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.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #4675
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS
1861 1sh blue, rough perf. 14-16, Error of Color, unused, pen strokes removed as usual, color somewhat affected, perforations intact on all sides, fine example of this major British Empire and world-class rarity, only nine have been recorded, with 1989 BPA certificate (in 1863 the printers, Perkins, Bacon & Co., sent a supply of 50,000 to the island. On arrival it was discovered that they were printed in blue, the color of the 1d, instead of black. A new supply was dispatched and the blue error was not put on sale. Before disposing of these stamps, a small number were removed and defaced with a cross in ink which has subsequently been cleaned) (SG 34a)
(*)
Catalog #21c
Catalog Value £18,000
Price Realized
$4,750.00

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