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 #5164 RUSSIA 1923 (21 Sep) registered cover to Riga, franked on both sides, paying the correct registered foreign letter rate of 60r (effective on September 16), with RSFSR 2x5r and 20r on front, used in combination with 250r on 500r Foreign Exchange surcharges (the latter showing a significant shift), additionally franked on back with perforated and imperforate sets of the First Agricultural and Craft Exhibition, all tied by Moscow departure pmks, arriving in Latvia on 25th September, fine and exceptional RSFSR and Soviet Union combination (with the commemorative sets on back, it was obviously necessary to place the tax stamps on front of the cover)  Catalog #242-249 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
