406, 2¢ Carmine, Ty I, on commercial cover with correspondence as "personal" FDC, F-VF, script ink address, corner card is sender address "R.M. MUNROE/COCOANUT GROVE/FLORIDA". Addressed to "Mrs. John R. Gilpin/NEW CHARLESTON HOTEL/CHARLESTON/S.C.". Stamp tied to cover first by cds "COCOANUT GROVE/OCT/18/3PM/FLA./1912" (Cocoanut Grove PO discontinued 9/30/1925). Cover sent via yacht "WABUN" to Savannah, Georgia receiving another cds pmk atop Cocoanut Grove dated "OCT31/5PM/GA./1912". On front is a cds duplex pmk "CHARLESTON/OCT31/230AM/S.C./1912". Charleston address is crossed out (ink "x's") and St. Augustine/Fla penciled in. Reverse has dc "SAINT AUGUSTINE/NOV/1/1912/GEN...DELIVERY(?) receiving mark. Front then has St. Augustine marked out in red and W. Palm Beach written in with cds duplex pmk "SAINT AUGUSTINE/NOV1/530PM/FLA./1912". Fascinating journey for this cover (Image)

$50

856, 3¢ Panama Canal on FDC, VF, neat ink script address, Crosby photo-cachet Mellone no. 856-1h, good condition with heavy adhesive toning with bleed through Cat($180) (Image)

$90

856, 3¢ Panama Canal on FDC, F-VF, neat ink script address, Crosby photo-cachet, Mellone no.856-1h.3, good condition, with heavy adhesive toning and bleed through, short crease upper right corner Cat($180) (Image)

$90

856, 3¢ Panama Canal on FDC, F-VF, neat ink script address, Crosby photo-cachet, Mellone no. 856.1r.1, good condition, has heavy and adhesive toning with bleed through Cat($180) (Image)

$90

856, 3¢ Panama Canal on FDC, VF, neat ink script address, Crosby photo-cachet variety, similar to Mellone no. 856-1w, but in gold not olive, good condition, has medium adhesive toning with minor bleed through, tiny crease lower left corner Cat($180) (Image)

$90

Great Britain NIMH4//WMH25, Accumulation of (10) Regional Issue FDC's, VF, all with typed addressed and Regional Post Office cachets. Consists of (2) Northern Ireland (#NIMH4,MH7/11), (3) Scotland (#SMH4, 7/11 & 8/12/14), and (5) from Wales (#WMH4, 13/15, two 8/12/14 and 17/22/25). Stanley Gibbons cv is £15.75 @ $21. All but one have technical information card as stuffer. Covers in very good condition with some corner wear, a small spot and about (3) with pencil markings. Interesting lot for the Machin enthusiast (Image)

$15

Monaco 65//C18, Accumulation of (45) mostly Commemoratives and Semi-Postals, F-VF, about 1/2 NH and 1/2 OG with (1) CTO, includes complete set NH FDR Tribute Issue Cat($22) (Image)

$18

German States-Hanover 7, 3pf Rose, Avg Used, trimmed close and into design, small corner crease lower right Cat($300) (Image)

$150

German Democratic Republic 118//310,, B27 Small remainder lot of (14) commemorative issues, VF NH, very fresh. Includes 118-9, 147, 226, 289-90, 294-96, 301, 305-6, 310 and B27 Cat($12)

$12

Greece 156, 50L on 25L Blue, Block of 4, Hellus cat. no. 152, cv € 350. about $465. Fine, top stamps LH, bottom NH, SCV for (4) hinged stamps, but (2) are NH. Very porous paper, so typical gum bleed to front Cat($210) (Image)

$250

Italian States - Roman States 21a, 5¢ Black on Light Blue Glazed Paper, Perf 13, missing period after 5, F-VF OG/HR Cat($90)

$75

Italy 81a, 25c Blue, Horizontal Pair on Advertising Cover, Fine-Avg, 1906 ccls tie to cover with blue corner ad "PISA/NETTUNO ROYAL HOTEL/** COMFORT MODERNE - LIFT/RESTAURANT" and also franked with a red, perf. 12 show label depicting a woman and two men and "ARS" and "LABOR" at top and "INAUGURATION del SIMPIONE/ESPOSIZIONE INTERNATIONALE/MILANO 1906/APRILE - NOVEMBRE" at bottom and is also tied to cover; addressed to U.S.A. Cat($40) (Image)

$50

Russia 577-79, 579a, 3r-20r 1935 Tolstoy Issue (4), F-VF Used Cat($11)

$8

Russia 659-62, 10r-30r 1938 Child Welfare Issue (4), F-VF Used Cat($10)

$7

Switzerland 273//7O28, Assorted lot of (38) Definitives, Commemoratives, etc., VF NH; includes no's 273-8, 329//339, 559, 562, 567, 572, B292 and 7O28. Approximately $60 catalog value (Image)

$45

Yugoslavia 2L15var, 40f Olive Green, Inverted Overprint Error, XF NH (Image)

$25

Zaire 969, 10z Pope John Paul II 1980 Visit Souvenir Sheet of 1, VF NH, slight gum bends Cat($17) (Image)

$17