on card") | $650.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4394 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire 1906 "Hotel Belle Vue, Jericho, Palestine" cover to USA, franked with strip of 4x10pa green, tied by bilingual Jericho departure pmks, with a bold "Jaffa-Jerusalem" 14.2.1906, with Hotel handstamp, Saannah, Mo (Mar 11) arrival pmk on back, some cover mending, fine example of this rare TPO cancel, signed Nakri | $1,100.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4395 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire 1914 (22 Mar) picture postcard to France, with 10pa Ottoman franking, canceled by violet "ERIHA" (Jerusalem) pmk (Coles 151), fine and very rare | $950.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4396 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire 1916 (15 Oct) picture postcard (Jewish Colony Ness Zion) with Ottoman franking, tied by bilingual Jaffa pmks, sent to Sarajevo by a Lieut. Schreiber, member of the Austrian Military Mission serving as artillery instructor with the Turkish 4th Army, minor card wear, fine | $525.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4397 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire 1918 (5 Feb) Ottoman stationery card franked with pair of Beni-Saab provisional handstamps, sent through the Field Post Office 46, with appropriate markings, fine | $600.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4398 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire 1918 (12 June) inbound FL to Tulkarm, Field Post Office 48 receiving pmk, red censor label affixed over the top edge (slit on opening), with negative seal of the Telegraph office inside, signed Nakri | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4399 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire 1918 (27 June) registered cover to Geneva, franked with single and strip of four of 20pa carmine, tied by bilingual "Tiberiade" departure cds, Registry box alongside (number inserted by hand), additionally endorsed "Recomande", transit markings of Beirut, Damascus, Istanbul, arriving in General on 22 August, 1918, also a red Ottoman letterseal, fine cover with unrecorded Registry mark | $1,100.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4400 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire Military Mail 1917 (21 Nov) picture postcard (Dead Sea) franked with 2x10pa and single 20pa, tied by Field Post Office 68 pmks, located at "Lut Lake", sent to Jerusalem, minor creases, extremely rare origin | $2,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4401 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire Military Mail 1917 (24 Nov) free-frank "Feldpost" cover to Cospoli, from 62nd Regiment "Mesudiye" in the Holyland, with red censor handstamp, fine and rare cover, signed Nakri | $350.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4402 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire Military Mail 1918 (20 July) Ottoman stationery card with markings of Field Post Office 46, used by the 8th Army, 22nd Division stationed at "EL-TINE", sent to Beirut, with censor handstamp at bottom, rare | $240.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4403 ISRAEL French Consular Post in Jerusalem 1949 (31 Jan) cover franked with 20m on 6f, used in combination with regular French stamps on locally addressed, philatelically inspired cover, v.f. and attractive | $325.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4404 ITALY Military Air Post 1919 (13 July) cover franked with specially produced "Missione de Vienna" label, used with ordinary franking 5c and 2x10c, canceled Posta Militare 124, with two "Campo d'Aviazione Aspern" handstamps, addressed to Teramo, with "Comando Supremo" and Censor handstamp, sender's address is noted as "Italian Armistice Commission Caproni Aspern Field, Vienna, Austria", minor cover flaws, otherwise fine. Only 42 copies of this label were issued, few recorded on cover | $2,900.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4405 ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN CHINA 1920 5c green, 10c red brown, overprinted diagonally "Shanghai", tied on "Astor Hotel Shanghai" (backflap) cover by "R.R. Consolato d'Italia Shanghai / Posta per L'Italia" May 23,1920 square datestamps, addressed to Rome, fine and interesting, albeit privately created cover, with 1997 Sorani certificate | $500.00 Bidding Closed |
     | Lot #4406 ITALIAN COLONIES Castellorizo 1921-24 selection of six covers or cards on exhibit pages, with 1921 registered cover to Smyrna, franked with unoverprinted Italian stamps canceled by specially prepared "Castellorizo Poste Italiane" Coat of Arms handstamps, overprinted stamps used in combination with unoverprinted Italian adhesives, registered cover to Greece, another to The Suez Canal in Ismailia, picture post franked with Municipal Council printed label, also a set of four overprinted "Italian Occupation Castelrosso", fine | $625.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4407 ITALIAN COLONIES Fiume 1918 20f gray brown, used, usual rough perfs, well centered for issue, signed Oliva, with his 1954 certificate. A rarity from Fiume (Sass.1, €6,500) O Catalog #1A Catalog Value $ 3,000 | $750.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4408 ITALIAN COLONIES Fiume 1919 (29 Mar) Telegram sent to Trieste, franked with eight different stamps, including 50f, 75f, 80f, 1kr, 2kr, 5kr and 10kr (White Numerals), all but 80f with Typographed Machine overprint, also a single 5f green, all tied by Fiume departure markings, Telegraph Censor cachet, some wrinkles, fine and considerable rarity, signed Raybaudi, with his 1997 certificate (10kr on cover is catalogued at $9,750) (Sass.21, €21,000) Catalog #13-17,19-20 | $2,300.00 Bidding Closed |
   | Lot #4409 ITALIAN COLONIES Fiume 1919-22 selection of five covers or cards, including two French Forces postcards, canceled "Tresor et Postes 520" and "Poste aux Armees" (13 Jan and 9 Mar 19), another ppc (defective) franked with 5c Semi-Postal canceled by a specially prepared circular cachet inscribed "Citta di Fiume/Il Comandante", additional photo postcard of D'Annunzio, personally dated and autographed (rare), plus 1922 card with "Governo Provisorio" franking, sent to Serbia, fine (during the First World War, General D'Annunzio was associated with the elite Arditi storm troops of the Italian Army. As part of an Italian nationalist reaction against the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, he set up the short-lived Italian Regency of Carnaro in Fiume with himself as Duce) | $230.00 Bidding Closed |
             | Lot #4410 ITALIAN COLONIES Fiume 1943 selection of 13 unaddressed covers, many franked with "Zona Occupata Fiumano Kupa" overprints on Yugoslav stamps, canceled "Crnilug", "Jasenak", "Novi", "Moravice", "Skrad", "Susak", others with Italian stamps, canceled "Arbe Fiume", "Bescanova", "Bescavalle", "Buccari", "Cabar", addressed to Spalato, also some loose stamps on pieces, fine and interesting lot | $575.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4411 ITALIAN COLONIES Oltre Giuba 1925 (14 July) registered cover (insured for 6,000 Lire), franked with 1L, 2L, 5L and 10L high values, tied by "Kisimaio-Oltre Giuba" departure cds, with "A" (Insured) Registry label, addressed to Bank of Italy in Mogadiscio, Italian Somalia, filing folds away from the stamps, wax seals removed from back, causing a couple of insignificant holes, still a great cover (only 1Lire is listed on cover) Catalog #Sass.12-15 | $2,800.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4412 ITALIAN COLONIES Oltre Giuba 1926 (9 Aug) registered cover to Genova, franked with set of three surcharged, tied by "Chisimaio Somalia Italiana" departure cds, with transit and arrival pmks, little toning, otherwise fine, Catalog #Sass.42-44 Catalog Value €6,300 | $575.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4413 ITALIAN COLONIES Tripolitania Air Post 1934 Circuit of Oasis, complete set of seven, used on Registered cover to USA, "Tripoli Posta Aerea Curcuito delle Oasi" 14.5.34 departure pmks, Genova transit and Springfield (May 24) arrival pmks on back, fine and scarce complete set on cover, Catalog #Sass.PA34-40 Catalog Value €12,500 | $1,500.00 Bidding Closed |
            | Lot #4414 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of France 1940-43 collection of 25 covers and cards on exhibit pages, showing Armistice Commission markings from Vichy, Wiesbaden, Marseille, Nice, Toulon, Grenoble and Avignon, also mail from Mentone, including "Occupied Zone" and Registered mail, cards from Fontano, with and without "Occupied Zone" markings, military cards from Modane and Lanslevillard, Field Post from Menton, Toulon, Basti and Ajaccio in Corsica, etc. Also included is an official "Commissione Italiana di Armistizio con la Francia" in Casablanca, Morocco, sent 14 March 1942, censored mail from Constantine and Biskra, Algeria, military cards from Bizerte, Tunisia, etc. A fine and rare assembly | $1,600.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4415 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Basa Altantica 1943 cover to Genova, franked with 25c, 30c and 50c "Base Atlantica" overprints, tied by departure pmks, Opened by Censor label at left, with arrival pmk | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
    | Lot #4416 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Basa Altantica 1941-44 selection of 10 covers or cards on exhibit pages, including a cover with "Betasom" Registry label, sent to Genova, another with "Gruppo Sommergibili" (12.8.41) pmk, others with "Forze Subacquee Italiane in Atlantico", "Comando Base B.X", also 1944 censored covers with "Base Atlantica" overprinted 10c,15c,25c,30c and 50c (Sass. €10,350), mixed condition, minor faults noted, fine and seldom offered ("BETASOM" (an Italian language acronym of "Bordeaux Sommergibile or Sommergibili") was a submarine base established at Bordeaux by the "Regia Marina Italiana" during Italian Occupation of France. From this base, Italian submarines participated in the Battle of the Atlantic 1940-43 as part of the Axis anti-shipping campaign against the Allies, sinking 109 allied merchant ships, totaling 601,425 tons, losing 16 boats themselves) | $1,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4417 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Lubliana 1941 25p black brown, used 30.IV.41 on 25pa Co.Ci. Parcel Card addressed to Kocevje, with official bilingual Occupation Forces seals, "Sluzbeno Postnine Prosto" handstamp, backstamped on arrival, filing fold away from the stamp, v.f., extremely rare, signed Diena, with 1952 Fiecchi and 1953 Diena certificates, Catalog #Sass.1A Catalog Value €18,000 | $950.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4418 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Lubliana 1941 50p orange, 1d brown rose, each with handstamped "Co.Ci.", used on individual printed matter cover fronts canceled "Ortner" (11 June) and "Ljubljana" (23 June), v.f., the latter with a Croatian stamp added as a souvenir, signed Chiavarello, rare (catalogued as used off cover) Catalog #Sass.2A,4A Catalog Value €18,000 | $900.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4419 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Lubliana 1941 50p orange, used on home-made card from Ljubljana to Vrhnika, handstamped "T" and charged 1d postage due, with pair of 50p violet added on arrival. In addition, there are two commercially used covers, one franked with pair of 1d green, another with a single 1.50f red, tied by Ljubljana pmks (27 April and 30 May, 1941), used locally or to Vrhinka, with arrival pmks, signed Raybaudi, etc., one with certificate, Catalog #Sass.2B,3B,4B Catalog Value €12,000 | $900.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4420 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Lubliana 1941 10d violet (machine overprint), 15d brown (handstamped overprint), used with the complete set of Postage Dues on registered, locally addressed cover, Ljubljana 2.V.41 cds, fine-v.f. (catalogued as used off cover) Catalog #Sass.12,13A Catalog Value €9,000 | $900.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4421 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Lubliana 1941 10d violet, used with 12 larger format stamps 0.25p-12d, each handstamped "Co.Ci.", tied by bilingual Ljubljana 27.V.41 cds on unaddressed Philatelic Club cover, v.f., with Milko Pirmajer certificate, rare (catalogued as used off cover) Catalog #Sass.12A,1B-12B Catalog Value €13,200 | $900.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4422 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Lubliana 1941 Red Cross surcharges, complete set of four, used with block of 4x1d green on registered cover from Ljubljana (26.VI.41) to Venezia, opened and resealed by censors, with transit and arrival pmks, v.f., Catalog #Sass.57-60 Catalog Value €2,500 | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
              | Lot #4423 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Lubliana 1941-42 balance of the collection on exhibit pages, 26 covers or cards, with First Day of Issue (26 Apr 41) stationery card from Ljubljana to San Pietro del Carso, Trieste, various "Co.Ci." (Commissarato Civili Territori Sloveni Occupati) overprints, including an address card franked with 10d, 15d and 30d (rare), complete set on cover, postal stationery, Italian stamps used on mail from Crnomelj, Gradac v. Belokraj, Sodrazica, Straza Nov.Mestu, Krmelj, Moste pri Ljubljana, Novo Mesto, Rakek, Velike Lasce, Visnje Gora, FPO 59 pmks on Boundary Commission cards, etc., fine and definitive collection | $1,800.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4424 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Lubliana Air Post 1941 50p-50d complete set of 10, used on registered, locally addressed Ljubljana (12 May 1941) cover, v.f., signed Bolaffi, Catalog #Sass.1-10 Catalog Value €2,175 | $550.00 Bidding Closed |
