Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
August 6-7, 2019
Welcome to our Summer auction to be held on August 6-7 2019 at our New York City galleries and on CherrystoneLive. There are 1,668 lots of rare Stamps and Postal History of the World, with properties of numerous vendors and estates sold by their order. We begin with United States, followed by Austria, Belgium, France and Colonies, Germany and Colonies, Italy, Liechtenstein, Poland, Russia, Spain, Switzerland and Scandinavian Countries. British Commonwealth is well represented with strength in Victoria and George V singles and sets. Also noteworthy is Colombia with a complete set of the 1920 Scadta vignettes unused and on individual covers. There is also a selection of Ethiopia, additional South and Central America, Asia and rest of the world. This auction concludes with 100+ large lots and collections, which range from single country collections to multi-carton worldwide groups of stamps and covers
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1335 FRANCE 1850 1fr brown carmine, neat grids cancels, margins all around, v.f., O Catalog #9b Catalog Value $800 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1336 FRANCE 1862 Reimpression, 10c bistre, bottom sheet margin single, n.h., fresh and v.f., signed Calves, etc. (YT 9e, catalogue value for hinged) ** Catalog #10b Catalog Value €750 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1337 FRANCE 1863-70 Empire, 2c red brown, block of four, top stamps h.r., bottom stamps l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f. (YT 26)  *Catalog #30 Catalog Value €875 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1338 FRANCE 1863-70 5fr Empire, imperf. left margin single, clear margins on other sides, l.h., nice impression, diagonal crease, otherwise v.f. (YT 33c, cat. Euro 11,000) * Catalog #37b Catalog Value $7,800 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1339 FRANCE 1870-71 Bordeaux Issue, 2c bright brick red ("rouge-brique fonce"), margins all around, unused without gum, v.f., signed Calves (YT 40Bf) (*) Catalog #39avar Catalog Value €2,500 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1340 FRANCE 1870-71 Ceres, 20c blue, block of four, upper right stamp tete-beche, canceled on piece, few irregular perfs, trimmed perfs at bottom, fine and scarce tete-beche multiple (YT 37c, cat. Euro 2,400 for tete-beche pair, without premium for block) Catalog #57b Catalog Value $1,450 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #1341 FRANCE 1870-71 40c orange, block of four, l.h., v.f., signed Miro (YT 48) *Catalog #59 Catalog Value €2,800 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1342 FRANCE 1872-78 correspondence of 10 FLs from Bordeaux and Paris to Brownsville, Texas, variety of franking incl. both Ceres and Laureated issues, with rates up to 3fr, also 2.40fr, 2fr, 1.05fr, 50fr, etc., interesting markings, some faults and aging, generally fine  | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1343 FRANCE 1875 (22 Aug) FL from Le Havre to Brazos-Santiago, paying 1fr with perf. 30c (2) and 40c, all tied by "6311" large numerals, endorsed "Par Bolivar", with "Batchelor & Co." datestamp and red "P.P.", fine | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1344 FRANCE 1877 1c Prussian Blue, type II, used, fairly well centered for this difficult stamp, with 1980 Royal certificate (YT 84, cat. €6,000) O Catalog #87 Catalog Value $4,350 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #1345 FRANCE 1877 1c Prussian Blue, used, well centered, v.f. for issue, with 1986 Roger Calves certificate (YT 84) O Catalog #87 Catalog Value $4,350 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1346 FRANCE 1877 4c claret, lower left sheet corner margin single, impressive fold-over variety, h.r., scarce * Catalog #90var | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #1347 FRANCE 1912 (June) round-the-world card from Templeuve, via Luxembourg, Sweden, Germany and Switzerland, each country's franking added along the way and canceled appropriately, minor card faults, fine | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1348 FRANCE 1944 R.F. overprints, 11 different used on registered and locally used Bordeaux cover, also four documents, one with 1.50fr handstamped R.F. and signed by the Mayor of Badonviller, another with various handstamps, plus two from the Mayor of Baccarat, regarding surcharged Liberation stamps | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #1349 FRANCE 1944 Marianne, 2.40fr red, imperf. bottom margin horizontal pair, l.h., v.f., with handstamp guarantee on reverse (YT 693a) * Catalog #515var Catalog Value €1,500 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #1350 FRANCE 1945 R.R. Foch et de Gaulle overprints, 1c-1.50fr, twelve different, n.h., fine-v.f. ** | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1351 FRANCE 1945 Libre overprints, 13 mostly different used on three covers with Indre pmks, also "R.F. Paris 122" and others, 16 mostly different, including inverted overprints, used on seven covers or cards, fine-v.f. | Unsold |
 | Lot #1352 FRANCE 1945 R.F. overprints, 21 different used on two Bordeaux covers, one registered with arrival pmks, fine-v.f. | Price Realized $150.00 |
