15th Mar, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Stamps, Postal History & Postcards
101
Western Ukraine
Intriguing collection of the 1918-'19 overprints on Austro-Hungarian types, about 180 stamps written-up on album pages, including (mint unless otherwise stated) 1918 Kolomyia surcharges with 10sot on 6h and 12h (SG.3/4, cat. £5,250; Sc#7/8, $3,400, with expert's handstamp though we cannot guarantee genuine), Kolomyia 50sot registration stamp used on piece (SG.R6; Sc#F2), Stanislaviv first issue incl. 3hr on 3k mint signed Körner (SG.21b; Sc#24), through to fourth issue incl. 3hr on 3k (SG.63; Sc#97); then Romanian Occupation of Pokutia 'C.M.T.' handstamps over seven pages incl. 60h inverted on 20h deep green (Sc#N3a, $3,000) and on 25h blue both with multiple experts' marks, many others with signatures including probably both genuine and forged Baumgarten monograms. A very good effort on this challenging area.
Sold for £500
Estimated at £250 - £300
Auction: Stamps, Postal History & Postcards, 15th Mar, 2023
This is once more an exciting sale with several family estate sections which include Irish and Great Britain new issues of the 1920s carefully stored for a century, a series of specialized Eastern Europe collections with excellent Batum and German local occupations of Poland, as well as extensive Great Britain singles with much line-engraved, and through to a very solid finale of postcard collections including a wonderful subject collection with forty Louis Wain, a strong aviation collection with 300 from the 1920s onwards, a large collection of Southern counties topography and much more.
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Tuesday 14 March 10am-5pm and the morning of the sale from 8am
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