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

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #2029
ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire
1886 Ottoman 20pa stationery card used from Safed (Sep 26), via Alexandria (1 Oct) to Prag, with transit and arrival postmarks, all on front, overall toning, otherwise fine
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2030
ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire
1894-98 two cards and a cover from Jerusalem to New York, Berlin and Milano, various markings and arrival pmks, fine group
Envelope
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #2031
ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire
1896 20pa Ottoman stationery card to Port Said, with trilingual "Kuduste Yahudi Mahallesi Posta Subesa 313" Jerusalem strike, with Port Said 26.IV.96 arrival postmark alongside, also boxed "Non Reclame" struck on both sides, plus additional red datestamp, fine
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2032
ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire
1900 20pa Ottoman stationery card to Frankfurt, with a superb strike in violet of the negative "Beit Lahm/1311", with corresponding Bethlehem departure cds alongside, arrival 17.III.00 below, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #2033
ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire
1907 Ottoman usage, picture postcard from Bethlehem, with 10pa franking, sent via the French Post Office to Jerusalem, with Austrian and German Levant franking canceled by bilingual Ottoman markings and sent to Cairo, card crease, otherwise fine and colorful multi-country franking
Envelope
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #2034
ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire
1909 Turkish overprinted adhesives, six different canceled by JAFFA pmk on piece, also additional three singles, rare usage (only for one day 27 April 1909)
O
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #2035
ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire
1910-14 selection of covers and cards, variety of frankings, used from Jerusalem, Jericho, Jaffa, Haifa, selection of 22 items, used locally, also to Austria, Italy, Germany, France, Algeria, Ottoman Empire, also three pieces and nine Turkish stamps used in Jerusalem, plus a receipt and fiscal document with appropriate markings, mixed condition, many fine or better, one cover with Muentz certificate
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2036
ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire
1915 Ottoman 20pa stationery card with additional 2x5pa (overprinted "Abrogation of the Capitulation") franking to Germany, canceled Jerusalem 6 octagonal postmarks, with Beirut transit and censor markings alongside, fine and rare usage of the overprinted Turkish adhesives in Jerusalem
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2037
ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire
1917 Ottoman 1pi gray blue stationery lettercard (detached front part only), with violet Star and Crescent cachet (Censorship Exemption) addressed to Tul Kark, with provisional handstamp/postmark of "GAZA" in violet, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$180.00

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