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 #6825 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, canceled "Tauroggen", boxed two-line departure postmark, margins all around, v.f. O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #6826 RUSSIA 1858 20k blue & orange, thin paper, canceled by "1" in circle of dots, well centered, fine, with Eichele certificate, O Catalog #3 Catalog Value $1,700 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #6827 RUSSIA 1858 20k blue & orange, thin paper, canceled by "2" in circle of dots, well centered, fine, with Raybaudi certificate, O Catalog #3 Catalog Value $1,700 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #6828 RUSSIA 1858 20k blue & orange, unused with original gum, h.r., beautiful and fresh colors, v.f., * Catalog #9 Catalog Value $1,000 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #6829 RUSSIA 1872 (14 Apr) locally addressed cover franked with single 5k black & lilac (horizontally laid paper), tied by red St. Petersburg City post cancel, arrival pmk on back, v.f.  | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #6830 RUSSIA 1902 3.50r-10r (vertically laid paper), four different, h.r., fine-v.f., * Catalog #69-72 Catalog Value $464 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #6831 RUSSIA 1909 Moscow unexploded 2r booklet, dark blue covers with black inscriptions, six panes of 6x1k orange, three panes each of 6x3k carmine and 7k blue, each separated by glassine interleaving, covers somewhat faulty, with some ink stains, partially broken staple, nevertheless a good and solid example of this extraordinarily rare Moscow booklet, only a few recorded, usually in poor condition  | Unsold |
 | Lot #6832 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary, the unique 78 kopeck Kiev booklet with salmon covers (sold at 80 kopeck; revalued at 78 kopeck, with three panes of 6x1k orange, panes of 6x3k carmine and 7k brown), separated by the original glassines and stapled at left, with violet "Kiev Post Office" handstamp, cover values filled in by pen or pencil, absolutely pristine and post office fresh, v.f. (illustrated in Liapine PB11) | Unsold |
 | Lot #6833 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 3k rose, double impression, one inverted, with further perforation shift variety, sheet margin at bottom, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #90b | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #6834 RUSSIA 1915 10r carmine lake, yellow and gray, groundwork inverted, well centered, h.r., v.f., signed Stolow * Catalog #109d | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #6835 RUSSIA 1915 10r carmine lake, yellow and gray, groundwork inverted, bottom margin block of eight plus label, n.h., mostly well centered, fine-v.f. and scarce showpiece  **Catalog #109d | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #6836 RUSSIA 1917 mourning envelope sent through diplomatic pouch from Petrograd to Paris (Medard correspondence, with "A.Medard officiel interprete Mission Militaire Francaise en Russie" endorsement at lower left), by a member of the French Military Mission in Russia, with "Controle P. et T. Militaire Interallie Petrograd" (inter-allied postal and telegraph military censor) double circle strike (repeated on back), endorsed "F.M.", fine and rare example of this handstamp, recorded only on a few covers from the French Military Mission to Russia | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #6837 RUSSIA 1917 (18 Mar) parcel card franked with 3r Romanov and additional stamps, registered from Moscow to Kherson, fine Provisional government usage, ex-Liphschutz | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #6838 RUSSIA 1917 5r dark blue, green and pale blue, left sheet margin imperf. horizontal pair, green background inverted, h.r., few natural gum bends, v.f., rare, * Catalog #133b Catalog Value $7,200 | Price Realized $9,000.00 |
 | Lot #6839 RUSSIA 1917 7r dark green and pink imperforate, center inverted, oval Buzdyak cancel, very fine, one of only three known copies (all canceled "Buzdyak"). A key Russian rarity, O Catalog #134a Catalog Value $30,000 | Price Realized $23,000.00 |
 | Lot #6840 RUSSIA 1918 1r imperf., irregular pane of 30, double background, one inverted (!), folded between stamps, some invalidating pencil markings, spectacular multiple */** | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #6841 RUSSIA 1918 1r imperf., sheet margin block of four, double frame, center inverted, v.f. * | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #6842 RUSSIA 1919 cover to Paris, with violet "Ambassade de France en Russie / L'Attache Militaire" cachet, endorsed "Capitaine Barbier L'att. Mil. Moscou", with Paris 14 Sept 1919 arrival and "Minister Affaires Etranger" (Foreign Ministry) cachet. A rare diplomatic dispatch from Moscow during the Russian Civil War | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #6843 RUSSIA 1921 (10 Apr) registered cover from "Kitaevskoe" (Stavropol) to Samara, franked on back with Imperial 1k and 2x2k, tied by departure pmks, with official violet "Commissoriat Lyublino District" handstamp, postal slip attached (indicating non delivery), Samara arrival, cover well worn, but with clear markings indicating rate reduced to 5r (instead of 10r) for official usage | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #6844 RUSSIA 1922 10,000r on 40r gray violet, surcharge inverted, l.h., v.f., signed Goznak, also Lenin Mourning Issue, 6k perf. single with black center shifted * Catalog #195a,270var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #6845 RUSSIA 1922 Soviet Star surcharges, 20r on 70k, horizontal strip of three, surcharge shifted to left, completely omitted from the right stamp, v.f., signed Dr.P.Jemchouhin * Catalog #218c | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #6846 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives, 1r red & brown, imperforate top sheet margin block of four, fold-over variety missing brown color at top, partly printed on back, invaliding horizontal perforations, impressive variety **Catalog #290var | Unsold |
