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 #4849 ISRAEL 1949 (17 Aug) single page typewritten document in Hebrew, headed "State Of Israel, Office of the President", signed by Chaim Weizmann, as president (copied to Ben Gurion, prime-minister), archival punches at right, fine and rare official document signed by Weizmann (Chaim Azriel Weizmann was a Zionist leader and Israeli statesman who served as President of the Zionist Organization and later as the first President of Israel. He was elected on 16 February 1949, and served until his death in 1952. It was Weizmann who convinced the United States government to recognize the newly formed state of Israel) | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #4850 ISRAEL 1950 (2 June) single page typewritten document in Hebrew, headed "State Of Israel", signed by David Ben Gurion, as prime minister and Minister of Defense, three archival punched holes at right, fine early official document signed by the primary national founder of the State of Israel and the first Prime Minister of Israel | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #4851 ISRAEL 1955 (29 Mar) single page typewritten document in Hebrew, headed "Ministry of Defense", addressed to General Moshe Dayan (chief of Staff) and signed by David Ben-Gurion, as Minister of Defense | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #4852 ISRAEL 1948 Doar Ivri complete, three sets on individual, unaddressed FDCs, fine-v.f.  Catalog #1-9 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #4853 ISRAEL 1948 New Year, set of five horizontal gutter pairs, imperf. between gutters, n.h., folded between the stamps, 3m and 5m with faint toned spots and 10m creased, still fine-v.f. and rare (Bale 10-14J) ** Catalog #10-14var Catalog Value $450 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #4854 ISRAEL 1950 Independence, Maccabean Games, all three with tabs, n.h., v.f. (Bale $510) ** Catalog #33-34,37 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #4855 ISRAEL 1952 Menorah, full tab single tied by First Day Cancel on a special commemorative presentation sheet, signed by the artist, v.f., with 2014 Yehuda May certificate Catalog #55 | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #4856 ISRAEL 2012 Birds of Prey, set of three imperforate sheetlets of eight, large marginal imprints, n.h., v.f.  ** | Price Realized $240.00 |
