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Gallery of Rarities



From our December 2010 auction:
United States
24c carmine rose and blue, center inverted, position 22 (C3a)
Price Realized: $345,000.00
rare stamp information



From our June 2008 auction:
Russia
1924 10k on 5r green type II, basic stamp wide "5", complete pane of 25, unique
Price Realized: $805,000.00
rare stamp information



From our June 2008 auction:
Russia
1935 San Francisco surcharge, small Cyrillic "f" in "San Francisco", surcharge inverted
Price Realized: $718,750.00



From our January 2008 auction:
Canada
1851 12p black, unused, with part original gum, BPA certificate (Scott 3)
Price Realized: $218,500.00
rare stamp information



From our June 2006 auction:
Russia
Unique Combination Cover, #1,4 Mikulski Sale
Price Realized: $517,500.00



From our March 2006 auction:
United States
1893 4c blue, error of color, n.h. imprint block of four (233a, cat. $145,000)
Price Realized: $165,000.00


Below are some of the rare items which have been sold in past Cherrystone sales. Please click on a thumbnail to enlarge an image. Prices include buyer's premium. Please note that there are many stamps which look like those pictured below, and some of the differences between rare and common stamps are subtle.

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From our March 2010 auction:
Canada
1908 Edward, 50c purple, top sheet margin and "Ottawa No.1" imprint block of 24, never hinged and post office fresh (Scott 95)
Price Realized: $28,750.00



From our March 2010 auction:
United States
1875 Special Printing, 15c bright orange, unused without gum as issued (Scott 174)
Price Realized: $24,150.00



From our January 2010 auction:
Russia
1922-23 20r on 15k brown and violet blue, imperf. horizontal pair
Price Realized: $32,200.00



From our January 2010 auction:
Switzerland
1845 Basel Dov, 2 1/2r black, crimson and bright blue, used on cover
Price Realized: $16,100.00



From our January 2010 auction:
Switzerland
1843 "Double Geneva", 10c black on yellow green, full to large margins all around, v.f., cancelled by a neat red rosette on small outer FL addressed to Chene Bourgeris
Price Realized: $37,375.00



From our January 2010 auction:
Switzerland
1843 "Double Geneva", 10c black on yellow green, red rosette cancel
Price Realized: $20,700.00



From our January 2010 auction:
Switzerland
1843 "Double Geneva", 10c black on yellow green, red rosette cancel
Price Realized: $21,850.00



From our January 2010 auction:
Naples
1860 1/2t deep blue, "Trinacria", unused with large part original gum
Price Realized: $21,850.00



From our January 2010 auction:
Newfoundland
1933 Balbo Flight, $4.50 on 75c bister, surcharge inverted, well centered, never hinged
Price Realized: $115,000.00



From our January 2010 auction:
Fezzan
1943 Postage Dues, surcharged 5fr on 1L orange
Price Realized: $21,850.00



From our January 2010 auction:
China - P.R.C.
1952 8f orange Tien An Men, unissued stamp with backing rays of Sunlight, used
Price Realized: $18,400.00



From our January 2010 auction:
United States
1992 Stock Exchange Bicentennial, 29c green & black center inverted, right sheet margin block of four
Price Realized: $71,875.00



From our November 2009 auction:
Russia
1933 Baku Commissars, cplt set of sheet margin blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f., rare in blocks
Price Realized: $15,525.00



From our November 2009 auction:
Cuba
1860 surcharged "Y 4/1" (in error, instead of "Y 1/4) on 2rp orange red
Price Realized: $18,400.00



From our November 2009 auction:
China
1883 Large Dragon set of three each neatly cancelled by "Wuchow 9 Jul 00" cds on 1ca stationery card, sent via Hong Kong where 1882-96 4c gray, 10c purple were added, each with Wuchow "I.P.O" boxed hs and "Hong Kong" cds, registered to Germany
Price Realized: $27,600.00



From our October 2009 auction:
Witu Protectorate
1889 issues complete, 97 different, mostly unused
Price Realized: $5,462.00



From our October 2009 auction:
German Occupation of Estonia
Elwa 1941 50k (Zhukovsky), horizontal pair, tete-beche handstamp, inverted at left, cancelled "Elva 14.VIII.41"
Price Realized: $17,250.00



From our October 2009 auction:
American World War II Propaganda Forgeries
1944 The Hitler "Death's head" stamps, souvenir sheet of four, vertical uncut pair in brown violet, never hinged, unique, with Krischke cert.
Price Realized: $57,500.00
rare stamp information



From our October 2009 auction:
British World War II Propaganda Forgeries
1943 stamps of French Morocco overprinted "Deutsche Reichspost in Marokko", 50c green and 1fr red brown (Air Post), se-tenant vertical pairs types I and II
Price Realized: $20,700.00



From our October 2009 auction:
Poland
1919 6h orange, Form I, position 14, thin "Z" variety, overprint inverted, never hinged
Price Realized: $57,500.00

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