U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
January 8-9, 2019
We are pleased to kick off the New Year with our January 8-9 sale, with 1,678 lots, including additional offerings of the Heinz Gappe (H.G.I. Company) inventory of Flight and Zeppelin covers of the world, as well as properties of numerous other vendors and estates sold by their order. Heinz was well known to Aero philatelists, having been active in this field since the 1960s and amassing a wonderful holding of this ever-popular and exciting area. There are selections of attractive United States, rarities from Albania, Austria, France, Germany and Colonies, Italy and Colonies, Russia, Saar, Scandinavian countries and Switzerland. Great Britain and British Commonwealth are well represented, featuring a strong selection of Batum, booklet from India with set of Gandhi stamps overprinted specimen and lots more. As always, our sale includes selections of better South America, with Colombia Air Post, Asia and rest of the world. We conclude with 100+ large lots and collections, which range from single country collections to multi-carton worldwide groups of stamps and covers, mostly offered intact. This entire sale is online at www.cherrystoneauctions.com. Please check with us often, as additional scans are continuously uploaded. A limited number of printed catalogues are available on request.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #917 GREECE 1861 10L red orange, blue, two slightly different shades, h.r., margins all around, tiny thin spots, still v.f., * Catalog #7 Catalog Value $2,080 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #918 GREECE 1861 10L red orange, blue, two used singles, slightly different shades, margins all around, v.f., O Catalog #7 Catalog Value $1,000 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #919 GREECE 1900 1d on 40L imperforate top sheet corner margin block of 10, also perforated, lower right sheet corner margin block of nine, stamps n.h., the latter with perf. irregularities at top, fine-v.f.  **Catalog #134,144 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #920 GREECE 1906 Olympics, 2dr greenish gray, trial color die proof on card, v.f., with Holcombe certificate P Catalog #195P | Unsold |
 | Lot #921 GREECE 1906 2dr silver, trial color die proof on card, printed by Lithography instead of recess printing as the issued stamp, little toning, otherwise v.f., with Holcombe certificate P Catalog #195P | Unsold |
 | Lot #922 GREECE 1928 5d Athens Academy inverted center, canceled Athens, well centered, v.f., with Karamitsos and 2006 Alex Rendon certificates. A rare stamp, only 16 exist (one unused), mostly with faults. An opportunity to acquire a treasure of Greek philately in perfectly sound condition, with an unobtrusive cancel (Karamitsos 477b) O Catalog #331b Catalog Value €10,000 | Price Realized $5,000.00 |
 | Lot #923 GREECE 1933 Youth of Marathon, 50d-100d, set of three, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #378-380 Catalog Value $1,800 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #924 GREECE 1933-34 Youth of Marathon, set of three, unused (regummed), also 8p Approach to Athens Stadium, l.h., fine-v.f., (*)* Catalog #378-380,381 Catalog Value $850 | Unsold |
 | Lot #925 GREECE 1946-49 Venizelos 300d and Dodecanese Union, 1,000d imperforate sheets of 50, n.h., v.f., each probably unique as a full imperf. sheet (Karamitsos 660a,694a, catalogue value for 25 imperforate pairs) **Catalog #483var,515a Catalog Value €8,250 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #926 GREECE 1948 Dodecanese, 600dr imperforate horizontal pair, double impression, one inverted, n.h., v.f. and striking variety ** Catalog #514var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #927 GREECE 1953 National Products, 1,000d blue and light olive green, 2,000d dark brown and light green, imperf. horizontal pairs, each with green background inverted, l.h. or n.h., v.f. */** Catalog #551,553var | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
