U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
November 10-11, 2020
Welcome to our November 10-11, 2020 Auction which will be held simultaneously via CherrystoneLIVE and Stamp Auction Network (SAN). This sale contains 1,091 lots of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World, with United States and European countries, including Austria, France and Colonies, Germany, Italy, with specialized selection of Fezzan, Poland, Russia, with Postal History and Russia used in Asia, Vatican City errors & varieties, plus many others. Great Britain and British Commonwealth are well represented, covering all Reigns with many high values and sets from Aden to Zanzibar. This auction concludes with a strong selection of 167 large lots and collections ranging from single country albums to specialized collections, including United States Plate Blocks, British Commonwealth George VI and multi-carton worldwide properties and cover lots.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #2960 Azerbaijan 1860 (23 Jan) stampless money letter sent from Zakataly to Colonel Baron Moritz Wrangel in Baku, postmarked in Zakataly "23.1.50" (corrected to "1860") and Baku (6.2.60). This is the earliest known mail from Zakataly. The letter contained banknotes worth 270 rubles. Postage was 2 rubles (20k for weight, 70k for the 1% insurance fee, and 3k for receipt) (today, Zaqatala is a city in northwest Azerbaijan)  | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #2961 Azerbaijan 1897 (9 July) stampless cover sent by the senior "microscopist" at the Caucasian Sericulture Station in Zakataly to its office in Shusha, with Zakataly (7.7.97), Nukha (7.7 and 9.7), and Shusha (11.7) postmarks, complete paper seal of the Caucasian Sericulture Station which was established in Tiflis in 1887 to promote the silk industry in the Caucasus (today Zaqatala is a city in northwest Azerbaijan) | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #2962 Azerbaijan 1915 (25 June) registered cover franked on back with strip of 3x10k dark blue, sent from Astara to Tsarskoye Selo, then forwarded to Petrograd. Postmarked in Astara (25.6.15 and 27.6) and Tsarskoye Selo and Petrograd (2.7). Sent by the treasurer of the Astara Hunting Society to the Tsar's Chancellery for the Acceptance of Petitions, which was not located in Tsarskoye Selo but rather in the Mariinskii Palace in Petrograd. The postal clerk in Tsarskoye Selo, apparently not knowing to which palace to forward the cover, wrote on back, "P(alace) Petrograd wherever it is located." (Astara, also known as Azerbaijani Astara, is a city in and the capital of the Astara Rayon of Azerbaijan. Astara is a short walk across the border from Astara, Iran) | Unsold |
