US & Possessions, British and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
Bethel, CT 06801, USA
| Lot | Iceland | Estimate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3151 | 1898, Crowned Numeral, 50a blue & carmine, perf 12¾ (Scott 30), a choice mint example, o.g., never hinged, bright, fresh and quite well centered, Very Fine, with a 1989 L. Nielsen certificate.Facit 31; SKr 12,000 ($1,160).Scott $1,350. |  2 | $400 |
| 3152 | 1898, Crowned Numeral, 50a blue & carmine, perf 12¾ (Scott 30), o.g., never hinged, uncommonly fresh and bright, Fine to Very Fine.Facit 31; SKr 12,000 ($1,160).Scott $1,350. |  | $300 |
| 3153 | 1897, Crowned Numeral surcharged, large "3 þrir" on 5a green, perf 12¾ (Scott 31), position 92, clean and sound with solid color on bright paper; Reykjavik bridge cancel, nearly Very Fine, with 1966 Grønlund certificate.Michel 18 IB. Yvert 18a. Facit 35.Scott $650. |  2 | $300 |
| 3154 | 1897, Crowned Numeral surcharged, large "3 þrir" on 5a green, perf 14 x 13½ (Scott 31a), fresh and well centered with a "socked-on-the-nose" "HRAUNGERDI 5/11" CDS, Very Fine.Facit 33; SKr 35,000 ($3,400).Scott $625. |  | $400 |
| 3155 | 1897, Crowned Numeral surcharged, small "3 þrir" on 5a green, perf 12¾ (Scott 32), o.g., lightly hinged, fresh and reasonably well centered, Fine to Very Fine appearance, signed A. Brun, Miro.Facit 34; SKr 6,000 ($580).Scott $700. |  | $350 |
| 3156 | 1897, Crowned Numeral surcharged, small "3 þrir" on 5a green, perf 14 x 13½ (Scott 32b), fresh and virtually perfectly centered with a "socked-on-the-nose" "HRAUNGERDI 5/11" CDS, Extremely Fine.Facit 32; SKr 20,000 ($1,940).Scott $1,400. |  2 | $800 |
| 3157 | 1897, Crowned Numeral surcharged, small "þrir" on 5a green (Scott 33A), o.g., lightly hinged, exceptionally fresh and well centered, Extremely Fine.Facit 36; SKr 7,500 ($730).Scott $1,100. |  | $500 |
| 3158 | 1897, Crowned Numeral surcharged, small "þrir" on 5a green (Scott 33A), o.g., lightly hinged, bright and fresh, Fine to Very Fine, with a 1990 L. Nielsen certificate.Facit 36; SKr 7,500 ($730).Scott $1,100. |  2 | $250 |
| 3159 | 1897, Crowned Numeral surcharged, small "þrir" on 5a green (Scott 33A), o.g., lightly hinged, fresh and reasonably well centered with a clear Reykjavik c.d.s., 11 Nov 1897, Fine to Very Fine, with an undated Grønlund certificate.Facit 36; SKr 5,000 ($480).Scott $750. |  2 | $300 |
| 3160 | 1902, black "I Gildi" overprint on 3a orange, perf 12¾ (Scott 49), bright, fresh and beautifully centered with a light c.d.s. cancel, Extremely Fine.Facit 48; SKr 4,500 ($440).Scott $525. |  | $250 |
| Lot | Vatican City | Estimate | |
| 3161 | 1925, 10kr Surcharges on 50a, 1kr & 5kr (Scott 140, 141, 143), bright and fresh with light postal cancels, Fine to Very Fine.Facit 122, 123, 107; SKr 14,300 ($1,390).Scott $1,650. |  | $350 |
| 3162 | 1925, King Frederick VIII, Kr. 10 on 50a claret (Scott 140), o.g., never hinged, bright and fresh, Fine to Very Fine, with a photocopy of a 1987 L. Nielsen certificate.Facit 122; SKr 6,500 ($630).Scott $750. |  2 | $250 |
| 3163 | 1924, King Frederick VIII, Kr. 10 on 1kr yellow (Scott 141), o.g., never hinged, post office fresh with blazing color, Fine to Very Fine.Facit 123; SKr 8,000 ($780).Scott $900. |  2 | $350 |
| 3164 | 1930, Parliament Millennium, Regular Issues, & Airmails complete (Scott 152-166, C3-C8), o.g., never hinged, a bright, fresh set; three lower values with faults (3a, 30a & 35a, cat. $31), otherwise Very Fine.Facit 173-193; SKr 12,000 ($1,160).Scott $1,365. |  2 | $300 |
