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 #6378 GREAT BRITAIN 1840 1p black, lettered "I-I", margins all around, cleaned (appears unused), fine, with 2020 BPA certificate (SG2) O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #6379 GREAT BRITAIN 1841 1p red brown, Plate 45, lettered "O-H", unused with traces of original gum, margins all around, v.f., with 2020 BPA certificate (SG 8 - Spec. B236H) * Catalog #3 Catalog Value £600 | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #6380 GREAT BRITAIN 1841 2p blue, Plate 3, lettered "C-J", unused with original gum, l.h., margins all around, color slightly oxidized ("sulphurised"), otherwise v.f., rare unused, with 2020 BPA certificate (SG 14) * Catalog #4 Catalog Value £5,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #6381 GREAT BRITAIN 1841 2p deep full blue, Plate 4, lettered "M-A", unused without gum, margins all around, fresh and fine stamp, rare unused, with 2020 BPA certificate (SG 15) (*) Catalog #4b Catalog Value £6,500 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #6382 GREAT BRITAIN 1841 2p blue, Plate 3, lettered "O-J", variety showing "J" flaw, unused with original gum, h.r., margins all around, color "a trifle dull", thin spot, otherwise fine, rare unused, with 2020 BPA certificate (SG 14, Spec ES11.i) * Catalog #4var Catalog Value £6,500 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #6383 GREAT BRITAIN 1847 1sh pale green, two singles (overlapping, margins touching on sides) on outer FL to New York, "446" obliterator cancels, Liverpool transit on reverse, fine, with 1989 Diena cert. (SG 54)  Catalog #5 Catalog Value £2,900 | Unsold |
 | Lot #6384 GREAT BRITAIN 1852 (8 Jan) outer FL franked with imperf. 1d red brown and 1sh green (embossed), the latter with full margins, except clipped corner at lower left, tied by "809" numerals, with corresponding Gateshead departure pmk on back, sent via Ostende to Amsterdam, fine combination franking, with arrival pmk, 1999 BPA certificate Catalog #5 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #6385 GREAT BRITAIN 1847 10d red brown, ample margins to touching at bottom and at right, showing part of adjoining stamp at left, cancelled by grids on outer FL used in 1850 from London to Florence, red "P P" and French entry cds, charged "12" (decimes), with Firenze arrival pmk on back, addressee's name obliterated by pen, fine (SG 57) Catalog #6 Catalog Value £3,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #6386 GREAT BRITAIN 1854-55 2p blue, perf. 14, lettered B-L, unused (regummed), slightly toned ("soiled" according to the certificate), fine appearance, a rare stamp, with 2020 BPA certificate (SG 23) (*) Catalog #13 Catalog Value £13,000 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #6387 GREAT BRITAIN 1855 4d rose carmine, used in combination with 2d blue (pl.7) on FL from London to Genova, with 12 Oct 1858 arrival pmk, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #6388 GREAT BRITAIN 1855 1d red brown, 4d rose and 1sh green, used in 1859 on registered FL from Bristol to Trieste, neat Bristol cds and red London registered oval, crayon due markings, backstamped on arrival, fine three color franking, signed Raybaudi Catalog #11,26,28 | Unsold |
 | Lot #6389 GREAT BRITAIN 1855 4p rose, used on FL from Sheffield to Paris, tied by "700" obliterator and Sheffield (Nov.7) cds, with Calais cds alongside, fine, signed Raybaudi (SG 62) Catalog #22 Catalog Value £780 | Unsold |
 | Lot #6390 GREAT BRITAIN 1855 4p rose, vertical pair, used in 1856 on FL from London to Trieste, heavy cancellations, with large "England par Autriche" datestamp, Trieste arrival on reverse, fine, signed Raybaudi (SG 62a) Catalog #22 Catalog Value £1,230 | Unsold |
 | Lot #6391 GREAT BRITAIN 1856 6p deep lilac, small h.r., faint natural gum crease, fresh and fine stamp, with 2013 BPA cert. (SG 69) * Catalog #27 Catalog Value £1,800 | Unsold |
