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 #61 United States 1893 Columbian Exposition 1893 3c green, n.h., well centered with wide margins, fresh and v.f., with a photocopy of a 2020 PSAG certificate for a strip of three from which it originated, ** Catalog #232 Catalog Value $97 | Price Realized $120.00 |
 | Lot #62 United States 1893 Columbian Exposition 1893 4c ultramarine, n.h., well centered with wide margins, with 2019 PSAG certificate graded "90" (SMQ $350) ** Catalog #233 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #63 United States 1893 Columbian Exposition 1893 4c ultramarine, 6c red violet, used in combination with additional Bureau Issue and Trans-Mississippi (4c, 5c) franking, paying 28c on back of registered cover used in 1899 (Feb 20) from Newton, Mass, via New York to France, with arrival pmk, remarkably unopened, with stamps undamaged, fine-v.f.  Catalog #233,235 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #64 United States 1893 Columbian Exposition 1893 4c blue, error of color, n.h., fresh color, fine example of this popular rarity, with 2014 PFC for a block of nine from which it originated, also a 2020 PSAG certificate (the 4c Columbian color error was caused by the use of a wrong batch of ink, and spectrographic analysis has shown that the blue inks of the 4c error and 1c Columbian have the same components. Stamps from at least two panes reached collectors, and it is likely that many of the stamps have been lost to philately) ** Catalog #233a Catalog Value $32,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #65 United States 1893 Columbian Exposition 1893 5c chocolate, n.h., well centered, with 2020 PSAG certificate graded "90" (SMQ $450) ** Catalog #234 | Unsold |
 | Lot #66 United States 1893 Columbian Exposition 1893 10c black brown, very lightly hinged, nicely centered, with 2020 PSAG certificate graded "90" (SMQ $175) * Catalog #237 | Unsold |
 | Lot #67 United States 1893 Columbian Exposition 1893 10c black brown, n.h., well centered, fresh and v.f., with 2020 PSAG certificate, ** Catalog #237 Catalog Value $250 | Unsold |
 | Lot #68 United States 1893 Columbian Exposition 1893 30c orange brown, large die proof, die sunk on reduced card, some peripheral staining, otherwise fine, P Catalog #239P1 Catalog Value $900 | Unsold |
 | Lot #69 United States 1893 Columbian Exposition 1893 50c slate blue, n.h., well centered, fresh color, with 2020 PSE certificate graded "VF 80" (SMQ $1,500) ** Catalog #240 | Unsold |
 | Lot #70 United States 1893 Columbian Exposition 1893 50c slate blue, used, well centered with even margins, with 1989 APS certificate, also 2020 PSAG certificate graded "95" (SMQ $1,200) O Catalog #240 | Unsold |
 | Lot #71 United States 1893 Columbian Exposition 1893 $2 brown red, $3 yellow green, $5 black, first and last unused without gum, $3 used, each with small flaw or reperforated, fine appearance, (*)O Catalog #242, 243, 245 Catalog Value $2,425 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #72 United States 1893 Columbian Exposition 1893 $2 brown red, used, well centered, with 2020 PSAG certificate graded "90" (SMQ $1,150) O Catalog #242 | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #73 United States 1893 Columbian Exposition 1893 $4 crimson lake, small h.r., nicely centered, fresh color, with 2020 PSE certificate graded "VF 80" (SMQ $2,150) * Catalog #244 | Unsold |
 | Lot #74 United States 1893 Columbian Exposition 1893 $4 crimson lake, unused without gum, fresh color, fine, with 1994 PFC (catalogued as unused without gum) (*) Catalog #244 Catalog Value $1,000 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #75 United States 1893 Columbian Exposition 1893 $4 crimson lake, used, nice color, with 1995 PFC and 2020 PSAG certificate graded "80" (SMQ $1,100) O Catalog #244 | Unsold |
 | Lot #76 United States 1893 Columbian Exposition 1893 $5 black, unused without gum, wide margins, fine, with 2020 PSAG certificate (catalogued as unused without gum) (*) Catalog #245 Catalog Value $1,150 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
