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 #1159 AUSTRIA Lombardy Venetia 1850 Issue, hand-made paper, 5c yellow, 10c black and 30c lilac brown (type II), paying 45c on outer FL used in 1854 from Milano to Trieste, stamps with margins all around, except 10c just touching at bottom, neatly tied by "Milano 5/10" pmks, oval Trieste arrival (5/10) on back, particularly nice three-color franking from Lombardy, late usage of 30c type III, rare cover, with 1982 Enzo Diena certificate (Sass.1,2,9, Euro 22,500+)  Catalog #1,3,5 | Price Realized $4,250.00 |
