Feature Lot. Lot 602 - 1931, King Faisal I, 25r violet, top sheet margin single, excellent centering and post office fresh, full OG, NH (light trace of hinge on margin), VF and very scarce in sound condition, Raybaudi certificate, C.v. $3,400, SG #92, £2,500 as hinged, $3,000-$4,000.... Sold for US$ 2,100

The Auction contains 1580 lots and represents the property of 27 owners.

The Sale offers:

• Over 200 lots of Worldwide Air Post stamps and covers, including Pioneer and Zeppelin Flight items;
• United States - Classic stamps, proofs, modern imperforated varieties, and color errors;
• Nice selection of Great Britain and British Commonwealth, with:
  
  • Rare Stamps, Proofs and Errors of British North America and Canada,
  • Beautiful range of various King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II issues in blocks of four,
  • Valuable items of powerful Malaya and Malayan States, Rhodesia, St. Helena, Sarawak, Sierra Leone, and South Africa:
• Rarities of China, including a large $1 surcharge on Red Revenue 3c, different errors and varieties of Dr. Sun Yat-sen issues; People's Republic part representing Mei Lan-fang and 15th Anniversary of the Republic souvenir sheets, the complete collection of booklets, and many more;
• Strong German area material, including Occupation items of World War I and II, Volga German Workers' Commune postal history material of Imperial and Soviet Periods in Russia;
• Strong Italian area, material, including powerful Occupation of Montenegro, outstanding Colony items, such as Libyan perforation rarities of the Roman Legionary and Ancient Galley stamps;
• A One Man Collection of Judaica Theme, representing postal history items and beautiful postcards, including Synagogue views;
• Valuable Collection of Fezzan, over 40 lots of stamps, rare proofs, and postal history from French Occupation of Libya in 1943-51;
• Lichtenstein items with selected early issues in singles and blocks;
• Great Polish items of pre- and post-World War II periods;
• Russian Area includes nice Imperial material with several very interesting Postal Stationery and Postal History Collections, valuable the Soviet Union representing perforated and imperforated varieties from 1930's to 1990's, nice and clean Semi-Postal and Air Post as well as Russian Non-Postal stamps, Offices Abroad and Zemstvo;
• Classic Ukraine representing a strong range of various Trident Overprints of many postal districts and Ukrainian DP Camps of World War II; notable items from Dr. Seichter, Dr. Zelonka, and other renowned Collections;
• Countries of the World with valuable items from Albania, Austria and Bosnia, Bulgaria, Egypt, France and Territories, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Hungary, Liberia, Monaco, Mongolia, Nepal, Persia, Early Proofs of Romania, Switzerland, Vatican City, Vietnam, Yugoslavia and many more;
• Worldwide Thematic Philately and Collections as well as various Chess Competition lots.

Worldwide Air Post Stamps and Postal History

• United States Lots (1-20)
  
• United States Lots (21-33) Zeppelin Flights.
  
• Afghanistan Lot 34
  
• Alaouites and Latakia Lots (35-38)
  
• Albania Lots (39-40)
  
• Albania Lots (41-42)
  
• Alexandretta Lot 43
  
• Australia Lots (44-47)
  
• Belgium and Belgian Congo Lots (48-60)
  
• Bermuda Lot 61 Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Bolivia Lots (62-67) Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Brazil Lots (68-69)
  
• British Caribbean Lot 70
  
• Bulgaria Lot 71
  
• Canada Lots (72-78)
  
• Canada - Newfoundland Lots (79-80)
  
• Canada - Newfoundland Lot 81
  
• China Lots (82-84) Second Air Post issue.
  
• Colombia Lot 85
  
• Danzig Lots (86-87) Zeppelin Flights.
  
• Denmark Lot 88
  
• Ecuador Lot 89
  
• Estonia Lot 90
  
• Falkland Islands Lot 91
  
• France Lots (92-98)
  
• French Colonies Lots (99-100) Algeria.
  
• French Colonies Lots (101-113) Equatorial Africa, French Morocco, French Southern and Antarctic Territories, French Sudan, Niger, Reunion, Senegal, Somali Coast.
  