        | Lot #4425 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Montenegro 1941-43 balance of the collection, 15 covers or cards displayed on exhibit pages, with a presumed FDC (Josica, 13 June 1941), commercially used Montenegro overprints on covers, one registered from Hercegnovi to Denovic, overprints on Italian adhesives, censored mail to Albania, Registered cover to Italy (Velickovic certificate), others from Andrijevica and Ljubotinj, Sv.Ctevan, Sutomore, Bar and Stari Bar, also a registered cover with red overprint on 6d King Peter, sent to Rome, fine and scarce group | $950.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4426 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Montenegro 1941 Stamps of Yugoslavia overprinted in black, complete set of 14, used on cover from Podgorica (15.III.42) to Mallakaster, Albania, also 1d stationery card used from Danilovgrad to Podgorica, fine-v.f. (catalogue value for the complete set on cover, stationery not counted) Catalog #Sass.1-14 Catalog Value €1,875 | $325.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4427 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Montenegro 1942 "Legionari" Semi-Postal issue, overprinted in red, tied by Cetinje 9 Jan 1942 cds on unaddressed cover, faint toning, otherwise fine-v.f., signed Stolow, etc. Only 200 sets were prepared, of which majority have surface defects (catalogued as used off cover) Catalog #Sass.28-41 Catalog Value €12,000 | $900.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4428 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Montenegro 1942 Red Cross surcharges in red, set of four used on cover from Podgorica 15 Mar 1942 to San Marino, with arrival (18 Mar 42) pmks on back, fine. Only 200 sets were printed, Catalog #Sass.36-39 Catalog Value €15,000 | $900.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4429 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Montenegro 1942 Stamps of Yugoslavia overprinted in red, complete set of 11 used on "Governatorato Del Montenegro" cover, registered and used locally in Cetinje, fine-v.f., only 200 of 2d rose lilac were overprinted, Catalog #Sass.49-59 Catalog Value €11,250 | $950.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4430 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Montenegro Air Post 1941 Montenegro bilingual overprints in black, complete set of eight used on flown cover from Podgorica (15.III.42) to Mallakaster, Albania, filing fold away from the stamps, with arrival pmk, Catalog #Sass.1-8 Catalog Value €875 | $325.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4431 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Montenegro Air Post 1941 Montenegro bilingual overprints in black, 40d green, 50d gray blue, used together with 30d King Peter 30d rose and tied by bilingual Rozaj (20 June 1941) pmks on cover to Beran, with arrival pmk on back, fine cover, with 1971 Chiavarello certificate. Quantities of the 40d and 50d values are unreported, but only a few exist, especially on cover, Catalog #Sass.8/I-9/II Catalog Value €106,250 | $5,000.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4432 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Montenegro Air Post 1942 Governatorato del Montenegro overprinted in black and in red, tied by Podgorica and Cetinje postmarks on two philatelic covers addressed to Rome, fine-v.f., Catalog #Sass.10-25 Catalog Value €9,500 | $1,100.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4433 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Zante 1941 (8 Oct) cover from Zakinthos, franked with 2L ultramarine and 50L green, each with violet handstamp, tied by departure pmk, opened by Italian censor, with label at left, arrival pmk on back, little toning, rare cover Catalog #Sass.11,24 | $280.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4434 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Zante 1941 Greece, King Constantine 1.50L green, 30d Red brown, vertical Zante handstamp, tied on cover by "Zakinthos" 14 May 1941 pmks, addressed to Genova, with arrival pmk on back, v.f. (catalogued as used off cover) Catalog #Sass.18,19 Catalog Value €9,130 | $900.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4435 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Zante 1941 Mythology Stamps of Greece, handstamped "Occupazione Militare di Zante", 5 Lepta to 25dr complete set of 13, canceled "Zante 11 July 1941" on post office forms, fine-v.f. (catalogued as used) O Catalog #Sass.5-17 Catalog Value €3,420 | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4436 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Zante Postal Stationery 1941 2d ultramarine and 5dr carmine, each with a framed "Occupazione Militare di Zante 1-5-XIX" in violet, the former canceled "Posta Militaire No.2", sent to Catione Andevenno, red censor pmk, the latter canceled "Zakynthos" (13 May 1941) and sent to Italy, some water stains, otherwise fine and rare pair of Zante stationery cards, the former with 1982 Raybaudi certificate (Interitalia 11, €3,000), the latter unlisted | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
    | Lot #4437 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Field Post in the Soviet Union 1941-43 four exhibit pages, with eight cards or covers used by the Italian soldiers in Russia, canceled "Postal Militaire", also "Corpo Italiano di Spedizione in Russia", other markings indicate origins, including Krivoi Rog, Lugansk, Odessa, Dnipropetrovsk, etc., handstamps "Zona di Operazione P.M.152", "Comando Aeronautica", plus others, fine and scarce showing of Italian Military on the Eastern Front (by spring of 1943, almost 60 percent of Mussolini's expeditionary force was gone. During 20 months of combat on the Eastern Front, the Italian Army lost 3,010 officers and 81,820 men killed or captured, also 1,290 officers and 28,400 men wounded of frostbitten. During March 1943, all Italian units serving on the Eastern Front were transferred back to Italy. The heavy losses of the 3rd Alpini Division are indicative of those suffered by Italian units in combat against the Red Army. The division set out for Russia with 16,000 men and 4,000 mules and returned to Italy with 3,200 men and 40 mules. The Italians were simply swallowed up in the vastness of Russia) | $525.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4438 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Field Post in the Soviet Union 1942 (8 Feb) military card to Mantova, prepared by members of the Italian 80th Infantry Regiment, when the supplies of the regular fieldpost cards ran short. Created in Dnepropetrovsk, these cards mimicked the Cyrillic type and were inscribed "Postal Card for the Armed Forces" and "Vincere" and "Vinceremo" (we will win) at top,"Printed by the soldiers of the 80th in Russian type on the banks of the Dnieper September 1941-XIX" at bottom, violet 6 March 1942 censor handstamps, extremely rare example of the provisional card sent by an Italian soldier from Russia | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4439 ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Field Post in the Soviet Union Naval and Maritime Mail 1943 (14 Mar) official fieldpost lettersheet sent by a member of the Italian Fourth Flotilla of Motor Torpedo Boards that operated against the Soviet Union in the Baltic, canceled "IV Flottiglia MAS", with "Posta Militare No.84" endorsement on back, opened and resealed by military censor in Rome, fine. A very elusive example of mail from the Italian Naval Flotilla operating against Russia (a special unit known as the 10th Light Flotilla used modified tourist motorboats called "MTM" (Motoscafi da Turismo Modificati). These MTM boats, known as "barchini esplosivi" (explosive boats) used explosive charges against enemy ships) | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4440 JAPAN Russo-Japanese War 1904 (7 Aug) cover to England, sent by Grant Wallace, "U.S. San Francisco Bulletin Reporter/2nd Army Headquarters", boxed censor and military mail cachets, cover faults and repairs, rare usage, with arrival pmk | $230.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4441 JAPAN Russo-Japanese War 1905 (8 Aug) picture postcard from a French military observer with the Japanese forces in Manchuria, datelined on reverse "Army of General Oku", rectangular box marking reads "Censored by 2nd Army General Staff", addressed to Paris, readdressed to Gironde, with arrival pmk, scarce observer mail from the Russo-Japanese War | $140.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4442 JAPAN Russo-Japanese War 1905 (26 Mar) picture postcard to the Imperial War Ministry in Vienna, sent by an Austrian officer attached to the Japanese Army, message reads "Greetings from the battlefield of Mukden, 21 Mar 1905" (the battle of Mukden lasted 20 days. It was the final and the most decisive major land battle of the Russo-Japanese War. Involving 610,000 combat participants and 164,000 combatant casualties, it was the largest modern-era battle fought prior to World War I) | $140.00 Bidding Closed |
         | Lot #4443 JAPAN Russo-Japanese War Military Mail 1904-11 selection of 15 covers or cards, written-up on exhibit pages, usages include 2nd Army FPO (Nov 1904), usages from Korea, FPO 5 (Yalu River), Head Office, 3rd Supply Company card, FPO 2 (Manchuria), interesting message ("regiment near Mukden suffered 700 killed or wounded"), Gunji Yubin lettersheet from FPO 3, card from FPO 4, Sakhalin Defense Army letter, others from Lyaotung Peninsula (FPO 1), souvenir postcard (Triumphant celebration), cover to the Consul General of France in Seoul, Korea, canceled by the special celebratory pmk, etc. An excellent insight into the Japanese military activities during the war | $1,300.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4444 JAPAN French Aviation Mission 1919 cover and picture postcard to France, showing two different types of "Mission Francaise d'Aeronautique au Japon" cachets, the former with Japanese franking on reverse, canceled by Tokyo departure pmks, signed by the French pilot, roughly opened at top, with some cover mending, card sent free of postage, with arrival cds. (Japan invited the fourth French Military Mission, composed of 50 members and equipped with several of the newest types of airplanes, to establish the fundamentals of the Japanese Air Force) | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
         | Lot #4445 JAPAN Japanese Occupation of Korea 1906-39 collection of 16 covers or cards on exhibit pages, each with Japanese franking, showing pmks of "Seoul, Corea", "Changchun, I.J.P.O.", "Pusan", "Pyongyang", "Ninsen", "Keijo" (one showing additional "Mukden-Changchun Manchuria" TPO marking of the South Manchurian Railway), registered cover from Gensan to USA, with rare Registry label reading "Gensan", registered covers from Wonsan and Taiku, portion of parcel from "Chunju", registry label "Shimonoseki" on cover from Seoul to England, late usage with "Keizyo, Tyosen" pmks, etc. A splendid showing of commercial mail from Japanese occupied Korea | $1,400.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4446 JAPAN Japanese Occupation of Korea 1906-08 picture postcard from Chemulpo to Scotland, sent via Yokohama, also registered cover (4 June 1908), canceled Chemulpo, Coree, with the very rare "Imp. Jap. P.O. Chemulpo" Registry label, sent via Yokohama to Hong Kong, both displayed on exhibit page | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
                   | Lot #4447 JAPAN Japanese intervention/Occupation of Siberia Military Mail 1919-20 selection of 31 covers or cards, written-up on exhibit pages, usages include Gunji Yubin card from the military hospital in Harbin, machine postmark on card (the only recorded example), card with cachet of "Hachimenjo Defense Company, Manchuria", New Year's greeting cards, Naval mail from Sakhalin, FPO 51 markings from Raikov, North Sakhalin, another from FPO 50 (Aleksandrovsk, Sakhalin), Relay FPO markings, specially issued stationery, also two Russian stationery cards used by the Japanese soldiers, YMCA covers and cards, departure from Siberia correspondence, etc., fine and interesting group | $950.00 Bidding Closed |
      | Lot #4448 JAPAN Japanese intervention/Occupation of Siberia 1919-25 selection of ten covers or cards on pages, including large cover which contained official mail from the No.3 Company of the 26th Cavalry Regiment in Manchuria, censor handstamps on cards to Japan, one reading "Nikolsk Military Police Squad/Censored", special Gunji Yubin stationery formula cards and lettersheet, plus a card from FPO 54 (Nikolayevsk), FPO 11 (Bochikarevo) and FPO 9 (Verhneudinsk) | $180.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4449 JAPAN Lyaotung Peninsula 1919 two covers from Dairen, one to USA, the other registered to Florence, Italy, with Yamato Hotel cachet, Registry label and "Dairen I.J.P.O." departure pmk, fine | $150.00 Bidding Closed |
     | Lot #4450 JAPAN Lyaotung Peninsula 1923-40 collection of 10 covers or cards, with mail from Dairen, including registered cover routed "Via Siberia" to Paris, cancels include "I.N.P.O." (Imperial Nipponese Post Office) and I.J.P.O. (Imperial Japanese Post Office), military mail sent from members of the 34th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division at Shantung Province (Japanese reinforcements were sent to Shantung to protect their interests during fighting between Chinese Nationalists and Communists), also a card from Field Post Office No.1, sent in 1932 from Shanghai (message reads "there were several soldiers killed"), interesting group | $675.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4451 JAPAN Lyaotung Peninsula 1935 (31 May) large Insured coverfront with Japanese franking, registered from Port Arthur to Shanghai, China, filing fold through one of the stamps, fine (After Japan's defeat of Russia, Port Arthur was renamed "Ryojun" and the Port Arthur-Harbin line became part of the South Manchurian Railway. After 1932, Japan regarded its lease as being held from Manchukuo rather than from China) | $200.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4452 JAPAN Lyaotung Peninsula 1937 (7 Nov) cover from the Danish Mission in Port Arthur to the home country, franked with single 10s ultramarine, endorsed "Via Siberia", with "Danish Mission S.Manchuria" handstamp on reverse | $130.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4453 JAPAN Japanese Occupation of Sakhalin 1930-31 three picture postcards (one showing "Natives of Karafuto"), canceled "Susuka" (4 Mar 1930),"Toyohara" (26 July 1931) and Karafuto Sisuka (26 Aug 1936), last one with additional "Karafuto N.Lat. 50 Boundary Exploration" handstamp, each with 1 1/2s franking. Also included is a cover with "Missio Independens de Karafuto" corner card address, sent to USA, with 2s adhesive, canceled 11 Nov 1935, filing fold and some tone spots, unusual group | $350.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4454 JAPAN Japanese Occupation of Sakhalin 1934 (27 Dec) Island of Saghalien, MAOKA, Karl Lewis illustrated cover to USA, franked with 1/2s and 9 1/2s Air Post, paying the 10s international rate, beautiful illustration and blue "To US" handstamp at bottom, with typed "N" and "C-6" on back, also oval kan sealing the backflap, v.f., unusual example from Maoka, Sakhalin | $400.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4455 JAPAN Kurile Islands 1935 (18 Apr) cover from "Chishima Ushio" to Tokyo, franked with vertical pair of 1 1/2s blue, with printed address on reverse, fine usage from Kurile Islands (known in Japanese as Chishima, the Kurile Islands lie between Hokkaido and Kamchatka Peninsula. In 1875, the Japanese took possession of the islands in return for giving up their claim to the southern half of Sakhalin) | $140.00 Bidding Closed |
