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 #6639 ITALIAN STATES Roman States 1852 1/2baj black on blue gray, vertical tete-beche pair, generous margins to slightly cut in, canceled by Pontifical Grids and pen strike, fresh color, fine, with 1977 Enzo Diena certificate ("this is the only known tete-beche with grid cancel"), ex-King Carol of Romania collection (Harmer Rooke 1951 certificate) (Sass. €60,000) O Catalog #1f Catalog Value $30,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #6640 ITALIAN STATES Roman States 1852 3b yellow orange, lower right sheet corner margin single, just touching frame-line at top, with 1975 Diena certificate (Sass.4, €5,000) * Catalog #4b Catalog Value $2,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #6641 ITALIAN STATES Roman States 1852 3b black on brown orange, single used with vertical two thirds paying 5b on FL from Bologna, used 15 July 1859 to Firenze, with arrival pmk on back, filing fold away from the stamps, fine and rare usage during the provisional government of Romagna. An exceptional showpiece of Italian philately, with 1990 Diena certificate (Sass. 4,4a, €40,000)  Catalog #4f Catalog Value $10,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #6642 ITALIAN STATES Roman States 1852 4b black on gray brown, margins all around, close to touching in places, l.h., fresh and v.f., signed Champion, etc., with 1978 Diena certificate (Sass.5, €35,000) * Catalog #5c Catalog Value $11,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #6643 ITALIAN STATES Roman States 1858 4b black, grayish oily ink, unused with full original gum, margins all around except just nicked at bottom right, otherwise v.f., with 1979 Philatelic Foundation and 2000 Colla certificates ("4 baj grigio biancastro - pseudo oleoso, non catalogato nel Sassone appartente all famiglia dei gialli chari del 1858") * Catalog #5h Catalog Value $26,000 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #6644 ITALIAN STATES Roman States 1852 50b deep blue, worn printing, margins all around, v.f., signed Diena (Sass.12, €7,000) O Catalog #10a Catalog Value $2,950 | Unsold |
 | Lot #6645 ITALIAN STATES Roman States 1867 imperforate on glazed paper, 2c, 3c, 5c, 20c, 40c, 80c six different, h.r., good margins and nice colors, last one with small abrasion, otherwise fine-v.f., various signatures, 3c with Raybaudi certificate (Sass. 13, 15,16, 18-20, €4,880) * Catalog #12-18 | Unsold |
 | Lot #6646 ITALIAN STATES Roman States 1867 3c black on rose gray, l.h., margins all around, fresh and v.f. stamp, signed Diena, with his 1972 certificate (Sass.14, €7,000) * Catalog #13a Catalog Value $3,250 | Unsold |
