U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
July 7-8, 2020
Our July 7-8, 2020 auction will be held on CherrystoneLIVE. The sale contains 940 lots of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World, with extensive United States, European countries, including Austria, France and Colonies, German Area, Hungary, Italy and Colonies, Switzerland and other areas. Great Britain and British Commonwealth feature many high values and sets covering all reigns. This sale concludes with a good selection of large lots and collections, which range from single country albums to specialized collections and multi-carton worldwide stocks and cover lots. Please note our usual catalogues have not been printed for this sale, due to the current unreliability of the postal service (we hope to resume printing catalogues for the future auctions)
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| Lot #8367 AUSTRIA 1554 folded four-page letter written in Latin, rated "3" in manuscript, sent by Botenpost Courier from Nieder Russbach, with seal, addressed to Leifen, minor overall ageing, rare early letter
| Unsold
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| Lot #8368 AUSTRIA 1945 overprints in Hitler stamps, with issues for Lower Austria, Vienna and Graz, specialized collection written up exhibition style on pages, with unissued 3pf brown, varieties of the other values, including double, inverted, shifted, offset and displaced overprints, 1m-5m unissued, Graz to 5M, different perforations, blocks and marginal examples, plus others, l.h. or n.h., mostly signed by various experts, fine-v.f. */**
| Price Realized $900.00
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| Lot #8369 AUSTRIA 1945 German stamps overprinted, also unissued 1m-5m sheet corner margin singles, plus for use in Styria, 1pf-80pf, n.h., most with handstamped guarantee marks, fine-v.f., ** Catalog #398-423 Catalog Value $376 | Price Realized $140.00
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| Lot #8370 AUSTRIA 1945 For use in Styria, 1pf-5m complete, n.h., most with handstamped guarantee marks, fine-v.f., ** Catalog #405-23,428-31 Catalog Value $530 | Price Realized $180.00
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| Lot #8371 AUSTRIA 1948 Costumes, 70g green, imperforate block of four, n.h., v.f. (ANK 1060U, €400) ** Catalog #533var | Price Realized $230.00
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| Lot #8372 AUSTRIA 1957 10sh carmine, perforated and gummed proof, value tablet blank, cut in at right, nevertheless a rare item (ANK 1113P) ** Catalog #630var | Unsold
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| Lot #8373 AUSTRIA 1961 1.50s Freedom for Austria, two perforated trial color proofs, unused without gum as issued, v.f., scarce (ANK 1126P, €1,000) P Catalog #659P | Price Realized $300.00
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| Lot #8374 AUSTRIA 1961 Franz Liszt, five different perforated trial color proofs, unused without gum as issued, v.f., scarce (ANK 1141P, €4,000) P Catalog #674P | Price Realized $2,000.00
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| Lot #8375 AUSTRIA 1964 UPU Congress, imperforate bottom sheet margin singles, complete set, n.h., fine-v.f., rare (ANK 1186-93U, €2,500) ** Catalog #729-36var | Unsold
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