    | Lot #4456 JAPAN Japanese Occupation of Taiwan 1925-35 selection of seven covers or cards on exhibit pages, with large Registered cover from Tainan to USA, franked with 50sen definitive, tied by "Tainan/Taiwan Japan" pmks, Yokohama transit and Chicago arrival pmks, another Registered cover from Taihoku to Canada, showing western-style "Taihoku Taiwan Japan" cds, cards used from Taichu, Kiirun and Ching Li, plus a cover from Pei Tou, fine and scarce lot | $750.00 Bidding Closed |
   | Lot #4457 LATVIA Military Mail 1919-22 six Field Post cards, various units and destinations, also two covers from American Relief Organizations, sent from Tallinn in 1921 | $240.00 Bidding Closed |
    | Lot #4458 LATVIA Military Mail 1916-18 selection of 10 covers or cards from Libau, Mitau and Windau, Naval Stations with unit cachets identified as originating from Riga, Libau and Windau. In addition, there is a registered cover with "Feldpoststation Nr.168" with handstamps of the Submarine Flotilla in Kurland, handstamped "Marinesache" and sent to Kiel, plus a postcard sent from Seaplane base in Libau, with "Kaiserliche Marine Flugstation Libau" handstamp, also a registered cover and card, the latter with scarce provisional "Daudsewas" Registry box, fine lot with several very scarce items, including the U-Boat and Seaplane base | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4459 LATVIA Military Mail 1919 (18 Jan) picture postcard to Germany, with cachet of the German consul to Latvia and Estonia, mailed through the field post office at Libau, franked with 20pf with red "Libau" overprint, tied by the "Deutsche Feldpost 168" pmk, v.f. Also included are three covers from German Volunteer units in Latvia, Fieldpost 202 and others | $650.00 Bidding Closed |
             | Lot #4460 LEBANON 1923-40 collection of 19 covers or cards on exhibit pages, including Official mail "Syria-Greater Lebanon French High Commission" in Beirut, sent to Munich, mixed franking Syria/Lebanon cover from the Italian Consulate in Damascus to Florence, "Grand Liban" overprints on covers from Beirut to Aleppo and to Budapest, registered cover from Tripoli Boy's School to the American Mission in Beirut, 1925-26 Pictorial issues on covers to Singapore and Teheran, Flight covers, other unusual destinations, censor markings and Military Mail, fine lot | $700.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4461 LIBERIA 1916 (14 June) 2c stationery entire envelope, franked with two strips of three of "L.F.F." 1c surcharges, registered from Monrovia to France, with Aydat (17.7.16) arrival pmk on back, stamps with letters out of order, inverted, etc., fine | $180.00 Bidding Closed |
          | Lot #4462 LITHUANIA 1916-18 collection of 25 covers or cards, showing military mail originating in Vilnius, Kaunas, "Festungspost Kowno" and "Garrison Post Kowno" handstamps, various cachets, Registered cover with "Feldspostexpedition Oberbefehlshaber Ost" (Commander in Chief East) label, plus "Kommander der Flieger Oberbefehlhaber Ost" (Commander in Chief of the Air Services), Delivery Service, stationery card used from Warsaw to Wilno, with "Gebuhr 10 PF" circular hs, covers used in Polish districts (Bialystok, Grodno and Suwalki), registered card and cover from "Georgenburg (Litauen)" and "Uzjany (Litauen)", etc. | $1,500.00 Bidding Closed |
          | Lot #4463 MANCHUKUO 1932-40 collection of 20 covers or cards written-up on exhibit pages, beginning with the "Manchurian Incident", including military mail from Harbin, Shanhaikuan, Manshu, Mukden, followed by covers from the Manchu State, including registered mail, flown covers to USA, Postage Dues imposed on covers to China, etc. A solid representation (On September 18, 1931, the Manchurian (Mukden) Incident sparked the Japanese military aggression in East Asia. The Kwantung Army alleged that Chinese soldiers attempted to bomb a South Manchurian Railway train, even though damage to the railway was minimal and the train arrived at its destination safely. Nevertheless, the incident resulted in the speedy and unauthorized capture of Mukden followed by the occupation of all of Manchuria) | $1,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4464 MONACO Military Mail 1917-18 two picture postcards from Monte Carlo to Paris, showing different cachets used by the French Military Hospitals established in Monaco during WWI, tending to wounded and ill soldiers, fine | $140.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4465 MONTENEGRO 1792 Earliest known forerunner FL sent by private courier from a Captain D.Djordjevic in Rieka to Count D.Vujic in Brcele Monastery, Virpazar, near Lake Scutari, with important historical message, actually an attempt by the Captain to persuade the Count to become the General of the Montenegrin army. Posted 80 years before postal service in Montenegro was established, this is a rare example of 18th Century Postal History of Montenegro, some minor ageing, with archival handstamp on back | $1,000.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4466 MONTENEGRO 1874 Prince Nicholas, 2 Novcica yellow, die proof on wove paper (93x113mm), made by Austrian State Printing Works and submitted to the Prince for his personal approval. He obviously liked the design and the issue was approved, little brown toning on back, v.f. and probably unique P | $2,700.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4467 MONTENEGRO 1874 (22 May) Money order for 350 Florin, franked with 5 Novcica First printing of Montenegro (The first issue was released on the 1st of May 1874), sent by Stagecoach from Cetinje to Cattaro, where was it was rerouted to Trieste. In manuscript "franco 19 talir / primo Cattaro" (Paid in cash), endorsed "Forwarded by Diligence" (Stagecoach), fine and very early use (only three weeks after the Post office opening) | $750.00 Bidding Closed |
   | Lot #4468 MONTENEGRO 1879-81 three FLs on well described exhibit pages, showing official covers from Annexed Territory during Russo-Turkish war from Ulcinj, Podgorica and Niksic, fine and attractive trio of Montenegrin postal history | $1,000.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4469 MONTENEGRO 1891 (9 Mar) Registered cover from Rieka to Hannover, franked with Second printing Prince Nicholas stamps 2+3+5 Novcica for letter abroad plus 10 Novcica for registration, tied by Rieka cds, with Cyrillic "Preporuceno" (Registered) handstamp, with Cetinje transit and Hannover arrival pmks on back, fine and attractive four color combination of Second printing Prince Nicholas stamps | $550.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4470 MONTENEGRO 1892 (18 Sep) cover from Bar to Teodo (Tivat - Cattaro Bay) franked with 2+3+10 Novcica (Second printing) for registered letter, but postage was underpaid for 2 Novcica. As a result, the postal clerk blacked out the registration box and forwarded the cover as regular mail, without registry, with Cetinje transit and Tivad (20 Sep) arrival pmks on back, filing fold away from the stamps, scarce usage from "New Montenegro" | $325.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4471 MONTENEGRO 1892-94 exhibit page with two covers, one to Germany correctly franked with second printing of Prince Nicholas stamps 2n+3n+5n, tied by Danilovgrad cds, with Rieka & Cetinje transits and Heidelberg arrival pmks, the other cover was sent from Anglo-Montenegrin Trading Co. in Podgoritza to Vienna franked with 7 novcica, second printing, paying beneficiary 7 novcica rate to Austria | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4472 MONTENEGRO Government in Exile - Bordeaux 1916 (16 Jan) cover from London to General Martinovitch, redirected via Montenegrin P.O. at Bordeaux where two different "Return" labels were applied and cover returned back to England (due to the Austrian Occupation), fine and extremely rare incoming mail from England | $900.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4473 MONTENEGRO Government in Exile - Bordeaux 1916 cover (a "window envelope") from New York, with handstamped label "Montenegro (Service des Postes en France) Retour a L'Envoyeur Le Destinataire N'Ayant Pu Etre Touche", opened and resealed by censor, oval "Ouvert Par L'Autorite Militaire 301" markings on both sides, also an unused label, some cover flaws, extremely rare | $1,400.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4474 MONTENEGRO Government in Exile - Bordeaux 1916 Newspaper wrapper from Paris to the French Ministry in Cetinje, redirected via Montenegrin P.O. at Bordeaux where two different "Return" labels were applied and cover returned back to France (due to the Austrian Occupation), fine and rare incoming mail from France | $900.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4475 MONTENEGRO Government in Exile - Bordeaux 1916 overprinted "S.P. du M. Bordeaux" (Service Postale di Montenegro) on French stamps, 5c-1fr, complete set of 11, 50c used, others l.h. or h.r., occasional disturbed gum, fine (these stamps were available for use from 6 to 27 June 1916, when they were withdrawn due to protests from the French postal administration), *O Catalog #YT 1-11 Catalog Value €2,075 | $700.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4476 MONTENEGRO Government in Exile - Bordeaux 1916 overprinted "S.P. du M. Bordeaux" (Service Postale di Montenegro) on French stamps, 5c-1fr, eight different, canceled on pieces, fine-v.f., rare and undervalued, O Catalog #YT 1/11 Catalog Value €500 | $325.00 Bidding Closed |
          | Lot #4477 MONTENEGRO Government in Exile - Bordeaux 1917-27 highly interesting selection of covers and cards on 10 exhibit pages, with good historical background explanations, showing variety of mail from this turbulent time, including a registered cover from the Montenegrin Ministry of War to the American Military Attache in Greece, Gaeta issue, with the rare 25pa Postage Due, "Free Montenegro" overprints, British Trans Adriatic Force, censored card, Montenegro National Defense Directorate at Geneva, Foreign Ministry at Rome letter to USA, etc. A wonderful historical archive | $700.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4478 POLAND 1918 (27 Nov) cover to New York, franked with horizontal strip of 3x20h green, tied by Lwow departure pmks, red "Wojskowa Cenzura Lwow" military censor hs, also Money Order with 50h and 20h Postage Due used from Krzeszowa to Krakow, with 16 Jan 19 arrival, fine "forerunners" displayed on exhibit page | $200.00 Bidding Closed |
           | Lot #4479 POLAND 1918-20 selection of 22 covers or cards, showing the early years of Independent Poland, with Lublin overprints, first definitives, registered mail and postal stationery, Semi-Postals, including Red Cross set of four, Polish Occupation of Minsk Litewski, registered cover used 26 Apr 1920, Austrian stamps on cover and parcel card, overprints on German General Government definitives, Polish I.Corps stationery cards, with additional franking, fine and interesting lot | $1,800.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4480 POLAND 1919 Suwalki, two covers and card with provisional Suwalki markings, including "Poczta Polska St.Suwalki", two with "40gr" indicating Postage Paid, Registration and Censor handstamps, fine and uncommon selection (at the end of July 1919, the Paris Peace Conference granted the town of Suwalki to Poland. As the newly-established border was disapproved of by the Polish government, it organized the Sejny Uprising on August 23, 1919. The Polish-Lithuanian War erupted for control of Suwalki and other towns in the area. The war ended in September, but during the Polish-Bolshevik War, the town was captured by the Communists and, after the Battle of Warsaw, it was again passed to the Lithuanians. It was eventually retaken by the Polish Army) | $260.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4482 POLAND 1919 (23 Jan) registered cover from Oderberg to Upper Silesia, franked with Krakow 25/80h pair, tied by bilingual "Oderbwerg Bohumin" pmks, provisional Registry handstamp at top, fine and uncommon usage of the Krakow provisional overprints in Eastern Silesia (After the division of Cieszyn/ Silesia in 1920, Bohumin became part of Czechoslovakia. Following the Munich Agreement, it was annexed by Poland in 1938 and by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II) | $140.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4483 POLAND 1919 (31 Jan) registered cover from Tarnow to Myslenice, franked with Krakow overprints 15h and 50h (lower right corner folded over), placed over the Austrian registry label, further endorsed "Zlamane" and "Uszkodzone" (postal markings were damaged), filing fold away from the stamps, signed Rachmanow and Bojanowicz | $575.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4484 POLAND 1919 (16 Apr) registered covered to Poznan, franked with five different Krakow overprints, including two Postage Dues, tied by "Fr.Gl.Poczta Polowa" pmks, with corresponding military "Frontowa Glowna Poczta Polowa" hs, Registry box below (number filled-in by hand), Poznan (18.4.19) arrival pmk on back, filing fold away from the stamps, rare usage of Krakow overprints on cover with Field Post markings, signed Mikulski | $800.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4485 POLAND 1919 (6 Feb) registered cover from Lwow to Krakow, with Austrian (Lemberg) Registry label, bearing "Poczta Polska Lwow S. Oplacono- zarach.p." four line (Paid) hs, "65" and "6" filled-in by hand, furthermore "Wojskowa Cenzura Lwow" censor hs, with Krakow (8.II.19) arrival pmk on back. A fine example of 65h cash franking on commercial mail | $240.00 Bidding Closed |
