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.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #4593
GREAT BRITAIN Officials
1840 1p black, "V.R." Official, unused without gum, margins all around, fresh color and sharp impression, v.f. example of this world-class rarity, with 1975 BPA certificate (while 3,323 sheets were prepared for use, the idea of special "Official" stamps was abandoned and all but 21 sheets were destroyed. Of those, 13 sheets were used for experiments with obliterator cancels, but a few managed to make it through the post) (SG V1)
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Catalog #O1
Catalog Value £32,000
Price Realized
$16,500.00

Lot #4594
GREAT BRITAIN Officials
1903 Government Parcels, 1sh green & carmine, h.r., faint toning at top, well centered, fine, with 2017 certificate (SG O72)
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Catalog #O38
Catalog Value £650
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #4595
GREAT BRITAIN Officials
1896 O.W. Official (Office of Works), 1/2p vermilion, h.r., v.f., with 1998 PFC (SG O31)
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Catalog #O44
Catalog Value £350
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #4596
GREAT BRITAIN Officials
1896 O.W. Official (Office of Works), 1/2p blue green, l.h., v.f., with 2017 certificate (SG O32)
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Catalog #O46
Catalog Value £475
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #4597
GREAT BRITAIN Officials
1902 R.H. Official (Royal Household), 1/2d blue green, 1p scarlet, l.h., v.f., with 2017 certificate (SG O91,92)
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Catalog #O63,64
Catalog Value £700
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #4598
GREAT BRITAIN Officials
1903 Admiralty Official, 1 1/2p, 2p, 2 1/2p and 3p four different, mostly l.h., fresh and fine-v.f., with 2017 certificate (SG O103-106)
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Catalog #O74-77
Catalog Value £1,575
Price Realized
$750.00

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