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.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #801 RUSSIA 1848 cover addressed to "His Imperial Majesty/to be delivered into his own hands", with boxed local St. Petersburg 16 April, 1848 departure datestamp on back, numbered "18", with intact wax seal. A fine letter addressed to Tsar Nicholas I  | Unsold |
 | Lot #802 RUSSIA 1867 single weight folded letter from Rostov to Syros, sent via Odessa and Constantinople by French steamer, franked with 1k, 3k and 30k (unwatermarked), and on arrival with Greece 20L blue, strip of three and single 5L green (1861-67 issue), all with clear to huge margins all around, applied as postage dues and tied by Syros 26.8.1867 cds, some filing folds through Russian 1k and Greek 20k, otherwise a v.f. and spectacular five color franking Greece/Russia combination, signed Vlastos, with his 1988 certificate | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #803 RUSSIA 1878 (29 Mar) registered cover from Vladivostok to Denmark, franked with 3x8k carmine & gray, tied by blue departure cds, with two framed "Zakaznoe" hs, repeated by hand at top, Moscow transit, also Postal Car 3-4 and Tarm arrival on back, fine | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #804 RUSSIA 1880 (14 Sep) registered cover from Ekaterinoslav to Kuttenberg (Austria), paying 14k with 4x1k and single 10k, tied by departure cds, with Postal Car and bilingual Kuttenberg/Kutna Hora (today Czech Republic) arrival | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #805 RUSSIA 1890 (9 Dec) registered cover from St. Petersburg, franked with pair of 10k dark blue and 5x2k green on back, addressed to the Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich, "Yacht Tamara" care of Russian Consulate in Colombo, Ceylon, sent via Brindisi (25.12.1890 Christmas Day), arriving in Colombo on January 2, 1891, filing folds and backflap tears, away from the stamps, fine cover to an uncommon destination (the letter was supposed to wait for the return of the royal yacht "Tamara", with Grand Dukes Sergei and Alexander Romanov on board, from their voyage to Sumatra. The voyage of the "Tamara" took place in 1890-1891. It was part of the education of Russian grand dukes (sons or grandsons of a tsar) to make a voyage to distant seas on a royal sailboat. Grand Dukes, brothers Alexander and Sergei accompanied Nicholas who was traveling on his frigate "Memory of Azov", to India. At Ceylon, the future tsar stayed in India to sightsee and hunt elephants while the brothers on board of "Tamara" went to Sumatra to explore the ocean currents and the possibility of setting up a Russian naval base there. The voyage was interrupted by the unexpected death of the Dukes' mother, Grand Duchess Olga, and in spring 1891 the brothers returned home to St. Petersburg) | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #806 RUSSIA 1917 Fellin, 1r "War Sacrifice" charity label, large format, h.r., v.f. * | Price Realized $90.00 |
