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 #517 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA 1854 1a dull red, die II, sheet of 96 with most of the marginal inscriptions intact on all sides, distinct sideways watermark, good color. The sheet was separated vertically between stamps in the middle and rejoined, with paper defects caused by the splitting along the watermark (pos 31,39), also closed tear (pos 59,67) and few other minor flaws. A spectacular exhibition piece  (*)Catalog #SG 14 | Unsold |
 | Lot #518 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA 1858 small cover to England, franked with 2x1/2a, 2a and 4a, with boxed "India Paid", red London transit and Jan 28, 58 arrival pmks, filing fold through 4a, cover tears, fine three color franking from India  | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #519 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA 1948 Gandhi, unused set of four affixed in a special commemorative booklet, fine-v.f. (*) | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #520 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA 1948 Gandhi, three sets of four, two n.h., the other mounted in a special memorial folder, v.f. */** Catalog #203-06 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #521 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA 1948 Gandhi "Specimen" overprint, set of four, affixed down on gold foil pages in a handsome black velvet presentation folder, with the 10rs high value on first page titled "Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Stamps, 15th August 1948" in red, second page with the 1 1/2a, 3 1/2a and 12a values, each stamp framed in a red border, 12a green with a minor abrasion at bottom, which hardly detracts from this extremely rare Specimen booklet, v.f. and without the usual faults, toning and discolorations which often plague this iconic item (SG 305-8S) (The Government of India issued a set of four commemorative stamps on 15th August, 1948, the first anniversary of independence as a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation. These were the first commemorative stamps of Independent India and the only set of stamps printed outside India, by Courvoisier S.A. in, La Chaux-De-Fonds. Very few booklet sets were produced, with two different styles reported) S Catalog #203-206S | Unsold |