• Germany Lots (114-120) Zeppelin Flights.
  
• Gibraltar Lots (121-122) Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Great Britain Lots (123-129)
  
• Hungary Lot 130
  
• India Lot 131
  
• Iraq - Mesopotamia Lot 132
  
• Iraq Lot 133
  
• Italy Lots (134-135)
  
• Latvia Lot 136
  
• Lebanon Lots (137-140)
  
• Lebanon Lots (141-145)
  
• Liberia Lots (146-147)
  
• Libya Lots (148-150)
  
• Liechtenstein Lots (151-153)
  
• Malaya (British Military Administration) Lot 154
  
• Monaco Lot 155
  
• Netherlands Lots (156-160)
  
• Netherlands Lots (161-166) Zeppelin Flight.
  
• New Guinea Lots (167-169)
  
• Portuguese East Africa Lot 170
  
• Sierra Leone Lot 171
  
• Soviet Union Lots (172-180)
  
• Soviet Union Lots (181-184) Zeppelin Flights.
  
• Spain Lot 185
  
• Sudan Lot 186
  
• Switzerland Lots (187-192) Zeppelin Flights.
  
• Syria Lots (193-200)
  
• Syria Lots (201-206)
  
• Thailand Lot 207
  
• Tunisia Lot 208
  
• Vatican City Lot 209 Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Yugoslavia Lots (210-211)
  
• Collections and Large Lots Lots (212-214)
  
  United States
  
• Classic Stamps, Proofs and Multiples Lots (215-220)
  
• Classic Stamps, Proofs and Multiples Lots (221-240)
  
• Classic Stamps, Proofs and Multiples Lots (241-248)
  
• Modern Errors Lots (249-260)
  
• Modern Errors Lots (261-280)
  
• Modern Errors Lots (281-300)
  
• Modern Errors Lots (301-320)
  
• Modern Errors Lots (321-340)
  
• Modern Errors Lots (341-360)
  
• Modern Errors Lots (361-371)
  
• Air Post stamps Lots (372-375)
  
• Postage Due stamps Lots (376-377)
  
• Stamp Booklets Lots (378-380)
  
• Stamp Booklets Lots (381-388)
  
• Hunting Permit stamps Lots (389-391)
  
• War Saving stamps Lot 392
  
• Postal Cards Lot 393
  
• ''Dead Letter'' Lot 394
  
• Postal History of Alaska Lots (395-397)
  
• Collections and Large Lots Lots (398-400)
  
• Collections and Large Lots Lots (401-405)
  
• United Nations Lots (406-407)
  
  Great Britain
  
• Great Britain Lots (408-416)
  
• Official stamps Lots (417-419)
  
  British Commonwealth
  
• Aden and Protectorate States Lot 420
  
• Aden and Protectorate States Lots (421-423) Kathiri State of Seiyun.
  
• Antigua Lots (424-425)
  
• Ascension Lots (426-429)
  
• Australian States Lot 430 South Australia.
  
• Australia Lots (431-434) Papua New Guinea.
  
• Bahamas Lots (435-438)
  
• Bahrain Lot 439
  
• Barbados Lot 440
  
• Barbados Lots (441-442)
  
• Bechuanaland Lots (443-444) Stellaland, Protectorate.
  
• British Antarctic Territory Lot 445
  
• British Guiana Lot 446
  
• British Occupation of Italian Colonies Lot 447 Tripolitania.
  
• Burma Lot 448
  
  British North America
  
• Nova Scotia Lots (449-454)
  
• Newfoundland Lots (455-460)
  
• Newfoundland Lots (461-469)
  
  Canada
  
• Pence issue Lots (470-472)
  
• First Cents issue Lots (473-475)
  
• Large Queen issue Lot 476
  
• Diamond Jubilee issue Lots (477-478)
  
• Queen Victoria ''Maple Leaf'' issue Lots (479-480)
  
• Queen Victoria ''Numeral'' issue Lots (481-489)
  
• King Edward VII issue Lots (490-491)
  
• King George V Admiral issue Lots (492-500)
  
• King George V Scroll issue Lots (501-505)
  
