Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World
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| Lot | United States & Possessions Postal Agency in Siber | Estimate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Postage Dues (J37) 1894 50c deep claret, n.h., post office fresh, centered to right, with 2003 PSE certificate, graded "VG 50", scarce unhinged (SMQ $650) |  | $280 |
| 102 | Postage Dues (J50) 1912 50c deep claret, n.h., post office fresh, wide margins on three sides, attractive example of this scarce stamp, with 2004 PSE certificate, graded "XF 90" (SMQ $4,250).. |  | $2,300 |
| 103 | Postage Dues (J58) 1914 50c carmine lake, used, natural straight edge at left, fine, with 2024 Crowe certificate, cat. value $1,700 |  | $220 |
| 104 | United States Postal Agency in Shanghai, China (K1-18) 1919-21 2c-$2 Shanghai overprints, complete set of 18, plus shades of 16c on 8c and 24c on 12c, three stamps l.h., others n.h. generally well centered, fine-v.f., $2 on $1 violet brown with 1999 PFC, cat. value $5,112 |  | $1,400 |
| 105 | United States Postal Agency in Shanghai, China (K1-16) 1919 2c-$2 surcharges, complete set, l.h. or n.h., but with natural gum spots or skips, fresh, 12c on 6c orange slightly oxidized 40c on 20c tiny thin, mostly fine-v.f. |  | $350 |
| 106 | United States Postal Agency in Shanghai, China (K1) 1919 2c on 1c green, block of eight, used on piece, "U.S. Postal Service Shanghai China Sep 16, 1922" cancels, fine-v.f., with 2024 Crowe cert. (catalogued as two blocks of four) cat. value $750 |  | $180 |
| 107 | United States Postal Agency in Shanghai, China (K3,5,17-18) 1922 2c entire (U429) sent to Hartford, CT, additionally franked with 6c on 3c, 10c on 5c and 1922 2c and 4c surcharges all tied by Shanghai oval registry postmarks, with Chicago transits and Hartford arrival on reverse, fine-v.f., with 2020 PSE certificate |  | $350 |
| 108 | United States Postal Agency in Shanghai, China (K4-5,17-18) 1922 8c on 4c, 10c on 5c and 1922 2c and 4c surcharges, on registered cover to Portland, OR, all tied by Shanghai oval registry postmarks with Seattle transit and Portland arrival on reverse, cover with a sealed tear on reverse, otherwise fine-v.f., with 2022 PSE certificate |  | $280 |
| 109 | United States Postal Agency in Shanghai, China (K14) 1918 60c on 30c orange red, left margin plate number block of six, three stamps hinged, fine-v.f., cat. value $1,050 |  | $220 |
| 110 | United States Postal Agency in Shanghai, China (K15) 1919 $1 on 50c light violet, tied by U.S. Offices in Shanghai cancel on 1922 registered cover to Cleveland, OH, with "Postal Agent" handstamp Chicago transit and Cleveland arrival on reverse, cover repaired and stamp lifted and re-attached, otherwise fine, with 2022 PSE certificate (catalog value for used) cat. value $1,000 |  | $450 |
| 111 | United States Postal Agency in Shanghai, China (K10,17-18) 1922 oversized registered cover from Shanghai to Buitenzorg, Java (Dutch East Indies), franked with 20c on 10c single, 1c on 2c block of 8 and 4c on 2c block of six, U.S. Postal Agency in Shanghai cancels, Hong Kong transit and Buitenzorg arrival on reverse, cover creases and tear (at top) affecting some of the stamps, otherwise fine-v.f. and interesting cover, cat. value $4,290 |  | $450 |
| 112 | United States Postal Agency in Shanghai, China (K17) 1922 2c on 1c green, top margin plate number block of six, some gum loss at top affecting top three stamps, fine, cat. value $850 |  | $120 |
