Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World
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| Lot | Italian Area Italian Colonies | Estimate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 751 | ITALIAN COLONIES Libya 1952 (14 July) legal size "Governement de la Tripolitaine" cover, franked with 11 adhesives, including "1mal" and "24mal" Libya surcharges, registered from Tripoli to USA A.V.2 handstamp and arrival pmks on back (Sass.€2,850+) |  | $325 |
| 752 | ITALIAN COLONIES Libya Air Post Special Delivery (C14-15,CE1-2) 1934 8th Tripoli Fair, cover to Rome, franked with 50c, 75c and Air Post Special Delivery 2,25L and 4,50L+1L, all canceled by 17.2.45 Tripoli departure cds, arriving Rome 21.2.34, faint toning as often, fine usage on cover (Sass.A20 along, €3,200) |  | $230 |
| 753 | Somalia Semi-Postals (B38-51) 1935 King's Visit to Somalia, complete set, n.h., fine-v.f., cat. value $815 |  | $140 |
| 754 | ITALIAN COLONIES Somalia Postage Dues(J9-10) 1906 2L and 5L blue and magenta, l.h., fine-v.f., signed Diena, etc., with 2023 Avi certificate (Sass.9-10) €5,000 |  | $450 |
| 755 | ITALIAN COLONIES Somalia Postage Dues (J32a,34a-37a) 1926 Numerals and overprint inverted, five different, l.h. (if at all), usual centering, fresh, signed Diena, etc., cat. value $1,300 |  | $230 |
| 756 | ITALIAN COLONIES Tripolitania 1923 March on Rome, complete set, sheet margin blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. (Sass.5-10) &euro:1,600 |  | $190 |
| 757 | ITALIAN COLONIES Tripolitania 1923 March on Rome, complete set, blocks of four, used, fine-v.f. (Sass.5-10) €1,600 |  | $180 |
| 758 | ITALIAN COLONIES Tripolitania Semi-Postals (B50-53) 1930 National Defense, complete set in blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. (Sass.69-72) €4,000 |  | $475 |
| 759 | ITALIAN COLONIES Tripolitania Zeppelin Flights 1932 6th SAF card to Brazil, faint toning, otherwise fine |  | $140 |
| 760 | ITALIAN COLONIES Tripolitania Zeppelin Flights (C21-26) 1933 Zeppelin set of six, used in combination with additional franking on six separate covers or cards, each with appropriate Roma cachet sent from Tripoli to Bern, Friedrichshafen, Buenos Aires, Recife and Santos, v.f., signed Richter, etc. (Sass.PA22-27, €7,600) |  | $1,400 |
| Lot | Asia Japan | Estimate | |
| 761 | ITALIAN COLONIES Tripolitania Money Order Stamps (Sass.1,3-6,8) 1924-26 Vaglia, complete set in blocks of four (40c from second set), n.h., fine-v.f., €9,200 |  | $1,200 |
| 762 | Italian Occupation of Albania (Sass.12-15) 1940 unissued surcharges, set of four, n.h., v.f., signed Raybaudi, with his 1975 certificate (the entire printing was destroyed, with less than 200 of each value remaining), €5,000 |  | $900 |
| 763 | ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Corfu (Sass.35) 1941 "Beneficenza", 50+50L green, vertical pair, n.h., pencil signed on reverse, v.f., €1,800 |  | $375 |
| 764 | ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Corfu Air Post(Sass.PA2-3,5,7-10) 1941 Overprints, vertical or horizontal pairs, seven values (complete except for 5+5d and 10+10d) 2+2d and 7+7d l.h., balance n.h., fine-v.f., each with a handstamped guarantee mark, with 1996 Diena certificate for 30+30d. A rare group, €50,550 |  | $7,000 |
| 765 | ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Corfu Air Post (Sass.PA4A) 1941 5d lilac, overprinted vertically on single stamp, well centered, n.h., v.f. with a handstamped guarantee mark and 1996 Diena certificate. Sassone notes (Del. N.4A sono noti un solo esemplare nuovo e due usati = only one (!) unused example and two used are recorded), hence this is the unique unused example |  | $4,500 |
| 766 | Italian Occupation of Lubliana (Sass.42-56) 1941 overprinted on stamps of Yugoslavia 25p-20d, complete set of 15, l.h., fresh, fine-v.f., signed Sorani with his 1996 certificate, €6,500 |  | $450 |
| 767 | ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occupation of Lubliana Postal Stationery() 1941 50p red, Old Kingdom Parcel card overprinted "Co.Ci.", additionally franked with 10d bright violet (Sass.29), tied by "Metilka" cds, with "Kocevje" 30.V.41 arrival pmk on back, charged postage due, with pair of 1d magenta added and tied by the same arrival pmk, fine and scarce usage, with 1985 Novakovic certificate |  | $140 |
