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FEBRUARY 2012 Philatelic Auctions

LATEST UPDATE: 31st JANUARY 2012

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FEBRUARY 2012 Philatelic Auctions   …

1st STATUS INTERNATIONAL [No. 284] (AUSTRALIA)

1st WARWICK & WARWICK LTD. [No. 687] (ENGLAND)

1st - 4th R+B RÖLLI-SCHÄR AUKTIONEN AG [No. 52] (SWITZERLAND)

3rd - 4th MIRKO FRANKE AUKTIONHAUS [No. 55] (GERMANY)

3rd - 4th VAN LOOY POSTZEGELVEILINGEN N.V. [No. 139] (BELGIUM)

3rd - 4th VICTORIA STAMP COMPANY [No. 30] (USA)

3rd - 5th HARMER-SCHAU AUCTION GALLERIES INC. [No. 92] (USA)

3rd - 5th REGENCY-SUPERIOR LTD. [No. 91] (USA)

4th ALAN BLAIR [No. 136] (USA)

4th ARGIRIOS KARAMITSOS AUCTIONS [No. 420] (CYPRUS)

4th PETER VOGENBECK SPEZIALAUKTION [No. 87] (GERMANY)

6th - 10th AUKTIONSHAUS CHRISTOPH GÄRTNER [No. 21] (GERMANY)

7th ALLIANCE AUCTIONS [No. 164] (ENGLAND)

7th ROUMET HISTOIRE POSTAL / R.H.P. [No. 25] (FRANCE)

7th SANDAFAYRE (HOLDINGS) LTD. [No. 6196] (ENGLAND)

8th MICHAEL E. ALDRICH AUCTIONS [No. 70] (USA)

8th CHERRYSTONE PHILATELIC AUCTIONS [No. 0212-A] (USA)

8th DANBURY STAMP SALES [No. 4009] (USA)

9th ABC AUCTIONS [No. 95] (USA)

10th IsFila (TURKEY)

10th - 11th SCHWANKE BRIEFMARKENAUKTIONEN [No. 334] (GERMANY)

11th ARGIRIOS KARAMITSOS AUCTIONS [No. 419, 421] (GREECE)

11th FILATELIA SAMMARINESE S.R.L. (REPUBLIC OF SAN MARINO)

14th SANDAFAYRE (HOLDINGS) LTD. [No. 7196] (ENGLAND)

15th SAM HOUSTON PHILATELICS (USA)

16th SPINK - London [No. 12012] (ENGLAND)

16th - 18th GERT MÜLLER GmbH & CO. KG [No. 70] (GERMANY)

17th PRESTIGE PHILATELY PTY. LTD. [No. 171] (AUSTRALIA)

18th PHILATELIE ARBEITER [No. 9] (GERMANY)

19th ESSEX STAMP AUCTIONS [No. 19] (ENGLAND)

19th TAKAHASHI STAMP COMPANY [No. 545] (JAPAN)

21st - 22nd SCHUYLER J RUMSEY PHILATELIC AUCTIONS [No. 46] (USA)

21st - 23rd CHERRYSTONE PHILATELIC AUCTIONS [No. 0212-B] (USA)

21st - 23rd SPARKS AUCTIONS [No. 9] (CANADA)

22nd CHARLES LESKI AUCTIONS PTY. LTD. [No. 397] (AUSTRALIA)

23rd - 24th DOROTHEUM GmbH & CO. KG [No. 7092] (AUSTRIA)

24th - 25th GHIGLIONE 1885 (ITALY)

25th CAMBRIDGESHIRE AUCTIONS [No. 327] (ENGLAND)

25th RASDALE STAMP CO. [No. 411] (USA)

25th SCHULZ-BRIEFMARKENAUKTIONEN [No. 143] (GERMANY)

25th - 26th JAPAN STAMP AUCTIONS [No. 71] (JAPAN)

28th - 1st March R. MARESCH & SON [No. 476-479] (CANADA)

29th ROBERT A. SIEGEL AUCTION GALLERIES [No. 1018] (USA)

MARCH 2012 Philatelic Auctions   …

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2nd Raritan Stamp Inc. [No. 52] (USA)

