Auction Detail
January 2023
Our January 2023 sales include the "Erivan" Collection of United and Confederate States Postal History Part VIII, as well as a general sale of United States and worldwide stamps, covers, and collections.
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mint, fresh and very fine (Scott $300; SG 83s, £375)
set of 15, mint, fresh colors, fine to very fine and choice (SG 153-67s, £1,100)
fresh color and neat perforations, mint, fine (Scott $500; SG 213S)
including KEVII with QV 2c carmine reply card uprated with 1c, 1c (two, one reply card) and 2c overprinted "Specimen", 1907 Labuan 1c overprinted "Straits Settlements/Postage" and KGVI 1938 2c reply card overprinted "Specimen", plus registered envelopes 1891-1937 (13), various sizes including QV 5c (3, one overprinted "Specimen"), KEVII (7, one overprinted "Specimen" and one uprated with 5c), and KGVI (3, one overprinted "Specimen"), generally fine to very fine
mint, very fine (SG D1-6s)
partial set of 11 stamps missing the 30c, $1, and $3 from the 1912 issue, mint, fine to very fine (SG 1/14s)
the four 1902 printings, hinge remnants, bright colors, attractive examples, very fine (Scott $5050; SG 104, 107, 134, 136 £510)
primarily blocks of four but some larger (including complete sheetlets), neatly arranged in two stockbooks plus a third stockbook with miniature sheets, note 1962-66 Fishes, Orchids, and Birds complete, 1977 Shells to $10 complete, 1980 Ships to $10 complete in pairs, 1985 Insects to $10 complete block of four, and many more commemorative issues, generally fine to very fine and attractive
sheet of 50, never hinged, folded between rows 4 and 5, position 50 light gum crease, very fine (Scott $2,750 as singles; SG 580a)
tied alongside 385 and 496 by "Ndola Zambia 3 Jan 90" cancels to airmail envelope addressed to England, very fine, the only known used example of this surcharge error (SG 591a)
top left corner margin block of four, margin notation of original sheet value deleted and new sheet value of "K520" added, never hinged, very fine and rare with just one sheet of 50 recorded, accompanied by a top left corner margin block of the normal K15 on K1.95 (SG 591a)
generally post-1985 bird topical issues with some multiples, errors and varieties, first days, etc, highlights include useful assortment of surcharge errors and varieties (generally Scott 490/98) never hinged or on cover including stamps missing or with blurred surcharge, shifted surcharge, 497 never hinged strip of three with inverted surcharge on gum side, 527-40 multiples (pairs, strips of three, blocks of four, etc) on cacheted unaddressed first day covers with some duplication, 1974 unfranked domestic cover with boxed "Zambia Defence Forces On Operations/Postage Official Free" handstamp, 1971 registered "Unclaimed" cover to Sudan, etc, generally fresh and fine to very fine, excellent assortment for the specialist