| 113 | United States Postal Agency in Shanghai, China (K17) 1922 2c on 1c green, tied by U.S. Postal Agency cancel on locally addressed cover, with block of four of the Red Cross "Help Win War" charity seal at right, v.f., ex-Drucker (where it realized $1,000 plus buyer's premium), with 2025 Crowe certificate |  | $450 |
| 114 | Official Stamps (O77var) 1873 Treasury, 10c brown, Silk Paper variety, block of four, h.r., with 2020 PSE certificate graded "F 70" (SMQ $720 for ordinary singles) |  | $300 |
| 115 | Newspaper Stamps (PR30) 1875 $36 brown rose, heavy h.r., nice color, reperforated at bottom, fine appearance, with 2020 Crowe certificate, cat. value $5,500 |  | $600 |
| 116 | Newspaper Stamps (PR46) 1875 84c pale rose, unused without gum as issued, fresh color, tiny thin spots and filled thin, fine appearance, only 164 sold, with 2020 PSE certificate, cat. value $5,750 |  | $650 |
| 117 | Newspaper Stamps (PR109) 1895 $5 ultramarine, redistributed part original gum (heavy h.r.), reperforated at bottom, fine appearance, with 2024 Crowe certificate, cat. value $2,250 |  | $260 |
| 118 | Postal Stationery (U584a,c,d) 1977 13c Energy Development, four unused "window" envelopes, three showing the various missing colors, unused, v.f., cat. value $685 |  2 | $140 |
| 119 | Revenue Stamps 1973 "One Unit Gasoline" coupon, two copies, one handstamped "Void Destroy", mounted and written-up on exhibit page, apparently very rare |  | $140 |
| 120 | Prisoner of War Mail 1919 two cards addressed to Germany, one with pre-printed "Prisoner of War Mail/American Prison Camp Vladivostok Siberia" with U.S. Postal Agency Siberia departure cds, the other with "American Prisoner Camp Vladivostok Siberia" endorsement, U.S. Postal Agency Siberia departure duplex, framed AEF Siberia Passed as Censor hs, fine. Only a few of the pre-printed U.S. POW cards have been recorded |  | $280 |
| Lot | Western Europe and Scandinavia Austria | Estimate | |
| 121 | CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA Postmasters' Provisionals (61X5) 1861 5c violet brown, margins all around except with a tiny corner notch at bottom left, tied by blue Nashville pmk on cover to Winchester, Tenn, matching "Paid", 1861 pencil docketing, cover tears at left, fine usage, with Molesworth's notations on back, also 2018 PFC, cat. value $4,250 |  | $1,400 |
| 122 | CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA (8) 1863 2c brown red, n.h., with parts of adjoining stamps on all sides, with 2013 PSE certificate graded "Gem 100J" (SMQ $650) |  | $240 |
| 123 | CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA (14) 1863 1c orange, n.h., with parts of adjoining stamps on all sides, with 2015 PSE certificate graded "Gem 100J" (SMQ $1,150) ) |  | $450 |
| 124 | Hawaii 1859 "Honolulu U.S. Postage Paid Nov 19", neat strike of red circular datestamp on cover to Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong, Andover Academy, Mass., "San Francisco Cal. Dec 16" and "Paid 8 Ship" markings alongside, fine cover, ex-Clifford |  | $450 |
