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 #1221 COLOMBIA Air Post 1920 10c Condor on Cliff, unused without gum as issued, large margins, clear at left, with overprint significantly shifted to right, bright colors, minor corner crease at bottom right, v.f., signed Champion. A rare stamp, only 36 unused examples have been recorded (virtually all known copies are cut in at left) (our last recorded realization at Cherrystone was $13,500 plus buyer's commission in our January 2019 sale) (*) Catalog #C8 Catalog Value $8,000 | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
