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 #1126 POLAND Military Mail 1916 (9 July) cover endorsed "Feldpost" with corresponding "Feldpostkomdukteok Piotrkow-Trzebinia" pmk and violet "K.u.k. Komando der Enklave Jasna Gora" handstamp alongside, with Jasna Gora (Ettapenpostampt Nowo Radmosk) return address and sent to Puchberg (Austria), some cover mending and stained at upper left, rare usage from Jasna Gora, signed Korszen, ex-Mikulski  | Unsold |
 | Lot #1127 POLAND Military Mail 1918 (29 Oct) Money Order with Austrian franking sent from Miechow to Konsk, with appropriate "K.u.k. Etappenpostamt Miechow" departure and Konsk arrival pmks | Unsold |
 | Lot #1128 POLAND Military Mail 1919 (30 July) free-frank card from an Armored Train "Pociag Kapielowy Peltew" (bathing train "Peltew") with "Glowna Frontowa Poczta Polska" departure cds, sent by a soldier serving aboard the train to a family member in Ostrowiec, v.f., rare usage, signed Korszen, with his 2018 certificate | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #1129 POLAND Military Mail 1919 (11 July) cover with French "Tresor et Postes" No.309 pmk, addressed to Paris, with violet "Dyrekcja Skarbu i Poczt Armii Generala Hallera" (Treasury and Post Office department of General Haller Army) handstamp, fine official usage, with Korszen certificate (General Haller's Army was a Polish military contingent created in France during the latter stages of World War I. By early 1919, this Army numbered 68,500 men and was fully equipped by the French government) | Unsold |
 | Lot #1130 POLAND Military Mail 1921 (ca) cover with "Ministere de la Guerre Mission Franco-Polonaise" corner cachet (also in Polish) addressed to Paris, with two "R.F." and bilingual corresponding handstamps in red | Unsold |
 | Lot #1131 POLAND Military Mail 1934 picture postcard with 10gr, handstamped "Oplata Ulgowa", reduced military rate with "Tanks and Armored Cards Batalion" handstamp, sent from Krakow to Lodz, some wear and tear, rare | Unsold |
 | Lot #1132 POLAND Military Mail 1939 (7 Apr) picture postcard franked with 5gr adhesive, canceled Poczta Polowa "b" and sent to Podkowa Lesna, fine early Fieldpost usage (Polish forces mobilizing in preparation for German invasion) | Unsold |
 | Lot #1133 POLAND Military Mail 1945 London issue labels, 16 perf. and imperf. letter seals, used and unused, varieties including double and inverted "Fieldpost" overprints, fine-v.f. *O | Price Realized $200.00 |
