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.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1385
VATICAN CITY Flight Covers
1929 (2 Aug) first flight Vatican City to Genova, special pre-printed cover, v.f., with arrival pmk
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1386
VATICAN CITY Flight Covers
1929 (10 Dec) first flight Vatican City to Tunis, special pre-printed cover, v.f., with arrival pmk
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1387
VATICAN CITY Flight Covers
1930 (17 Jan) first flight cover registered to Castelrosso, Aegean Islands, triangular green cachet, numerous transit and arrival pmks, pilot signed, minor adhesive toning, fine
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1388
VATICAN CITY Flight Covers
1931 (1 Apr) first flight Rome to Berlin, mixed franking Italy and Vatican City, v.f., only 19 carried
Envelope
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #1389
VATICAN CITY Flight Covers
1933 (14 July) first flight card to Vienna, attractively franked on both sides, v.f., with arrival pmk, only 6 carried
Envelope
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #1390
VATICAN CITY Flight Covers
1937 (5 Apr) registered first flight Rome to Torino to Paris, addressed to England, special flight cancel, v.f., only 4 (!) carried
Envelope
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #1391
VATICAN CITY Flight Covers
1940 (12 Mar) registered cover "Par Yankee Clipper" to New York, v.f., with arrival pmk
Envelope
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #1392
VATICAN CITY Flight Covers
1940 (19 Mar) first flight Rome to Locarno, appropriate cachet and arrival pmk, filing fold away from the stamps, fine
Envelope
Unsold

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