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 #962 IRAN 1876 Lion 1s gray black, horizontal pair left stamp deformed head variety, h.r., fine and interesting variety * Catalog #15var | Unsold |
 | Lot #963 IRAN 1878 5kr red bronze Type, postally used, ample margins all around, excellent color, imperceptible pinhole, fine example of this rare stamp, signed Sadri, with Persiphila card certificate, O Catalog #38 Catalog Value $2,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #964 IRAN 1899 Muzaffer-ed Din Shah, complete set of 16 with Neshandar control marks, h.r., fine-v.f., signed Sadri, * Catalog #120-35 Catalog Value $556 | Unsold |
 | Lot #965 IRAN 1902 Typesets, five different with Provisoire 1319 overprint, postally used, fine-v.f., signed Sadri, O Catalog #235-39 Catalog Value $700 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #966 IRAN 1906 (5 July) cover opened for display, franked on back with pair of 6ch red violet and single 1ch violet (paying 13 Shahis letter rate abroad), sent from Meshed, via Gaoudan to Constantinople, with Russian Ropit arrival and straight line disinfected ("Obezzarazheno") handstamp applied at the border in Gaoudan, fine, signed Sadri, with 2014 Persiphila certificate  Catalog #351,425 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #967 IRAN 1908 (8 Apr) cover headed "On His Majesty's Service Telegraphs Indo-European Telegraphs", franked with single 1ch and pair of 6ch, paying 13sh rate from Teheran to London, with Kew Gardens arrival pmk on back, intact red seal, fine, signed Sadri, with 2014 Persiphila certificate Catalog #428,431 | Unsold |
 | Lot #968 IRAN 1909 Coronation of Ahmad Shah, 1ch-26ch, also 5kr (Service), selection of 10 different Lion Essays, first seven with gold border, last three with silver border, including the 5kr showing one of the gates of Teheran (when it was a walled city), all stamps with center inverted, Lion values on vertically laid paper, l.h. or h.r., fresh, fine-v.f. Considered to be among the most beautiful stamps of Persia, these essays were prepared by Enschede printers in the Netherlands, but never released * | Price Realized $4,000.00 |
 | Lot #969 IRAN 1909 National Coat of Arms, complete set of 16, unused without gum, fresh colors with clear gold borders, well centered, fine-v.f., each stamp signed Sadri, with 2018 Persiphila certificate. A rare set of authenticated originals (Persiphila 421-435 $2,580 for hinged) (*) Catalog #448-63 | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #970 IRAN 1915 surcharges, complete set of four, n.h., fine-v.f., signed Sadri, ** Catalog #537-40 Catalog Value $440 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #971 IRAN 1916 (7 June) unsealed cover from Hamadan to Teheran, franked with 6Ch, tied by Hamadan 27.V.16 postmark and Russian military censorship bilingual framed handstamp, also arrival pmk on back, fine example of Russian Military censor in Hamadan, signed Sadri, with Persiphila certificate Catalog #486 | Unsold |
 | Lot #972 IRAN 1916 (7 June) unsealed cover from Hamadan to Teheran, franked with 6Ch, tied by Hamadan 7.VI.16 postmark, with Russian military censorship bilingual framed handstamp below, also arrival pmk on back, fine example of Russian Military censor in Hamadan, signed Sadri, with Persiphila certificate Catalog #486 | Unsold |
 | Lot #973 IRAN 1918 Coat of Arms overprinted "1337", 3k multicolored, h.r., v.f., signed Sadri * Catalog #604 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #974 IRAN 1918 3 Krans gray, sepia & silver, four used blocks of four, with central pmks of "Recht", "Torbatheidari", "Meched" and "Isfahan" respectively, fine-v.f., each signed Sadri, with individual Persiphila certificates  Catalog #604 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #975 IRAN 1921 Coronation Issue, inverted overprints, complete set eleven blocks of four, n.h., mostly with margin (one detached) and there signed by Sadri **Catalog #635-45var | Unsold |
 | Lot #976 IRAN 1921 Coronation Issue, 5ch and 10ch overprinted, tied by Teheran 30 V 21 cds on locally addressed registered cover, v.f., rare Catalog #636,638 | Unsold |
 | Lot #977 IRAN 1925 6ch Pahlavi overprint, top sheet margin block of four, n.h., v.f., signed Sadri **Catalog #706 | Unsold |
 | Lot #978 IRAN 1931 Reza Shah Pahlavi 1ch olive brown & ultramarine, imperforate block of four, unused without gum, v.f. (*)Catalog #760var | Unsold |
 | Lot #979 IRAN 1942 Shah 20 Rials, l.h., v.f., * Catalog #902 Catalog Value $1,100 | Unsold |
 | Lot #980 IRAN 1945 Victory Issue, 5r green, imperforate vertical gutter block of four, n.h., creases between stamps, v.f., rare (catalogued as imperf. singles, without consideration for the rare gutter block) **Catalog #914a Catalog Value $3,400 | Unsold |
 | Lot #981 IRAN 1945 25d carmine & black, bottom sheet margin block of four imperf. vertically, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #935var | Unsold |
 | Lot #982 IRAN 1954 Shah, Fifth Issue complete set of 16, l.h. (100r toned), fine-v.f., * Catalog #999-1014 Catalog Value $1,080 | Unsold |
 | Lot #983 IRAN 1965 2r Map Crown Star, sheet margin block of four, black color omitted, missing name of country, value and map, n.h., slight overall gum toning, still v.f., with regular stamp included for comparison **Catalog #1316var | Unsold |
