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 #1278 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown and blue, horizontal pair, light centrally struck town postmark, margins all around, beautiful colors, fresh and v.f., signed Calves, with 2002 Eichele certificate O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #1279 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, 20k blue and orange and 30k carmine and green, thin paper varieties, three different used, fine-v.f., O Catalog #2-4 Catalog Value $4,375 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #1280 RUSSIA 1858 (12 Nov) outer FL from Kherson to Odessa (Fratelli Rokka correspondence), franked with 10k brown and blue, tied by numeral in dots postmark, with framed datestamp alongside, fresh and fine,  Catalog #2 Catalog Value $650 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1281 RUSSIA 1858 (22 May) outer FL from Riga to Libawa, franked with 10k brown and blue, tied by cds (struck twice), some paper erosion at right, nevertheless fine, early usage Catalog #2 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1282 RUSSIA 1858 (22 Aug) FL from St. Petersburg to Saratov, franked with 10k brown and blue, tied by "1" in circle of dots, framed departure datestamp alongside, arrival pmk on front, v.f. Catalog #2 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1283 RUSSIA 1865 (6 Nov) outer FL from Kerch-Enikolsk to St. Petersburg, franked with 10k brown and blue and 20k orange and blue, tied by cds, with arrival pmk on back, some paper folds, otherwise fine Catalog #8,9 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1284 RUSSIA 1858 20k blue & orange, well centered and fresh, tied by "1" in circle of dots on outer FL from St. Petersburg to Helsingfors, red 22 Mar 1861 departure pmk below, boxed "ANK" arrival on back, fresh and beautiful cover Catalog #9 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1285 RUSSIA 1866 1K (two), 5k and 7k, paying 14k on cover used in 1883 from Moscow to Italy, v.f., with transit and Modena arrival pmks | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #1286 RUSSIA 1866 1k and 30k paying 31k on registered cover (little reduced at top) used in 1877 from Nolinsk to Vyatka, slightly soiled, otherwise fine, with arrival pmk | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1287 RUSSIA 1866 horizontally laid paper, 1k black & yellow, 4k black & deep green, 5k black & lilac, 10k brown & blue, 20k blue & orange, 30k carmine & green, complete set of five cross-gutter sheets of 100, n.h., mostly well centered, post office fresh, 5k with minor perf. separations at right, fine-v.f. This may be the only set of sheets still intact, incredibly well preserved, with colors as bright and vibrant as on the day they were purchased at the St. Petersburg post office 150 years ago (catalogued as singles, without adding any premium for the blocks and gutter pairs)  **Catalog #19-25 Catalog Value $82,500 | Price Realized $23,000.00 |
 | Lot #1288 RUSSIA 1866 5k orange, green, red and violet, four different perforated and gummed trial color proofs on horizontally laid paper, h.r., some irregular perforations, otherwise fine, signed Hovest * Catalog #22P | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1289 RUSSIA 1870 three FLs, one to Berlin and franked with 1k, 3k and 10k; the other to Manchester with single 20k franking; last with single 5k tied by red pmk paying local rate in St. Petersburg, fine-v.f. lot | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #1290 RUSSIA 1870 (3 Mar) FL sent unpaid from Kerch-Enikol, via Odessa (10 March) to Genova Italy, with Vienna transit and charged 1L postage due on arrival | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1291 RUSSIA 1881 (30 Oct) 7k stationery entire used from Ekaterinoslav to New Zealand, addressed to "Australia New Zealand Greymouth", eventually arriving in Greymouth, via Brindisi, with Christchurch, Port Chalmers transits, charged "50" in red crayon, overall toning, unusual destination | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1292 RUSSIA 1889 20k blue & carmine, imperf. bottom sheet margin single, with red letter of "Obrazets" overprint at top, l.h., v.f., signed Maslowski S Catalog #43S | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1293 RUSSIA 1889 1k orange, imperf. horizontal pair, with red letter of "Obrazets" overprint, l.h., v.f. S Catalog #46S | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1294 RUSSIA 1898 decorative illustrated charity envelope (opened on three sides) issued to benefit the "St. Petersburg Trustee Committee of Sisters of the Red Cross," franked with 1k and 2k adhesives, addressed to Samara, with arrival pmk, v.f. | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1295 RUSSIA 1902 decorative illustrated charity envelope (opened on three sides) issued to benefit the "Community of St. Eugene," franked with 3k carmine (uncanceled), addressed to Warszawa, v.f., with arrival pmk | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1296 RUSSIA 1906 decorative illustrated charity envelope issued to benefit the "Marrinskaya Red Cross Society of Kiev," franked with single 1k