       | Lot #4486 POLAND 1919-20 Military Mail, selection of 13 covers or cards on exhibit pages, various "Poczta Polowa" Fieldpost markings from Lwow, Przemysl, Krakow, including W.P.12, "Glowna Frontowa Poczta Polowa" pmks, French Military Mission "Tresor et Postes 309", with "Misya Francuska" and other markings applied by the members of the French units from Brzezany and Lwow, also Eastern Silesia covers from Cieszyn, "S.O." overprints on registered cover from Bielitz to Nowy Sacz, "Frontowa Poczta Polowa No.28" Field Artillery Regiment card to Wieliczka, fine | $575.00 Bidding Closed |
                | Lot #4487 POLAND 1914-18 World War I - Vistulla River Flotilla, single frame (16 pages) exhibit with 20 covers or cards, showing Postal History of the Naval Flotilla along the Vistula River, created on 30 July, 1914, when Austria declared war on Serbia, with a variety of markings, destinations, postal rates, Headquarters FPO 186, "S.M.S. Dunajex" and "S.M.S. Goplana", plus many others, fine and rare group, difficult to assemble. In fact it has taken Mr. Kugel more than two decades to put it together. | $7,000.00 Bidding Closed |
      | Lot #4488 POLAND 1914-18 German Vistula Flotilla, collection of 11 covers or cards on exhibit pages, showing Postal History of this Naval Flotilla along the Vistula River, various stations, Warsaw, Thorn, Modlin, Wloclawek, Fieldpost markings, Panzerboot "Weichsel", Navigation office in Garwolin, "Headquarters Vistula Flotilla Station Bonczki", etc. | $2,100.00 Bidding Closed |
               | Lot #4489 POLAND Bug and Styr River Flotillas Naval and Maritime Mail 1916-18 collection of 16 cards or covers, written-up on exhibit pages, showing mail from the small naval flotillas employed along the Bug and Styr Rivers in Poland and Ukraine. Headquartered at Dorohusk and Rozyszcze, these flotillas consisted of old paddle steamers equipped with machine guns. They were used by Austro-Hungarian Empire against Russia. This collection shows special handstamps "Imperial & Royal HQ of the Bug Flotilla" with anchor in the center, 4th Army markings, card set in 1917 from Chelm, Transport Detachment companies, "K.u.k.Bugflotille" handstamp on card mailed from Dorohusk, others from FPO 448, 524. 357, 448, censored cover from Chelm to Holland, sent by Major Verspyck, one of the senior officers of the Flotilla, cachets black out by censor (only known cover, rather than card), finally the fieldpost card with "K.u.K Flotillenweft Rozyszcze", FPO 172 pmk, sent to Vienna (one of only two examples recorded). A fine showing of this virtually unknown footnote of Polish military/naval history | $3,250.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4490 POLAND Local Post on Territory Occupied by 10th Army 1918 (30 Aug) registered cover to Dorpat, franked with 10th Army 30pf and 60pf adhesives, used in combination with pair of 20pf Germania stamps, all tied by "Minsk Gouv," departure cds, violet Registry box and Dorpat arrival pmks. Also included is a stationery card from Borysow Minski to Wilejka, franked with 40k on 30k 10th Army surcharge, tied by violet departure pmks, with Postage Due handstamp (20k) charged on delivery, with Wilejka arrival pmk, fine and exceptional quality, the latter with Mikulski certificate (these local stamps were issued for use by civilians in the portion of the Eastern Front controlled by the 10th Army, whose territory included portions of modern-day Poland, Russia and Belarus) (Fi.1-3, PLN zl 33,000zl $8,450) (Mi.1-3, €4,500) | $5,250.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4491 POLAND Polish Locals - Bialystok 1916 Forwarding station, receipt stamp for 25pf, signed Wolfsohn, "Stadthautmann" cancel, also 25pf dark blue, imperforate proof on gummed paper, minor crease, otherwise fine (F.1, PLN Zl 9,500 ($2,432) *O | $1,000.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4492 POLAND Polish Locals - Bialystok 1916 7 1/2pf Postgebiet Ob Ost stationery card addressed to Ekaterinoslav, with surcharged 1m on 25pf signed by "R. Wolfsohn", tied by "Der Deutsche Stadhauptmann Bialystok / Briefstempel" pmks, minor toning, fine and extremely rare card, signed Mikulski (Fi.1, PLN Zl 60,000 $15,366) | $2,900.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4493 POLAND Polish Locals - Bialystok 1916 cover addressed to Sweden, franked with surcharged 1m on 25pf signed by "R. Wolfsohn", tied by "Militarkreisamt Bialystok Stadt" pmks, showing return address of Mr.Tabaczinski in Bialystok, fine and very rare cover (Fi.1, PLN Zl 60,000 $15,366) | $4,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4494 POLAND Polish Locals - Mielnica 1919 (3 Jan) registered cover from Mielnica to Lwow (addressed to equivalent of "workmen's compensation insurance company"), franked with Austrian 40h handstamped "Poczta Polska" and tied by violet "Mielnica" handstamp, date inserted by pen, corresponding Registry box alongside, extremely rare | $1,400.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4495 POLAND Polish Locals - Myslenice 1919 (4 Jan) "Magistrat Krol. Woln. Miasta Myslenice" (administration of free City of Myslenice, with corresponding red label on back) registered cover to Warszawa, franked with pair of Austrian handstamped 10h magenta and single 30h Postage Due, tied by faint departure pmks, minor cover faults, rare usage | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4496 POLAND Polish Locals - Skalat 1919 (14 Nov) registered cover posted from Skalat, franked with overprinted "Poczta Polska" on Austrian 5h green (2) and 40h olive, tied by departure cds, red "Dowodztwo XIII.Kompani Etapowej" (HQ of the Polish Army unit) hs, minor cover faults, rare local usage, signed Mikulski (after WWI, Skalat was seized by local Ukrainian activists, who declared it part of Western Ukraine. Tensions escalated, resulting in Polish-Ukrainian War. On July 16, 1919, the town was captured by the Polish Army) | $1,400.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4497 POLAND Polish Locals - Skalat 1919 (16 Nov) money order receipt for 1,000kr, showing "Poczta Polska Skalat" overprint and corresponding pmk, addressed to Lwow, fine and scarce piece | $280.00 Bidding Closed |
                 | Lot #4498 POLAND Polish Occupation of Cieszyn and Zaolzie 1938-39 collection of 44 covers or cards, neatly displayed on 16 exhibit pages (one frame), presented alphabetically by postmark, starting with Cieszyn (Teschen), Zaolzie, Orava, with registered cover from Strumien to Court Prosecutor in Cieszyn, continuing with covers from Bledowice Dolne, Bogum ("Pozdrowienia z ziem Polskich odebranych Czechom w koncu 1938 r." Greetings from Polish territory taken from Czechs at the end of 1938), Bziecmorowice, Bystrzyca n/Olza, Dabrowa Slaska, Darkow, Domaslowice Dolne, Frysztat, Jablonkow, Karwina, Kocobedz, Ligotka Kameralna, Lazy Slaskie, Mosty Slaskie, Orlowa (registered cover addressed to President Roosevelt in Washington), Nawsie, plus many others, some with handstamped Patriotic slogans, including on covers with Czechoslovak stamps, flown cover from Stonawa to England (uncommon foreign destination from the annexed Cieszyn territory), covers from Morawka, Czerna Beskidzka, Skalite, Sucha Hora, Jaworzyna, with special "Wyzwolona Jaworzyna w Polskich Tatrach" - (liberated Jaworzyna in Polish Tatry Mountains). A definitive presentation of this interesting historical chapter | $950.00 Bidding Closed |
    | Lot #4499 POLAND Polish Prisoners of War in the Soviet Union 1939-42 four covers of cards from Polish POWs in Starobielsk (7 Dec 1939), Ostashkov (3 Na 1940), Dubno (19 Mar 1940) and Kozielsk (14 Jan 1941), the latter incoming from German Occupied Warsaw, marked "Kriegsgefangen", censored "POB 11, C-41", with arrival in Moscow pmk (most of the inmates in Kozielsk were murdered by NKVD in Katyn forest), mixed condition, but very elusive items | $1,000.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4500 POLAND Internment of Polish Soldiers in Sweden 1945 (23 Mar) cover from Wabrezno to Stockholm, addressed to a Polish Sailor interned in Sweden, framed "Cenzura Wojskowa" and "Attache Morski w Stockholmie" handstamps, additionally opened by Swedish censors, red crayon notation indicates "ubyl to Angli 12.VI.45" (Left for England), rare | $210.00 Bidding Closed |
                   | Lot #4501 POLAND Polish Army in Great Britain 1941-44 collection of 26 covers or cards on exhibit pages, with "British Liberation Army" markings, incoming mail, various FPOs, "HQ Polish Recruiting Mission" cachet, Polish Navy mail, Polish Army Corps bilingual Field Post cachet, censor hs, unusual destinations (Northern Rhodesia), Official Mail, cover to USA, with mixed Polish Government in Exile stamps, with U.S. 6c Air Mail, all canceled by "Poczta Polowa 137" cds, etc. Included in this collection are two covers from Polish Training Battalion in Owen Sound, Canada, one with Polish Military Mission cachet, marked "Secret", sent to General Dembinski by courier to the Chief of Staff in London. A fine chronicle of Polish Army and Navy in England and Canada | $750.00 Bidding Closed |
                                                                    | Lot #4502 POLAND Polish Army in Great Britain 1942-47 large collection of 100+ covers and cards on exhibit pages, including Indian Army Postal Service, used by the Polish Army in Teheran, Kirkuk (Iraq), Egypt. Including Naval Mail, incoming letters, Central Mediterranean Force, mail from Palestine, Baghdad, incoming and outgoing mail, one to Kenya, Polish Forces Middle East covers, Polish Troops in Italy, Lebanon, plus countless others, each cover with its own story, well described, with numerous elusive items, some from remote locations, demonstrating the powerful presence of the Polish Army under British Command | $4,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4503 POLAND Polish Army in France 1940 (26 Mar) two covers from the Officers Training Center at "Les Sables d'Olonne" to Paris, each with red or violet "Armee Polonaise" markings, fine | $140.00 Bidding Closed |
                      | Lot #4504 POLAND Polish Army in the Soviet Union 1941-42 collection of 28 covers or cards from various camps in the Soviet Union, extensively described on exhibit pages, starting with Buzuluk, Tatischevo, Tock Lager, Yangi-Jul, including a cover from Scotland to London, marked "Wyjechal do Rosji" (left for Russia), forwarded by diplomatic pouch and handstamped "O.B.C. (opened by censor) in Yangi Jul GHQ, incoming mail from Kokchtav and Ayaguz, registered cover from Katta Kurgan (Uzbekistan) to GHQ in Yangj Jul, triangular "C" and "Rej.B.C.W." (Rejonowe Biuro Cenzury Woskowej) censor mark, Military Post No.3000 pmk on receipt for Money Order, Fieldpost covers from Dzhalal Abad Camp, also from Shakhrisabz Camp, Military Post No.3003 pmks on cover to Teheran, covers to and from Kanimekh Training Camp for Airmen, also a cover from the same camp to Teheran, carried by Polish courier, with British censor marking applied on arrival, covers from Guzar Camp, Vreskaja Camp, Malan and Lugovoy Camps, Tokmak, etc. Also included is a proof strike "Poczta Polowa Polskie Sily Zbrojne w ZSSR", Polish circular pmk used on incoming mail from Port Said to Buzuluk, passed by British censor, cover sent by courier from the Polish Embassy in Kustanai to Commandant of Field Hospital in Shakhrisabz, "Glowna Poczta Polowa" markings, registered mail from Ashkhabad Evacuation Center, etc., mixed condition, remarkable assembly of historical significance | $4,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4505 POLAND Polish Army in the Soviet Union 1942 "Dojdziemy" single used on large part of cover (half of the back missing), canceled by Field Post No.300 in Cyrillic, with numerous additional markings, addressed to Polish Red Cross in Teheran, signed Bojanowicz. Also included is a vertical tete-beche proof printed from defaced cliche, plus a privately designed "Stan" souvenir sheetlet | $1,400.00 Bidding Closed |
             | Lot #4506 POLAND Polish Army in the Soviet Union 1942-43 selection of covers or parts of documents, with cover sent through civilian mails to embarkation point in Tashkent, with Soviet franking, canceled "Pol. Sil Zbr. W. Z.S.R.R. D-Two" cancel, postal receipt for three incoming registered letters with "Tokmak" cancel, cover sent 12.7.42 to "Vrevskaya", cover to Tolense in Kyrgyzstan, with Fieldpost and Postage due markings, censored at "Dzhalal Abad", registered cover set 18.4.42 to the Polish Military governor at Yangi Yul, another registered cover sent 20.4.42, cover from Sukotino in Northern Kazakhstan to Yangi Yul, various strikes of Polish Military units, etc., mixed condition, faults noted, rare assembly, ex-Chris Kulpinski | $950.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4507 POLAND Polish Army in the Soviet Union 1943 proof of unadopted design of 80gr (green) showing Polish troops in U.S.S.R 1941-42, designed by A.Horowicz and printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson on gummed paper with serial number 66, v.f., extremely rare P | $850.00 Bidding Closed |
            | Lot #4508 POLAND Polish 2nd Corps in Italy 1945-46 collection on exhibit pages, including a cover from a Corporal in a British Controlled Polish Repatriation Camp to Polish Embassy in Rome, from there via Red Cross to Warsaw, Registered and First Day Covers with Second Polish Corps issues, including a souvenir sheet of four, surcharged values, Air Post, with set of five overprinted "Poczta Lotnicza", canceled "Poczta Osiedli Polskich Bartletta", Red Cross Mail (Rome to Geneva), VFW cover to the Catholic League in Chicago, plus unused set of three National Anthem souvenir sheets, fine lot | $1,200.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4509 ROMANIA 1918-19 Bessarabia, Parcel Card with Russian franking, used from "Oknitsa" (5 Jan 1918), also two registered covers to New York, one from Acherman, with bilingual censor label, the other from Borsca, via Chisnau, with arrival pmk | $140.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4510 ROMANIA Russo-Turkish War (Romanian Field Post) 1877 (20 July) FL from Craiova to the Romanian Military Headquarters in Poiana, large, but indistinct military cachet on reverse, with receiving pmk (21 July) on front, faint toning, otherwise fine, neatly described on exhibit page | $800.00 Bidding Closed |
