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 #1167 RUSSIA 1917-23 Inflation in Soviet Russia, Postal History, foreign destinations, collection formed by Helmuth Hiessbock, 74+ pages (10 1/2 x 11 1/2 Lindner), with 94 covers, cards, parcel cards, Money Orders and other forms, also additional 70+ covers and cards showing domestic usages with Postal Savings stamps and Imperial issues, fractional usages, various rapidly changing postal rates, numerous flight covers and cards, American Relief Administration cards, one to Messina, Italy, another to New York, Brender correspondence, some with incredible inflation franking, various combinations, Cash Prepayment endorsements on covers, postal savings and other fiscals used as regular postage on mail to USA, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Latvia, Bulgaria and others. All well described, several Mikulski and Dr. Ceresa certificates, generally fine-v.f. An excellent addition for an advanced collection or basis for expansion  | Unsold |
