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 #4002 United States Postmasters' Provisionals St. Louis, Mo. 1845 10c black on greenish, position 6, three large margins, cut close to just touching the completely intact black frame at right, bright color and good impression showing every detail with perfect clarity, fresh paper, tied by "St. Louis Mo. Nov 30" circular datestamp on 1845 folded letter from Loker Renick & Co. (Nov 29 departure and Dec 9 arrival docketing) to Charnley & Whelen in Philadelphia, matching "Paid" handstamp, manuscript "10" rate, fine stamp on a colorful FL tied by only the red circular datestamp, without the pen cancel, some ageing and toned spots on lettersheet, fine St. Louis Bear cover, from the renowned Charnley & Whelen correspondence, signed by and accompanied by a 2006 Sismondo certificate (the earliest known date of use for this issue is November 13th, this cover with date of November 30th is among the earliest known)  Catalog #11X2 Catalog Value $14,000 | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
