U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
December 4-5, 2018
Welcome to our December 4-5, 2018 Sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World. With 1,550+ lots, this auction features properties of various owners including George V. Shalimoff’s award winning collections of Russia, M.C. Gilhausen’s Germany and Colonies, David Mace’s collections of China, Chinese Provinces as well as Foreign Offices. Our December sale is well represented with solid United States, South America, Asia, Great Britain and British Commonwealth and rest of the world. As always, there are 150+ large lots and collections, many offered intact, with individual country collections, worldwide accumulations in cartons, exotic flight covers, topicals, including a substantial collection of Boy Scouts on Stamps, plus many others. Browse the entire sale at www.cherrystoneauctions.com. A limited number of printed catalogues are available upon request.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #4641 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1852 1/2p deep green, 1p blue (horizontal pair), 1p deep blue and 4p brownish red, l.h. or h.r., margins all around, fine-v.f. (SG 2-5) * Catalog #1/4 Catalog Value £425 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4642 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1852 1/2p deep green, block of nine, four stamps hinged, balance n.h., fresh color, v.f. multiple (SG 2; catalogue value for hinged singles)  */**Catalog #1 Catalog Value £1,350 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4643 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1852 1/2p yellow green, used, full to clear margins all around, fine example of this better shade (SG 1) *O Catalog #1a Catalog Value £700 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4644 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1852 1p deep blue, block of six, top stamps hinged, bottom stamps n.h., nice color, v.f. (SG 4; catalogue value for hinged singles) */**Catalog #2 Catalog Value £252 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4645 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1852 1p blue, left margin block of twelve, top and bottom stamps hinged (six stamps n.h.), beautiful color, fresh and v.f. (SG 3; catalogue value for hinged singles) */**Catalog #2a Catalog Value £720 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4646 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1852 1p blue and 4p brown red, used together on piece, full to clear margins all around, filing fold affecting the stamps, otherwise fine-v.f. (SG 3,5) O Catalog #2a,4 Catalog Value £465 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4647 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1852 2p slate blue, prepared but not issued, block of fifteen, six stamps hinged, balance n.h., fresh and v.f. multiple (SG 5a; catalogue value for hinged singles) */**Catalog #3 Catalog Value £420 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4648 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1852 2p grayish slate, block of four, three stamps hinged, one n.h., margins all around, expert pencil signature, fresh and fine (SG 4a; catalogue value for hinged singles) */**Catalog #3a Catalog Value £1,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4649 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1852 2p deep slate, prepared but not issued, block of four, top stamps hinged, bottom n.h., fresh and v.f. multiple (SG 5b; catalogue value for hinged singles) */**Catalog #3c Catalog Value £1,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4650 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1852 4p brown red, block of four, top stamps l.h., bottom stamps n.h., margins all around, fresh and v.f. multiple (SG 5a; catalogue value for hinged singles) */**Catalog #4 Catalog Value £480 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #4651 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1855 1/2p yellow green, green, 1p pale blue, deep blue, four different shades, one used, others l.h. or h.r., margins all around, fine-v.f. (SG 7-10) *O Catalog #5,6 Catalog Value £570 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4652 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1855 1p deep blue, block of eight, five stamps hinged, balance n.h., fine-v.f. (SG 10; catalogue value for hinged singles) */**Catalog #6 Catalog Value £800 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4653 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1855 1p pale blue, two singles (overlapping) on 1859 FL to Trinidad, with departure (Feb 5) on reverse, fine (SG 9)  Catalog #6a | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #4654 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1858 6p pale rose red, deep rose red, 1sh brown black, black, four stamps, 6p pale rose red and 1sh brown black used, others l.h. or h.r., the last with large margins all around, other three with close but clear margins, fine-v.f. (SG 11-12a) *O Catalog #8,9 Catalog Value £1,195 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4655 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1859 1/2p pale yellow green and 1p blue, used, fine (SG 13,15) O Catalog #10-11 Catalog Value £605 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4656 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1859 1p pale blue, unused without gum, usual centering, fine (SG 14) (*) Catalog #11a Catalog Value £2,250 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #4657 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1859 1/2p yellow green, pin perf. 12, used, fine, with 1989 BPA