orange, used locally in Kursk | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1297 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary, die proof of blue center only (Nicholas II), also 35k magenta, die proof of frame only, v.f. P | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1298 RUSSIA 1916 (15 Mar) cover franked on reverse with 10k blue, used from a small village to a prisoner held in the infamous Schlisselburg prison, with large "examined/Schlisselburg Prison" censor cachet and arrival cds, fine-v.f. and scarce incoming prison cover | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #1299 RUSSIA 1916-17 (ca) 10k dark blue, imperf. Postal Forgery made in Lodz to defraud postal authorities, v.f., rare * | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #1300 RUSSIA 1917 20k blue & carmine, groundwork omitted, center shifted to left, used, v.f. O Catalog #126a | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #1301 RUSSIA 1917 1r carmine and brown (vertical lozenges of varnish), imperforate sheet of 50 (vertical format with six labels), double background, one inverted and displaced, some creases, n.h., v.f. ** | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1302 RUSSIA 1917 1r carmine and brown (vertical lozenges of varnish), imperforate sheet of 50 (vertical format with six labels), background inverted, some gum disturbances and marginal creases, v.f. ** | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1303 RUSSIA 1918 1r carmine and brown (horizontal lozenges of varnish), imperforate sheet of 50 (10x5), double background, one inverted and displaced, folded between stamps, hinged in margin, stamps n.h., v.f. and spectacular ** | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #1304 RUSSIA 1922 inverted surcharges, four different, n.h., signed Rosselevitch, Goznak, etc., * Catalog #216a,218a,220a,225a Catalog Value $385 | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #1305 RUSSIA 1922 30r on 50k surcharge inverted, also another variety basic stamp green center and value shifted to top, v.f., signed Rosselevitch * Catalog #219a,var | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1306 RUSSIA 1922 40r on 15k imperf. vertical pair, top stamp variety missing center, n.h., v.f., signed Rosselevitch. An outstanding showpiece ** Catalog #227var | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1307 RUSSIA 1923 Red Army Soldier, unissued 20r gray black and 20r violet, both perf., n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #241AE | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #1308 RUSSIA 1924 definitives (typographed), 6k light blue, imperf. single with large margins all around, also 6k black (lithographed), perf. and gummed trial color proof, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #281var | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #1309 RUSSIA 1924-25 Definitives (typographed), 1k-50k perf. 12, 16 different, including 4k and 8k (irregular perforations at right, signed Dr.P.Jemchouhin, Kohler), l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f., * Catalog #276a-89a Catalog Value $1,899 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1310 RUSSIA 1924-25 Definitives (typographed), 2k-5r perf. 14 1/2x15, 14 different, including 5k, 14k and 50k, l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f., * Catalog #277/293 Catalog Value $868 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #1311 RUSSIA 1925 Popov, 20k red brown, unissued value, imperforate proof on factory paper, v.f. P | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #1312 RUSSIA 1925 Definitives (watermarked), perf. and imperf. sets (the latter without 18k), mostly l.h., fine-v.f. * Catalog #304-25,var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1313 RUSSIA 1925 Definitives (watermarked), complete set of 21, mixed perforations, n.h., fine-v.f. (Zagorsky 76-97) ** Catalog #304/325 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1314 RUSSIA 1925 Lomonosov, perforated and gummed essays on thick, unwatermarked paper, h.r., v.f.. * Catalog #326-27E | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1315 RUSSIA 1927 Esperanto, imperforate vertical pair, used, v.f. O Catalog #374var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1316 RUSSIA 1929-31 definitives, 2k green, watermarked, misperforated corner margin block of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #414var | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #1317 RUSSIA 1932 Moscow Philatelic Exhibition, imperforate souvenir sheet of four, unused without gum as issued, incredibly fresh, with sharp corners, size slightly reduced (167 x 110mm, instead of 169 x 119mm), otherwise v.f., only 475 issued (another 25 were overprinted), (*)Catalog #485-486var Catalog Value $19,500 | Price Realized $5,000.00 |
