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.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1013
RUSSIA Military Mail
1914 (19 Nov) cover with "Gefangen Lager Dobeln" cachet, sent from a Prisoner of War in Germany, with oval and red Cross censor markings, v.f.
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1014
RUSSIA Military Mail
1917-19 seven covers or cards, various French military markings, one from a soldier on the Western Front to Elisabethpol (today Ganja, Azerbaijan), another with "Commission Interalliee des Regions Baltiques" used in 1919 to Lyon; cover with "Amassade de France en Russie L'Attache Militaire" handstamp, censored and sent from Petrograd to Paris; free frank from France to Petrograd, opened by French and Russian censors, also two unused picture postcards with French military cachets and bilingual unused "France-Russie" military stationery card, mixed condition, interesting lot
Envelope
Unsold

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