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 #5522 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS RUSSIA - POSTAL HISTORY 1923-2003 balance of George Shalimoff's collection, housed in three cartons, mostly covers and cards written-up on pages, various binders including early Soviet covers with Foreign Exchange stamps on back, flight covers, Arctic Drifting station and Ice Breaker commemoratives, two covers addressed to Krupskaya (Lenin's wife), WWII covers, some with Stalin's propaganda slogans, censor markings, 300+ Soviet Space covers 1958-1990 in five albums, various commemorative and special cancels, photo picture cards and 28 covers autographed by various Cosmonauts, 1971-91 three binders with 230 different illustrated one-sided postal cards, also illustrated envelopes (Zagorsky 1-181),1992-2003 Rossija postcards (94 used and unused), many interesting and unusual items, inspection recommended  | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