 | Lot #1318 RUSSIA 1933 Leningrad Exhibition 30k on 15k black brown, block of four, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #487 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1319 RUSSIA 1933 Commissars, 20k violet, variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 347Pc) ** Catalog #521var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1320 RUSSIA 1934 Lenin Mausoleum, 5k and 10k imperforate vertical pairs, h.r. at top, bottom stamps n.h., v.f., */** Catalog #524a,525a Catalog Value $3,450 | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #1321 RUSSIA 1934 Fedorov and Portraits, n.h., fine-v.f. sets, ** Catalog #529-32 Catalog Value $632 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #1322 RUSSIA 1934 Fedorov, 20k carmine rose and 40k indigo, imperforate vertical or horizontal pairs, h.r., v.f., * Catalog #529a-30a Catalog Value $2,700 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1323 RUSSIA 1934 Mendeleyev, blocks of four, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f. (Zverev $8,500) **Catalog #536-539 | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #1324 RUSSIA 1935 Anti-War Propaganda Issue, set of five, 10k l.h., others n.h., fine-v.f., */** Catalog #546-50 Catalog Value $1,005 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1325 RUSSIA 1935 Anti-War Propaganda Issue, set of five n.h., post office fresh, v.f., ** Catalog #546-50 Catalog Value $1,075 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #1326 RUSSIA 1935 Spartacist Games, complete set, n.h., usual wrinkles and gum skips, fine-v.f., ** Catalog #559-568 Catalog Value $940 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #1327 RUSSIA 1935 Kalinin, 20k imperf. single, adhesions on gum and on face, otherwise fine (Zagorsky 428Pa) * Catalog #576var Catalog Value $1,500 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1328 RUSSIA 1935 Tolstoy, 3k olive black and violet, perf. 11, horizontal pair imperf. between, l.h., v.f., * Catalog #577c Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1329 RUSSIA 1935 Tolstoy, 10k violet black & black brown, vertical block of eight, middle block yielding two vertical pairs imperf. between, canceled Stalino, minor toning, otherwise v.f., Catalog #578b Catalog Value $4,500 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1330 RUSSIA 1935 Portraits, imperforate horizontal pairs, h.r., v.f. set, * Catalog #580-82var Catalog Value $3,600 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1331 RUSSIA 1936-57 selection of 19 different varieties, imperf. at top, right, left or bottom, also 30k "Afon" imperforate vertical pair, plus 1940 Chekhov, 20k variety bottom perfs shifted to top, used or unused (l.h.), fine-v.f. lot *O Catalog #585a/1964var | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1332 RUSSIA 1937 Pushkin, 10k variety imperf. at bottom, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #590var | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1333 RUSSIA 1937 Pushkin, 40k and 50k green, imperforate and gummed vertical se-tenant pair, trial color proof on watermarked and gummed stamp paper, n.h., v.f. P Catalog #592-593P | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #1334 RUSSIA 1937 Dzerzhinsky, 10k varieties imperf. at bottom and at right, also 20k variety imperf. at right, used, fine-v.f. O Catalog #606,607var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1335 RUSSIA 1937 Dzerzhinsky, 10k varieties imperf. at bottom and at right, also 20k variety imperf. at right, used, fine-v.f. O Catalog #606,607var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1336 RUSSIA 1937 Definitives, 40k Lenin, imperforate horizontal pair, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #619var Catalog Value $1,200 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1337 RUSSIA 1938 Second Trans-Polar Flight Moscow to San Jacinto, 10k claret (Gromov, Danilin and Yumashev), horizontal pair imperf. between, single punched hole and slight fold between stamps, also faint horizontal mis-registration markings, v.f., rare O Catalog #640var | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #1338 RUSSIA 1939 Foundry-man, 15k dark blue, imperforate single, h.r., v.f., * Catalog #713a Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1339 RUSSIA 1939 Pavilions, vertical pair and two "heart" se-tenant blocks of four, fine-v.f. */**Catalog #796/810 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1340 RUSSIA 1943 Definitives, 60k brown red, variety imperf. at right, selection of five, including top sheet margin upper right pair, all canceled to order, fine-v.f. (Zagorsky 761Pa, 125,000Rub) O Catalog #737var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1341 RUSSIA 1943 Definitives, 60k brown red, variety imperf. at right, two blocks of four, canceled to order, fine-v.f. (Zagorsky 761Pa, 100,000Rub) Catalog #737var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1342 RUSSIA 1943 Patriotic War, 20k Workers and Soldiers, horizontal pair imperf. between, used, v.f. (Zagorsky 739var) O Catalog #873var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1343 RUSSIA 1943 Medals, 1r variety imperf. at right, used, v.f. This variety is only known used (Zagorsky 768Pb) O Catalog #897var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1344 RUSSIA 1944 Civil War Heroes, 30k green vertical pair imperf. between, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 838var) ** Catalog #944var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1345 RUSSIA 1945 