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.
posted from "Shigeyuki Finabashi, Oka, 1303 Unit", with Java despatch handstamp, addressed to "Kohri, Niwa-Gun, Aichi Prefecture", "X" Yamazaki censor marking, from a soldier with the 7th Area Army, which operated in South East Asia (with the exception of Burma and the Philippines), scarce and fine
gold handstamp, used with near violet c.d.s, an extremely difficult used example, scarce and very fine (Scott $1,900, SG 54 £1,800)
with better items such as 132-73 Flags mint, many imperforate varieties and souvenir sheets, fine to very fine
strong collection with many better items including mint 1928 Johan II complete, 1930 Landscapes/Royal Couple complete, 1933 Landscapes/Buildings complete, also better airmails and zeppelins, mostly fine to very fine or better
complete set used on unaddressed oversized cover, each stamp tied by strike of "Sebha/Fezzan 1-2 1952" datestamp, vertical cover crease away from stamps, very fine and rare (Sassone €9,000)
matched set of upper right corner blocks of four, never hinged, very fine and attractive variety
singles and sets on Scott album pages including 1912 set to 1.25l, 1924 set to 2.55l, 1952 overprint set to 500m, Kingdom set to 500m, postage dues, and fairly complete run to 1995 including definitives, airmails, miniature sheets, semi-postals, special delivery, and more, also section of French occupation of Fezzan and Ghadames, generally very fine and fresh (*owner's 2020 Scott $6,800+)
well centered, never hinged with some typical very minor disturbances, very fine, each signed Kessler and Brun (Sassone €1,400)
group of 27 aerogrammes, all mint or with different first day cancels, no duplication, very fine and scarce
stock book with several hundred stamps, plus 48 souvenir sheets and 22 first day covers, many complete sets with the more modern material never hinged, wonderful topicals, generally very fine, a wonderful and comprehensive collection much nicer than what usually comes to market (owner's 2018 Stanley Gibbons £12,400+)
varied accumulation in five binders featuring singles, sets, strips, blocks, and sheets, one section on album pages, some covers and cards in an assortment of bundles, some duplication, generally very fine, careful inspection highly recommended as this could be a rewarding lot
red datestamp on reverse of folded letter to Ustaritz, France, front with "GB/1F60C" accountancy marking, charged 8 decimes upon arrival, fine and rare