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 #1197 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1932 (7 July) Mattern & Griffin special dispatch cover from Moscow to USA, via Pacific Ocean, cover franked with pair of 20k and block of four of 10k Airships, canceled by Moscow 7.7.32 cds, addressed to Wooster, Ohio, fine and rare flight cover (Bennett Griffin and James Mattern tried to break the round-the-world record set by Post and Gatty. They left New York in their "Century of Progress," airplane on July 5, 1932 for Harbor Grace, Newfoundland. They crossed the Atlantic to Ireland and continued to Berlin for the first successful non-stop flight from Newfoundland. After departing Berlin, when they were near Borisov, Russia on July 7, 1932 a cabin latch fell off damaging the vertical stabilizer. They made a forced landing and had to discontinue their efforts to break the round-the-world flight record)  | Price Realized $950.00 |