certificate (SG 16) O Catalog #12 Catalog Value £650 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #4658 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1861 1/2p dark green and 1p pale blue, clear cut perfs, unused, fine (SG 17-18) (*) Catalog #13-14 Catalog Value £930 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4659 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1861 1p blue, small h.r., fresh color, v.f., with 2003 Royal certificate (SG 19) * Catalog #14a Catalog Value £850 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #4660 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1861 1p blue, diagonal bisect used as 1/2p on piece, in combination with 1p single, perf. Staining (not mentioned on accompanying certificate), otherwise fine, with 1987 PFC (SG 19a) O Catalog #14b Catalog Value £640 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4661 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1861 1/2p, 1p and 4p, two different shades of each, both 1/2p and one 1p unused, balance h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 20-21,23-26) (*)* Catalog #15-17 Catalog Value £569 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4662 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1861 1/2p blue green, imperf. block of four, unused without gum, irregular but clear margins at right, fine (SG 21ab) (*)Catalog #15b Catalog Value £1,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4663 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1861 1/2p deep green, block of twenty, corner stamps hinged, balance n.h., natural gum crease affecting top row, perf. stain at upper right, otherwise fine-v.f. multiple (SG 20; catalogue value for hinged singles) */**Catalog #15c Catalog Value £700 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4664 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1861 1/2p grass green (shade), block of nine, two stamps n.h., balance hinged, fresh color, fine (SG 22; catalogue value for hinged singles) */**Catalog #15var Catalog Value £378 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #4665 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1861 1p blue, block of nine, unused without gum, nice color, fine (SG 23) (*)Catalog #16 Catalog Value £720 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4666 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1861 1p blue, imperf. left margin block of four, small h.r., beautiful color, fresh and v.f., with 1990 BPA certificate (SG 23a; catalogued as two imperf. Pairs) *Catalog #16b Catalog Value £1,600 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #4667 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1861 1p deep blue, block of fifteen, seven stamps hinged, balance n.h., beautiful color, fresh and fine (SG 24; catalogue value for hinged singles) */**Catalog #16c Catalog Value £1,125 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #4668 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1861 4p dull vermilion, h.r., fresh color, fine, with 1977 PFC (SG 28) * Catalog #18 Catalog Value £350 | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #4669 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1861 4p dull vermilion, imperf. top margin horizontal pair, l.h., margins all around, natural gum wrinkles, v.f. (SG 28a) * Catalog #18a Catalog Value £1,500 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4670 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1861 4p vermilion, imperf. block of four, small h.r., margins all around, nice color, fresh and v.f., with 2011 Brandon certificate (SG 25a; catalogued as two imperf. Pairs) *Catalog #18a Catalog Value £2,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4671 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1861 6p rose red, h.r., nice color, fine (SG 29) * Catalog #19 Catalog Value £375 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4672 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1861 6p, three different shades, and 1sh, two different shades (five stamps in total), h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 30-32,34-35) * Catalog #20,21 Catalog Value £660 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4673 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1861 6p orange vermilion, imperf. horizontal strip of three, unused without gum, fine (SG 32a, £750 for imperf. pair) (*) Catalog #20b | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #4674 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1861 1sh black, vertical block of six, top and bottom stamps hinged, middle stamps n.h. but with natural gum crease, fine (SG 35; catalogue value for hinged singles) */**Catalog #21a Catalog Value £390 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #4675 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1861 1sh blue, rough perf. 14-16, Error of Color, unused, pen strokes removed as usual, color somewhat affected, perforations intact on all sides, fine example of this major British Empire and world-class rarity, only nine have been recorded, with 1989 BPA certificate (in 1863 the printers, Perkins, Bacon & Co., sent a supply of 50,000 to the island. On arrival it was discovered that they were printed in blue, the color of the 1d, instead of black. A new supply was dispatched and the blue error was not put on sale. Before disposing of these stamps, a small number were removed and defaced with a cross in ink which has subsequently been cleaned) (SG 34a) (*) Catalog #21c Catalog Value £18,000 | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #4676 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1861 1p blue, prepared but not issued, unused