BRITISH EMPIRE (400+) sleeved covers mostly 1890s-1940s, incl comml, censor, War Tax, airmail, registration labels; partially grouped country or region, incl much Africa, Caribbean, India, Cyprus, some Canada, little GB; many marked for retail from $5 to $15 ea, nice selection w/ good frankings; gen F-VF

Est. $600-800 L

CHILE (6) stampless F/L to France, one to Bordeaux 1877, others to Chalons sur Saone 1849, 1855, 1856 (2) and 1860; (4) with red "Panama Transit" handstamp, others incl "Colonies" merchant ovals, "Valparaiso/Unpaid" and various manuscript rate markings; some file folds & other typical wear, gen F-VF [see additional web photos] (Image)

Est. $200-300 LE

CHINA-PRC 1950 cover Tientsin to Havana, Cuba, w/ pair #18 and #34 $3000 Mao & flag, both tied by bilingual cds, minor faults, F-VF (Image)

Est. $150-200 SE

CHINA-PRC Early PRC covers & pieces, incl (2) personal and (4) commercial registered airmail covers to Russian art dealer in Havana, Cuba, from Feb to Oct, 1950; incl proper etiquettes and markings, some bilingual, from Tientsin or Peking; stamps on cover incl #15, 17, 18, 20, 24, 25, 27, 28, 34, 3L90, 3L98, 3L99; pieces w/ (20) stamps incl some as listed plus #3L94, 3L96; covers roughly opened, some faults, F+ [see addl web photos] (Image)

Est. $200-300 LE

FRANCE Grp of (60) diff mainly F/L to Switzerland majority to the same addressee from the period 1866 to 1875 most paying the 30c or double 60c rate then current, mainly #'s 34 & 62 but some manifesting various denominations to make up the rate incl combos of Napoleon & Ceres incl 24, 32, 50, 51, 52, 53, 56 etc, cond varies folds, creases etc but most F-VF (Image)

Est. $200-300 A

GERMANY Abt (250) covers & cards, incl Germania, Bavaria, Wurttemberg, Inflation, Third Reich, Zones & early West Germany, incl postal cards (used, unused), censor, meter, slogan cancels, Feldpost; gen F+ additional Nazi era official or press photos of Hitler, soldiers, parades, plus some ephemera

Est. $250-350 L

GREAT BRITAIN Interesting accum of (100s) of covers & postal history mainly 19th Cent Victorian but some later, most sleeved or in albums incl #1 (2), 48, 51, 59, 66, 67 (2), 223, also cancels on piece incl 99 (3), 102, 103, 104 (2) & others, many Trans Atlantic cvr incl adv, also (5) show 1890s use of US postage dues plus some literature & catalogs, cond varies faults to F-VF

Est. $250-350 L

JAPAN abt (780) mostly late 20th Cent (1970s-2000s), ea sleeved, abt half are long business airmail covers to companies in US, balance are next smaller size personal, business or philatelic trade covers, some commem usage, multi-franking, diff cancel types; gen VF

Est. $200-300 L

KARL LEWIS Handpainted 1930s era mailed at Summit Post Office on Mount Fuji to Brooksville, FL, codes "C-1 & ) N (" on back, gen VF beautiful appearance! (Image)

Est. $200-300 SE

LATIN AMERICA Abt (550) mostly 1930s-50s commercial airmail covers, but some cards, regular to business size, most to US, some registered, gen F-VF

Est. $150-200 B

MEXICO (15) covers/cards all 19th Cent, best being Guadalajara 2r provisional; #82 & 95 on F/L, etc gen F-VF, expect a few small flaws/faults, mostly clean & attractive group, owner retail in excess of $750 (Image)

Est. $200-300 SE

NEWFOUNDLAND C18 $4.50 Balbo flight cover, tied by St. Johns 7/26/33 cds, Italian flight cacheted hs, cover w/ small faults incl tear at top & mending at left, F-VF appearing (Image)

Cat. $800 SE

PHILIPPINES (500+) from 1910s-60s w/ a couple earlier, from US, Japanese Occup and early Independence; incl regular mail, commems, airmail, majority from Japanese period w/ FDCs and special events, postal stationery, overprints, Victory, aerogrammes, more; gen F-VF w/ some dup

Est. $300-400 L

POLAND Ctn packed w/ abt (3600) covers, majority are cacheted FDCs 1950s-2010s w/ minor duplication, some special events as well; gen VF (proceeds from the sale of this lot benefit the APS)

Est. $200-300 L

RUSSIA Abt (1200+) unused stationery mainly 1966-91, much dup w/ varieties, gen VF & fresh

Est. $150-250 L

THAILAND (2) large registered covers to timber company in Bangkok 1957-58, both with "North Express" bilingual train cancel, stamps #286, 325, 327, 328; F-VF (Image)

Est. $80-100 LE

Accum abt (1000) w/ early unused postal stationery, 1940s group of Latin America censored, Sweden FDCs and other comml mail, great lot for internet or retail sales

Est. $200-300 L

Accum abt (1000) 19th & most 20th Cent, much sorted & banded by country/region, some sleeved, business & personal mail, PPCs, some FDCs, stationery, saw some censored, military, air, gen F-VF

Est. $200-250 L

Interesting accum over (2500) in two ctns Incl recent Asia w/ FDC & high values also older w/ China pre-1940, Switz C42 (2) flight cvrs, nice Netherlands & NZ w/ FDC, Luxemburg 277 on airmail cvr, Central America, postal stationery, EUROPA FDC, Bahamas "Sea Floor," Germany, much British Empire, better franked PPC, (15) Dear Dr cards, all in all a wide variety w/ typical mixed cond

Est. $250-350 L (2)

Accum (1860) WW business size (long) covers, mostly 2nd half 20th Cent, abt half are sleeved, many airmail type envelopes, large amt Latin America or Asia, esp Taiwan, Hong Kong & Thailand; many types of franking, many airmail addressed to US, just a few FDC, gen F-VF

Est. $300-400 L

Accum (3000+) w/ comml, FDCs & mostly 20th Cent, good variety & nice for $1 table

Est. $300-400 L (2)

Eclectic group of WW covers, incl Chile 1895 post card Valparaiso to Iquique franked w/ #16; Chile c.1913 San Bernardo to St. Louis w/ AR11 but w/ 1¢ US postage due; French Offices in Alexandria #1 on PPC of Tsar of Russia, to France; GB Penny Black on 1841 F/L to Ossett, close margins; GB 1901 postcard of Buckingham Palace to France w/ #89; Peru 1932 Grace Line stationery airmail to NYC w/ #299; Philippines 5/1/45 Victory postal card w/ adv for occupation stamps; US #210 on 2¢ entire (U29); more incl PPC; gen F+ (Image)

Est. $300-400 LE

Accum abt (800) nearly all 20th Cent w/ much 1930s-70s comml, FDC, events & more Germany, France, Switz, other Europe, GB/British, Canada, Asia, L America, Mid-East & misc other, varied cond gen F-VF

Est. $400-600 L

Group of (8) stampless F/L 1853-64 all addr to same person in NY w/ interesting letter content, (1) from Batavia Neth Indies, (2) from Colombia w/ steamship & forwarding by carrier markings, (4) from Toronto or Hamilton Canada, (1) from London w/ unusual markings, cond mixed usual file folds, edge soiling, gen F-VF to VF (Image)

Est. $500-600 LE

Couple (1000) early to later, good mix of countries, gen F-VF, incls FDC, special events etc

Est. $500-750 L