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 #72 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS HAWAII 1851 13c Blue "Hawaiian Postage" margins all around, rich color, faint traces of a cancelation, repaired at left and at upper right, v.f. appearance, one of the few examples of the 1851 13 Cent Hawaiian Missionary with unused appearance, with 2018 PFC. A most attractive example of this Missionary (Siegel Census records 51 used 13c "Hawaiian Postage" Missionaries, most of which have been heavily canceled by grids) (Scott Catalogue notes that "values are for examples with minor damage that has been skillfully repaired") O Catalog #3 Catalog Value $28,000 | Price Realized $25,000.00 |
