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 #764 ISRAEL Judaica 1842 FL sent to a member of the Jewish Community in Arnheim, from Mr. S. Frank, offering calligraphy in Ancient Hebrew, services by a Torah scribe, with enclosed sample of his work, some cover wear and tear, interesting contents (in Dutch with translation), red arrival pmk  | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #765 ISRAEL Judaica 1942 (22 June) German 6pf stationery card from Litzmannstadt, Ghetto with "Litzmannstadt Grosste Textil-Industrie im Osten" (greatest textile Industry in the East) slogan cancel, addressed to Oberndorf, with type written message stating "the addressee has left for an unknown destination", with "Der Oberburgermeister Gettoverwaltung" (Lord Mayor of the Ghetto Government) printed and handstamped inscriptions, archival holes (Litzmanndstadt - Lodz, had been a key industrial center in prewar Poland. The Lodz ghetto became a major production center under the German occupation and they used Jewish residents for forced labor. By August 1942, there were almost 100 factories within the ghetto which produced textiles, especially uniforms, for the German army) | Price Realized $180.00 |
