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Lot No Type Description Price
9215 ESS image FRANCE (1966) Jean Lurçat tapestry. Scott No 1152. Yvert No 1493. "The Moon and the Bull." Trial Color Plate Proofs in strip of 5. **.
AVAILABLE AT $200
15299 EL image FRANCE (1993) The Muses*. Bloc gommé. Painting by Maurice Denis. Scott No 2376, Yvert No 2832.
AVAILABLE AT $120
9379 ESS image MONACO (1979) Albert Einstein*. Relativity equation*. Trial color proofs in full sheet of 30. Scott No 1194. Yvert No 1203.
AVAILABLE AT $475
15365 L image U.S.A. (1962) Nevada Test site. Cacheted cover (Kennedy) commemorating USAEC Nevada Test Site with Mercury, Nevada date cancel.
AVAILABLE AT $25
18307 EP image GERMANY (1965) Crescent moon*. Photo essay (See Note) (unaccepted) for 150th anniversary of death of Matthias Claudius. Measures 90 x 120 mm. Scott No 917, Yvert No 329.
AVAILABLE AT $60
3697 ND image HAITI (1958) Emperor penguins*. Submersible exploring sea*. Satellite*. Observatory*. Proof sheet for M/S of 4. International Geophysical Year. Scott No C121a, Yvert No BF8. File crease and small thin on reverse.
AVAILABLE AT $600
757 EL image FRANCE (1984) Montsegur castle*. Pog rock*. Deluxe sheet. Montsegur castle was an outpost of the Catharists, a dissident sect of the Knights Templar, and is reputed to be the last known residence of the Holy Grail. In addition, the windows are aligned so that on the summer solstice, the sun shines in through the windows on one side and out the other. Scott No 1917A, Yvert No 2335.
AVAILABLE AT $20
21785 SPE image GERMANY (1995) Animals*. For the Children S/S overprinted MUSTER (specimen). Scott No 1908, Yvert No BF33.
AVAILABLE AT $15
3852 EP image MONTSERRAT (1985) Ange*. Etoile*. Anes*. Berger*. Chèvre*. Séries de 4 paires non dentelées, Noël. Ces sont épreuves non dentelées aux archives de l'imprimeur. Tirage seulement une feuille (d'habitude 40 timbres). Scott Nos 588-91, Yvert Nos 596-9. Rare!
AVAILABLE AT $50
24722 TEL image GRANDE BRETAGNE (1937) Scène hivernale: neige*, arbres* sans feuilles, pleine lune* et étoiles*, feuillage de Noël*. Compas*. Fruits*. Joli télégramme multicolore (N) pour voeux de Noël.
AVAILABLE AT $65
9897 EP BHUTAN (1987) Flamingo*. Astrolabe*. Lizard*. Iguana*. Pineapple*. Indian hammock*. Tobacco*. Set of 7 proofs of souvenir sheets mounted in 2 House of Questa folders signed and marked "Approved.". Scott Nos 590-6. image (Image b)
AVAILABLE AT $225
15950 EL image NEW CALEDONIA (1986) Coat of arms of Mont Dore*. Deluxe sheet. Scott No 546, Yvert No 524. Swordfish. Monstrance-axe. Southern cross. Gold miner's wagon. Porpoise.
AVAILABLE AT $12
21887 ND image NEW CALEDONIA (1986) Coat of arms of Mont Dore*. Imperforate corner block of 4. Scott No 546, Yvert No 524. Swordfish. Monstrance-axe. Southern cross. Gold miner's wagon. Porpoise.
AVAILABLE AT $25
21888 ND image NEW CALEDONIA (1986) Coat of arms of Mont Dore*. Imperforate pair. Scott No 546, Yvert No 524. Swordfish. Monstrance-axe. Southern cross. Gold miner's wagon. Porpoise.
AVAILABLE AT $12
3960 EL image FRENCH POLYNESIA (1990) Stars*. Twins*. Legend of the Pipiri-ma. Deluxe sheet. Scott No 550, Yvert No 369.
AVAILABLE AT $15
22001 ND image NEW CALEDONIA (1982) Native sailboat*. Full moon*. Imperforate corner block of 4. Scott No 481, Yvert No 464. Central Education Coordination Office.
AVAILABLE AT $25
22002 ND image NEW CALEDONIA (1982) Native sailboat*. Full moon*. Imperforate pair. Scott No 481, Yvert No 464. Central Education Coordination Office.
AVAILABLE AT $12
22183 SPE image GERMANY (2000) Earth*. Fingerprint*. Overprinted MUSTER (specimen). Hannover Expo. Scott No 2094.
AVAILABLE AT $15
7367 OBL U.S.A. (1930) Housefly*. Indian*. Star*. Indian on horseback*. Fancy cancel from Plantsville, Connecticut. Total of nine strikes in violet of 4 different cancels on registered envelope. image (Image b)
AVAILABLE AT $450
13394 EL image FRANCE (1986) François ARAGO*. Graph*. Stars*. Deluxe sheet. Arago proposed that light traveled slower through water. He also explained why stars twinkle, and developed the first electromagnet. As a politician, he issued decrees abolishing slavery in the French colonies. Scott No B575, Yvert No 2396. Interesting guy!