 | Lot #6392 GREAT BRITAIN 1856 6d pale lilac, two horizontal pairs, paying 24 pence on cover from Southampton, sent via the British Post Office in Panama (May 22, 1862) to Guayaquil, Ecuador, cover and stamps refolded at top, minor backflap mending, otherwise fine, with Holcombe certificate Catalog #SG 70 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #6393 GREAT BRITAIN 1858-69 2p deep blue, selection of seven, Plates 7, 8, 9 and 12 through 15, complete as issued, mostly h.r. (Plates 8-9 unused), few minor flaws and trifle oxidized (sulphurised), few pencil signed, scarce group (SG 45,47) (*)* Catalog #29-30 Catalog Value £8,600 | Unsold |
 | Lot #6394 GREAT BRITAIN 1860-70 1 1/2p dull rose, two singles, Plates 1 and 3, h.r., slightly oxidized, otherwise fine, pencil signed (SG 52) * Catalog #32 Catalog Value £1,225 | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #6395 GREAT BRITAIN 1864 1p rose red, lower right sheet corner margin "184" imprimatur, l.h., various pencil signatures, fine positional piece (SG 44) * Catalog #33 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #6396 GREAT BRITAIN 1867 3p rose, Plate 10, wing margin at right, h.r., few natural wrinkles, otherwise fine (SG 103) * Catalog #49 Catalog Value £875 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #6397 GREAT BRITAIN 1867 2sh deep blue, Plate 1, lettered "E-E", unused with original gum, small h.r., reperforated at left (to reduce a wing margin), otherwise fine, rare unused, with 2020 BPA certificate (SG 119) * Catalog #55 Catalog Value £5,000 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #6398 GREAT BRITAIN 1867-80 1sh green, Plate 4, small h.r., slight peripheral toning, well centered and fine stamp (SG 117) * Catalog #54 Catalog Value £975 | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #6399 GREAT BRITAIN 1867-80 1sh green, Plate 7, top sheet margin imprint block of four, heavy h.r., usual centering, fresh color, scarce positional multiple, with 1984 Diena certificate (SG 117)  *Catalog #54 Catalog Value £7,750 | Unsold |
 | Lot #6400 GREAT BRITAIN 1867-80 2sh pale brown, unused with original gum, heavy h.r., fresh color, creased, with short perfs at top, fine appearing example of this rare stamp, with 2020 BPA certificate (SG 121) * Catalog #56 Catalog Value £30,000 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #6401 GREAT BRITAIN 1873 1sh green (pl.8,9), used in 1873 and 1874 on separate FLs from Manchester and London to Madrid and Malaga respectively, fine-v.f. covers to Spain, each with arrival pmk (SG 150) Catalog Value £480 | Unsold |
 | Lot #6402 GREAT BRITAIN 1873 1sh green (pl.12), used in 1875 on cover from London, via Brindisi to Bombay, tears including backflap, otherwise fine, with Sea Post Office arrival pmk, fine single franking on cover to India (SG 150) | Unsold |
 | Lot #6403 GREAT BRITAIN 1873 1sh green (pl.11), horizontal pair, wing margin at left (some creases and toning), used in 1875 on FL from Manchester to Caracas, endorsed "per R.M. Str Shannon," faint arrival markings on back, fine double rate to Venezuela (SG 150) | Unsold |
 | Lot #6404 GREAT BRITAIN 1873 4d gray brown (pl.17), used in 1880 on FL from London, via Panama to Santa Ana, Salvador, Central America, fine letter to an uncommon destination, with arrival docketing (SG 154) Catalog Value £1,700 | Unsold |
 | Lot #6405 GREAT BRITAIN 1873 8d orange (pl.1), used in 1877 on cover from Hereford to Central India, Sea Post Office and Mhow arrival pmks, stamp with closed tear at right, rare single franking on cover to India (SG 156) Catalog Value £625 | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #6406 GREAT BRITAIN 1876 4p vermilion, Plate 15, unused (regummed), some light soiling, otherwise fine, with 2020 BPA certificate (SG 152) (*) Catalog #69 Catalog Value £3,000 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #6407 GREAT BRITAIN 1880 4d gray brown (pl.17), lettered "R-F", tied by duplex BC pmk on outer FL from London (18 August 1882) to Brazil, departure cds alongside, Pernambuco (5 Sep) arrival pmk on back, filing fold away from the stamp, fine, uncommon destination (SG 160) Catalog #71 | Unsold |
