1408-1959 Postal History of Jordan, collection of hundreds of covers and cards arranged in chronological order on stock cards, many annotated and accompanied by brief descriptions and closely following similar items listed and illustrated in "The Postal History of Jordan 1400-1959" by Abed Najjar (2006). The earliest items are pre-philatelic correspondence from the Venetian period, FL used in 1408 from Aleppo to Amman, three FLs used in 1414-1416 from Damascus to Amman and 1501 FL from Amman to Damascus. The Ottoman period starts with a fine example of the 1899 Posts and Telegraphs negative seal for "Kerek", 20pa stationery card to England (Najjar "probably unique"), 1903 Kerek small datestamps in black and blue, 1916 large dates in black, 1912 Kerek to Medina, 1912 Kerek to Jerusalem, 1914 Maan small datestamp in black, 1910 Damas Mouan to Constantinople, 1912 Maan to Medina, 1917 Amman Salt to Constantinople, Salt to Galata, Aijoun Money orders, Hejaz Railway and Madama Money order. The Jordanian period includes 1920 "used in Palestine", 1921 "Vickers" cover to England, 1921 Salt to Bethlehem, Kerek to Suez, Salt to Amman, England, Jerusalem, Tulkarm, Haifa, plus others. The 1921-59 covers include foreign destinations, some quite rare, registered mail, various combination franking, wide range of overprinted Hejaz (Saudi Arabia) stamps, scarce post office cancels Trans-Jordan covers, incoming mail, errors and varieties on cover, high value frankings, studies of rates, postage due markings and Postage Dues used as Regular Postage, registered mail, with variety of Registry labels and markings, large group of Censored Mail, showing a wide range of markings used in Trans-Jordan during WWII and later, AV2 and OAT mail, Obligatory Tax and Air stamps, Occupied Palestine, with Egyptian and Iraqi mail, "Palestine" overprints, Air Mail and Official mail, plus many others. A fabulous assembly, mostly fine-v.f. (Image)

Est.US$100,000

1908 (5 Apr) mourning cover (opened for display), franked with Ottoman 1pi, addressed first to Cairo, than re-addressed (13 Apr) to Beirut (Syria), Port Said (20 Apr), again Cairo (21 Apr), finally Damascus (26 Apr), well traveled and fine cover addressed to Mary Frere, daughter of Bartle Frere (governor of Scinde Province, of Scinde Dawk fame, later governor of South Africa) (Image)

Est.US$500

1918 "O.A.S." (On Active Service) endorsed cover from Aqaba to Cairo, franked with Hejaz (May 17) 1/2pi scarlet, two singles (SG 14), tied by bilingual EL-AKABA datestamp in black (29.9.16 dated in error as are all other known covers), with oval framed "Akaba Passed Censor" and Cairo (12.9.18) arrival on front, plus boxed "Passed Censor 4" at bottom, fine and extremely rare cover, with 2018 Gregory Todd certificate (Aqaba fell to Auda Abu Tayi, T.E.Lawrence (the Lawrence of Arabia) and Prince Feisal's combined forces on July 6, 1917) (Image)

Est.US$1,000

1920 The Arab Kingdom, 5m rose and brown red singles, also vertical pair of 5m carmine, plus pair of brown red stamps and single 1pi ultramarine, used on covers from Salt to Jerusalem, with arrival pmks, fine-v.f., the latter signed Holcombe (Image)

Est.US$750

1920 East of Jordan, perf. 15x14 and perf. 14 complete sets in blocks of four, h.r. at top, many stamps n.h., fine-v.f., scarce set of blocks, cat. £820 (Cat No. SG 1-19) (Image)

Cat. £820, Est.US$500

1920 Kerak Provisional, Moab District Seal (1p) pale blue, with initials "A.K." (Alex Kirkbride), vertical strip of three, h.r. in the middle, folded between stamps, creased at bottom, otherwise v.f., extremely rare (taking the official seal of the Majlis Idara, the adviser impressed it on plain sheets of gummed paper in green ink, each impression falling within a pencil-ruled square 3.5cm in size. Several hundred of these stamps, valued at one piaster each, were so printed, each being initialed "A.K." in violet ink, by the adviser, Alek S. Kirkbride, later British Resident and eventually first British Ambassador to Jordan. They were put into immediate use, and eventually a few copies straggled through to Jerusalem where the postal authorities, now realizing that the need for Transjordan stamps at Kerak was a very real one, took effective steps to get through a small supply, by November 1920, when the new definitives came into general use throughout the country (a horizontal pair, ex-Asch collection realized $15,000 Hammer in our 2011 Santa Fe auction) cat. £16500 (Cat No. SG 19a) (Image)

Cat. £16500, Est.US$10,000

1920 Kerak, 1p pale blue, violet Kerek pmk, fine and very rare, cat. £4000 (Cat No. SG 19a) (Image)

Cat. £4000, Est.US$1,500

1920-65 much duplicated collection, neatly mounted on pages in three albums, also additional six stock books, thousands, including blocks and some complete sheets, unused plus used, compilation of several major collections, with additional items added along the way. Using Stanley Gibbons catalogue, the issues are mostly complete, singles, many blocks of four, varieties, different types of overprints, also forgeries. Extensive 1924 overprints on Hejaz issues, hundreds, including sheets, errors and varieties, 1925-30 issues, with pairs, Specimen overprints, blocks of four, used singles and sets, Locust Campaign specialized group, strong Postage Dues, Coil strips, "Palestine" overprints, wealth of unlisted and reference material, mostly fine-v.f., huge catalogue value (Image)

