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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strong collection starting with better Ceres values including 15c green on piece, Napoleon 1fr (faults), PEXIP souvenir sheet used, better airmail, nice section of colonies including General Issue, Cilicia, Madagascar, and Martinique, Andorra with the first set to the 20ft (with many including the high value never hinged), mostly fine to very fine
neatly-arranged on two stock pages, the Bordeaux including examples of Type I and II, several complete sets, most never hinged, many showing expert markings on gum, a useful nucleus to a specialized collection, chiefly fine to very fine
17 covers, mix of mint and used including; France H&G 83r (mint), 92 (mint), Dahomey H&G 2, Ivory Coast H&G 1, 2r, Mayotte H&G A3-4 (mint), French Morocco H&G F1 (mint), New Caledonia H&G 5-6 (mint), A7-8 (mint), Mossi-Be H&G A1, Obock H&G 2r (mint), Ste. Marie de Madagascar H&G Formular Card 1 (mint), St Pierre and Miquelon H&G A3, French offices in China HUG A2 (mint), overall fine to very fine and attractive
partial Cochin (China) cancel, clear to ample margins, very fine, signed Roumet (Scott $750)
nearly complete strike of 1877 Cochin (China)/Saigon cancel, full balanced margins, very fine, signed Friedl (Scott $475)
mint stamps and first day covers neatly arranged in four stockbooks, many useful sets and souvenir sheets throughout, very fine, extremely fresh and clean, detailed inventory provided by owner with a total Scott catalogue value of $6,200+
approximately 74 covers in a binder, beginning with 1936 postcard posted aboard Irving Johnson's Yankee on its second round-the-world-cruise, double circle "Post Office Bay Galapagos Isl." datestamp, written by future Hollywood star Sterling Hayden, continues with another cover from the same ship's third cruise signed by Johnson, followed by a wonderful selection of WWII APO covers and post-WWII commemorative cancels and covers, generally very fine, an extraordinary collection with covers market at $30-150 retail, worth a close inspection as this could form the backbone of an incredibly interesting exhibit
right vertical margin pair, never hinged, top stamp tiny thin, otherwise very fine (Scott $360)
extremely fresh, never hinged, fine and scarce (mentioned but unpriced in a Scott footnote)
mint and used on album pages, largely complete less the rarities and some high values, useful complete sets plus railway officials, Upper Silesia, and Marienwerder, generally fine to very fine, an attractive collection (owner's 2011 Stanley Gibbons £3,150+)
ample balanced margins, unused, fine and attractive, couple of handstamped initials on reverse (Scott $450 for mint)
four large margins, boxed Bremen postmark, negligible thin at right, an attractive stamp with very fine appearance (Scott $725)