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 #807
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922 Dollard Ltd overprints, 1/2p-10p, also four red or carmine overprints (missing 11A), plus 2sh-10sh Seahorses, mostly l.h., fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #1-11,12-14
Catalog Value $577
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #808
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922 1/2p-10p, also 2sh6p and 5sh Seahorses, all ten handstamped "Colonias" in purple by the Portuguese Post Office in Goa (Portuguese India), unused without gum, fine-v.f. One of only three "sets" issued to the participating UPU countries (where they were pasted in ledgers kept by postmasters)
S
Catalog #SG 1-9,17,19S
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #809
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922 1/2p green, variety "missing overprint", bottom sheet margin block of four, overprint shifted to bottom and complete in the bottom selvage, unused without gum as always, some toning, rare (one sheet is to have been overprinted with a dramatic downward shift, leaving the top row unoverprinted and the bottom printed in margin. All copies were stained, possibly because of oil spilled on the stamps while in transit)
Box (*)
Catalog #SG 1var
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #810
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922 2p orange, Die II, overprint inverted, three singles, l.h., fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #SG 13a
Catalog Value £1,200
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #811
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922 10sh dull gray blue, variety Major Retouch of Plate 5A (R.2/1), bright color and fresh, h.r., v.f., with 1987 MacDonnell Whyte certificate (MW T41b, £9,000)
*
Catalog #SG 46var
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #812
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922 1/2p green, block of six, middle right stamp without accent in "Saorstat" variety, hinged at top and bottom, variety n.h., v.f. and rare (catalogue value for hinged)
Box */**
Catalog #SG 52a
Catalog Value £1,400
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #813
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922 1p scarlet, sheet margin block of eight, upper left stamp with reversed "Q" for "O" variety, h.r., other stamps hinged or n.h., fine-v.f.,
Box */**
Catalog #SG 53e
Catalog Value £375
Price Realized
$120.00

Lot #814
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922-23 Seahorses, 2sh6p-10sh, set of three, each used on piece, 2sh6p with sheet margin at right, fine-v.f. (SG 64-66)
O
Catalog #56-58
Catalog Value £650
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #815
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922 4p gray green, breaks under "four" variety, two singles, h.r., also used block of four, upper right stamp with same breaks under "four" variety, fine-v.f. (MW T53b, £630)
Box *O
Catalog #SG 58var
Price Realized
$120.00

Lot #816
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922 1sh bistre brown, vertical pair, bottom stamp variety "accent inserted by hand", h.r. at top, error n.h., v.f. (catalogued as hinged)
*/**
Catalog #SG 63b
Catalog Value £700
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #817
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922 2sh6p chocolate brown, Plate 3a, upper left corner sheet margin horizontal pair, right stamp with Major re-entry, n.h. (hinged in selvage), v.f. and rare (MW T59a, £1,300 for hinged)
**
Catalog #SG 64,64var
Catalog Value £1,248
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #818
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922 2sh6p chocolate brown, Plate 3a, block of four, upper right stamp with Major re-entry, used, fine-v.f. and rare (MW T59a, £1,500)
Box
Catalog #SG 64a
Catalog Value £1,610
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #819
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922 5sh rose carmine, right margin horizontal pair, right stamp with accent reversed, h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #SG 65,65b
Catalog Value £985
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #820
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922 10sh blue, without accent variety, unused (regummed), v.f.,
(*)
Catalog #SG 66a
Catalog Value £3,000
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #821
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922-23 1/2p-1sh regular issue, n.h., post office fresh, fine-v.f.,
**
Catalog #65-76
Catalog Value $416
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #822
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1925 Seahorses, four sets of three, two 2sh6p l.h., balance n.h., one set creased, still fine-v.f.,
*/**
Catalog #77-79
Catalog Value $2,730
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #823
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1925 Somerset House, Seahorses 2sh6p-10sh, two sets, h.r., fresh, mostly v.f.,
*
Catalog #77-79
Catalog Value $780
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #824
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1925 Somerset House, Seahorses 2sh6p-10sh, also wide "1922" 2sh6p and 5sh, h.r., fresh and v.f.,
*
Catalog #77-79,77b,78b
Catalog Value $540
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #825
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1925 5sh rose carmine, two singles, each Plate 3A (Dublin Castle), one showing "inner frame notch" (R.3/3), the other "inverted T" in bottom frame (R.2/1), h.r., v.f., rare (MW T67a,T67b, £1,525)
*
Catalog #SG 84var
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #826
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1925 10sh gray blue, Plate 2a, Runnals Re-entry (R.6/1), h.r., fine (MW T68, £3,250)
*
Catalog #SG 85var
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #827
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1927 2sh6p chocolate brown, horizontal pair, used, right stamp Flat accent on "a" (R.9/2), cancelled 6 July 1929, pinhole, otherwise fine,
O
Catalog #SG 86,86c
Catalog Value £710
Price Realized
$120.00

Lot #828
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1927 10sh greenish blue, canceled on piece by Dublin November 5, 1929, also 10sh gray blue, canceled January 18, 1929, both v.f.,
O
Catalog #SG 88,var
Catalog Value £450
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #829
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1927 10sh dull gray blue, accent virtually omitted, late stage of the circumflex accent (R.9/2), l.h., v.f., signed Brottier,
*
Catalog #SG 88a,var
Catalog Value £1,000
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #830
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1927 10sh dull gray blue, Flat accent on "a", h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #SG 88c
Catalog Value £1,700
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #831
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1935 2sh6p chocolate, 5sh bright rose red, each Flat accent on "a", two of each used, various pmks, perf. flaws or thin spots, otherwise fine-v.f.,
O
Catalog #SG 99a,100a
Catalog Value £1,450
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #832
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1935 2sh6p chocolate, 5sh bright rose red, each Flat accent on "a", used, fine-v.f., the latter signed Proschold,
O
Catalog #SG 99a,100a
Catalog Value £725
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #833
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1935 Seahorses, 10sh dark blue, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #95
Catalog Value $1,100
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #834
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1935 10sh indigo, lower left sheet corner margin block of four, upper right stamp Flat accent on "a" (R.9/2), h.r. at top, bottom stamps n.h., v.f. (SG 101,101a, £2,000 as hinged singles)
Box */**
Catalog #95
Catalog Value $3,000
Price Realized
$900.00

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