1774-1850 Pre-stamp marks of Spain collection, divided into five sections, with marks indicating only the district name; district and city; locations other than those of posting; standardized Baeza marks (1842) and handstamps used in Spain's Colonies. An incredible exhibit of 170 stampless letters, neatly written-up, exhibition style on pages, with letters from Madrid, without postal markings (precursors), straight line handstamps of Cadiz, Andalusia Alta, Vizcaya, Galicia, Andaluc¡a Vaxa, Navarra, Castilla/La Vieja, Mallorca, Leon (red Lion mark on FL used in 1825 to Madrid, referred to as "Ciudad Real"), Aragon, Valencia and Pamplona. The next section contains district and city marks, with "S.S. Vizcaya" (San Sebastian) in black and red, "B/Cataluna" (three letters to Gand), "V Valencia", "V Castilla la Viela" to Madrid, "M Andalucia Vaxa" (Malaga) and "S Andalucia Vaxa" (Sevilla), all to Gand, "R.da Andalucia Baxa" (Ronda, a village in the Andalucia Baja district) to Burgo, apparently unlisted mark, others include "M Principado de Cataluna" (Manresa), "Cal Rioxa" (in 1800, Calahorra was a village of 6,000), "Caparrso de Navarra" (in 1803, Caparroso was a village of 1,400), "Tudela di Navarra" (in 1816, Tudela's population was 7,000), "Vigo Galicia" (1802 and 1803 letters to Buenos Aires), large "Bilbao Vizcaia" in red, markings used in combination with "Espagne par Bayonne", also "Espagne par Perpignan," blue "Galicia/Ferrol" circle, red "Santander Montanas", "Albqque Estremadura Baxa" (Albuquerque in the province of Estremadura Baxa), box/wreath of "Rivadeo" (in 1807, population of 2,700), circled crown and wreath mark of "Pamplona," red "Alcantara" (small village in the sparsely populated portion of western Spain, known at that time as Estremadura Baja), crown "Granada and Baja," plus many others. There are marks of New World Colonies including "Habana Franco" (1825), "Villaclara" (three letters used 1830-34 to Havana), "Guatemala" (letter and two coverfronts used 1797-1820), "Guayaquil Debe" (on part of letter used in 1821 to Cuenca, in the Nueva Granada territory). An important collection of pre-philatelic Spain, with emphasis on origins of mail, postal markings, rates within inland Spain, Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands and overseas Colonies, foreign destinations and more. Overall quality fine or better, with many rare strikes (Image)

Est.$2,500

1854 Sperati forgeries, 5r and 6r, die proofs in black on glazed paper, signed by Sperati with violet handstamp on reverse (Cat No. 29,30F) (Image)

Est.$300

1865 Sperati forgeries, 19c and 1r, die proofs in black on glazed paper, the latter handstamped "Reproduction Interdite" in violet, signed by Sperati with violet handstamp on reverse (Cat No. 70,71F) (Image)

Est.$300

1873 Carlist Issues, 1r blue, margins all around, cancelled by unclear blue pmk on small cover to France (Bayonne), with "Alsasua" (13 June 74) cds on back, fine, cat. €1725 (Cat No. Ed.156) (Image)

Cat. €1725, Est.$750

1874 1r violet, horizontal pair, unused with original gum, margins all around, slight marginal toning at left, v.f., with 1977 Exfima cert., cat. €1020 (Cat No. Ed.158) (Image)

Cat. €1020, Est.$500

1874 1r violet, cancelled by blue oval "Lastaola / Correos / Guipuzcoa," margins all around, minor toning, otherwise v.f., with 1977 Exfima cert. cat. € (Cat No. Ed.158) (Image)

Cat. €, Est.$250

1937 1p blue and orange, center inverted, used with additional franking on registered cover to Urriza (Navarra), v.f., with arrival pmk, signed Roig, with 2007 Comex certificate. A fabulous inverted center rarity on cover, stated to be one of only two (!) known (Cat No. 637a) (Image)

Est.$5,000

1938 Constitution of the United States, imperforate vertical pair, also horizontal pair imperf. vertically, n.h., v.f., with Sismondo certificate (Cat No. 585a,b) (Image)

Est.$150

1938 Constitution of the United States, souvenir sheet n.h., also another perforated sheet without serial number, unused without gum, v.f., with COMEX certificate (Cat No. 585c,var) (Image)

Est.$150

1938 Submarine, set of six, 1p, 6p and 10p l.h., balance n.h., fine-v.f. (Cat No. 605A-F) (Image)

Est.$150

1938 Submarine, set of six, n.h., fine-v.f., with 2003 COMEX certificate, cat. $600 (Cat No. 605A-F) (Image)

Cat. $600, Est.$250

1938 Submarine, souvenir sheet of three, n.h. and clean, without the usual toning, v.f., with 2002 COMEX certificate, cat. $775 (Cat No. 605G) (Image)

Cat. $775, Est.$300

1938 Submarine, souvenir sheet of three, n.h., usual gum toning and slight gum loss at upper margin, fine-v.f., with 1983 Diena certificate (Ed.781, Euro 875) cat. $775 (Cat No. 605G) (Image)

Cat. $775, Est.$150

1938 Militia, 5c-10p, complete set, h.r., fine-v.f. (Ed. 792-800, Euro 605) cat. $422 (Cat No. 606-14) (Image)

Cat. $422, Est.$150

1938 Pictorials, imperforate singles, complete set n.h., v.f., few values signed Roig (Cat No. 624-34var) (Image)

Est.$150

1938 Isabella, imperforate singles, n.h., v.f., cat. $350 (Cat No. 672-77var) (Image)

Cat. $350, Est.$150

1938 Defense of Madrid, h.r., v.f., signed Galvez, Comex, cat. $275 (Cat No. C97) (Image)

Cat. $275, Est.$100

1938 Defense of Madrid, imperforate sheet margin pair, n.h., v.f., with COMEX certificate (Ed.765s) cat. €1330 (Cat No. C97a) (Image)

Cat. €1330, Est.$500

1938 Historical Monuments, ten perforated souv. sheets, each with "Muestra" handstamps on each stamp, n.h., v.f. (Cat No. B108ES) (Image)

Est.$500