| 125 | UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS Philippines Naval and Maritime Mail 1898 (21 Apr) legal size cover with "Commanding Officer U.S.S. Naval Station Portsmouth New Hampshire" address handstamp franked with Hong Kong "10 Cents" on 30c gray green (Scott 69), tied by departure cds, with Vancouver transit and Portsmouth arrival pmks on back. This cover was posted on "U.S.S. Olympia" (Commodore Dewey's flagship) on the day Spain severed diplomatic relations with the United States and on the same day, the U.S. Navy began a blockade of Cuba. On April 23, Spain reacted to the blockade by declaring war on the U.S. and on April 25th Dewey sailed from Hong Kong for the Philippines. Four days later, May 1, 1898 the Battle of Manila Bay, the U.S. Navy defeated the Spanish Pacific Fleet, resulting in fall of the Philippines and contributing to the final U.S. victory in the Spanish-American War. The resounding American victory made Commodore George Dewey a national hero (a similar cover, ex-Kugel realized $3,500 in our February 2025 sale) |  | $900 |
| 126 | AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE Mussolini, Benito Amilcare Andrea (1883-1945, Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party, ruling the country as Prime Minister from 1922 until his ousting in 1943. He ruled constitutionally until 1925, when he dropped all pretense of democracy and set up a legal dictatorship. Known as Il Duce, Mussolini was one of the key figures in the creation of fascism). A partly printed document (immigration matters) headed "Vittorio Emanuele III Re d'Italia", boldly signed and dated (1935) by the King Victor Emmanuel III (1869-1947, King of Italy 1900-1946), and countersigned at bottom "Mussolini" |  | $230 |
| 127 | AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), military general and the first emperor of France who is considered one of the world's greatest military leaders. ALS, four-page folio date-lined St. Cloud, 17 August, 1808 to his stepson Prince Eugene Napoleon (Eugene Rose de Beauharnais, Duke of Lichtenberg was the first child and only son of Alexandre de Beauharnais and Josephine Tauscher de la Piggeries, first wife of Napoleon), addressed "Mon Fils", interesting text in which Napoleon discusses the affairs of State, Austria, War in Spain, troop movements. Endorsed at bottom "Votre Affectionee Pere" and boldly signed "NAPOLEON". A rare Napoleonic letter, of historic significance |  | $7,000 |
| 128 | AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE Resnik, Judith Arlene (1949-86), an American engineer and a NASA astronaut who died when the Space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed during the launch of mission STS-51-L Resnik was the second American female astronaut in space, logging 145 hours in orbit. A Nasa staff photograph (dated 1978), signed Judith Resnik, v.f. |  | $140 |
| 129 | AFGHANISTAN Zeppelin Flights 1933 8th SAF, sent registered from Kabul via Peshawar and Friedrichshafen to Lima, Peru, attractive franking, with the appropriate cachet, transit and arrival postmarks v.f. and rare Zeppelin dispatch from Afghanistan |  | $2,300 |
| 130 | ALBANIA Italian Occupation of Albania (Sass.12-15) 1940 surcharges, unissued set of four, l.h., v.f., signed Diena, with 1949 certificate. A rare set, only 200 printed, €2,500 |  | $950 |
| 131 | ALBANIA Italian Occupation of Albania Postage Dues (J40-44) 1940 4q-50q, set of five, n.h., v.f. (Sass. S1-5) €1,375 |  | $240 |
| 132 | ALGERIA 1835 FL from Algeria to France, with straight line "Pays D'Outremer" and "Nizza di Mare", red "Purifee a Toulon", also arrival Toulon sur Mer (1 Apr 1835), corresponding disinfection slits and charge markings, fine disinfected cover from Algeria |  | $150 |
| 133 | ALGERIA Semi-Postals (B26a) 1930 5fr+5fr green and carmine, center inverted, l.h., well centered, v.f., signed Brun, cat. value $750 |  | $500 |
| 134 | ARGENTINA (164a) 1910 4c dark blue and green, center inverted, unused without gum. v.f., signed Kneitschel, cat. value $650 ARGENTINA (164a) 1910 4c dark blue and green, center inverted, unused without gum. v.f., signed Kneitschel, 650 |  | $180 |
