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 #1151 POLAND 1793-1873 stampless letters, selection of 43, mostly written up on album pages, good variety of markings and handstamps, some sent abroad, several from Lwow, scarce Russian postmarks, intact seals, etc., fine and interesting lot  | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #1152 POLAND 1806 (9 Nov) FL from Zielezie to France, from a soldier in Napoleonic Army, 4th Corps, Second Division (General Leval), with red "No.9 Grande Armee" hs, endorsed "Par Paris", fine | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1153 POLAND 1807 (7 July) FL from Antonowo to France, with "No.19 Grande Armee" handstamp in black, fine Napoleonic letter | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1154 POLAND 1808 (1 July) FL from Greiffenberg (Gryfow Slaski) to France, with "No. 10 Grande Armee" hs in black, endorsed "cito cito" (special delivery) and charged "8" (deci), also "15g" and "20" endorsements, fine Napoleonic letter | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1155 POLAND 1809 (27 Mar) FL from Driepen to France, with red "No. 29 Grande Armee" hs, fine | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1156 POLAND 1849 Russian 10k stationery entire envelope, indicia on backflap, canceled by pen cross, with "Zhitomir 6 Jan" boxed departure pmk and sent to Warszawa, with small red arrival 24/1 on reverse, filing folds at right, fine cover, with 1999 Dr.Kronenberg certificate | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1157 POLAND 1857 Russia 10k brown & blue imperforate single, canceled "104" in rectangle of dots (Bialystok), v.f. O | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1158 POLAND 1858 Russia 20k orange & blue (colorless "2" watermark), canceled "1" in concentric rings (Warszawa), rounded corner perforations at top, tiny thins, fine appearance of Russia Number 3 used in Poland O | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1159 POLAND 1860 10k pale blue & rose, unused without gum, beautiful colors and perforations, repaired, fine appearance (*) Catalog #1 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1160 POLAND 1860 10k blue & rose, fine and fresh colors, tied by "DP" in concentric circles on large part of outer FL (side flaps reduced) used in 1864 to Bialystok, "Ekspedycya Poczt Dworzec Praga" train station postmark, fine and relatively scarce usage Catalog #1 | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #1161 POLAND 1860 10k blue & carmine, unusually well centered, beautiful colors, tied by "191" in concentric circles on small cover from Kalisz to Warszawa, red bilingual departure Kalisz 20/3 and arrival 21/3 Warszawa on back, minor front and backflap mending, still a v.f. and attractive cover, signed Kurt Maier, Berlin Catalog #1 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #1162 POLAND 1867 (22 Nov) cover to Berlin, franked with Russian 1k, 3k and 10k (horizontally laid paper), first two canceled by "21" in concentric rings (Preny), 10k tied by "22" (Mariampol) cancel, with bilingual Preny 22/11 departure postmark on front, endorsed and handstamped "Franco", additional "par Strzalkow" endorsement at bottom, transit and arrival markings on back, 10k appears to have been used twice (postal fraud), fine and interesting cover, extremely rare use from present day Prienai (Lithuania) | Unsold |
 | Lot #1163 POLAND 1867 outer FL from Blonie to Warszawa, franked with Russian 10k brown & blue (unwatermarked), tied by "17" in concentric circles, with corresponding blue Blonie departure pmk (date 8/10 filled in by hand), bilingual Warszawa 20/10 arrival postmark on back, v.f., signed Eisold, Vaumond, etc., ex-Kirchner. A rare cover (Bojanowicz "listed with blue cancellation - not seen RRR") | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1164 POLAND 1868 small cover (minor backflap flaws) from Warszawa to France, franked with Russian 3k, 5k and 20k (first two horizontally laid paper, last one unwatermarked), tied by "1" (ornamental foot) and paying 28k, with red "Franco" and "P.D.", also "Aus Russland uber Eisenb.Post. Bureau XI" and small "Warszawa 27/6" departure pmks, fine and scarce combination franking, with Bordeaux arrival | Unsold |
