U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
April 13-14, 2021

Our April 13-14, 2021 Auction will be held live via CherrystoneLIVE. This 1,067 lot sale features United States and Foreign countries. The sale begins with over 400 lots of high quality U.S. singles including many rarities and graded items. The Foreign section includes Austria, France and Colonies, Germany, Italy and Colonies, Poland, Russia, Great Britain and British Commonwealth, China and South and Central American countries as well as an outstanding selection of the Treasures of Israel Philately, offered for sale at auction for the first time. Featured are the 1948 sheets of Doar Ivri, perf. and imperf. as well as uncut sheets of 300 of the First Festivals issue and the Postage Dues sets. In addition, this sale includes a strong selection of 200+ large lots and collections ranging from single country albums to specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide properties and large cover lots.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #675
ISRAEL
1948 Eretz Israel Essay, 5p blue, bottom right sheet margin horizontal pair, unused without gum as issued, signed Tsachor
E
Price Realized
$775.00

Lot #676
ISRAEL
1948 Doar Ivri, 3m-50m complete set of six sheets of 100, n.h. and post office fresh, mostly unfolded, 10m with couple of perf. separations in margin, mentioned for accuracy's sake, v.f. set of sheets (catalogued as the cheapest type, with respect to Plate numbers), Bale $4,500+
Box **
Catalog #1-6
Price Realized
$5,000.00

Lot #677
ISRAEL
1948 Doar Ivri, 3m-50m imperforate, complete set of six unfolded sheets of 100, n.h. and post office fresh, 3m orange, Control No.1, Plate No. 6999, some very slight toned specks; 5m green, Control No.1, Plate No.6654, occasional toned specks; 10m magenta, Control No.1, Plate No. 09508, minute toned specks at top and bottom; 15m red, Control No.1, Plate No.0972, tiny tear at bottom right margin, couple of minute toned specks, 20m blue, Control No.1, Plate No.3977, some natural offsets and couple of inconsequential toned specks; 50m brown, Control No.1, Plate No. 2504, one tiny thin speck affecting two stamps and natural inclusions. Overall a v.f. set of imperforate sheets, Plate Numbers not recorded in Bale and possibly one of two surviving intact sheets. A splendid treasure of Israel Doar Ivri philately. Never before offered at public auction and not recorded in Bale (catalogued as tab blocks, singles and plate blocks, without any premium for the sheets), Bale $192,000+
Box **
Catalog #1-6var
Unsold
Lot #678
ISRAEL
1948 Doar Ivri, 250m-1,000m complete set of three sheets of 50, n.h. and post office fresh, folded between stamps, 250m green, white paper, Control No.1, Plate No. 0488, one stamp at top with small abrasion (position 3), some perf. separations at right; 500m brown, Control No.1, Plate No.440; 1,000m blue, Control No.1, Plate No.1577, some minor toning at bottom, mostly at outer margin, also some gum loss at outer edges of the sheet at bottom, one of the tabs (second from left) is defective, few natural inclusions and couple of inconsequential toned specks, otherwise a v.f. set of sheets, one of the foremost treasures of Israel Philately (catalogued as tab blocks, singles and plate blocks, without any premium for the sheets), Bale $52,400+
Box **
Catalog #7-9
Unsold
Lot #679
ISRAEL
1948 Doar Ivri, 250m-1,000m imperforate, complete set of three unfolded sheets of 50, n.h. and post office fresh, 250m green, white paper, Control No.1, Plate No. 307320, some green thumbprints, occasional slight toned specks; 500m brown, Control No.1, Plate No.001, small tear in margin at top and couple of minute toned specks; 1,000m blue, Control No.1, Plate No.22, some toning at bottom and top, also an adhesion at bottom left, still a v.f. and undoubtedly the finest quality of the two-three imperforate sheets recorded. A treasure of Israel Philately, never before offered at public auction and not recorded in Bale (catalogued as tab blocks, singles and plate blocks, without any premium for the sheets), Bale $173,300+
Box **
Catalog #7-9var
Unsold
Lot #680
ISRAEL
1948 3m and 50m vertical pairs imperf. between, 10m top sheet margin horizontal pair, variety imperf. at top, all perf. 11x11, n.h., 50m with gum skip at top, otherwise fine or better (Bale $605)
**
Catalog #1,3,6var
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #681
ISRAEL
1948 120p, 180p and 300p unexploded booklets, fine-v.f. (Bale B1,B2a,B3b)
Booklet

Catalog Value $ 1,500
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #682
ISRAEL
1948 New Year, complete set of unsevered gutter sheets of 300 (6 panes of 50), n.h., sensibly folded and in no way affecting horizontal or vertical gutters, remarkably well preserved, fine-v.f. and extremely rare set of sheets, probably less than five still in existence. A magnificent showpiece from Israel (Bale calculated as four sets of vertical gutter pairs with tabs, 12 vertical gutter pairs, two sets of cross-gutter Plate Blocks of six, 54 sets of Tabs (white and colored), 21 sets of horizontal gutter pairs, $63,860+, without any premium for the sheets)
Box **
Catalog #10-14
Price Realized
$47,500.00

Lot #683
ISRAEL
1954 Lamp Essay issued for Israel Teachers Association, compound sheetlet of eight, with gum, minor wrinkles and toned speck, otherwise v.f.
Box E
Unsold

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