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 #5265 RUSSIA Semi-Postals 1904 Russo-Japanese War Issue, blocks of four, n.h., fresh, fine-v.f.  **Catalog #B1-4 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5266 RUSSIA Semi-Postals 1904 Russo-Japanese War Issue, set of horizontal strips of eight, overprinted "Obrazets" in small letters, also additional strip of 3k, with large letters overprint, stamps n.h., fine-v.f. S Catalog #B1-4S | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #5267 RUSSIA Semi-Postals 1914 set of four used in 1915 (30 Mar) on registered cover from Moscow to Calcutta, addressed to the Imperial Russian Vice Consulate, violet Censor initials, transit and undecipherable arrival pmks on back, fine War-time usage to uncommon destination  | Unsold |
 | Lot #5268 RUSSIA Semi-Postals 1914 7k red brown, smaller unaccepted design, imperforate plate essay on card, v.f. E Catalog #B7E | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5269 RUSSIA Semi-Postals 1914 1k red brown & dark green, upper left sheet corner margin horizontal pair, variety imperf. at left, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #B5var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5270 RUSSIA Semi-Postals 1914 1k red brown & dark green, 10k dark blue & brown, each variety imperf. at bottom, n.h. or l.h., v.f. */** Catalog #B5,8var | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #5271 RUSSIA Semi-Postals 1915 3k carmine & gray black, horizontal pair imperf. between, upper right sheet corner margin, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #B10d Catalog Value $350 | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #5272 RUSSIA Semi-Postals 1921 Volga Famine Relief, 2,250r dark blue, printed over the 250r Science and Arts violet, miscut and inverted, partial offset on back, n.h., v.f. and extremely rare ** Catalog #B17var | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #5273 RUSSIA Semi-Postals 1923 Philately for Labor, variety spaced "1 923", l.h., v.f., * Catalog #B41a Catalog Value $425 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5274 RUSSIA Semi-Postals 1923 Philately for Labor, variety spaced "1 923", canceled on piece, v.f., O Catalog #B41a Catalog Value $375 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #5275 RUSSIA Semi-Postals 1923 Philately for Labor, silver surcharge, h.r., v.f., with 1989 Rossica certificate, * Catalog #B42 Catalog Value $1,100 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5276 RUSSIA Semi-Postals 1923 Philately for Labor, silver surcharge spaced "1 923", h.r., v.f., with 1986 Philatelic Foundation certificate, * Catalog #B42b Catalog Value $2,500 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
