Areas of worldwide strength include Great Britain and colonies, Germany, China, People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong and more.

Leading off the series on Jan. 7 is John Bull’s sale of stamps and postal history from the People’s Republic of China and liberated areas.

The worldwide sale of 345 lots features Great Britain and the British Commonwealth, France and French colonies, plus much more.

Rumsey’s Dec. 18 gems of philately sale features 365 lots and opens with the Dr. Vernon Morris collection of Philadelphia postal history.

Great Britain and the British Commonwealth from Aden to Zululand are well represented. Numerous collections also are up for bids.

Kelleher has prepared a single catalog for the four-day Langs sale that is available for viewing on the firm’s website.

Part 7 of the collection includes more than 300 lots of material, beginning with France’s classic issues and continuing through the post-World War II era. Part 8 features a specialized collection of the 1945-54 Marianne de Gandon issue.

The more than 250 lots of Israel material include regular issues, airmail, postage due, military stamps, occupation issues and more.

Separate catalogs for each of the four auctions are posted on the H.R. Harmer website, with online bidding options available.

A separate Rarities of the World catalog contains 133 lots with some of the proceeds benefiting the charitable organization Doctors Without Borders.

The auction’s individual lots include material from Asia, Europe, Germany and worldwide, along with topicals and thematics and airmail.

The cover is included in a two-day worldwide auction that also offers a number of U.S. postal stationery items.

Kelleher’s auction of the Patrick collection includes pre-Civil War ship covers, Union and Confederate Civil War postal history, and post-Civil War covers.

More than 1,400 lots, including stamps from Aden to Zululand, will be up for bids during the auction.

Worldwide stamps comprise the lion’s share of the auction and span all parts of the globe.

The wide-ranging selection begins with two classic U.S. postmasters’ provisionals on cover.

Starting things off is an auction of Olympic Games and soccer (football) material.

William S. Langs, who died July 7 at the age of 61, was a well-known dealer in classic U.S. stamps, errors, essays and proofs.

According to Siegel, a number of noteworthy collections will be dispersed during the sale.

The auction offers stamps and postal history of Germany, Europe, Asia and the world, with specialized airmail and ship mail listings.