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.
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)
never hinged, tiny margin nick along the right edge, still very fine (Scott $1,200)
general mint and used collection in a Scott Specialty album, includes some nice 1872-74 issues and other worthwhile early material, good Third Reich including Iposta souvenir sheet (B33), B91-92 never hinged, 634-61 never hinged, Berlin 9N33, and more, generally fine to very fine, review recommended
mint and used collection with strong emphasis on Danzig, including containing 1920 Kleiner Innendienst 2pf and 2½pf, some varieties included and better officials, nice selection of Port Gdansk, mostly fine to very fine and worthwhile
strong emphasize on China forerunners, additionally China Reichspost 3pf to 5m with "Specimen" overprint, better high denominations, mostly fine to very fine, viewing recommended
five covers, with contents, all to the same addressee in Dusseldorf, Germany from a soldier imprisoned at Matsuyama Prisoner of War camp in Japan, following the fall of Tsingtao, multiple censorship and datestamp postmarks, some slight edge faults and one with light edge toning, else a fine and scarce group
upper left margin block of four, never hinged, very fine and rare, 2010 Schweizer BPP certificate
design of the issued 24g stamp, three proofs in shades ranging from light cobalt to Prussian blue, perforated 14½, with diagonal overprint "Der Leiter Der Deutsche Post Osten 1944", mounted on cardboard with embossed seal of the Wiener Staatsdruckerei, handwritten notes by the printer, minor crease at top, otherwise fine and very rare, signed Jakubek and Ludin (Michel 48P3)
proof in black, perforated 12, mounted on cardboard with embossed seal of the Wiener Staatsdruckerei and glassine protection leaf, very fine and attractive (Michel 51P6)
proof in red, perforated 12, mounted on cardboard, Wiener Staatsdruckerei embossed oval and glassine protection leaf, very fine and attractive (Michel 51P6)