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 #1436 SAAR 1872 (25 May) FL to France franked with Germany 1gr+2gr Small Shield cancelled Saarbrucken, v.f., with La Rochere arrival pmk  | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #1437 SAAR 1920 80pf black and carmine red, plate 3, position 50, cancelled "Neunkirche 15 3 20", well centered, v.f., with 1996 Burger certificate. A rare variety (bar defective at right), only a few known cancelled (Mi.16 III PFV) O Catalog #16var Catalog Value €1,200 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1438 SAAR 1920 3m black violet, unused and well centered example with disturbed gum, good color, various red handstamped guarantee marks and pencil signature, fine and very rare stamp, with 2005 Jean-Francois Brun certificate (Mi.A17, €20,000) (see note in Scott following No.17) (a comparable copy was recently sold in a German auction for equivalent of $21,500+) * Catalog Value $16,000 | Price Realized $8,500.00 |
 | Lot #1439 SAAR 1921 25pf "Saar River Traffic", center inverted variety, block of four, one stamp l.h., others n.h., fine-v.f.  */**Catalog #71var | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1440 SAAR 1947 1fr on 10pf rose violet, surcharge inverted, sheet of 100, n.h., folded between the stamps, v.f., with 2005 Ney cert. (Mi.228K) **Catalog #177var Catalog Value €3,000 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1441 SAAR 1950 Council of Europe, 25fr and 200fr in vertical gutter pairs, n.h., v.f. (Mi.297-298) ** Catalog #226,C12 Catalog Value €750 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1442 SAAR 1950 Council of Europe, 25fr and 200fr in vertical gutter pairs, n.h., v.f. (Mi.297-298) ** Catalog #226,C12 Catalog Value €750 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1443 SAAR 1951 Madonna, 10fr brown and 15fr blue green, signed artist die proofs, the latter unfinished stage, v.f., rare P Catalog #251,252P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1444 SAAR 1957 Heuss, complete sets, 40 different stamps on 13 different cacheted FDCs, few registered, also additional covers, mostly fine-v.f. (Mi.380-99,409-28) Catalog #263-82,289-308 Catalog Value €2,000 | Price Realized $450.00 |
