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 #4836 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND German Offices in the Holyland 1905 ppc (Jerusalem "El Aksa") with single 20pa/10pf franking tied by JAFFA Deutsche Post departure pmk, addressed to Ireland, with boxed "Aus Jerusalem Deutsche Post" in violet alongside, v.f.  | Unsold |
 | Lot #4837 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND German Offices in the Holyland 1906 (5 Mar) cover franked with two pairs of 10pa on 5pf, tied by "Jaffa Deutsche Post" departure pmks, with the very rare "Rischon Le Zion Be Jaffa Palestine Durch Deutsche Post" handstamp alongside, sent to Rastenburg, with arrival pmk on back, fine Rischon Le Zion cover, with 2012 Steuer certificate | Unsold |
 | Lot #4838 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND German Offices in the Holyland 1906 (3 Mar) picture postcard (Wailing Wall) to Philadelphia, franked with pair of 10pa on 5pf, tied by "Jaffa Deutsche Post" departure cds, with "Aus Jerusalem Deutsche Post" violet handstamp alongside, with arrival pmk, v.f. | Unsold |
 | Lot #4839 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND German Offices in the Holyland 1907 (25 Dec) cover to Germany, franked with single 1pi on 20pf ultramarine, tied by "Jaffa Deutsche Post" departure cds, with perfect strike of "Aus Ramleh (Palestina)" alongside, backstamped on arrival (2.1.1908), with 1996 Muentz certificate | Unsold |
 | Lot #4840 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND German Offices in the Holyland 1908 (20 Aug) picture postcard (Convent de St. Georges Ak Wadi Qelt), franked with 20pa on 10pf red, tied by "Jerusalem Deutsche Post", with "Jordan Totes Meer Jericho" handstamp alongside, addressed to Dr. Archenhold in Berlin (Friedrich Simon Archenhold was an astronomer who founded the Treptow Observatory (today the Archenhold Observatory) in Berlin-Treptow), minor cover faults, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #4841 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND German Offices in the Holyland 1908 (2 Aug) printed matter cover to Germany, franked with single 10pa on 5pf, tied by "Jerusalem Deutsche Post" departure cds, additionally endorsed "Uber Jerusalem", with "Aus Jaffa Deutsche Post" handstamp (Bale 36) alongside, minor cover mending, with 2005 Eichele certificate | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #4842 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND German Offices in the Holyland 1909 (26 Mar) printed matter "Drucksachen" cover to Germany, franked with single 5c on 5pf surcharge, tied by "Jaffa Deutsche Post" departure cds, with "Tempel-Kolonie Hamidije Wilhelma Deutsche Post Jaffa" violet handstamp alongside, fine usage, signed Bothe, etc. | Unsold |
 | Lot #4843 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND German Offices in the Holyland 1909 locally addressed cover franked with single 25c on 20pf, tied by "Jerusalem Deutsche Post" departure cds, with "Aus Jaffa Deutsche Post" handstamps in red and black struck alongside, v.f. and unusual (philatelic) usage, signed Bothe, also GPSY, with their 1978 certificate | Unsold |
 | Lot #4844 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND German Offices in the Holyland 1910 cover to Germany, franked with single 10pa on 5pf surcharge, tied by "Jaffa Deutsche Post" departure cds, with unframed "Aus Sarona bei Jaffa (Deutsche Post)" violet handstamp alongside | Unsold |
 | Lot #4845 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND German Offices in the Holyland 1910 (19 July) picture postcard to Austria, franked with single 10c on 10pf surcharge, tied by "Jerusalem Deutsche Post" departure cds, with boxed "AUS JAFFA" violet handstamp below, fine usage, with Krombach arrival pmk | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #4846 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND German Offices in the Holyland 1912 cover to Germany, franked with 5c on 5pf and 25c on 20pf surcharges, tied by "Jaffa Deutsche Post" departure cds, with "Aus Jerusalem Deutsche Post" crossed out by crayon and additional "Aus Ramleh (Palestina)" handstamp below, fine and interesting cover with two different directional handstamps | Unsold |
 | Lot #4847 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND German Offices in the Holyland 1917 (26 July) picture postcard ("Water Carrier") to Germany, endorsed "Feldpost", with corresponding "Feldpost Mil. Miss. Jerusalem" pmks and boxed "Aus Emmaus (El Kubebe)" handstamp alongside, written by "unteroffizier Schmicking/Feldlazareth 213 Pascha" and sent to Frau Schmicking, v.f. and extremely rare usage, with 2013 Ronald Steuer certificate | Unsold |
 | Lot #4848 ISRAEL - HOLYLAND German Offices in the Holyland 1918 registered fieldpost cover addressed to Captain Damad Ismail Hakki Bey in Pera, with Registry label "Deutsche Feldpost 663", sent by deputy command of the 4th Osman Army. German Fieldpost 663 was situated at Nazareth at the time of sending and the addressee was second in command of the operational unit of the A.O.K. 8 in Tull Karim, Palestine. The cover has small parts of the wax seal and arrival pmks on back, some creases, still fine usage from the German Fieldpost Yildirim (which in Turkish translates to Thunderbolt), with 2011 Rolf Hasper certificate | Unsold |
