Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World
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| Lot | Eastern Europe Czechoslovakia | Estimate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | COSTA RICA (60a,var) 1907 2c yellow green and black, perf. 14, center inverted, unused with full original gum, h.r., usual imperceptible toning, bright colors and fresh, v.f. with 2008 Brian Moorhouse certificate ("less than five copies of this variety are known") |  | $4,500 |
| 202 | COSTA RICA (62var) 1907 5c yellow and dull blue, perf. 14, center inverted, unused with full original gum, h.r., trivial corner crease at top right, fresh colors, v.f. with 2008 Brian Moorhouse certificate ("less than ten copies of this variety are known") |  | $4,500 |
| 203 | COSTA RICA (68a,var) 1907 2 Colones claret & black, perf. 14, Center Inverted, unused with full original gum, h.r., usual trivial toned perfs at top, fresh colors, v.f. with 2008 Brian Moorhouse certificate ("less than five copies of this variety are known") |  | $4,500 |
| 204 | COSTA RICA Air Post (C555var) 1973 50c Lake Lindora, Center Inverted, used, v.f. The center design is made up of four colors, black, yellow, blue and pink the latter three of these colors are all inverted, but the black is upright, hence the appearance is slightly fuzzy. The stamps were commercially used on mailing a bulletin from the Baha'I center in San Jose. Around five (!) are known in total, all used (with Brian Moorhouse 2008 certificate) |  | $4,500 |
| 205 | CROATIA Semi-Postals (B43-45) 1944 Storm Division, set of three, n.h., v.f., signed Marjanovic (Mi.170-72, €700) cat. value $525 |  | $140 |
| 206 | CROATIA Semi-Postals (B76) 1944 Storm Division souvenir sheet of three, n.h., fine-v.f., with 1978 Ercegovic certificate (Mi.Block 8, €2,200) cat. value $1,650 |  | $550 |
| 207 | CROATIA Semi-Postals (B76) 1944 Storm Division souvenir sheet of three, n.h., fine-v.f. (Mi.Block 8, €2,200) cat. value $1,650 |  | $550 |
| 208 | CROATIA Semi-Postals (B76P) 1944 Storm Division, imperforate souvenir sheet of three, missing 50k design, gummed proof from the Ministerial album, n.h., light crease, still v.f. and extremely signed Marjanovic, with 2018 Huzanic certificate |  | $2,300 |
| 209 | CROATIA Postage Dues (J1/25P) 1941-43 specialized collection on pages, with varieties including overprint double and inverted, Second Issue with five imperf. between varieties (including blocks of four and six), plus over 250 proofs including trial colors, vignette double, missing designs, mostly in pairs or blocks of four, also seven covers, fine-v.f. and interesting lot |  6 | $1,700 |
| 210 | CROATIA Postage Dues (J1var) 1941 50p violet, overprint inverted, horizontal strip of four, tied by Zagreb postmarks on piece, v.f. and rare, only 100 printed, with 2001 Wieneke certificate |  | $230 |
| 211 | CROATIA Issued under Italian Occupation (Sass.1-22) 1944 Sebenico and Spalato Issues, Italian stamps overprinted and surcharged, n.h., fine-v.f., with 1996 Colla certificate for the latter set only 231 printed, €5,050 |  | $900 |
| 212 | CUBA 1832-49 three stampless letters, first with oval "Habana Franco" to Tenerife (Canary Islands), second with red "Esperanza" to Havana, last with oval "Correo Maritimo No.2" from Havana to Logrono, with "Franco" alongside, both in blue |  | $230 |
| 213 | CUBA 1855 (28 Mar) FL with contents, from Havana to Boston, with scarce "Charleston S.C. Havana" datestamp in blue, fine |  | $140 |
| 214 | CUBA (239a,240a,244a) 1910 Portraits, 1c green & violet, 2c carmine & green, 10c brown & blue, three different, each with Center Inverted, l.h. or h.r., 2c with sheet margin at top 1c slightly toned, 10c tiny thin spot, fine-v.f. set of inverted centers, 1c with 1991 PFC, cat. value $1,850 |  | $900 |
| 215 | CUBA (239a) 1910 1c green and violet, center inverted, h.r., toned spot, otherwise v.f., with normal for comparison, cat. value $350 |  | $130 |
| 216 | CUBA (253/62var) 1914 Map of Cuba 1c-$1 imperforate horizontal pairs, eight different complete as issued, n.h., v.f. (catalogued as hinged) cat. value $1,500 |  | $900 |
