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EV Stamps: Stamps and Postal History

Auction Reports

Auction Name	Stamps and Postal History	Total Sales (USD)	3,931.24
Auction Date	December 28, 2025 - December 28, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Sale Number	#698899	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Total Lots	72
Sold Lots	70.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
% of Lots Sold	97.22%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
Unsold Lots	2	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
139	Booker T. Washington Signed Photo		Not Available	USD 373.75
156	US Stamps #38 Used on Cover to France with three large margins		Not Available	USD 330.05
133	US 1849 Slave purchase related stampless folded letter	1849	Not Available	USD 195.50
198	Great Britain Mulready Envelope 1p black Used with Canterbury Feb 2 1844 date stamp; reverse is printed rate tables and info from "The Economic Life Assurance Society"	1844	Not Available	USD 192.43
101	Germany 1945 Local Zone Cork Cancel Obliterations Stamps & Covers on pages	1945	Not Available	USD 128.80
155	US Stampless Cover to Mexico City	1853	Not Available	USD 123.36
82	Great Britain Postal History King George VI Collection		Not Available	USD 108.10
95	Douglas MacArthur "I have returned" Proclamation 1 page letter to the People of the Philippines about his return to the country		Not Available	USD 104.65
140	US Postal History Small Group of covers including Parcel Post on cover		Not Available	USD 103.37
147	US Stamps #7 & #11 Tied on Cover to South Carolina		Not Available	USD 98.90
73	US Stamps & Covers including Harris album with some earlier Used (Columbians to 15 cent	early	Not Available	USD 88.55
130	US Postal History Small Group of 4 1938 Presidential Series items	1938	Not Available	USD 88.55
141	South Carolina Postal History US #U27 Used in Independent State South Carolina less than 2 weeks after secession with black "Charleston S.C. Jan 2 1861" Double Circle CDS to Abbeville	1861	Not Available	USD 87.40
93	Publications Bankers Box of Philatelic Literature		Not Available	USD 81.65
137	US Postal History Group of 3 19th Century Covers with multiple colored stamps	19th Century	Not Available	USD 72.45
146	US Stamps #116 x 2 tied on front to Bordeaux		Not Available	USD 71.30
199	Great Britain Mulready Envelope 1p black mint but sealed at one point		Not Available	USD 71.30
79	Great Britain Postal History Queen Elizabeth II Collection		Not Available	USD 67.85
94	Publications Bankers Box of Philatelic Literature	19th Century	Not Available	USD 60.95
71	US Stamps 1850s-1890s Postal History group	1850s-1890s	Not Available	USD 49.45
125	German Office in China Stamps on 2 Postcards	1905	Not Available	USD 49.45
142	4 US Stampless Covers 1830s-1850s all with Lynchburg CDS cancels	1830s-1850s	Not Available	USD 49.45
131	US Postal History Small 19th Century lot including 1889 University of Maryland Commencement Invitation	19th Century	Not Available	USD 48.31
162	China ROC Stamps 1925 Registered Cover to Richmond	1925	Not Available	USD 47.15
148	US Stamps #35 Tied with black grid cancel on cover to Canada with NY CDS on front		Not Available	USD 46.00

Books & Autographs
Wednesday 25 March

Koller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000

Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000.
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.