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

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1220
COLOMBIA Air Post
1920 10c Fuselage and Tail of Biplane, large margins all around, beautiful colors, tied by oval Barranquilla cancel on cover to Cartagena, with three different national stamps alongside, tied by March 4, 1920 departure datestamps, with arrival postmark on back, fresh and v.f. cover, signed Herbert Bloch, with 1982 Friedl certificate. This is the key CCNA multicolor vignette, only seven used on cover have been recorded (most in faulty condition) (our last recorded sale was Cherrystone November 2007 sale, price realized $11,000 plus buyer's commission)
Envelope
Catalog #C7
Catalog Value $5,500
Price Realized
$8,500.00

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