• “Frontsman” Collection of Quality United States
• “Maren” collection of Booklets and Booklet Panes
• “Rob” Collection of Revenues with Multiples
• Further Rarities from the “Allenwood Holdings”
• Further offerings from the William S. Langs Stock and Private Holdings, including “Test” stamps

The Sale contains 1359 lots, representing the property of 34 owners, and comprises:

• The Collection of Karl Lewis Illustrated covers;
• United States - Classic stamps, proofs, modern imperforated varieties and color errors;
• Nice selection of Great Britain and British Commonwealth, with:
  - Proofs and Errors of Canada and British North America,
  - Nice selection of Classic Hong Kong stamps,
  - Valuable items of British New Guinea, Bechuanaland, Gibraltar, Malta, North Borneo, and Zanzibar,
• Perfect items from China, including Empire, Republic, and PRC;
• Strong German area material, including Offices, Colonies, and Occupation items of World War II;
• Great Italian area, area items, including Trans-Atlantic Squadron in four different corner blocks of four and block of nine with 7-Star error, inverted overprint of Somalia air post official, great rarities from San Marino and Vatican City;
• Fabulous lots of Liechtenstein, including complete sheets and numerous collections and large lots;
• TRADITIONALLY COMPREHENSIVE RUSSIAN MATERIAL:
  - Imperial Russia includes early stationery items, beautiful Classic sets in singles and blocks, valuable proofs, and various postal history material;
  -Soviet Union Section starts with several GULAG (Soviet Concentration Camp) correspondences, and includes numerous perforated and imperforated errors, proofs, and varieties;
  - Russian Semi-Postal and Air Post Sections are including nice lots of Philately for Children and For the Labor, imperforated Zeppelin set of 1930, perforation errors of Civil Aviation issue and many more;
  - nice selection of Russian Offices Abroad, beautiful lots of the Civil War Locals of 1918-22 and Russian Zemstvo (Rural Post) rarities, including Glazov, Chuchin #9a with inverted background, rated 'RRRR' in the catalog;
  
• Great range of single lots from Armenia, the Baltic States, and Tannu Tuva with rarities and positional pieces;
• Classic Ukraine, representing a strong range of various Trident Overprints, notable items from Dr. Seichter, Dr. Zelonka, and other World-class Collections;
• Countries of the World presented with valuable items from Finland, France and Territories, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Israel, Korea, North Korea, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Switzerland, Vietnam, Yugoslavia, and many more;
• Worldwide Thematic Philately, representing Pioneer and First Flights, Zeppelin Postal History items, as well as Chess Competition lots.

Postal History Auction Highlights: includes a once in a lifetime $250,000 dealer stock of over 1600 better $50-$300 covers mostly from Canada, USA, and the British Empire. The covers have detailed descriptions, are mounted in quality sleeves, and are retail priced 20 years ago. These were stored and untouched until now when we were instructed to sell everything in one auction. We combined them into $1000 retail lots and placed very conservative estimates at 10%-20% of the original retail values. This is a gold mine for cover dealers and an incredible bargain for postal history collectors, a few high value rarities are lotted as single items (lots 558/937); the auction contains the final installment of the Michael Feinstein Re-used Turned Cover collection (lots 295-315); also note another 5 Saskatchewan Unreported town cancels (lots 128-134); good collections of USA and Canada Advertising covers; a scarce group of 13 USA Civil War Patriotic covers (lots 197-210); 5 good Malta Victorian rates (lots 376-380); 10 better Zeppelin Airmail covers (lots 486-495); 3700 Military covers & cards (lots 395-472); over 10,000 USA cachet FDC’s noting 6100 are Colorano Silk’s (lots 789-824); over 4600 USA cachet Event covers (lots 830-828) ++; the postal history section closes with 634 wholesale cover & postcard collections that are bound to satisfy philatelists and dealers alike.

Stamp Auction Highlights: includes a lovely collection of Canada 3d Beavers (lots 1101-1113); a good range of Canada 2-ring cancels (lots 1194-1214); better Canada LQ-SQ mint stamps (lots 1145/1191); mint Victoria Jubilee ½¢-$5.00 plus all the high value Leaf-Numeral and Edward-VII issues (lots 1215/1250); a rare group of Canada Admiral re-entries (lots 1261-1275); a very nice collection of Canada mint plate blocks 1911-1940’s; early USA Grill type D,E,F,Z issues (lot 1385-1394); a stock of over 72,000 USA Federal & State Revenue stamps (lots1649-1651); at least 75,000 Christmas Seals & Cinderella labels (lots 1656-1662) ++; the stamp section concludes with 210 Worldwide stamp collections noting extensive Canada, USA, German States, Great Britain, British Empire, Latin America, and Topical Stamps. Dynamic Internet Bidding at StampAuctionNetwork.

This fantastic auction has a total of 3,075 lots with an outstanding array of United States and Worldwide stamps, postal history, collections, literature and more! The sale features the Steve Pacetti Collection of Great Britain KGV Seahorses, specialized Mexico, California, New Mexico and Washington Territory Postal History, Private Die Match and Medicines, and another wonderful group of Hawaii stamps and covers. The Collection and Balance section is replete with something to satisfy every taste. Visit our website for more information and additional image scans not in the catalog.
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The B.D. Forster collection of Ballons Montés covers was formed over 80 years ago and is one of the finest ever assembled. The collection includes virtually every flight with many rare usages and destinations. The collection was last exhibited in the 1956 FIPEX International Exhibition in New York, where it was awarded a gold medal. Some selected sale highlights include Nov. 23rd 1870 cover to Panama carried by the Ville d'Orléans (unique destination); December 12th 1870 cover to Santiago de Cuba carried by the Ville de Paris (one of two to Cuba); December 12th 1870 to Lima, Peru carried by the Ville de Paris; and December 2 nd 1870 cover to Rio de Janeiro, Brasil carried by the Franklin. Combined with the Marigny collection there are a remarkable 217 Ballon Montés and Papillons de Metz lots, a fabulous opportunity for collectors to acquire items that have never been offered publicly.

