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Sale 58: The Winter Sale

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General Foreign

Lots 2653-2656

Lot 2653    

Peru, 1894, 1c-10c Pres. Bermudez, singles of each, tied by "Lima, May 13 '95" cds on registered cover to Austria, endorsed "Via Panama", Lima registered and "AR" handstamps, red London (6.12) transit, Vienna arrival backstamp, Very Fine.
Scott No. 118-121, 123, 124-125    Estimate $100 - 150.

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Lot 2654 P   

Poland, Woldenberg Camp 1944, 10pf Olympic Runner, trial color proof, in light blue on medium fibrous paper, full margins, fresh and Very Fine, a very rare trial color, with less than five examples known.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

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Lot 2655 P   

Poland, Woldenberg Camp 1944, 10pf Olympic Runner, defaced die proof, in black on medium white paper, showing diagonal defacement slash across design, full margins, fresh and Very Fine, only 100 examples of this altered die were produced.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

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Lot 2656 /o/   

Poland, 1944 P.O.W. Camp Olympic Issue Exhibition Collection, over 70 items neatly arranged and written-up on exhibition pages in binder, featuring the Woldenberg & Gross Born camp issues; with the Woldenberg 10pf Olympic Runner issue featuring the illustrated Olympic cancel (used only one day on the last day of the games) with on cover usages as well as souvenir items including entrance tickets and participant certificates, cancel also featured on a number of other Woldenberg issues and three of the complete set of five official postcards (including the rare black cachet card), Gross Born camp with complete stamp issues (3 different) including mint block, on cover, Olympic postmark (scarce), registered usage, also sections of the Olympic postal cards and souvenir sheets, other material including winner's medal, P.O.W. cards sent out of camp, game program, etc.; a wonderful collection with many scarce items throughout.
Estimate    $2,500 - 3,500.

Realized: $2,500

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