Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
September 17-18, 2019
Welcome to our September 17-18 Sale, to be held at our New York City galleries. There are 1,522 lots of rare stamps and postal history of the World, featuring properties of numerous vendors and estates sold by their order. A selection of United States, including the Unique Double Franking Brattleboro Provisional, followed by Austria, Belgium, specialized Carpatho-Ukraine and Baltic Countries, Asia, France and Colonies, Germany and Colonies, Italian Area, specialized Liechtenstein, Spain, South America and Scandinavian countries. There are strong sections of Poland, with numerous ex-Mikulski items, as well as Russia, with rare proofs and essays. Great Britain and British Commonwealth are well represented and there are numerous flight covers of the world, with selections of Zeppelin dispatches. The sale concludes with the usual selection of large lots, which range from single country collections to multi-carton worldwide groups of stamps and covers.
Live Internet bidding is available through our website www.cherrystoneauctions.com (via CherrystoneLIVE).
A limited number of printed catalogues are available on request. Preview of lots at our 57th Street galleries by appointment.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #720 IRAN 1857 Lion 5kr color variety light blue type C (Persiphila 30A), postally used with nice large margins and color, v.f., with Sadri card certificate O Catalog #36 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #721 IRAN 1888 (5 Nov) registered official postal envelope of the Iranian Minister of Post, sealed red label on white surface paper, sent from Teheran to Paris, with arrival pmk, fine, signed Sadri, on Persiphila album page  | Unsold |
 | Lot #722 IRAN 1889 (23 Dec) registered official postal envelope of the Iranian Minister of Post, sealed indigo label on white surface paper, sent from Teheran to Paris, with arrival pmk, some toning, still fine, signed Sadri, on Persiphila album page | Unsold |
 | Lot #723 IRAN 1902 typesets with Provisoire 1319 overprints, complete set of five used, fine-v.f., signed Sadri, O Catalog #235-239 Catalog Value $700 | Unsold |
 | Lot #724 IRAN 1903 Satdjian fancy surcharge 2 Tomans on 10kr gold & rose, normal and Farsi value error 8ch instead of 2 Tomans (Persiphila 349,349d), l.h. or h.r., v.f., with Sadri card certificates * | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #725 IRAN 1903 Satdjian Inverted fancy surcharge on 5kr and 10kr, six different value (Persiphila 342a-345a,347a,349a), h.r., fine-v.f., signed Sadri * | Unsold |
 | Lot #726 IRAN 1903 Satdjian tete-beche fancy surcharge 3 Tomans on 5kr silver (Persiphila 348), h.r., v.f., signed Sadri * | Unsold |
 | Lot #727 IRAN 1926 Pahlavi variety 9ch on thin paper, perf 12 1/2 x 12 (Persiphila 714B), n.h., v.f., with Sadri certificate ** Catalog #711 | Unsold |
 | Lot #728 IRAN 1935 Postes Iraniennes, complete set, h.r., key values signed Sadri, fine-v.f., * Catalog #795-809 Catalog Value $793 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #729 IRAN 1954-55 Shah definitives 5th and 6th Issues, l.h., fine-v.f., * Catalog #999-1014,1023-36 Catalog Value $1,572 | Unsold |
 | Lot #730 IRAN 1956 50 Dinar Shah, center inverted, n.h., v.f., position 73 (penciled on back), only one sheet of 100 was discovered, ** Catalog #1059Ab Catalog Value $3,750 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #731 IRAN 1956-57 Shah definitives 7th and 8th Issues, l.h., fine-v.f., * Catalog #1058A-72,1082-98 Catalog Value $1,412 | Unsold |
 | Lot #732 IRAN 1958-59 Shah definitive sets, 9th and 10th Issues, l.h., fine-v.f. sets, * Catalog #1107-25,1138-51 Catalog Value $914 | Unsold |
