U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
December 15-16, 2020
Welcome to our December 15-16, 2020 Auction which will be held live via CherrystoneLIVE. The sale has over 1,000 lots and features 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 Zululand. Also featured is a section of 100 lots containing the Joe Taylor Postal History collection of Allied Intervention in Russia. The auction concludes with a strong selection of 120+ large lots and collections ranging from single country albums to specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide properties and large cover lots.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #4642 EGYPT 1833 FL from Alexandria to Italy, disinfected on arrival with boxed "Lazaretto San Rocco di Livorno" struck on arrival, fine  | Unsold |
 | Lot #4643 EGYPT 1871 1pi rose red, two different, canceled "V.R. Poste Egiziane Metelino" and "V.R. Poste Egiziane Baibout", the latter on piece, fine and scarce O | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #4644 EGYPT 1874 outer FL franked with 2 1/2pi, tied by "V.R.Poste Egiziane Cairo" cds and sent to Italy, with boxed "PD" on front, Alexandria transit and Livorno arrival pmks on back, some filing folds away from the stamp, fine example of UPU rate to Italy | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #4645 EGYPT 1877 cover (with letter of contents) franked with 10pa (1872 issue) and 1pi (1874 issue), tied by blue cds "Poste Khedive Egiziane Siut" cds, sent via Alexandria to London, with transit on back and red arrival 22 Jan 77 on front, fine example of Anglo-Egyptian Treaty rate | Unsold |
 | Lot #4646 EGYPT 1881 (22 Apr) FL to Trieste, franked with 1pi De La Rue, tied by V.R. Poste Egiziane Chio cds, with oval merchant's cachet, with arrival pmk on back, fresh and v.f. (Chios was part of the Ottoman Empire until its annexation to Greece in 1912) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4647 EGYPT 1905 (24 Nov) 5m stationery entire envelope with additional franking (two Sudan and two Egyptian adhesives), tied by "Luxor Hotel Luxor" cds, addressed to France, with "Bani Suweg Cairo" transit and Paris arrival pmks on back, fine Egypt/Sudan combination franking | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #4648 EGYPT 1906 (5 Mar) picture postcard franked with 2m green, tied by Port Said cds, with "Savoy Hotel Port Said" datestamp alongside, addressed to London, fine and apparently unrecorded Savoy Hotel Port Said cachet | Unsold |
 | Lot #4649 EGYPT 1911 (28 Feb) 1pi stationery entire envelope additionally franked with five different De La Rue issued stamps (including 5pi), tied by "Continental Cairo" cds, supported by "Continental Hotel" Registry handstamp, addressed to Germany, with Cairo transit and Wiesbaden arrival pmks on back, v.f. and attractive hotel cover | Unsold |
 | Lot #4650 EGYPT 1926 Port Fouad overprints, set of four, h.r., 5m with toned spot on gum, fine-v.f., 50p with 1973 Royal certificate (SG £2,500) * Catalog #121-124 Catalog Value $2,400 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #4651 EGYPT 1934 Universal Postal Union Congress, 1m-200m imperforate royal printing, twelve different, each with "Canceled" printed on back, large margins, v.f., only 100 of each value printed P Catalog #177-188P | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #4652 EGYPT 1934 Universal Postal Union Congress, Royal Oblique perfs, complete set of 14, n.h., v.f., only 100 sets printed ** Catalog #177-190var | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #4653 EGYPT 1936 King Fuad 1m-20m "Postes", imperforate royal printing, set of seven top sheet margin singles, each with "canceled" printed on back, v.f., affixed to "Palace Collections of Egypt formed by King Fuad and King Farouk and sold by order of the Republic of Egypt at Koubbeh Palace, Cairo, February 12-18, 1954" P Catalog #191-97P | Price Realized $525.00 |
