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)

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #8001
United States Postmasters' Provisionals Baltimore, Md.
1845 Baltimore, Maryland, 5c red on manila entire envelope, with clear strikes of signature, provisional handstamps "Paid" and "5" in oval, blue "Baltimore Md. May 5" (1846) cds alongside at left, cover addressed to Miss Susan Julia Mayer, care of Geo. M. Keim at Reading Pa., faint stains as often, still v.f., with 1980 PFC. A rare Baltimore "5 Cent" Provisional, one of only nine recorded in red (in the unpublished 1996 Don Shearer census, which lists nine 5c envelopes struck in red ink, dated from March to May 1846. While the quality of the red strikes is generally weak, the envelope offered here has relatively clear strikes. The U.S. Philatelic Classics Society census lists only seven 3XU2 entires)
Envelope
Catalog #3XU2
Catalog Value $10,000
Unsold

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