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 #4945 NORTH KOREA 1946-56 selection of 95 different unused, all original mostly without gum as issued, also "Red Peasants" (Mi.9) and Kim Il Sung University in green (Mi.23), both unlisted in Scott. In addition, there are four stamps with validation chops (also not listed), cat. $26,083+ (*) Catalog #1/100 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4946 NORTH KOREA 1946-55 selection of 28 different imperf. die proofs, seven are single impressions, 21 are composite pairs, fine-v.f., extremely rare P | Price Realized $14,500.00 |
 | Lot #4947 NORTH KOREA 1948 Third Anniversary of Liberation, 50ch bright rose red, imperforate horizontal pair on white wove paper, v.f., rare P Catalog #12P | Unsold |
 | Lot #4948 NORTH KOREA 1949 (30 July) registered cover from Pyongyang to Prague, franked with two different adhesives (one defective), tied by two strikes in violet "Pyen-Yan Korea" in Cyrillic characters, with "North Corea" registration label below, fine and undoubtedly rare cover with Russian cancel  | Unsold |
 | Lot #4949 NORTH KOREA 1953 (12 Dec) registered cover (with letter) from Kaesong to Czechoslovakia, franked with seven different stamps, including 5wn surcharge, also another cover, used in 1955, franked with three different imperfs, including a 5wn on 6wn red, fine-v.f. | Unsold |
 | Lot #4950 NORTH KOREA 1956 two registered covers franked with ten different imperforate stamps, sent from Kaesong and Panmunjom, by Swedish and Swiss delegates of NNSC (Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission) to Stockholm and Basel, each with arrival pmk | Unsold |
 | Lot #4951 NORTH KOREA 1957-69 selection of 40 different imperf. deluxe sheetlets of three, four, five or six stamps, v.f., only 30 of each printed P | Unsold |
 | Lot #4952 NORTH KOREA 1958-60 two registered covers franked with 13 stamps (11 different), apparently reprinted varieties, sent from Pyongyang to Czechoslovakia, with Prague arrival pmks, fine and scarce usage of government reprints on covers | Unsold |
 | Lot #4953 NORTH KOREA 1958-69 selection of 102 different imperf. Deluxe sheetlets, each containing two stamps, v.f., only 30 of each printed P | Unsold |
 | Lot #4954 NORTH KOREA 1963-77 unissued, imperforate stamps, 7 singles and 30 pairs, plus two souvenir sheets, all complete sets including Chess, Space, Munich Olympics, Orchids, Tennis, Butterflies, etc., some Scott listed but unpriced, others footnoted, n.h., v.f., cat. $46,100+ ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #4955 NORTH KOREA 1970-76 collection of 85 different imperforate deluxe sheets (each containing two stamps) and 7 imperforate collective proof sheets of three to nine different designs each, v.f., scarce group, only 50 of each issued P | Unsold |
 | Lot #4956 NORTH KOREA 1971 Butterflies (unissued) set of three top sheet margin blocks of six, n.h., v.f. (See footnote after Scott 1022)  **Catalog Value $18,000 | Unsold |