     | Lot #4511 ROMANIA French Military Mission in Romania 1917-20 collection of 14 covers or cards, perfectly described on exhibit pages, showing different types of French Military Mission in Romania, with "General Berthelot/Commander of Mission", "French Military Mission 2nd Army" and "MMF in Romania" cachets, military markings from Bucharest, Constanza, French Navy "Secteur du Danube Commandant Naval Francaise" (Tumu Severin), Relief Coordination Mission, French Aviation Aeronautical Section and Aerostation units, censored mail, military endorsements, etc. (The French Military Mission to Romania, led by General Berthelot was to help Romania during World War I. French officers, aviators and medical staff trained and supported the Romanian Army) | $1,800.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4512 ROMANIA Romanian Soldiers in Siberia 1920 two covers from Cadet Buchen to his family in Czernowitz, Bukovina, one "American YMCA" soldier's mail cover franked with Russian imperf. 1r brown & red, tied by oval Vladivostok (15.7.20) pmk, addressed to Romania, showing return address of "Romanian Concentration Point at Staraja Rieka", Cernauti (7 Oct 1920) arrival pmk on back. The second cover is franked with imperf. pair of 1r, showing part of Krasnoyarsk, Siberia departure address, Czernowitz arrival pmk on back (Romanians served in the Austro-Hungarian army and were in POW camps in Siberia. Few were apparently recruited by the Allies and became part of the International Intervention Force). These two covers are possibly the only known from this little known chapter of history) | $900.00 Bidding Closed |
                | Lot #4513 ROMANIA Romanian Occupation of Transnistria 1941-44 single frame (16 pages) exhibit with 28 covers or cards, showing Postal History of the Romanian Occupation of Odesa and the area that lies between the Dniester and Bug Rivers, with registered and censored mail, Romanian franking on cards used from Tiraspol, Odesa, stationery cards from Birzula, Odesa, Official and inbound mail, Posta Militar No.52, No.54, covers from small post offices such as Ananiev, Balta, Golta, Kadzelnaia, Moghilev, Oceacov, Ovidiopol, Rudnita, Smerinca, Dubasari, Slobozia-Tiraspol, Grigoriopol, mixed condition, fine and rare group. (In 1941, after Axis forces invaded the Soviet Union, Romania controlled the entire region between Dniester and Southern Bug rivers, including Odesa as local capital. The Romanian-administered territory, known as the Transnistria Governorate was divided into 13 counties: Ananiev, Balta, Berzovca, Dubasari, Golta, Jugastru, Movilau, Oceacov, Odesa, Ovidiopol, Ribnita, Tiraspol, and Tulcin. This expanded Transnistria was home to nearly 200,000 Romanian-speaking residents. The process of Romanianization which ensued, resulted in mass deportation of between 150,000 and 250,000 Ukrainian and Romanian Jews, the majority were murdered or died in the ghettos and concentration camps) | $4,000.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4514 RUSSIA 1919 picture propaganda postcard "Dogs of Entente", leaders of White Anti-Bolshevik forces (Denikin, Kolchak and Yudenich), strings pulled by Western Powers, fine | $140.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4515 RUSSIA 1919 70k brown, used on registered cover headed "Legation de Suisse en Russie", canceled 2.5.19, addressed locally in Petrograd, with same day arrival pmks on back Catalog #150 | $500.00 Bidding Closed |
      | Lot #4516 RUSSIA French Military Mission to Russia 1916-18 collection of 12 covers or cards, plus one coverfront, perfectly described on exhibit pages, showing different types of French Military Mission to Russia cachets and "F.M." (Franchise Militaire) endorsements, sent by diplomatic pouch to France, cards sent by military instructors involved with heavy artillery, French Aviation units stationed in Kiev and Kamenetz-Podolsk, Medical units, etc. A fine group | $2,000.00 Bidding Closed |
    | Lot #4517 RUSSIA Russia - Russian Far East (Asia Pacific Region) 1919-21 selection of six covers or cards on exhibit pages, with censored cover from Birsk to Ufa (stated to be the only known cover from the White Occupation of Ufa), Kolchak surcharges, one cover from Omsk to Bogorodsk, card from Irkutsk to USA, Blagoveshchensk parcel card and cover, censor markings, etc. | $1,500.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4518 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1921 (3 Feb) registered cover from the Russian Exile Army Post Office, Tresor et Postes 506, survivors of the Denikin's and Wrangel's Army evacuated from South Russia, with "Russian Army/ Russian Post Office Constantinople" military cachet, sent to Algeria, via the French FPO 506 in Constantinople, fine. A rarity | $525.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4519 RUSSIA Russo-Turkish War 1878 (14 Mar) large Registered cover franked with 2k, 5k and vertical strip of 3x8k, paying 31k, tied by "Polevoye P.O. Kavkaz Korp.2" (Field Post Office No.2 Caucasian Corps), addressed to Kamenetz-Pod., with Kiev transit and arrival pmk (30 Mar) on back, fine and extremely rare usage from Igdir or Bayazet (today Turkey) | $10,000.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4520 Armenia 1915-17 two postcards from Kars to Baku and Paris, with Russian military markings, one with Censor cachet, fine-v.f., extremely rare examples of the Russian military activities in Armenia during WWI | $900.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4521 Armenia 1920 (3 Nov) registered cover to Tiflis, franked on back with HH Monogram surcharges, including 1r on 1k orange (block of four), pair of 3r on 3k, single 50r on 1r and 100r on 3.50r, all tied by Erivan departure pmks, with Tiflis arrival (5.11.20) on front and back, fine | $350.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4522 Armenia 1921 (11 Feb) cover from Erivan, addressed to the editors of "Voice of Caucasus" in Tiflis, franked with 100r on 5r Romanov, used in combination with defective vertical strip of 5r on 5k lilac claret (cover roughly opened at right), backstamped on arrival (17.2.21), extremely rare example of the unissued and unlisted 5r Romanov with HH Monogram surcharge | $1,000.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4523 Armenia 1922 (17 Oct) registered cover from Alexandropol to USA, franked on back with gold kopeck surcharges, 2k on 2r imperf. single, 4k on 1,000r imperf. pair and 5k on 50r perforated single and vertical pair, all tied by departure cds, showing the return address of G.Blackwell, Near East Relief Agency, Constantinople, with New York Registry (16 Nov) and Hamilton, N.J. (17 Nov) arrival pmks, rare usage from present-day Gyumri, extraordinary franking on cover Catalog #338,362,366a | $1,500.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4524 Armenia 1922 (20 June) registered cover from Erivan to USA, franked on back with gold kopeck surcharges, 10k on 100r perforated strip of four, 2x10k on 2,000r imperf., with New York (July 22) and Boston (July 24) arrival pmks, some overall toning, rare usage Catalog #341,367 | $600.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4525 Armenia Postal Stationery 1921 5r stationery card additionally surcharged "30 kop.", with Turkish stamp (portrait of the Sultan blocked out) added below, all canceled by "Kars 1 on 10.1.337" (1921) pmks, v.f., fine and rare souvenir of the official annexation of Kars | $250.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4526 Far Eastern Republic 1920 (2 June) Japanese picture postcard sent to Harbin, franked with 5r on 5k claret, tied by Chita railway cancel, with arrival (11.6.20) alongside, overall toning, extremely rare usage Catalog #N3 | $1,200.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4527 Far Eastern Republic 1920 (14 July) cover headed "Swedish Red Cross" in Chita, addressed locally to the representative of the German Red Cross, franked with surcharged Ataman Semenov 3x5r on 5k claret and single 10r on 70k brown & orange, tied by Chita departure pmks, minor cover flaws, rare usage, signed Mikulski Catalog #N3,4 | $1,100.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4528 Far Eastern Republic 1921 (30 Jan) cover from Vladivostok to Constantinople, addressed to the agent of the Russian Volunteer Fleet in Galata, franked on reverse with 10k on 3.50r DVR overprint, tied by departure pmk, with transit markings of Shanghai (9 Feb), Port Taufiq (13.III), Alexandria (14.III) and arrival pmks, unusual destination | $525.00 Bidding Closed |
         | Lot #4529 Far Eastern Republic 1921-23 collection on exhibit pages, 14 covers or cards, showing registered mail from Vladivostok, provisional government stationery card to Austria, Anniversary overprints on registered covers to Latvia, another used locally, Chita issue on postcard from Pervaya Rechka to Hamburg, also a registered cover from Petrovski Zavod to Moscow, Diederichs issue, one to Shanghai, etc. | $2,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4530 Georgia Georgian Consular Post Office in Constantinople 1921 (24 Jan) registered cover to Tiflis, franked with blue surcharge 7pi on 70k, tied by Constantinople departure pmk, repeated on back, assessed 20k Postage Due, with oval "Doplatit" and "20" inserted by hand, with arrival (7.2.21) pmk on front, fine and rare commercial usage from Georgian Consular Post Office in Constantinople, one of only a few genuine covers recorded | $1,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4531 Georgia Georgian Consular Post Office in Constantinople 1921 (24 Feb) philatelic cover addressed to Tiflis, franked with nine different surcharges, tied by Constantinople pmks, filing folds away from the stamps | $500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4532 Berg Republic 1922 2k, 5k, 10k perforated, also 2k and 5k imperf. singles, used or unused, mounted on exhibit page along with a commercial cover franked with 5k and 10k Star overprints, tied by "Grozny-Tersk" (29.8.22) pmk, repeated at left, addressed to Gudauty Sukhum, with arrival (9.9.22) on front and on back, rare usage, signed Mikulski (with his expertising invoice from 1992 stating only 10 covers from Berg Republic are known) | $2,100.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4533 Berg Republic 1922 (31 Aug) registered "Dr.M.Brender" cover to Berlin, franked on back with 5k lilac single and two blocks of four, paying 45k rate, tied by Vladikavkaz departure cds, Moscow transit (7.IX.22) pmks, filing fold, partially through the stamps, fine early usage from Vladikavkaz, with provisional Berg Republic Star handstamps, signed Ursul (Vladikavkaz is one of the largest cities in the Russian Caucasus, along with Grozny, and was the capital of the Mountain Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, which comprised most of today's Chechnya, North Ossetia and Kabardino-Balkaria) | $1,800.00 Bidding Closed |
            | Lot #4534 South Russia 1918-20 collection of 20 covers or cards, neatly displayed and written-up on 12 exhibit pages, with registered mail from Taganrog to Rostov, from Nakhichevan to Novorossiysk, another from Novocherkassk, Civil War usages from the Crimean Peninsula, registered covers from Sevastopol, Yevpatoria, Simferopol, plus mail from Kuban, showing pmks of Armavir, Ekaterinodar, including rare usages of surcharges on Postal Savings stamps, plus Parcel cards with Denikin franking, mixed condition, good representation of the turbulent era | $3,750.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4535 RYUKYU ISLANDS 1914-26 (Forerunners), two cards used from Naha and Okinawa Gushikawa, fine and neatly displayed on exhibit page | $230.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4536 SAUDI ARABIA - Turkish Administration 1913-17 four covers or cards, including "Djedda" 20pa postal stationery card sent 18 Jan 1915 to Vienna, showing the only recorded example of the official negative seal used for censorship, another "Djedda" departure pmks on Registered parcel tag to Zanzibar, 1916 postcard from Medina, sent 27 Feb 1916 to a Turkish doctor in Berlin, with large Ottoman Red Crescent Society Medina Hospital Post Office cachet (one of only two recorded), plus a cover sent by a Turkish officer from Medina to Istanbul, with special seal cachet of the Medina Wireless Telegraph Post Office (only recorded example) | $5,750.00 Bidding Closed |
