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.
155 covers and cards, all individually sleeved and with pencil retail prices, includes items from Antigua, Australia, Barbados, Bechuanaland, Bermuda, British Levant, Canada, Ceylon, Gambia, Gold Coast, Guiana, Falkland Islands, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Malta, Mauritius, Montserrat, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Nigeria, Rhodesia, Seychelles, Swaziland, and Turks and Caicos, generally fine to very fine, an interesting group ideal for resale (owner's retail total $6,500)
mostly never hinged collection in mounts on Scott Specialty pages, from Ajman to Singapore, featuring KGVI to early QEII complete mint sets, highlights include Jordan C26 and Bird airmails, Malayan States sets, Qatar 69-85, Singapore 1-20 and 28-42, etc, fresh and fine to very fine or better, owner's Scott catalogue value $6,300+
mint and used collection featuring Australia and Dependencies, New Zealand, and British Oceania mainly in mounts on Scott Specialty pages, includes Australia and States used through KGVI, QEII mostly never hinged, also Australia Dependencies with AAT, Norfolk Islands, Papua Guinea, etc, New Zealand mostly mint, plus Oceania including Brunei through Tonga with some nice Pitcairn, North Borneo, and Solomon Islands, generally fine to very fine, owner's Scott catalogue value $6,300+
attractive collection of mostly never hinged stamps in mounts on Scott Specialty pages, Antigua to Virgin Islands, many complete sets featuring KGVI and early QEII definitives and Omnibus with Silver Weddings, UPU, etc, better countries include Bahamas, Bermuda, Falkland Islands and Dependencies, Jamaica, and Virgin Islands, fine to very fine or better, clean and worth inspection
collection of mostly mint, many NH in mounts on Scott Specialty pages, incl. Great Britain Victoria to KGV, KGVI and early QEII mostly o.g., nice section of Cyprus, Gibraltar and Malta feat. KGVI and early QEII definitives and Omnibus w/Silver Weddings and U.P.U etc., owner's Scott $4500, clean and worthwhile, fine to very fine or better
includes Barbados 1852-55 1p Blue block of six and strip of four, 1873 6p Orange-vermilion marginal block of six and a block of four, Grenada 1881 ½p Deep mauve lower right margin block of four, 1886 1p on 1sh Orange bisect tied to small piece, K.U.T. with 1912-21 MCA 1r to 5r, Nyasaland 1897-1900 used, Nevis with values to 1sh, and St. Vincent mint and used values to 1sh, condition generally good to fine or better
consisting of QV-KGV and QEII issues (no KGVI), mostly used but some mint, hinged on album pages in blue binder, mixed condition but many fine to very fine sets and singles
consisting of QV-KGV and QEII issues (no KGVI), mostly used but some mint, hinged on album pages in red binder, mixed condition but many fine to very fine sets and singles
10 covers, including Great Britain CP88, CP98 (mint), British East Africa H&G 1, 3, 4 (mint), 5 (mint), Gambia H&G 4a double surcharge variety, Tasmania H&G C5, all fine to very fine
three albums with mint/used collection remainders, not much here but what there is generally fine to very fine
never hinged, very fine and fresh, signed and with 1985 Oliva certificate (Scott $1,100)
unobtrusive corner cancel, well-centered, very fine and choice (Scott $725)