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.
large part original gum, fresh and fine, Drossos handstamp on gum (Scott $350)
Egypt mint collection 1866-1957 mounted on Scott album pages, including 1866 to 10pi, 1867 to 5pi, 1872/74 Penasson and Bulac sets, DLR sets with shades, 1914/21 pictorials, 1922 crown overprint set, 1926 Port Fouad set with 50pi with certificate (no gum), Fouad 1st and 2nd portrait sets, Farouk sets including 1929 proof set with brown center, 1934 UPU set, 1938 Birthday, etc, complete including miniature sheets (less the 1956 scouts sheets) and back of the book, also includes Sudan with 1897 Egypt overprint set used, 1898/1928 camel sets mint or used, 1935 Gordon set to 20pi mint, 1970 unissued proof set, airmails, postage dues, and officials, generally fine to very fine, a wonderful and comprehensive collection (owner's 2020 Scott $19,700+)
approximately 188 covers and cards including some illustrated FDCs, mostly commercially used to both domestic and foreign destinations, includes airpost, special delivery, and registered, starts with 1894 Alexandria Exhibition, 1925 Geographical Congress (2), 1926 Expo (4), 1926 Navigation (3), 1927 Cotton Congress (3), Statistical Congress (10), Medical Congress (11), 1929 Prince Farouk (3), 1931 Expo (11), Graf Zeppelin on card and cover, 1933 trains (5), planes (4), 1934 UPU (14), 1936 Expo (3), Treaty (8), 1937 Abolition (8), Ophthalmological Congress (6), 1938 Wedding (5), Cotton Congress (7), Telecom (4), Leprosy Congress (3), and a later covers, all with pencil retail prices indicated, generally very fine, an interest group for the specialist (retail price $9,900)
stock of 231 stamps, some duplication, mostly definitives but some commemoratives, airmails, officials, and postage dues, including 43 perforated stamps with "Qubba Palace" backstamps, 156 imperforate proofs with "Cancelled" backstamps, all mounted on 194 Bileski cards with his signature of authentic stating that the stamps are from the collection of King Farouk, very fine, huge retail potential
used mounted in MOM specialized album, including Egypt complete 1866-1964 with 1926 Port Fouad 50pi signed Angeloglou and Todd, 1932 Fouad overprint set, 1934 UPU set, 1938 Birthday, miniature sheets (less 1956 scouts sheets), airmails, postage dues, officials, and occupation of Palestine, also includes Syria 1958-63 nearly complete (missing the 1958 child welfare set) and Yemen 1959-63 with complete sets including 1963 overprints, generally fine to very fine, an attractive and comprehensive collection (owner's 2020 Scott $12,200+)
includes 1,200+ mint and used stamps (many never hinged), together with 55 covers in album, covering most of the issued sets up to the high values (including some unrecorded values), multiples including control numbers, varieties including double, shifted, and broken overprints, significant catalogue value
approximately 800 stamps and miniature sheets, mint and used, in stock book and binder, each with handwritten prices, includes block and multiples with sideways watermarks, inverted watermarks, broken characters, double overprints, shifted overprints, miscuts, missing colors, imperforates, and more, many cited in Nile Post (owner's retail $11,000+)
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on perforated Cères or Napoleon issues, over 170 stamps, neatly displayed on stock sheets, the vast majority of cancellations easily identifiable, some larger towns showing some duplication, else a useful and diverse variety of these popular large numeral postmarks, chiefly fine or better
mint block of four with inverted cliche at upper right, hinge remnants and light natural gum crease, fine, a beautiful and rare multiple, 1958 RPSL certificate (Scott $6,750 for pair)
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