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)
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #8808 VATICAN CITY 1934 2.05 on 2L brown, without comma after "2" variety, n.h., with 2019 Avi certificate (Sass. A37g) ** Catalog #37a Catalog Value €1,500 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #8809 VATICAN CITY 1934 2.55 on 2.50L orange, without comma after "2" variety, n.h., with 2019 Avi certificate (Sass. A38i) ** Catalog #38a Catalog Value €500 | Price Realized $100.00 |
 | Lot #8810 VATICAN CITY 1934 2.55 on 2.50L orange, block of four, three stamps without comma after "2" variety, also various types of the "5s", n.h., with 1965 Diena and 2019 Avi certificates (Sass. A38bi,di,e,ei)  **Catalog #38a Catalog Value €2,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #8811 VATICAN CITY 1946 20c on 5c, left margin block of four, upper left stamp with partial overprint, bottom left stamp with overprint omitted, n.h., v.f., with 2019 Avi certificate (Sass. 102cba) **Catalog #102var Catalog Value €2,600 | Unsold |
 | Lot #8812 VATICAN CITY 1949 13L dull green, upper right corner margin vertical pair, top stamp imperf. at top, n.h., v.f., signed Diena (Sass. 126c) ** Catalog #126var Catalog Value €700 | Price Realized $95.00 |
 | Lot #8813 VATICAN CITY 1949 35L red violet, right margin horizontal pair, right stamp imperf. at right, n.h., v.f., signed Diena (Sass. 129a) ** Catalog #129var Catalog Value €1,100 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #8814 VATICAN CITY 1952 12L on 13L olive green, right sheet margin horizontal pair and left sheet margin single, overprints misplaced, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #154var | Unsold |
 | Lot #8815 VATICAN CITY 1958 Bruxelles Exposition, sheet of four, with lettered watermark in top margin, n.h., a rare unlisted variety **Catalog #242avar | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #8816 VATICAN CITY 1958 5L brown, left margin block of ten, with "5" printed in the margins variety, n.h., v.f., unlisted **Catalog #243var | Unsold |
 | Lot #8817 VATICAN CITY 1959 35L Coronation of Pope John, double print of the red variety, n.h., v.f., only four known, with photocopy of 1991 Raybaudi certificate for the original "discovery" block of four ** Catalog #251var | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #8818 VATICAN CITY 1983 The Papacy and Art souvenir sheet of six, two different varieties, one with silver ("Citta del Vaticano" and Papal Coat of Arms) double (unique!), the other with part or Papal Coat of Arms missing ("senza chiavi decussate"), n.h., v.f., the former with 1990 Diena certificate, **Catalog #Sass.BF5c1,f Catalog Value €11,500 | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
