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 #5277 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 10k on 5r green, variety wide "5", l.h., v.f., signed Goznak, * Catalog #C7a Catalog Value $1,250 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5278 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 10k on 5r (wide "5") variety, lightly hinged (if at all, possibly a natural gum skip), absolutely flat gum, without the usual gum creases, v.f., signed Sorani, Goznak (twice), Diena, etc., with Mikulski certificate, * Catalog #C7a Catalog Value $1,250 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5279 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 20k on 10r, used on 15k stationery entire, registered in 1933 from Moscow to Valparaiso, Chile, with 15k on 70k Foreign Exchange Tax stamp on back, Buenos Aires transit and Valparaiso arrival pmks, fine cover to an uncommon destination  Catalog #C9 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #5280 RUSSIA Air Post 1927 First International Aviation Conference, 10k, two plate flaws, one position 26 with defective "7" of "1927" (brownish gum, background color grayish instead of reddish), the other position 66, with white spot above "A" of "Avio", l.h., fine-v.f. * Catalog #C10var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5281 RUSSIA Air Post 1930 Zeppelin, 40k and 80k, imperforate sheet margin singles, l.h., v.f., signed "N.Y. Stamp Co." * Catalog #C12b-13b | Unsold |
 | Lot #5282 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 50k gray blue (error), h.r., well centered, v.f., * Catalog #C23a Catalog Value $500 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5283 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 50k gray blue (error), h.r., well centered, v.f., * Catalog #C23a Catalog Value $500 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #5284 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 50k gray blue (error), used, well centered, v.f., O Catalog #C23a Catalog Value $300 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #5285 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 15k gray black, imperforate single, ample margins all around, n.h., v.f., signed Mikulski, with 2010 Buchsbayew certificate ** Catalog #C25c | Unsold |
 | Lot #5286 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 North Pole Issue, two imperforate sets of four used on two covers and two cards, flown from Leningrad via the Icebreaker "Malyguin" on the Polar Flight to Germany, with appropriate cachets and markings, one cover with minor toning, otherwise fine-v.f. Catalog #C26-29 | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #5287 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Chelyuskin Rescue, complete set, l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f., * Catalog #C58-67 Catalog Value $1,032 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5288 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Chelyuskin Expedition, 1k-50k complete, n.h. and post office fresh, each stamp well centered, fresh and v.f. A splendid set in superior quality, rarely offered this nice, ** Catalog #C58-67 Catalog Value $2,058 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #5289 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco 1r on 10k brown, l.h., v.f., signed Romeko, etc. * Catalog #C68 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5290 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco 1r on 10k brown, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #C68 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5291 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco Flight by Levanevsky, 1r on 10k dark brown, n.h., perfectly centered, fresh and v.f., ** Catalog #C68 Catalog Value $1,275 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #5292 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco Flight by Levanevsky, 1r on 10k dark brown, lower case Cyrillic "f" in "Francisco", h.r., v.f., * Catalog #C68b Catalog Value $1,500 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #5293 RUSSIA Air Post 1937 Airplanes, 50k black & violet, vertical pair imperf. between, used (canceled to order as always), v.f., O Catalog #C73a Catalog Value $4,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5294 RUSSIA Air Post 1937 Jubilee Aviation souvenir sheet, five copies, two hinged, others n.h., some usual gum offsets and wrinkles, v.f.,  */**Catalog #C75a Catalog Value $1,700 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #5295 RUSSIA Air Post 1948 1r Airplane, variety imperf. at right, h.r., v.f. (Zagorsky 1251Pc, 90,000 Rub) * Catalog #C82var | Price Realized $475.00 |