| 3165 | 1931-33, King Christian X redrawn, 1e to 10kr complete (Scott 176-187), a bright, fresh set, o.g., most barely hinged, but the 2kr is never hinged!; 1e & 25a with small thins, otherwise Fine to Very Fine.Facit 145,147-157; SKr 15,200 ($1,470).Scott $1,841. |  2 | $600 |
| 3166 | Airmail, 1933, "Hópflug Ítala" complete (Scott C12-C14), an excellent mint set, o.g., 5kr never hinged, 1kr & 10kr lightly hinged, bright fresh colors; 1kr & 10kr with slightly toned gum, Fine to Very Fine, with a clear 1980 S. Kaiser certificate.Facit 165-167; SKr 27,600 ($2,680).Scott $3,275. |  3 | $800 |
| 3167 | Official, 1902, "Í Gildi", perf 14x13½ 3a yellow & 10a blue (Scott O25, O27), o.g., hinge remnants, bright and fresh, Fine to Very Fine.Facit Tj 15, Tj 17; SKr 6,300 ($610).Scott $750. |  | $250 |
| 3168 | Officials, 1930 Parliament Millenium complete (Scott O53-O67), an exceptional mint set, o.g., never hinged, Fine to Very Fine. Rarely offered never hinged. Facit Tj59-74.Scott $2,250. |  2 | $1,000 |
| 3169 | 1902-07, JNF Vienna Head Office Issues, Star of David inscribed "Zion", group of seven complete sheets of 300, comprising Kaplov #1 Series F1 (France, 5c); #3 Series A1 (America, 1¢), F1 (France, 5c), H1 (Netherlands, 2c), J1 (Italy, 5c) and Rd1 (Russia, 1k); and #7 "Dienstsache" Series T1 (Turkey, 8 para); all complete with both sets of tabs except #1 missing outer tab (#3 Russia with tab damage); #1 and 7 folded in half; nice range of shades present, without gum as issued, Very Fine overall. |  | $500 |
| 3170 | 1859 Provisional Govt. 5c green, emerald green & dark green (Scott 10, 10a, 10b), a fresh, four-margin example of each, Very Fine, each signed Cardillo, with his 2023 P. Cardillo certificate.Sassone 12, 12a, 12b; €7,400 ($7,990).Scott $4,225. |  2 | $650 |
| 3171 | 1859 Provisional Govt. 5c green & 15c blackish brown (Scott 10, 11b), a Fine example of each tied by a blue double circle datestamp, "GUASTALLA, 5 DECEM 59" on a folded letter to Sarginesco (Lombardy), backstamped Sarginesco and one other; address somewhat faded, Fine to Very Fine and rare. Scott value for 11b on cover is $36,000! (Sassone is $63,500!!), signed Cardillo, with his 2019 certificate.Sassone 12, 13b. |  3 | $3,250 |
| 3172 | 1852, 10c black on white (Scott 2), a lovely horizontal strip of 4 with three large margins and barely shaved at the bottom of the third stamp, canceled by three neat rectangular grills on a folded letter from Piacenza to Livorno, 24 Dec 1852, backstamped Livorno, 26 Dec; bit of minor foxing (not affecting stamp) and name of addressee covered up, otherwise Very Fine, signed A. Diena & E. Diena, with 1958 Diena certificates.Sassone 2.Sassone €36,000 ($38,880).AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE MULTIPLE ON COVER. |  3 | $2,000 |
| 3173 | 185? ½b black on gray lilac (Scott 1 var.), an exceptional block of 4 tied by one of two lozenge cancels on a folded letter from Rome to Ripatransone, 13 Feb 1864; the block has a frame line on all sides with a small part of the sheet margin at the right; the cover is fresh and clean with a handstamped "2" rate and four different backstamps, Very Fine to Extremely Fine. Sassone values the normal 1864 grayish violet (1A) block of 4 on cover at 21,000€ whereas the price of a single on cover is half that of the gray lilac (1c)., signed G. Biondi & A. Diena, with a 2019 Biondi certificate.Sassone 1c.AN EXTRAORDINARY EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE TWO-BAJOCCHI FRANKING. The Biondi signature on the cover includes the number "1c"; the Diena signature does not. |  3 | $2,400 |
