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 #5190
RUSSIA
1932 (21 Nov) registered cover from Moscow to Addis Ababa, franked with 10k and 28k commemoratives and on back 25k on 70k Foreign Exchange Tax stamp, transit pmks of Trieste, Milano and Bologna, arriving in Addis Ababa on 22nd December (arrival pmk "1921" year date error, should have been "1932"), fine and scarce usage to Ethiopia (addressed to Everett Andrew Colson, pre-CIA American lawyer, war department employee and financial advisor to the Emperor)
Envelope
Catalog #430,440
Price Realized
$450.00

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