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 #4466 GERMAN COLONIES German South-West Africa 1893 (28 May) registered cover from Windhoek to Germany, franked with 4x20pf ultramarine, canceled by cds, London transit and Schwerin arrival pmks on back, filing folds away from the stamps, fine forerunner cover  | Unsold |
 | Lot #4467 GERMAN COLONIES German South-West Africa 1895 (1 Dec) Germany 20pf ultramarine, vertical pair used on registered cover from Windhoek, sent via Swakopmund (20 Feb) to Dusseldorf (18 Feb 96), intact wax seal on back, fine forerunner cover sent by a German Officer | Unsold |
 | Lot #4468 GERMAN COLONIES German South-West Africa 1897 (2 June) cover from Swakopmund to Germany, franked with Numeral 5pf (2) and Eagle 10pf and 20pf, all tied by cds, with Hamburg arrival pmk on back, some hinge marks on both sides of the cover, otherwise fine forerunner usage | Unsold |
 | Lot #4469 GERMAN COLONIES German South-West Africa 1898 (15 Mar) cover franked with 20pf ultramarine, used in combination with overprinted "Deutsch Sudwest-Afrika" 20pf ultramarine, used from Swakopmund to Germany, with Goldberg arrival pmk on back, fine and scarce Mixed Franking combination cover (Swakopmund was supplied with G.S.W.A. overprinted stamps up to 20pf during 1897 and 1898. The postal authorities accepted letters with both overprinted and unoverprinted stamps at that time) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4470 GERMAN COLONIES German South-West Africa 1899 2M carmine lilac, vertical pair canceled on piece by two fine strikes of "Otijimbingue 27/I/99", partly erased crayon mark at top, fine and rare piece O | Unsold |
 | Lot #4471 GERMAN COLONIES German South-West Africa 1899 5pf green overprinted "Deutsch Sudwest-Afrika" and 25pf orange overprinted "Deutsch-Sudwestafrika", used on registered cover from Windhoek (18/9/01) to Germany, v.f. combination franking, with Baden-Baden arrival pmk Catalog #Mi.2,9 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4472 GERMAN COLONIES German South-West Africa 1899 (8 Sep) registered cover from Luderitzbucht to Keetmanshoop, franked with pair of 20pf ultramarine, tied by cds, with arrival pmk 9/10/99, cover with closed tear at top, fine forerunner usage within German South-West Africa (the main ox-cart mail route was a two week journey from Windhoek via Keetmanshoop and Warmbad to Ramansdrift on the Orange river. From there, a trunk-line branched off going westward to Luderitzbucht) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4473 GERMAN COLONIES German South-West Africa 1900 (16 May) registered cover from "Hasis" to Germany, franked with eight overprinted stamps used in combination with unoverprinted 5pf green, tied by "Hasis Deutsch-Sudwestafrika" cds, with corresponding Registry label alongside, cover tears away from the stamps, fine usage from Hasis | Unsold |
 | Lot #4474 GERMAN COLONIES German South-West Africa 1900 10pf carmine, diagonal half tied by Keetmanshoop 18 Aug 00 cds on picture postcard to Hamburg, minor card flaws, otherwise fine, Catalog #Mi.7H Catalog Value €1,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4475 GERMAN COLONIES German South-West Africa 1904 (30 may) cover to Germany, franked with block of 4x30pf brown, tied by four strikes of "K.D.Feldpoststation Nr.1" (Omaru), with arrival in Colditz (11.7.04) on back, v.f., scarce usage on stamped mail during the Herero Wars | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #4476 GERMAN COLONIES German South-West Africa 1904-05 Military Mail, selection of 44 field-post and postcards, all free-frank soldier's mail to Germany, variety of markings, including Kuis, Karibib, Otavi, Gibeon, Okahandja, Omaruru, Gobabis, Luderitzbucht, Okamas, Tsumeb, Otjiwarongo, Kubas, Ramansdrift, Warmbad, Swakopmund, Keetmanshoop, Hasuur, Owikokorero, Rehobot, Ukamas, Windhoek, many with "Soldatenbrief Stempel / I.Kolonien Abteilung", etc., usual condition, mostly fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #4477 GERMAN COLONIES German South-West Africa 1906 5M Yacht (watermarked), upper left sheet corner margin single tied on piece by Richthofen 25.7.08 cds, v.f., signed Stolow, etc. O Catalog #34 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4478 GERMAN COLONIES German South-West Africa 1908 (27 Aug) registered cover to Germany, franked with 10pf and 20pf Yacht issues, tied by "Seeheim Deutsch Sudwest Afrika" pmks, with Wiesbaden arrival pmk on back | Unsold |
