Lotto 3116 Afghanistan

1920-28 Amanullah Period-The Remarkable Collection Appendix, a simply outstanding 64-page exhibition-type collection keenly assembled and painstakingly annotated, all housed in a single binder. This collection often parallels the exhibition collection featured elsewhere in this sale by issue, but still includes an enticing offering and a study of all the Amanullah issues, namely #214-216, 217-219, 219D, and 219F, as well as the reissues of 217-219. Includes 1920 10pa (#214), six covers, plus nine used examples showing different shades and cliches. The 30pa (#216) examples include two sheets of two shades and paper types. What follows is a fascinating and exhaustive study of the small Royal Star issues, including an impressive 49 covers, a fantastic array of cancellations by type, plus period postmarks, sheets, etc. The postal history is skillfully described and includes combination frankings, military uses, non-standard cancels, a rare Lamqahn handstamp on cover, Postage Due examples, and outbound fully paid frankings, along with much, much more. Rounding out the highlights is a genuine, unused example of the 5th Independence Day handstamp for the 10pa (rare) and 30pa (three examples), along with identified reference copies�an overall magnificent achievement and one that is impossible to duplicate, fully imaged online.