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Worldwide Stamps and Covers continued...

ITALIAN COLONIES Eritrea continued...

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

1881

J12-13

Postage Dues. 1903 50L yellow, 100L blue, l.h., fine-v.f., cat. $1350 (Cat No. J12-13) (Image)

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SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction

1882

J17a

Postage Dues. 1934 20c carmine, inverted overprint, n.h., fine, signed Bolaffi (Sass.38a, Euro 1,125) (Cat No. J17a) (Image)

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SOLD for $120.00
Will close during Public Auction

ITALIAN COLONIES Somalia

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

1883

C3a

Air Post. 1934 75c brown & orange red, imperforate horizontal sheet margin pair, with "6179" marginal imprint, n.h., v.f., with 2003 Sismondo certificate for a block of four from which this originated (Sass.A3a, Euro 21,000) cat. $12000 (Cat No. C3a) (Image)

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SOLD for $3,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

1884

Flight Covers. 1934 Roma-Mogadiscio flight cover to Rome, franked with 25+2L green, v.f., with appropriate cachets and arrival pmks (Image)

CLOSED
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ITALIAN COLONIES Tripolitania

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

1885

C38-42

Air Post. 1934 Circuit of Oasis, complete set, n.h., fine-v.f., top two values signed Dr.Avi, with his 2014 certificate, cat. $1050 (Cat No. C38-42) (Image)

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SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction

JAPAN

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

1886

141-143

1914-25 30s, 50s and 1y, three of each, n.h., fine-v.f. (catalogue value for hinged) cat. $920 (Cat No. 141-143) (Image)

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CLOSED
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1887

163-166

1921 50th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Postal Service, set of four, n.h., fine-v.f. (catalogue value for hinged) cat. $329 (Cat No. 163-166) (Image)

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SOLD for $150.00
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Karl Lewis Hand-Painted covers

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

1888

1933 (7 July) Fujiyama to Hollis, L.I., illustrated cachet with pre-printed caption at top, franked with four different definitives making up the 10s international letter rate, tied by two strong strikes of the Fuji-san scenic datestamps, blue "To US" handstamp at right of Mt.Fuji's summit, cover slit open at top, with typed "C-1" and vertical oval kan handstamp sealing the backflap. Also a "C-6" cover to Chicago, with Air Post 9 1/2s and 1/2s gray brown, fine-v.f. cover (Image)

SOLD for $260.00
Will close during Public Auction

1889

1933 (8 July) return printed envelope "The Gossip Printery" Holton, Kansas, typewritten "Mailed at the Post Office on the Summit of Japan's Peerless Mountain Fujiyama" caption at top, no illustration, blue "To US", "KL" and square kan handstamps on back, with signed Karl Lewis letter (Image)

SOLD for $190.00
Will close during Public Auction

1890

1934 (10 Dec) Yokohama to "the Gossip Printery", Holton, Kansas, two covers, each franked with three Red Cross commemoratives, one not hand-painted, with Karl Lewis return address printed on backflap (small tears at right), the other with Mt. Fuji, sampans and bids illustration, "To US" handstamp, "O" and "C-6" in backflap which is further sealed by oval handstamp. There are two signed Karl Lewis letters accompanying, fine-v.f. (Image)

SOLD for $280.00
Will close during Public Auction

1891

1934-37 Fujiyama. Mt.Fuji with printed "This cover was mailed at the Summit post Office on Mount Fuji" at top, 4 covers, one to Korea (Haiju Chosen), others to USA, also a coverfront, all with beautiful hand-painted illustrated cachets, different combinations of Japanese franking, one with minor toning on back, others v.f. (Image)

SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction

1892

1935 (6 Aug) cover with printed caption at top, franked with 9 1/2s Air Post and 1/2s definitive used to pay 10s international letter rate to Cincinnati, Ohio, attractive cachet, with trees and bridge, also two sampans, blue "To US" handstamp, with typed "C-6" and oval vertical kan handstamp sealing the backflap, v.f. (Image)

SOLD for $210.00
Will close during Public Auction

1893

1935 (9 Sep) Yokohama to Quebec, Canada, franked with three different regular issues paying 10s rate, tied by Steamer handstamps, blue "To Canada" at bottom right, illustration of sun cresting behind Mt. Fuji and birds whirling in the air, typed "N" and "C-8", with square kan sealing the flap, v.f. (Image)

SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction

1894

218-21

1935 First Visit of the Emperor of Manchukuo to Japan, illustrated Temple and Palace Walls by the sea FDC, franked with the set of four commemoratives, tied by Yokohama 2.4.35 cds and red cachets, background illustration, addressed to C.L. Battle in Seminole, Oklahoma, with typewritten "N" and oval handstamp sealing the backflap, with a letter signed by Karl Lewis (Cat No. 218-21) (Image)

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction

1895

1936 (8 Oct) Hase, Kamakura to Quebec, Canada, pretty cachet showing Mt.Fuji, birds, tree line and waves in foreground, franked with "C-34" combination, tied by two strikes of the Kamakura Great Buddha Statue datestamp, with blue "To Canada" handstamp at lower right, typed "N" and vertical blue kan sealing the backflap, v.f. (Image)

SOLD for $240.00
Will close during Public Auction

1896

1936 (1 Oct) Census cover to Holton, Kansas, with 2s and 8s paying 10s international letter rate, attractive hand-painted illustration, "To US" directional handstamp, with signed Karl Lewis letter accompanying, v.f. (Image)

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction

1897

1937 (26 Feb) Karl Lewis corner card cover (not illustrated) with 6sn and 4sn regular issue franking, tied by large ship cachet, with letter addressed to Al Burns, Holton, Kansas, also newspaper clippings, v.f. (Image)

SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction

1898

1937 Tokyo, one of only two known covers from the capital city to Holton, Kansas; cachet is the Tokyo central scene with the bridges across the Edo Castle moat, franked with two different 10s adhesives, tied by "7th World Conference of W.F.E.A." cachets, v.f., with blue Karl Lewis handstamp tying the backflap, accompanied by personal letter from Karl Lewis describing the cover and cachet (Image)

SOLD for $1,900.00
Will close during Public Auction

1899

1937 cover with Red Cross commemorative and 4s regular issue, tied by large ship cachet, addressed to Al Burns, Holton, Kansas, v.f. (Image)

SOLD for $240.00
Will close during Public Auction

1900

270

1938 (11 Oct) First Showa Series, 25s Horuyu Temple, Nara, tied by Yokohama cds on a splendid all-over cachet, design showing two sampans with a hilltop castle overlooking the scene, with a touch of foreign substance added to the sun in the design, v.f. unopened cover, addressed to Chicago, with "B" and violet genkan sealing the backflap, one of only two Karl Lewis covers recorded with this all-over cachet (Cat No. 270) (Image)

SOLD for $625.00
Will close during Public Auction