 | Lot #6408 GREAT BRITAIN 1876-80 8p orange, Plate 1, lettered "K-H", h.r., slightly soiled and faded color, otherwise fine, with 2013 BPA certificate (SG 156) * Catalog #73 Catalog Value £1,850 | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #6409 GREAT BRITAIN 1880 4d gray brown (pl.18), used in 1883 on FL sent "per French Str via St. Nazaire" from Manchester, via Calais to Caracas, with "Paris Etranger" and "Ligne A Paq Francais" markings, imperceptible toning, otherwise a fine single franking to Venezuela, with arrival docketing (SG 160) | Unsold |
 | Lot #6410 GREAT BRITAIN 1880-81 1/2p pale green, imperforate Imprimatur single, margins all around, l.h., v.f. and rare, signed Raybaudi, with 2013 BPA certificate (SG 164) * Catalog #78a | Unsold |
 | Lot #6411 GREAT BRITAIN 1880-81 1p Venetian red, imperforate Imprimatur single, margins all around, l.h., v.f. and rare, signed Raybaudi, with 2013 BPA certificate (SG 166) * Catalog #79a | Unsold |
 | Lot #6412 GREAT BRITAIN 1880-81 2 1/2p ultramarine, two distinct shades, Plates 21-22, l.h., fine-v.f., the former with 1983 Diena cert. (SG 157) * Catalog #82 Catalog Value £950 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #6413 GREAT BRITAIN 1883 3p on 3p violet and 6p on 6p violet, l.h., the former with faint toning, otherwise fine-v.f., signed Brun, with 1985 Diena certs (SG 159,162) * Catalog #94-95 Catalog Value £1,325 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #6414 GREAT BRITAIN 1887 1d (two) and 6d purple rose, used in 1889 on FL from Liverpool to Mauritius, arrival pmk on back, overall paper toning, otherwise a fine letter to an uncommon destination (SG 170,208) | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #6415 GREAT BRITAIN 1891 Queen Victoria £1 green, Hull cds, centered to top, fresh and fine, O Catalog #124 Catalog Value $800 | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #6416 GREAT BRITAIN 1902 KEVII £1 green, Registered cancels, well centered, minor flaws as often, otherwise v.f., O Catalog #142 Catalog Value $825 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #6417 GREAT BRITAIN 1902-11 KEVII,£1 green, overprinted Specimen, paper hinge remnant, well centered for issue, fresh and v.f., SG S Catalog #142S Catalog Value £1,250 | Unsold |
 | Lot #6418 GREAT BRITAIN 1913 George V Seahorses, 2sh6p-10sh set of three, overprinted Specimen, h.r., fresh and well centered, v.f., SG S Catalog #173-175S Catalog Value £2,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #6419 GREAT BRITAIN 1913 £1 green, overprinted Specimen, h.r., perfectly centered, fresh and v.f., SG S Catalog #176S Catalog Value £3,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #6420 GREAT BRITAIN 1916 three covers to London, each with stationery cut square franking (two vertical gutter tete-beche pairs), two with triangular "H.M.H.S. 602 Master" censor handstamps, posted from a hospital ship "the Braemar Castle" (sunk in the Aegean on 21 Nov 1916 en route from Salonica to Malta, with wounded onboard), both cancelled Southampton 11 Sep 16, fine-v.f., interesting lot (in 1915 the Plymouth Battalion and the headquarters of the Royal Marine Brigade sailed on "Braemar Castle" to Gallipoli) | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #6421 GREAT BRITAIN 1919 Seahorses, Bradbury, Wilkinson and Co., set of three, n.h., 2sh6p creases, otherwise fine-v.f., ** Catalog #179-181 Catalog Value $1,050 | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #6422 GREAT BRITAIN 1934 Seahorses (re-engraved) 2sh6p-10sh set of three, n.h., v.f., signed Diena, etc., with certificate, ** Catalog #222-24 Catalog Value $1,275 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #6423 GREAT BRITAIN 1935 Silver Jubilee, set of four on registered FDC to South Africa, v.f. (SG 453-456) Catalog #226-229 Catalog Value £600 | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #6424 GREAT BRITAIN 1961 Post Office Savings Bank, 2 1/2p imperforate block of four, black shifted, violet invalidating lines, n.h., v.f. ** | Unsold |