7th Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions Ltd. (ENGLAND)

10th Eastern Auctions Ltd. (CANADA)

25th Cavendish Philatelic Auctions [Nos. 748-749] (ENGLAND)

16th Regency-Superior Ltd. [No. 92 - St. Louis StampExpo] (USA)

16th Spink-InvestPhila (SWITZERLAND)

18th Takahashi Stamp Company [No. 546] (JAPAN)

23rd Postiljonen AB [No. 199] (SWEDEN)

23rd Stamp Center Inc. [No. 279] (USA)

29th Spink - Shreves Galleries [No. 138] (USA)

? Cherrystone Philatelic Auctioneers [No. 0312] (USA)

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FEBRUARY 2012 DETAILED AUCTION LISTINGS

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1st STATUS INTERNATIONAL

(Sydney, Australia: Sale No. 284)

3,818 Lots of the Australian States, Australia, and the Australian Areas, and including strong sections of other British Commonwealth, and General Foreign, the auction venue being located on ‘Level 3 ’ of the Status International Offices, 262 Castlereagh St., Sydney, beginning at 12:00 Noon sharp.

Australia philatelia covers the spectrum of the country’s issues, from the Roo’s, through to the modern scarcities. The Australian States are represented in particular strength.

The sale also includes impressive large sections of General Foreign Stamps and Postal History, Collections, Accumulations, Wholesale Groupings, and other Large Lots, as well as some Philatelic Literature.

NOTE: The catalog for this auction is available on the Status International WebSite [see below].

TEL [61] 2 9267.4525 FAX [61] 2 9267.6124

E-Mail: Auction@StatusInt.com

WebSite: http://www.statusint.com

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1st WARWICK & WARWICK LTD.

(Warwickshire, England: Sale No. 687)

808 Lots of Great Britain, British Commonwealth, and General Foreign Postage Stamps, Postal History, Collections, Accumulations, and other Large Lots, offered at a public auction to be conducted at the historic 1724/1731-erected and beautifully refurbished Warwick Courthouse Auction Room (http://www.ukattraction.com/heart-of-england/the-court-house.htm), Jury Street, Warwick, England, beginning promptly at 12:00 Noon.

The sale begins with a very comprehensive selection of large lots representing Worldwide Mixed and Single-Countries, as well as Autographs, British Commonwealth Omnibus Issues, Topicals / Thematics, and Philatelic Literature.

The British Commonwealth and other General Foreign incls much in the way of elusive moderate value items. The comprehensive Great Britain section (Lot Nos. 601-808) includes Postal History, QV-Decimal Issues used and unused Singles, a large number of FDCs, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man.

NOTE: The entire Warwick and Warwick Ltd. auction catalog can be viewed on their very user-friendly WebSite [see below].

TEL [44] 1926 49.90.31 FAX [44] 1926 49.19.06

E-Mail: Info@WarwickAndWarwick.com or Bids@WarwickAndWarwick.com

WebSite (HomePage and Catalog): http://www.warwickandwarwick.com

WebSite (Catalog): http://www.auction-net.co.uk

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1st - 4th R+B RÖLLI-SCHÄR AUKTIONEN AG

(Luzern, Switzerland: Auction No. 52)

Over 3,500 Lots of primarily all-Switzerland and nearby Liechtenstein Postage Stamps and Postal History, these offerings covering every possible aspect of their philatelic spectrums, the sale being conducted at the at the Rölli-Schär AG Offices located at Seidenhofstraße 2, in Lucerne, Switzerland

The sale also includes other European Areas, with stronger sections of Austria, Denmark, France, Germany (incl. Danzig, the German States, and the Saar), Great Britain, Italy, as well as better groupings of other Scandinavia and Zeppelin Mail.

NOTE: The complete catalog for this auction is available on the R+B Rölli-Schar Auktionen AG WebSite (see below).

