U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
June 2-3, 2020
Welcome to our June 2-3, 2020, to be held via CherrystoneLIVE. This sale contains 1,215 lots of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World, with United States and Europe, including Austria, with a fine showing of Rocket Mail and Austrian Levant, France and Colonies, German Area, Italy and Colonies, Poland, Russia, specialized Vatican City and other areas. Great Britain and British Commonwealth are well represented with many high values and sets covering all reigns from Aden to Zanzibar. This sale concludes with a good selection of large lots and collections, which range from single country albums to a specialized collections and multi-carton worldwide stocks and cover lots.
This is a public auction, with live Internet bidding (via CherrystoneLIVE at cherrystoneauctions.com). Our usual catalogues have not been printed for this sale, due to completely unreliable postal service (we hope to resume printing catalogues for the future auctions)
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #6241 CHINA 1883 5can wide space, large margins and well centered, thin paper, blue chop cancel, also clear Hong Kong 1883 (transit or arrival postmark), minute flaws, otherwise v.f., rare O Catalog #6 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #6242 CHINA 1897 Dowagers, second printing (Shanghai) 1c-24c complete set of nine, never hinged and post office fresh, incredibly rich and striking colors, few natural gum creases and offsets, fine-v.f. set, remarkable quality (catalogued as hinged) ** Catalog #16n-24n Catalog Value $20,275 | Price Realized $14,000.00 |
 | Lot #6243 CHINA 1900 (12 Feb) cover from Shanghai to London, franked with 10c Coiling Dragon, used in combination with French Post Office 25c "Chine" added to pay for further transmission to England, fine  | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #6244 CHINA 1901 (12 Apr) red band cover from Peking to Germany, attractively franked with 1/2c, 1c and 2c Coiling Dragons, also German Reichspost 3pf, 5pf and 10pf, canceled by Peking Deutsche Post, as well as Japanese Post Offices In China 1s, 1 1/2s and 2s, plus 25c "Chine" French Offices in China, v.f., with Domitz (18.06.01) arrival pmk on back | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #6245 CHINA 1901 (30 July) postal card with stamps of German, Russian, French and C.E.F. adhesives, also China 2c Coiling Dragon, plus France and Ceylon, tied by postmarks from their prospective post offices, also Colombo, with "K.D.Feldpoststation No.9" and boxed "S.B. Ostas.Exped.6. Infant.-Regmt", fine | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #6246 CHINA 1903 commercial postcard from Peking to Paris, franked with a combination of Coiling Dragon 1/2c (2) 1c and 2c, tied by oval departure datestamps, sent via the French Post Office in Shanghai, where 10c "Chine" was added for further transmission to France, fine | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #6247 CHINA 1903 (21 Oct) picture postcard franked with India C.E.F. 1c red tied by F.P.O. No.4, used in combination with Italy 1c, Russian Offices in China as well as Japanese Post Offices in China, all tied by their prospective postmarks, addressed to Lyon | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #6248 CHINA 1903 (16 Aug) picture postcard franked with China 1c Coiling Dragon, used in combination with German Offices in China 5c, tied by Tientsin Deutsche Post cds, boxed "S.B. Pstas.Bestz. Brigade II Bat. 1 Inf. Regmts" in violet, addressed to Munich, with arrival pmk | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #6249 CHINA 1906 (12 Nov) 1c stationery card additionally franked with Russian, French, Japanese offices in China adhesives, also 2c Hong Kong, all canceled in Tientsin, fine-v.f. | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #6250 CHINA 1908 (24 Jan) picture postcard franked with China 1/2c Coiling Dragon and 1/2c Postage Due, used in combination with stamps of German, Russian, French, Japanese, India C.E.F., also Italy and Austria 5h (total of nine stamps), each canceled by their prospective Post Office cancels (Peking) on both sides, addressed to Tientsin, fine | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #6251 CHINA 1912 Dr.Sun Yat-sen, complete set, mostly l.h., occasional perf. toning, generally fine-v.f., * Catalog #178-89 Catalog Value $1,493 | Unsold |
 | Lot #6252 CHINA 1954 Silo Bridge, imperforate singles from the souvenir sheets, used, v.f., unusual O Catalog #1095a | Unsold |
