David Feldman SA, one of the world’s leading philatelic auction houses, and holder of world records such as the highest price ever achieved for a philatelic item and the highest price ever for a single stamp, opened offices in New York City in 2009 and has been conducting public auctions there under the name David Feldman USA. Now with the opening of offices in Hong Kong, David Feldman has grown into a global philatelic auction house.
Collectors and professional philatelists can expect the Feldman firm’s unwavering commitment to obtaining the maximum possible results through its renowned friendly and flexible customer service, intelligent promotion and presentation, backed by reliable financial strength.
Belgium – Anatoly Karpov Collection
April 18
10:30 – Lots 10000-10104 – Postal History & Epaulettes
13:30 - Lots 10105-10347 – Médaillons
17:00 - Lots 10348-10426 – Leopold 1er (New type)
April 19
10:30 - Lots 10427-10603 – Small Lion & Leopold II
13:30 - Lots 10604-10787 – Leopold II & previous issues
17:00 – Lots 10788- 10902 – Belgian Congo & Ruanda-Urundi
Greece & Russian Post Offices in the Chinese Empire
April 20
10:00 – Lots 20000-20145 – Russian Post Offices in the Chinese Empire
13:00 – Lots 30000-30344 – Greece
16:00 – Lots 30345-30709 – Greece
The auction schedule commences with a specialised catalogue of India on Thursday May 19th. This catalogue features a Grand Prix collection of India used in Burma as well as some spectacular and famous items from the “Koh-i-nor” collection.
The day continues with a comprehensive offering of Egypt, from the early postal history right the way through to the modern imperforates and misperfs. Included in this section is the Fikry collection of Postal Services in the Suez Canal Zone, and a very strong section of Foreign Post Offices in Egypt.
The first day is capped off with a specialised section of Persia, including one of only five unused 1 Toman bronze, and a small section of Middle East.
Friday 20th May begins with a superb offering of Romania with no fewer than 20 Bull’s Heads, with a comprehensive selection all the way to the 1950s. We then have a small and rare offering of Angola with some top exhibition items.
Our France & Colonies section follows in the afternoon, where we have an attractive offering of the classic issues, as well as the “RM” collection of Zanzibar with a selection of some of the rarest stamps of Zanzibar, and the Goron collection of New Hebrides which is probably the largest ever offering from this South Pacific island group.
The final day in our auction series sees the sale of our All-World collections and single lots, which is split into British Commonwealth, Europe & Colonies, and Rest of the World (South America, Asia and a little left over Middle East), with several exhibition quality collections and single items, including an unusual collection of Submarine Mail, a collection of Russian Levant and a collection of Ukraine Trident overprints.
