ABOUT AUCTION
Our upcoming Live Bidding Auction #106
will be held on November 13 - 14, 2025
The Online Catalog of Auction #106
is now available on the website with full-color images.
If you would like to view our lots and place bids, please click the
CURRENT CATALOG.
This Auction will be conducted without a printed catalog.
You can download a PDF file with the Description of Auction #106 lots (without images - 840 KB) by clicking
cat106.pdf.
You can also download a compressed Text File (without images - 260 KB) in Word format by clicking
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We will accept bids for Auction #106 through our website,
by mail, fax, e-mail, or phone. We guarantee acceptance of absentee bids if they are
received no later than two hours before the start of each section.
Live Bidding Auction #106 will be held in two sections.
The Sale contains 1274 lots of Worldwide Air Post stamps and postal history, Philatelic Rarities of the World.
This Sale represents the property of 22 owners.
The Auction comprises:
- Worldwide Air Post stamps and postal history, including Dornier "Do.X" Flights
originated from Brazil, Surinam and Switzerland, Soviet Russia Collection of Air Post issues,
Pioneer and Zeppelin Flights;
- United States - Classic stamps, proofs, modern imperforate and color omitted varieties;
- Nice selection of Great Britain and the British Commonwealth, with:
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Rare Stamps, Proofs and Errors of British North America and Canada;
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Valuable items of Australia and States, British Occupation of German Colonies during the World War I;
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Several strong items from Imperial China, such as Princess Dowager 9c green in block
of four imperforate between stamps from the Mollendorf issue (Chan C.v. US$50,000), two early sets
of Dr. Sun Yat-sen with Specimen overprints; powerful range of lots from PR of China,
including Galloping Horses and Lotus souvenir sheets, the second Military stamp and some more;
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Nice collection of plate proofs from Republic of Georgia;
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Beautiful Germany with semi-postal imperfs, Occupation issues from the World War II
and Propaganda forgeries;
- Delightful Russian material with valuable Imperial postal stationery items, early
sets (Scott #26-30 and #31-38) in never hinged blocks of four, outstanding proofs of 7k and 10k
from 1908-1909, complete sheet of Telegraph stamp;
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A dozen of highly desirable RSFSR lots, Soviet Union imperforate
errors and never hinged sets from 1930's, numerous fantails and imperf between varieties from
later period, valuable Semi-Postal, Air Post and various back of the book items;
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Beautiful postal history items from Karelia, North Ingermanland, Wenden and Olonets;
worthwhile Offices in China and Levant, Civil War stamps from
Siberia with valuable errors of Nikolayevsk issue and various South
Russia with interesting errors and nice positional pieces;
- Eye-catching Russian Zemstvo (Rural Post) section representing about 150 lots
of various stamps and postal history items from well over 50 different districts;
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Great rarities of Tannu-Tuva, including commercial cover franked by 35k/15k brown
(Scott #44), local surcharges 20k on 15k (Scott #53) and reportedly unique 10k on 1r (Scott #105);
absolutely fabulous se-tenant strip of five commemorating 21st Anniversary of Independence (Scott #117-119);
- Classic Ukraine includes a strong range of Trident Overprints from Kyiv,
Kharkiv, Poltava, Odessa and Podilia, representing material from Dr. Seichter, Dr. Zelonka,
and other renowned Collections;
- Countries of the World presented with valuable lots from Afghanistan, Albania,
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Central Lithuania, Finland, France and Territories, Italy and
Colonies, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia,
Vietnam, Yugoslavia and many more;
