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 #5067 POLAND 1820-26 two FLs to Krakow, each with a different size Warszawa departure datestamp, one with additional "Interes Rzadowy" (government business) handstamp  | Unsold |
 | Lot #5068 POLAND 1860 10k blue and rose, tied on piece by neat "1" cancel, fine, with handstamp guarantee on reverse O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #5069 POLAND 1861 (Feb and Mar) two entire newspapers "Czas" (time), Krakow editions, each franked with Austrian Newspaper stamp 1kr lilac (three margins) attached alongside, cancelled Krakow and "Podgorze" respectively, fine and scarce pair of four-page newspapers | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #5070 POLAND 1861 (15 June) stampless letter from Warszawa to the Rothschild firm in Paris, with red departure cds, framed "Aus Russland" and "P.35." handstamps, Berlin transits and Prussian due markings, fine, with arrival pmk | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #5071 POLAND 1864 large money letter to Riga, with red bilingual LUBLIN departure, central Polish Postal seal and four additional wax seals of the Russian Infantry Regiment "Vologda" on back, minor wear, interesting usage, with Riga arrival | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #5072 POLAND 1866 Russia 1k, 3k and 10k (vertically laid paper) paying 14k on small "Franco" cover from Warszawa to Lwow, with "Granica" transit and Lemberg arrival pmks, fine and appealing cover from Russian Occupied to Austrian Occupied Poland Catalog #19,20,23a | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5073 POLAND 1867 outer FL franked with 1k black and yellow (unwatermarked), canceled by "310" in concentric circles and sent from Ostrowy to Wloclawek, with boxed bilingual departure datestamp at top, date ("18/12") filled in by hand. Letter is clearly underpaid with only 1k, but "Franco" handstamp with "10" alongside may indicate that the correct postage was indeed paid, fine usage from Ostrowy | Unsold |
 | Lot #5074 POLAND 1868 (5 June) outer FL from Warszawa to Elzbietow, franked with 10k brown & blue (unwatermarked), tied by "1" (ornamental foot) in four squares, red Polish departure cds alongside, v.f. | Unsold |
 | Lot #5075 POLAND 1881 outer wrapper headed "Agence a Varsovie de la Compagnie Royale Neerlandaise de Navigation a Vapeur", franked with single 2k, tied by Warszawa (10 Oct) pmk, addressed to Neuchatel, Switzerland, filing folds away from the stamp, fine | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #5076 POLAND 1911-16 selection of eight cards or picture postcards, mostly with Imperial Russian franking, used in Poland, variety of Railroad markings, including oval "Warszawa-Brest", "Warszawa-Wiensk", also Kalisz, Bialystok, sent to Paris, Moscow, etc., fine group | Unsold |
 | Lot #5077 POLAND 1914 (Feb) Special Delivery cover (opened for display) sent from Warszawa to Tarnopol, Galicia, franked with Russian 10k dark blue, tied by cds, re-expedited to Lwow, with Austrian 20h franking added to pay for the forwarding charges, arriving in Lwow/Lemberg on 22 February, fine and interesting combination forwarded cover from Russian to Austrian Poland | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #5078 POLAND 1918 registered cover from Lemberg to Stuttgart, franked with 5x5pf German adhesives, tied by Fieldpost No.193 cds, with corresponding Registry label alongside, cover wear and tears, with German Consulate in Lemberg label and arrival pmks on back, signed Mikulski | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #5079 POLAND 1918 Warsaw Issue, 10fen on 6gr green & buff, tied by straight-line provisional cancel on picture postcard to Czestochowa, interesting usage Catalog #12 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #5080 POLAND 1918 Warsaw Issue, 10fen on 6gr green & buff, large pane of 53, surcharge shifted to lower left, few stamps l.h., mostly fine-v.f.  */**Catalog #12var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5081 POLAND 1918 Warsaw Issue, 25fen on 10gr rose, left sheet margin vertical strip of three, positions 19-28-37, middle stamp with "Poczta Polska" omitted, bottom stamp defective "F" of "Fen", top stamp l.h., others, including the error n.h., v.f., signed Petriuk, with his 2003 certificate. A scarce variety, less than 10 recorded */** Catalog #13var | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #5082 POLAND 1918 Poczta Polska overprints on Gen-Gouv Warschau, 5pf on 2 1/2pf gray, form I, pane of 70, surcharge shifted to top, also showing many additional varieties, mostly n.h., fine-v.f. */**Catalog #16var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5083 POLAND 1918 Poczta Polska overprints on Gen-Gouv Warschau, 5pf on 3pf brown, form I, pane of 99, surcharge shifted to