U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
September 15-16, 2020
Welcome to our September 15-16, 2020 Auction which will be held simultaneously via CherrystoneLIVE and Stamp Auction Network (SAN). This sale contains 1,353 lots of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World, with United States and European countries, including Austria, France and Colonies, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain, and others. Great Britain and British Commonwealth are well represented, covering all Reigns with many high values and sets from Aden to Zanzibar. Also featured is a collection of Imperial China, with Dowagers and extensive Red Revenues which include small 4c and inverted 2c and $5 overprints. This section is followed by solid selection from Republic of China (Taiwan) and PRC souvenir sheets. From Egypt (Kingdom), there is a fine showing of used and unused sets and postal history. This auction concludes with a strong selection of 250 large lots and collections ranging from single country albums to specialized collections (Postal History of Louisiana, British Commonwealth) and multi-carton worldwide properties and large cover lots.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1333 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE 1840-1965 single property offered intact, large old-time collection formed by a European collector, mostly in old Borek and Behrens albums (10) and smaller supplements (7), with Albania, Austria, mostly used to 1920, unused thereafter, with 10sh Dollfuss (380), Hitler overprints to 5M and Semi-Postals, Belgium, 19th Century used, mostly complete to 5fr, souvenir sheets, Parcel Post, Semi-Postals from 1935 on, extensive Bulgaria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Denmark with Greenland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, with Karelia, Fiume (many signed Behrens), France, Ceres, Napoleon to 5fr, Bordeaux, Type Sage, Merson, Semi-Postals and Air Post, Postage Dues, French Colonies General Issue, Andorra mostly complete to 20fr, French Post Offices Abroad, Greece, Large and Small Hermes Heads, 1896 Olympics to 5dr, 1906 complete (used), various overprints, commemoratives and Air Post mostly unused (Scott 378-80,C8-21), also Epirus, Crete, Ionian Islands Great Britain, mostly used with Queen Victoria and George V to £1, also Morocco Agencies, Gibraltar, British Levant, Malta, Ireland, Iceland (Hopflug-Itala 1kr, 5kr), Italy early issues used, later commemoratives and Air Post unused (CO2), Post WWII Issues, Parcel Post (including Q76), AMG-VG, Trieste Zone A, Aegean Islands, Rhodes, Italian Colonies (sparse), Vatican City (mostly complete, with 35-40), Roman States, Modena, Romagna (complete), Hungary, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, with some Local Issues, Port Gdansk, Central Lithuania, Ukraine, Portugal, Romania, Russia, some better unused (Metro set, C68), others c.t.o., also Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland (all souvenir sheets, Pax issue, Officials), plus Turkey and Yugoslavia, mixed condition, generally clean and fine-v.f. *O | Unsold |
| Lot #1334 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE 1850-1980s single property offered intact, large accumulation of many thousands, United States and foreign countries in albums, on pages, loose, mint sheet files, singles and sets, some in quantities, stored in 22 cartons (banker's boxes), postal stationery, sheets, country collections, sets and singles in glassine envelopes and on pages, occasional bundle ware, few covers, etc.  *O | Unsold | |
| Lot #1335 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE 1900-50 balance of a consignment, two cartons with miscellaneous dealer's remainders (Serebrakian and Mint Sheet Brokerage, J.Kay), Spanish Civil War local souvenir sheets and stamps (various quantities), also South America, with Ecuador (FDR issue), Air Post covers, U.S. Revenues, Cuba, unissued Croatia triangles, Salvador, imperf. Sheets from Guinea, errors and varieties, also covers and cards, rather disorganized, but interesting lot *O | Unsold | |
| Lot #1336 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE 1920-49 exploded booklets (showing panes and covers), small collection on pages, with Poland 1938, Netherlands 1945-47 Queen Wilhelmina, and a selection of Germany 1920-34 with covers only (no stamps), fine-v.f.  | Price Realized $120.00 | |
 | Lot #1337 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE 1928-80s souvenir sheets of the world, large accumulation in six cartons, with Afghanistan, Hungary (including five Liszt, UPU perf. and imperf, FDR sheets of four and Chain Bridge), Australia with Kookabura sheetlet of four, various Danzig, Japan National Parks, Russia with 1937 Jubilee Aviation Exhibition, etc.; a large group of folders, ex-William Fox auctions, estimated between $50-$250 each, including Argentina, Belgium, Colombia, Egypt, French Colonies, Hungary, Lebanon, Monaco, Nicaragua, Spanish Locals, a nice selection of Liechtenstein with 1939 5fr (3), also South America with Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, etc. There is also a large selection of file folders with mostly modern material sorted by country, mostly fine-v.f., huge catalogue value  */**O | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #1338 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE 1960s-80s Artist drawings and graphic postal designs by Burt Pringle (an American artist whose designs were accepted for 5c Migratory Birds and a postal stationery card), 400-500 different items prepared for issues of the United Nations (mostly), also United States, Canada, Mexico, Korea and few other miscellaneous countries. Mr. Pringle was a prolific graphics artist and while most of his designs were not adapted, many received second or third prizes and range from a variety of subjects relevant to the United Nations, Music, Art, Conservation, Human Rights, Unesco, various International Organizations and much more. The items include pencil drawings, hand painted on paper and on card, mostly artist signed, also with numerous portfolios and correspondence with the postal administrations. A fabulous and intriguing group of artwork. Also included two cartons with miscellaneous stamps, many on album pages, mixed condition E | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
