1783 home-made envelope, with a large letter "W" surmounted by a crown (type II, Bojanowicz "b") sent from Warszawa to Krakow, manuscript "12gr" and "117", largely intact wax seals on back, some ageing and raster markings at bottom (Image)

Est.US$250

1783 cover from Warszawa, via Poznan to Skwirzyn, clear strike of "W" (type II, Bojanowicz "b"), charged "24", with wax seal on back (Image)

Est.US$250

1792 (21 May) entire FL (four pages of text in Polish) addressed to Warszawa, with straight-line LISSA (Leszno) departure hs (type IV, size 10mm), endorsed "Franco", nearly intact wax seal and arrival docketing, fine and scarce usage (Image)

Est.US$250

1807 (29 Aug) Warszawa to Paris, FL with "Grande Armee No.43" hs, charged "8" (decimes), red arrival pmk, fine usage from the Duchy of Warsaw during Napoleonic occupation (Image)

Est.US$250

1811 (15 Mar) Incoming Mail, small FL from Paris to Count Lubienski ("mon cher Papa") in Warszawa, with an excellent three-line strike of "Miedzyrzec" and "P.Z.Gr.Sr." (Porto Zagraniczne Groszy Srebrem) and "P:K: Zt." (Porto Krajowe Zlotych), actual amount "16zl" filled in by manuscript, indicating domestic postage collected at border, intact wax seal, various charge and due markings on front, fine early cover with splendid Duchy of Warsaw markings (Image)

Est.US$1,500

1850 (25 Aug) FL originating from London and addressed to Odessa, forwarded by agents "Franconi & Wolff A Cracovie", with "Krakau 23/8" pmk, sent further to Odessa, fine and most unusual routing (Image)

Est.US$500

1860 10k carmine rose & blue, brilliant colors and well centered, canceled by "1" (ornamental tail) in four squares, on small piece, v.f. A splendid stamp (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.US$500

1860 10k carmine rose & blue, beautiful distinct colors, canceled "282" (Kibarty), fine (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.US$250

1860 10k carmine & blue, splendid color and nice centering, canceled "131" (Miechow) on small piece, v.f. (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.US$500

1865 Russia 10k brown & blue (unwatermarked), tied by a perfect strike "196" in concentric circles on cover to Warszawa, with corresponding "Dobra" (18/10) departure pmk alongside, red 19/10 arrival pmk on back, boxed "3 P" (3:00 pm), also Poland 10k carmine & blue (Number 1), defaced and canceled in red, filing fold away from the stamps, black wax seal on back, fine and interesting cover ("196" Bojanowicz rated "10") (Image)

Est.US$1,000

1914 (19 July) registered cover from Lodz to Vienna, franked on back with pair of Russia 10k Romanov stamps, tied by Lodz central departure cds (in Cyrillic), with two handstamps "Detained by War Censor" and "Returned Due to War Conditions" on front, opened by Austrian Censor, with handstamps and label at right, additional handstamp on reverse "Returned to Sender due to War Conditions", with additional markings indicating that this cover was actually returned in 1918, four years after departure (Image)

Est.US$500

1918-19 Lublin Issue, complete set of 10, used on two locally addressed registered covers, fine-v.f. (Cat No. 30/40) (Image)

Est.US$150

1919 15h on 10h stationery card used with additional franking from Krakow to Wien, also 15f stationery card, with "Zum Russichen Freimarke" overprint, cancelled Warszawa 24.3.19, fine-v.f. (Image)

Est.US$150

1919 5h light green, h.r., v.f., signed Mikulski, etc., with APS certificate, cat. $550 (Cat No. 41) (Image)

Cat. $550, Est.US$250

1919 5h light green, unused without gum, small thin, v.f., signed Schmutz, Landre, etc., cat. $550 (Cat No. 41) (Image)

Cat. $550, Est.US$150

1919 10kr violet, pos. F-IVB-23, well centered with wide margins all around, original hinge at top, fresh and v.f. example of this popular rarity, only 440 printed, signed Taipale, Philatelia Krakow and Dr.Kronenberg, with his 1993 certificate (Fi.49aa, 50,000zl) cat. $14000 (Cat No. 55) (Image)

Cat. $14000, Est.US$10,000

1945-46 Provisional Period, selection of 34 covers or cards to the United States, usually franked with Gdansk and Warszawa commemoratives, many on return 3c U.S. stationery cards to "American International Transaction Corp" (thanking the senders for gifts), variety of departure markings, three different types of military censor handstamps, some registered, one flown, others sent by ship (Image)

Est.US$100

1946 First anniversary of Victory (3zl brown), Baltic Sea (3+7zl blue) and Henryk IV (6zl gray), imperf. sheet margin singles, h.r., last one at top only, stamp n.h., v.f. (Fi.405,406,409nz, 2,900zl) (Cat No. 390,394,B47var) (Image)

Est.US$250

1946 2nd Anniversary of July Manifesto, two imperforate singles, also Gdansk Post Office, imperforate sheet margin single, l.h., v.f., signed Mikstein, etc. (407,411nz, 1,800zl) (Cat No. 391,B48var) (Image)

Est.US$150

1950-51 Currency Reform, "Groszy" overprints, collection of used and unused singles and sets on pages, few covers, souvenir sheet (Kultura) canceled on piece, Postage Dues, etc., fine-v.f. (Image)

Est.US$500

1956 Olympic Games Melbourne, 20g light brown & dull violet (Boxer), center inverted, bottom sheet margin example, n.h., v.f. A superb modern rarity from Poland, only 14(!) examples are known to exist, cat. $17500 (Cat No. 751a) (Image)

Cat. $17500, Est.US$20,000

1948 FDR 80c gray, sheetlet of 16 with four central descriptive labels (Bojownice o Wolnosc I Demokracje, etc.), group of 100 (serial No. at bottom 3801-3900), n.h., fine-v.f. (Fi.489), 184,000zl $46,644 (Cat No. C26A) (Image)

Est.US$2,500

1948 FDR 80c gray, sheetlet of 16 with four central descriptive labels (Bojownice o Wolnosc I Demokracje, etc.), group of 100 (serial No. at bottom 2701-2800), n.h., fine-v.f. (Fi.489), 184,000zl $46,644 (Cat No. C26A) (Image)

Est.US$2,500

1948 FDR 80c gray, sheetlet of 16 with four central descriptive labels (Bojownice o Wolnosc I Demokracje, etc.), group of 100 (serial No. at bottom 3401-3500), n.h., fine-v.f. (Fi.489), 184,000zl $46,644 (Cat No. C26A) (Image)

Est.US$2,500

1948 FDR 80c gray, sheetlet of 16 with four central descriptive labels (Bojownice o Wolnosc I Demokracje, etc.), group of 98 (serial No. at bottom 3002-3100), n.h., fine-v.f. (Fi.489), 180,320zl $45,729 (Cat No. C26A) (Image)

Est.US$2,500