Coin Auctions

This, our 38th auction, contains fine and important offerings in many specialties.
We open this Auction with Dr. Robert Pildes's Gold Award collection: The 1948 Interim and the Besieged Cities followed by the Werner M. Bohne collection: Judaica, Anti-Semitism and Holocaust - Part I.
While all specialties are represented in this auction certain of them merit special attention. These include Dr. Robert Pildes's collection: The 1948 Interim and the Besieged Cities, 2nd part of a Doar Ivri specialized collection, Ephraim Margolin's 3rd part of J.N.F. Proofs, Issues & Forms, a significant offering of Anti-Semitic & Holocaust Mail including the 2nd part of Werner M. Bohne's collection and finally a collection of Autographs (general, Eretz Israel & Rabbis) split into dozens of lots with many items seldom offered.

Raritan Stamps, Inc. - Live Telephone-Internet Auction # 55, December 7-8, 2012

This Sale represents 1548 lots of rare Worldwide Coins, Stamps and Postal History with emphasis of USA Freaks and Errors, British Commonwealth, Asia, Eastern and Western Europe; comprehensive Russian area material, including property of 37 owners.

Among the highlights of this Sale are Alejandro Jaime Collection of Carpatho-Ukraine (Lots #343-356) and the Sergey V. Prigara Collection of Russian Post in the Empire, Offices in Turkey, China and Post in the Kingdom of Poland 1857-1917 (Lots #701-748)

The Auction includes over one hundred collections and collective lots.

Auction #177 is our last sale for the year.  As usual, it is a wide-ranging offering with “something for everyone”.

As usual, we commence with a group of collections and miscellaneous lots including several very good opportunities.  Our “Thematics & Subjects” section is larger than usual, and features an array of unissued imperforate miniature sheets, followed by Max Shekleton’s “Air Mails of the Pacific”.

Our best ever offering of gold coins, including 38 very fine to superb Australian sovereigns, and the world’s largest circulation gold coin (Lot 147), is a feature of the sale.  There are also a number of banknote lots on offer.  Then follows a small but appealing range of picture postcards.

The Commonwealth of Australia section offers numerous unusual and rare items, especially in the KGV section, where you will find many very scarce shades and varieties, some of which are unlisted.  There’s even a stamp catalogued at $20,000 with an estimate of only $500!

The principal showcase section of the sale is the reference collection of Australian Postal Stationery formed by Andy Jansen from Adelaide.  This is the most extensive Postal Stationery offering for quite some time.  It includes many very scarce items, and a number of rarities.  In the absence of a comprehensive catalogue of Australian stationery, our listings are the most relevant and up-to-date of any publication.

A quarter of the sale is devoted to the Australian Colonies/States.  All aspects are strongly represented, from Classics through postal history to postal stationery. Les Molnar has instructed us to re-offer his unsold Victorian stamps and covers, many at greatly reduced estimates! 

Moving on to the Rest of the World, we have some unusual foreign material from Europe, the French Community, the Middle East and the United States.  British Empire collectors will find much to interest them, including a number of superb Classic stamps.  The Great Britain is quite strong.  It includes a huge Elizabethan collection in 17 albums, a superb mint £5 orange, and several unmounted blocks of Seahorses.

Finally, there is an extensive array of philatelic literature including important handbooks and scarce auction catalogues.  Much of this material is “as new”, including some 40 titles in the Proud Bailey “Postal History of…” series.

Status International - Public Auction #293 of Stamps, Covers, Coins, Postcards & Phonecards. Thursday, 6th December 2012 (12:00 noon)
With close to 3,900 lots catering for all types of collectors & dealers - from bulk accumulations and intact collections to desirable single items. Items range from $30 to $30,000 so there's something for everybody.
The auction offers strong representation of Australia & Colonies, strong British Empire material of all areas & periods, as well as General Foreign including small and large collections.
The Australian lots cover all periods, from the Kangaroo issues up to Decimal and contains numerous number of mint & used £1 & £2 top values. In the pre-decimal era there are specialist items such as monograms, imprints, proofs, varieties & errors.
There is a range of Great Britain, New Guiana, New Zealand and China including PRC.
COLLECTIBLES with Phonecards and Postcards.