15th Mar, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST

Stamps, Postal History & Postcards

 
  Lot 97
 

97

Poland

Collection to 2002 in three loose-leaf albums, including #1 (unused, faults), a good range of First World War occupation overprints incl. eagles on Austro-Hungarian types used set, 'Poczta Polska' newspaper set (SG.N50/N54, £300), 1919 Gniezno 10pf surcharge (not signed), through to better 1920s sets incl. 1925 National Fund (SG.230/240, £325), '28 Exhibition m/s used (SG.MS270, £475), 1938 Exhibition ms/s used (the imperf type postally used with faults), 1938 stratosphere m/s, 1948 Polish Culture m/s used (SG.MS615a, £500, crease in margins at left perf line), etc, as well as a wide range of 1950 currency revaluation 'Groszy' handstamps. The third volume is for back-of-the-book, a wonderful survey including insurgency issues not listed in SG, 'Port Gdansk' incl. 1933 1z used (SG.R25, cat. £225), rarely seen ODESA ovpts on 20f and 1m (cat. £500 each), Levant ovpts matt set requiring expertization (cat. £1,400) with reprint types for comparison, then 1918 Polish Corps complete with Poczta types all signed incl. 10k on 7k MNH (SG.M5, £900 for hinged) and 70k imperf (SG.M11, £500), the 1942 Polish Army in Russia issue (SG.M16, £300) and presumed reprint tête-bêche sheet 'used', followed by an exciting 30+ pages of 1918/19 local overprints etc. mostly unlisted in Gibbons, WWII Polish Forces incl. Dachau miniature sheets, etc, etc.

Sold for £1,900
Estimated at £750 - £1,000


 

Auction: Stamps, Postal History & Postcards, 15th Mar, 2023

This is once more an exciting sale with several family estate sections which include Irish and Great Britain new issues of the 1920s carefully stored for a century, a series of specialized Eastern Europe collections with excellent Batum and German local occupations of Poland, as well as extensive Great Britain singles with much line-engraved, and through to a very solid finale of postcard collections including a wonderful subject collection with forty Louis Wain, a strong aviation collection with 300 from the 1920s onwards, a large collection of Southern counties topography and much more.

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Tuesday 14 March 10am-5pm and the morning of the sale from 8am

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