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 #4227 CHINA 1887 (16 Mar) cover with blue "Shanghai Local Post" departure postmark on back, franked on front with 3 Can red, cancelled (not tied) by oval chop, perf. faults, sent via the French Post Office in Shanghai, with 25c Type Sage added for further transmission to Gross Salze, with arrival postmark (24 Apr), wax seal removed from back, filing folds away from the stamps, some overall wear and toning, otherwise a fine and rare item, signed Roger Calves, but since the Large Dragon is not tied, the cover is offered AS IS  | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #4228 CHINA 1897 1c Red Revenue surcharge tied by a tombstone pmk on 5pf Kiauchau postal card, used 3.7.1903 and sent from Kiauchau to Germany, minor wrinkles, otherwise fine usage of the Red Revenue to a foreign destination | Unsold |
 | Lot #4229 CHINA 1897 4c on 3c Red Revenue, Large Numeral, well centered, h.r., v.f., * Catalog #82 Catalog Value $1,650 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4230 CHINA 1900 "La Belgo-Chine" cover used locally in Hankau, franked with German "China" overprints and tied by boxed bilingual provisional cancels (used from 1-27 April, 1900), some cover wear and filing folds, otherwise fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #4231 CHINA 1901 (25 July) 1c stationery postcard from Kaiping to Germany, additionally franked with 1c and 2c (2) C.I.P. Coiling Dragon, canceled by "Tangshan 25 July 91", bottom stamp by "K.D. Feldpoststation 26/7 No.10" cds, repeated alongside, with corresponding German military cachet alongside, Meiningen arrival pmk, fine Boxer Rebellion card from Kaiping | Unsold |
 | Lot #4232 CHINA 1901 (5 Feb) Boxer Rebellion, picture postcard from Paotingfu to Germany, franked with 4c C.I.P. Coiling Dragon, tied by 7 Feb 01 large Dollar chop departure pmk, with German China 3pf tied by "K.D.Feld-Poststation 5/2 No.7", boxed violet "S.B. Ostas.Exped. 3.Infant.-Regmt." handstamp at bottom, fine usage from Paotingfu (post office opened from Nov.2, 1900 to July 25, 1901) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4233 CHINA 1901 (20 Mar) Boxer Rebellion, picture postcard from Paotingfu to Germany, franked with 1/2c, 2c and 10c C.I.P. Coiling Dragon, tied by large Dollar chop departure pmks, used in combination with French 25c and 30c (the latter overprinted "Chine"), tied by "Tresor et Postes Chine", also with Germany 10pf tied by "K.D.Feld-Poststation 20/3 No.7" at bottom, fine and colorful combination card | Unsold |
 | Lot #4234 CHINA 1943 Russian Philatelic Society in China, cacheted exhibition cover franked with 2x2c blue, used locally in Shanghai, v.f. | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #4235 CHINA 1951 Flying Geese Surcharges, $5-$50, set of four, without gum as issued, never hinged, fresh and v.f., ** Catalog #1042-1045 Catalog Value $2,885 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #4236 CHINA 1951 Flying Geese, complete set of four, unused without gum as issued, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #1042-45 Catalog Value $2,885 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4237 CHINA 1952 Flying Geese Surcharges, $10-$50, set of three, unused without gum as issued, l.h., v.f., * Catalog #1061-1063 Catalog Value $3,150 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4238 CHINA 1960 Cross Island Highway souvenir sheet (2), unused without gum as issued, v.f., ** Catalog #1257a Catalog Value $500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4239 CHINA 1986 $2 Macaw, 300 copies (three sheets of 100), n.h., folded between the stamps, v.f.,  **Catalog #2539 Catalog Value $420 | Price Realized $95.00 |