without gum, fresh color, fine example of this rare stamp, with 1965 Royal certificate (SG 37) (*) Catalog #23 Catalog Value £2,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4677 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1870 4p dull vermilion, unused without gum, usual perforations, fine (SG 45) (*) Catalog #26 Catalog Value £1,600 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4678 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1870 6p orange vermilion, heavy h.r., fresh color, fine, signed Diena, etc. (SG 46) * Catalog #27 Catalog Value £1,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4679 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1870 1sh black, unused without gum, fine (SG 47) (*) Catalog #28 Catalog Value £450 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4680 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1871 1p blue, 1sh black, h.r., 1p with slight toning, otherwise fine (SG 48,51) * Catalog #29,32 Catalog Value £430 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4681 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1871 6p orange vermillion, unused (regummed), beautiful color, thin, fine appearance, with 1978 Royal certificate (SG 50) (*) Catalog #31 Catalog Value £700 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #4682 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1871 1p blue, l.h., nice color, fine (SG 52) * Catalog #33 Catalog Value £325 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4683 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1871 6p orange vermilion, h.r., beautiful color, fine (SG 53) * Catalog #34 Catalog Value £950 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #4684 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1871 1/2p green, large part original gum, fine (SG 56) * Catalog #36 Catalog Value £375 | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #4685 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1871 4p dull vermilion, h.r., fresh color, fine (SG 57) * Catalog #37 Catalog Value £800 | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #4686 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1873 3p claret, heavy h.r., v.f., signed Diena (SG 63) * Catalog #38 Catalog Value £325 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4687 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1873 1/2p green, small h.r., rich color, fine (SG 58) * Catalog #39 Catalog Value £450 | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #4688 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1873 4p dull rose red, unused without gum, fine, with 2017 BPA certificate (SG 59) (*) Catalog #40 Catalog Value £1,400 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #4689 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1873 6p orange vermilion, unused, and 1sh black, h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 60-61) (*)* Catalog #41-42 Catalog Value £1,050 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #4690 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1874 1/2p blue green and 1p blue, h.r., fresh color, fine-v.f. (SG 65-66) * Catalog #44-45 Catalog Value £200 | Price Realized $95.00 |
 | Lot #4691 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1875 1/2p yellow green, l.h., and 4p scarlet, heavy h.r., nice color, fine-v.f. (SG 67-68) * Catalog #46-47 Catalog Value £440 | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #4692 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1875 6p bright yellow, l.h., nice color, fresh and v.f. (SG 69) * Catalog #48a Catalog Value £950 | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #4693 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1875 1sh violet, unused without gum, v.f. (SG 71) (*) Catalog #49 Catalog Value £500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4694 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1875 1/2p yellow green, 1p dull blue, 1p gray blue and 3p violet, 1/2p l.h., balance unused without gum, fine-v.f. (SG 72-75) *(*) Catalog #50-52 Catalog Value £476 | Price Realized $120.00 |
 | Lot #4695 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1875 4p, three different shades (rose red, scarlet and lake), unused or h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 76-78) *(*) Catalog #53-54 Catalog Value £875 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #4696 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1875 4p red, perf. 14x12 1/2, heavy h.r., beautiful color, usual centering, a fresh and fine example of this rare stamp, with 1966 Royal and 2010 BPA certificates (SG 84) * Catalog #53b Catalog Value £5,000 | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #4697 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1875 6p yellow, unused, and 1sh three different shades including purple (h.r.), violet (used) and dull mauve (unused), fine-v.f. (SG 80-83) *(*)O Catalog #55,56 Catalog Value £1,060 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4698 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1902 6p Reprints, six die proofs in different colors, v.f. P | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #4699 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1902 6p "Lord Crawford" four different trial color proofs in yellow green, dark green, deep brown and red brown, watermarked small star, v.f., only three sets believed to exist P | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #4700 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS 1938-47 1/2p-5sh, complete set, perforated Specimen, n.h., fine-v.f. (SG 248-256s) S Catalog #193-201AS Catalog Value £450 | Price Realized $280.00 |
