General Foreign continued...
| Lot |
Sym. |
Lot Description |
Est/Cat |
Realized |
Prices realized...
| 460 |
 |
 -----, 1925, £5 Dull "Violet & Black, Precisely Centered, faintest
trace of hinging, appears Mint, Fresh & Bright, Extremely Fine & Choice (Image Magnifier) |
3,500.00 |
1,400.00 |
| 461 |
|
 -----, 1925, £5 Dull Violet and Black (93). Well-centered, Quite Fresh, lightly hinged, Very Fine (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
3,500.00 |
1,400.00 |
| 462 |
 |
 GREAT BRITAIN, 1840, 1p Black (1). L. Sheet Margin Block, Margins to just in at B.R., o.g., light gum creases, creased between and at T. affecting top pair, o/w Fine, Attractive Rare Block, Catalogued as Singles (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
14,000.00 |
4,500.00 |
| 463 |
|
 -----, 1840, 1p Black (1). Fresh o.g. Margins All Around, Very Fine with BPA Certificate (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
3,500.00 |
1,800.00 |
| 464 |
|
 -----, £1 Postal Union Congress (209). Mint Top Left Corner Margin Block, Extremely Fine (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
4,000.00 |
2,500.00 |
| 465 |
|
 GRENADA, 1875, 1sh Purple "Shlling" Surcharge Error (11a). Very Fine, with P.F. Certificate (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
1,850.00 |
425.00 |
| 466 |
 |
 ITALY, 1934, 5.251 + L44.751 "Servizio-Di Stato"-Balbo Flight Triptych (CO1). Tied by Appropriate 1933 pmks. on European Size Reg. Cacheted Cover to Montreal, the preparer of the cover inadvertantly
separated the stamp into three parts but neatly affixed them to the cover in their proper sequence, Very Fine, Rare (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
E. 2,000-3,000 |
1,150.00 |
| 467 |
|
 VENICE, 15th Century, 37 folded letters, most to or from Venice, destinations or points of origin incl. Damascus, Laodicea, Beyrouth, Bugia (all Syria), Candia (Crete), Alexandria, Solonica, Aman, Pera
(Turkey), Austria, Bergamo, Bologna, Modena, Tortona, Piecenza, Montone, Gerensamo (Parvia), Brunico, Firenze (Florence), & Fiume. These letters were delivered by runners or messengers & were the beginning of modem postal systems, many display
merchant's guild markings & represents a step forward from the ancient mails that served only a privileged few, also many display partial or complete seals, Condition throughout is remarkable considering the age of the collection, Impressive
philatelically & historically, with translation of one of the letters, All Mounted in Album (Image Magnifier) |
E. 2,500-3,000 |
2,200.00 |
| 468 |
|
 IVORY COAST, 1903, 1fr on We Gray Brown (Q19). O.g., margins all around, Very Scarce, Very
Fine, A.P.S. Certificate (Image Magnifier) |
3,000.00 |
1,500.00 |
| 469 |
|
 LABUAN, 1901, 8c Red & Black, Center Inverted, Postage Due (J6a). Lightly cancelled, Fine for
this Rare Stamp (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
5,000.00 |
950.00 |
| 470 |
|
 LIBERIA, 1901, $5.00 Carmine & Black, Overprinted "Ordinary"
(81). Fresh, partial "Buckerman 1902" cancel, Fine, Scarce, with Holcombe Certificate (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
2,000.00 |
1,050.00 |
