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 #4048 United States 1893 Columbian Exposition 1893 1c-$5 complete set of 15, all never hinged and post office fresh, well centered, many of the low values exceptionally so, 2c and 30c with sheet margin, fine-v.f., each stamp with 2002-2007 PFC or PSE certificate (1c and 3c, each graded XF 90, 4c graded VF 80J, $5 graded F 70). A good opportunity to obtain the complete set of Columbians, never hinged, with original gum, without any faults which often plague this popular issue (catalogue value without any premium for graded stamps), ** Catalog #230-245 Catalog Value $31,146 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4049 United States 1893 Columbian Exposition 1893 3c green, right margin single, well centered with large margins, fresh and v.f. gem, with 2017 PFC for a strip of three from which this came, ** Catalog #232 Catalog Value $97 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4050 United States 1893 Columbian Exposition 1893 4c blue, error of color, block of four, n.h., natural straight edge at top, top left stamp with natural inclusion and top right stamp with small tear, minor perf. separations, otherwise fine-v.f. and rare block of four of this error, with 2014 PFC certificate for a block of nine from which this came (the 4c Columbian color error was caused by the use of a wrong batch of ink, and spectrographic analysis has shown that the blue inks of the 4c error and 1c Columbian have the same components. Stamps from at least two panes reached collectors, and it is likely that many of the stamps have been lost to philately)  **Catalog #233a Catalog Value $150,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4051 United States 1893 Columbian Exposition 1893 30c orange brown, l.h., fresh color, fine, with copy of 2014 PSE certificate for a block of four from which this originated, * Catalog #239 Catalog Value $225 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #4052 United States 1893 Columbian Exposition 1893 $1 salmon, unused without gum, well centered, with 2015 PFC graded "XF 90" (SMQ $700) ** Catalog #241 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #4053 United States 1893 Columbian Exposition 1893 $2 brown red, l.h., well centered, nice color, small faults, v.f. appearance, * Catalog #242 Catalog Value $1,050 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #4054 United States 1893 Columbian Exposition 1893 $2 brown red, n.h., fresh and fine, with 2018 PSE certificate, ** Catalog #242 Catalog Value $3,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4055 United States 1893 Columbian Exposition 1893 $3 olive green, small h.r., nice color, with 2018 PSE certificate graded "F-VF 75" (SMQ $1,100) * Catalog #243a | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #4056 United States 1893 Columbian Exposition 1893 $3 yellow green, two copies, one unused (regummed), the other with cancel removed (appears unused), small faults, fine appearance, (*)O Catalog #243 Catalog Value $1,425 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #4057 United States 1893 Columbian Exposition 1893 $3 olive green, used, well centered, with 1984 and 1995 PFCs, and 2017 PSE certificate graded "VF 80" (SMQ $875) O Catalog #243a | Unsold |
 | Lot #4058 United States 1893 Columbian Exposition 1893 $4 crimson lake, unused (regummed), small faults, fine appearance, (*) Catalog #244 Catalog Value $1,000 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #4059 United States 1893 Columbian Exposition 1893 $4 crimson lake, black registry cancel and trace of red crayon, well centered, beautiful color, tiny natural paper inclusion mentioned for accuracy only, with 1968 PFC and 2014 PSAG certificate graded "95" (SMQ $6,500) O Catalog #244 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4060 United States 1893 Columbian Exposition 1893 $5 black, used, small faults, fine appearance, O Catalog #245 Catalog Value $1,150 | Price Realized $290.00 |