| 135 | ARGENTINA (167aP) 1910 12p Congress Building, center inverted, plate proof on card, sheet margin single, v.f. |  | $180 |
| 136 | AUSTRIA 1850 3kr bright red, 6kr brown and 9kr blue, each with margins all around, tied by Wien 5 July (1851) cancels on FL to Venice, filing folds through the stamps, some ageing but nevertheless a fine appearing three-color combination franking of the first issue Austria, with transit and arrival markings |  | $900 |
| 137 | AUSTRIA (222a) 1919 Parliament Building, 4k carmine & black, Center Inverted, l.h. (if at all), v.f. (ANK 287D, €2,000) cat. value $2100 |  | $1,400 |
| 138 | AUSTRIA (226a) 1919 Parliament Building, 20kr violet gray & lilac brown, Center Inverted, neat postmark (Wien) and well centered, excellent colors, with usual irregular perforations at bottom slightly improved at left, otherwise v.f., one of the finest of the less than 15 (!) known, with 2010 Soecknick certificate which confirms that practically all known examples of this great Austrian rarity have defective perforations (they were carelessly torn by hand) (ANK 291D, €40,000) cat. value $40,000 |  | $14,000 |
| 139 | AUSTRIA Air Post (C4-11var) 1922 Wilhelm Kress & Hawk, imperforate pairs, 1,200k and 2,400k vertical, others horizontal, n.h., v.f. (ANK €1,500) cat. value $1,100 |  | $450 |
| 140 | AUSTRIA Rocket Mail 1932 V10, registered card from Radegund, with special cachet and "registration" label, special note and signed by Schmiedl on back, Radegund and Vienna (28 May 1932) postmarks corner card creases, otherwise v.f. |  | $375 |
| Lot | Western Europe and Scandinavia Belgium | Estimate | |
| 141 | AUSTRIA Rocket Mail 1933 S1, two specially prepared covers to Liebenau, green and violet cachets, each cancelled Graz 27 December 1933, signed by Schmiedl, v.f., with arrival & other markings on back |  | $475 |
| 142 | AUSTRIA Rocket Mail 1935 (10 Apr) stationery card with red "Geflogen Mit Rakete N4" and dark green cachets, v.f. |  | $190 |
| 143 | AUSTRIA Military Stamps (M81P) 1916 90h brown violet, imperforate and gummed proof sheetlet, v.f. |  | $230 |
| 144 | AUSTRIA Newspaper Stamps 1855 (0.6kr) 3c blue, type III, margins all around, l.h., v.f., with 2023 Avi opinion (Sass.3, €2,300) |  | $140 |
| 145 | AUSTRIA Newspaper Stamps 1855 0.6kr blue, type I, ribbed paper, margins all around, l.h., v.f., with 2023 Avi certificate (Sass.6, €7,000) |  | $450 |
| 146 | AUSTRIA Newspaper Stamps (P7var) 1861 1.05s violet gray, margins all around, l.h., v.f., signed Diena, with 2023 Avi certificate (Sass.9d, €12,000) |  | $900 |
| 147 | AUSTRIA Newspaper Stamps (P7var) 1861 1.05s gray, margins all around, l.h., v.f., with 2023 Avi opinion (Sass.10e, €1,100) AUSTRIA Newspaper Stamps(P7var) 1861 1.05s gray, margins all around, l.h., v.f., with 2023 Avi opinion (Sass.10e, Euro 1,100) |  | $90 |
| 148 | AUSTRIA Issued under Italian Occupation - Trieste (N16var) 1918 4kr green, variety No stop after "18", small h.r., v.f., Bela Szekula handstamp, etc., with 2024 Avi certificate Sassone 17k, €3,800) |  | $450 |
| 149 | AUSTRIA Issued under Italian Occupation - Trentino (N46) 1918 90h red violet, used, v.f., with 2024 Avi certificate, rare stamp (Sass.14, Euro 7,500), cat. value $3,100 |  | $450 |
| 150 | AUSTRIA Lombardy Venetia (5b) 1854 30c brown, type II, Machine-made paper, clear to large margins, part original gum (heavy h.r.), fine, with 2023 Avi certificate (Sass. 21a) €18,000 |  | $950 |