TEL [41] 41 226.02.02 FAX [41] 41 226.02.01

E-Mail: Info@RoelliPhila.ch

WebSite: http://www.roelliphila.ch

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3rd - 4th MIRKO FRANKE BRIEFMARKEN u. AUKTIONHAUS

(Bargteheide, Germany: Public Auction No. 55)

A 7,142-Lot public auction highlighted by in-depth selections of German States, Germany, German Offices Abroad, German Colonies, and Other Worldwide Postage Stamps and Postal History at a public auction being conducted at the Mirko Franke Briefmarken u. Auktionhaus Offices located in Bargteheide (just Northeast of Hamburg, on the road to Lübeck) at Jersbeker Straße 2 (on the corner of Jersbeker Straße and Am Markt)

NOTE: The entire Mirko Franke Briefmarken u. Auktionhaus catalog can be viewed on their WebSite [see below].

TEL [49] 4532 88.20 FAX [49] 4532 2.51.32

E-Mail: Info@Mirko-Franke-Auktion.de

WebSite: www.mirko-franke-auktion.de

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3rd - 4th VAN LOOY & VAN LOOY

POSTZEGELVEILINGEN N.V.

(Antwerpen, Belgium: Sale No. 139)

A Public Auction of Worldwide Postage Stamps and Postal History. The majority of the offering represents Belgium and the Belgian Colonies, but there are also better or otherwise desirable sections of other primarily European Areas, and an impressive selection of the Peoples Republic of China, the sale being conducted at the Van Looy & Van Looy Offices, Frankrijklei 120, Antwerp.

Some of the special highlights of the sale incl over 1,000 Lots of Vintage Picture Postcards, a nice offering of the Belgium ‘dotted’ numerical oblits, and over 200 Lots representing one-man’s collection consisting of ALL the worldwide stamps issued during the 1960-2010 years period.

NOTE: The entire auction is available on the Van Looy & Van Looy Postzegelveilingen N.V. WebSite [see below].

TEL [31] 32 3 232.22.05 FAX [31] 32 3 225.18.73

E-Mail: Info@VanLooyStampAuctions.com

WebSite: http://www.vanlooystampauctions.com

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3rd - 4th VICTORIA STAMP COMPANY

(Ridgewood, NJ: Public Sale No. 30)

An exceptional 2,330-Lot Stamp and Postal History public auction devoted solely to Great Britain and the British Commonwealth, the sale being conducted at the Victoria Stamp Company Offices located at 10 Wilsey Square - Suite 228 in Ridgewood, New Jersey, commencing daily at 1:00 PM.

The sale is highlighted by several specialized collections, to include:

~~~ The Robert J. Frascati Collection of the British Empire ‘SPECIMEN’ Issues, which incls very scarce and seldom-offered Great Britain items.

~~~ The Gold Medal (England) R. B. (‘Bob’) Hill Collection of Barbados.

~~~ The very comprehensive Robert W. Hisey Collection of the Orange Free State, with includes numerous rare and otherwise exceptional material.

