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 #2241 POLAND 1860 10k rose and light blue, canceled "1" in concentric rings, exceptional centering for issue, fine, signed Wiatrowski (Fi.1a) O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #2242 POLAND 1860 10k rose and light blue, canceled "1" in concentric rings, exceptional centering for issue, nice colors, variety showing outer line completely missing, also defective inner frame and partly omitted numeral at bottom left, signed Wiatrowski (Fi.1a) O Catalog #1var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2243 POLAND 1860 10k carmine rose and light blue, canceled "1" in concentric rings, beautiful colors, variety showing outer line completely missing and defective at left, signed Wiatrowski (Fi.1acB2) O Catalog #1var | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #2244 POLAND 1860 10k carmine rose and dark blue, canceled "73" in concentric rings on small piece, exceptionally well centered for issue, nice colors, signed Wiatrowski (Fi.1ba) O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #2245 POLAND 1871 (1 Aug) FL to Berlin franked with Russian 1k, 3k and 10k (horizontally laid paper), tied by Warszawa-Vienna Cyrillic departure cds, repeated below, with "Aus Russland Franco" handstamp alongside, small stain (wax seal), fine 14k rate from Warszawa to Berlin  | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #2246 POLAND 1875 Russian 10k stationery entire envelope with indicia at left, additionally franked with 1k, 5k and 10k (horizontally laid paper), paying 26k from Warszawa to France, with transit and Marseille arrival pmks, filing fold away from the stamps, fine Four Color combination from Warszawa to France | Unsold |
 | Lot #2247 POLAND 1916 unissued "Gen-Gouv. Warschau" overprint on 3pf Germania, h.r. at top, v.f., extremely rare, signed Schmutz * | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2248 POLAND 1918-19 Warsaw Issue, 10fen on 6gr green & buff, large pane of 53, surcharge shifted to lower left, few stamps l.h., mostly fine-v.f.  */**Catalog #12var | Unsold |
 | Lot #2249 POLAND 1918 Poczta Polska overprints on Gen-Gouv Warschau, 5pf on 2 1/2pf gray, form I, pane of 70, surcharge shifted to top, also showing many additional varieties, mostly n.h., fine-v.f. */**Catalog #16var | Unsold |
 | Lot #2250 POLAND 1918 Poczta Polska overprints on Gen-Gouv Warschau, 5pf on 3pf brown, form I, pane of 99, surcharge shifted to top, canceled to order (Warszawa), with full gum, showing many additional varieties, folded between stamps, with few perf. separations, v.f. Catalog #17var | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #2251 POLAND 1918 Poczta Polska overprints on Gen-Gouv Warschau, 10pf carmine, form II, sheet of 100, canceled to order (Sosnowice), with full gum, showing many varieties, full margins all around, folded between stamps, with few perf. separations, v.f. Catalog #19 | Unsold |
 | Lot #2252 POLAND 1918 Poczta Polska overprints on Gen-Gouv Warschau, 10pf carmine, form I, sheet of 100, considerable shift of the overprint, also many additional varieties, full margins all around, mostly n.h., folded between stamps, with few perf. separations, v.f., very rare sheet */**Catalog #19var | Unsold |
 | Lot #2253 POLAND 1918 Poczta Polska overprints on Gen-Gouv Warschau, 20pf blue, form I, sheet of 100, showing many varieties, full margins all around, n.h., folded between stamps, with few perf. separations, v.f., rare sheet **Catalog #21 | Unsold |
 | Lot #2254 POLAND 1918 Poczta Polska overprints on Gen-Gouv Warschau, 25pf on 7 1/2pf orange, three complete sheets of 100, representing form I, printings I and II, also form II, showing many varieties, sheets with margins all around, folded between stamps, mostly n.h., pencil notations in margins, complete inscriptions, fine-v.f. (Fi.13b II, B6,10,11,12), one of only 3-4 sheets extant */**Catalog #23,23var | Unsold |
 | Lot #2255 POLAND 1918 Poczta Polska overprints on Gen-Gouv Warschau, 30pf orange & black, buff, form II, sheet of 100, showing many varieties, full margins all around, mostly n.h., folded between stamps, with few perf. separations, v.f., rare sheet */**Catalog #24 | Unsold |
 | Lot #2256 POLAND 1919 picture postcard from Parczew to Dabrowie, also the 1918 Warsaw Issue overprints, single and three pieces, canceled Modlin, Nieszawa, Plock and Darzyn, mostly fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #2257 POLAND 1919 60pf "Poczta Polska" used on cover from Warszawa to Poznan, with "Kontrola Decernatu Poczty" censor handstamp, fine and scarce marking | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #2258 POLAND 1919 postal money order from a small village of Lutcza to Krakow, Austrian franking on front and two Polish stamps on back (one folded over), with 1919 departure cds, violet seal and Krakow arrival pmk | Unsold |
