RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STAMPS USED IN INDEPENDENT LATVIA: 1919, parcel card from Smiltene to Riga, franked by 50k brown violet and green in strip of three and four singles, addressed to Red Army unit located in Riga, all appropriate markings and arrival ds, VF and rare postal history item of turbulent period in Latvia
Live Bidding Auction #82
By: Raritan Stamps Inc.
Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #82
The Sale contained 1076 lots of Rare Worldwide Stamps and Postal History of the World and represented the property of 44 owners.
Among the highlights are:
- Collection of Argentinean Die and Trial Color Proofs, Essays and Artist's Works;
- Powerful Holding of German Offices Abroad and Colonies;
- Collection of Imperial Russian Printer's Control Markings of 1908-12 issue;
- Traditionally comprehensive Soviet Union with the Part II of the Die Proofs Collection, numerous perforation errors and imperforated varieties;
- Collection of Various Russian Non-Postal Stamps;
- Over one hundred Collections, Accumulations and Selections.
Auction will be held within two sections.
June 21, 2019 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Lots #1 - 489
June 22, 2019 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Lots #490 - 1076
Sale Terms
Lot #417 - latvia
1919, Rising Sun, 10k gray blue, complete tete-beche sheet of 200 (100+100) with vertical gutter in the middle, minor marginal flaws, full OG, NH, VF
Lot #418 - latvia
1920-21, Sun Design, 20k and 75k, two sheet margin horizontal pairs, imperforated vertically between stamps and on the side; in addition vertical bottom sheet margin vertical pair of 50k, imperforated at the foot, full OG, NH, VF
Lot #419 - latvia
1921-22, Stars and Coat of Arms, 50k-100r, complete set of 13, printed on watermarked LIGAT paper, including stamp of 10r with perforation 10x11½, full OG, NH, mostly VF, C.v. $200++
Lot #420 - latvia
1923-25, Stars, 1s-50s, 41 imperforated proofs, including 20 horizontal or vertical pairs and a single of 25s, watermark LIGAT, no gum as produced, NH, VF and a colorful group of Archival proofs
Lot #421 - latvia semi-postal issues
1930, Janis Rainis Memorial Fund, 1 (2)s-15(30)s, perforated and imperforated complete set of six, full OG, NH (imperforated 10 (20)s has slight trace of hinge on margin only), VF, C.v. $285
Lot #422 - latvia air post semi-postal issues
1930, Janis Rainis Memorial Fund, 10(20)s and 15(30)s, perforated and imperforated complete sets of two, in addition perforated stamp of 10 (20)s with reversed vertical watermark, full OG, NH, VF
Lot #423 - latvia air post semi-postal issues
1932, Home Guards Fund, 10(20)s-25(50)s, two perforated and imperforated complete sets of three triangle stamps, two different positions of watermark, full OG, NH (one stamp is LH), VF, C.v. $300++
Lot #424 - latvia air post semi-postal issues
1933, Wounded Aviators Fund, 3(53)s-35(135)s, two imperforated complete sets of three triangle stamps, two different positions of watermark, full OG, NH (one stamp is LH), VF, C.v. $250++
Lot #425 - latvia stamp booklet
1938, 20th Anniversary of the Republic, unexploited Ls2.02 booklet, containing two blocks of four and four horizontal pairs separated by pre-printed interleaves, black lettering on yellow paper, perfect quality, VF
Lot #426 - latvia West Army
1919, black overprints or surcharges of Russian Orthodox Cross on Sun Design, Riga Liberation and Russian Imperial stamps, three complete sets, the total 36 values, full OG, mainly LH, VF, all valuable stamps are properly expertized, C.v. $1,085
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