| 768 | JAPAN (129/269,C4/7) 1920s-37 selection of 24 different, regular issues, commemoratives and Air Post, n.h., fine-v.f. |  | $350 |
| 769 | JAPAN 1940 (Feb) registered and flown cover (opened for display) from Osaka to Washington, D.C., franked with regular issues 2s,4s,6s (two different), 10s and 50s (2), paying 1y28s with arrival pmk, fine, scarce usage |  | $140 |
| 770 | JAPAN Air Post (C8) 1934 Communication souvenir sheet of four, small h.r., v.f., cat. value $1250 |  | $450 |
| 771 | JAPAN Asakusa POW Camp in Japan 1915 collection of 37 covers or cards from Asakusa POW camp, many written-up on exhibit pages, including mail through Vladivostok, incoming and inter-camp mail cards different censor markings, special cards, etc., mixed condition, mostly fine. Camp Asakusa closed in September 1915 and remaining POWs were moved to Narashino, about 15 miles from central Tokyo |  5 | $900 |
| 772 | JAPAN Kurume Barracks POW Camp in Japan 1916-18 collection of 62 covers or cards from Kurume, sent by the POWs to Germany, Japan, Shanghai, with Money orders, Receipt cards greetings, postcards, etc., variety of departure and censor markings, orange "Doitsu Yuki" hs, Camp Exhibition cards, "Cash" envelopes, officer's mail, etc., each item acquired individually, mostly fine or better. A rare group |  36 | $1,800 |
| 773 | JAPAN Nagoya POW Camp in Japan 1915-19 collection of 65 covers or cards from Nagoya POW camp, sent to Germany, China, other POW Camps such as Bando, incoming mail, cards addressed to Tsingtau picture postcards printed by the Camp printery, different censor markings, mostly fine |  17 | $1,400 |
| 774 | JAPAN Narashino POW Camp in Japan 1916-18 collection of 36 covers or cards from Narashino POW camp, some on exhibit pages, incoming (including cover from a German POW in Australia) and inter-camp mail cards, various censor markings, special cards and stationery entire envelopes, Money orders, also receipts for parcels on thin paper, etc., mixed condition, mostly fine or better. The Narashino POW camp was opened in 1915 to take some of the German navy and army personnel captured by Japanese forces in Tsingtau (including the crew of the Austro-Hungarian cruiser Kaiserin Elisabeth, which was scuttled in November 1914), also at Marshall and Marianas Islands |  12 | $900 |
| 775 | JAPAN Narashino POW Camp in Japan 1919 (28 Sep) registered cover from Tokyo to the General Consulate of Netherlands Indies in Batavia, endorsed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre", showing sender's address in Camp Narashino, censor chops, directional label and arrival pmk on back |  | $230 |
| 776 | JAPAN Narashino POW Camp in Japan Postal Stationery 1918 Service des Prisonniers de Guerre "Narashino" unused stationery entire envelope, showing "Kriegsgefangenlager Narashino (Japan)" imprint backflap (spelling error, should have been "Kriegsgefangenenlager"), fine, one of only 3 (!) unused envelopes recorded. Also included is the correctly spelled entire, addressed to Hamburg |  2 | $230 |
| 777 | JAPAN Osaka POW Camp in Japan 1915 (30 Apr) cover endorsed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre", with bilingual "Osaka" camp admission label in violet (perforated on three sides) with departure and transit markings below, red directional seals and censor chops, addressed to Germany, fine and extremely rare, only a few recorded |  | $450 |
| 778 | JAPAN Osaka POW Camp in Japan 1915 (5 Mar) cover endorsed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre", with bilingual "Osaka" label in red (perforated on two sides), tied by departure pmk red directional seals and censor chops, addressed to Denver, Colorado, sent by Lieutenant Baehring, fine and scarce foreign mail cover from Osaka POW camp, with 2008 Eichhorn certificate |  | $280 |
| 779 | JAPAN Osaka POW Camp in Japan 1915-18 collection of 39 covers or cards from OSAKA POW camp, with Money order, Receipt cards, greetings, picture postcards, two covers with Admission labels (one faded, still fine, with Eichhorn certificate), "Service Des Prisonniers de Guerre Osaka" stationery envelopes, variety of departure and censor markings, incoming mail, one from Spain, registered cover from Shanghai, card addressed to Murugame Camp, etc. |  10 | $1,400 |
