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 #915
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TRINIDAD
1847 (12 May) large part of a FL from San Fernando to "Messers. Taylor, Graham & Argus" at Port of Spain, bearing "Lady McLeod" (5c) blue, ample to large margins nearly all round, neatly canceled with a pen cross, address panel with a fold professionally repaired vertical fold and lacking side panels, otherwise attractive, with the stamp in unusually fine condition (as opposed to the many of the known examples being torn or with other faults), Pemberton, Wilson & Co. handstamp on one flap and signed by LUFF. Livingston, with 1982 Holcombe and 1992 Royal certificates (each commenting that the stamp has been lifted and replaced, the latter also commenting on the cover having been cleaned). A splendid sound and exceptionally fine example of the iconic Lady McLeod on cover, ex- Cox, Dibble, Mellor and Melat collections (also illustrated on page 10 of "The Private Ship Letter Stamps of the World" by Ringstrom and Tester). In the 19th Century, sugar and cacao plantations dominated the economy of Trinidad and the B
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