• Silver Jubilee issue Lots (506-508)
  
• King George V Pictorial issue Lots (509-511)
  
• King George VI Period Lot 512
  
• Queen Elizabeth II - Modern Errors Lots (513-520)
  
• Queen Elizabeth II - Modern Errors Lots (521-540)
  
• Queen Elizabeth II - Modern Errors Lots (541-557)
  
• Stamp Booklets Lots (558-560)
  
• Stamp Booklets Lot 561
  
• Air Post stamps Lot 562
  
• Special Delivery stamps Lots (563-566)
  
• Postage Due stamps Lot 567
  
• Official stamps Lot 568
  
• Post Office Seals Lots (569-570)
  
  British Commonwealth
  
• Cayman Islands Lots (571-572)
  
• Cook Islands Lots (573-576) Penrhyn Islands.
  
• Cyprus Lots (577-580)
  
• Dominica Lot 581
  
• British Forces in Egypt Lot 582
  
• Falkland Islands Lots (583-585) Dependencies.
  
• Fiji Lot 586
  
• Ghana and Nigeria Lot 587
  
• Gibraltar Lots (588-591)
  
• Gold Coast Lot 592
  
• Grenada Lots (593-594)
  
• Heligoland Lot 595
  
• Hong Kong Lots (596-600)
  
• Hong Kong Lot 601 British Offices in China.
  
• Iraq Lot 602
  
• Ireland Lots (603-609)
  
• Jordan Lot 610
  
• Kenya and Uganda Lot 611
  
• Kuwait Lot 612
  
• Leeward Islands Lots (613-615)
  
• Malaysia and Malayan States Lots (616-620) Postage Due stamps, British Military Administration, Johore, Kedah.
  
• Malaysia and Malayan States Lots (621-633) Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Penang (Pulau Pinang), Perak, Selangor, Trengganu.
  
• Morocco Agencies Lots (634-635) Tangier.
  
• Muscat and Oman Lot 636
  
• New Hebrides Lots (637-638) Postage Due stamps.
  
• New Zealand Lots (639-640)
  
• New Zealand Lots (641-645)
  
• Niger Coast Protectorate Lot 646
  
• Nigeria Lot 647
  
• North Borneo Lots (648-649) Postage Due stamps.
  
• Northern Rhodesia Lot 650
  
• Nyasaland Protectorate Lots (651-652)
  
• Pakistan Lots (653-655) Official stamps, Bahawalpur.
  
• Palestine (British Administration) Lot 656
  
• Papua New Guinea Lot 657
  
• Pitcairn Islands Lot 658
  
• Qatar Lot 659
  
• Rhodesia - British South Africa Company Lot 660
  
• Rhodesia - British South Africa Company Lots (661-665)
  
• Saint Helena Lots (666-677) Plate Varieties on the Seal of the Colony issue.
  
• Saint Kitts - Nevis Lot 678
  
• Saint Lucia Lots (679-680)
  
• Saint Vincent Lots (681-682)
  
• Samoa Lot 683
  
• Sarawak Lots (684-686)
  
• Seychelles Lots (687-688)
  
• Sierra Leone Lot 689
  
• Somaliland Protectorate Lots (690-691)
  
• South Africa Lots (692-694) Cape of Good Hope.
  
• Southern Rhodesia Lots (695-696)
  
• South West Africa Lots (697-700) Air Post stamps.
  
• Sudan Lot 701
  
• Tanganyika Lot 702
  
• Tristan da Cunha Lot 703
  
• Virgin Islands Lots (704-706)
  
• Collections and Large Lots Lots (707-712)
  
  Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
  
• Afghanistan Lots (713-715)
  
• Albania Lots (716-717) Special Postage Due stamps.
  
• Armenia Lots (718-720)
  
• Armenia Lots (721-722)
  
• Austria Lots (723-740) Semi - Postal issues, Collections and Large Lots.
  
• Austria Lot 741
  
• Azerbaijan Lots (742-743)
  
• Bosnia and Herzegovina Lots (744-746)
  
• Bulgaria Lots (747-748)
  
• Cambodia Lots (749-750)
  
• Carpatho - Ukraine Lot 751
  
• China Lots (752-760)
  
• China Lots (761-764)
  
• Republic of China Lots (765-767)
  
• People's Republic of China Lots (768-774) Stamp Booklets.
  
