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 #6937 SAUDI ARABIA 1907 cover addressed to the Director of the Railway Station in Haifa, franked with Turkish 2pi used from Damascus, showing Damas departure and Haifa arrival on back, fine cover, transported on the Hejaz Railway, written-up on Al Hajj exhibition page, also map of Hejaz Railway on thick card  | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #6938 SAUDI ARABIA 1916 Sherifate of Mecca, 1pi blue, perf. 10, irregular sheet corner margin "block of three", tied by "Mekke El Mukereme" pmks on cover to Cairo, filing fold away from the stamps, backflap missing, fine Catalog #L3 | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #6939 SAUDI ARABIA 1925 Hejaz Revenue Stamps, EEF Palestine overprinted "Hegazi Sharki Al-Urdun" (issued in error by Crown Agents), 5pi block of four, n.h., fine-v.f., also a hinged single with a complete description. Only two or three sheets issued  ** | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #6940 SAUDI ARABIA 1925 King Ali overprints inverted, five perf. and one imperf., two of each, unused without gum, v.f. (SG 135b/139b,141b,142a, £800) (*) | Unsold |
 | Lot #6941 SAUDI ARABIA 1925 King Ali overprints inverted, six different imperf. blocks of four, unused without gum, v.f. (SG 135/139,141,142) (*) | Unsold |
 | Lot #6942 SAUDI ARABIA 1925 1/2pia red (two singles, one with marginal imprint), 2pia orange and 3pia brown, all overprinted "Al Hukumat al/Hejasija/5 Rubai-al-Aual 1343" and tied by Djedda cds on card addressed to Port Said, fine and scarce | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #6943 SAUDI ARABIA 1925 Medina and Jedda, sets of five, l.h., light creases, otherwise fine-v.f., some signed A.Eid, etc. (SG 244-53) * Catalog #59-68 Catalog Value $700 | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #6944 SAUDI ARABIA 1934 Proclamation, imperforate singles, complete set, h.r., some hinge stains and occasional thins, last two high values sound, signed Holcombe with his 1989 certificate, * Catalog #139-49var Catalog Value $2,267 | Unsold |
