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
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 | Lot #2615 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS ISRAEL - Covers and Postal History 1918-49 balance of a consignment on pages and loose, mainly "The Jewish Soldier" collection, with many interesting items, including 1918 cover and letter to Nina Berline in Tel Aviv (forwarded to the Military Hospital, where she served as a nurse), with Censor markings; receipt for donation on behalf of the Committee for the Jewish Regiment in Alexandria, WWII cover from Polish Army in Tel Aviv, 1945; stationery from Jewish Brigade soldiers, 1930 discharge booklet from the British Army certificate, O.H.M.S. letters from members of the Jewish Brigade 1945-46, Newspaper B.A.O.R. (British Army of the Rhine), soldier's censor's mail from the Jewish unit attached to the British Army, 1920 lettersheet from the Legion, War of Independence mail, 1948 Telegram to Tel Aviv from Stockholm agent for secret purchase of "field glasses", civilian cover to a soldier in the Givati Brigade, parcel card to a soldier on Army Base 192, April 1945 hotel bill with rare label (contribution for Social Relief of the Jewish Community, Jerusalem), 1947 New Year card sent from Camp Gilgal in Kenya, 1948 Haganah cover, 1943 "Hebrew Soldier" Newspaper, 1941 Concentration Camp bilingual (Czech/German) "Judisher Arzt Zidovsky Lekar" armband, plus additional material, some still on lot sheets as purchased from auctions, fine and scarce assembly, many items written-up on pages  | Unsold |