    | Lot #4537 SAUDI ARABIA - Turkish Administration 1916 selection of five covers and additional stamps on pieces, neatly displayed on exhibit pages, showing some of the most elusive markings from Hejaz, including large piece of a money order franked with 20pa red brown tied by a clear "Taif" pmk, postal card from "Tebouk" (the northernmost station on the Hejaz line), picture postcard to Beylerbey, with octagonal pmk of "Mekke", negative military seal of the "Hejaz Command" and censor hs, with arrival pmk, another postcard sent by a Turkish soldier from Mecca to Medina, negative seal of "Mecca of the Revered, Headquarters Command", plus cover and card from Medina to Istanbul, the latter with Damascus-Medina TPO mark, mixed condition, rare O | $14,000.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4538 SAUDI ARABIA - French Military Mission 1917 Picture postcard of Cairo sent as "Souvenir de la Mission Militaire Francaise du Hedjaz 1916-1917" message, with blue "Base Militaire Francaise De Suez" cachet, sent during the period when the Expeditionary Corps was forming in Egypt | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4539 SAUDI ARABIA - French Military Mission 1917 (6 June) Tresor et Postes 601, cover sent from Hejaz to the French Army Base in Port Said, with military departure cds and violet authorized cachet "Mission Militaire Francaise Au Hedjaz / Le Chef de Mission", fine and rare cover, only a few recorded from this military campaign (Although the contribution of the French in Arabia during WWI is not as well known as that of the British, they played an important part in the war on the Hejaz Railway. Established in 1916 under the command of Col. Bremond, the French Military Mission (40 officers and 1,000 Muslim troops from North Africa) operated in all sectors of the Hejaz Railway. French units were attached to the southern armies of Princes Ali and Abdullah in the Hejaz, as well as to the northern army under Prince Faisal. The artillery battery of Captain Rosario Pisani provided vital support for the Bedouin in their attacks against the well entrenched and heavily armed Ottoman defenders. Pisani's units took part in several raids with T.E. Lawrence and made up part of the great offensive push to capture Damascus at the end of the war) | $900.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4540 SAUDI ARABIA - French Military Mission 1918 (18 Apr) Tresor et Postes 601, cover to France, with violet authorized cachet "Mission B.- Detachement de Yambo/Le Chef de Detachement" , franked with five different Hejaz stamps, tied by bilingual Ottoman "Yambo" pmks, showing return address of Sgt. Rachid "Mission du Hedjaz par S.P. 601 Jerusalem", with Villemonble (11.6.18) arrival pmk | $1,800.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4541 SAUDI ARABIA - French Military Mission 1918 (14 Feb) Tresor et Postes 601, cover sent from Hejaz to Port Said, with military departure cds and violet authorized cachet "Mission Militaire Francaise Au Hedjaz / Le Chef de Detachement", large "F" (French) handstamp, with British Army Post Office transit and Port Said (16.II.18) arrival pmks on back, filing fold, fine and rare usage | $1,100.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4542 SAUDI ARABIA - French Military Mission 1918 (25 Sep) Tresor et Postes 601, cover endorsed "F.M.", sent from Hejaz to Lyon, with military departure cds and violet authorized cachet "Mission Militaire Francaise Au Hedjaz / Le Chef de Mission", with emblematic "France" in center, return address "Mission Mil.au Hedjaz par Secteur 601 Armee L'Orient", very rare | $900.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4543 SAUDI ARABIA - French Military Mission 1918 (27 Feb) Tresor et Postes 601, picture postcard from a medical officer in Hejaz, with military departure cds and red authorized cachet "Le Medicin Major Mission Francaise Au Hedjaz", fine | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4544 SAUDI ARABIA - French Military Mission 1918 (June) cover from Mecca to Paris, franked with 1pi blue, tied by all-Arabic departure pmk, violet "M.M.F.Hedjaz" (French Military Mission) Fieldpost handstamp, "Djedda" and Port Said transit pmks, arriving Rosny sous Bois (21.7.18), filing fold away from the stamp, fine and highly unusual usage through the civil post office in Mecca | $1,100.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4545 SAUDI ARABIA - French Military Mission 1918 (Apr) Tresor et Postes 601, cover endorsed "F.M. CSRG Mission Militaire de Hedjaz Yambo SP 601", sent to Gironde, with blue authorized cachet "Mission Militaire Au Hedjaz / Parc D'Artillerie" and "Ambulance / Le Medicine-Chef" in black, fine and previously unrecorded Artillery Instruction cachet used by a small French detachment sent to Yambo (at the time, a minor port on the Red Sea) | $900.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4546 SAUDI ARABIA - Hejaz 1921 (Dec) cover franked with 1/2pi and 1pi Hejazi stamps, sent to Egypt, with bilingual "Djedda" and Port Tawfik arrival pmks on back, cover faults, markings intact | $230.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4547 SAUDI ARABIA - Hejaz Military Mail 1925 (20 Mar) picture postcard sent by a sailor on the "Schiaffino", via its on board post office to a colleague at the headquarters of the naval base at Spezia, Italy, v.f., unusual "forces abroad" usage in Jeddah. (In 1924, the Wahhabis under Ibn Saud (the Sultan of Nejd) invaded Hejaz and in the following year took control of the country, forcing the abdication of Amir Hussein. Due to internal unrest, the Italian government grew concerned about the safety of its nationals in Hejaz and sent the destroyer "Schiaffino" to Jeddah to "show the flag". This warship remained in the area from February to April 1925) | $625.00 Bidding Closed |
           | Lot #4548 SERBIA 1900-26 Turkish Administration. Collection on exhibit pages, 16 covers or cards, showing pmks of cities and small villages in Serbia, including "Pirlepe", "Resne", "Uskub", "Monastir", "Doyuran", "Korchova", "Krouschova", "Neveska", "Ochri", "Priboy", "Tachlidja", "Pizrend" (Kosovo Region, rated as "very rare" by C&W), "Kara Tova", plus many other pmks on pieces, some extremely rare. Also included is a cover from "Kolachine" (Montenegro) | $4,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4549 SERBIA 1909 bilingual postal card with "Zubeftsche" pmk, Ottoman franking, tied by bilingual pmk, with Enver Pasha's portrait, fine and colorful item, signed Nakri | $350.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4550 SERBIA 1901-03 King Alexander, unissued 1 Para carmine rose, imperforate essay on thin, ungummed paper, h.r., v.f., signed Velickovic, with his 1987 certificate (the issued stamps of this series consisted of nine denominations ranging from 5 Para to 5 Dinar. Essays of 1 Para stamp were prepared for potential use on newspapers. However, this value was never issued, possibly because King Alexander was assassinated in 1903) E | $550.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4551 SERBIA 1903 King Alexander, unissued 1pa-5d, ten different, first eight perforated, with gum, last two imperf., without gum, some minor flaws, mostly fine-v.f. Prior to Alexander's assassination in 1903, a new set of stamps, more pleasing to the king, was designed and printed in France for issuance on the Royal Birthday. The stamps were shipped to Belgrade, but never released (without the subsequent surcharges) *(*) | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4552 SERBIA 1913 3d yellow, bottom sheet margin interpanneu single, canceled "Belgrad 7.7.14 Preporuke" cds, v.f., signed Diena. (The 3 dinar yellow depicting King Peter in a military cap is the scarcest of all stamps of Kingdom of Serbia in used condition. Most of the stamps printed were not placed on sale and destroyed during World War I), O Catalog #127 Catalog Value $ 1,750 | $375.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4553 SERBIA Serbo-Turkish War 1876 (5 Oct) 10 para (Prince Milan) stationery card (Second issue) for internal mail, uprated with 10 para red brown (IVth printing), addressed to Samara, Russia, canceled by "Vojena Posta 4" FPO 4 cds, to pay correct postage fee of 20 para for postal stationery card sent abroad, boxed in Cyrillic "Vojena Posta" (Military Mail) handstamp, Moscow (14 Oct) transit and Samara (23 Oct) arrival pmks, card reduced at top, with minor additional flaws, otherwise fine and extraordinary military usage to Russia, sent during the Serbo-Turkish War | $1,400.00 Bidding Closed |
            | Lot #4554 SERBIA Serbo-Turkish War 1876-78 collection of 24 covers or cards, Military mail showing FPOs 1,2,4,5,6,8, HQ handstamps, Sumadija Kor, Timok Kor & Pirot cds, used stationery postal cards with various military handstamps, money letter and mail abroad (Russia, Austria), cover from the Royal Serbian War Ministry to Vienna, mail to and from annexed territory, etc., mixed condition, mostly fine. A highly interesting lot of this elusive material | $2,900.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4555 SERBIA Serbo-Turkish War 1877 (17 Sep)10 para stationery card (slightly reduced at top), uprated with 10 para Prince Milan (IV printing) tied by "Sabac" cds and sent to Napoli. The return address in manuscript shows "Army of the Brzna, Italian Legion, Belgrade", with a complete message describing the difficulties of the campaign and hoping for an end to the fighting. Unusual and rare item from an Italian volunteer Garibaldi Legion in Serbia during the Serbo-Turkish War, card folded in the middle, minor flaws | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4556 SERBIA Serbo-Turkish War 1878 (8 Aug) Military stationery card uprated with 20 para Prince Milan (IV printing), tied by the military "Vojena Posta Prokuplje" cds, addressed to Austria, with transits of Military HQ and Civilian Post Office at Belgrade, "Maurer" 24.9.77 arrival pmk on front. A rare example of mail sent abroad during the Serbo-Turkish War | $325.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4557 SERBIA French Forces in Serbia 1916 cover and card of French Aviation Mission in the Serbian Army showing "Tresor et Postes 502" and "Aviation Francaise de L'Armee Serbe", "Escadrille No.91-S Le Chef D'Escadrille" cachets, fine | $230.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4558 SERBIA French Forces in Serbia 1917 (27 July) cover headed "Cercle des Intimes - Salonique", sent from Monastir (Bitolj) to the Commandant of the French Escadrille 525, with the Serbian Army on the Salonica front bearing previously unrecorded (!) cachet "Commission Secours De Monastir Necessiteaux Israelites" (Commission to aid Jewish needy of Monastir), cover somewhat ragged, backflap missing, but surely unique and historical item (at the turn of 20th century, Monastir's Jewish population reached nearly 11,000. During World War I, Monastir suffered two years of bombardment and invasions. More than 5,000 Monastir Jews fled their homes and lived as refugees in the surrounding area. When the war was over, Monastir's Jews numbered just over 3,000) | $2,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4559 SLOVAKIA 1939 "Cesko-Slovensko", 60h (Milan Stefanik) die proof in dark carmine on card, engraved by Bohumil Heinz, pencil signed by him on back, v.f., rare (Bohumil Heinz (1894-1940) was a Czech graphic artist and engraver, known especially as the author of many postage stamps and banknotes) P | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4560 SLOVAKIA 1939 "Cesko-Slovensko", Andrej Hlinka, unoverprinted 50h green (perf.10 1/2) and 1kr carmine (perf.10 1/2 x 12), n.h., fine-v.f., rare ** | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
                                                                                                                                                             | Lot #4561 SLOVAKIA 1939-45 a complete 10-frame (160 pages) exhibit collection on pages, 250+ covers and stationery cards, starting with a card from Racistorf to Brno, used 14.III.39 (First day of "Independent Slovak State"), censored cover from Bratislava to Barcelona, covers with Czechoslovak definitives and Air Post stamps used in Slovakia, other forerunners, covers with the blue reprinted Stefanik stamps, three covers with the complete set of overprints to 10kr, extensive Hlinka stationery cards with various pmks, Registry markings, mail from Annexed territory (Jurgow, a town in Spisz, Poland), Slovak censor markings, Railway and Postal Bus pmks, Slovak Military Mail from units on the Eastern and on the Italian Fronts, Slovak occupation of Ukraine cover from Goloha-Pristan, German Fieldpost in Slovakia, mail from Camps for German children, Postage Dues, various destinations, many to Bohemia and Moravia, Serbia, USA, etc. A superb in-depth study and presentation | $4,500.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4562 SYRIA 1910 cover to USA, franked on back with horizontal strip of 4x10pa green, tied by bilingual "KATANA" pmks, with 7.12.1910 Beirut transit, fine and scarce usage under Turkish Administration, from a small town, signed Nakri | $4,000.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4563 SYRIA 1918 (4 Dec) registered cover to France, with 2pi EEF franking, tied by Army Post Office SZ22 departure pmk, sent from Aleppo, with Arab Governor Aleppo seal, "Passed by Censor No.10" hs, additional strikes on back, also "Opened by Censor" label and Lyon arrival pmk. During the British presence in Syria, civilian mail was franked with Egyptian Expeditionary Force adhesives (used there from 21 Sep 1918 to 23 Feb 1922) | $325.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4564 SYRIA 1919 (23 Nov) cover from Damascus to Cairo, single 1pi E.E.F. franking, tied by bilingual "DAMAS" cds, with "Churia" Cairo arrival on back | $140.00 Bidding Closed |
                                  | Lot #4565 SYRIA 1924-43 collection of 47 covers or cards on exhibit pages, various usages and frankings, including overprinted French stamps, Air Post, Commemorative issues, Free-French Forces in Syria, Official and Military Mail, covers from Alexandretta and Alawite Territory, including Air Post and Official "Territoire Autonome de Alaouites" cover, 1930s covers from Djebel Druze lands, Euphrates Territory, Latakia, military mail, etc., mixed condition, excellent collection of Syrian Postal History | $1,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4566 SYRIA Military Mail 1919 (22 May) "OAS" cover to Alexandria, Army Post Office "SZ62", censor cachet and backstamped "Military Post Office Alexandria" (27 May,19) on arrival, roughly opened at top, fine. The British Military Post Office SZ62 was set up in Damascus where it operated until 24 June, 1919, closing when Syria was turned over to the French authority | $230.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4567 SYRIA Military Mail 1919 (26 Mar) registered cover mailed by a Captain Davidson to a Lieut. Roper in Alexandria, franked with pair of 1pi E.E.F. Mandate stamps, tied by bilingual ALEP departure pmk, censored, showing several markings on back, including Arab Governor Aleppo hs, delivered "Alexandria" and "Field Post Office SZ11, 9 Apr" (Mustapha Barracks, Alexandria) arrival, filing fold away from the stamps, very scarce registered cover with EEF franking from Aleppo | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4568 SYRIA Military Mail 1919 (9 Feb) picture postcard to England, with "Field Post Office D.C.5" (Feb 9 1919) departure pmk, fine (FPO DC 5 (HQ 5th Cavalry Division) operated in Aleppo from 26th Oct 1918 to 3 Mar 1919) | $140.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4569 SYRIA Issues of the Arabian Government 1920 (8 Mar) cover with a stamp of the Arab Government overprinted for the proclamation of the Kingdom, canceled by violet bilingual "DAMAS" cds, filing folds away from the stamp, fine usage (An Arab government for eastern Syria was established in Damascus in 1919, and Emir Feisal (formerly of Hejaz) was crowned King on 8 March 1920) | $1,900.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4570 SYRIA Kilis - Provisional Issue 1921 1p violet, tied by Kilis departure pmk on cover sent via Aleppo (10.2.21) to Galata, with arrival (1.III.21) on back, filing folds away from the stamp, fine and rare commercially used cover (in 1923, Kilis was returned to Turkey) | $850.00 Bidding Closed |
