547 Authors Poets/Ecrivains Poétes
| Lot No |
Type |
Description |
Reserve |
Estimate |
| 3350 |
MAX |
SWEDEN (1948) Esaias Tegner. Maximum card. Scott No 379.
| $5 |
$5 |
| 3351 |
EMA |
U.S.A. (1950) Carl Sandburg. Violet meter cancellation on envelope Pitney Bowes No 104635: Always the Young Strangers - The Memories and Reflections of Carl Sandburg.
| $20 |
$25 |
| 3352 |
EP |
GERMANY (1955) Hans Sachs. Archive photo (See Note) of unaccepted design for Meistersinger of Nuremberg, one of the "Helpers of Mankind". Scott No B347, Yvert No 101.
| $60 |
$75 |
| 3353 |
EP |
GERMANY (1957) Stagecoach. Archive photo (See Note) of unaccepted design for death centenary of Joseph von Eichendorff, romantic poet. Scott No 779, Yvert No 151.
| $60 |
$75 |
| 3354 |
ND |
URUGUAY (1958) Maria Ferreira. Florencio Sanchez. Three varieties of Uruguay. Scott No 923 with partial print of stamp on gum side. Scott Nos 469,471 imperforate at bottom with selvage.
| $32 |
$32 |
| 3355 |
EP |
GERMANY (1965) Matthias Claudius. Hat. Cane. Archive photo (See Note) of unaccepted design 150th anniversary of death of poet who wrote "Death and the Maiden". Scott No 917, Yvert No 329.
| $60 |
$75 |
| 3356 |
EP |
GERMANY (1969) Ernst Moritz Arndt. Archive photo (See Note) of unaccepted design for 100th anniversary of birth of founder of German Nationalism and opposer of serfdom and Napoleonic rule. Scott No 1013, Yvert No 474. Very similar to final design!
| $60 |
$75 |
| 3357 |
EP |
EAST GERMANY (1970) Friedrich Hölderlin. Imperforate phase proof pair with gutter in final colors. Scott No 1170, Yvert No 1232.
| $80 |
$100 |
| 3358 |
EL |
DAHOMEY (1970) Walt Whitman. Canoe. Native huts. Deluxe sheet. Scott No C119, Yvert No PA122.
| $15 |
$20 |
| 3359 |
EP |
GERMANY (1971) Dante Alighieri. Archive photo (See Note) of unaccepted design for 650th anniversary of death. Scott No 1073, Yvert No 549.
| $75 |
$90 |
| 3360 |
EP |
GERMANY (1973) Text of poem. Archive photo (See Note) of unaccepted design for 100th anniversary of death of first female German poet Roswitha von Gandersheim. Scott No 1117, Yvert No 620.
| $60 |
$75 |
| 3361 |
EL |
DJIBOUTI (1985) Rimbaud. Deluxe sheet. Scott No 602, Yvert No 608. Not easy to find!
| $25 |
$30 |
| 3362 |
EP |
GERMANY (1993) Friedrich Holderlin. Archive photo (See Note) of unaccepted design for issue honoring Romantic poet. Scott No 1791, Yvert No 1511.
| $60 |
$75 |
| 3363 |
EA |
FRANCE (2007) Prud'homme. Stage die proof in black signed by the engraver BEAUJARD. Scott No 3351. Winner of the first Nobel Prize in literature.
| $200 |
$250 |
SIERRA LEONE (1996) Seaman at helm. Imperforate S/S. Fantasies of the Sea series - "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Coleridge. Scott No 1972.
CANADA (1961) Pauline Johnson. Addressed FDC with cachet. Scott No 392. Canadian Indian poetess.
GERMANY (1961) Gotthold Lessing. Archive photo 
GABON (1981) Alfred de Musset. Deluxe sheet. Poet & playwright wrote the first modern dramas in French. Scott No 503, Yvert No 489.