 | Lot #2259 POLAND 1919 postal money order from Tarnow to Bosnia, franking on both sides with Austrian adhesives, departure and arrival pmks, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #2260 POLAND 1919 Lublin Issue, 10hal on 30h single and pair, one bisected to pay the required 25h rate to Busko, fine | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #2261 POLAND 1919 Lublin Issue, 45hal on 80h blue, vertical strip of five, positions 10-20-30-40-50, damaged cliche, also 10h on 30h shifted surcharge, block of four, signed Korszen and Jendroszek */**Catalog #32,38var | Unsold |
 | Lot #2262 POLAND 1919 Lublin Issue, four different blocks of four, incl. 4hal, 10hal and 45hal surcharges (10hal surcharge shifted downwards), also 90hal dark violet, l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f. (Fi.21,22a,24,29) */**Catalog #32,38var | Price Realized $110.00 |
 | Lot #2263 POLAND 1919 Lublin Issue, 45hal on 80h blue, block of ten, n.h., v.f. (Fi.25a, 1,500zl) **Catalog #38 | Unsold |
 | Lot #2264 POLAND 1919 Lublin Issue, 90hal dark violet, used in combination with Northern Poland (fenig) imperf. pair of 5f green (both defective), registered from Radom to Zawiercie, with arrival pmk on back. Since wrong stamps (Fenig instead of Heller denominated) were applied in error, there appears to have been an attempt to remove them (hence defective), interesting usage Catalog #40 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #2265 POLAND 1919 15h dull red, used in combination with seven additional Krakow overprints including 5h and 15h postage dues, also 25h Eagle, on registered card from Skawina 12.2.19 to Krakow, fine-v.f., with 14.II.19 arrival pmk, ex-Grabowski Catalog #56 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #2266 POLAND 1919 Poznan Issue, set of five blocks of four, n.h., fresh and v.f. **Catalog #72-76 | Unsold |
 | Lot #2267 POLAND 1919-20 imperforate varieties, three singles and two pairs, each double impression, mostly n.h., fine-v.f. */** | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #2268 POLAND 1920 15zl Paderewski, die proof in issued color, v.f., rare, ex-Grabowski P Catalog #134P | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #2269 POLAND 1924 Polish Eagle, 1gr orange brown and 3gr orange, imperforate vertical gutter se-tenant pair, unused without gum, folded between stamps, with crayon markings in gutter only, v.f. P Catalog #215,217P | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #2270 POLAND 1924 Polish Eagle, 3gr orange, 15gr red and 30gr violet, three imperforate blocks of four, unused without gum, with invalidating markings as usual, v.f. PCatalog #217, 220, 223P | Unsold |
 | Lot #2271 POLAND 1924 Wojciechowski, 1zl orange red, die proof on glazed card, v.f., signed Winiarski, etc., ex-Grabowski P Catalog #226P | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #2272 POLAND 1928 Pilsudski, 50gr green, imperforate proof in issued color, with gum, partial carmine background on back; also 1zl black imperf. plate proof on white paper (this is not to be confused with the printer's waste souvenir sheet without inscriptions, as the groundwork is completely different), the former signed Gryzewski, the latter with minor crease, with handstamped guarantee (Fi.238P6,239P9, cat. 4,500zl) P Catalog #254,255P | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #2273 POLAND 1932 Definitives, 15gr blue, perforated trial color proof on watermarked paper, v.f., signed Mikulski etc., with regularly issued stamp enclosed for comparison (Fi.253P) P Catalog #270P | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #2274 POLAND 1935 Pilsudski, three different cross gutter blocks of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #287-289 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #2275 POLAND 1935 Commemorative Issue ("Widoki") 45gr Castle in Podhorce, two different die proofs in green and magenta, v.f., ex-Grabowski P Catalog #300P | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #2276 POLAND 1938 20th Anniversary of Polish Independence, 20gr and 25gr gray blue, two perforated proof sheetlets, v.f., rare, ex-Grabowski P Catalog #323,324P | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