top, canceled to order (Warszawa), with full gum, showing many additional varieties, folded between stamps, with few perf. separations, v.f. Catalog #17var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5084 POLAND 1918 Poczta Polska overprints on Gen-Gouv Warschau, 10pf carmine, form II, sheet of 100, canceled to order (Sosnowice), with full gum, showing many varieties, full margins all around, folded between stamps, with few perf. separations, v.f. Catalog #19 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5085 POLAND 1918 Poczta Polska overprints on Gen-Gouv Warschau, 10pf carmine, form I, sheet of 100, considerable shift of the overprint, also many additional varieties, full margins all around, mostly n.h., folded between stamps, with few perf. separations, v.f., very rare sheet */**Catalog #19var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5086 POLAND 1918 Poczta Polska overprints on Gen-Gouv Warschau, 20pf blue, form I, sheet of 100, showing many varieties, full margins all around, n.h., folded between stamps, with few perf. separations, v.f., rare sheet **Catalog #21 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5087 POLAND 1918 Poczta Polska overprints on Gen-Gouv Warschau, 25pf on 7 1/2pf orange, three sheets of 100, representing form I, printings I and II, also form II, showing many varieties, sheets with margins all around, folded between stamps, mostly n.h., pencil notations in margins, complete inscriptions, fine-v.f. (Fi.13b II, B6,10,11,12), one of only 3-4 sheets extant */**Catalog #23,23var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5088 POLAND 1918 Poczta Polska overprints on Gen-Gouv Warschau, 30pf orange & black, buff, form II, sheet of 100, showing many varieties, full margins all around, mostly n.h., folded between stamps, with few perf. separations, v.f., rare sheet */**Catalog #24 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5089 POLAND 1918 surcharges, set of three blocks of four, n.h., v.f., signed Mikulski **Catalog #27-29 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #5090 POLAND 1919 (19 Oct) picture postcard with "Glowna Frontowa Poczta Polowa No.I Ia" handstamp, additional "Cenzurowano" and Military Hospital in Lwow handstamp at top, addressed to France, v.f. (Defense of Lwow began on 1 November 1918 and lasted until May 1919, a six months long conflict between the attacking forces of the West Ukrainian People's Republic and local Polish civilian population, assisted later by regular Polish Army forces. The battle sparked the Polish-Ukrainian War, ultimately won by Poland) | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #5091 POLAND 1919 cover addressed to Kielce, franked with five different including 3hal, 10hal and 45hal surcharges, plus 50h and 90h, tied by Lublin cds, with registry label below, fine-v.f. Catalog #30/40 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #5092 POLAND 1919 Lublin Issue, 45hal on 80h blue, vertical strip of five, positions 10-20-30-40-50, damaged cliche, also 10h on 30h shifted surcharge, block of four, signed Korszen and Jendroszek */**Catalog #32,38var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5093 POLAND 1918 brown surcharge 10hal on 30h slate green, block of 12, bottom left stamp variety "10 HA", also other flaws of the surcharge, n.h., fine-v.f., signed Mikulski **Catalog #32b | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #5094 POLAND 1919 Lublin Issue, 45hal on 80h blue, block of ten, n.h., v.f. (Fi.25a, 1,500zl) **Catalog #38 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5095 POLAND 1919 Cracow Issue 50h-80h, 1k, 2k and postage dues 5h and 15h, l.h. or n.h. (60h, 80h and 1k), fine-v.f. */** Catalog #47-49,51-52,J1,3 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #5096 POLAND 1919 10kr red violet, plate IVB-23, tied on small piece by Biala 14.II.19 cds, fresh and v.f., signed Koopman, etc., also Mikulski, with his 1980 certificate. A rare stamp, O Catalog #55 Catalog Value $13,000 | Price Realized $8,500.00 |
 | Lot #5097 POLAND 1919 Poznan Issue, set of five blocks of four, n.h., fresh and v.f. **Catalog #72-76 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5098 POLAND 1925 picture post card from Grupa, addressed to England, franked with four different, including 5gr LOPP used as regular postage, fine and unusual | Price Realized $110.00 |
 | Lot #5099 POLAND 1937-46 King Carol Visit souvenir sheets of four (two sets of three), Zakopane perf. and imperf. souvenir sheets of four, also FDR souvenir sheet of three, all n.h., v.f. **Catalog #314-16,B28,C26c | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #5100 POLAND 1953 P.W.P.W. unissued designs, selection of 12 imperf. trial color proofs of Slowacki, Mickiewicz, etc., all in carmine, n.h., v.f. E | Price Realized $500.00 |
