Both collections up for bids offer collectors numerous opportunities to add desirable stamps in exceptional condition to their holdings.

The typewritten Uganda Missionary stamps are the creation of the Rev. Ernest Millar of the Church Missionary Society.

Richard M. Levy’s eye for acquiring stamps in exceptional condition is evident throughout the collection.

Additional temptations for bidders include Italy and Italian states rarities, and scarce stamps and postal history from South America and Central America.

Both collections provide bidders with myriad opportunities to add significant items to their holdings.

United States stamps from the classic period through modern issues are the focus of the first two days of the sale.

Additional temptations for bidders include an important collection of Persia and Iran, along with rare Japanese postal history.

H.R. Harmer will offer the sixth part of the massive Erivan collection of United States and Confederate States postal history.

The Penny Black is affixed to the famed Wallace document, which is dated April 10, 1840.

The 103 lots in this first sale include some of the finest and most consequential covers in the collection.

Collectors seeking graded stamps will find a number to choose from in the selection of U.S. stamps up for bids Dec. 14.

Bidders, regardless of budget, are sure to find something of interest for their collections.

One of the highlights of the general foreign offerings is an oversized registered cover franked with a complete set of Iceland’s Parliament Millennium stamps.

U.S. definitive and commemorative issues of the 19th century and early 20th century are well represented, beginning with the 1847 issue and continuing through 1979.

Classic stamps and covers of Europe from the renowned collection of Arthur S. Przybyl will be up for bids.

The Kangaroo and Map stamps were issued in 1913 and are so named because they picture a kangaroo superimposed over a simplified map of Australia in white.

The extensive seven-day auction series will feature 10 separate catalogs.

A 1918 Jenny Invert and the unique unused 1851 Hawaii 2¢ Missionary are among the iconic rarities and desirable stamps in top-notch condition up for bids.

The sale will open with 73 lots of Great Britain, including British offices in China and Morocco. The rest of the approximately 1,100 lots feature the British Empire from Aden to Zululand.

U.S. stamps from the classic period through modern issues are the focus of the first two days of the sale, along with an extensive selection of modern errors, freaks and oddities.