• Colombia Lots (775-776) Air Post cover.
  
• Croatia Lots (777-780) Semi - Postal issues.
  
• Croatia Lots (781-792) Semi - Postal issues, Postal Tax stamps, Banja Luka Local issue.
  
• Cuba Lots (793-794)
  
• Dominican Republic Lot 795
  
• Egypt Lots (796-800) Official stamps, Collections and Large Lots.
  
• Estonia Lots (801-802)
  
• Finland Lot 803 Stationery Envelopes.
  
• France Lots (804-805)
  
• French Colonies Lots (806-812) Algeria, French Congo, Guinea (former French West Africa), St. Pierre et Miquelon, Collections and Large Lots.
  
• German States Lot 813 Bavaria.
  
• Germany Lots (814-820)
  
• Germany Lots (821-822)
  
• German Occupation of the World War I issues Lots (823-824) Dorpat, ''Lost Colonies''.
  
• Germany - Memel Lot 825
  
• Germany - Saar Lots (826-827) Semi-Postal issues.
  
• German Occupation Issues during the World War II Lots (828-840) Bohemia and Moravia, Theresienstadt (Ghetto Post), France-Saint Nazaire, Kotor, Macedonia, Serbia, Ukraine - Sarny.
  
• German Occupation Issues during the World War II Lots (841-843) Ukraine - Sarny, Zara.
  
• Germany - Soviet Zone of Occupation Lot 844 West Saxony.
  
• Volga German Workers' Commune Lots (845-850)
  
• Volga German Autonomous Soviet Republic Lots (851-856)
  
• Other German Settlements in Russia Lots (857-858)
  
• Greece Lots (859-860) Postage Due stamps.
  
• Greenland Lot 861
  
• Guatemala Lots (862-865)
  
• Honduras Lot 866
  
• Hungary Lots (867-870) Semi - Postal issues, Collections and Large Lots.
  
• Iceland Lot 871
  
• Indonesia Lot 872 Riau Archipelago.
  
• Iraq Lot 873
  
• Israel Lots (874-875) Official Stamps.
  
• Italy Lots (876-878) Social Republic, Parcel Post stamps.
  
• Italy - Fiume Lot 879 Postage Due stamps.
  
• Italy - Trieste (Zone A) Lot 880
  
• Italy - Trieste (Zone A) Lots (881-883) Parcel Post stamps.
  
• Italy - Aegean Islands Lot 884
  
• Italy - Occupation of Montenegro Lots (885-891) Air Post stamps.
  
• Italy - C.L.N. Lot 892 Air Post stamps.
  
• Italian Colonies Lots (893-895) General issues.
  
• Italian Colonies - Cyrenaica Lot 896
  
• Italian Colonies - East Africa Lots (897-898) British Occupation.
  
• Italian Colonies - Eritrea Lot 899 Postage Due stamps.
  
• Italian Colonies - Libya Lot 900
  
• Italian Colonies - Libya Lots (901-919) Special Delivery stamps, Postage Due stamps.
  
• Italian Colonies - Somalia Lot 920
  
• Italian Colonies - Somalia A.F.I.S. Lot 921 Parcel Post stamps.
  
• Italian Colonies - Common Design Types Lot 922
  
• Japan Lots (923-925)
  
  Judaica Theme in Philately
  
• Bulgaria Lot 926
  
• Czechoslovakia Lots (927-928) Synagogue Views.
  
• France Lot 929
  
• Germany Lots (930-931) Germany, Synagogue Views.
  
• Latvia Lots (932-933) Riga Local Jewish Post, Synagogue View.
  
• Morocco Lot 934
  
• Palestine Lots (935-940) Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Jaffa.
  
• Palestine Lot 941 Moshav Rehovot.
  
• Poland Lots (942-944) Lodz - Ghetto Post, Lodz - Ghetto Paper Money.
  
• Kingdom of Poland Lot 945
  
• Imperial Russia Lots (946-960) Jewish Types, Synagogue Views.
  
