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.

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Lot #1098
WESTERN UKRAINE Western Ukranian National Republic Postal History
1918-19 collection of 22 covers or cards, neatly arranged and written-up on album pages, from various small towns and villages in Western Ukraine, franked with Austrian adhesives, origins include Drohobycz, Sniatyn, Horodenka, Rosilna, Nove Selo, Polove (Polove to Radekhiv), Podkamien, Brody, Kolomyia, Radekhiv, Stanyslaviv, Ternopil, Terebovla, Zolotnyki, with some additional pages with Austrian stamps canceled in Western Ukraine, good showing of censor handstamps, including Military and double (Ukrainian and Austrian), generally fine-v.f., scarce group from the Dr.Kulczycki collection
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Lot #1099
WESTERN UKRAINE Western Ukranian National Republic Postal History
1918 (10 Dec) free frank cover from Peczenizyn to Odessa, violet departure cds supported by framed "Cenzura Kolomyia" censor cachet, two propaganda labels 'Inf. Reg. No.44 Daj Boze Wytrimati" ("let us endure") on back, Odessa 23.1.19 arrival pmks, returned to sender, some toning and cover wear, interesting usage
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Lot #1100
WESTERN UKRAINE Western Ukranian National Republic Postal History
1919 (17 Apr) cover from Stojanow to Vienna, franked with Austrian 40h olive green, tied by Polish/Austrian "Stojanow" cds, with framed "Provireno Radekhiv" Ukrainian censor in Radekhiv handstamp, censor tapes removed from right, fine censor cachet from Radekhiv, a city in Lviv Oblast of Ukraine
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Lot #1101
WESTERN UKRAINE Western Ukranian National Republic Postal History
1919 (27 Apr) cover from Drohobycz to a village of Pozdziacz (bilingual address to school teacher's wife), franked with Austrian 25h blue, used in combination with 3x5h Postage Due, paying 40h and canceled by Austrian/Polish "Drohobycz" cds, with double-line Ukrainian "Censored Drohobych" handstamped in red alongside, tape removed from right, rare mixed franking used internally in Western Ukraine
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Lot #1102
WESTERN UKRAINE Western Ukranian National Republic Postal History
1919 (30 Apr) cover from Wygoda to Voslau, near Vienna, franked on back with Austrian block of 4x5h green, uncanceled, but tied by several strikes of straight-line "Censored in Dolina" in Ukrainian Cyrillic, repeated on front where a clear departure "Wygoda" was also applied, tape removed from right, fine cover, signed Mikulski
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Lot #1103
WESTERN UKRAINE Western Ukranian National Republic Postal History
1919 (6 May) registered cover from Zloczow to Stryj, franked with Austrian 30h violet and 60h blue, paying 90h, tied by Ukrainian "Zolochiv" cds, with corresponding Polish/Austrian Registry label, also Ukrainian Military Censor Zolochiv handstamp alongside, some toning, fine and rare internal usage within the Western Ukrainian National Republic
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Lot #1104
WESTERN UKRAINE Western Ukranian National Republic Postal History
1919 (23 Apr) cover from Peczenizyn to Vienna, franked with Austrian 40h olive green, tied by Ukrainian cancellation "Pechenizhyn", repeated alongside, also framed "Cenzura Kolomyia" censor cachet. On back, there is a commercial company handstamp from the Sloboda Rungorska (near Kolomyia)
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Lot #1105
WESTERN UKRAINE Western Ukranian National Republic Postal History
1919 (31 Apr) registered, special delivery cover from Kossow to Kolomyia, franked with Austrian two each 20h and 80h and single 10h (defective at bottom), tied by Ukrainian cancellations "Kosiv", with "Express" and "Kossow" registry labels, fine 2.10kr rate, signed Mikulski
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Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #1106
WESTERN UKRAINE Western Ukranian National Republic Postal History
1919 (16 Apr) cover from Jablonow to Vienna, franked with Austrian 40h olive green, tied by Ukrainian cancellation "Yablonivi", with framed "Cenzura Kolomyia" cachet, tape removed from left, fine cover
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Lot #1107
WESTERN UKRAINE Western Ukranian National Republic Postal History
1919 (15 Apr) cover from Radechow to Vejrec, Bohemia, franked on back with Austrian 40h (2x20h blue green), tied by Ukrainian cancellation "Radehiv", repeated on front, with "Command of the Reserve Battalion "Sokol" in Radekhiv" military unit handstamp applied on both sides, tape (censor) removed at left, fine
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Lot #1108
WESTERN UKRAINE Western Ukranian National Republic Postal History
1919 (10 May) cover from Rudki to Vienna, franked with Austrian 5h, 10h and 15h, each tied by Ukrainian cancellations "Rudki", with double-line Ukrainian State Censor cachet, censor tape removed from left, fine
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Lot #1109
WESTERN UKRAINE Western Ukranian National Republic Postal History
1919 (27 Mar) Austrian stationery card additionally franked with 5h, 10h (2) and 2h Special Handling stamp, tied by "Birky Veliki" cds and corresponding Seals of the Post Office in Birky Veliki (Tern), addressed locally (no text on back), with oval Registry handstamp, some toning, fine example of postal markings from a small settlement of present-day Velyki Birky
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Lot #1110
WESTERN UKRAINE Western Ukranian National Republic Postal History
1919 (19 May) small cover from Delatyn to a school principal in Lutsk, franked on back with Ukrainian National Republic 50sh perforated Currency stamp, tied by violet Delatyn cds, some hinge remnants, fine and incredibly rare example of use of Currency Stamp of Ukrainian National Republic for postal purposes on the territory of the Western Ukrainian National Republic
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Lot #1111
WESTERN UKRAINE Western Ukranian National Republic Postal History
1919 cover from Kuty to Vienna, franked with Austrian 60h blue, tied by Ukrainian cancelation "Kuti 1919", with violet Military Command in Kuty and framed "Cenzura Kolomyia" censor cachets, tape removed from left, filing fold away from the stamp, fine doubly censored cover
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Lot #1112
WESTERN UKRAINE Western Ukranian National Republic Postal History
1919 (1 May) cover from Mikolajow to Hungary, franked with Austrian 40h olive green, tied by Austrian/Polish "Mikolajow nad Dniestrem" bilingual cds, with Ukrainian Station Command in Mykoliv on Dniester oval, plus double-line Ukrainian State Censor (Main Censorship Office at the State Secretariat for Military Affairs) handstamps, additionally noted in blue crayon "Cenzur (owano", tape removed at left, little toning, rare multiple censorship on one cover
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Price Realized
$900.00

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