| 217 | CUBA (264-73TC) 1917 1c-$1 complete set of large die trial color proofs in black, all in full size, printed by Security Bank Note Company, fine-v.f., extremely rare set of large die trial colors |  2 | $2,300 |
| 218 | CUBA Special Delivery (E1b) 1900 10c on 10c blue, "Five dots in curved frame" variety (Plate 882), h.r., fine, with 2025 Crowe certificate, cat. value $2,500 |  | $450 |
| 219 | CUBA Special Delivery (E4a) 1910 10c orange & blue, Center Inverted, unused (regummed), fine and rare stamp, with 2001 APS certificate, cat. value $1,250 |  | $700 |
| 220 | CZECHOSLOVAKIA Czechoslovak Legion Post in Siberia 1920 (18 July) cover from Smichov to the Finance Department of the Czech Legion in Siberia, with "Polni Posta Ceskoslovenskych Vojsk" arrival (5 September inserted by hand) arrival in Vladivostok, red manuscript notation indicates that the unit has left for America when this cover arrived, further endorsed "Do Vlasti" (to the homeland) indicating the cover is to be sent back to sender. An unusual item, with markings indicating that an emergency post office still remained in Vladivostok even after the Czech contingent was no longer in Russia, some backflap wear, otherwise fine cover, ex-Schafer |  | $230 |
| Lot | Western Europe and Scandinavia Finland | Estimate | |
| 221 | CZECHOSLOVAKIA Czechoslovak Legion Post in Siberia 1920 (9 Sep) picture postcard from Singapore, franked with 4c Straits Settlements, used by a member of the Czech Legion evacuating Siberia via the "President Grant" (U.S. ship served as the United States Army Transport, which made two voyages repatriating Czechoslovakian troops from Siberia to Trieste), with two strikes of "Polni Posta Ceskoslovenskych Vojsk / President Grant" handstamps alongside, v.f. |  | $450 |
| 222 | DUBAI Postal Stationery 1963 Athens Olympics & Scout Issue, 10np, 15np and 25np unused stationery cards, also 20np, 30np and 40np Airlettersheets, fresh and v.f. |  | $230 |
| 223 | DUBAI Postal Stationery 1963 Athens Olympics & Scout Issue, 10np, 15np and 25np stationery cards, each with a 5.11.64 First Day Cancel |  | $140 |
| 224 | DUBAI Postal Stationery 1963 Athens Olympics & Scout Issue, 70np and 1r unused airlettersheets, v.f., rare |  | $180 |
| 225 | DUBAI Postal Stationery 1964 Scouts Issue, 20np, 30np and 40np, unused airlettersheets, v.f. |  | $180 |
| 226 | DUBAI Postal Stationery 1964 Scouts Issue, 20np, 30np and 40np, airlettersheets, each with a 7-12-64 pmk, v.f. |  | $180 |
| 227 | ECUADOR (144var) 1970 80c Butterfly, center inverted, corner margin block of four, with additional vignette shifted downward variety, n.h., with official government handstamp on reverse, fine & rare |  | $1,000 |
| 228 | EGYPT 1841 two FLs from Alexandria to Malta, each with red departure pmk, disinfection slits, black "Purifie au Lazaret" handstamps, fine-v.f. |  | $450 |
| 229 | EGYPT (92-103,114) 1929-34 King Fuad, 1m-?1 complete, also 1926 50c violet, n.h., fine-v.f., cat. value $588 |  | $140 |
| 230 | EGYPT (106var) 1925 International Geographical Congress, 10m rose imperforate sheet margin single, l.h. at the very top, stamp n.h., v.f. |  | $450 |
| 231 | EGYPT (177-188P) 1934 10th Universal Postal Congress, Cairo, Khedive Ismail Pasha 1m-200m, twelve imperforate singles, each "Cancelled" on back, v.f., only 100 of each printed (Nile Post $960) |  | $230 |
| 232 | EGYPT 1942 Al-Azhar University, unissued set of four, n.h., faint gum toning as often, v.f., only 100 sets printed (Nile Post C87-90, $1,200) |  | $350 |
| 233 | EGYPT 1942 Al-Azhar University, unissued set of four, vertical left sheet margin pairs, n.h., faint gum toning as often, 6m green with minor natural gum creasing at lower right still fresh and v.f., only 100 sets printed (Nile Post C87-90, $2,400) |  | $900 |
| 234 | EGYPT (242/251P) 1944-45 King Farouk, 1m-22m, eight imperf. sheet margin singles on "cancelled" paper (in Arabic), v.f. |  | $450 |