• Imperial Russia Lot 961 Synagogue Views.
  
• Soviet Union Lot 962
  
• South Africa Lot 963 Jewish Community in Durbanville.
  
• Tunisia Lot 964
  
• Ukraine Lots (965-966) Synagogue Views.
  
• Collections and Large Lots Lots (967-968)
  
• Jewish Artworks Lots (969-970)
  
  History of Christianity
  
• History of Christianity Lot 971
  
  Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
  
• North Korea Lots (972-973)
  
• Laos Lots (974-975) Collections and Large Lots.
  
• Latvia Lots (976-980) Semi - Postal issues, Revenue stamps.
  
• Liberia Lots (981-991) President Barklay, Animals and Birds issues, Birds - Triangle stamps, President Tubman's Visits to Europe, Air Post stamps and covers, Registration stamps, Collection and Large Lots.
  
• United Kingdom of Lybia Lots (992-995) Issue for Tripolitania, Issue for Cyrenaica.
  
• French Occupation of Fezzan (Libya) Lots (996-1000) Air Post stamps and covers.
  
• Fezzan-Ghadames (Libya) Lots (1001-1006)
  
• Fezzan (Libya) Lots (1007-1020)
  
• Fezzan (Libya) Lots (1021-1033) Semi-Postal issues, Air Post stamps, Postage Due stamps.
  
• Ghadames (Libya) Lots (1034-1036) Air Post stamps.
  
• Liechtenstein Lots (1037-1040)
  
• Liechtenstein Lots (1041-1051) Semi - Postal issues, Messenger Postal Service, Collection and Large Lots.
  
• Lithuania Lots (1052-1056) Group of Varieties, Exhibition Style Collection.
  
• Monaco Lots (1057-1060)
  
• Monaco Lots (1061-1063) Air Post stamps.
  
• Mongolia Lots (1064-1065)
  
• Mozambique Company Lot 1066
  
• Nepal Lots (1067-1068) Exhibition Style Collection.
  
• Netherlands Lot 1069
  
• Nicaragua Lot 1070
  
• Persia Lots (1071-1076) Collections and Large Lots, Azerbaijan Soviet Government.
  
• Poland Lots (1077-1080) Cracow (Kraków) issue.
  
• Poland Lots (1081-1100) Cracow (Kraków) issue, Pre-World War II Issues, Post-World War II Issues, Semi - Postal issues, Air Post stamps, Newspaper stamps, Offices in the Turkish Empire, Local ''Porto'' Overprints, Exile Government in Great Britain, Polish Corps in Italy, Polish Army in the Soviet Union.
  
• Poland Lots (1101-1104) Polish Army in the Soviet Union, Collections and Large Lots.
  
• Portugal Lot 1105 Revenue stamps.
  
• Romania Lots (1106-1120) Prince Cuza issue, Prince Carol issues, King Carol I, Various Proofs and Essays.
  
• Imperial Russia Lots (1121-1140) Postal Stationery Items.
  
• Imperial Russia Lots (1141-1160) Telegraph stamps, Postal Forgeries to defraud Postal Authorities, Old Engraved Prints of City Views.
  
• Imperial Russia Lots (1161-1180) People of Imperial Russia, Ship Mail, Missent Postcard, Military Mailings - Army Camp Mailing, Military Mailings - FPO on Manoeuvres, Military Mailings - Russo-Japanese War, Military Mailings - World War I, Collections and Large Lots.
  
• Imperial Russia Lots (1181-1182) Collections and Large Lots.
  
• RSFSR Issues 1918-23 Lots (1183-1193) Collections and Large Lots, Postal Fiscal stamps.
  
• Soviet Union Lots (1194-1200) Die Proofs Selection.
  
• Soviet Union Lots (1201-1220) Die Proofs Selection, Stationery Items.
  
• Soviet Union Lots (1221-1240)
  
• Soviet Union Lots (1241-1260)
  
• Soviet Union Lots (1261-1280)
  
• Soviet Union Lots (1281-1300)
  
• Soviet Union Lots (1301-1320)
  
• Soviet Union Lots (1321-1340)
  
• Soviet Union Lots (1341-1360) Souvenir Booklet, Collections and Large Lots.
  
