Stamp Auctions

A. KARAMITSOS - SEVEN HILLS auction of Iraq Postal History, stamp and Postcards. TURKISH POST OFFICE, INDEPENDENT KINGDOM, BRITISH POST OFFICE, REVENUE STAMPS, OVERLAND MAIL, AID FOR PALESTINE, OFFICIAL ISSUES. Including a section of PICTURE POSTCARDS.

Auction 12 is our usual large & diverse auction. We thought that by moving the box lots to their own auction we would be able to make our auctions a little smaller, however we still have over 2,000 lots in the auction. The first section of the catalog has 653 lots of non-Australia, PPCS, coins, ephemera etc. Among the more interesting are 3 Ceylon Telegraph stamp proofs (#94), A set of 8 'BERLIN' ovpts in black on Berlin Airlift cvrs (#215), an 1839 Charles Whiting essay (#280). Also within the GB section are some very fine stamps including, a spectacular 9d straw pane of 20 ovpts 'SPECIMEN', a very rare £1 brown-lilac Specimen (#315), a mint £5 orange (#319) and one mint & two used £1 Seahorses (#337-9). Within Southern Africa we have a nice mint 1d PB Cape triangle (#604), a group of Mafeking Siege stamps (#609-12) and a South Africa £1 pale olive-green & red (#614). The second section of the catalogue has 729 lots of Australian Collinies/States and Roos and KGV Heads. Some of the high lights are 1d Sydney View on ribbed paper (#660), a unique Queensland 1898 4d proof of colour block of 6 (#725), a Tasmania 1855 6d dull lilac proof (#777), a 1917 separated and overprinted 1½d Rely Card (#788), an extraordinary 1884Teelegraph Envelope with an apparaently unique 2/- TO PAY as well as an IOU accepted by the Telegraph messenger (#827). We continue with third selection from Ken Smithies' Victorian Postmark collection (#832-906 group). These have been very popular with much fierce competition. We then have another excellent group of Roos with a very fine mint 1st wmk £2 (#1025), a very rare 2nd wmk 1/- JBC monogram single (#1039), 3rd wmk 2/- brown JBC & CA monogram singles (#1090-1) and an MUH Sm Mult £2 (#1160). In the KGV lots there is an ½d green cracked SW corner (#1215), a 1d rose-pink rough paper mint block of 4 (#1232) and a CofA 1d green reversed wmk (#1369). Amongst the many covers is a very rare Large Mult ½d thin fraction on cover. Some of the standout items of the third section are a group of plate number blocks including 1950 2d scarlet plate '2' block of 12 (#1431), 1956 2/- Crocodile plate '9' block of 4 (#1439), 1953 3d green plate '-1-' block of 12 (#1448) and 1962 2d brown plate '3' block of 8 (#1456). There are a range of missing colours including 1965 Hargrave missing purple (#1477), 1969 5c Xmas missing yellow (#1527), 1972 7c Xmas missing brown (#1534), 1974 30c Possum missing red (#1540), 1974 7c Golf missing black (#1541) and a 1979 20c Train missing grey-green (#1559). The Australian Territories include such sought after items as a Nauru marginal mint 5/- Waterlow Seahorse, seven £1 NWPI, a very rare 1st wmk 5/- Roo NWPI use at Nauru (#1898), a rare 1d rosine Die II perf 'OS" NWPI (#1925) and a lovely £5 Bulolo. There is quite an array of Australian Postal Stationery include quite a number of large collections. As you would expect we have a large selection of postal history with rare usages, military, flight covers including a 1920 Herald Aerial Delivery cover (#1786) and a 1939 Guba cover (#1810) etc. Amongst the crash covers is a rare 1952 Venlo cover (#1816).

Our sale on 30th March 2012 is devoted to New Zealand, one of the great collecting countries, offering everything from an iconic Classic issue to important postal developments such as meters and advertising stamps. This auction includes the best array of Chalons we have ever offered, elusive Sidefaces, a fine collection of 1898 Pictorials, beautiful proofs of KEVII and KGV stamps, original artwork by James Berry and others, colourful modern errors and a group (!) of Kapa Haka items."Back-of-book" boasts strong Officials including Lighthouses, revenues, pigeon post rarities and Antarctica. There is a fine range of postal history, an enticing selection from the Dependencies, and more than 30 literature titles including major works. If you have even a passing interest in New Zealand, you will captivated by this auction. Unsold lots may be purchased at 80% of estimate

Rare stamps and covers, genuine collections and larger lots are offered at our international auctions twice a year. Highlights: "Two times Nos. 1 & 2" The C. A. Møller Gold Medal Collection of Holstein, part 1. Royal Letters from Gustav Vasa 1522 and forward, incl. Gunnar Dahlvig’s collection of Gustav II Adolf. "The Scania Collection" Classic Sweden with more or less all shades in superb used condition. Iceland, Rare Classics incl. I GILDI & Don Brandt´s Cancellations. Puerto Rico classic postal history. Large collections & accumulations World Wide.