Lot 1894
Bavaria, (German State) Reference Collection. Over 100 items on album and stockpages; includes a selection of 1849, 1kr black forgeries including a Sperati reproduction, some P. Winter items including German stamp on stamp issue sheets, later Coat of Arms and Postage Due forgeries types.Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $1,300
Lot 1895
Bremen, (German State) Reference Collection. Approximately 270 stamps arranged by issues on stockpages; genuine and forgeries unidentified with duplication to be expected; condition varies, worth review for the specialist (no photo).Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $1,050
Lot 1896
Brunswick, (German State) Reference Collection. Approximately 200 stamps arranged by issues on stockpages; genuine and forgeries unidentified with duplication to be expected, some fake cancels noted and a set of Spiro sheets; condition varies, worth review for the specialist.Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $800
Lot 1897
Germany, German Area Reference Collection. Several thousand stamps mostly on stock and album pages in binders; selection of German States mostly in stock format and unidentified including Brunswick, Hamburg, Hannover, Oldenburg, etc., study of Saxony 1850, 3pf first issue and Heligoland including the various reprints and printings, forgeries and substantial stock of reprint items, Germany with various sections of genuine and forgery items including WWII military post issues on and off cover and propaganda issues, occupational, etc.Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
Realized: $3,000
Lot 1898
Germany, Retourbriefmarken Reference Collection. Over 200 items, including blocks and sheets, arranged on album and stockpages in binder; letter by C. Kane describing collection…"This contains all of the genuine and forgeries known and many that have not as of yet been written about. The first issue (1865) is an outstanding assemblage of these very hard to find issues. The second issue contains mostly varieties of fonts, spelling errors, plating types, etc."; virtually all material identified (some in German); some duplication to be expected.Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Realized: $450
Lot 1899
Great Britain, 1826 One Guinea Note Forgery. Extraordinary forgery of Royal Bank of Scotland one Guinea note, on watermarked paper, with handwritten numbers and signed by hand, in the condition as specifically created to deceive the Treasury. It subsequently was endorsed "forged" six times on the reverse and accompanied by an 1831 entire letter from the Custom House in Grangemouth to the Cashier at the Royal Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh with a note that it was accepted by the First Clerk (who has also signed on the reverse of the note) in good faith, and asks/pleads that the bank issue a genuine note in its place! The application was apparently not successful. The crime of banknote forgery could carry the punishment of execution, transportation, or amputation, but that it was also common for banks to honor forgeries innocently accepted, so as to maintain confidence in paper money; yet not in this instance; some edge wear, still remarkable example, ex. Robson Lowe (Not part of the Kane Collection).Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $1,500
Lot 1900
Greece, Reference Collection. Well over 2,000 stamps on album and stockpages in two binders; includes hundreds of large Hermes heads arranged by denominations with a variety of forgery types including the 1910 Constantinople forgeries, 60l green forgery on piece, etc., section of 1900 surcharges including double and inverted overprint varieties, section of small Hermes head creations, 1896 Olympics forgeries including various town cancels, imperf mixed franking on piece, etc., section of the "AM" surcharges including inverted and double overprint varieties, host of back-of-the-book issues including sections of the postage due issues, the Samos 1913 & 1915 Church issues, 1912 Greece occupation issues, Corfu 1918 Wounded Soldier issue, Dedeagatch issues, etc., includes a section of Crete issues including first issue genuine and forgery, study of the 1898-99 forgeries including stock and multiples, 1899 Rethymnon & Trident issues and the 1905 revolutionary locals, Epruis with first issue forgeries and marked genuine mint & on cover, bogus issues, etc.; some duplication to be expected.Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.
Realized: $5,250
Lot 1901
Guatemala, 1881, 2c brown & green, Inverted Center, Sperati Reproduction. Purple target cancels, with Sperati handstamp on reverse, Very Fine, quite deceptive, ex Hulme (Not part of the Kane Collection).Scott No (22a) Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $135
Lot 1902
Hawaii, 20¢ lilac & black, "Stamp Duty". Bogus revenue issue on thick white paper, usual toning, Fine and scarce (Not part of the Kane Collection).Estimate $50 - 75.
This stamp was first mentioned in philatelic literature in 1916 and was most likely produced after 1893 when the 20¢ stamp duty was imposed on stock certificates.
Realized: $200