• Soviet Union Lots (1361-1368) Collections and Large Lots.
  
• Modern Issues of the Russian Federation Lots (1369-1380)
  
• Modern Issues of the Russian Federation Lots (1381-1386)
  
• Russian Semi-Postal Issues Lots (1387-1393)
  
• Russian Air Post Stamps and Covers Lots (1394-1400)
  
• Russian Air Post Stamps and Covers Lots (1401-1413) Air Post Official stamps, Special Delivery stamps, Collection on Illustrated Scott Pages.
  
• Russian Postage Due Stamps Lot 1414
  
• Russian Non-Postal Stamps Lots (1415-1420) Revenue Papers.
  
• Russian Non-Postal Stamps Lots (1421-1433) Revenue Papers, Tax Strips, Security Papers, St. Petersburg, Moscow Post Office, Charity Items, Membership Cards, Collection.
  
• Russian Offices in China Lots (1434-1435) Chinese Eastern Railroad, Harbin issue.
  
• Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire Lots (1436-1440)
  
• Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire Lots (1441-1443)
  
• Wrangels' Army issues Lots (1444-1446)
  
• Russia Used in Asia Lots (1447-1450)
  
• Russian Locals of the Civil War period Lots (1451-1460) Siberia, South Russia.
  
• Russian Locals of the Civil War period Lot 1461 Large Lot.
  
• Zemstvo (Rural Post) Locals Lots (1462-1476) Ardatov, Bogorodsk, Khvalynsk, Nolinsk, Pskov, Soroki, Urzhum, Ustsysolsk, Zolotonosha, Collections and Large Lots.
  
• Saudi Arabia Lot 1477
  
• Spain Lots (1478-1479)
  
• Sweden Lot 1480
  
• Sweden Lot 1481
  
• Switzerland Lots (1482-1487) Semi - Postal issues, Neat Selection, Official stamps, Hotel stamps.
  
• Turkey Lots (1488-1489) Collections and Large Lots.
  
• Ukraine Lots (1490-1500) Trident Overprints -Kyiv, Trident Overprints -Kharkiv, Trident Overprints - Katerynoslav.
  
• Ukraine Lots (1501-1520) Trident Overprints - Poltava, Trident Overprints - Odessa, Trident Overprints - Podillia.
  
• Ukraine Lots (1521-1540) Trident Overprints - Podillia, Local Trident Overprints - Zhytomyr - Kyiv Type 1, Local Trident Overprints - Chernihiv - Kyiv Type 1, Local Trident Overprints - Berezivka, Local Trident Overprints - Chernihiv Type 2, Local Trident Overprints - Ovruch, Local Trident Overprints - Sarny - Type 1, Local Trident Overprints - Sarny - Type 2, Local Trident Overprints - Collection, Plate Number Multiples, Vienna issue, Old Engraved Prints of City Views, DP Camp Issues - Rimini, DP Camp Issues - Regensburg.
  
• Ukraine Lots (1541-1545) DP Camp Issues - Regensburg, Collections and Large Lots.
  
• United Arab Emirates Lot 1546 Collection.
  
• Vatican City Lots (1547-1549)
  
• North Vietnam Lots (1550-1556) Military stamps, Collections and Large Lots.
  
• Yugoslavia Lots (1557-1560) World War II Occupation of Trieste, World War II Occupation of Istria and Slovene Coas.
  
• Yugoslavia Lots (1561-1564) World War II Occupation of Istria and Slovene Coas, Postal Tax Due stamps, Collection.
  
  Worldwide Topical Issues
  
• Arctic and Antarctic Stamps and Postal History Lots (1565-1571) USA, Argentina, France and Territories, Norway, Soviet Union, Collections and Large Lots.
  
• First Day Covers Lot 1572
  
• Flowers Collection in a Stockbook Lot 1573
  
• Olympic Games Material Lots (1574-1576)
  
• Chess Competitions Lots (1577-1579)
  
• Hotel's Luggage Stickers Collection Lot 1580