~~~ The Jonathan Wadleigh Collection of the British Commonwealth, offering complete mint and used sets, as well as single values and varieties.

~~~ The Robert F. Winter British Commonwealth Postage Due Cover Collection: Part II

The sale also offers extensive selections of better and/pr specialized Anguilla, Bermuda, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Ireland, Malaya and Malayan States, Malta, Mauritius, New Zealand, the Niger Coast, North Borneo, the Straits Settlements, St. Vincent, and Zanzibar.

NOTE: The entire Victoria Stamp Company auction catalog can be viewed on their WebSite [see below]

TEL (201) 652-7283 FAX (201) 612-0024

E-Mail: VictoriaStampCo@aol.com

WebSite: http://www.VictoriaStampCo.com

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3rd - 5th HARMER-SCHAU AUCTION GALLERIES INC. (Petaluma [San Francisco], CA: Auction No. 92)

2,348 Lots of United States and General Foreign Postage Stamps, Postal History, Collections, Accumulations, and other Large Lots, all being sold at a public auction being conducted in the Serafia Room ‘D’ at the Red Lion Hotel - Anaheim Hotel located at 1850 S. Harbor Boulevard, Anaheim CA, on that Friday and Saturday (6:00 PM), and Sunday (10:00 AM).

The sale is highlighted by the Philatelic Estate of Charles Kasdorf, the Larry Martin, of San Antonio, Texas, Philatelic Stock, the second portion of a United States and Worldwide collection from an Eastern institution, a very comprehensive Sudan specialized collection (w/ numerous early issues Proofs), China (incl the Imperial Period), and the United States with large offerings the Match & Medicine Revenue Issues and Postal Stationery.

NOTE: The entire Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries auction catalog can viewed on their WebSite [see below]

TEL (707) 778-6454 FAX (707) 763-6772

E-Mail: Auctions@HarmerSchau.com

WebSite: http://www.HarmerSchau.com

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3rd - 5th REGENCY-SUPERIOR LTD.

(St. Louis, MO, and Beverly Hills, CA:

Auction No. 91)

A 2,839-Lot public auction of United States and General Foreign Postage Stamps, Postal History, Collections, Accumulations, and other Large Lots, all being offered at a public auction being conducted in conjunction with the OrcoExpo Stamp Show being held at the Embassy Suites - Anaheim South located at 11767 Harbor Blvd., in Garden Grove (Anaheim), CA (one mile south of Disneyland), on that Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (Sessions I, II, III) at 11:00 AM.

Highlights of the United States section incl a number of key singles and sets, such as a Sc 11X2 used 10¢ ‘St. Louis Bear’ Provisional, a Sc 7 1851 Franklin 1¢ Blue Type II Plate III Graded 90, a Sc 12 1856 Jefferson 5¢ Red Brown w/ OG, and jumbo Sc 122a 1869 Lincoln 90¢ without grill. The EFO section features a pre-printing paper crease on a Plate No. Block of the 2¢ ‘Ohio River Canal’, a color-omitted 8¢ ‘Stamp Collecting’ issue, and the only-recorded imperf Block-of-9 32¢ ‘Peaches & Pears stamps. Also included are a number of Inverts.

A highlight of the British Commonwealth singles section is a pair of the Newfoundland Sc C1 1919 ‘Hawker Flight’ overprint. Items of note in the General Foreign section incl an Austria Sc N46, a Modena Sc 1 ‘Coat of Arms’ Issue, North Ingermanland Sc 14a, and more.

In the United States covers section is a pretty Sc 64a Pigeon Blood pink used from Nashua NH, and accompanied by a 1980 PFC.

The collections and other Large Lots section incls a large collection of United States Naval Covers, a specialized collection of the 'USS Constitution', a very strong United States collection, and a clean 9-volume Worldwide collection containing many better items.

Also being offered are Space, Collectibles, and Coins, all being knocked-down prior to the philatelic sale at the OrcoExpo Stamp Show on that Friday morning at 11:00 AM.

NOTE: The complete catalog for this auction is available on the Regency Stamps Ltd. WebSite (see below).

TEL (314) 361-5699 or (800) 782-0066

FAX (314) 361-5677

E-Mail:Bid@RegencySuperior.com (General E-Mail Correspondence)

DKols@RegencySuperior.com (David M. Kols, President) ALipkin@RegencySuperior.com (Alan Lipkin, Sr. Vice President)

WebSite: http://www.RegencyStamps.com

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4th ALAN BLAIR

(Richmond, VA: Public Auction No. 136)

1,090 Lots of United States and General Foreign Postage Stamps and Postal History at a public auction being conducted in conducted in conjunction with the Fairfax Stampfest 2010 at the Elks Lodge located at 8421 Arlington Blvd [Rte. 50], Fairfax, VA, beginning at 6:30 PM.

