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 #4716 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADIAN PROVINCES - New Brunswick 1851 6p yellow, horizontal pair, margins all around, showing small part of adjoining stamp at right, tied by "27" grill cancels on registered letter form to Boston, with blue New Brunswick handstamp, with St. Andrews (January 11, 1855) departure on reverse, fine and rare, only six 1/2oz registered letter rates to the US are recorded (including three with this franking), this being the only registered form known, bearing stamps (the form was used for the forwarding of registered letters and postmasters were required to keep these forms as proof of delivery, which is especially rare since this left the country), with 1990 Vincent Greene certificate, ex-Saint and Wilkinson collections  Catalog #2 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #4717 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADIAN PROVINCES - New Brunswick 1851 6p olive yellow, diagonal bisect, full to clear margins all around, tied by "1" grid cancel on 1860 FL to Moncton, usual filing fold away from the adhesive, fine, ex - "Fox bridge", Hugh Wood and Wilkinson collections Catalog #2b | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
