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 #4498 GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau 1898 German Offices in China, diagonal overprint, 5pf-50pf set of five, each canceled on piece by "Tsinanfort Marine-Feldpost 26/I/98" First Day pmks, v.f. O | Unsold |
 | Lot #4499 GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau 1898 (26 June) cover franked with vertical pair of 20pf "China" overprints, tied by "Tsingtau China" cds, used from the Imperial Japanese Post Office in Shanghai to Nagasaki Japan, additional chop on front, with "Kaiserliche Marine Gouvernement Kiautschou" seal and Nagasaki arrival pmks on back  | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4500 GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau 1900 5pfg on 10pf red carmine, diagonal overprint, block of four, type 1 at top, bottom pair type 2, h.r., v.f., signed Kilian  *Catalog #Mi.1 I | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4501 GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau 1900 (July) cover franked with China 1/2c C.I.P. and Coiling Dragon, used in combination with pair of 5 Pfg steep overprint China on 10pf carmine, type II, with blue crayon line, all tied by "Tsingtau Kiautschou" cds and sent to Helstadt, with 5 Aug 1900 arrival pmk on back, fine mixed franking Imperial China/Kiauchau cover Catalog #Mi.1 II | Unsold |
 | Lot #4502 GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau 1900 5pfg on 10pf carmine, steep overprint, vertical block of eight, overprints type 1 and type 2, tied on piece by Tsingtau 11 May 1900 cds, blue crayon lines, v.f. Catalog #Mi.1 II | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4503 GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau 1900 5pfg on 10pf red carmine, diagonal overprint, types 1, vertical gutter pair, h.r. at top, bottom stamp n.h., v.f., * Catalog #Mi.1 IZS Catalog Value €550 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #4504 GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau 1900 5pfg on 10pf red carmine, steep overprint, bottom margin vertical strip of four, types 1,2,2,4, violet crayon lines, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #Mi.1II | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #4505 GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau 1901 Yacht 3pf-5m complete, l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f., * Catalog #Mi.5-17 Catalog Value €600 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #4506 GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau 1901 3pf-80pf overprinted Specimen, eight different, l.h., fine-v.f., S Catalog #Mi.5/13SP Catalog Value €800 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4507 GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau 1905 (7 Jan) picture postcard to Germany, franked with 5pf green, tied by "Tsangkou Kiautschou" cds, also two ring "Litsun Kiautschou" alongside, little toning, otherwise fine, with Rabenau arrival pmk, signed Bothe | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #4508 GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau 1905 Yacht (unwatermarked) 1c-$1 1/2 complete, with two different $1 blue, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (Mi.18-26) * Catalog #23-31 Catalog Value €2,085 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4509 GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau 1905 $1 1/2 violet (unwatermarked), left sheet margin single, tied by Tsingtau-Gr. Hafen 23.8.13 cds on small registered cover to Berlin, with 7.9.13 arrival pmk on back, v.f. (Mi.26) Catalog #31 Catalog Value €3,000 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #4510 GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau 1905 $1/2 watermarked, vertical strip of three canceled on piece, with 1914 "Kais. Deutsches Kartierunstelle Basel" pmk on back O Catalog #39 | Unsold |