The sale is highlighted by the larger than is usual number of General Foreign lots, especially in the listings of Canada, Germany and the German Areas, Great Britain and the British Commonwealth, and Italy.

TEL (804) 266-3071 or (800) 689-5602

FAX (804) 266-3071

E-Mail: AlanBlair@Verizon.net

WebSite: http://www.alanblairstamps.com

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4th ARGIRIOS KARAMITSOS INTERNATIONAL

PHILATELIC AUCTIONS

(Thessalonika, Greece: Public Auction No. 420)

A specialized 592-Lot public auction of Cyprus Stamps and Postal History highlighted by the Photis Themistokleous ‘Cleopatre’ Collection conducted on that Saturday at the Cyprus Philatelic Society, located on Demosthenis Severis Ave. (behind the Ay. Omologites Post Office in Nicosia, Cyprus, the sale commencing at 4:00 PM

NOTE: Auction agent attendance services will not be available for this sale.

NOTE: The entire Argirios Karamitsos International Philatelic Auctions

catalog can viewed on their WebSite [see below]

TEL [30] 2310 26.43.66 FAX [30] 2310 27.40.31

E-Mail: Karamitsos@Karamitsos.gr

WebSite: http://www.karamitsos.com

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4th PETER VOGENBECK SPEZIALAUKTION

(Gerolstein-Müllenborn, Germany:

Public Auction No. 85)

1,056 Lots comprising a specialized public auction of Germany Used in the Offices Abroad (Auslandspostamter), German Colonies, and German Naval and Maritime Mails (Seepost), being conducted at the attractive Landhaus Müllenborn Hotel (http://www.landhaus-muellenborn.de/cmsla15), located at Auf dem Sand 45, in nearby Gerolstein, the sale beginning on that Saturday promptly at 11:00 AM.

The entire Peter Vogenbeck Spezialauktion sales catalogues are available on their WebSite [see below]:

TEL [49] 6591.7125 FAX [49] 6591 98.59.84

E-Mail: PVogenbeck@T-OnLine.de

WebSite: http://www.petervogenbeck.de

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6th - 10th AUKTIONSHAUS CHRISTOPH GÄRTNER

GmbH & CO. KG

(Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany: Auction No. 21)

A 5-day, +15,700-Lot, mega-auction of Worldwide Covers and other Postal History covering virtually every stamp-issuing entity presented in three individual sales catalogs, to be sold beginning promptly at 9:00 AM daily on the auction dates at the Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner Offices sales venue located at Steinbeisstraße 6+8, in Bietigheim-Bissingen (ca. 12 miles north of Stuttgart, and 12 miles south of Heilbronn).

~ Asia (2,561 Lots), a special auction taking place on 6th February.

~ Airmails, Zeppelin Posts, and other Aerophilately (2,561 Lots), a special auction taking place on 6th February.

~ Denmark (1 Lot), a Large Gold Medal Collection offered intact in a special catalogue.

~ Volume 1: Overseas Areas (1,749 Lots) and Thematics/Topicals (876 Lots)

~ Volume 2: Europe (4,464 Lots)

~ Volume 3: Germany (3,445 Lots)

~ Volume 4.1: Collections (4,291 Lots) - Overseas Areas, All World, Europe, and Thematics/Topicals.

~ Volume 4.2: Collections (3,001 Lots) - Germany, Worldwide Philatelic Estates and Other Large Lots, and better Copper, Silver and Gold Coins, as well as Banknotes.

~ Rarities: Vol. No. 6 - an offering of the jewels of international philately.

NOTE: The entire Auktionhaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG auction catalogue can be viewed on their user-friendly German:English bilingual WebSite [see below].

TEL [49] 7142 789.400 FAX [49] 7142 789.410

E-Mail: Info@Auktionen-Gaertner.de

WebSite: http://www.auktionen-gaertner.de

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7th ALLIANCE AUCTIONS

(Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, England:

Public Auction No. 164)

A 680-Lot public philatelic auction catalog of Great Britain, British Commonwealth, and General Foreign Postage Stamps and Postal History, and including a large section of Collections and Mixed Lots, the sale being conducted beginning a 7:30 PM at the restored and family-run 16th Century 3-Star Bury Lodge Hotel, (http://www.burylodge.co.uk), at London Stanstead Airport (just east of M11).

The sale begins with a very eclectic selection of large lots representing Worldwide Single-Countries, Autographs, British Commonwealth Omnibus Issues, Topicals / Thematics, Cinderellas, Picture Postcards, Covers, Forgeries, Philatelic Literature, Coins, and Ephemera.

The British Commonwealth and other General Foreign offers much in the way elusive moderate value material not normally found in the philatelic auction market.

The comprehensive Great Britain