AVAILABLE AT $15
16561 EP image AUSTRIA (1966) Geographica Blavania*. Hercules*. Kronos*. Celestial sphere*. Black proof. Scott No 774, Yvert No 1055.
AVAILABLE AT $20
22536 SPE image GERMANY (1984) Friedrich Bessel*. Graph of Bessel function*. Specimen (overprinted MUSTER). Scott No 1422, Yvert No 1048.
AVAILABLE AT $15
13977 EL image FRANCE (1963) Radio Telescope*. Galaxy*. Deluxe sheet. Scott No 1067. Yvert No 1362.
AVAILABLE AT $60
14039 EL image FRANCE (1982) Guillaume Postel*. Scriptures*. Deluxe sheet. Postel advocated the unification of all Christian churches. He was also an astronomer who translated many works of Arabic scholars. Scott No B541, Yvert No 2225.
AVAILABLE AT $25
19499 EP image GERMANY (1960) Sun. Cross. Moon. Photo essay (See Note) of unaccepted design for Oberammergau Passion Play issue. Scott No 810, Yvert No 202.
AVAILABLE AT $60
25651 EMA image U.S.A. (1940) Lutheran Sanitorium. Magi*. Star of Bethlehem*. Attractive red meter cancellation on piece Pitney Bowes No 101291: "Merry Christmas. Lutheran Sanitorium. Christian charity through Christmas seals." Hard to find!
AVAILABLE AT $40
5324 MAX image NEW ZEALAND (1967) Sir James Hector*. Aurora australis*. FDC with cachet. Scott Nos 406-7.
AVAILABLE AT $5
14095 MAQ image MONACO (1987) Isaac Newton*. Formula for gravity*. Original artwork, pencil on posterboard 32 x 24 cm (could be trimmed to 26 x 19 cm to include only the design and signature), signed by the artist JUMELET. Scott No 1601.
AVAILABLE AT $400
19562 ND image BELGIUM (1974) Adolphe Quetelet. Imperforate. Scott No 885, Yvert No 1738. Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist.
AVAILABLE AT $10
23097 ESS PANAMA (1965) Galileo*. Gravitational studies. Perf + imperf S/S of 2 in unissued colors. Scott Nos C333-4, Yvert Nos PA111-2. image (Image b)
AVAILABLE AT $25
23099 SPE image GERMANY (1978) Tower*. Observatory*. MUSTER (specimen) overprint. Munich Museum for Natural Sciences and Technology. Scott No 1269.
AVAILABLE AT $15
23114 SPE image GERMANY (2002) Vacuum chamber being pulled by horses*. Solar system*. Overprinted MUSTER (specimen). Otto von Guericke 400th anniversary. Scott No 2181.
AVAILABLE AT $15
25665 EL image FRANCE (1958) Foucault*. Deluxe sheet. Foucault is best known for his pendulum, which demonstrated the rotation of the earth. He also invented the gyroscope and made measurements of the speed of light. Scott No 871, Yvert No 1148.
AVAILABLE AT $30
2337 VAR image U.S.A. (1975) Pioneer 10* passing Jupiter*. Color shift resulting in double image of Jupiter and its moons. Scott No 1556. Yvert No 1044.
AVAILABLE AT $40
2359 ND image GUINEA-BISSAU (2006) Galileo telescope*. Gagarin Vostok I*. von Braun Rocket*. Armstrong Apollo lander*. Set of 4 imperforates with decorative borders.
AVAILABLE AT $40
5478 EP image GHANA (1990) Planets. Voyager 2. Imperforate proof of minisheet of 9 mounted on card. Scott No 1226, Yvert Nos 1145-53.
AVAILABLE AT $160
19638 ESS image NIGER (1970) Galileo. Satellite. Trial color proofs in full sheet of 25. Pioneers of space research series. Scott No C125, Yvert No PA125. Note: sheet too big for scanner so top of sheet not shown.
AVAILABLE AT $400
25825 ** image MALDIVES (1974) Various space achievements*. Copernicus*. Set of 8 + S/S. Scott Nos 480-8.
AVAILABLE AT $15
25874 ND image MALDIVES (86714) Various space achievements*. Copernicus*. Set of 8 + S/S imperforates. Scott Nos 480-8.
AVAILABLE AT $60
14564 ESS image FRANCE (1966) "The Moon & The Bull"* tapestry by Lurçat. Trial color proofs in strip of 3. Scott No 1152, Yvert No 1493. Magnificent!
AVAILABLE AT $120
8792 EL image CONGO (1973) Satellites*. Big dipper*. Deluxe sheet. Scott No C174. UPU Day.
AVAILABLE AT $20

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