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)

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #7178
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS POLAND
1860-1990 large, rather disorganized collection/accumulation of many thousands used and unused, housed in five cartons (bankers boxes), wide range of every aspect of Polish philately, starting with older pre-philatelic letters (mostly 1800s, few earlier, but poor condition), Poland No. 1 (four, mostly faulty examples), 1918-19 Warszawa and Lublin issues, also Krakow overprints (extensive showing of forgeries, also dozens of genuine Postal stationery cards), continuing with an interesting group of Inflation covers, followed by other Pre-WWII items, mostly used, post 1944, with thousands, many better items (1960 set of five souvenir sheets of four, plus others), large selection of post WWI Local Issues (overprints on German and Austrian stamps, many genuine), interesting WWII correspondence from POW Camps, also used under Soviet Occupation, large group of "Groszy" overprints on cover, postal stationery, Central Lithuania and Levant overprints (reprints), Danzig, hundreds of unofficial or fantasy issues, group of "Solidarity" labels, newspapers, Judicial and legal documents, many with fiscal stamps or appropriate overprints, really a fascinating and ultimately rewarding lot, messy and much work required, inspection a must
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Price Realized
$5,000.00

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