| 780 | JAPAN Osaka POW Camp in Japan 1916 (19 Jan) cover endorsed "Kriegsgefangenen Sendung", with bilingual "Osaka" label in red (perforated on three sides), tied by departure pmk red directional seals and "Ueda Kotoroa" censor chop, addressed to Temme, "Ahrens & Co.", Yokohama, minor overall toning, fine and rare domestic usage, with 2002 Eichhorn certificate |  | $280 |
| Lot | Eastern Europe Lithuania | Estimate | |
| 781 | JAPAN Osaka POW Camp in Japan 1917 (5 Mar) cover endorsed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre", with bilingual "Osaka" label in red (perforated on three sides), tied by departure pmk red directional seals and censor chops, addressed to Hankau, China, sent by Senior Lieutenant Friebel in Osaka POW camp, fine |  | $280 |
| 782 | Japanese intervention/Occupation of Siberia 1922 (1 Jan) 1 1/2s stationery card, concessionary rate to 7th Company, 7th Infantry Division of the Japanese Expeditionary Forces in Vladivostok, v.f. |  | $230 |
| 783 | Japanese intervention/Occupation of Siberia 1924 (1 Jan) "Gun-Ji Yu Bin" fieldpost stationery card sent by a member of the Japanese Expeditionary Forces in Siberia with datestamp of the 50th Military office, fine and very late usage |  | $230 |
| 784 | KOREA 1910 (28 Apr) picture postcard with Japanese franking, tied by Seoul Korea cds and sent to San Francisco, fine |  | $130 |
| 785 | KOREA (246a) 1957 Boy Scouts imperforate souvenir sheet of two, n.h., v.f. (Mi. Block 109) €4,000 |  | $900 |
| 786 | KOREA (265-267a) 1957 Christmas, set of three souvenir sheets, n.h., v.f., cat. value $3,000 |  | $900 |
| 787 | KOREA 1967 Oil Refinery at Ulsan, two hand-painted Essays, v.f. |  | $230 |
| 788 | LIBERIA (35a) 1892 Elephant, 4c green and black, center inverted, unused without gum, v.f., signed Diena, cat. value $225 |  | $90 |
| 789 | LIBERIA (62a) 1897 Elephant, 5c ultramarine and black, center inverted, corner margin single, n.h. (hinged in selvage), v.f., with 2008 APS certificate (catalogue value for hinged) cat. value $1,600 |  | $900 |
| 790 | LIBERIA (116a/123a,O64var) 1909-12 2c-50c, also 20c Official without overprint, centers inverted, set of six, h.r., fine-v.f. |  | $300 |
| 791 | LIBERIA Air Post (C17-26) 1941 First Flight Liberia-U.S.A., complete set of ten, key values l.h., few low values n.h., mostly fine-v.f., signed Brun, Stolow, etc., with 1965 BPA certificates for the two key values. A rarity from Liberia, only 42 complete sets recorded, cat. value $6,300 |  | $4,500 |
| 792 | LIECHTENSTEIN (63Pvar) 1921 25rp rose and black, Center Inverted, plate proof on thin card, top sheet margin single, v.f. |  | $140 |
| 793 | LIECHTENSTEIN Air Post 1939 Birds, complete set of seven, used on two registered covers to USA, five lower values sent on 3rd April (First Day of Issue) and 1fr and 2fr on 8 May, v.f. with arrival pmks |  | $140 |
| 794 | LITHUANIA 1812 (8 July) FL (four page) sent by Capt. de Castellane to his father, General de Brigade, Count de Castellane in Paris, forwarded to chateau a Reuil, charged "3" (deci) as postage was paid only to Paris, with triangular "P" handstamp, contents include references to the army being in the vicinity of Dinanburg and the river Dwina, 500 leagues away from Moscow ("Adolphe de Maussien was in Warsaw and announced that the King is returning - the food here is excellent, although the soldiers have no bread and horses are without feed") |  | $1,400 |
| 795 | LITHUANIA (3-8var) 1918 10sk-50sk, complete set of six, each with the inverted "h" for "u" in "Skatiku", tied by Kaunas (21.1.19) cds on unaddressed cover |  | $230 |
| 796 | LITHUANIA (7,8,9-12) 1918 40sk (inverted "n" for "u" in "skatiku"), also 50sk, used in combination with First Kaunas issue 10sk-30sk (first one with clear double impression) on unaddressed Kaunas (19.3.19) cover, fine-v.f. |  | $230 |
| 797 | LITHUANIA (57var) 1919 75sk imperf. top sheet corner margin block of six, center inverted and displaced to right, actually eight (!) impressions, l.h. in margin only, stamps n.h., v.f. |  | $130 |
| 798 | LITHUANIA (70-80) 1920 complete set of 11, tied on unaddressed cover by Kybartai (16.2) First Day of Issue pmks, backflap missing, otherwise fine and scarce FDC |  | $230 |
| 799 | LITHUANIA (70/80var) 1920 10sk-5auk imperf., ten different singles (there were no imperforates of the 15auk value), all with large margins, used, v.f., rare |  | $270 |
| 800 | LITHUANIA (116BP) 1922 De Jure Issue, 50s imperf. plate proof, center inverted (2auk value), v.f. |  | $120 |
