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 #1224 COLOMBIA Air Post 1920 10c Plane at Rest, large balanced margins all around, overprint shifted slightly to left, canceled by violet Barranquilla oval handstamp, used with National 3c tied by Barranquilla oval Mar. 4, 1920 on cover to Cartagena, with arrival backstamp, v.f., signed Herbert Bloch, with 1979 Friedl certificate. A rare usage of C9 on a return flight cover, only eleven recorded (with 16 used in total)  Catalog #C9 Catalog Value $3,500 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
