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 #2161 NORTH KOREA 1954 picture postcard, registered and flown from Chung Zin to Czechoslovakia, franked with imperf. 6w and pair of 70w, minor toning, otherwise fine and scarce registered postcard  Catalog #16,48 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #2162 NORTH KOREA 1954 picture postcard to Czechoslovakia, franked with imperf. 5w on 6w, supplemented on face with pair of 40w scarlet, fine and scarce card Catalog #42,44 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #2163 NORTH KOREA 1955 cover franked with nine imperforate stamps, flown from Kesong to Czechoslovakia, v.f. | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #2164 NORTH KOREA 1956 registered and flown cover from Pyongyang to Czechoslovakia, franked with imperf. single 2w and pair of 40w, with "EGP 15.XII.1956" datestamp, fine and scarce imperf. varieties on cover Catalog #100a,101a | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #2165 NORTH KOREA 1956 cover headed "Central Committee of the Red Cross Society of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea", franked with three imperf. stamps and addressed to Red Cross Central Agency for Prisoners of War in Geneva, fine | Price Realized $230.00 |