Est.US$75,000

1922 selection of eight different on four pieces, canceled Amman 20.11.22, with 9p ochre, 2p on 2p olive perf.15x14 overprinted in red, 1p on 1p indigo, 5/10 on 5m orange, violet surcharge, fine group with four 1983 Royal certificates (SG numbers have since changed) (Cat No. SG 25b,26,27,30b,31,) (Image)

Est.US$500

1922 "East of Jordan" overprint on 9pia ochre, with additional red handstamp, block of four, lower left stamp with handstamp double, fine-v.f., unlisted variety, signed Holcombe, with his 1989 certificate (Cat No. SG 27a,var) (Image)

Est.US$250

1922 1/20 on 1m sepia, violet surcharge, l.h., fine, pencil signed, with 1976 Royal certificate (SG number has changed) cat. £400 (Cat No. SG 28c) (Image)

Cat. £400, Est.US$150

1922 10p on 10p ultramarine, 20p on 20p pale gray, used, fine-v.f., the latter with handstamped guarantee mark, the latter with 1975 Robson Lowe certificate, cat. £2300 (Cat No. SG 33,34) (Image)

Cat. £2300, Est.US$1,000

1922 20p pale gray, handstamped in red-purple on 1920 issue, l.h., v.f., handstamped guarantee, 1989 BPA certificate (Scott 52A) cat. £2000 (Cat No. SG 53) (Image)

Cat. £2000, Est.US$500

1922 10pi ultramarine, overprinted in black instead of gold, h.r., faint gum toning, v.f., with 2019 Najjar certificate ("this stamp is the only recorded example to date and is the basis of the entry in the Stanley Gibbons catalogue") (Cat No. SG 67a) (Image)

Est.US$2,000

1922 20pi pale gray, vertical pair, bottom stamp triple overprint, one inverted, l.h. at top, bottom stamp n.h., v.f., with 1953 BPA certificate (SG numbers have changed since the certificate was issued) cat. £1220 (Cat No. SG 68,68f) (Image)

Cat. £1220, Est.US$500

1922 20pi pale gray, gold overprint inverted, also another copy, overprint double, l.h., v.f., the former signed Champion, cat. £825 (Cat No. SG 68a,68b) (Image)

Cat. £825, Est.US$400

1922 2 1/2/10th on 5m orange, black blue, violet and black surcharges, three diff., l.h., fine-v.f., each with BPA (1960) or 1979 Royal certificates, cat. £750 (Cat No. SG 70,70a,70b) (Image)

Cat. £750, Est.US$300

1922 1/10p on 3m yellow brown, lower left sheet corner margin block of six, h.r. at upper left, others n.h., with 1976 Royal certificate stating that the top right hand stamp is showing original "East of Jordan" overprint type Ia, v.f., pencil signed "Atta", cat. £4500 (Cat No. SG 78a) (Image)

Cat. £4500, Est.US$2,000

1922 (29 July) coverfront, franked with 5/10p on 5p deep purple perf. 15x14, tied by Amman departure cds, addressed to Homs, with arrival pmk at top, 2017 Royal certificate ("rate should have been 2p, with additional franking possible on reverse, if cover was intact") (Cat No. SG 79) (Image)

Est.US$500

1922 registered cover to England, franked with the complete set of 11, tied by negative Amman seals in violet, with oval PTT1 handstamp below, sent via Jerusalem (1 Mar 22), with 9 March, 22 arrival pmk on back (Image)

Est.US$250

1923 Gold overprint double, 5p violet, l.h., v.f., cat. £650 (Cat No. SG 105Aa) (Image)

Cat. £650, Est.US$250

1923 Gold overprint double, 5p violet, vertical pair, l.h., v.f., cat. £1300 (Cat No. SG 105Aa) (Image)

Cat. £1300, Est.US$500

1923 1/2p on 1 1/2p lilac, overprint double, upper right sheet corner margin block of six, top two stamps missing 3rd line of the overprint, bottom block overprint transposed, h.r. in margin, all stamps n.h., with 1988 BPA certificate, cat. £450 (Cat No. SG 110b) (Image)

Cat. £450, Est.US$250

1924 1 1/2p lilac, horizontal pair, left stamp without overprint, l.h., fine, signed "Ela", cat. £1500 (Cat No. SG 116a) (Image)

Cat. £1500, Est.US$500

1924 "Government of the Arab East 1342" overprint on 1/2pi scarlet (Saudi Arabia), tied by violet Kerek pmk on 20.4.1925 Laboratories de L'Urisanine postal card to Paris, with Amman transit and 24 April arrival pmks, fine and scarce 1/2pi postcard rate, only three illustrated in the Najjar handbook (Cat No. SG 127) (Image)

Est.US$500