| 3174 | 1855-63 Victor Emmanuel II, 40c vermilion (Scott 13d), horizontal strip of 5 tied on a small piece by Genoa c.d.s.s, 10 Dec 1857; large margins to just touching with a bit of toning, about Fine. A rare multiple that would have paid 4x the letter rate to Sicily via French steamer. Sassone 16.Sassone €8,250 ($8,910). |  2 | $325 |
| 3175 | 1851 Lion of Tuscany, 1cr brown carmine & 2cr greenish blue (Scott 4a, 5a), tied by a grid cancel on a folded letter from Florence to Naples, 10 Aug 1850; backstamped with a 2-line "Transito/ per lo Stato Pontifico; stamps with 2+ margins, cover Fine to Very Fine.Sassone 4e, 5e. |  2 | $200 |
| 3176 | Postage Due, 1870, 1c buff & magenta, numeral inverted (Scott J3a), neat c.d.s. cancel, somewhat irregular perfs; faint diagonal crease, Fine appearance. A rare stamp! .Sassone Seg. 3b; €4,000 ($4,320).Scott $3,000. |  | $350 |
| 3177 | 1951-52, Flags of Countries Participating in the Korean War complete, imperforate singles from souvenir sheets (Scott 132-173 vars.), group of 21 unaddressed covers, each bearing both souvenir sheet cut-outs for the given country, tied by violet "Pusan/30 5. 52./Korea" bridge cancel with red Registry label (boxed "Pusan" handstamped in violet) at lower left; the basic series complete (no Italy with/o Crown); fresh and sound apart from adhesive used to seal back side and bottom flaps, Very Fine. |  | $400 |
| 3178 | 1956, 20h blue Reconstruction, complete booklet (Scott 212Fa var.), unexploded with five panes and interleaving (all free); light toning and front cover crease at staples, the stamps bright and fresh, the covers otherwise sound, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine.Scott $875 as five panes. |  | $300 |
| 3179 | 1956, 20h blue Reconstruction, complete booklet (Scott 212Fa var.), unexploded with five panes and interleaving (all free); light toning and front cover crease at staples, the stamps bright and fresh, the covers otherwise sound, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine.Scott $875 as five panes. |  | $300 |
| 3180 | 1957, 40h red lilac King Sejong, redrawn, complete booklet (Scott 255a), bright and clean with five panes and interleaving (all free); sound and appealing, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine.Scott $400 as five panes. |  | $200 |
| 3181 | 1957, 40h red lilac King Sejong, redrawn, complete booklet (Scott 255a), bright and clean with five panes and interleaving (all free); sound and appealing, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine.Scott $400 as five panes. |  | $200 |
| 3182 | 1924, Paris Olympics, "GRAND LIBAN" overprint inverted (Scott 18a-21a), a choice complete set of 4, o.g., lightly hinged, bright and fresh, Fine to Very Fine. A marvelous example of this rare Olympic error set. Yvert 18a-21b; €2,200 ($2,380).Scott $1,400. |  2 | $600 |
| 3183 | 1938, Common Design, ½a-5p complete (Scott 289-305), set of 17, o.g., never hinged (several with minor perforation tip glazing from mount).Scott $699 for hinged. |  2 | $350 |
| 3184 | 1934, University regular issue complete (Scott 698-707), an outstanding mint set, o.g., never hinged (!), Fine to Very Fine.Scott $7,500. |  2 | $3,000 |
| 3185 | 1934, University Airs complete (Scott C54-C61), o.g., 10p & 20p lightly hinged, the rest never hinged, exceptionally fresh and well centered, Very Fine.Scott $2,950 Pro-rated. |  2 | $1,200 |
| 3186 | 1934, 20c Eagle Man, Die Proofs (Scott C68P), nine different colors (two shades of black), each die-sunk on card, about 3½" x 2½", Extremely Fine. |  2 | $1,500 |
| 3187 | 1935, Amelia Earhart "Muestra" overprint (Scott C74S), o.g., fresh and bright, Fine to Very Fine, with a 1976 M.E.P.S.I. certificate. |  2 | $750 |
