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 #5142 RUSSIA 1917 "Abdication of the Tsar", George Shalimoff's exhibit collection written up on pages, with 100+ mostly different blocks of four, eight and twelve, overprinted with Liberty Cap (also referred to as Phrygian cap) and Crossed Swords, articles from "Izvestia" in red or black, with double, inverted and shifted overprints, plus other varieties, included printed on Money Stamps, also covers, postal stationery, generally fine-v.f., some signed Trachtenberg, etc. A comprehensive and wonderful selection of these popular, albeit privately produced items   * | Price Realized $9,500.00 |