| 235 | EGYPT (465P) 1959 First Anniversary of UAR, "Printing Experiment", 10 perforated singles and 4 imperforate pairs, various colors, gum and paper varieties (Nile Post $570) |  3 | $140 |
| 236 | EGYPT Semi-Postals (B13-15) 1956 Boy Scout Jamboree, set of perf. and imperf. souvenir sheets of three, n.h., v.f. (SG MS13-14, ?3,400) cat. value $3,500 |  | $1,200 |
| 237 | EGYPT Semi-Postals (B13-15) 1956 2nd Pan-Arab Scout Jamboree, perf. and imperf. souvenir sheets of three, n.h., the latter creased, otherwise v.f., cat. value $3,500 |  | $700 |
| 238 | FINLAND 1875 5p red orange, used in 1881 on folded telegram from Kimito to Uleaborg, stamp with irregular perforations, paper folds and tears, otherwise fine domestic printed matter item with 2009 Jussi Tuori certificate (Specialized Catalogue No 15S Aiz) |  | $140 |
| 239 | FINLAND 1875 5p orange, used in 1882 on small cover (with carte de visit) from Helsingfors to Wiborg, with faint ANK 10.10 arrival handstamp, v.f. example of printed matter rate, with 2009 Jussi Tuori certificate (Specialized Catalogue No 23L Bbz) |  | $140 |
| 240 | FINLAND 1875 5p reddish orange, used in 1882 on folded Preis-Kurant from Nikolaistad to Uleaborg, with framed "ANK 9.1" alongside, filing fold away from the stamp, fine printed matter item with 2008 Jussi Tuori certificate |  | $230 |
| Lot | France & Colonies France | Estimate | |
| 241 | FINLAND 1875 25p carmine, used in 1879 on cover from Fredrikshamn, sent via St. Petersburg (3 Dec) to Switzerland, with Lichtensteig (18 Dec) arrival postmark, fine cover, with 2009 Jussi Tuori cert. (Specialized Catalogue No 21S Aaz) |  | $140 |
| 242 | FINLAND 1875 25p deep red, used in 1884 on cover from Abo to Stockholm, with departure postmark alongside, backstamped on arrival, insignificant peripheral cover toning, still v.f. with 2009 Jussi Tuori certificate (Specialized Catalogue No 26L Bgz) |  | $230 |
| 243 | FINLAND 1875 25p red, used in 1884 on cover from Helsingfors to Stockholm, fine and correct foreign rate to Sweden, with arrival pmk, 2009 Jussi Tuori certificate (Specialized Cat. No 26L Bdz) |  | $230 |
| 244 | FINLAND (16) 1875 32p carmine, Copenhagen printing, part of framed "Nystad 9.8.1875" postmark, fine, with 2009 Jussi Tuori certificate ("a very nice stamp") cat. value $425 |  | $170 |
| 245 | FINLAND 1878 (22 Mar) FL franked with single 32p carmine, tied by "Jakobstad 23.3.78" cds on FL to Copenhagen, sent via St. Petersburg, with transit and arrival pmks, filing folds minor paper separations away from the stamp, fine |  | $140 |
| 246 | FINLAND 1882 5p reddish orange, two copies, used with 20p ultramarine on 1884 cover to Stockholm, "fran Finland" ship marking, stamps cancelled by Stockholm 12 10 1884 postmarks, fine cover with Jussi Tuori certificate (genuine, the correct rate abroad was 25p, so the cover is overpaid by 5p) (Specialized Catalogue No 23L Bdz, 25L Bfz) |  | $230 |
| 247 | FINLAND 1885 25p greenish blue, used with 20p dull brown orange on registered cover from "Tavastehus 3.10. 1888" to Wiborg, small piece of backflap missing, otherwise v.f. and attractive cover with 2009 Jussi Tuori certificate (Specialized Catalogue No 30hy, 31hy) |  | $230 |
| 248 | FINLAND (31b) 1885 5p green, vertical strip of three, middle stamp "inverted", canceled Helsingfors Poststation 30.3.1886, well centered, fresh and v.f., signed Mehrtens and Faberge with 1997 Gummesson and 2016 Cyril Schwenson certificates. A scarce tete-beche variety (Facit 30cv2), cat. value $8,000 |  | $2,400 |
| 249 | FINLAND (44,45) 1890 5m green & rose, 10m brown & rose, bottom sheet margin panes of 25, n.h., v.f., cat. value $2,250 FINLAND (44,45) 1890 5m green & rose, 10m brown & rose, bottom sheet margin panes of 25, n.h., v.f., 2250 |  2 | $900 |
| 250 | FINLAND Air Post (C1,1a) 1930 "Zeppelin 1930" - sheet of 100, position 86 showing "1830" error, also additional small varieties of the overprint, n.h., some usual wrinkles and perf. separations v.f. and scarce sheet, one of very few (if any) remaining intact, signed J.Olama, with Mikulski certificate, cat. value $18,340 |  3 | $7,000 |