     | Lot #4571 SYRIA French Occupation 1919-20 collection of nine covers or cards on exhibit pages, with Tresor et Postes 600 cover with EEF franking from Beirut to France, handstamped "Trupes Francaise de Levant Maisons des officiers", others include "Tripoli-Syrie", "Djon (Liban)" pmks, official mail with "Haut Commissariat de La Republique Francaise en Syrie et en Armenie" and "Haut Commissariat de La Republique Francaise en Syrie" cachets, also a card from Beirut with cachet of "Network Commission in Syria-Cilicia", registered cover "Tresor et Postes 601" sent by a Sergeant in the "Armenian Legion" (very rare), etc. | $2,300.00 Bidding Closed |
                 | Lot #4572 SYRIA French Occupation 1920-23 collection of 34 covers or cards on exhibit pages, "T.E.O." (Occupied Enemy Territory) overprints, various frankings, origins and destinations, registered mail from Alexandretta, Beirut, "O.M.F." (French Military Occupation) overprints, covers from Broumana and Alexandretta, Official mail with "Palmyre" marking, mail from small villages (Alie, Djadj, Saidnail), overprints on Arab Government Stamps, mail from Damascus, Currency Depreciation Issue, surcharged 1pi stamp with red control mark on cover to England (very rare), Air Mail franking, including specially created handstamps (one coverfront), Military Mail from various Tresor et Postes FPOs, unusual "Legion Syrienne 1er Escadron Libanais" cachet, Naval Mail, etc., mixed condition, mostly fine or better | $2,000.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4573 THAILAND Military Mail 1918 (Aug) picture postcard ("La Bravoure de nos Fusiliers Marins") from France to Bangkok, with a good "Corps D'Aviation Siamois/En Europe/9 8/19 (Wings)" cachet in violet, Istres cds, endorsed "F.M.", some toning, otherwise fine and extremely rare, previously unrecorded marking from Siamese pilots under training in France, mounted on exhibit page, along with another card sent by a Siamese student at the military aviation school to Siamese Military Mission in Paris, forwarded to "Groupement Siamois/T.M,885" | $900.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4574 TURKEY Military Stamps 1898 two covers franked with stamps issued for the Army in Thessaly, one with the complete set of five, canceled "Larissa (Yenidje)", the other with vertical gutter pair of 20pa rose, canceled by bilingual "Larissa" cds, paying the letter rate to Erzurum (Anatolia), rare commercial usage, signed Nakri, with his certificate Catalog #M1-5 | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4576 TURKEY Turkish Occupation of Armenia 1914 unmailed Russian picture postcard (Vladivostok), with Turkish 20pa Landscape, tied by Ottoman Fieldpost Office 34 operating in Russian Armenia, with provisional bilingual "Ardanoudsce" 22.11.14 pmk in violet, signed Nakri. A fine and only recorded example of this marking from today's Ardanuc, a town in Artvin Province in Turkey's Black Sea region, 32 km east of Artvin | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4577 TURKEY Turkish Occupation of Armenia 1914 Russian picture postcard (Skyline of the Batum district of the city of Artvin) to Constantinople, franked with Russian 7k blue, tied by violet all-Arabic negative seal "Artvin Kymakamligi 7 Tesrini sani 1339" (Artvin Government 20 Nov 1914), repeated alongside, fine, with 2002 Nakri certificate ("This is the only recorded item used during the first days of the occupation bearing Russian stamp tied by Artvin temporary post seal") (Artvin (now located in northeastern Turkey 30km from the Black Sea) was annexed by Russia following Russo-Turkish war of 1877-78. The town was mostly inhabited by Armenians. In the early days of WWI, Turkey seized Artvin, which was later retaken by the Russians, who subsequently withdrew following the 1917 Revolution. When WWI ended with the Ottomans on the losing side, British troops moved into the area in 1918, followed by Democratic Republic of Georgia, which was than invaded by the Soviet Red Army. Artvin was eventually ceded to newly established Turkey under the Treaty of Kars in 1921) | $3,750.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4578 TURKEY Turkish Occupation of Armenia 1915 Ottoman stationery 20pa postal card sent from Artvin to Marash City (in the Halep Province), showing provisional bilingual departure pmk "Artvin 4 Kanunievvel 1330" (17 December 1914) and "Halep" 2 27 Jan 1915 arrival cds alongside, fine example of the rare Artvin provisional pmk, one of only three recorded, signed Nakri, with his 2002 certificate. Also included is a piece with three Turkish stamps bearing the same Artvin pmk | $1,100.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4579 TURKEY Turkish Occupation of Armenia 1918 Ottoman 20pa stationery entire envelope to Kerkuk, additionally franked with 20pa carmine and diagonal half of same, tied by two strikes of FPO 30, fieldpost office in "Gyumri" pmks, with the negative censor marking of the Chief surgeon of the 21st Caucasian Mobile hospital, "Diarbekir" transit on front, "Sivas" and Kerkuk arrival pmks on back. Interesting application of the 20pa bisect, used due to the shortage of 10pa stamps in the HQ of the Caucasian Army. Apparently, the only recorded cover from Gyumri. In addition, there is a military free frank from "Kars", showing a circular censor strike alongside | $2,200.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4580 TURKEY Turkish Occupation of Azerbaijan 1918 cover (with letter of contents) with Ottoman franking (partly covering a double-eagle censor handstamp with Cyrillic markings), canceled by negative FPO 62 pmk, sent from Nakhichevan, via Tabriz to Istanbul's Uskudar, with star and crescent "Commander of the 9th Caucasian division", showing sender's address of "9th Caucasian Division, Head Veterinarian, Major Luft Bey", fine and extraordinary usage from Nakhichevan, with Pulhan certificate | $2,200.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4581 TURKEY Turkish Occupation of Georgia 1918 picture postcard (Tiflis) franked with Ottoman adhesives, canceled FPO, sent by a Turkish officer (hence requiring the payment of postage and the postal tax) from the Georgian capital to Kizil-Toprak, boxed censor handstamp, fine (usage possible for only a brief period at the end of WWI) | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4582 TURKEY Turkish Occupation of Georgia 1918 cover with Ottoman franking, mailed by an officer in the 13th Caucasian Division to Aleppo, with "Batum 1" military pmk, boxed censor handstamp, Istanbul transit and arrival pmks on back. Also a small piece with Turkish adhesives, canceled "Tchourouk-Sou" (located between Batum and Tiflis), fine and rare pair, neatly displayed on exhibit page | $750.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4583 TURKEY Turkish Occupation of Batum 1918 Ottoman Money Order transfer form, sending 6,000 piasters to Istanbul (small piece of the form missing at bottom), franked on both sides and paying 23.5 piasters with 18x50pa and 2x20pa (one faulty) stamps, the ones on back tied by military all Arabic "Batum 2" (15 Sep) pmks, three stamps on front with "Batum 1", with all Arabic "Besiktas 1" arrival applied on both sides, with 2002 Nakri certificate ("This is the only recorded full money order from Batum during the Turkish occupation") | $2,700.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4584 TURKEY Turkish Occupation of Batum 1918 Ottoman Parcel card used to send a package from 10th Caucasian division on 12 June, 1918 by Commander Captain "Garif" at Field Post Office No.57, located at "Leghva" to Istanbul, paying 9.20 piastres with 20pa, 5pia and block of 4x1pia, all tied by Field Post Office 57 pmks and showing "Batum 7" on reverse along with Istanbul 25 July 1918 arrival, with 2002 Nakri certificate ("This is the only recorded entire showing FPO 57 used in Georgia and the only recorded item showing Batum 7 cancelation") | $8,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4585 TURKEY Turkish Occupation of Batum 1918 selection of seven pieces with Ottoman franking, canceled Batum 1 through Batum 8 (without Batum 4), trial pmks prepared for potential branch offices in Batum, fine and very rare group O | $900.00 Bidding Closed |
   | Lot #4586 TURKEY Turkish Occupation of Persia 1916-18 selection of 4 covers or cards on exhibit pages, with postcard showing Fieldpost Office Hamadan pmk (the only recorded example of this use from the Ottoman military post office), another postcard sent through FPO 47 at Hamadan (Shawarim in Turkish), sent by a Turkish officer to his son in Istanbul, franked with 20pa+10pa (correct postcard rate of 20pa plus 10pa war tax), canceled by all-Arabic circular with belt for date and vertical bars in segments "Sahra Postasi 47-5.7.19932 = Field Post 47-18.9.1916", confirmed "Hamadan" endorsement alongside, with crescent censor mark of Baghdad and Istanbul arrival pmk (Nakri certificate" "a magnificent exhibition item of the highest caliber and undoubted highlight of Persian and Turkish philately"). In addition, there is a 20pa stationery entire envelope used from "Mahabad" (Nakri certificate: "A magnificent exhibition item"), plus a Russian stationery card used from "Hoy" to Balikesir, with negative Field Post office 28 seal, Ottoman censor mark (Nakri Opinion report: "this is the only recorded item from Hoy city during the Ottoman occupation, also the only recorded FPO negative seal used outside of Turkey"). With additional pieces showing mixed Turkish and Iranian adhesives, which might have originated from covers sent by Turkish officers who did not enjoy free-franking privileges | $3,500.00 Bidding Closed |
            | Lot #4587 TURKEY Ottoman Empire - "Lost Territories" postmarks 1900-12 collection on exhibit pages, showing some Arabic and Ottoman markings on 17 covers and cards used in "Tachlidja" (Montenegro), "Tripoli d'Afrique" (Benghazi), "Derna", "Masrata", "Adjilat", "Homs", "Rhodes" and "Rhodes (Echelle)", "Leros", "Patnos", "Kalymnos", "Nissyros", "Stankeui", plus countless others on pieces, some "extremely rare" | $7,500.00 Bidding Closed |
               | Lot #4588 UKRAINE 1918-23 collection of 20 covers or cards, neatly displayed and written-up on 15 exhibit pages, Shahiv stamps, including 30sh on postcard from Kiev to Kharkov, registered cover from "Sviatye Gori" to Enakievo, Trident overprints, different types from Enakievo, Korsun-Sadki, Kharkov, Kiev, including violet and red overprints on Romanov stamps, Odessa, Podolia, Poltava, with money orders from Zinkov, Kamenetz-Podolsk, also from Gomel and Kalinkovichi. There are some unused stamps, as well as a Money Order with "RUB" overprints, registered from Kharkov to Tver, plus 1923 Famine Relief Semi Postals set of four, used in combination with RSFSR franking on registered cover from Kharkov to Valencia, Spain. An excellent nucleus for further expansion | $2,100.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4589 WESTERN UKRAINE 1918 (21 Nov) cover to Kalusz, franked with 20h light green, provisional Lviv overprint, tied by bilingual Stanislawow departure pmk, minor wear, otherwise fine. A rarity on cover, signed Mikulski Catalog #4A | $1,500.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4590 WESTERN UKRAINE 1918-19 cover and card from Lviv to Slovita and from Kamionka-Strumilova to Vienna, each with Austrian franking, showing provisional undated departure datestamp, the card with censored handstamp, both neatly displayed on an exhibit page | $3,500.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4591 WESTERN UKRAINE 1919 (21 Mar) registered cover from Stanyslaviv to Proskurov, franked with two pairs of 50sh carmine Ukrainian National Republic currency stamps, tied by bilingual Stanislawow departure pmks, with corresponding Registry and Expres labels, violet "Ekonomat Direct. Pocht" with trident & "Poburenny" director's handstamps, filing fold and minor cover wear, fine and extraordinary usage of Kiev's Ukrainian Currency stamps on mail in Western Ukraine, signed Mikulski | $1,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4592 WESTERN UKRAINE 1919 registered cover addressed to the Provincial Court in Kolomyia, franked with 4x5h unoverprinted Austrian stamps, used with 30sot Registry adhesive, canceled by bilingual Kolomyia cds, filing fold away from the stamps, backflap missing and other cover defects, signed Mikulski | $7,500.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4593 WESTERN UKRAINE 1919 (28 Apr) cover franked with single 6sh orange on front and overprinted Bosnian Postage Dues 2sh (2), 4sh and 7sh on back, used locally in Stanislaviv, filing folds, otherwise fine Catalog #11,30,32,35 | $0.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4594 WESTERN UKRAINE 1919 (17 May) patriotic Ukrainian postcard franked with single 20sh green, used locally in Stanislaviv, little toning, otherwise fine Catalog #15 | $700.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4595 WESTERN UKRAINE 1919 (23 May) registered cover from Kolomyia to Stanislaviv, franked with horizontal strip of 4x5sot on 15h, pair of 10sot on 3h and 50sot Registry label, filing fold away from the stamps, fine and rare combination Catalog #5,6,F2 | $0.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4596 WESTERN UKRAINE 1919 two registered covers used locally in Stanislaviv, franked with both low and high values, v.f., displayed on an exhibit page Catalog #81/94 | $250.