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 #5351 SWITZERLAND Air Post 1913 Forerunners, eight different, l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f. (Zu.I, III, V-VIII, X,XII) * Catalog Value SFr 2,920 | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #5352 SWITZERLAND Air Post 1913 Burgdorf-Bern, 50c green canceled 30.III.13 and used in combination with 5c Tell on official picture postcard, v.f., with Kirchberg arrival cds below, rare (Zu.IV)  Catalog Value SFr 1,200 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5353 SWITZERLAND Air Post 1913 Burgdorf-Bern, 50c green canceled 30.III.13 and used in combination with 5c Tell on Oskar Bider picture postcard, addressed to Bern, some irregular perfs and peripheral toning, otherwise fine (Zu.IV) Catalog Value SFr 1,200 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #5354 SWITZERLAND Air Post 1913 Burgdorf-Bern, 50c green canceled 30.III.13 and used in combination with 5c Tell on official picture postcard, v.f., with 1984 Liniger certificate (Zu.IV) Catalog Value SFr 1,200 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5355 SWITZERLAND Air Post 1913 Sittern-Sion, 50c red, canceled 18.V.13 used in combination with 5c Tell on official picture postcard, minor creases and stains, fine appearance (Zu.Xa) Catalog Value SFr 3,200 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5356 SWITZERLAND Air Post 1913 Vevey-Villeneuve picture postcard franked with 5c Tell, canceled 22.VI.13, with red "Poste Aerienne Vevey", somewhat unfresh, v.f., rare, with 1997 von der Weid certificate | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #5357 SWITZERLAND Air Post 1920 30rp with Propeller overprint, canceled "Bahnpost 21-5", perfectly centered, fresh and v.f., with 1984 Marchand/Von der Weid certificate (Zu.1,800 SFr) O Catalog #C1 Catalog Value $1,250 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #5358 SWITZERLAND Air Post 1920 30rp with Propeller overprint, canceled Lugano 4.VI.21 and tied on large piece, v.f., signed Liniger, with his 1977 certificate (Zu.1,800 SFr) O Catalog #C1 Catalog Value $1,250 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #5359 SWITZERLAND Air Post 1935 50c gray green and scarlet, with grilled gum, imperforate sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., with 1984 Zumstein certificate. A rare Swiss Air Post, one of only 50 printed (Zu.9z/A9) ** Catalog #C9a,var Catalog Value SFr 6,500 | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #5360 SWITZERLAND Air Post 1936 40c on 90c blue gray, vermilion surcharge, canceled by Zollikon 8.XII.39 pmk on piece, tiny toned speck, still v.f., with 1983 Rellstab certificate (Zu.24a,950 SFr) O Catalog #C25a Catalog Value $800 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #5361 SWITZERLAND Air Post 1936 40c on 90c blue gray, vermilion surcharge, canceled by Basel 26.V.38 cds and used with additional franking on registered and flown cover to France, minor ink staining around the address portion, otherwise fine usage, with Avignon arrival pmk on back (Zu.24a) Catalog #C25a Catalog Value SFr 1,200 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5362 SWITZERLAND Air Post 1938 75c on 50c "Pro Aero", uncanceled, overprinted "Specimen" in red, unused without gum, v.f. S Catalog #C26S | Price Realized $450.00 |
