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 #1144 POLAND Warsaw Uprising 1944 "Poczta Powstancza Warszawa, Sierpien 1944" and Polish Eagle handstamp on front of a sheet of white paper (folded in half). This handstamp was prepared during the first days of Warsaw Uprising at the AK Field Post, ul.Szpitalna 4. Discovered in 2007, this item was the subject of an article by Zbigniew Mikulski "Najrzadszy list z Powstania Warszawskiego" (the rarest letter from the Warsaw Uprising) in "Filatelista" (9/2007), v.f., signed Petriuk and Korszen, with their certificates, each confirming this to be the "only known" and one of the most significant philatelic rarities from the Warsaw Uprising P | Unsold |
