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 #2660 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE 1650-1947 collection/accumulation of 150+ large format documents, letters, photographs, maps, stock certificates, journals, passports, invoices, correspondence, leaflets, pamphlets, etc., including 1650 "Act for Redemption of Captives taken by Turkish, Moorish and other pirates", 1691 pamphlet in German language dealing with the wars against the French and the Turks, 1789 plan of the Temple of Resurrection in Jerusalem, 1821 Morocco correspondence, 1854/55 Greek journals as well as 1917 German propaganda journal "Journal de la Guerre", 1699 description of the Mosquito Indian Kingdom of Honduras, 1784 Bavaria official announcement, 1800 Armee d'Italie announcement, 1848/54 public announcements for the post steamers from Rome and the Papal States, 1907 death certificate Constantinople, 1918 German journal in Bucharest, 1947 Greece civil war document, as well as Ship mail Lloyd Austriaco, Lloyd Triestino and Moreau timetables, items from Albania, Bulgaria & Romania incl. 1825 Durazzo ship's papers, etc. | Unsold | |
 | Lot #2661 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE 1850-80 selection of 200+ mostly used singles from German States (Baden, Bavaria, Prussia, Wurttemberg), also Spain, Denmark, Italian States, margins all around, some nice cancels, generally fine or better O | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
| Lot #2662 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE 1900-2000 balance of a consignment in two cartons, hundreds of used and unused singles and sets, covers, souvenir cards, etc., with collections of Israel, including stock of JNF labels, Turkey collection balance in stock book, Germany 1872 Small & Large Shields, comprehensive Middle East, with Jordan (overprints on stamps of British Mandate Palestine), sets to £1, also Egypt, Iraq and Libya, Lebanon collections on pages, Japan Parks series souvenir sheets, Ryukyu Islands sheets, French and British Antarctic Territories new issues, United States with extensive Farleys group, used blocks, also Revenues, Italy and Colonies miscellaneous, and more, intriguing lot  *O | Price Realized $1,800.00 | |
| Lot #2663 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE 1918-83 carton with thousands of singles, sets and souvenir sheets, various countries and quantities, excellent selection of interesting items, some reference material and much more  ** | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