30k Mechinkov, vertical pair, bottom stamp variety imperf. missing part of design, some gum disturbances, v.f. * Catalog #1011var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1346 RUSSIA 1946 30k deep blue, variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., natural gum creases, fine ** | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1347 RUSSIA 1946 30k Parachutist, varieties imperf. at top, bottom, left and right, complete "set" of four, l.h., fine-v.f. * | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1348 RUSSIA 1946 30k dark green, variety imperf. at top, used, v.f. O Catalog #1054var | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1349 RUSSIA 1946 Sanatoria, 45k Novy Afon, variety imperf. at right, also vertical pair imperf. between, l.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 960Pb,Pc, 57,000Rub) * Catalog #1055var | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #1350 RUSSIA 1946 5k Combine, vertical pair imperf. between, l.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 991Pb) * Catalog #1075var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1351 RUSSIA 1946 Five Year Plan, 5k vertical pair imperf. between, n.h., v.f., signed Bileski (Zagorsky 991var) ** Catalog #1075var | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #1352 RUSSIA 1946 Anniversary of Soviet Postage Stamps, souvenir sheet of four, center shifted, used with full gum (cancelled to order), v.f. A spectacular variety, undoubtedly rare Catalog #1081a,var | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #1353 RUSSIA 1947 800 Years of Moscow, 50k horizontal pair imperf. between, l.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1058Pa, 100,000Rub) * Catalog #1129var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1354 RUSSIA 1947 Moscow Anniversary, 50k Lenin Museum, block of four imperforate between, n.h., v.f. A rarity (Zagorsky 1058var) **Catalog #1129var | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1355 RUSSIA 1947 Moscow Anniversary, 10k Gorky street, horizontal pair imperf. between, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1074var) ** Catalog #1133var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1356 RUSSIA 1947 Moscow Subway, 60k Mayakovski Station, vertical pair imperf. between, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1066var) ** Catalog #1157var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1357 RUSSIA 1947 Sanatoria, 30k Novy Afon, 30k vertical pair imperf. horizontally and horizontal pair imperforate vertically, both n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #1166var | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1358 RUSSIA 1947 Sanatoria, 30k "Kirov" horizontal pair imperf. between and at right, l.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1108Pb, 65,000Rub) * Catalog #1168var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1359 RUSSIA 1947 Sanatoria, 30k "Sochi" vertical pair imperf. between, l.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1103Pd, 50,000Rub) * Catalog #1169var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1360 RUSSIA 1948 Ostrovski, imperforate sheet margin singles, n.h., each with fold between outer margin and stamp, v.f. (Zagorsky 1168-1170Pa) ** Catalog #1227-1229var | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #1361 RUSSIA 1948 Ostrovski, imperforate sheet corner margin singles, l.h., v.f. set * Catalog #1227-29var | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1362 RUSSIA 1948 Ostrovski, imperforate singles, n.h., v.f. set ** Catalog #1227-29var | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1363 RUSSIA 1948 Ostrovski, imperforate horizontal pairs, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1168-1170Pa) ** Catalog #1227-1229var | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1364 RUSSIA 1948 Ostrovski, imperforate horizontal pairs, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #1227-29var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1365 RUSSIA 1948 Football (Soccer), 30k horizontal pair, imperf between, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1221var) ** Catalog #1255var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1366 RUSSIA 1949 Stalin souvenir sheet, six copies, white and cream paper varieties, one h.r., others n.h., some usual wrinkles and gum flaws, mostly v.f., */**Catalog #1325 Catalog Value $2,700 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1367 RUSSIA 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, imperforate souvenir sheet of four, h.r., v.f., *Catalog #1327a,var Catalog Value $975 | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #1368 RUSSIA 1950 Skyscrapers, sheet corner margin singles, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #1518-25 Catalog Value $460 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1369 RUSSIA 1964 Tokyo Olympics, three imperforate souvenir sheets in red and green, each with serial number ** Catalog #2921-26var | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #1370 RUSSIA 1969 Bilibin Fairy Tales, 4k variety imperf. at left, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #3738var | Unsold |
