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 #5171 POLAND 1915 Carnegie Hall Solo Recital program for the benefit of American Polish Relief Fund, performed by the famous soprano Marcella Sembrich (1858-1935, she was Polish, born Prakseda Marcelina Kochanska, with an important international singing career, chiefly at the New York Metropolitan Opera and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London). Also included is a picture postcard (J.Paderewski) and a small portion of a check, signed "I.J. Paderewski - Pay to order of Polish Victims Relief Fund", plus a 1916 four-page program "Mr. Paderewski will give a second recital at Symphony Hall, Boston, November 12, 1917" (Ignacy Paderewski 1860-1941) was a Polish pianist, composer and Prime Minister) | Unsold |