| 3188 | Airmail, 1939, Sarabia Flight, Mexico to New York (Scott C93A), top margin single, o.g., never hinged, Post Office fresh with bright colors, sound, Very Fine.Scott $800. |  | $300 |
| 3189 | Airmail Officials, 1929 Overprints on Pan-American Postal Conference black prints (Scott CO3-CO10), a fresh, nicely centered mint set, o.g., lightly hinged, Very Fine. Just 127 of the 1p were issued (and only 600 each of the others), 1p signed Aguirre, Kesslet and Sanabria.Scott $2,775. |  2 | $1,500 |
| 3190 | 1916, "OFICIAL" overprint on 5p Independence with Corbata overprint (Scott O112), o.g., never hinged, bright and fresh, Very Fine. An outstanding example of this rare Official., signed Aguirre.Scott $3,250. |  | $1,500 |
| 3191 | 1928, 1½c-30c Olympics complete (Scott B25-B32), on Olympics-themed picture post card, the eight stamps tied by three Olympic Stadium postmarks, the card sent Registered Airmail to Geneva, Switzerland; black-on-orange bilingual Airmail and red & black Registry labels at left center; Basel Flugplatz transit and two Geneva receivers (all Aug. 18 [19]28, Geneva both "Poste Aérienne" and "Distr. Lett."); a colorful and handsome Olympics item, Very Fine.Michel 205-212. NVPH 212-219. |  2 | $250 |
| 3192 | 1915, 5c Gaton Locks, center inverted (Scott 210a), o.g., lightly hinged, Very Fine and rare.Scott $1,500. |  | $750 |
| 3193 | 1921, 1¢ and 2¢, Centenary of Independence, imperforate proofs of booklet panes of six (Scott 221P, 222P, var.), on six wove cards, comprising 1¢ green and 2¢ carmine from the top right corner of the sheet each showing "F-6781" marginal imprint, 1¢ green and 2¢ carmine from the left of the sheet, and 1¢ and 2¢ both in deep green, three with printer's time stamp on reverse, two have creases and one with tear in sheet margin, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. |  3 | $300 |
| 3194 | 1932, Garibaldi, 75c-5L high values (Scott 147-150), o.g., never hinged, Post Office fresh with bold color on bright paper, sound and appealingly centered, Very Fine.Scott $1,130. |  | $300 |
| 3195 | 1951, 500L View of San Marino (Scott C78), complete sheet of 6 (Scott C78), complete sheet of 6, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine, signed E Diena, with his 1985 certificate.Scott $3,000. |  2 | $800 |
| 3196 | 1942, 5f "France Libre" (Scott 248), o.g., never hinged, impressive example with proof-like color and sharp, detailed impression, Very Fine, rare never hinged; a great stamp for the finest collection, signed Bloch and Bileski.Yvert 272. Maury 272.Scott $2,500 for hinged. |  | $750 |
| 3197 | 1945, 7½c Sugar Cane Train & 5G Queen Wilhelmina, large die proofs (Scott 192, 206), in issued colors, on India measuring 87x75 and 75x81mm respectively, die-sunk on 229x152 and 152x227mm cards; each proof Post Office fresh with die number above and American Bank Note Company imprint below; top right corner of 5G India loose but sound, Very Fine, a pretty duo. |  4 | $250 |
| 3198 | 1924, Olympics complete, surcharge in French inverted (Scott 133-136 vars.), o.g., lightly hinged, Post Office fresh with strong colors on bright paper, sound and well centered, Very Fine, a scarce set. Maury 127b-130b; €1,900 ($2,050). |  2 | $600 |
| 3199 | 1863, Tughra, 20pa-1pi complete (Scott 1-7), unused without gum, attractive set on clean paper with crisp impressions, sound and four-margined throughout, Very Fine.Scott $1,090 for o.g. |  2 | $400 |
| 3200 | 1951, 25L Council of Chalcedon, imperf between (Scott 150a), horizontal pair, o.g., never hinged, bright and well centered; few tiny tone spots on the reverse only, small black natural paper inclusion on the rosette, otherwise Very Fine.Sassone 150c; €4,000 ($4,320).Scott $4,000. |  | $750 |