 | Lot #6847 RUSSIA 1927 8k on 7k chocolate (unwatermarked), three singles, one showing broken "8", another perforated 12 1/2, also a block of four, variety l.h., others n.h., fine-v.f. */**Catalog #349,349a | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #6848 RUSSIA 1927 registered and flown cover from Baku (14 Feb 1928) to Teheran, attractively franked with 12 different Regular Issues (mostly watermarked), including 8k on 7k Type II (narrow space between the lines of surcharge), fine-v.f., scarce usage on external mail (most were used internally in Russia), with Teheran arrival pmk Catalog #350b | Unsold |
 | Lot #6849 RUSSIA 1927 10th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 7k green, imperforate single, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #377b | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #6850 RUSSIA 1927 October Revolution, 10th Anniversary, 14k dull blue & red, vertical pair, red color shifted to top, invalidating perfs, v.f. ** Catalog #379var | Unsold |
 | Lot #6851 RUSSIA 1927 October Revolution, 14k dull blue and red, map inverted, bottom margin vertical strip of four, n.h., with annulling perforations, v.f. ** Catalog #379var | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #6852 RUSSIA 1933 Leningrad Philatelic Exhibition, 30k on 15k black brown, missing period after "1933 g", sheet margin at left, n.h., natural inclusion, v.f. ** Catalog #487var | Price Realized $90.00 |
 | Lot #6853 RUSSIA 1934 Mendeleev, set of four blocks of four, n.h., post office fresh, well centered, v.f., rare set of blocks (Zverev $8,500) **Catalog #536-39 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #6854 RUSSIA 1938 Red Army, 80k variety imperf. at bottom h.r., v.f. * Catalog #634var | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #6855 RUSSIA 1938 Trans-Polar flight, 20k black brown, variety imperf. at top, used, v.f. O Catalog #641var | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #6856 RUSSIA 1939 Women Aviators, imperforate singles, large margins all around, l.h., last with faint natural gum creases, v.f. and scarce set of imperfs, signed Kessler, with penciled position markings * Catalog #718-720var | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #6857 RUSSIA 1942 (13 Apr) 20k green used on card from Leningrad to a Red Army soldier in Kalininskoye, with forwarding return slip showing numerous censor and Fieldpost markings applied during the Siege of Leningrad (Sep 8, 1941- Jan 27, 1944) | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #6858 RUSSIA 1943 30k green, horizontal pair, variety imperf. at right, also 1946 Moscow 5k brown, variety imperf. at top, used, v.f. O | Price Realized $120.00 |
 | Lot #6859 RUSSIA 1946 Chebyshev, 99 sets, plus additional 75x30k, in large multiples, folded between the stamps, n.h., fine-v.f. (Zagorsky 954-55) **Catalog #1050-51 | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #6860 RUSSIA 1957 Lenin, 60k red, variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #1997var | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #6861 RUSSIA 1961 two cacheted Space-related covers, signed by Yuri Gagarin and Herman Titov (1971), v.f. | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #6862 RUSSIA 1961 picture postcard issued by Goznak, signed by Yuri Gagarin, v.f. | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #6863 RUSSIA 1964 signed black & white photograph of "Voskhkod 1" (1964) cosmonauts: Vladimir Komarov, Konstantin Feokistov and Boris Yegorov, v.f. | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #6864 RUSSIA 1964 signed official Goznak picture postcard of "Voskhkod 1" (1964) cosmonauts: Vladimir Komarov, Konstantin Feokistov and Boris Yegorov, v.f. | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #6865 RUSSIA 1964 three signed maximum cards, each with corresponding stamp and photograph of "Voskhkod 1" (1964) cosmonauts, individually signed by Vladimir Komarov, Konstantin Feokistov and Boris Yegorov, v.f. (Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov commanded Voskhod 1, the first spaceflight to carry more than one crew member. He became the first cosmonaut to fly in space twice, when he was selected as the solo pilot of Soyuz 1. A parachute failure caused his Soyuz capsule to crash into the ground after re-entry on 24 April 1967, making him the first human to die in a space flight) | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #6866 RUSSIA 1969 Definitives, 4k red, unissued block of six, canceled to order, n.h., v.f. This issue was only produced in horizontal coil strips, blocks of four are rare (Zagorsky 3749P) | Unsold |
 | Lot #6867 RUSSIA 1974 "Soyuz 15", failed attempt to dock with Space Station "Salyut 3"; scarce on-board cancelation August, 1974 "Space Mail" postal stationery card, v.f., scarce | Price Realized $230.00 |
