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.

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Lot #5552
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS AND POSTAL HISTORY Flight Covers
1925-90 African Countries, collection of first flights, over 1,300 covers presented in eleven volumes, originating in Nigeria, Belgium, Belgian Congo, French Equatorial Africa, Madagascar, Algeria, Morocco, Togo, French East Africa, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Cameroun, Kenya, South Africa, Northern Rhodesia, South West Africa, Zanzibar, Gold Coast, Mauritania, Nyasaland Protectorate, Southern Rhodesia, Tangiers, Somalia, Mozambique Company, Egypt, Chad, French Sudan, Ethiopia, Tunisia, with airlines such as Sabena, Air France, Air Afrique, Misr Airways Ltd., Imperial Airways, Union Airways, Interflug, Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, TAP, as well as several Concorde first flights, a few Sanabria listed stamps and better frankings, fine-v.f. and truly a fascinating lot
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Lot #5553
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS AND POSTAL HISTORY Flight Covers
1945-80 Latin America, South-Atlantic first flights, over 700 covers mounted in five albums, airlines include Avianca, National Airlines, BOAC, Pan Am, Cubana, American Airlines, Western Airlines, Eastern Airlines, KLM, CMA, Aeronaves, Braniff, Delta, BWIA, ALM, with first flight to Caribbean, Central & South America, with picture postcards, correspondence, photos, signed covers, a tremendous collection with material sure to entice the savvy dealer or collector, fine-v.f.
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Lot #5554
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS AND POSTAL HISTORY Flight Covers
1946-80 European Countries, collection of Trans-Atlantic first flights, approximately 2,000 flight covers housed in sixteen albums, many of the covers identified by airline, origin, destination, date and Sieger number, airlines include Sabena, Luxembourg Airlines, Polish Airlines, Deutsche Lufthansa, SAS, Aeroflot, Ceskoslovenske Aerolinie, Austrian Airlines, British European Airways, KLM, Iberia, Air France, Interflug, Finnair, Alitalia, JAT, Olympic, Swissair, DNL, TAP, Aer Lingus, Tabso, a few better include 1959 First Official Missile Mail from Vienna, 1959 First Helicopter flight from Stockholm, 1949 Berlin Airlift cover, 1952 Glider Championship cover, with luggage stickers, maps, schedules, photos, picture postcards, a true labor of love with enormous potential, fine-v.f.
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Lot #5555
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS AND POSTAL HISTORY Flight Covers
1947-90 European air lines first flights, over 300 covers mounted on pages, includes 1949, Sep 21 Air France Paris to New Caledonia, 1947 Jun 4 Sabena Brussels to New York, 1957 Oct 6 Sabena Finland to Montreal, 1958 Aer Lingus New York to Shannon, 1975 Jul 3 Interflug Berlin to Havana, 1979 May 2 YIA New York to Amsterdam, 1978 Jun 9 AUA Vienna to Toronto, with newspaper clippings, correspondence, photos, autographs, luggage stickers and tags, picture postcards, aerogrammes, timetables, etc.
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