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 #717 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM 1918 provisional handstamp, negative "Batumskaja Kontora No.1" handstamps, also boxed 6-line cachet indicating payment is to be made in cash, endorsed "15k" in pen, fine and rare usage during the time when stamps in Batum were not available  | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #718 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM 1919 10r on 10k on 7k light blue, used, natural wrinkles, otherwise v.f., signed Champion (SG 10) O Catalog #10 Catalog Value £750 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #719 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM 1919 10r on 3k red, also 15r on 1k orange imperforate singles, three different color surcharges of last, h.r., v.f., signed Romeko, Dr.Ceresa, etc. * Catalog #21-24 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #720 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM 1919 10r on 3k red, also 15r on 1k orange imperforate singles, three different color surcharges of last, used, v.f., signed Rossellevitch, etc. O Catalog #21-24 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #721 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM 1919 10r on 3k red, also 15r violet surcharge on 1k orange, imperforate singles, l.h. or h.r., signed Romeko, v.f. * Catalog #21,24 | Price Realized $90.00 |
 | Lot #722 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM 1919 10r on 3k red, also 15r violet surcharge on 1k orange, imperforate singles canceled on pieces, v.f. O Catalog #21,24 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #723 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM 1919 10r on 3k carmine red, imperforate vertical tete-beche pair, one with surcharge inverted, l.h., v.f., signed Dr.P.Jemchouhin, also Peter Holcombe, with his 1994 certificate (SG 19,19var) * Catalog #21,21a | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #724 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM 1919 10r on 3k carmine red, imperforate single, surcharge inverted, h.r., v.f., signed Economist, Rosselevitch, etc. (SG 19var) * Catalog #21a | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #725 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM 1919 15r on 1k orange imperforate top sheet margin (folded at top) single, red surcharge inverted, n.h., v.f., with photocopy of Holcombe certificate for a block from which this originated (SG 20a,var) * Catalog #22var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #726 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM 1919 15r on 1k orange, black surcharge, vertical tete-beche pair, one inverted, h.r., v.f., signed Dr.P.Jemchouhin, etc., also Peter Holcombe, with his 1993 certificate (SG 20,var) * Catalog #23,23a | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #727 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM 1919 15r on 1k orange imperforate single, black surcharge inverted, h.r., v.f., signed Rosselevitch (SG 20var) * Catalog #23a | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #728 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM 1919 15r on 1k orange imperforate single, black surcharge incomplete, l.h., v.f., signed Dr.Ceresa (SG 20var) * Catalog #23var | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #729 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM 1919 15r violet surcharge on 1k orange, imperforate horizontal pair, l.h., v.f., signed Rosselevitch (SG 20b) * Catalog #24 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #730 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM 1919 50r on 1k orange imperforate, right sheet margin single, h.r., fresh and v.f., signed Economist (SG 21) * Catalog #25 Catalog Value £650 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #731 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM 1920 50r on 1k orange, black surcharge, vertical tete-beche pair, one inverted, h.r., v.f., signed Rosselevitch, with 1981 Rossica certificate. A rarity, ex-George Werbizky (SG 21,var) * Catalog #25,25var | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #732 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM 1920 50r on 2k green imperforate, red overprint, l.h., natural gum bend, v.f., signed Dr.Ceresa (SG 22) * Catalog #26 Catalog Value £900 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #733 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM 1920 50r on 2k green imperforate, red surcharge inverted, small h.r., v.f., signed Economist, etc. A rarity, only 2-3 recorded (SG 22var) * Catalog #26var | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #734 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM 1920 50r on 3k carmine red, perforated single with black surcharge, n.h., well centered, v.f., signed Roger Calves, etc., also Peter Holcombe, with his 1995 certificate. A rarity, possibly the only known n.h. example (SG 24, £1,500 for hinged) ** Catalog #28 | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #735 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM 1920 50r on 4k red, perforated single with black surcharge, h.r., v.f., signed Romeko, Herbert Bloch, etc. (SG 25) * Catalog #29 Catalog Value £1,000 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #736 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM 1920 50r on 4k red, perforated single with black surcharge canceled on piece, v.f., rare. (SG 25) O Catalog #29 Catalog Value £1,100 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #737 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM 1920 50r on 5k claret, perforated single with black surcharge, h.r., minute toned specks on gum, still v.f., signed Herbert Bloch (SG 26) * Catalog #30 Catalog Value £450 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #738 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM 1920 50r on 5k claret, perforated single with black surcharge, used, fine and rare stamp, signed Herbert Bloch, etc. (SG 26) O Catalog #30 Catalog Value £600 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #739 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM 1920 50r on 10k dark blue, red overprint inverted, l.h., v.f., signed Dobrjitzky, also Mikulski, with his 1989 certificate ("only three copies of this error are recorded till today"). A rarity! (SG 27,£3,500 for the regular upright overprint) * Catalog #31var | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #740 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM 1920 50r on 15k blue & red brown, perforated single with black surcharge, n.h., well centered, v.f., signed Herbert Bloch, etc. (SG 28,£900 for hinged) ** Catalog #32 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #741 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM 1920 50r on 15k blue & red brown, perforated single with black surcharge inverted, h.r., faint gum toning, signed Dr.P.Jemchouhin, etc., also Peter Holcombe, with his 1994 certificate (SG 28var) * Catalog #32var | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #742 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM 1920 50r on 3k red imperforate single, black surcharge inverted, h.r., v.f., signed Dr.P. Ceresa, etc., also Peter Holcombe, with his 1994 certificate (SG 39var) * Catalog #48 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
