U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
February 2-3, 2021
Our February 2-3, 2021 Auction will be held live via CherrystoneLIVE. This 1,400 lot sale features United States and European countries, including Austria, France and Colonies, Germany, Italy and Colonies, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Western Ukraine, and many others. Great Britain and British Commonwealth are well represented. Also featured are large die proofs from the American Bank Note Company, issued for various South and Central American countries. The auction concludes with a strong selection of 130+ 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 #919 Azerbaijan 1915 (25 June) registered cover franked on back with strip of 3x10k dark blue, sent from Astara to Tsarskoye Selo, then forwarded to Petrograd. Postmarked in Astara (25.6.15 and 27.6) and Tsarskoye Selo and Petrograd (2.7). Sent by the treasurer of the Astara Hunting Society to the Tsar's Chancellery for the Acceptance of Petitions, which was not located in Tsarskoye Selo but rather in the Mariinskii Palace in Petrograd. The postal clerk in Tsarskoye Selo, apparently not knowing to which palace to forward the cover, wrote on back, "P(alace) Petrograd wherever it is located." (Astara, also known as Azerbaijani Astara, is a city in and the capital of the Astara Rayon of Azerbaijan. Astara is a short walk across the border from Astara, Iran)  | Unsold |
 | Lot #920 Azerbaijan 1922 Baku Province overprints, complete set, unused with or without gum as issued, v.f., signed Lissiuk, rare, * Catalog #300-09 Catalog Value $1,015 | Price Realized $800.00 |