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4597 WESTERN UKRAINE Romanian Occupation of Pokutia 1919 registered cover from Kolomyia to Pechenizhyn, franked on back with C.M.T. surcharges on 15h and 50h, tied by Kolomyia cds, with Austrian Registry label on front, faint but clear Romanian Censor handstamp, filing fold away from the stamps, rare usage, signed Mikulski | $1,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4598 YEMEN 1900 20pa Ottoman stationery card with additional franking, sent from Sanaa to Taiz , with clear departure and arrival pmks, fine and scarce usage, signed Nakri | $575.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4599 YEMEN 1900-15 Ottoman Administration, selection of cancels, mostly on pieces, Sanaa, Souk-ul-Hammiss, Taiz and Zeidie, fine O | $130.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4600 YEMEN 1900-18 two covers with Ottoman franking, one from Hodeida to Trieste, with smaller town pmk, the other from "Moka", franked on back with 1pi ultramarine, tied by bilingual departure cds, Suez transit and Paris arrival pmks (the espresso coffee drink was named after this city by the Italian engineer inventor Alfonso Bialetti in 1933. At the time Mocha was a famous leading producer and trader of coffee worldwide with a history going back 500 years, and also became known for its unique Yemini wild Mocha coffee beans). Also included are stamps, two on pieces, showing good strikes of "Beit Berich", "Lahie", "Menahe", "Hodeida" and "Hudeida", neatly displayed on two exhibit pages | $1,900.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4601 YEMEN 1911 (21 Oct) registered cover to Egypt, franked on back with Ottoman 2x20pa and 1pi, tied by bilingual "Beit-ul-Fakih" departure cds, with Registry box and 19 Dec 1911 arrival datestamp on front, fine, previously unrecorded usage from Beit-ul-Fakih | $1,900.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4602 YEMEN 1913 (20 Aug) picture postcard to France, single 10pa franking with bilingual "CAMARAN" departure pmk, Port Tafiq transit pmks, fine usage from Camaran island, signed Nakri | $230.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4603 YEMEN 1914 (19 Oct) picture postcard (Pyramids) to England, with single 20pa franking, tied by "SALIF (Yemen)" departure pmk, fine usage from Yemen (shortly before Turkey entered the war on 2nd November, 1914) | $230.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4604 YEMEN 1915 (15 July) official "Administration Sanitaire de L'Empire Ottoman" cover, sent from Hodeida to Kamaran Island, forwarded to Salif, delivery attempted but unsuccessful and cover returned to sender, three months later, fine, with clear markings on both sides | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4605 YEMEN 1928 (Mar) registered cover franked with 2 1/2b black and 2 1/2b black on orange, sent by Lt.Colonel Corazzini of the Italian Military Mission in San'a to his wife in Italy, paying internal postage to Italian Eritrea where two adhesives were added to pay for further transmission to Bologna, with Massaua Registry label at bottom, transit and arrival pmks, filing fold away from the stamps, fine and rare cover (a small force of Italian officers was sent to Yemen in the late 1920s as military advisors to help the Imam's troops put down tribal unrest. As a non-UPU country, letters from Yemen to overseas destinations were required to have additional stamps of a UPU country) | $5,000.00 Bidding Closed |
        | Lot #4606 YUGOSLAVIA Occupation Issues 1941-43 selection of 16 covers or cards on exhibit pages, showing forerunners of Italian Occupation, with cards from Sibenik, Split, Cetinje, Ljubljana, Field Post 40 from Bihac, registered cover from Topolo, censored mail from Dubrovnik to Belgrade, FPO markings from Croatia (Mostar, Ragusa and Karlovac), Military Headquarters Zagreb and FPO 100 (Niksic) markings, 1941 mail from Knin and Senj, "Italo-Croat Boundary Commission" card from FPO at Susak, another with mixed Italian and Croatian stamps, mail from FPO 47 at Karlovac to Firenze, mixed condition, occasional faults noted, mostly fine-v.f. | $1,100.00 Bidding Closed |
                                                            | Lot #4607 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES - Covers and Postal History 1914-50 accumulation of 1,200+ covers and cards in carton, United States Military, American Expeditionary Force WWI, APOs, censor markings, WWII, official mail, foreign postage, unusual destinations, interesting frankings, including a good showing of 1938 Prexies, also Flights, Postage Dues and much more. Acquired years ago, mostly one by one, many with the original descriptions and prices paid, left intact for further study and research, mixed condition, solid assembly | $5,250.00 Bidding Closed |
                           | Lot #4608 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS AUSTRIA 1914-16 collection of 500 picture postcards, mostly Official cards for the Red Cross/War Welfare Office/War Relief Office, various artists, military units, New Year's greetings, landscapes, etc., each with a different serial number, used and unused, some with franking, censor cachets, destinations and different origins, mixed condition, mostly fine | $2,300.00 Bidding Closed |
                  | Lot #4609 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS CROATIA 1940-44 selection of 30 covers or cards on exhibit pages, with Anti-Soviet and Anti-Semitic propaganda cards, War Art exhibition, Wilhelm Busch commemorative postmarks in red and in blue (both very rare), etc. | $750.00 Bidding Closed |
                                                             | Lot #4610 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FINLAND 1940-63 accumulation of 400 covers and cards, mostly WWII military mail, propaganda cards, Karelia overprints on cover, postal stationery, commercial mail, censored and registry markings and much more, including military mail from 1963 and 1983 franked with the "Faltpost" labels. A fascinating holding, with excellent potential | $3,250.00 Bidding Closed |
                      | Lot #4611 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GERMAN COLONIES 1889-1914 balance of collection on 22 Exhibit pages, with covers and cards from Mariana Islands, including "Sydney-Hong Kong Seepost" and "Jaluit-Line Seepost" cards, Marshall Islands, registered covers from Jaluit, TPOs from China, Kiautschau, with maritime and Tsingtau-Kiautschou, Tsingtau-Weihsien, Tsingtau-Tsinanfu Bahnpost markings, Cameroons, with "Kameroun/Biafrakuste" pmk, also "Bonaberi-Nkongsamba Bahnpost", "Deutsches Schutzgebiet" (German Protectorate) markings on mail from the Colonies to Germany, German Offices in Turkey, with "Send No Food to Turkey" handstamps, cards from Samoa, German New Guinea, Marshall Islands Atoll Post, etc. | $4,750.00 Bidding Closed |
                                                                                                                                                  | Lot #4612 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GERMANY - WWII Postal History 1933-45 Commemorative and Semi-Postal Issues of the Third Reich, exhibit on 145 pages, showing 275+ covers and cards, special postmarks, complete sets on cover, including many better items (Wagner Operas complete set on registered cover), also Bohemia & Moravia, Generalgouvernement Occupation of Poland, Olympics and Zeppelin pmks, Brown-Ribbon Horse Races, souvenir sheets, Hitler's Birthday, Nazi Party propaganda and slogans, etc., colorful and attractive assembly | $2,300.00 Bidding Closed |
              | Lot #4613 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GERMANY - WWII Postal History 1940-45 balance of the large exhibit showing mail from German Occupied "Low Countries", 28 covers or cards from Netherlands, "Deutsche Dienstpost" official and business correspondence, used as early as 2 June, 1943, registered mail from Amsterdam, one with Hitler's Birthday cachet, parcel card from the Dienstpost office in the Hague, others used from Rotterdam, Utrecht, Arnhem, Dutch National Socialist Party covers, one with a patriotic label, another with "NSDAP in den Niederlanden" cachet; Belgium, covers from Bruxelles, Brugge, Eupen-Malmedy, including Parcel card with German franking, mail from smaller towns in the area which were ceded to Germany, Kapellen, Andeflues; Luxembourg, including specially prepared Deutsche Dienstpost markings, registered mail with overprinted Luxembourg stamps, postal stationery, propaganda cards | $240.00 Bidding Closed |
                                                       | Lot #4614 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GERMANY - WWII Postal History 1941-45 balance of the collection on exhibit pages, 100+ covers and cards from German Occupied Serbia, Lithuania, Estonia, Soviet Union, Poland, Macedonia, Latvia, censored mail from Laibach, Greece, Adria, Ukraine, with better frankings, commercial mail, postal stationery, parcel cards and much more. Every item has been chosen for this exhibit with a specific purpose, neatly described, occasional stamps included. A solid collection, well suited for expansion or break-up | $3,500.00 Bidding Closed |
                     | Lot #4615 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GREAT BRITAIN Military Mail 1900-19 balance of an exhibit on pages, showing 27 covers and cards used from British Intervention Forces in China during Boxer Rebellion, British Navy in the Baltics in 1919, including "OAS" card from Estonia, Naval Mail from Latvia, APO Y1 from Turkey, Italy, FPO No.11 from Sinho, China (faulty cover with Hong Kong and C.E.F. franking to India), FPO 9 (Yangtsun), FPO 5 (Shanghai), FPO 6 (Shanhaikuan), FPO1 (Peking), British Navy in Spain during the Spanish Civil War, including a postcard addressed to an "Observing Officer" of the non-intervention-board in Palermo, British Forces in Ethiopia, including mail from the Abyssinia Contingent, British Ambulance Service, British Forces Sudan, Albania, Dardanelles, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Austria, also a cover used 1901 from Pretoria to Port Elizabeth, all with detailed descriptions, mostly fine or better. An unusual opportunity to obtain a solid jumpstart for expansion, each item here is normally offered individually | $1,800.00 Bidding Closed |
                     | Lot #4616 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS RUSSIA - FORMER RUSSIAN REPUBLICS 1920-23 collection on 21 exhibit pages, including Azerbaijan (12 covers or cards), showing high value surcharges, Transcaucasian Federated Republic, late usage from Tiflis to Trebizond, registered cover from Alexandropol to USA; Batum (four covers or cards with British Occupation overprints); Georgia (10 covers or cards), various combination frankings, usages from Poti, Kutaisi, Manglis, Telavi, etc.; Armenia (three covers or cards), registered mail, stationery cards and lettersheets, occasional stamps and trial color proofs, mixed condition, mostly fine or better | $9,000.00 Bidding Closed |
       | Lot #4617 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS RUSSIA - Covers and Postal History 1918-22 selection of 13 covers or cards on exhibit pages, early RSFSR, registered covers with new definitives, Air Mail 45r on cover, Star surcharges, plus 1923 USSR Agriculture Exhibition on cover, fine lot | $325.00 Bidding Closed |
                    | Lot #4618 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS TURKEY 1880-1917 Ottoman Empire, collection of Turkish stamps used in former Yugoslavia, neatly identified on pages, with clear markings Bosnia, Mostar, Novi bazar, Uskub, Monastir, Bitolj, Prizerin, etc. In addition, there are Turkish stamps used in Bulgaria, Yemen, etc. O | $900.00 Bidding Closed |
                                                        | Lot #4619 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS TURKEY 1895-1916 Postal History collection of 100+ covers or cards from the Ottoman Empire, covering various areas, including Rhodes, Thrace, Dedeagatch, Adana, Angora, Alexandretta, Azizie, Bakdjedjik, plus many others arranged alphabetically through Zoungouldak, many registered and censored items, some attractively franked, mixed condition, excellent lot for a specialist | $2,400.00 Bidding Closed |
          | Lot #4620 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS TURKEY 1900-18 selection of 65+ covers or cards, various origins and destinations, different Ottoman frankings, usages include "Eregli", "Osmanie-Thasos" (faulty card), "Amasia", "Bzebdin" (Lebanon) to Mexico, also Samos, Aleppo, Uskub, Scutari, Halki, Brouse, Prinkipo, Damascus, Adana, Beyrouth, Smyrna, etc., mixed condition, mostly fine markings, acquired many years ago ($50-$200 price range) | $2,000.00 Bidding Closed |
                        | Lot #4621 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS and POSTAL HISTORY "Where in the World", 1900s-40 philatelic geography lesson, with 24 covers or cards on exhibit pages, showing use of stamps from A to Z countries and territories, with Spanish Colonies, registered cover from Aguera to Holland, covers from Batum, Carpatho Ukraine (1939 cover from Chust to Budapest), Danzig (Port Gdansk registered cover to Lodz), Elobey (cover to Hamburg), Fezzan, Graham Island, Hatay, Inini, Jersey (WWII German Occupation Fieldpost cover to France), Latakia, Memel, Oltra Giuba (registered cover to Rome), Pakhoi (registered cover to Hanoi), Quelimane (1918 censored card to South Africa), Rouad (censored cover to Cairo), St. Pierre & Miquelon, Tete (censored cover to USA), Upper Volta, Victoria Island (British Antarctic Expedition), Wallis & Futuna, Xeimarra (cover from Northern Epirus), Yemen (registered cover from Sanna) and Zambezia (registered cover to Geneva), fine and informative collection, with dozens of scarce items | $5,750.00 Bidding Closed |
                                        | Lot #4622 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS and POSTAL HISTORY 1900-50s accumulation of 500+ covers and cards, showing strength in French Colonies, particularly Omnibus sets, "France Libre" overprints, including French India, St. Pierre & Miquelon, French East Africa and others, occasional South America, British Commonwealth, topical related items (Women's Rights, Suffragists, etc.), mixed condition, many better items, inspection recommended | $7,000.00 Bidding Closed |