The Hugh V. Feldman Collections of United States Railroads of 404 lots includes numerous rare and unique markings starting with the earliest dated railroad handstamp of "Baltimore R.R." in 1838, Mohawk & Hudson R.R. "Rail/Road" two-line 1839 handstamp, numerous 1847 Issue railroad uses including Wilmington & Raleigh Railroad #1 pair use, Civil War patriotics and Confederate uses, illustrated advertising designs, etc. We hope you enjoy this wonderful collection offered in 404 lots that shows the importance of railroads in the movement of the mails.
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• Johann Strauss Extensive Germany & Area
• Robert H. Miller Collection
• Magnum Holding of First Days Part II
• Michael W. Kelly Extensive U.S. Specialized with Revenues
• Sapella Worldwide Holdings
• Donald P. Avery Collection
• Madevino Worldwide
• Jim Hoffman Collection
• Cohiba Extensive Holding of Cuba
• Raymond J. Sullivan Estate
• Brad Leonard Collection
• plus the properties of 47 other Consignors

Some highlights of Session One include over 50 US Collections, usual selections of various Country Collections and Accumulations, approximately 150 Cover Lots with many nice Canadian Covers, Picture Post Cards and many large mixed-up Box Lots.

Session Two has a nice variety of US Singles which includes the 1 Cent Pan Am Invert, and strong PRC plus Western Australia. In addition, there is an interesting selection of swords under our “Miscellaneous Collectibles”.

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• British West Indies
• France & French Area
• Canal Zone
• Latin America Accumulations
• Scandinavia
• British Colonies

• France
• French Colonies
• Whole World

• Austria Stamps
• GB Queen Victoria Stamps
• Stamps of Malaya States
• Mauritius Stamps
• New Zealand Stamps
• Stamps of Spain and Spanish Colonies
• Stamps of Italy and Colonies

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• New Zealand
• France 20th Century NH
• Malaya and Straits Settlements
• Ethiopia
• Germany and areas
• British Commonwealth incl.Trinidad & Tobago

• Yugoslavia Stamps
• Canada - New Brunswick Stamps
• Stamps of Italy and Italian Colonies
• Mauritius Stamps
• Great Britain Stamps
• New Zealand Stamps
• Worldwide Stamp Collections and Cartons

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This mail auction closes on July 14th and offers hundreds of interesting items.  Countries of special note include Barbados, St. Pierre & Miquelon, Hawaii, New Caledonia and French Andorra. A collection of earlier mint singles broken down into individual lots highlights the Canada section.  Interesting postal history lots from around the world are also featured.

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• Bermuda & Gibraltar
• British Commonwealth QEII sets
• Barbados
• Labuan, North Borneo, Strait Settlements & Sarawak
• Jordan/Transjordan and Saudi Arabia
• France along with Monaco and Andorra
• Scandinavia

• Lot 76: TEL-AVIV ON 25 AUG. 1939 airmail registered to Vienna with two15 mil and one 8 mil stamps
• Lot 118A: RIHSON LE ZION 40 mil Armoured car stamp pmkd MAY 6, 1948; addressed to Tel Aviv; Tel Aviv arrival pmk on back
• Lot 152: NEGEV CAMEL (BI-16 #047) short tab tied by ELAT 26.12.50 pmk to registered express cvr addressed to New York
• Lot 70: REGISTERED ENTIRE 1 (BP-10 #RE 1) overprinted SPECIMEN

• Italy and Colonies Stamps
• Australia and States Stamps
• Samoa Stamps
• New Zealand Stamps
• Great Britain Stamps
• Imperf Proof Stamps
• Antigua and Barbuda Stamps

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• US Plate Blocks
• Saudi Arabia - Hejaz
• Tonga and Samoa
• British Commonwealth incl. George VI issues
• Belgian Congo
• New Zealand
• Germany including back-of-the-book

• Canada Stamps
• Gambia Stamps
• Italy and Colonies Stamps
• Malta Stamps
• USA Stamps
• Great Britain Stamps
• South Africa, Colonies and Republics Stamps

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• Excellent British Commonwealth with some of the best singles and sets that we have offered in years. This includes strong showings of Falkland Islands, Br. Guiana, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, Sierra Leone and Gold Coast.
• A nice showing of Karl Lewis illustrated covers including one from Danger Island 1939 and Fiji 1935.
• Canada with many imperforate pairs from QV up to QE. There are many elusive items from the 1930's-40's.
• A nice section of Canada Semi-Official Airmails including stamps, covers, and full panes.
• A strong section of United States with many key early stamps most of which have Certificates.
• A solid section of Germany with many nice sets, singles, souvenir sheets, postal history and postcards.
• Hundreds of lots of fine worldwide postal history and postcards. These include many nice illustrated, advertising, multi-frankings, and Zeppelins. There is a nice group of 19th Century Trans-Atlantic stampless covers
• Many hundreds of larger size lots, collections, accumulations, and box lots. Many of these are from the Maddy's Philatelic Service stock.

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• Bahamas Stamps
• Ascension Island Stamps
• French Colonies Stamps
• Great Britain Stamps
• Italy and Italian Colonies Stamps
• Tonga Stamps
• United States Stamps

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