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 #5058 IRAN Military Mail 1917-18 Ottoman Occupation, two covers, one from Senneh to Hamadan, the other from Kharaghan to Tabriz, each with different Turkish army censor (black "Sansor Idlmisgter") and (round crest & moon) markings, the former cover torn, but with markings intact (Eftekhar TK8), AO1 priced from $13,300 for both covers, fine and rare, with IPSC certificate  | Unsold |
 | Lot #5059 IRAN Military Mail 1917-19 two covers with franking on back, British Military censor markings, used from Hamadan during the Dunster Force occupation | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #5060 IRAN Military Mail 1918-19 three covers, one from Recht to Teheran, franked on back, with boxed "Passed by Censor NORPERFORCE" (North Persia Force), another from Teheran to Hamadan, "Opened by Censor" seal and additional "Dunsterforce Censor 101" handstamp; last one from the British Military hospital in Kazwin, showing an interesting Lion cachet censor, some cover wear, fine group (Dunsterforce, officially called the British Military Mission to the Caucasus, was a secret force of 450-1,000 soldiers commanded by Maj.General Lionel C. Dunsterville. Its mission was to safeguard the immense oil installations at Baku from the Ottomans and the Germans, while organizing local groups of Armenians, Georgians, and anti-Bolsheviks to safeguard the railways and approaches to Afghanistan and India) | Unsold |
