Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World including the Fred Blau Collection
March 3-4, 2020
We are pleased to announce our March 3-4, 2020 Auction, featuring the Fred Blau collection of Palestine Aerophilately and Military Mail, followed by United States and Possessions, with Dr.Ernesto Arosemena's Canal Zone, continuing with selections from Asia, Western European countries, South and Central America, Middle East, as well as extensive Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Poland with an exceptional collection of World War II Occupation proofs & essays, Russia, Vatican City, etc., and ending as usual with Large Lots and Collections. This is a live public auction taking place in our NYC Galleries as well as on CherrystoneLIVE.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #843 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS 1912-14 George V, 10sh brown, perforated trial color proof on card, prepared by the Thomas De La Rue & Co., with additional Specimen handstamp and numbered "54", v.f. P Catalog #39P | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #844 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS 1933 5sh yellow and black, h.r., v.f. (SG 136) * Catalog #74 Catalog Value £950 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #845 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS 1935 Silver Jubilee, two sets of blocks of four, n.h., v.f.,  **Catalog #77-80 Catalog Value $600 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #846 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS 1935 Silver Jubilee, 10 sets (including two sets of blocks of four), n.h., v.f., **Catalog #77-80 Catalog Value $750 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #847 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS 1935 Silver Jubilee, sheet corner margin blocks of six, n.h., v.f., **Catalog #77-80 Catalog Value $450 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #848 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS 1964 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Falkland Islands, 6d H.M.S. "Glasgow", error of vignette (instead of H.M.S. "Kent"), n.h., v.f., one of only 17 known. According to Stanley Gibbons, the error occurred when the vignette of the 2 1/2p was included amongst the supply of the 6p value. "There have been seventeen reports of stamps showing the error, although it is believed that some of these may refer to the same example." A modern rarity (SG 216a) ** Catalog #151a Catalog Value £40,000 | Price Realized $24,000.00 |