 | Lot #1165 POLAND 1868 cover from Warszawa to Hannover, franked with Russian 1k, 3k and 10k (horizontally laid paper), tied by "1" (ornamental foot) and paying 14k, with red "Franco" and "Aus Russland uber Eisenb.Post. Bureau XI" and small "Warszawa 17/7" departure pmks, filing fold at bottom, with arrival pmk on back | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #1166 POLAND 1868 cover from Warszawa to Berlin, franked with Russian 1k, 3k and 10k (horizontally laid paper), tied by "1" (ornamental foot) and paying 14k, with red "Franco" and small "Warszawa 30/12" departure pmks, blue "Russland Franco" and arrival markings, cover repaired, still fine appearance | Unsold |
 | Lot #1167 POLAND 1868 Russian 10k brown & blue, tied by "Berdyczew" cds in Cyrillic letters on FL to Warszawa, with red bilingual arrival pmk, also "5/P" (5:00 PM), fine | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1168 POLAND 1871 complete FL from Warszawa to Belgium, written by Casimir Eppler (manufacturing Rail Cars and Bridges), franked with Russian 1k, 3k (3) and 10k (all horizontally laid paper), tied by "1" (ornamental foot) and paying 20k, with red "Franco" and "P.D.", also "Aus Russland uber Eisenb.Post. Bureau XI" and 11 Apr 1871 Russian departure markings, cover refolded at bottom, minor flaws, with Huy arrival pmk on back, uncommon franking and destination | Unsold |
 | Lot #1169 POLAND 1871 (27 Sep) outer FL from Genova, franked with Russian 20k blue & orange (horizontally laid paper), tied by Cyrillic departure pmk, red "Aus Russland" and "PD", Verona transit and Genova arrival pmks on back, filing folds away from the stamp, fine cover, ex-Maslowski | Unsold |
 | Lot #1170 POLAND 1875 (27 Mar) FL from Warszawa to London, franked with 10k and 2x3k (horizontally laid paper), tied by Postal Car (Pochtowy Wagon 27-28) cds, another strike on back, with red arrival pmk, fine | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1171 POLAND 1879 (8 Aug) printed matter rate to Italy, folded business announcement franked with single 2k black & rose (horizontally laid paper), tied by Warszawa Railroad cds, with Postal Car No.25 and Livorno arrival pmks on back, filing fold away from the stamp, v.f. | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1172 POLAND 1916 Germania "Deutsches Reich" 3pf, 5pf, 10pf, 20pf, 30pf and 60pf six different, each overprinted "Polen" in Gothic letters, each stamp with top selvage folded over and adhered to gummed portion at top, fresh and v.f. group of unissued overprints, with 1981 Dr.Hochstadter certificate, extremely rare * | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #1173 POLAND 1919 10kr violet, l.h., pos. IVB-21, fresh and fine stamp, signed Champion and Dr.Stanley Kronenberg, with APS certificate, * Catalog #55 Catalog Value $14,000 | Price Realized $8,000.00 |
 | Lot #1174 POLAND 1921 unadapted designs, composite sheetlet of 16 in blue on wove paper, showing three stamps intended for postage due, v.f. and extremely rare  E | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1175 POLAND 1945 1.50zl on 25gr, form II, pos. 7, l.h., v.f., signed Dr.Kronenberg * Catalog #346a | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1176 POLAND 1945 1.50zl on 25gr, form II, pos. 56, used, fine, signed "JB", Bokiewicz, also Dr.Kronenberg, with 1995 certificate O Catalog #346A | Unsold |
 | Lot #1177 POLAND 1953 Engels, unissued design, trial essay in red brown (proba maszynowa), perforated block of four, n.h., v.f. (Fischer cat.1,600zl) P | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1178 POLAND 1958 15th Anniversary of the Polish People's Army, original artwork, set of three, each card mounted and corrected by hand, signed by the artist, dated and signed with official Museum handstamps on reverse, v.f. and unique P Catalog #823-825P | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #1179 POLAND 1974 flowers, 3z deep violet, imperf. block of four, n.h., v.f. (Fischer 2151nz, 1,800zl) **Catalog #2020var | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #1180 POLAND 1991 Phila Nippon Exhibition imperforate souvenir sheet, error missing the hologram (butterfly), n.h., v.f., rare (Fi.bl 101MKnz, cat. 1,200zl) ** Catalog #3056var | Unsold |
