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.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #229
AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE
1964 ALI, Muhammad, personally hand signed (faint signature which is difficult to verify, hence offered as is) 16x20 photo picturing him standing over The Beatles. (on February 18, 1964, The Beatles were taken to Miami's Fifth Street gym to meet Cassius Clay, who was training for an upcoming fight against heavyweight champion Sonny Liston. This historic photo is a true merging of sports and entertainment icons and an incredible piece to add to your autograph collection. Muhammad Ali is known as one of the best heavyweights in the history of boxing. Ali won a gold medal in the 1960 Olympics in Rome in the light heavyweight division. He is the only three-time lineal World Heavyweight Champion. The 1990 Hall of Fame inductee ended his career with 56 wins out of 61 total fights)
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #230
AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE
EARHART, Amelia Mary (1897-1937), American aviation pioneer, first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross for becoming the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, signature on 1932 first flight cover from Los Angeles to Lakewood, Ohio, also signed by ten other aviators, all participants in Los Angeles Airport Sweepstakes Air Derby, v.f. and rare aviation cover, with certificate
Envelope
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #231
AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE
1939 HITLER, Adolf, partly printed "In Namen des Deutschen Volkes" document for the "Deutschen Mutter", dated 21 May, 1939 Berlin, boldly signed by Adolf Hitler as "der fuhrer and Reichskanzler", countersigned by "Meisner", with official embossing, some peripheral creases
Unsold
Lot #232
AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE
HOOVER, Herbert (1874-1964) President of the United States, typewritten letter, signed as Secretary of Commerce on Department of Commerce stationery, dated May 9, 1922 to the Peruvian Ambassador in Washington, regarding proposed tariff on Peruvian cotton and wool, fine
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #233
AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE
LINDBERGH, Charles Augustus, autographed letter signed Charles A. Lindbergh, while on board the S.S. Jelling (dated July 15, 1933) making a study of bases and weather conditions for North American flights on behalf of Pan American Airways at Grand Falls. The "SS Jelling" was the floating base from which the Lindberghs operated. Also included are two original photographs, one of Lindbergh and his wife Anne, the other of Anne only. A scarce document, minor paper flaws
Unsold
Lot #234
AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE
NAPOLEON Bonaparte, two sided letter sheet, dated 21 August, addressed to Monsieur Mollieu, signed "NAPOL", fine. Napoleon was a military and political leader of France and Emperor of the French as Napoleon I, whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century. In the first decade of the nineteenth century, the French Empire under Napoleon engaged in a series of conflicts - the Napoleonic Wars, involving every major European power. After a streak of victories, France secured a dominant position in continental Europe and Napoleon maintained the French sphere of influence through the formation of extensive alliances and the appointment of friends and family members to rule other European countries as French client states
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #235
AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE
NAPOLEON Bonaparte, lettersheet signed "Napole" at Elba, fine and very rare. The French invasion of Russia in 1812 marked a turning point in Napoleon's fortunes. His Grande Armee was badly damaged in the campaign and never fully recovered. In 1813, the Sixth Coalition defeated his forces at Leipzig; the following year the Coalition invaded France, forced Napoleon to abdicate and exiled him to the island of Elba
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #236
AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE
1880 TOLSTOY, Lev Nikolayevich, usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time, best known for the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina. A framed (professionally matted) picture postcard, boldly signed Lev Tolstoy (in Cyrillic letters) on picture side, with handwritten inscription in German "to my friend Ingold Kundre on his birthday May 31, 1905, Rolf Biedermann", fine
Unsold

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