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 #5242 SOMALIA 1928 (19 May) registered cover from Mogadiscio to Alessandria, franked with strips of 7x5c and 20c "Somalia Italiana", with Rome transit and arrival pmks on back, fine and impressive franking, signed Diena  | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #5243 SOMALIA 1932 Pictorials, ten different handstamped "Specimen", affixed on pieces of the presentation sheet (presented by the Portuguese Post Office on the receipt from the U.P.U. in Berne, before forwarding to one of its Colonial Post Offices), minor toning, otherwise fine, rare S | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #5244 SOMALIA 1935 Pictorials, 20L green, perforated 14, n.h. and post office fresh, centered to top, signed Colla, with copy of his 2014 certificate for a strip of three from which this originated. A fine example of the greatest rarity from Somalia and one of the most elusive stamps from the Italian Colonies (Sass. 229, Euro 28,500) ** Catalog #154a Catalog Value $20,000 | Price Realized $4,000.00 |
