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 #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 |
