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 #1218 COLOMBIA Air Post 1920 10c Lighthouse, large margins all around, tied by violet Barranquilla oval handstamp and used in combination with five National stamps, tied by March 4, 1920 departure datestamps on cover to Cartagena, with arrival postmark on back, filing fold away from the stamps, v.f., signed Herbert Bloch, with 1977 Friedl certificate. A rare cover, only seven carried on the return flight and only 16 used examples of C6 have been recorded,  Catalog #C6 Catalog Value $5,250 | Price Realized $6,500.00 |
