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 #4004 United States 1847 Issue 1847 5c black, trial color large die proof on bond, ample margins showing most of the cross-hatching, v.f., P Catalog #1TC1bk Catalog Value $800 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #4005 United States 1847 Issue 1847 5c red brown, red grid cancel, full margins all around, v.f., with 2017 PFC, O Catalog #1 Catalog Value $375 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4006 United States 1847 Issue 1847 5c red brown, margins all around, small corner margin crease at top right, tied by red square grid on small cover to Boston, with 1849 Messenkope Local 1c black on green glazed paper (Company name deleted by pen), red New York Dec 16 pmk and penciled docketing, v.f. and rare combination cover, ex-Nielsen, with 2018 PFC  Catalog #1,106L1 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
